None.
None.
(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas State Board of Control was abolished in 1979 (House Bill 1673, 66th Legislature, Regular Session); its duties and responsibilities were transferred to the newly created Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. The Commission is composed of three members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for overlapping six year terms. These are nonsalaried positions and the Governor appoints the chair.
The Commission is responsible for providing an effective purchasing system for state agencies; providing maintenance, repair, and security services to the Capitol Complex; operating a central telephone system for state agencies; handling the lease and rental of space required by state agencies; 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. It does not acquire property for the Texas High Speed Rail Authority, library materials for libraries operated as part of institutions of higher education, or certain materials for state-owned hospitals or clinics. For administrative purposes, the commission is organized into eight divisions.
Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, reports, executive orders, studies, resolutions, surveys, interviews and legislative bills. Records range in date from 1971 to 1986 and reflect the mandates of the Executive Administration Division and the Building Property Services Division of the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. The Executive Administration Division adopts rules and establishes policies for the efficient performance of commission programs. The division also provides legal services to the other commission divisions, along with independent audit review of all commission operations. The Building and Property Services Division primarily provides maintenance, repair, operations, and custodial services, and administers the fire and safety program for the State Capitol, state office buildings located in the capitol complex (except the Texas Employment Commission's building), the State Cemetery, and other facilities on the commission's inventory. Although the State Capitol, Old Land Office, and capitol grounds are on the property inventory of the State Preservation Board, the commission maintains these properties under the board's direction.
To prepare this preliminary inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of content lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
These records are organized into two series:
Lisa M. Hendricks, April 1992
Accession number: 1991/124
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission on April 2, 1991.
Records consist of correspondence and memoranda, dating from 1971 to 1986, concerning progress reports, budgetary considerations, contracts awarded, equal employment opportunity issues, long-range planning, and committee meetings and agendas. Also included are newspaper clippings, reports, and executive orders, as well as studies, resolutions, surveys, interviews,and legislative bills. These are records of the Executive Administrative Division of the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. Records present range across the administrations of Governors Mark White, Bill Clements, Dolph Briscoe, and Preston Smith.
Original order of the files was maintained and appears to be random. However, in most cases, records within each folder appear to be in roughly reverse chronological order.
(Identify the item), Executive Administration Division, Governor's office correspondence, Records, Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, resolutions, committee findings, surveys, and a petition. These are records of the Building and Property Services Division of the Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission and date from 1971 to 1986. These records concern, for example, contracts, utility rates, fire and safety inspections, custodial services, and vending facilities.
Original order of the files was maintained and appears to be random. However, in most cases, records with each folder appear to be in roughly reverse chronological order.
(Identify the item), Building and Property Services Division, Records, Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.