Texas Youth Commission: An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1886-1892, 1902, 1909-2003, undated (bulk 1949-2000)


Overview
	Creator:	Texas Youth Commission.
	Title:	Records
	Dates:	1886-1892, 1902, 1909-2003, undated
	Dates:	(bulk 1949-2000)
	Abstract:	These records include minutes and meeting files, correspondence, memoranda, Attorney General opinions, policy and procedure manuals, press releases, speeches, reports and studies, litigation case files, outreach and informational publications, planning records, scrapbooks, field survey notebooks, financial records, livestock records, juvenile court reports, and photographs. Dates covered are 1886-1892, 1902, 1909-2003, undated (bulk 1949-2000). Most of the materials concern the activities of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) and its predecessor agencies, the Texas State Youth Development Council and Texas Youth Council. Records are also present for two associated organizations, the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators and the Interstate Compact on Juveniles. Additionally, there are a few meeting and administrative files from the Executive Director of the Youth Commission in his role as an ex-officio member of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth.
	Quantity:	19.72 cubic ft.
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Texas State Archives

Agency History

Juvenile corrections efforts by the state began in 1887 with the passage of legislation for a House of Correction and Reformatory (later became the State Juvenile Training School) (House Bill 21, 20th Legislature, Regular Session). This correctional facility for boys began operation in 1889 in Gatesville. In 1913, the 33rd Legislature authorized the creation of the Girl's Training School (House Bill 570, Regular Session), a correctional facility for girls in Gainesville. It began operation in 1916. In 1945, the legislature approved the establishment of the State Training School for Delinquent and Dependent Colored Girls (Senate Bill 46, 49th Legislature, Regular Session). Located in Brady, it began operation in 1947. Between 1887 and 1920, separate boards of directors managed each of these schools and reported directly to the Governor. The Texas State Board of Control, created by the 36th Legislature in 1919 (Senate Bill 147, Regular Session) took over management of the three schools from 1920 to 1949.

Additional 1887 legislation established facilities to care for dependent and neglected children. The State Orphan's Asylum (later known as the Corsicana State Home), began operation in 1889 in Corsicana (Senate Bill 261, 20th Legislature, Regular Session, 1887). Further legislation in 1887 created another home (House Bill 445, 20th Legislature, Regular Session), located in Austin, known as the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum for Colored Youth (later named the Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School). A third home was established in 1919 and located in Waco (House Bill 112, 36th Legislature, Regular Session), the State Home for Dependent and Neglected Children (later known as the Waco State Home). The state homes, as with the schools for delinquent children, were managed by the Board of Control beginning in 1920. Management of the Waco State Home passed to the Department of Public Welfare in 1939 (Senate Bill 36, 46th Legislature, Regular Session). Management of the Corsicana State Home, the Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan Home, and the Waco State Home was transferred to the newly created Texas Board for State Hospitals and Special Schools in 1949 (House Bill 1, 51st Legislature, Regular Session).

In 1947, the 50th Legislature created the State Training Code Commission (Senate Concurrent Resolution 34, Regular Session), composed of seven members appointed by the Governor, to study the state schools for delinquent children and examine the problem of juvenile delinquency. It was to determine changes that would improve the administration of the schools and enable them to more nearly accomplish their broad social objectives. The Commission's report to the 51st Legislature resulted in the creation of the Texas State Youth Development Council.

The State Youth Development Council was created in 1949 (House Bill 705, 51st Legislature, Regular Session). It was composed of six "influential" citizens appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate, and eight ex-officio members - Chairman, Board of Control; Executive Director, Department of Public Welfare; Commissioner of Education; Executive Director, Board for State Hospitals and Special Schools; State Health Officer; Director, Department of Public Safety; Executive Secretary, State Parks Board; and Chairman, Texas Employment Commission. The Governor appointed the chair. The purpose of the Council was to coordinate state efforts to help communities develop and strengthen all child services. It was also directed to administer the state's correctional facilities for delinquent children by providing a program of constructive training aimed at the rehabilitation and successful reestablishment of these children into society. The Council took over control of the correctional schools then managed by the State Board of Control - the Gatesville State School for Boys, Gainesville State School for Girls, and the Brady State School for Delinquent Colored Girls.

The State Youth Development Council became the Texas Youth Council in 1957 (Senate Bill 303, 55th Legislature, Regular Session). It was composed of three members appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate, to six year overlapping terms, and the members elected the chair. The members were to be citizens recognized in their communities for their interest in youth. The size of the commission increased to six in 1975 (Senate Bill 278, 64th Legislature, Regular Session), with the same qualifications applying to the new members. The Youth Council had the same duties as the State Youth Development Council with the additional mandate to provide parole supervision for certain delinquent children until their discharge. The Legislature also directed the Youth Council to operate institutions for dependent and neglected children (Corsicana State Home, Waco State Home, and the Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School). During the 1970s the Youth Council initiated a county juvenile probation subsidy program that was transferred to the newly created Texas Juvenile Probation Commission in 1981 (House Bill 1904, 67th Legislature, Regular Session).

In 1971, a class action lawsuit, Morales v. Turman, was brought against the agency, its officers, and staff by children confined in the juvenile corrections facilities. In response to the lawsuit, changes were initiated in the way juvenile correction facilities were operated.

