Texas Historical Foundation

The Texas Historical Foundation (THF) was created at the first meeting of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee (TSHSC) in 1953 as the committee’s fundraising and grant writing arm. The TSHSC, since 1973 known as the Texas Historical Commission (THC), was created in 1953 by Senate Concurrent Resolution 44 of the 53rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, to administer a comprehensive program of historic building and architecture preservation in the state of Texas. Initially a subcommittee of the TSHSC, in 1965 the Foundation became a separate entity whose mission remained the financial support of the TSHSC. In addition to its fundraising activities, the THF also publishes a quarterly magazine, Heritage, which highlights preservation efforts in Texas, including work on historic buildings, and various museum and archival collections.

(Sources include: the Handbook of Texas Online and http://www.preservationtexas.org, accessed in December 2011.)

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