None.
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.
(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Texas General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas State Board of Control was created in 1919 by the 36th Legislature (Senate Bill 147). The legislation which created the Board also abolished several agencies and offices, transferring their duties to the Board of Control. Among the Board's numerous responsibilities was the joint supervision and maintenance of certain historical state parks (including San Jacinto, Goliad, and Fannin State Parks). The Board also had charge of the custody and maintenance of the Capitol and other state office buildings and their adjoining grounds. In this capacity the Board contracted for all construction, repairs, and specifications used in construction projects and for machinery and equipment repairs.
The Board of Control was abolished in 1979 (House Bill 1673, 66th Legislature, Regular Session); its duties and responsibilities were transferred to the newly created State Purchasing and General Services Commission. The Commission's responsibilities included providing an effective purchasing system for state agencies; providing maintenance, repair, and security services to the Capitol Complex; and acquiring real property in the Capitol Complex and constructing state office buildings. The commission acquires all supplies, materials, services, and equipment for all state agencies, with a few exceptions. In 1991 the agency was renamed the General Services Commission.
Types of records present include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, schedules, sketches, newsclippings, work orders, board orders, black and white photographs, and calendars. Records range in date from 1949 to 1987 and are the records of two predecessor agencies of the General Services Commission, the Texas State Board of Control and the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. Records reflect the varied responsibilities of these agencies including repairs to the San Jacinto State Park, projects revolving around Texas' 1986 Sesquicentennial celebrations, as well as inaugural and “Governor-For-A-Day” ceremonies. Also of interest is the “State of Texas vs. Zenith Radio Corporation” file which contains correspondence and detailed expenditures relating to the major Capitol fire in 1983.
These records are organized into two series and five subseries:
Lisa M. Hendricks, September 1996
Accession number: 1996/138
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the General Services Commission on August 27, 1996.
Types of records include correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, black and white photographs, sketches, board orders, work orders, schedules, and calendars of the Texas State Board of Control. Records range in date from 1949 to 1987 and reflect the board's responsibility for the custody and maintenance of the Capitol and other state office buildings and their adjoining grounds as well as responsibility for the joint supervision and maintenance of certain historical state parks, including San Jacinto State Park. The board contracted for all construction, repairs, and specifications used in construction projects and for machinery and equipment repairs.
These records are organized into three subseries:
Types of records include correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, photographs, architectural sketches, and a power-of-attorney. Records date from 1958 to 1965 and are from the Texas State Board of Control. Records reflect the Board's involvement in repairs and maintenance of the San Jacinto State Park. Correspondents include the San Jacinto Park Commission, the Legislative Budget Board, the San Jacinto Museum of History Association, and the Texas Crushed Stone Company.
These records are arranged in reverse chronological order in two folders and remain in order as received.
(Identify the item), San Jacinto State Park records, Board of Control records, Records, Texas General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Types of records present include correspondence, memoranda, and board orders. The bulk of these records are dated 1949 with only a cover letter dated 1987. Records are executive orders from the Texas State Board of Control and reflect the board's responsibility for the custody and maintenance of the Capitol and other state office buildings and their adjoining grounds. Executive orders accept bids for engineering contracts for repairs and improvements to state buildings and grounds; approve the sale of public property and sales of surplus unusable material from state departments; and issue grants of permission for burial in the state cemetery, for erection of monuments, and for planting trees on the grounds of the state capitol and in state parks.
These records are arranged in reverse chronological order in one folder and remain in the order received.
(Identify the item), Board orders, Board of Control records, Records, Texas General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Types of records present include correspondence, memoranda, work orders, architectural sketches, schedules, calendars, newsclippings, and black and white photographs from the Texas State Board of Control. Records date from 1951 to 1977 and detail arrangements for inaugural ceremonies for governors and lieutenant governors, for Armed Forces Week ceremonies, and for Governor-For-A-Day ceremonies. Also present is a file containing notes concerning Christmas tree decorations.
Governor-For-A-Day records are filed in chronological order while governors' inaugural records are filed in reverse chronological order. Records remain in order as received.
(Identify the item), Ceremonies, Board of Control records, Records, General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Records present include correspondence, expenditure and activity summaries, lists, and reports dating from 1976 to 1986. Records are from the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission and reflect some of the responsibilities of the Commission to provide maintenance, repair, and security services to the Capitol Complex.
These records are organized into two subseries:
Types of records include correspondence and memoranda dating from 1982 to 1986. Records are executive correspondence files between personnel of the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission and the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission, the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Committee for the Humanities. Records detail arrangements and preparations for Texas' celebration of 150 years of statehood.
Records are in two folders and remain in the order received.
(Identify the item), Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial, Executive correspondence, State Purchasing and General Services Commission records, Records, Texas General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Types of records present include correspondence, expenditure and activity summaries, lists of files and employees, and reports detailing labor and materials. Records, dating from 1976 to 1983, are the records of the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission detailing repairs and expenditures necessitated by the major fire in the capitol on February 6, 1983. Repairs include carpentry, window replacement, furniture cleaning and fire detection system repairs.
Records are contained in a single folder and remain in the order received.
(Identify the item), State of Texas vs Zenith Radio Corporation, State Purchasing and General Services Commission records, Records, Texas General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.