The name of the agency was changed to the Texas Youth Commission in 1983 (Senate Bill 422, 68th Legislature, Regular Session). The Youth Commission operates under the Texas Human Resource Code, Title 3, Chapter 61, as the state's juvenile correction agency. Under Title 3 of the Texas Family Code, the Commission provides for the care, custody, rehabilitation, and reestablishment into society of those youth convicted of delinquent conduct. The Commission operates secure residential, institutional, and community-based programs for delinquent youth, and supervises the youth once they return to the community. It also contracts with private sector providers to operate residential and non-residential services. The agency protects the identities of youth admitted to their facilities by keeping personal information confidential (such as names and home addresses) and not allowing photographs of the children to be taken (without permission of the child) as required by the Texas Family Code, Section 58.005. Care for dependent and neglected children is no longer a function of the Youth Commission. Effective 1992, responsibility for these children is handled by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (DPRS). The department was created in 1991 (House Bill 7, 72nd Legislature, First Called Session) and began operation in 1992.

In 1995, the 74th Legislature passed an omnibus juvenile justice reform package, House Bill 327, that changed the way juvenile justice was administered in Texas. The bill expanded the offenses for which a youth could receive a determinate sentence (sentence with a fixed term) to include most violent offenses, such as murder, rape, and aggravated assault. It also enabled supervision of youth to continue into the adult criminal justice system; lowered the age that a juvenile could be tried as an adult from 15 to 14; and directed that both the most violent juvenile defenders, and mentally retarded delinquent youth be sent to the Youth Commission. In light of this new legislation, the Youth Commission provides greater structure, strictly enforced discipline, and increased accountability of the delinquent youth in their programs.

Youth committed for minor offenses are the responsibility of local governments. The Youth Commission receives the most serious offenders with longer sentences. These comprise two categories: committed juveniles and sentenced offenders. Committed juveniles are sent to the Commission by juvenile courts after adjudication, allowing the Youth Commission to determine the length of stay and the type of services provided (e.g., Capitol Offender Program or Chemical Dependency Program). The second category, sentenced offenders, are given a specific sentence through determinate sentencing status and cannot be released prior to their sentence termination.

The agency directly operates fourteen correctional institutions (one more was scheduled to open in 1999) and nine community-based residential programs; and contracts with private sector providers for a variety of residential programs. Through these institutions and facilities the agency provides accredited secondary education, vocational training, and several specialized programs, concerning sex offenders, capital offenders who have committed murder, chemical dependency, resocialization, independent living preparation, mentally retarded youth, and seriously emotionally disturbed youth. The commission also operates a parole system for supervision of youth released from residential programs.

The Texas Youth Commission also administers the Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ) for the state of Texas. The Compact provides for the cooperative supervision of juvenile probationers and parolees who move from state to state. It also provides for the return of non-delinquent runaway youth, parole and probation absconders, and escapees to their home state. The administrators of each state compact are members of the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators (AJCA). The AJCA holds annual meetings and sponsors mid-winter workshops on relevant juvenile issues.

According to an internal agency history (and repeated by the Handbook of Texas) the roots of the Youth Commission extend back to 1859 when the Eighth Legislature authorized separate corrections facilities for children (the age of criminal responsibility was nine at this time, it was raised to seventeen in 1918). No funding was provided and such facilities were not established until 1887. We were unable to locate the 1859 legislation referred to in these sources.

The commission is headed by an executive director, has about 4900 FTE staff (as of 2001), and manages about 7000 juvenile offenders. It operates under V.T.C.A , Human Resources Code, Title 3, Chapter 61; and the Texas Family Code, Title 3.

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Scope and Contents of the Records

These records include minutes and meeting files, correspondence, memoranda, Attorney General opinions, policy and procedure manuals, press releases, speeches, reports and studies, litigation case files, outreach and informational publications, planning records, scrapbooks, field survey notebooks, financial records, livestock records, juvenile court reports, and photographs. Dates covered are 1886-1892, 1902, 1909-2003, undated (bulk 1949-2000). Most of the materials concern the activities of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) and its predecessor agencies, the Texas State Youth Development Council and Texas Youth Council. Records are also present for two associated organizations, the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators and the Interstate Compact on Juveniles. Additionally, there are a few meeting and administrative files from the Executive Director of the Youth Commission in his role as an ex-officio member of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth. Topics covered in these records include the creation of the State Youth Development Council, history of TYC youth facilities, operation of and programs at youth facilities, opening and closing of facilities, construction, research studies, legislation affecting the agency, juvenile court actions, some issues involving runaway juveniles, early livestock management, and the Morales litigation case that changed the way juvenile facilities were operated in Texas. Correspondents include agency staff, officials in other state agencies, legislators, local officials, out-of-state agencies, parents of students, and others.

