Overview
Texas Water Commission.
Records
1941-1942, 1956-1971, 1977-1981
Types of records
include drafts of biennial reports, correspondence, memos, and financial
statistics. Records date 1941-1942, 1956-1971, 1977-1981, and involve either
the preparation of audits or biennial reports by the Texas Board of Water
Engineers, the Texas Water Commission, the Texas Water Development Board, and
the Texas Department of Water Resources.
1 cubic ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Records, Texas Water Commission. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Agency History
The 33rd Legislature (House Bill 37) created the Texas State Board of
Water Engineers in 1913, primarily to conserve state waters for the public
welfare. The name of the Board was changed in 1962 to the Texas Water
Commission (House Bill 12, 57th Legislature, 3rd Called Session).
Meanwhile, the Texas Water Development Board was created in 1957 by a
constitutional amendment initiated by the 55th Legislature, Regular Session
(House Joint Resolution 3), to administer state and federal financing programs
for water-related projects and do long-term water resources planning. In 1965,
the Water Development Board assumed certain functions from the Texas Water
Commission, which was renamed the Texas Water Rights Commission (Senate Bill
145, 59th Legislature, Regular Session). In 1977, the Water Development Board
and the Water Commission were combined to form the Department of Water
Resources (Senate Bill 1139, 65th Legislature, Regular Session). The Department
of Water Resources was later abolished (Senate Bill 249, 69th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1985), and its responsibilities divided between the recreated
Texas Water Commission and Texas Water Development Board.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Types of records include drafts of biennial reports, correspondence,
memos, and financial statistics. Records date 1941-1942, 1956-1971, 1977-1981,
and involve either the preparation of audits or biennial reports by the Texas
Board of Water Engineers, the Texas Water Commission, the Texas Water
Development Board, and the Texas Department of Water Resources. Most of the
records consist of correspondence and memos but there are drafts of the
1956-1958 biennial report of the Board of Water Engineers and the 1960-1962 and
1962-1964 biennial reports of the Water Commission, along with statistical
data. The audit records consist of correspondence and financial data.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Arrangement of the Records
The audit records and the biennial reports are arranged separately and
each is in chronological order.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Corporate Names:
Texas. Dept. of
Water Resources.
Texas Board of Water
Engineers.
Texas Water Development
Board.
Subjects:
Water resources
development--Texas.
Document Types:
Reports--Texas--Water
resources development--1941-1981.
Correspondence--Texas--Water resources
development--1941-1981.
Audits--Texas--Water
resources development--1941-1981.
Statistics--Texas--Water
resources development--1941-1981.
Functions:
Planning water resources
development.
Protecting water resources.
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 Water Commission, Agenda and dockets, 1980-1989, 2.9
cubic ft.
Texas Water Commission, Minutes, 1962-1965, 1977-1986, 3.03
cubic ft.
Texas Water Development Board, Meeting files, 1963-1967, 1974-2002,
11.34 cubic ft.
Texas Department of Water Resources, Reclamation Engineer,
Historical files, ca. 1908-ca. 1960, 90.82 cubic ft.
Texas State Board of Water Engineers, Minutes, 1913-1962,
2.25 cubic ft.
Texas Water Quality Board, Records, 1969-1977, undated, 3.47
cubic ft.
Texas Water Quality Board, Minutes, September 1967-August
1977, 3.94 cubic ft. [There is no finding aid for these unprocessed records.
Call numbers are 1998/209-1 through 5.]
Texas Water Rights Commission, Minutes, 1965-1977, 1.99
cubic ft.
Processing Information
Paul Beck, May 1994
Accession Information
Accession number: 1993/217
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Water Commission on August 5, 1993.
Detailed Description of the Records
Records,
1941-1942, 1956-1971, 1977-1981,
1 cubic ft.
1993/217-17
Audits [correspondence]:
1993/217-17
Board of Water Engineers,
1958-1968
1993/217-17
Department of Water Resources,
1978
1993/217-17
Biennial reports:
1993/217-17
Board of Water Engineers:
1993/217-17
1941-1942
1993/217-17
Manuscript,
1956-1958
1993/217-17
Basic data and annual financial reports,
1956-1962
1993/217-17
Correspondence,
1958-1960
1993/217-17
Water Commission:
1993/217-17
Manuscript:
1993/217-17
1960-1962
1993/217-17
1962-1964
1993/217-17
Correspondence:
1993/217-17
1962-1963
1993/217-17
1964-1965
1993/217-17
Water Development Board correspondence:
1993/217-17
1966-1971
1993/217-17
1966-1968
1993/217-17
Department of Water Resources correspondence,
1977-1981