TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Agency History
Scope and Contents of the Records
Organization of the Records
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Main Street Program files,
1979-1985
(bulk 1980-1982),
Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project files,
1829, 1847, 1852-1853,
1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, undated (bulk 1990-1994),
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Texas Historical Commission, Community Heritage
Development Division:
An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives,
1829, 1847,
1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1985, 1990-1999, undated (bulk 1980-1982,
1990-1994)
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| Creator: | Texas Historical
Commission. Community Heritage Development
Division. |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1985, 1990-1999,
undated |
| Dates: | (bulk 1980-1982,
1990-1994) |
| Abstract: | This series consists
of correspondence, memoranda, project proposals, community profiles, committee
minutes, clippings, assessments of historic architecture, photographs, slides,
maps, illustrations and drawings, conference proceedings, notes, reports, and
publications. The files cover the years 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870,
1888-1985, 1990-1999, undated (bulk 1980-1982, 1990-1994) and document two
programs of the Texas Historical Commission's Community Heritage Development
Division - the Main Street Program, and a regional documentation project of the
Heritage Tourism Program, the Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project. |
| Quantity: | 10.13 cubic
ft. |
| Repository: | Texas State Archives |
The Texas State Historical Survey Committee was created on a temporary
basis in 1953 (Senate Concurrent Resolution 44, 53rd Legislature, Regular
Session) to administer a comprehensive state program for historical
preservation; it was given more permanent status in 1957 (Senate Bill 426, 55th
Legislature, Regular Session). The Committee became the Texas Historical
Commission in 1973 (House Bill 1512, 63rd Legislature, Regular Session).
The Texas Historical Commission is composed of eighteen members
appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving
overlapping six-year terms. Members must be citizens of Texas who have
demonstrated an interest in the preservation of the state's historical
heritage, and represent all geographical areas of Texas. Beginning in 1995, the
membership must include a professional archeologist, a professional historian,
and a licensed architect; and two of the members must be from counties with
populations of less than 50,000. The governor names the chairperson. The
members appoint an executive director to administer the agency. In 1998 the
commission had a staff of about 100 employees.
The mission of the commission is to protect and preserve the state's
historic and prehistoric resources for the use, education, economic benefit,
and enjoyment of present and future generations. The main functions of the
agency are to identify, preserve, interpret, and maintain historic and
archeological sites. Duties of the agency include preservation consultation
with the public; providing leadership to heritage organizations and county
historical commissions; working with communities to protect Texas'
architectural heritage, including operation of the Texas Main Street Program;
administering the state's historical marker program; working with property
owners to save archeological sites on private land; ensuring archeological
sites are protected as land is developed for public construction projects;
consulting with citizens and groups to nominate properties for historical and
archeological landmark status and for the National Register of Historic Places;
and making historical attractions a cornerstone of the Texas travel industry.
The Commission also maintains the Historic Sites Atlas (a database of
information on 200,000 historic sites in Texas); is involved with the LaSalle
excavations; and was involved with the development of the Bob Bullock State
History Museum in Austin.
In the late 1990s, the Texas Historical Commission went through an
agency restructuring in which several divisions were combined. The agency now
contains seven divisions that carry out the responsibilities of the agency. The
Administration Division oversees budgetary, planning, and other executive
functions. The Community Heritage Division operates the Main Street Program,
the Heritage Tourism Program, and the Certified Local Government Program. The
Archeology Division administers the archeological programs of the agency in
accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act and the Antiquities Code
of Texas. The Architecture Division administers architectural grants, monitors
the state's National Historical Landmarks and reviews proposed changes to
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The History Programs Division operates the
National Register Program and the Local History Program. The Marketing
Communications Division issues a monthly newsletter, The Medallion, provides
production services for other departments, assists with public outreach, and
helps coordinate the agency's annual museum conference. Staff Services handles
personnel, accounting, and other staff functions.
The Community Heritage Development Division operates the Main Street
Program, the Heritage Tourism Program, and the Certified Local Government
Program. The Main Street Program was created about 1981 and is designed to
revitalize downtown centers of cities with fewer than 50,000 people. The
program provides cities with architectural consultation, marketing, and
interior design training for this purpose. In 1989 the Legislature provided
funding for an Urban Main Street Program. The Heritage Tourism Program works
with business communities and with civic and educational organizations to
promote and preserve historic sites in heritage areas. The Certified Local
Government Program was created in 1980 and offers technical assistance to
cities and awards grants to help with the development of quality local
preservation programs.
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This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, project proposals,
community profiles, committee minutes, clippings, assessments of historic
architecture, photographs, slides, maps, illustrations and drawings, conference
proceedings, notes, reports, and publications. The files cover the years 1829,
1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1985, 1990-1999, undated (bulk 1980-1982,
1990-1994) and document two programs of the Texas Historical Commission's
Community Heritage Development Division - the Main Street Program, and a
regional documentation project of the Heritage Tourism Program, the Los Caminos
del Rio Heritage Project.
The Main Street Program selects smaller cities and towns and works
with them to revitalize their downtown centers. The records cover the beginning
years of the program, from Texas' initial proposal to be part of the national
main street program, through the first few years of the program's operation.
There is a set of reading files of the Main Street Program director, containing
memos and outgoing correspondence with community leaders and others about the
Main Street project and with organizations and local people in specific cities
involved in the project. There is also a set of files concerning the project
proposal Texas prepared in 1980 and sent to the National Main Street Center to
be accepted as a pilot project state. Dates of the Main Street Program files
are 1979-1985, bulk 1980-1982.
The Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project was undertaken as part of the
Heritage Tourism Program to promote and preserve historic sites along the Los
Caminos del Rio heritage corridor, an area of about 200 miles along the
Texas-Mexican border between Laredo and Brownsville. The bulk of the files
consist of photographic media, most being photographs taken by Historical
Commission staff to document sites in the corridor, largely focusing on several
cities and towns. Of special note is a large group of photographs from Guerrero
Viejo, a colonial Mexican town inundated in 1953 when the Falcon Reservoir was
built on the Rio Grande. Also present are the maps, photographs, and original
artwork used in the project's publications, A Shared
Experience: The History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower
Rio Grande Heritage Corridor, 1st edition (1991), and the 2nd edition
(1994); and A Shared Experience: A Teacher's
Companion (1994). Dates of the Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project
files are 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, undated
(bulk 1990-1994).
This finding aid describes the files of one division of the Historical
Commision. See
Texas Historical Commission: An Overview of
Records for more records series.
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.
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Organization of the Records
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| These records are organized into two series and four subseries. |
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| | Main Street Program files, 1979-1985 (bulk 1980-1982), 2 cubic
ft.
- Reading files, 1981-1982, 1 cubic ft.
- Administrative files, 1979-1985 (bulk 1980-1981), 1 cubic
ft.
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| | Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project files, 1829, 1847,
1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, undated (bulk 1990-1994), 8.13
cubic ft.
- Publication development files, circa 1990-1996, undated (bulk
1991-1994), 2.71 cubic ft.
- Research files, 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979,
1990-1999, undated (bulk 1990-1994), 5.42 cubic ft.
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Restrictions on Access
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under
Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to: social
security numbers (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101) an archivist must
review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may
be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email
including enough description and detail about the information requested to
enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and
may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received
by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The
researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17
U.S.C.).
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
Maps larger than 17 x 22 inches cannot be photocopied.
Technical Requirements
None.
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| The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records. |
| Corporate Names: |
| | Los Caminos del Rio
Heritage Project. |
| | Texas Main Street
Project. |
| Subjects: |
| | Historic
buildings--Texas--Conservation and restoration. |
| | Historic
districts--Texas--Conservation and restoration. |
| | Historic sites--Rio Grande
Valley. |
| | Historic buildings--Rio
Grande Valley. |
| | Architecture--Rio Grande
Valley. |
| Places: |
| | Rio Grande
Valley--History. |
| | Lower Rio Grande Valley
(Tex.)--History. |
| | Texas--Cultural policy.
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| Document Types: |
| | Correspondence--Texas--Cultural
policy--1980-1982. |
| | Memorandums--Texas--Cultural
policy--1980-1982. |
| | Photographs--Lower Rio
Grande Valley (Tex.)--1990-1999. |
| | Slides
(photographs)--Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--1990-1999. |
| | Maps--Lower Rio Grande
Valley (Tex.)--1980-1982, 1990-1994. |
| | Notes--Lower Rio Grande
Valley (Tex.)--1990-1994. |
| | Reports--Lower Rio Grande
Valley (Tex.)--1990-1996. |
| Functions: |
| | Protection of historic
sites. |
| | Historic
preservation. |
| | Documention of historic
sites. |
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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.
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| Texas State
Archives |
| | Texas Historical Foundation, Records, [ca. 1966]-1981, 6 cubic
ft. [There is no finding aid available for these unprocessed records, see staff
for assistance.] |
| Publications |
| | A Shared Experience: The History,
Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage
Corridor, 2nd edition (1994) |
| | A Shared Experience: A Teacher's
Companion (1994) |
| | Texas Main Street Project newsletter,
1983-[ongoing] |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Community Heritage
Development Division, Texas Historical Commission. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 2000/020, 2000/092
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Historical Commission on September 28, 1999; and January 8, 2000.
Laura K. Saegert, December 2002, March 2004
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Main Street Program files,
1979-1985
(bulk 1980-1982),
2 cubic ft.
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| This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, project
proposals, community profiles, committee minutes, clippings, and notes, dating
1979-1985 (bulk 1980-1982). There is a set of reading files of the Main Street
Program director, containing memos and outgoing correspondence with community
leaders and others about the Main Street Program and with organizations and
local people in specific cities involved in the project. There is also a set of
files concerning the project proposal Texas prepared in 1980 and sent to the
National Main Street Center to be accepted as a pilot project state. |
| 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. |
| Main Street Program background |
| The Texas Main Street Program, part of the Texas Historical
Commission's Community Development Heritage Division, helps Texas cities
revitalize their historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts by
utilizing preservation and economic development strategies. |
| The program began in 1981 and is affiliated with the National
Trust for Historic Preservation. It was developed because there was no state or
federal program available to help small towns that were losing vitality in
their downtown areas. The project initially involved four state agencies - the
Texas Historical Commission (lead agency), the Governor's Budget and Planning
Office, the Texas Industrial Commission, and the Texas Department of Community
Affairs. The inital objective was the architectural and economic revitalization
of the downtown centers of cities with fewer than 50,000 people. In 1989 the
Legislature provided funding for an Urban Main Street Program. The program
provides cities with architectural consultation, marketing, and interior design
training for this purpose. The cities with populations under 50,000 applying
for the program must agree to hire a full-time Main Street manager for three
years and provide funding for the local program. Cities with population over
50,000 must cooperate with a private nonprofit organization, hire a full-time
staff of two for at least five years and provide funding for the local program
and pay a graduated fee of $7,500 the first year, $2,500 the second year and
$1,500 each year thereafter. |
| The Texas Main Street Program is among the most successful
downtown revitalization programs in the nation, and has assisted more than 130
Texas cities through the program. The program has resulted in the private
reinvestment of more than $860 million in Texas downtowns and neighborhood
commercial districts, the creation of more than 18,200 jobs and the
establishment of more than 4,600 new businesses. |
| Organization |
| These records are organized into two subseries. |
| Reading files, 1981-1982, 1 cubic ft. |
| Administrative files, 1979-1985 (bulk 1980-1981), 1 cubic
ft. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to: social
security numbers (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.101) an archivist must
review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may
be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email
including enough description and detail about the information requested to
enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records. |
| Restrictions on Use |
| None. |
| Technical Requirements |
| None. |
| Preferred Citation |
| (Identify the item and cite the series), Main Street Program
files, Records, Community Heritage Division, Texas History Commission. Archives
and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
| Accession Information |
| Accession number: 2000/020 |
| These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Historical Commission on September 28, 1999. |
| Processed by |
| Laura K. Saegert, March 2004 |
| | | Reading files, 1981-1982,
1 cubic ft. |
| | These are reading files of the Texas Main Street Program
director, containing memos and outgoing correspondence with community leaders
and others about the Main Street Program and with organizations and local
people in specific cities involved in the project. Dates covered are 1981-1982.
