Annual Report - Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

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Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
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Annual Report 2006:
Brief Summary
Submitted by: Byron A. Johnson, Director, TRHFM
R. William Warren, Chairman Advisory Board
The Board and Staff of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum thank our many corporate,
foundation and individual supporters for their contributions and encouragement in 2005-2006.
Progress was made in many areas this year: renovation of existing exhibits, expansion of educational
programs, development of the artifact and archives and funding of capital improvements.
We are grateful to the State of Texas and the Texas Rangers whom we represent for the support
they have shown this year. In 1964 the Texas Department of Public Safety appointed the City of
Waco Trustee of the Rangers' official museum; the State legislature later sanctioned it as the official
Hall of Fame and repository. 2006 marked the 41st year of the partnership, a Trusteeship the City of
Waco is honored to uphold. The Ranger's historical center has served 3.4 million persons in Waco
and more than 4 million over the internet. Visitors include school children, U.S. and foreign
tourists, genealogists, law enforcement officers, authors, motion picture producers, and diplomats.
In 2006 the City contributed a $488,000 subsidy (Budget page 7) to the $1.14M operating budget
and donated $500,000 in capital funds to renovation. The City of Waco has increased this for 200708. The City has never drawn revenues from the museum—neither the State nor Texas DPS has
been asked to provide operating funding. A copy of our budget is on page 7.
In 2005-06 our flagship project has been the Company "F" Headquarters and Public Safety
Education Center and as described below. Ground was broken in June and our thanks to the
efforts of many private supporters, Junior Rangers and Texas legislators Kip Averitt and Doc
Anderson, Jim Dunnam and Jim Pitts. The new headquarters site is in the middle of the Oak trees
of beautiful Fort Fisher Park, the permanent home of the museum. Our next projects are a Public
Safety Education Center and the expansion of the Texas Ranger Research Center.
The Texas Ranger Association Foundation has continued to support our online magazine—the Texas
Ranger Dispatch—which now has a readership of more than 300,000 persons a year.
We are honored by your interest and support. Questions? Contact us at [email protected]
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Capital Improvements
Groundbreaking, Co. "F"
Headquarters, June, 2006
Architectural work has been
completed on new Texas Rangers
Company "F" Headquarters and the
Public Safety Education Center.
The Public Safety Education
Center will provide youth and
adult public safety programs
through collaborations with
educators, State and regional law
enforcement agencies. It will
provide a venue for antigang/anti-drug programs,
citizen's police academies, Girl/Boy Scout law enforcement awareness programs and in service
training for peace officers. The new Company "F" Headquarters will be the operations center
for the largest Ranger Company in the State of Texas.
The City of Waco, individuals, corporations and the State of Texas have contributed $2.4 million
plus land to the project, which will be let out for bid in January of 2007. We would especially
like to thank sponsors State Senator Kip Averitt, House Representatives Doc Anderson, Jim
Dunnam and Jim Pitts. The ceremony recognized former Board members Ranger Capt. Bob
Mitchell, Ret. and Lucile Plane who worked diligently to make the event a reality. We appreciate
the efforts of Badland Rangers who provided reenactors for the event and the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas who provided hospitality.
The next project is the renovation and expansion of the Texas Ranger Research Center—the library
and archives of the museum. The City of Waco has contributed $500,000 to the project. The
descendents of famed Texas Ranger John Armstrong, led by the distinguished former ambassador Mrs.
Anne Armstrong, are leading an effort to raise private funds for the $1.5M project.
Exhibits and Educational Programs
Sponsors and donors made it possible for the museum staff to renovate thirteen educational
exhibit installations. This work "refreshes" the facility, offering more for visitors and students to
see while fund raising and design efforts proceed on a new exhibit wing. The major exhibits
include:
Homer Garrison (main) Gallery
The Cowboy and Vaquero: A Ranger's Heritage – Sponsored by Providence Healthcare
Honoring Homer Garrison, Jr.
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The Strength Behind the Symbol: Texas Ranger Badges and Authority
Sponsored by Sam and Donna McLendon
Texas Rangers in American Culture Gallery
Presenting the Texas Rangers: From Print to the Silver Screen
"Texas Rangers" Around the World--Reenactors
Writing the Ranger: the Texas Ranger in Print
Over the Airwaves: Rangers on Radio and Television 1933-2006
Who was that Masked Man?: "The Lone Ranger
The Eyes of the Ranger: Walker Texas Ranger
Heroes of the Silver Screen
Playing the Ranger dress-up area
Fake & Fantasy Badges
Using the Ranger Image
The museum hosted 113 visits from
school groups from Texas and
surrounding States. These junior
scholars viewed the new exhibits and
acquired knowledge required on the
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
examinations.
