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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Box

1999/171-1

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.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Box

1999/171-1

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

Fiscal Year 1996 (1995-1996)

Box

2000/104-1

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)

Box

2003/132

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.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Jay Lindgren correspondence, 1992-1995

Fiscal year 1993 files, 1992-1993:

Box

1999/164-1

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

1999/164-2

Second quarter, FY 95

Third quarter, FY 95

Fourth quarter, FY 95

Sandra Burnam correspondence, 1995-1996

Fiscal year 1996 files, 1995-1996:

Box

2000/104-1

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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Laura K. Saegert, February 2002

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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	Laura K. Saegert, May 2000
			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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Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Box

1999/086-1

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:

Box

1999/086-1

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

Box

1999/086-2

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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Laura K. Saegert, May 2000, October 2004

Box

1999/164-3

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:

Box

1999/164-3

Remarks to the 7th Annual Local Government Seminar, 1994

Box

2003/132

Remarks to the Austin Northwest Rotary Club, 2000

"Emerging Issues: Their Impact on juvenile justice agencies," Panel discussion, Millennium Seminar, Sam Houston State University, 2000

Remarks to Executive Women in Texas Government Luncheon, Austin; and remarks to the Oakes Club, San Antonio, 1999-2000

Box

1999/164-3

Speech, unknown speaker, to the Harris County legislative delegation, 1994

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Press releases, 1961-1962, 1966, 1972-1991, 1997-2001,
0.2 cubic ft.

These are press releases covering the activities of the Texas Youth Council and the Texas Youth Commission, dating 1961-1962, 1966, 1972-1991, 1997-2001. Topics include the settlement of the Morales lawsuit; organization of a committee to oversee TYC operations re: the Morales settlement; issues to be discussed at upcoming TYC meetings; legislation affecting TYC facilities or juveniles; opening of a new facility; escapes from youth facilities; expansion of facilities; construction of new facilities; naming of new executive staff or superintendents; results of studies undertaken by the TYC, such as ice hockey violence or reducing recidivism rates for youth; and the presentation of awards to the agency or individuals in the agency, such as the executive director receiving a criminal justice award. Press releases dating from 1998 forward are available on the agency's website at http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/news/index.html.

Press releases about activities at some of the youth facilities from the 1940s 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 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 Press releases and the series Board members files [Restricted].)

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1999/087, 1999/164, 2000/104, 2001/101, 2002/100, 2003/030, 2003/143

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 1 and May 28, 1999; February 7, 2000; February 13, 2001; February 1, 2002; and April 10, 2003; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on October 17, 2002.

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

Press releases:

Box

2003/030

1961-1962, 1966

1973-1975

1976-1982

Box

1999/087-1

1979, 1983-1984

1985

Box

2003/030

1984-1986

1987-1988

1989-1991

Box

1999/087-1

1997

1998

1999

2000

Box

2003/030

2001

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Policy and procedure handbooks and manuals, 1953-1985,
1.24 cubic ft.

This series contains policy and procedure manuals and handbooks of the Texas Youth Council and the Texas Youth Commission, dating 1953-1985. There are manuals and handbooks covering agency wide services, individual programs, and some for managing specific youth facilities. Types of manuals and handbooks include the Manual of Casework Services, Cottage Life Manual - Giddings State School, Group Manual - Brownwood State Home and School, Crockett Wilderness Program Orientation Manual, Administrative Organization of the Texas Youth Council, General Operating Policies and Procedures, and a Volunteer Handbook. An old handbook of procedures on handling Interstate Compact on Juveniles cases can be found in the series Interstate Compact on Juveniles files.

Older outreach publications by the agency that discuss treatment programs and/or services available at specific facilities operated by the agency can be found in the series Youth Commission outreach and informational publications. Reports and evaluations of some programs that may include a manual as part of the report can be found the series, Reports and studies.

Older manuals and handbooks from some of the orphan homes and state schools can be found in the records of the Texas State Board of Control, housed in the Archives and Information Services Division.

The current General Administrative Policy Manual of the Youth Commission is available on the agency's web site, at http://austin.tyc.state.tx.us/Cfinternet/gap/. Selected policies from the General Administrative Policy Manual for working with the Interstate Compact on Juveniles are on the Youth Commission's web site, at http://austin.tyc.state.tx.us/cfinternet/icj/.

Arrangement

These manuals are arranged into three groups - Handbooks; Manuals from facilities, specific programs or divisions; and Agency wide manuals. They are arranged roughly in alphabetical order within each group.

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 Reports.)