Memos are generally weekly updates of staff activities regarding various main
street projects. Letters are outgoing letters of the program director, some of
the division director, to local officials, community leaders, businesses,
organizations or other groups; and typically concern cities and towns
selection/non-selection into the Main Street Program or upcoming aspects of the
project for those selected, acknowledgement of gifts, and answering questions
about the Main Street Program. Other letters include architectural assessments
prepared by Historical Commission architects and sent to owners of buildings in
the program. Also present are scattered minutes from the Texas Main Street
Interagency Council and the Texas Main Street Committee and transmittal sheets
- a form that states when and to whom a letter was sent and what, if anything,
was attached. |
| | 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 records are arranged in reverse chronological order. |
| | Preferred Citation |
| | (Identify the item), Reading files, Main Street Program files,
Records, Community Heritage Division, Texas History Commission. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
| Box |
| 2000/020-11 | | | | Reading file: |
| | | | | December
1982 |
| | | | | November
1982 |
| | | | | October
1982 |
| | | | | September
1982 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
September-October
1982 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
May-August
1982 |
| | | | Reading file: |
| | | | | August
1982 |
| | | | | July
1982 |
| | | | | June
1982
[2 folders] |
| | | | | May
1982
[2 folders] |
| | | | Transmittal file,
February-April,
1982 |
| | | | Reading file: |
| | | | | April
1982
[2 folders] |
| | | | | March
1982
[2 folders] |
| | | | | February
1982 |
| | | | | January
1982 |
| | | | | December
1981 |
| | | | | November
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
September-December
1981 |
| | | | Reading file: |
| | | | | October
1981 |
| | | | | September
1981 |
| | | | | August
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
August
1981 |
| | | | Reading file,
July
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
July
1981 |
| | | | Reading file,
June
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
June
1981 |
| | | | Reading file,
May
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
May
1981 |
| | | | Reading file,
April
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
April
1981 |
| | | | Transmittal file,
March
1981 |
| | | | Reading file,
January
1981 |
| | | Administrative files, 1979-1985 (bulk
1980-1981),
1 cubic ft. |
| | This series contains proposals, correspondence, notes, memos,
community profiles, clippings, contracts, and surveys, regarding Texas'
participation in the National Main Street Project, dating 1979-1985, the bulk
dating 1980-1981. The files largely concern the project proposal Texas prepared
in 1980 and sent to the National Main Street Center to be accepted as a pilot
project state. The Texas proposal is present as well as proposals from several
other states. Correspondents include the Main Street Program director,
Historical Commission staff, other state agencies (primarily the Governor's
Office of Budget and Planning and the Texas Department on Community Affairs),
and local officials, citizens, or groups with an interest or involvement in the
Main Street proposal. Materials gathered while preparing Texas' proposal
include community profiles prepared by some Texas communities. |
| | Also present are files regarding contractors hired to perform
market research in several Texas cities in 1984 and 1985. The contract files
contain contracts, purchase vouchers, correspondence, memoranda, market
analyses, surveys, and a large computer printout of statistical 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 Texas project proposal records are filed first, followed the
main street proposals from other states, then the contract files. |
| | Preferred Citation |
| | (Identify the item), Administrative files, Main Street Program
files, Records, Community Heritage Division, Texas History Commission. Archives
and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
| Box |
| 2000/020-12 | | | | Main Street project info[rmation],
1979-1980 |
| | | | Pre-application project proposal,
1980 |
| | | | Pre-application appendix,
ca.
1980 |
| | | | | [includes profiles of some Texas
communities] |
| | | | General information, Main Street Project,
1980 |
| | | | | [includes correspondence concerning
the proposal] |
| | | | Texas Main Street Project Proposal, Part I (master
copy),
1980 |
| | | | Texas Main Street Project Proposal, Part II (master
copy),
1980 |
| | | | Texas Main Street Project Proposal, Appendix (master
copy),
ca.
1980 |
| | | | | [includes profiles of some Texas
communities] |
| | | | State status reports for Massasschusetts, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas,
1981 |
| | | | Main Street Project proposals of other states,
ca.
1980: |
| | | | | Colorado |
| | | | | Georgia |
| | | | | North Carolina
[2 volumes] |
| | | | | Massachusetts
[2 volumes] |
| | | | | Pennsylvania |
| | | | Contract files: |
| | | | | [Contains possibly excepted information:
social security numbers of contractors are present in all files] |
| | | | | Dennis U. Fisher,
1982-1985 |
| | | | | Raymundo Vela, Jr.,
1985 |
| | | | | Susan Campbell,
1985 |
| | | | | Johnson, Moore, Kelly and Associates,
1984-1985 |
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Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project files,
1829, 1847, 1852-1853,
1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, undated (bulk 1990-1994),
8.13 cubic ft.