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Organization of the Records
	These records are organized into 28 series:

		Meeting minutes and agenda, 1949-1957, 1961-2003, 4.5 cubic ft.
		Meeting supporting documentation, 1994-1996, 1.24 cubic ft.
		Organization charts, 1998-1999, fractional cubic ft.
		Administrative correspondence, executive director, 1995-2000, 1.66 cubic ft.
		Administrative correspondence, deputy executive director, 1992-1996, 1.94 cubic ft.
		Attorney general opinions, 1933, 1959-1963, 1967, 1974 (bulk 1963), fractional
		Administrative policy files, 1977, 1981-1993, 0.24 cubic ft.
		Correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council, 1958-1973, 0.7 cubic ft.
		Speeches, 1994, 1996-2000, fractional
		Press releases, 1961-1962, 1966, 1972-1991, 1997-2001, 0.2 cubic ft.
		Policy and procedure handbooks and manuals, 1953-1985, 1.24 cubic ft.
		Reports and studies, 1963-1989, 0.8 cubic ft.
		Youth Commission outreach and informational publications, 1953, [ca.] 1966-1985, 0.2 cubic ft.
		State Youth Development Council early history scrapbooks, 1949-1955 (bulk 1949-1951), 0.48 cubic ft.
		Youth Commission facilities and programs history and information notebooks, 1886-1892, 1902, 1932, [ca.] 1932, 1941-1990, undated, 1.94 cubic ft.
		Juvenile court reports, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1964, and 1967-1975, 0.47 cubic ft.
		Ombudsman files, [ca. 1951], [ca. 1972-ca. 1977], 0.3 cubic ft.
		Gatesville Task Force and contingency planning records, 1978, 0.1 cubic ft.
		In-house reviews of student rules and consequences, 1983-1984, fractional
		Gatesville field survey notebooks, 1934, 0.1 cubic ft.
		Photographs, [ca. 1960-ca. 1978], 2 cubic ft.
		Executive Director's records as ex-officio member of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth, 1972-1974, 0.3 cubic ft.
		Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators, 1955-1996, 1 cubic ft.
		Interstate Compact on Juveniles files, [ca. 1965], 1967, fractional
		Theses, 1958, 1978, 0.14 cubic ft.
		Texas Juvenile Corrections Master Plan Advisory Council minutes, 1974, fractional
		Financial and assorted records, 1909-1944, 1949, undated (bulk 1911-1927), 0.47 cubic ft.
		Morales case files, 1949-1990, undated (bulk 1969-1999), 37.6 cubic ft.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); photographs where individual children in Youth Commission facilities can be identified unless the child granted permission to allow the photograph to be taken (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); psychological or psychiatric reports and evaluations (V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, Mental Health records, 611.002); and medical records (V.T.C.A., Occupations Code, 159.002 (Medical Practice Act)); 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.).

Technical Requirements

None.

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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 on Services to Children and Youth.
		Texas. State Youth Development Council.
		Texas Youth Council.
		Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators (U. S.)
	Subjects:
		Juvenile corrections-Texas.
		Juvenile justice, Administration of-Texas.
		Juvenile detention homes-Texas.
		Juvenile courts-Texas.
		Juvenile delinquency-Texas.
		Juvenile delinquents-Rehabilitation-Texas.
	Document Types:
		Minutes--Texas--Juvenile corrections--1949-1957, 1961-2003.
		Agendas --Texas--Juvenile corrections--1961-2003.
		Correspondence--Texas--Juvenile corrections--1958-2003.
		Memorandums--Texas--Juvenile corrections--ca. 1970-2003.
		Manuals--Texas--Juvenile corrections--1953-1985.
		Press releases--Texas-Juvenile corrections--1961-1962, 1966, 1972-1991, 1997-2001.
		Speeches--Texas-Juvenile corrections--1994, 1996-2000.
		Reports--Texas-Juvenile corrections--1963-1989.
		Publications--Texas-Juvenile corrections-1886-1892, 1902, 1932, [ca. 1932], 1934, 1941-1989, undated.
		Plans (reports)--Texas-Juvenile corrections--1978.
		Scrapbooks--Texas-Juvenile corrections--1886-1892, 1902, 1932, [ca. 1932], 1934, 1941-1990, undated.
		Photographs-Texas-Juvenile corrections--[ca. 1960]-1978.
	Functions:
		Administration of juvenile corrections.

