Overview
Texas. Commission of Control
for Texas Centennial Celebrations.
Records
1926,
1934-1940
Types of records are
correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, financial records, printed materials,
pamphlets, press releases, photographs, and related records, dating 1926,
1934-1940. These are records of the Texas Commission of Control for Texas
Centennial Celebrations, along with its advisory boards and Department of
Publicity. Some records are from the Texas Centennial Commission, a group
composed of thirty citizens created in 1934 to plan for the centennial.
Materials document the preparation and promotion of Texas centennial
activities, including the Texas Centennial Central Exposition and local
celebrations throughout the state.
33.29 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives
when reviewing photographic materials.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Commission of Control
for Texas Centennial Celebrations, Records. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Agency History
The Texas Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations was
created by House Bill 11, 44th Legislature, Regular Session (1935), as part of
a $3 million appropriation to fund centennial activities. The commission was
composed of nine members: the Lieutenant Governor, who served as chair; the
Speaker of the House, who was the vice-chair; three persons appointed by the
Governor; and two each appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the
House. Duties were to supervise disbursement of the appropriation, including
selecting and administering local celebrations and erecting historical markers,
monuments, and memorials. An Advisory Board of Texas Historians, composed of
three members, was created to investigate, report upon, and make
recommendations regarding these centennial events to the Commission of Control.
The advisory board was to cooperate with county centennial advisory boards from
which the applications for celebrations were made. An Advisory Board for
Advertising was also created to formulate a program of state and national
publicity and advertising and to recommend plans to the commission.
The Department of Publicity, a division under the Commission of
Control, was created to carry out the advisory board's plans to promote the
Texas Centennial Central Exposition in Dallas and the local celebrations. At a
meeting held in Dallas on June 8, 1935, the Centennial Exposition corporation
met with the Commission of Control. At that time, the chairman of the Texas
Centennial Commission (created by Senate Bill 22, 43rd Legislature, 2nd Called
Session (1934)) announced that the powers and administrative duties of the
Texas Centennial Commission had been assumed by the Commission of Control, but
the Centennial Commission would continue to serve in a supportive and advisory
capacity.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Types of records are correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, financial
records, printed materials, pamphlets, press releases, photographs, and related
records, dating 1926, 1934-1940. These are records of the Commission of Control
for Texas Centennial Celebrations, along with its advisory boards and
Department of Publicity. Some records are from the Texas Centennial Commission,
a group composed of thirty citizens created in 1934 to plan for the centennial.
Materials document the preparation and promotion of Texas centennial
activities, including the Texas Centennial Central Exposition and local
celebrations throughout the state. Files document the Woodul Historical Essay
Contest and the role of the Advisory Board of Texas Historians in recommending
celebrations, monuments, memorials, and markers.
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.
Organization of the Records
These records are organized into three series:
- Correspondence, 1934-1938, 5 cubic ft.
- Centennial materials, 1926, 1934-1940, 3.35 cubic ft.
- Newspaper clipping scrapbooks, 1935-1936, 24.94 cubic ft.
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
Publicity.
Places:
Texas--Centennial
celebrations, etc.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1940.
Clippings--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1940.
Memorabilia--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1940.
Functions:
Coordinating Texas
centennial celebrations.
Promoting Texas centennial
celebrations.
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 Board of Control, Records, 1916-1979 (bulk
1935-1953), 83.05 cubic ft.
Texas, Office of the Governor, Records of James V Allred,
1932-1939 (bulk 1935-1938), 54.05 cubic ft.
Publications
<emph render="italic">Monuments erected by the state of
Texas to commemorate the centenary of Texas independence; the report of the
Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations</emph>
,
compiled under the direction of Pat M. Neff, Walter F. Woodul, L. W. Kemp,
Publication committee; Harold Schoen, compiler. Austin, Texas Commission of
Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938.
Processing Information
Unknown.
Accession Information
Accession number: 1962/218
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Texas
Secretary of State on July 19, 1963.
Detailed Description of the Records
Correspondence,
1934-1938,
5 cubic ft.
Types of records are correspondence, memoranda, press releases,
fiscal accounts, job applications, bids, clippings, publications, photographs,
copies of the Centennial News and the
Centennial Review, and other records of the Texas
Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Materials date from
1934 to 1938 and include files of the director of the Commission's Department
of Publicity and correspondence of the Advisory Board of Texas Historians.
Subjects include the Woodul Historical Essay Contest and preparations for Texas
centennial celebrations.
Arrangement
These records are grouped by subject.
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. Commission of
Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Advisory Board of Texas Historians.
Texas. Dept. of
Publicity.
Places:
Texas--Centennial
celebrations, etc.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1938.
Financial
records--Texas--Centennial celebrations, etc.--1934-1938.
Functions:
Coordinating Texas
centennial celebrations.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Correspondence, Records, Texas Commission
of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession number: 1962/218
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Secretary of State on July 19, 1963.