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| This series consists of assessments of historic architecture,
photographs, slides, maps, illustrations and drawings, conference proceedings,
notes, reports, and publications produced by the Los Caminos del Rio Heritage
Project, dating 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, the
bulk dating 1990-1994. The research materials were gathered or created by the
Texas Historical Commission for documentation of historic sites along the Los
Caminos del Rio heritage corridor, an area of about 200 miles along the
Texas-Mexican border between Laredo and Brownsville. The bulk of the
photographic media consists of color slides or black and white photographs
taken by Historical Commission staff to document sites in the corridor, largely
focusing on several cities and towns. Photographs, mostly copy prints, are also
present from other archival repositories and from residents or local groups.
Included is a large group of photographs from Guerrero Viejo, a colonial
Mexican town inundated in 1953 when the Falcon Reservoir was built on the Rio
Grande. Copies of maps, largely photographic copies, that were used as resource
material for creating maps in the THC publications are also present. Some of
the maps created for the publications exist in several formats, as original
manuscript maps, full size negatives, and large prints. Also of note is a set
of assessments or surveys of historic architecture (accompanied by color
photographs) of sites featured in the published report. |
| Very little textual research material is present, except for a set
of heritage project files documenting heritage projects in other parts of Texas
and in other states gathered by the Historical Commission as resource material.
The Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project is an ongoing research project, thus
the majority of the textual research materials gathered or created for it are
still at the Historical Commission and other agencies participating in the
project, including the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas
Department of Transportation. |
| The publication development files were created by the Texas
Historical Commission for use in publications on the Los Caminos del Rio
Heritage project. The bulk consist of photographs selected for the
publications, along with original artwork, drawings and maps used in
A Shared Experience: The History, Architecture and
Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor, 2nd
edition (1994) and in A Shared Experience: A Teacher's
Companion (1994). A set of negatives is present from the first edition
of the book (1991), and a video (1996) and foldout brochures (1996) produced by
the project are also filed with these records. Additionally, there are two 1993
newsletters from the project, Los Caminos del Rio,
Quarterly Newsletter. |
| Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project history |
| The Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project was begun in 1990 to
preserve the heritage of the Lower Rio Grande area while also educating
citizens about the history of the region. It was a cooperative effort between
the United States and Mexico with the assistance of the Meadows Foundation of
Dallas to survey cultural resources along the border. A resulting publication,
A Shared Experience, 1991, proposed linking
cultural and natural resources extending from Laredo/Nuevo Laredo to
Brownsville/Matamoros in a single corridor focused on the shared heritage of
the two nations. The project was endorsed by Governor Ann Richards and later by
Governor George Bush. A state interagency task force was created by Governor
Richards through Executive Order AWR 91-5, the Task Force on the Los Caminos
del Rio Heritage Project. It was composed of a team of experts from the Texas
Historical Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Department of
Transportation, and the Texas Department of Commerce, with the representive of
the Historical Commission serving as chair. The National Park Service, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, several government agencies in Mexico, and two
binational non-profit organizations (Los Caminos de Rio, Inc., and A.C.) were
invited to join the task force to promote and preserve the natural, cultural
and historical heritage of the Lower Rio Grande. Throughout 1991 and 1992 staff
of the Historical Commission and its partners undertook research activites and
also provided technical assistance in communities, such as helping with
National Register nominations or preservation plans for historic buildings.
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| A heritage corridor was designated - the Los Caminos del Rio
heritage corridor. It is an area of about 200 miles along the Texas-Mexican
border going through Webb, Zapata, Starr, Hidalgo and Cameron counties in Texas
along highways 281 and 83 and the States of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas in Mexico
along highway 2, between the towns of Laredo (U.S.)/Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) and
Brownsville (U.S.)/Matamoros (Mexico). A heritage plan was established in 1992,
with the U.S. National Park Service taking the lead, to explore the broad
heritage of the region through native wildlife, and natural, scenic and
recreational resources. The plan also assessed the cultural heritage of the
region, including architecture, archeology, and folklore as well as the
infrastructure and transportation components of the region. Early in 1992
questionnaires were sent out to key individuals and organizations in the
corridor area to gather information about the area's resources. A 28-member
team assembled from thirteen United States and Mexican federal and state
agencies traveled througout the area making on-site evaluations of resources.