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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
		Some governors' records concern the juvenile corrections system, state orphan homes, and related matters. Check the folder inventories for subject terms such as juveniles, orphans, and related terms, along with the names of specific institutions and names of the state agencies involved with the management of juvenile delinquent youth and orphans.
		Texas Youth Commission, Morales case files, 1949-1990, undated (bulk 1969-1989), 37.6 cubic ft. [RESTRICTED]
		Texas State Board of Control, Records, 1854, 1885-1890, 1909-1979, undated (bulk 1935-1953), 103.47 cubic ft. [RESTRICTED]
		Texas Board for State Hospitals and Special Schools, Minutes, 1951-1955, 1 cubic ft.
		Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth, Minutes, 1973-1974, 1978, fractional
		Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, Executive correspondence and meeting files, 1986-1996, 5 cubic ft.
		Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, Minutes, 1986-1994, 0.71 cubic ft.
		Blueprints and drawings, [ca. 1902]-1967, several cubic ft.
		Legislature, House of Representatives, Committee to Investigate Certain Training Schools [Gainesville and Gatesville], Records, 1937, fractional [RESTRICTED]
		Legislature, House of Representatives, Committee on Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Minutes and witness affirmations, 1967-1971, fractional [RESTRICTED]
		Legislature, House of Representatives, Committee on Youth, Minutes and witness affirmations, 1969-1971, fractional [RESTRICTED]
		Legislature, Senate, Committee on Youth Affairs, Records, 1969, 2 cubic ft. [RESTRICTED]
		Legislature, Senate, Select Committee on the Juvenile Justice System, Records, 1988-1989, 2.4 cubic ft [RESTRICTED]
		Legislature, Senate, Youth Affairs Committee, Records, 1969, about 2 cubic ft. [RESTRICTED] (Investigation of alleged brutality.)
	Texas Youth Commission
		There are numerous related series at the Youth Commission including student records, appeals, hearings, probation and parole cases, etc. Any of the records involving juvenile delinquents are confidential [dates and size unknown].
	Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
		This agency holds case files of dependent and neglected youth. These files are confidential [dates and size unknown].
	Newton-Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University
		George Beto papers, [size and dates unknown]. (A copy of the index to these papers can be found in the Archives and Information Services Division of the Library and Archives Commission.)
	Publications
		All publications can be found in the Texana Collection of the Archives and Information Services Division.
		Legislature, State Investigative Committee, 1902 [catalog number - 351.98/T31] [includes an investigation of the State Orphan home in Corsicana (Corsicana Children's Home)] (The Texas State Library and Archives Commission does not hold records of the committee, just the publication.)
		House of Correction and Reformatory; Biennial/annual reports, 1887-1889 [catalog number - 353.8/T]
		Texas State Juvenile Training School, Biennial reports, 1908-1920 [catalog number - 364/T31j]
		Texas State Training School, Biennial reports, 1935-1937 [catalog number - 364/T31j]
		Texas Girls Training School, Biennial report, 1917-1918, [catalog number - 364/T31G]
		State Orphan Home, Corsicana, Biennial/annual reports, 1889-1916 [catalog number - 362.44/T]
		Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School, Biennial reports, 1899-1902 [catalog number - 362.7/T]
		Texas State Department of Public Welfare: Texas Juvenile Court Research Reports, volumes II-VII, 1948,1950 [catalog number - 362.7/T3te]
		Texas State Training Code Commission. A Youth Development Program for the State of Texas, 1949 [catalog number - 362.7/T3y] (This is a report to Governor Beauford Jester and the 51st Legislature that resulted in the creation of the State Youth Development Council.)

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1979/192, 1998/213, 1999/018, 1999/086, 1999/087, 1999/114, 1999/115, 1999/164, 1999/171, 2000/047, 2000/104, 2001/055, 2001/101, 2001/104, 2002/059, 2002/100, 2002/106, 2003/030, 2003/042, 2003/132, 2003/143, 2005/050.

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Council on May 24, 1979; and by the Texas Youth Commission on July 8, and September 29, 1998; January 11, March 5, May 28, June 21, and October 11, 1999; February 7 and November 3, 2000; February 13 and November 1, 2001; February 1 and 21, and October 17, 2002; March 14 and April 10, 2003; and October 27, 2004; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on October 17, 2002.

Processing Information

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000, February 2002, October 2004

Accruals

Minutes, agenda, press releases, and administrative correspondence are transferred to the Archives yearly.

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Detailed Description of the Records

Meeting minutes and agenda, 1949-1957, 1961-2003,
4.5 cubic ft.

These are the minutes, agenda and attachments to the minutes from meetings of the Texas State Youth Development Council (TSYDC), the Texas Youth Council (TYC), and the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). Dates covered are 1949-1957, 1961-2003. Minutes from May 1957 to October 1961 are not present either here or at the Youth Commission. Beginning in the mid 1970s, the minutes also contain a number of attachments, including transcripts, correspondence, memos, reports, charts, sub-committee meeting agenda, resolutions, contracts, internal audit reports, legislative reports, Morales court settlement agreements, TYC responses to Morales Consultant Committee reports, summaries of investigation reports, research proposals, deeds, plats of land, budget materials, planning documents, etc. Meeting agenda are filed with the minutes beginning in 1974. Minutes from TYC committee meetings are present beginning in mid-1996.

Some early issues covered in the meetings were the creation of the State Youth Development Council (1949); the move of the Brady State School for Colored Girls (1949-1950); how to handle feeble-minded children at the youth facilities, especially black youth (1949-1950); and surveying youth detention facilities in counties (1950). Other topics discussed include the establishment and maintenance of youth facilities, improvements at and construction of facilities, inspections of facilities, the budget, new programs or program changes, classification of juvenile delinquents, establishment of community services programs, parole supervision of juveniles, legislation, rules and regulations, policy and procedural changes, research proposals, approval of contracts, internships, master plans and long-range planning goals, closing of facilities, investigation results, and lawsuits against the agency or facilities, such Morales v. Turman. The Morales case was a class action lawsuit filed in 1971 against the agency, its officers, and staff by children confined in the juvenile corrections facilities. Changes initiated in response to the lawsuit led to significant improvements in the way juvenile correction facilities were operated.

Supporting documents sent to commission members for review prior to the meetings can be found in the series Meeting supporting documentation.

For meeting files and board actions of the agency that administered youth facilities during the period 1920-1949, see the records of the State Board of Control, housed at the Archives and Information Services Division. For the minutes of the agency that managed the state homes between 1949 and 1957, see the records of the Texas Board for State Hospitals and Special Schools.

