Texas Confederate Woman's Home resident files [ca. 1900], 1913-1965 (bulk 1932-1950)

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Texas Confederate Woman's Home resident files [ca. 1900], 1913-1965 (bulk 1932-1950)

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Records consist of applications for admission to the Texas Confederate Woman's Home, death certificates, correspondence, bills, receipts, occasional photographs, and summary data sheets on residents (name, birthdate, residence, name of parents and children or other relatives, religious denomination, date entering the home, usually a death date, burial arrangements, and sometimes a statement as to who is to receive the effects of the resident upon her death). Dates covered are [ca. 1900], 1913-1965, with the bulk dating 1932-1950. These are the resident files of the Texas Confederate Woman's Home, operated initially by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, then by the Texas State Board of Control, and finally by the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools.

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Texas Confederate Woman's Home

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Texas. Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools

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The Texas Woman's Confederate Home was initially established and operated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). In 1903 the organization created a Wives and Widows Home Committee, which raised funds for the home and oversaw its construction. The UDC purchased property in north central Austin for the home, and in 1906 A. O. Watson was hired to design a building on the site. In 1905 the 29th Legislature passed a bill to transfer the home to the state but it was vetoed by G...

Texas. State Board of Control

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The Texas State Board of Control was created in 1919 by the Thirty-sixth Texas Legislature (Senate Bill 147, Regular Session), becoming operational on January 1, 1920. The Board was composed of three members, serving six-year overlapping terms, appointed by the Governor with concurrence of the Senate. The Board elected a chair. The legislation which created the Board also abolished several agencies and offices, transferring their duties to the Board of Control. Offices abolished wer...