The team assessed management, infrastructure, conservation, and economic
development issues. In addition, six public workshops about the project were
held in the United States and Mexico. Each country's delegation visited sites
along its border during early-mid 1992 and formulated recommendations for
coordinating efforts with its counterpart. A binational agreement of
cooperation was signed by members of the international task force in Roma,
Texas, on October 30, 1992 to formalize the coordination of United States and
Mexican plans for the project. |
| This plan was completed in 1994 and included recommendations for
partnership management of the heritage corridor by agencies, organizations and
individuals. During the survey more than 230 historical sites were
identified. |
| In 1994, following completion of the heritage plan, two
publications about the project were produced by the Texas Historical
Commission. The first was A Shared Experience: The
History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande
Heritage Corridor, 2nd edition, edited by Mario Sanchez, PhD., R.A.,
1994. According to the report's introduction, the report is portrayed as a
practical, usable inventory of the region's historic sites. The report contains
surveys of twenty selected historic sites, including drawings, assessments of
the architecture, and cost estimates needed for restoration/repair work;
assessment of regional crafts; maps of the corridor showing historic sites and
maps presenting the transportation components of the area, such as tracing the
development of river routes; and historical and contemporary photographs of
sites and cultural resources of the area. The report has a section focusing on
the site of Guerrero Viejo, a colonial Mexican town inundated in 1953 by the
Falcon Reservoir, a reservoir built on the Rio Grande by the United States and
Mexico. |
| Additionally, A Shared Experience: A
Teacher's Companion, was published. This volume is designed to be used
with the report and contains lessons plans for middle school teachers along
with numerous pen and ink drawings of related historic events and cultural
activities. Also produced by the Historical Commission was a video providing
visual documentation of many sites and a large foldout brochure highlighting
sites with a brief synopsis of the project. |
| The Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project continues. Staff of
involved agencies and organizations continue to survey, conduct research, and
identify additional historic sites, create documentation (site descriptions and
interpretations, maps, photographs), provide preservation plans for sites, and
nominate sites to the National Register of Historic Places or for National
Historic Landmark Status. |
| Organization |
| These records are organized into two series: |
| Publication development files, circa 1990-1996, undated (bulk
1991-1994), 2.71 cubic ft. |
| Research files, 1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979,
1990-1999, undated (bulk 1990-1994), 5.42 cubic ft. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| None. |
| Restrictions on Use |
| Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives
when reviewing photographic materials. |
| Maps larger than 17 x 22 inches cannot be photocopied. |
| Technical Requirements |
| None. |
| Preferred Citation |
| (Identify the item and cite the subseries), Los Caminos del Rio
Heritage Project files, Records, Community Heritage Division, Texas Historical
Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission. |
| Accession Information |
| Accession number: 2000/092 |
| These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Historical Commission on January 8, 2000. |
| Processed by |
| Laura K. Saegert, December 2002 |
| | | Publication development files,
circa
1990-1999, undated (bulk
1991-1994),
2.71 cubic ft. |
| | These are maps, photographs (prints, negatives, and slides),
original artwork and drawings, camera ready copy, and resulting publications
dating ca. 1990-1999, the bulk dating 1991-1994. The files were created by the
Texas Historical Commission for reports on the Los Caminos del Rio Heritage
project, A Shared Experience: The History, Architecture
and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor, 2nd
edition, edited by Mario Sanchez, PhD., R.A., 1994, and A
Shared Experience: A Teacher's Companion. The bulk of the records
consists of photographs, drawings and maps for the second edition. Maps and
camera ready copy are present for the Teacher's Companion, and a few negatives
are present that were used in the first edition of A
Shared Experience, edited by Mario Sanchez, PhD., R.A., 1991. A few
folders of prints and slides labeled as "extra slides," "photographs not used"
are also present in this series. Other published items in these files are a
video, Our Architectural Heritage, A Cultural Legacy of
the Lower Rio Grande, 1996; three copies of a large foldout brochure,
two in Spanish, one in English - Legacies of the
Borderlands (Los Caminos del Rio, Legados de la
Frontera), 1996; and two 1993 issues of the project's quarterly
newsletter, Los Caminos del Rio. |
| | Prints and negatives are generally black and white, slides are
color. |
| | Arrangement |
| | These records are arranged by publication, based on the date the
item was published, then by record type. |
| | Preferred Citation |
| | (Identify the item), Publication development files, Los Caminos
del Rio Heritage Project files, Records, Community Heritage Division, Texas
Historical Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
| | | | A Shared Experience: The
History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande
Heritage Corridor, 1991 edition, ca.
1990 |
| Box |
| 2000/092-1 | | | | | Negatives
[5 folders] |
| | | | A Shared Experience: The
History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande
Heritage Corridor, 2nd edition (1994), ca.
1991-1994 |
| Box |
| 2000/092-1 | | | | | Texas historical photos: |
| | | | | | [Photo research] |
| | | | | | [Various negatives] |
| | | | | | [Loose paste-up sheets without photos] |
| | | | | | [Cover and river photos] |
| | | | | | Front matter, Part I |
| | | | | | Part II
[5 folders] |
| | | | | | Part III
[5 folders] |
| | | | | | Part IV
[6 folders] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-2 | | | | | | Appendices |
| | | | | | 1st edition photos deleted from the 2nd
edition
[2 folders] |
| | | | | New photos/artwork: |
| | | | | | Final complete cropping information |
| | | | | | [Loose materials] |
| | | | | | Frontmatter |
| | | | | | Part I |
| | | | | | Part II |
| | | | | | Part III
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | Part IV
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | Afterwards |
| Oversize |
| OS 2000/092-1 | | | | | Artwork: |
| | | | | | New artwork (velox negatives)
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Jack Jackson's drawings |
| | | | | | Art. 46A |
| Box |
| 2000/092-2 | | | | | | Logos (for 1st and 2nd editions) |
| | | | | Part V, Guerrero Viejo photo notebook: |
| | | | | | [Loose material] |
| | | | | | Cover photos |
| | | | | | Landscape and aerial views |
| | | | | | The Plaza and Nuestra Senora del Refugio
Church |
| | | | | | Street scenes |
| | | | | | Public and private structures |
| | | | | | Arches and doorways |
| | | | | | Architectural features |
| | | | | | The sandstone quarry and falls |
| | | | | | The old cemetery |
| | | | | | Residents and former residents |
| | | | | | The rescue begins,
March 21,
1993 |
| Box |
| 2000/092-3 | | | | | Negatives: |
| | | | | | Negatives, except Guerrero Viejo
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | Internegatives, Guerrero Viejo
[4 folders] |
| | | | | Miscellaneous photographs and negatives: |
| | | | | | [Photographs, photocopies of] |
| | | | | | Photo rejects
[6 folders] |
| | | | | | Slide duplicates, set # 1
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Slide duplicates, set # 2
[3 folders] |
| | | | | Maps: |
| | | | | | Drawings for map on rear cover
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Corridor map, cover |
| | | | | | Guerrero map |
| Oversize |
| OS 2000/092-1 | | | | | | Part VI, reject maps, etc.: |
| | | | | | | 1820s-1830s |
| | | | | | | 1850s-1860s |
| | | | | | | 1870s,
1920s-1930s |
| | | | | | | Rejects |
| | | | | | | Figs. 1 to 11 |
| | | | | | | Part VI
[2 folders] |
| Oversize |
| OS Box 34 | | | | | | | Maps - Plano
Topografico, V. Canalizo, 1838 (partial); Rio
Bravo de Norte, Section of Boundary Between the U.S. and Mexico... Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1852-1853, by Brevet Major W.H. Emory [complete map
and enlargement]; Boundary between the U.S. and Mexico...