Meeting agenda for the most recent Youth Commission board and committee meetings is regularly posted on the agency's web site, at http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/index.html. Minutes are posted back to 1999.

Arrangement

These records are arranged in chronological order.

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, 1854, 1885-1890, 1909-1979, undated (bulk 1935-1953), 103.47 cubic ft. [RESTRICTED] (see the series Minutes and meeting files and the series Actions of the Board)

Texas Board for State Hospitals and Special Schools, Minutes, 1951-1955, 1 cubic ft.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Meeting minutes and agenda, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1979/192, 1998/213, 1999/115, 2000/047, 2001/055, 2002/059, 2003/042

Restrictions on Access

Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); 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.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000, February 2002, October 2004

Box

1999/115-1

State Youth Development Council, minutes:

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

Texas Youth Council, minutes:

1957

1961

1962

1963

January-May 1964

June-November 1964

January-June 1965

August-November 1965

Box

1998/213-1

Texas Youth Council, minutes
[bound volumes]:

1966-1967

1968-1972

1973-1974

Box

1998/213-2

1975-1977

1978-1979

Texas Youth Council, minutes, August 1979
[missing from bound volume]

Box

1998/213-3

Texas Youth Council , minutes, 1980-1982
[bound volume]

Texas Youth Council/Commission, minutes, January-November, 1983
[bound volume]

Box

1998/213-4

Texas Youth Commission, minutes:

May 1983

June-July 1983

September 1983

November 1983

January 1984
[2 folders]

March-April 1984

May 1984
[2 folders]

June 1984

July 1984
[2 folders]

August-September 1984

November 1984

Box

1998/213-5

January 1985
[2 folders]

February 1985

May 1985

July 1985
[2 folders]

September 1985

November 1985

February-March 1986
[2 folders]

May 1986
[2 folders]

July 1986

September 1986

Box

1998/213-6

November 1986

January 1987

March 1987

May 1987

July 1987

September 1987

November 1987

January 1988

April 1988

May 1988

July 1988

September 1988

November 1988

March 1989

May 1989

July 1989

September 1989

November 1989

January 1990

March 1990

May 1990

July 1990

September 1990

November 1990

March 1991

July 1991

September 1991

November 1991

January 1992

March 1992

May 1992

July 1992

Box

1998/213-7

September 1992

November 1992

January 1993

March 1993

June 1993

July 1993

September-October 1993

November 1993

January 1994

February 1994

May 1994

July 1994

August-September 1994

October 1994

December 1994

February 1995

March 1995

May 1995

July 1995

August 1995

October 1995

November 1995

January 1996

March 1996

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, April 1996

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, May 1996

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, July 1996

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, August 1996

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, September 1996

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, November 1996

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, January 1997

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, March 1997

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, March 1997

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, April 1997

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, May 1997

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, May 1997

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1998/213-8

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, July-August 1997

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, July-August 1997

Texas Youth Commission committees, minutes, September 1997

Texas Youth Commission, minutes, September 1997

Texas Youth Commission, board and committee minutes:

November 1997

January 1998

May 1998

July 1998

August-September 1998

November 1998

March 1999

May 1999

July 1999

Box

2000/047-1

September 1999

November 1999

January 2000

March 2000

May 2000

July 2000

Box

2001/055-1

September 2000

December 2000

March 2001

May 2001

Box

2002/059-1

July 2001
[2 folders]

August 2001

September 2001

November 2001

January 2002

Box

2002/059-2

March 2002

May 2002

July 2002

Box

2003/042

September 2002

December 2002

March 2003

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Meeting supporting documentation, 1994-1996,
1.24 cubic ft.

Meeting supporting documentation consists of minutes and agenda of the Texas Youth Commission and some of its committees, guest registration cards, memoranda, correspondence, remarks of the executive director, drafts of policy and procedural changes, summaries and highlights of legislation, construction estimates, floor plans, contracts, status reports from facilities, budget data, statistics, reports on employee grievances, alleged mistreatment reports, and other reports and materials presented to commission members prior to meetings for their review. Dates covered are 1994-1996. Meetings covered are those held in 1995-1996, some materials present date back to 1994.

Topics discussed at meetings include the establishment and maintenance of youth facilities, improvements at and construction of facilities, inspections, the budget, changes in policies or procedures, new programs or program changes, development of the agency's strategic plan, legislation, rules and regulations, research proposals, approval of contracts, internships, alleged mistreatment reports, self-evaluation of the alternative education system used by the agency, and work of the joint Texas Youth Commission/Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TYC/TJPC) subcommittee. This subcommittee was investigating the feasibility of these two agencies sharing some administrative duties, such as training, research, and management information services.

Arrangement

These records are arranged chronologically.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item) Meeting supporting documentation, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/171

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on June 21, 1999.

Restrictions on Access

Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); 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.

The alleged mistreatment reports contain information pertaining to specific youth and are confidential under V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005. These reports have been removed from the files.

