Overview
Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. Records Management
Division.
Administrative
correspondence
1965-1989
(bulk 1988-1989)
Records consist of
administrative correspondence and memos received or sent by the Records
Management Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission from
1965 to 1989. The bulk of the records are from 1988 to 1989 and comprise the
division's correspondence with individual state agencies. Topics include the
publication of the Texas State Records Management
Manual, the establishment of agency record retention schedules, the
designation of an agency records administrator, and visits by the division's
records consultants with agencies to implement the manual. Other administrative
correspondence is from 1965 to 1987 on miscellaneous subjects such as the
transfer and storage of state agency records at the Records Center, shortages
of space and a moratorium on sending records to the Records Center, and
destruction requests.
1.24 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Administrative correspondence, Records
Management Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Records consist of administrative correspondence and memos received or
sent by the Records Management Division of the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission for 1965 to 1989. The bulk of the records are from 1988 to 1989 and
comprise the division's correspondence with individual state agencies. Topics
include the publication of the Texas State Records
Management Manual, the establishment of agency record retention
schedules, the designation of an agency records administrator, and visits by
the division's records consultants with agencies to implement the manual. Other
administrative correspondence is from 1965 to 1987 on miscellaneous subjects
such as the transfer and storage of state agency records at the Records Center,
shortages of space and a moratorium on sending records to the Records Center,
and destruction requests.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are divided between the correspondence with state
agencies from 1988 to 1989 and the miscellaneous correspondence from 1965 to
1987. The agency correspondence is in alphabetical order; the miscellaneous is
in random order.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Records--Texas--Management.
Public
records--Texas--Management.
Government
paperwork--Texas.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Records--Management--1965-1989.
Memorandums--Texas--Records--Management--1965-1989.
Functions:
Managing
records.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Records
Management Division, Correspondence and memoranda, 1965-1989, 1.47 cubic
ft.
Processing Information
Paul Beck, November 1994
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1993/023, 1993/099
These records were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the
Records Management Division of the Texas State Library on October 20, 1992 and
December 14, 1992.
Detailed Description of the Records
Administrative correspondence
1965-1989 (bulk 1988-1989),
1.24 cubic ft.
1993/099
State Agencies, A - Y,
1988-1989
1993/023
Miscellaneous,
1965-1987