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1853, Emory (complete map). |
| Map-case |
| Map Drawer Processed 1 | | | | | | Map - Historic Sites and
Designations, drafts, final manuscript drawings, full size prints, full
size negative |
| Box |
| 2000/092-3 | | | | | Appendices: |
| | | | | | Appendix G |
| | | | | | Larry Jones and Ogletree letter |
| Box |
| 2000/092-4 | | | | | Publication: |
| | | | | | A Shared Experience: The
History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande
Heritage Corridor, 2nd edition, edited by Mario Sanchez, Ph.D.,
published by the Texas Historical Commission,
1994 |
| | | | A Shared Experience: A
Teacher's Companion, (1994) ca.
1990-1994 |
| Oversize |
| OS 2000/092-1 | | | | | Drawings: |
| | | | | | Small illustrations (originals), veloxes from
large illustrations |
| | | | | | Film of large illustrations |
| Map-case |
| Map Drawer Processed 2 | | | | | Drawings and maps: |
| | | | | | Large maps, drawings, film |
| | | | | | Two mounting drawings |
| Oversize |
| OS 2000/092-1 | | | | | Camera-ready copy of guide
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-4 | | | | | Publication: |
| | | | | | A Shared Experience: The
History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande
Heritage Corridor. Teacher's Companion, Activities and Resource Book, by
Kitty A. Henderson, published by the Texas Historical Commission,
1994 |
| | | | Other publications by the
Historical Commission |
| Box |
| 2000/092-4 | | | | | Foldout brochures, Legacies of
the Borderlands (Los Caminos del Rio, Legados de la Frontera,) 1996 |
| | | | | | [Three copies, two in Spanish, one in English.] |
| | | | | Video, Our Architectural
Heritage, A Cultural Legacy of the Lower Rio Grande, 1996
[VHS format, 16:30 minutes] |
| Oversize |
| Oversize Box 37 | | | | | Los Caminos del Rio,
Quarterly Newsletter, two issues,
1993 |
| | | Research files, 1829,
1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, undated (bulk
1990-1994),
5.42 cubic ft. |
| | This series consists of assessments of historic architecture,
photographs, slides, maps, conference proceedings, notes, and reports, dating
1829, 1847, 1852-1853, 1866, 1870, 1888-1979, 1990-1999, undated, the bulk
dating 1990-1994. The research materials were gathered or created by the Texas
Historical Commission (THC) for documentation of historic sites along the Los
Caminos del Rio heritage corridor, an area of about 200 miles along the
Texas-Mexican border between Laredo and Brownsville. The bulk of the
photographic media consists of color slides or black and white prints taken by
Historical Commission staff to document sites in the Corridor, generally
focusing on several cities and towns. Photographs, primarily copy prints, are
also present from other archival repositories and from residents or local
groups. Included is a large group of photographs from Guerrero Viejo, a
colonial Mexican town inundated in 1953 when the Falcon Reservoir was built on
the Rio Grande. Copies of maps, mostly photographic prints, that were used as
resource material for creating maps in the THC publications are present. Also
of note is a set of assessments or surveys of historic architecture
(accompanied by color photographs) of sites featured in the published report.
|
| | Very little textual research material is present, except for a
set of files documenting heritage projects in other parts of Texas and in other
states gathered by the Historical Commission as resource material. The Los
Caminos del Rio Heritage Project is an ongoing research project, thus the
majority of the textual research materials gathered or created for it are still
at the Historical Commission and other agencies participating in the project,
including the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of
Transportation. |
| | Arrangement |
| | The records are arranged by record type or topic. Within each
set the records are maintained in their original order. |
| | Preferred Citation |
| | (Identify the item), Research files, Los Caminos del Rio
Heritage Project files, Records, Texas Historical Commission. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
| | | | Conference
files |
| Box |
| 2000/092-4 | | | | | Border Conference,
1977-1978 |
| | | | | Proceedings. An Exploration of
a Common Legacy: A Conference on Border Architecture, 1978 |
| | | | | | [The report is in English and Spanish.] |
| | | | | Brownsville Conference,
January
1979 |
| | | | | Conference registrants and proceedings list,
1978-1979 |
| | | | Research files, Mexican
states |
| Box |
| 2000/092-4 | | | | | [Documentation of historic sites]
[2 folders] |
| | | | | [Notes, lists, etc.] |
| | | | | Nuevo Leon |
| | | | | Tamaulipas |
| | | | | Coahuila |
| | | | Architect's
notebooks |
| | | | | [Note: Notebooks document historical sites in the Los
Caminos del Rio Heritage corridor, focusing on sites features in the book,
A Shared Experience. One notebook contains
architectural documentation on the structures, cost estimates for repairs, etc.