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Meeting supporting documentation:

February 9, 1995

March 16, 1995

May 18, 1995

July 20, 1995

August 31, 1995

October 5, 1995

November 16, 1995

January 18, 1996

March 7, 1996

April 11, 1996

May 16, 1996

August 1, 1996

September 19, 1996

November 21, 1996

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Alleged mistreatment reports (confidential):

September-December 1994

January-February 1995

January-April 1995

May-August 1995

September-October 1995

November-December 1995

March-April 1996

May-June 1996

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Organization charts, 1998-1999,
fractional cubic ft.

This series consists of organization charts of the Texas Youth Commission, dating 1998-1999. The charts were formerly published in the agency's biennial budget requests, from 1969/70 - 1992/93. Copies of the organization charts have been published in the agency's strategic plans, dating 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998. The latest chart is also mounted on the agency's intranet web server, and will likely be added to their internet web page in the future: We hold loose copies of the organization charts for 1998-1999. Copies of the biennial reports and the strategic plans of the agency are located in the Texas Documents Collection of the Library and Archives Commission.

Organization charts graphically illustrate the administrative structure of the different functional units within an agency.

Arrangement

These records are arranged chronologically.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Organization charts, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1999/114 and 1999/164

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by by the Texas Youth Commission on March 5 and May 28, 1999.

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Box

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Organization charts, 1998-1999

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Administrative correspondence, executive director, 1995-2000,
1.66 cubic ft.

This series contains outgoing correspondence and memoranda of the executive director of the Texas Youth Commission, Steve Robinson, dating 1995-2000. Topics covered include policy changes, proposed rules, legislation, agency programs, budget, and problems at facilities. Also present are responses to inquiries about programs, funding, specific situations at schools, etc., from legislators, governor's staff, other officials, and parents of youth at the schools. Correspondents include agency staff, officials in other state agencies, legislators, local officials, out-of-state agencies, parents of students, and others.

There are three other correspondence series described in this finding aid. Correspondence of two deputy executive directors can be found in the series Administrative correspondence, deputy executive director. Memoranda concerning administrative policy issues are in the series Administrative policy files. Some correspondence of the Texas Youth Council can be found in the series Correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council.

Correspondence concerning the operation of the state schools and orphanages formerly under the State Board of Control can be found the records of the Texas State Board of Control, housed in the Archives and Information Services Division.

Arrangement

For fiscal years (FY) 1996-1999 the correspondence is foldered chronologically by quarter of the fiscal year, then arranged in reverse chronological order within the folders. Beginning with FY 2000, the files are arranged in reverse chronological order.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Administrative correspondence, executive director, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 2000/104, 2001/101, 2002/100, 2003/132

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on February 7, 2000; February 13, 2001; February 1, 2002; and March 14, 2003.

Restrictions on Access

Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); 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.

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Fiscal Year 1996 (1995-1996)

Box

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First quarter, FY 96

Second quarter, FY 96

Third quarter, FY 96

Fourth quarter, FY 96

Fiscal Year 1997 (1996-1997)

Box

2000/104-1

First quarter, FY 97

Box

2001/101-1

Second quarter, FY 97
[3 folders]

Third quarter, FY 97
[3 folders]

Fourth quarter, FY 97
[2 folders]

Fiscal Year 1998 (1997-1998)

Box

2001/101-1

First quarter, FY 98
[3 folders]

Second quarter, FY 98
[3 folders]

Box

2001/101-2

Third quarter, FY 98
[3 folders]

Fourth quarter, FY 98
[3 folders]

Fiscal Year 1999 (1998-1999)

Box

2002/100-1

First quarter, FY 99
[2 folders]

Second quarter, FY 99
[2 folders]

Third quarter, FY 99
[3 folders]

Fourth quarter, FY 99
[3 folders]

Fiscal Year 2000 (1999-2000)

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July-August 2000

June 2000

May 2000

April-May 2000

March-April 2000

March 2000
[3 folders]

February 2000

January-February 2000

November-December 1999

October-November 1999

October 1999

September-October 1999

September 1999

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Administrative correspondence, deputy executive director, 1992-1996,
1.94 cubic ft.

This series contains outgoing correspondence and memoranda of the deputy executive director of the Texas Youth Commission, Jay Lindgren, including minutes of several internal agency groups and interagency committees, dating 1992-1995; and outgoing correspondence and memoranda of deputy executive director Sandra Burnam, 1995-1996. Dates of the series are 1992-1996. Topics covered include youth programs and issues, such as allowing some youth to go hunting while excluding others, substance abuse, sex offender registration, direct care issues, and juvenile probation; policy changes; proposed rules; legislation; alleged mistreatment of youth; status of release hearings; approval of extensions of stay for specific youth; escapes; technical assistance proposals; employee grievances; conferences and meetings attended by staff; and other issues concerning the management of the agency. Also present are letters of appreciation, condolence letters, and letters of recommendation for applicants. Correspondents include agency staff, officials in other state agencies, legislators, local officials, out-of-state agencies, parents of students, and others.

Internal groups whose actions are noted in these files include the TYC Direct Care Team and the TYC Juvenile Justice Group. Interagency committees discussed in these files are the TYC/Travis County Design Team, a group formed to pursue new and better processes for dealing with delinquent youth in the Travis County area; and the Texas Youth Commission/Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TYC/TJPC) subcommittee, a group formed to investigate the feasibility of these two agencies sharing some administrative duties, such as training, research, and management information services. The materials concerning the internal groups and interagency committees are only present in Jay Lindgren's correspondence.

