Historical Commission meeting records 1953-2008

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Historical Commission meeting records 1953-2008

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Texas Historical Commission protects and preserves the state's historic and prehistoric resources for the use, education, economic benefit, and enjoyment of present and future generations. Records are minutes, agenda, and exhibits of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee meetings, from 1953 to 1973; and the Texas Historical Commission, dating 1973-2008. There are no records for the January 15, 1955 meeting. Materials present include agenda, minutes, committee reports, resolutions, correspondence, lists of appointees to associated boards, quarterly reports from programs, rules and regulations, historic preservation and antiquities laws and/or changes to the laws, copies of agreements, press releases, lists of sites nominated for historical markers or landmark status, historical marker dedication calendar, lists of gifts and donations, lists of grants approved, attendance sheets for guests at the meetings, and newsletters, reports and other publications of the agency.

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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...

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 ...