The other item is an accompanying notebook of color photographs of these
structures.] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-5 | | | | | Notebook with architectural documentation:
|
| | | | | | Notebook - Assessment of
Historic Structures, 1990
[6 folders] |
| | | | | | [Loose materials and materials in
pockets]
[4 folders] |
| | | | | Photograph notebook,
1990: |
| | | | | | Republic of the Rio Grande, Laredo |
| | | | | | San Ygnacio/San Ygnacio vicinity: |
| | | | | | | Vela Store |
| | | | | | | Trevino Fort |
| | | | | | | Rancho San Frisco |
| | | | | | Roma: |
| | | | | | | Guerra Store |
| | | | | | | Noah Cox House |
| | | | | | | Blue Cornice Building |
| | | | | | | Rameriz Hospital |
| | | | | | | Garcia House |
| | | | | | Rio Grande City: |
| | | | | | | De la Pena Store |
| | | | | | | Lee House |
| | | | | | Hidalgo, Irrigation pumphouse |
| | | | | | Brownsville: |
| | | | | | | City Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Pacheco Store |
| | | | Slide notebooks, 1990-1999 |
| | | | | [Note: These are color slides, most, if not all, taken by
Mario Sanchez, of the Texas Historical Commission, as documentation of historic
sites along the Los Caminos del Rio Heritage corridor, both on the Texas side
and the Mexican side. The sheets in the notebooks note the locale where the
slides were shot (cities, towns, landscapes outside towns, etc.). The slide
sheets were removed from the notebooks and foldered. Some folders have slide
sheets of different locales; when this happens, each sheet is named in the
folder title.] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-5 | | | | | Slide notebook # 1 (various cities and towns):
|
| | | | | | Lower Rio Grande; River Scenes |
| | | | | | River Scenes; Lower Rio Grande |
| | | | | | River/Lanscape Scenes; Ranches, Webb
County |
| | | | | | Lower Rio Grande; Ranch Lands |
| | | | | | River/Lanscape Scenes |
| | | | | | Laredo
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | San Ygnacio |
| | | | | | Old Dolores |
| Box |
| 2000/092-6 | | | | | | Corralitos |
| | | | | | San Francisco/Rancho San Franciso |
| | | | | | Rancho la Union |
| | | | | | San Ygnacio
[4 folders] |
| | | | | Slide notebook # 2 (Mexico): |
| | | | | | Guerrero, Coahuila |
| | | | | | Matamoros |
| | | | | | Camargo; Miguel Aleman; [Unlabeled
sheet] |
| | | | | | Reforestation Day; Islote de los
Castores |
| | | | | | Miguel Aleman; Brick kiln, Los Guerra |
| | | | | | Mier
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Villanueva; Camargo |
| | | | | | Villanueva, Tamaulipas
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Guerrero Viejo
[7 folders] |
| | | | | | Nuevo Laredo; Intersectional meeting; Mexican
officials visit Roma and Diez |
| | | | | | Nuevo Laredo, meeting with governor and
sec.[retary] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-7 | | | | | Slide notebook # 3 (Roma): |
| | | | | | Special events; Roma Exhibit Opening |
| | | | | | B. Sharkey visit; [general Roma slide
sheets] |
| | | | | | Parish Hall, Rodriguez Store; Lind Ramirez
Building; Rameriz Hospital |
| | | | | | Roma, various; Guerra family reunion |
| | | | | | Roma House; [various views of Roma] |
| | | | | | Nestor Sanchez Store
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Guerra Store
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Antonia Sanchez residence; View along Portscheller
Street |
| | | | | Slide notebook # 4 (various cities and
towns): |
| | | | | | Los Saenz, La Grulla, Salineno; Rio Grande
City |
| | | | | | Hebronville, Rio Grande City |
| | | | | | Edinburg; McAllen, Mission |
| | | | | | Santa Anna, National Wildlife Refuge; Toluca
Ranch |
| | | | | | Hidalgo, Old River Pumphouse
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | Hidalgo, Historical Center; US 281 east-west,
military highway properties |
| | | | | | US 281, Cemetery; US 281, military
properties |
| | | | | | Brownsville: |
| | | | | | | Brownsville [various]; Brownsville
Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Fort Brown; Brownsville [various] |
| | | | | | | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
| | | | | | | Brownsville vicinity |
| | | | | | Palo Alto; Port Isabel; Boca Chica
Beach |
| | | | | | US 281 and US 83 markers;
Miscellaneous |
| | | | Photographs |
| | | | | Guerrero Viejo photograph notebook (L. McVey),
1888-1993: |
| | | | | | [Note: These are black and white copy photos (with what
looks to be a few originals as well) of former residents, structures, street
scenes, landscapes, and other images from Guerrero Viejo, mostly before the
site was inundated by the waters of the Rio Grande for the Falcon Dam
Reservoir. They are foldered as received, according to divider titles in the
notebook. Sections without dividers had titles supplied by Archives staff.