There are three other correspondence series described in this finding aid. Correspondence of the executive director can be found in the series Administrative correspondence, executive director. Memoranda concerning administrative policy issues are in the series Administrative policy files. Some correspondence of the Texas Youth Council can be found in the series Correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged in two groups: Jay Lindgren correspondence, 1992-1995; Sandra Burnam correspondence, 1995-1996. Within each group the files are in chronological order by quarter, the materials within the folders in reverse chronological order.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Administrative correspondence, deputy executive director, Records, Texas Youth Commission Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1999/164, 2000/104

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on May 28, 1999 and February 7, 2000.

Restrictions on Access

Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); 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.

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Jay Lindgren correspondence, 1992-1995

Fiscal year 1993 files, 1992-1993:

Box

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First quarter, FY 93

Second quarter, FY 93

Third quarter, FY 93

Fourth quarter, FY 93

Fiscal year 1994 files, 1993-1994:

Box

1999/164-1

First quarter, FY 94

Second quarter, FY 94

Third quarter, FY 94

Fourth quarter, FY 94

Fiscal year 1995 files, 1994-1995:

Box

1999/164-1

First quarter, FY 95

Box

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Second quarter, FY 95

Third quarter, FY 95

Fourth quarter, FY 95

Sandra Burnam correspondence, 1995-1996

Fiscal year 1996 files, 1995-1996:

Box

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First quarter, FY 96

Second quarter, FY 96

Third quarter, FY 96

Fourth quarter, FY 96

Fiscal year 1997 files, 1996-1997:

Box

2000/104-1

First quarter, FY 97

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Attorney General opinions, 1933, 1959-1963, 1967, 1974 (bulk 1963),
fractional

This series consists of correspondence of the Texas Youth Council with the Texas Attorney General (AG) and Attorney General opinions regarding requests by the Youth Council for AG opinions on a variety of issues, and opinion request procedures. Dates covered are 1933, 1959-1963, 1967, and 1974, the bulk dating 1963. There are also two requests, from 1933 and 1974, that do not concern the Youth Council but were perhaps maintained for reference purposes. Subjects of the opinion requests and opinions include whether the TYC could charge for the support and maintenance of wards of the Waco and Corsicana State Homes; whether the TYC could pay certain employees for rent in lieu of providing housing and utilities if such facilities were non-existent at the institution; whether the TYC could construct and operate another school for delinquent boys at Gatesville, separate from the existing Gatesville State School if funds were available; and whether the TYC could appoint a man as superintendent of the girls state schools at Crockett and Gainesville if no qualified woman could be found to fill the position.

There is an index to the opinion letters for 1963 in the files.

Arrangement

The opinion request procedures are filled first, followed by the opinion files in chronological order.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Attorney General opinions, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 2002/106

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on February 21, 2002.

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Box

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Opinion request procedures, 1963

Opinions and correspondence:

1933

(includes index), 1959-1963

1967, 1974

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Administrative policy files, 1977, 1981-1993, 0.24 cubic ft.
	This series consists of memoranda from the executive office and other agency officials regarding new policies or changes in policies of the Texas Youth Commission. Dates covered are 1977, 1981-1993. A cover sheet is present for each year that lists the policy number, date issued, subject, and originator of the memo. The policy memoranda give the policy number, date issued, date effected, termination date (if applicable), who received it, who sent it, subject, TYC manual rules affected, and the text of the policy. Legislation causing policy changes is listed and summarized. A wide range of policy changes is reflected in these files. Subjects directly relating to youth include release of violent offenders, use of physical force, release of illegal aliens, length of stay at facilities, student reclassification, apprehension of students, death of students, authorizing use of chemical agents, personal possessions of youth, etc. Other policies concern personnel issues and various agency management changes. A few early memos concern incidents at TYC facilities, directly related to policies in place at those institutions.
	An early policy memo contained names of youth in detention facilities involved in specific incidents; the names of the children were redacted at some point in the past by the Texas Youth Commission (names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005). We do not have a copy of the unredacted memo.
	There are three other correspondence series maintained at the Archives and Information Services Division. Recent files are those found in the series Administrative correspondence, executive director and Administrative correspondence, deputy executive director. Correspondence of the Texas Youth Council can be found in the series Correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council. Policy and procedural manuals of the Youth Commission can be found in the series Policy and procedure handbooks and manuals.
	Correspondence and administrative policies concerning the operation of the state schools and orphanages formerly under the Texas State Board of Control can be found in the records of the State Board of Control, housed in the Archives and Information Services Division.
	Arrangement
	These records are arranged arranged chronologically.
	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, 1854, 1885-1890, 1909-1979, undated (bulk 1935-1953), 103.47 cubic ft. (see the series Board members files and the series Actions of the Board.) [RESTRICTED]
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Administrative policy files, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	Accession Information
	Accession number: 1999/164
	These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on May 28, 1999.
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			Administrative policies:
Box
1999/164-3				1977
				1981
				1981-1982
				1982-1983
				1983-1984
				1984-1985
				1985-1986
				1986-1987
				1987-1988
				1988-1989
				1989-1990
				1990-1991
				1991-1992
				1992-1993

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Correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council, 1958-1973,
0.7 cubic ft.

