Records 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, [ca. 1880]-2003, undated (bulk 1955-2002)

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Records 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, [ca. 1880]-2003, undated (bulk 1955-2002)

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These records include minutes, meeting files, correspondence, reports, clippings, litigationfiles, photographs, and other materials of the Texas Historical Commission and its predecessor, the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. Dates covered are 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, circa 1880-2003 and undated, the bulkdating 1955-2002. Also present are minutes of several advisory boards affiliatedwith the Historical Commission - the Antiquities Advisory Committee, the StateBoard of Review, and the Advisory Board of the Texas Preservation Trust Fund andthe Guardians of the Texas Preservation Trust Fund. This finding aid is a workin progress. Some series have been processed, others are still undergoing processing. All series yet to be processed are included in the framework ofthe finding aid. As these series are processed, this finding aid will be updated.

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Texas Historical Commission

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The Texas State Historical Survey Committee was created on a temporary basis in 1953 (Senate Concurrent Resolution 44, 53rd Legislature, Regular Session) to administer a comprehensive state program for historical preservation; it was given more permanent status in 1957 (Senate Bill 426, 55th Legislature, Regular Session). The committee was composed of eighteen members appointed for six-year terms by the governor. It had the power to erect historical markers, to check the historical ...

Texas State Historical Survey Committee

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Founded by the Texas legislature in 1953, the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, acting as a collecting and information center, was created to preserve, record and restore all aspects of Texas history. In 1973, the Texas State Historical Survey Committee became the Texas Historical Commission. From the description of Records, 1953-1966. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 23105263 The Texas State Historical Survey Committee was created on a tempor...