County Centennial Advisory Board,
Woodul Historical Essay Contest correspondence
4-16/96A
Anderson-Presidio County (correspondence,
applications, clippings),
1935-1936
[189 folders]
4-16/96B
Rains-Zavala County (correspondence, applications,
clippings),
1935-1936
[65 folders]
4-16/96B
El Paso (city), photos
4-16/96B
Woodul Contest winners (correspondence and photos),
1936
4-16/96B
Speaking engagements
4-16/96B
Centennial News (and
Centennial Cypress),
1935-1936
4-16/96B
Centennial Review, Texas
Centennial Review,
1935-1936
Correspondence
4-16/98A
Advisory Board of Texas Historians,
1935-1936
4-16/98A
Bids,
1935-1936
4-16/98A
Budget,
1936
4-16/98A
Accounts paid,
October 1935-June 1936
[6 folders]
4-16/98B
Accounts paid,
July-November 1936
[5 folders]
4-16/98B
Accounts payable,
1936
4-16/98B
Accounts (correspondence in regard thereto), A-M,
1935-1936
4-16/98B
Accounts (correspondence in regard thereto), N-Z,
1935-1936
4-16/98B
Applications:
4-16/98B
Historians (schools),
1935
4-16/98B
Mimeograph work,
1935
4-16/98B
Preferred, 1935
4-16/98B
Publicity work:
4-16/98B
A-F,
1935-1936
4-16/98B
G-L,
1935-1936
4-16/98B
M-R,
1935-1936
4-16/98B
Advertisements from newspapers,
1936
4-16/98B
Allred, James V (Governor),
1935-1936
4-16/98B
Brownsville,
1935
4-16/98B
Book publishing,
1935
4-16/104
Hale-Washington County,
1934-1938
[59 folders]
4-16/104
Highway,
1936
4-16/104
Postcards, West Texas Museum Association-Lubbock
County Museum,
1935
[loose]
Centennial materials,
1926, 1934-1940,
3.35 cubic ft.
Types of records are correspondence, publications, press releases,
pamphlets, memorabilia, clippings, photographs, a report, and other items of
the Texas Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, dating 1926,
1934-1940. Materials document the preparation, promotion, and celebration of
the Texas centennial in 1936. Included are records of the Texas Centennial
Commission, the Department of Publicity, and related organizations.
Arrangement
These records are unarranged.
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 Centennial
Commission.
Texas. Dept. of
Publicity.
Places:
Texas--Centennial
celebrations, etc.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1940.
Press
releases--Texas--Centennial celebrations, etc.--1934-1940.
Memorabilia--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1940.
Pamphlets--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1934-1938.
Functions:
Promoting Texas
centennial celebrations.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Centennial materials, Records, Texas
Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession number: 1962/218
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Secretary of State on July 19, 1963.
4-16/117
Texas Centennial - Pamphlets and
printed materials
4-16/117
Pictorial Parade of
Texas,
1936
[pamphlet, loose]
4-16/117
Centennial Year Calendar of
Texas Centennial Celebrations,
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas - Centennial
Celebrations,
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas - Do You Know,
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas - Land of Contrasts
(Texas Centennial Celebrations),
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas & the
Centennial,
June-November 1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas & the Centennial
Exposition,
1936
4-16/117
All America is invited to visit
Texas Centennial Celebrations,
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Next Week in Texas
(Centennial Celebrations),
July 1-December 10, 1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Songs Texas Sings
(Centennial edition for schools),
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
An Empire on Parade,
Historical leaflets (concerning important Texas personalities and subjects),
1936
[9 pieces]
4-16/117
Texas Centennial postcards (pictures of Old Man
Texas),
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas Centennial stickers (3 designs - Texas state,
star, and Centennial Exposition),
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas Centennial seals (in a sheet of 36),
1936
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas Centennial Celebrations grown in the Magic
Valley (design showing Texas star) (paper outer covering for fruit),
[1936]
[loose]
4-16/117
Texas Centennial buttons,
[1936]
4-16/117
Texas Centennial Celebrations - banner,
[1936]
[cloth]
Centennial material
2-10/772
Press releases, Texas Centennial Commission,
1935
[loose]
2-10/772
Correspondence from Texas Centennial Commission -
Dusting the Covers of Texas History, - for the
Centennial celebrations of
1936
[loose]
2-10/772
The Texas Centennial -
Texas Landmarks Series, no. 1-15
[1936]
2-10/774
Texas Centennial correspondence (including pamphlets -
Starring Texas - Texas Centennial Exposition,
& Ft. Worth Frontier Centennial, pictures and
Texas Centennials seals),
1934-1940
[loose]
2-10/774
Texasland, the pioneer
magazine,
June 1926
[loose]
2-10/775
Texas Centennial correspondence (including pamphlets -
Buy a Coin - Texas Memorial Museum,
Flag of Goliad - Fannin State Park; and newspaper
clipping),
1936
2-10/775
The Daily Inquirer,
Gonzales,
March 2, 1936
[magazine, loose]
2-10/775
Report of Secretary of Texas Centennial Commission,
inclusive,
March 24, 1934-January 7, 1935
[loose]
2-10/776
Texas Centennial correspondence (including
correspondence to Texas Centennial Commission, clippings, photo),
1934
[loose]
2-10/777
Press releases,
1934
[loose]
2-10/777
Correspondence with Texas Centennial Commission
(including clippings, photo, and Centennial material),
1934
[loose]
2-10/777
Printing and stationery orders,
July 1934
[loose]
2-10/777
Releases from rare books in the Texas Collection for
Texas Centennial Publicity,
January 19-June 14, 1936
2-10/777
Releases from rare books in the University of Texas
Library for Texas Centennial Publicity,
January 19-June 14, 1936
Newspaper clipping scrapbooks,
1935-1936,
24.94 cubic ft.
This series consists of 49 scrapbooks containing newspaper
clippings, dating from 1935 to 1936. Scrapbooks were compiled by the clipping
service at the University of Texas for the Texas Department of Publicity, a
division under the Texas Commission of Control for Texas Centennial
Celebrations. Subjects cover centennial celebrations and related events.
Arrangement
These records are arranged somewhat chronologically.
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
Publicity.
Places:
Texas--Centennial
celebrations, etc.
Document Types:
Scrapbooks--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1935-1936.
Clippings--Texas--Centennial celebrations,
etc.--1935-1936.
Functions:
Promoting Texas
centennial celebrations.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Newspaper clipping scrapbooks, Records,
Texas Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession number: 1962/218
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Secretary of State on July 19, 1963.
4-20/565 thru 581
Scrapbooks,
1935-1936
[49 volumes]