This series contains correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council, dating 1958-1973. Topics include changes to policies and admittance standards, employment of students, conditions in the schools, staff changes, social events at facilities, deaths at the schools, volunteer programs, construction quality, education and/or research project proposals, proposals for programs at schools and homes, screening of students at the state schools, approving leaves of absence for children, and acknowledgments. Also present are results of research projects, a speech by the executive director to a group of students in 1971, lists giving statistical breakdowns of children in the facilities, goals for homes and schools - including notes from planning sessions and evaluation reports on objectives, correspondence with and newsletters of the Waco Ex-Students' Association and the Corsicana Ex-Students' Association, lists of ex-students from the orphan homes, monthly hospital reports, and a special study done in 1963 on the Corsicana State Home. Correspondents include TYC staff at the administrative offices and at several of the youth facilities, state agencies, local officials, and the general public. A couple of letters concern incidents at TYC juvenile correction facilities.

Recent administrative correspondence of the agency held in the Archives and Information Services Division can be found in the series Administrative correspondence, executive director, Administrative correspondence, deputy executive director and the series Administrative policy files.

Older correspondence concerning the state orphanages and juvenile schools can be found in the records of the Texas State Board of Control, housed in the Archives and Information Services Division.

Arrangement

The records are arranged topically, with materials within the folders in reverse chronological order.

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, 1854, 1885-1890, 1909-1979, undated (bulk 1935-1953), 103.47 cubic ft. (see the series Board members files.) [RESTRICTED]

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Correspondence and administrative files of the Texas Youth Council, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/086

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on January 11, 1999.

Restrictions on Access

Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system and of dependent and neglected children in any facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission (V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005); psychological or psychiatric reports and evaluations (V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, Mental Health records, 611.002); 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.

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Agriculture, Texas Department of, 1970

Auditor, State, 1970-1973

Film documentary fact sheet, NBC, 1970

Remarks of Dr. James Turman to students at Sycamore School, September 9, 1971

Research project by Dr. David Wells: Results of State Hospital Treatment of Delinquents Transferred from State Training Schools, 1960

Brownwood State Home and School for Girls:

September 1972 - June 1973

September 1971 - August 1972

September 1970 - August 1971

November 1969 - August 1970

Corsicana State Home:

General correspondence:

September 1972 - June 1973

September 1971 - August 1972

September 1970 - August 1971

September 1969 - July 1970

Special Study, Corsicana State Home, Texas Department of Public Welfare 1963

Crockett State School for Girls:

General correspondence:

September 1972 - July 1973

September 1971 - August 1972

September 1970 - August 1971

September 1969 - August 1970

Goals and objectives, 1973

Health reports, 1969-1970

Giddings State Home and School for Boys:

Classification of students, ca. 1970

General correspondence, 1972-1973

General correspondence, 1969-1972

Long-range planning, 1973

Paintings donated to school, 1973

Request to locate TYC state school at Giddings, 1968

Waco State Home:

General correspondence:

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November 1972 - June 1973

September 1971 - August 1972

September 1970 - June 1971

September 1969 - July 1970

West Texas Children's Home:

General correspondence:

September 1972 - June 1973

September 1971 - August 1972

September 1970 - June 1971

September 1969 - August 1970

Goals for 1973, short range - long term, 1973

Staff meetings, 1971

Christmas gifts, 1971; letter to Dr. Turman, 1972

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Corsicana Ex-Students' Association, 1958-1973

[Contains possibly excepted information: names and addresses of youth under the care of the TYC]

Waco Ex-Students' Association, 1965-1971

[Contains possibly excepted information: names and addresses of youth under the care of the TYC]

West Texas Children's Home, group therapy report and evaluations, 1973

[Contains possibly excepted information: names and addresses of youth under the care of the TYC; psychiatric reports]

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Speeches, 1994, 1996-2000,
fractional

These records are speeches given by officials of the Texas Youth Commission, dating 1994, 1996-2000. There are eight speeches - two by Judy Briscoe, then the Director of Prevention; one by Deputy Executive Director Dwight Harris, four by Executive Director Steve Robinson, and one with the speaker not identified, though it is likely given by the executive director as it was received with his speech. Ms. Briscoe's speeches concern preventing abuse and neglect of children and breaking the cycle of violence in families that leads to continuing patterns of abuse and/or neglect. Mr. Harris' speech concerns the operation of the agency, consisting largely of charts, graphs, and statistics. Mr. Robinsons' speeches concern juvenile crime and prevention and an overview of the Youth Commission. The last speech gives an overview of the agency.

Arrangement

These records are arranged alphabetically by speaker.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Speeches, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1999/164, 1999/171, 2000/104, 2003/132

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Youth Commission on May 28 and June 21,1999; February 7, 2000; and March 14, 2003.

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Box

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Speech, Director of Prevention, Judy Briscoe, [audience unknown], 1996

Speech, Director of Prevention, Judy Briscoe, [audience unknown], ca. 1997

Speech, Deputy Executive Director Dwight Harris, [audience unknown], ca. 1997

Speeches, Executive Director, Steve Robinson:

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Remarks to the 7th Annual Local Government Seminar, 1994

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Remarks to the Austin Northwest Rotary Club, 2000

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