Records 1836-2003 (bulk 1985-2000)

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Records 1836-2003 (bulk 1985-2000)

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Types of records present include minutes, agenda, correspondence, memoranda, reports, architectural project manuals, master plans, artifact inventories, exhibit files, publications, press releases, clippings, photographs, negatives, videocassettes, contracts, invoices, and purchase vouchers. Dates covered are 1836-2003 (bulk 1985-2000). These records document activities of the Texas State Preservation Board. Topics include include the restoration of the old General Land Office Building and the Texas State Capitol, acquisition of historical artifacts and furnishings for the Capitol, building the underground Capitol extension, making improvements to the Capitol grounds, the Goddess of Liberty, opening and operating the Capitol Visitors Center, special events held at the Capitol, exhibits held in the Capitol Visitors Center, and building the Texas State History Museum.

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Graham, Roy Eugene, 1946-

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Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...