Dates of the copy images go back at least to 1888. Many are not dated. In
addition to photographs, a map, a few clippings and notes are present.] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-8 | | | | | | Map of Old Guerrero,
Tamaulipas, Mexico, by Lori McVey,
1993 |
| | | | | | Prints - The San Antonio
Light Collection |
| | | | | | [Miscellaneous views] |
| | | | | | Flores family
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | Young Dr. R. Flores and El Salto |
| | | | | | Former residents
[5 folders] |
| | | | | | [Former residents]
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | [Street scenes, landscape views] |
| | | | | | [Former residents, structures, landscape
views] |
| | | | | | [Former residents, groups, etc.] |
| | | | | | Palacio, maps, building
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Quarry |
| | | | | | Churches - Nuestra Senora del Refugio
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | Cemetery |
| Map-case |
| Map Drawer Processed 2 | | | | | Guerrero Viejo oversize, mounted photographs (view
of the bridge, outside views of two churches, interior church view, and several
street views)
[2 folders] |
|
| | | | | Bonar photographs: |
| | | | | | [Note: Black and white photographs, contact sheets,
negatives taken by Texas Historical Commission photographer Jim Bonar.] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-8 | | | | | | [Negatives and contact sheets, 35 mm film]
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | [Photographs of illustrations from the Institute
of Texas Cultures] |
| | | | | | [Contact sheets, from 4 x 5 inch
negatives]
[4 folders] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-9 | | | | | | [Negatives, 4 x 5 inches]
[5 folders] |
| | | | | | [Prints, 8 x 10 inches]
[5 folders] |
| | | | | | [Notes] |
| | | | | Photographs from other sources: |
| | | | | | Center for American History: |
| | | | | | | Runyon Collection
[8 x 10 inch prints] |
| | | | | | | Runyon Collection
[8 x 10, 4 x 5 inch prints] |
| | | | | | | Runyon Collection [panorama views] |
| | | | | | | Prints and Photographs Collection
[5 x 7 inch prints] |
| | | | | | | [Military views]
[8 x 10 inch prints] |
| | | | | | National Archives
[mostly 8 x 10 inch prints]
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | [Prints from unknown source, in Stokes Imaging
Services envelope]
[5 x 7 and 8 x 10 inch prints] |
| | | | | | University of Texas at Pan American, contact sheet
and negatives of brochures of 1920s valley promotions |
| | | | | | Architecture, Martha Peters [prints and negatives,
color and black and white] |
| | | | | | J. Freeman visit,
January
1991
[prints, contact sheets, negatives]
[3 folders] |
| | | | | | [Photos from Webb County?] |
| | | | | | [Photos from Dick Ryan]
[2 folders] |
| | | | | | [Bridge photo, mounted] |
| | | | | Extra photos
[5 folders] |
| | | | Maps |
| Oversize |
| Oversize Box 37 | | | | | Full page map, 4-color - Los
Caminos del Rio Heritage Project Area |
| Map-case |
| Map Drawer Processed 1 | | | | | Several maps: Boundary between
the United States and Mexico...Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Surveyed in 1852 by
Brt. Major W.H. Emory (diazo print); Plat and drawing -
Field Pacheco Complex, Brownsville (black and white
print);Map of the Rio Grande Frontier, Texas,
East of Fort McIntosh and South of the Mex. National R.R., by 1st Lt.
H.L. Ripley, 1892 (browntone print); Map of San Patricio
District, General Land Office, 1870 (photocopy)
|
| Oversize |
| Oversize Box 34 | | | | | Photographic prints of maps - Map of Texas, John Arrowsmith, 1847;
Map of the Rio Grande Frontier..., by Ripley,
1892; Chart of the Rio Bravo del Norte by Henry
Austin, traced by Lt. Bowman in 1866; Mapa del Original
de Texas, by Stephen F. Austin, 1829. |
| Map-case |
| Map Drawer Processed 1 | | | | | Full-size negative and print of a map from
A Shared Experience, titled Historic Sites and Designations, Lower Rio Grande Heritage
Corridor, with several county highway maps containing site locations and
notes. |
| | | | Heritage Corridor research files,
ca.
1989-1998 |
| | | | | [Note: These are largely newsletters, project brochures,
maps, correspondence, and a few notes on various heritage corridor projects in
Texas and the United States, with a few from other countries, roughly in
alphabetical order.] |
| Box |
| 2000/092-10 | | | | | Alamo-La Bahia |
| | | | | American Industrial Project |
| | | | | Arizona |
| | | | | Bay Area Ridge Trail |
| | | | | Blackstone River Valley National HC/Massachussets
[Heritage Corridor] |
| | | | | Butte, Montana |
| | | | | Cache La Poudre River Nat'l. Water Heritage
Area |
| | | | | California, Santa Rosa Creek Restoration |
| | | | | California Corridor |
| | | | | California |
| | | | | El Camino Real, New Mexico |
| | | | | Caminos Reales and the Old San Antonio Road,
Texas |
| | | | | El Camino del Rio, Big Bend Area, Texas |
| | | | | Canada Heritage Regions Programme |
| | | | | Colorado River Trail |
| | | | | State of Colorado |
| | | | | Denison Heritage [Texas] |
| | | | | East Texas
[2 folders] |
| | | | | European Heritage Trail |
| | | | | Florida, Blackwater State Heritage Trail |
| | | | | Florida, Cuban Heritage Trail |
| | | | | Florida Spanish Mission Trail |
| | | | | Georgia |
| Box |
| 2000/092-11 | | | | | Georgia/Alabama, Chattachooche Trace |
| | | | | Houston |
| | | | | Houston-Themes |
| | | | | Hudson Greening |
| | | | | Illinois |
| | | | | Jean Lafitte, NPS [National Park
Service]/Louisiana |
| | | | | La Ruta Maya, Nat[ional] Geo[graphic] |
| | | | | LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson] Heartland |
| | | | | Market Trails, Texas (area southwest of San
Antonio) |
| | | | | Maryland, Nanticoke Watershed |
| | | | | Mississippi River Parkway |
| | | | | Natchez Trace |
| | | | | New Jersey's Coastal Heritage Trail |
| | | | | New York State urban, cultural parks/scenic
byways |
| | | | | North Carolina, Old Salem |
| | | | | Ohio |
| | | | | Oregon Trail |
| | | | | Pennsylvania: |
| | | | | | General |
| | | | | | Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal |
| | | | | | Penn Heritage Park: |
| | | | | | | Allegheny Ridge |
| | | | | | | Lincoln Highway |
| | | | | | | Oil Region |
| | | | | | | National Road |
| | | | | | | Rivers of Steel |
| | | | | | Lackawanna Heritage Valley |
| | | | | Seaway Trail, Inc., Great Lakes |
| | | | | Suwannee River, Florida |
| | | | | Silos and Smoke Stacks, Iowa |
| | | | | Utah, Morman Pioneer Trail |
| | | | | Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational
River |
| | | | | Virginia |
| | | | | Washington State Tapteal Greenway |
| | | | | West Virginia |
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