The
museum
staff has
also created a "Crime Scene in a
Box" available to classroom
teachers. The traveling trunk program enables students to
understand the complications of a real crime scene while
using modern crime scene equipment and techniques. From
footprints to fingerprints students have a variety of evidence
to build a circumstantial case. Using the crime scenario and
lab handouts, classes enter the exciting world of the modern
Texas Rangers and crime lab technicians.
Baylor students from the Baylor Museum Studies program
interned at the museum and renovated the Texas Rangers in
Popular Culture gallery. This provided graduate students with a "real world" experience in
rehabbing exhibits and redesigning exhibits on a limited budget.
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Artifact Gifts and Donations
Texas Ranger Reunion Ribbon of
Ranger Herman L Raven (1848-1853)
Donor: George Raven
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The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is the State-designated repository for
Texas Ranger archives and memorabilia. During 2006 the
museum received loans and gifts of 233 items and thousands of
Gold Ladies Lapel Watch
pages of archives and records.
marked "Pearl from Captain
08/28/1916" Given by Capt.
Highlights of donations and loans through November include:
Bill McDonald to his wife
Pearl for her birthday.
Donor: Bobbie and Malcolm
Bottoms
Texas Ranger Company F
Bullet proof Vest
Larry Branch
Spurs with W.A.R. on them
William Collins
Belt Buckle from Ranger Clint Peoples
Kieth Clegg
Photograph of Rangers
Hill Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Sawed off shotgun related to
Bonnie/Clyde
Robert Nieman
Archival Materials of Glenn Elliott
Bill Lamza
Kellogg’s Jr. Texas Ranger Handbook
Estate of Clara Franklin
Special TX Ranger Badge, 2 Deputy
Sheriff’s Badge, Colt Commander Super
.38, 2 Mexican grips, Identification
Card, and Archival Materials
Louis F. Strange, Jr.
Winchester M 1873 Rifle
Craig Winchell
Toy cap gun, Lone Ranger belt/holster, bullet
Sgt. Earnest Anderson
Photograph, Afghanistan Flag, US Flag, and Mug
from soldiers serving in Afghanistan
Phil Dunlap
Sawed off Remington, MKII Sten Gun, Shotgun
Joyce Nelson
Archival Materials
H. B. “Butch” Purvis
Thompson submachine gun belonging to Ranger
Purvis
James Griffin
3 "Lone Ranger" books
Capt. Jack Dean
Archival Materials
Steve Eiland
Repro Plains Saddle, rawhide rope
Texas Trail of Fame
Award for nomination of William A Wallace
Red Underhill
Chain Come-alongs
James Hale
Texas Ranger Dragoon Commemorative Pistol
Sandy Wodrich
Correspondence regarding Lone Ranger fan club
Cain-Forlaw Company
Texas Rangers in Action comic book
James Griffin
Aug 1937 Texas Ranger Magazine
Frank Hamer Jr.
Newspaper picture and TX Parks & Wildlife Badge
Henry Baker
45 Auto Pistol
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Tex Sumrall
Bailey Co. Sheriff’s Office
Prairie Grove Police Dept.
Bryanna O’Mara
Tracie Evans
Thelma Cooper
James and Anna Fitzpatrick
James Griffin
Purchase Fund
2 Ranger badges, 2 knives, handcuffs, and thumbcuffs
Thompson submachine gun
Prairie Grove Police Patch
Lone Ranger DVD
Lone Ranger DVD
Smith & Wesson top breaking .38 revolver & bullets
Savage M99 lever action rifle
Television show sales book & pulp fiction mag.
Lone Ranger, Tonto & Silver Dolls, Ford Ranger
Truck model, Ranger boat Towel, microphone
Purchase Fund
Lonesome Dove DVD
Purchase Fund
Rango Comic Book and VHS tape
Don King
Early Surveyor's Drafting Tools
Malcom & Bobbie Bottoms Pocketwatch belonging to Pearl McDonald
Sgt. Tony Bennie
Archival Collection of Texas Ranger Richard Bennie
R.C. McFall
Papers of Texas Ranger Samuel McFall – 1840s
Sharon Spinks
Papers of Texas Ranger Arthur Hill
Games Griffin
Texas Ranger Pop Culture Books
Lloyd Johnson
Papers of Texas Ranger Lloyd Johnson
Clint Connell
Firearms of Texas Ranger Bob Connell
Tx. Ranger Assoc. Foundation Bruce Greene Painting
George L. Raven
Ranger Reunion Ribbons - Ranger Herman Raven 1890s
Dynamite Forces
Texas Ranger Graphic Novels (Comic Books)
Texas DPS Museum
Loan of Exhibit Items from 1940s Troopers Uniform
Bob T. Collins
Capt. J.R. Hughes Ranch Logbook
Carl Carlson
Speakeasy Door, 1920s, El Campo, Texas
Texas Rangers
3 Obsolete Kevlar Vests
Ruby Casteel
Boots, Texas Ranger David Maxwell
Rep. Jim Dunnam
Proclamation and Flag for Groundbreaking
Mt. Pleasant Police
62 Firearms
All donations and loans to the Hall of Fame and Museum are a professionally managed legacy
for the People of Texas.
Donated items become public property, held in trust for the State by the City of Waco, a
subdivision of the State of Texas. They are subject to accountability and the public property laws
of the State of Texas.
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Internet Site—www.texasranger.org
Since going on-line in 1998, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
web site has welcomed 4 million visitors. In 2006 more than 700,000
persons visited the site. Thanks to the Texas Ranger Association
Foundation, four issues of the Texas Ranger Dispatch magazine were
placed on line along with a new E-Books section containing complete
books, oral histories, theses and dissertations. Lesson plans for teachers
incorporating Texas Ranger history were made available.
The web site offers general information on the Texas Rangers, the rosters of active-duty Rangers,
curricula for teachers and students working on term papers, and a resource for genealogists
attempting to document their ancestors' Texas Ranger service.
The Texas Ranger Research Center
In 2006 the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
served 3,675 researchers seeking information about the
Ranger service or specific Rangers. This is equivalent
of 300 inquiries per month. Genealogists and students
remain the two largest client groups.
The nature of research inquiries are remarkably
varied—they include 4th grade students working history
reports to Texas Rangers seeking information on "cold
cases" that have been reopened. Few libraries have the
privilege of assisting in bringing criminals to justice.
Authors such as Robert Utley (Lone Star Justice) have
consulted the resources and staff to prepare academic
and popular books about the Rangers. Documentary
television producers working for Discovery Channel,
PBS and History channel have used the collections. And even movie producers visit when
casting an actor as a Texas Ranger.
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Year to Date Budget Summary
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Hall of Fame and Museum Senior Staff
Byron A. Johnson
Executive Director
Rachel Barnett
Assistant Collections Manager
Christina Stopka
Deputy Director for Operations & Archivist
Lisa Daniel
Retail & Admissions Services Manager
Elic Fouts
Staff Assistant
Waydell Millsaps
Ass't. Retail & Admissions Services Manager
Tracie Evans
Collections Manager
Paul Torres
Physical Plant Manager
Advisory and Development Boards
R. William Warren, Chairman
Ross Darden
Michelle Dunnam
Laurence Gifford
Elizabeth Harris
Raymond Jenkins
Gregory Kocek
Sheriff Larry Lynch
Odie McCoy, Jr.
Curt Moore (Office)
R. William Warren
Capt. Kirby Dendy
Lt. George Turner, TX Ranger
Sgt. Matt Cawthon, TX Ranger
Capt. Bob Mitchell, TX Ranger Ret.
Capt. Bob Prince, TX Ranger Ret.
Tobin Armstrong
Leo Bradshaw
Charles Chamberlain
Jack O. Dean
Homer Garrison, III
Nancy Goodnight
Hilary Grant
Rondy Gray
Dow Heard
Joe B. Hinton
Phillip Holt
Nick Klaras
Coke Mills
Robert Nieman
Gerald Powell
Bud Price
Bart Richardson
Texas Ranger Advisory Panel
Capt. Ray Coffman, Chief, HQ
Capt. James Miller, Asst. Chief, HQ
Capt. Gerardo De Los Santos, HQ, UCIT
Capt. Antonio Leal, Co. "A"
Capt. Richard Sweaney, Co. "B"
Capt. Randy Prince, Co. "C"
Capt. Clete Buckaloo, Co. "D"
Capt. Barry Caver, Co. "E"
Capt. Kirby Dendy, Co. "F"
Capt. Dino Henderson
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Richard Smith
Ray Stoker
M. A. Taylor
William Wardlaw
Jane Yost