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Policy and procedure handbooks and manuals, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1999/087, 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 January 11 and May 28, 1999.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Handbooks

Box

1999/087-1

Administrator's Handbook, Residential Contract Program, ca. 1982

Employee Handbook, 1979

Employee Handbook, 1984

Student Handbook, 1970s

Volunteer Handbook, 1983

Manuals from facilities, specific programs, or divisions

Box

1999/087-1

Administrative Division/Central Office:

Administrative Division, Operations and Procedures, 1976

Central Office Administrative Manual, 1976-1977

Brownwood State Home and School:

Daily Living Manual, 1976

Group Manual, revised, 1974

Corsicana State Home, Residential Treatment Center, 1985

Crockett Wilderness Program:

Policies and Procedures Manual, 1970s

Program Orientation Manual, 1970s

Gatesville State School for Boys:

Self/Social Mastery, An Eclectic Approach to the Treatment of Delinquent Boys, Program Training Manual for Management and Treatment, 1974

Self/Social Mastery, An Eclectic Approach to the Treatment of Delinquent Boys, Program Management and Performance Manual, Part I - Treatment, 1974-1975

Giddings State Home and School Cottage Life Manual, revised, 1977

Group, A Program of the Texas Youth Council, Group Manual, 1970s

Parole Division, ca. 1973

Residential Contract Program:

Manual, 1976

Starting a Group Home in Texas, Manual, 1977

Skills-Based Treatment Program, 1979

Agency wide manuals

Box

1999/087-1

Administrative Organization of the Texas Youth Council, 1960s

Administrative Organization of the Texas Youth Council, 1970s

Manual of Casework Services, 1953
[2 copies, each with notes and loose attachments]

Manual for the Preparation of Children for Admission to the State Training Schools, 1956

Reporting Forms and Their Use by the Children's Schools, 1957

Welcome to the Texas Youth Council, ca. 1980

Box

1999/164-4

Fire and Safety Guidelines and Procedures Manual, ca. 1976

Fire and Safety Guidelines and Procedures Manual, 1978

Food Services Guidelines and Procedures, 1980

General Operating Policies and Procedures Manual, 1979

Maintenance and Construction Policies and Procedures Manual, 1979

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Reports and studies, 1963-1989,
0.8 cubic ft.

This series contains primarily reports and studies conducted by the Research and Planning Division, or the Division of Evaluation and Research of the Texas Youth Council (later Texas Youth Commission). Also present are a few reports by other agencies or organizations, and a research proposal presented by a consultant to the Youth Council. Dates of the reports are 1963-1989. Topics include research studies, program evaluations, minimum standards for some programs, and a master plan for youth development services. Titles of some of these reports are Special Study, Corsicana State Home, 1963; Review of Research on Delinquency in Texas, 1975; TYC Foster Care and Adoption Services - Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies, Certification Study, 1977; Texas Master Plan for Youth Development Services, 1975; Texas Youth Commission - Historical Statistical Data, Summary of Operations, 1962-1989; and Services to Youth in Texas - A Preliminary Report of the Senate Youth Affairs Committee, 1969.

The Texas Documents Collection holds several research studies and reports of the Youth Council/Commission from the 1970s-1990s, most in the 1990s. Titles of some of these catalogued reports are Summary of the Results of the National Recidivism Methods Study Conducted by the Texas Youth Commission, 1998; Research Report Regarding 1:8 Caseworker to Youth Ratio in the Texas Youth Commission, 1994; The Relationship Between GED Attainment and Recidivism - TYC - Executive Summary, 1994; Recommendations for a Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluation Design, 1993; Outcome Evaluation of TYC Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs, 1992; Female Offenders in the Texas Youth Commission, 1992; A System for Juvenile Data Analysis and Youth, 1972; and A Proposed Model for an Outcome Evaluation of the Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, 1989.

Other reports concerning some of the youth facilities from the 1920s-1940s can be found in the records of the Texas State Board of Control, housed in the Archives and Information Services Division.

Arrangement

These records are arranged alphabetically.

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 Reports [RESTRICTED].)

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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The Development of Criterion-Referenced Measures for Assessing Skills of Youth in the Texas Youth Council, proposal by Carkhuff and Associates, 1975

Historical Statistical Data, Summary of Operations, Texas Youth Commission, 1962-1989

Texas Master Plan for Youth Development Services, A Summary Report, Texas Youth Council, 1975

Texas Master Plan for Youth Development Services, Texas Youth Council, 1975
[3 volumes]

Minimum Foster Care Standards, Residential Contract Program, Texas Youth Council, 1982

Minimum Standards for Child-Placing Agencies, Certification Study, Texas Youth Council Foster Care and Adoption Services, 1977

Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, A Proposed Statewide Program Through Community Organization, Texas Youth Council, 1960s

Residential Contract Program, TYC/RCP Evaluation, National Center for Juvenile Justice, 1977

Review of Research on Delinquency in Texas, Texas Youth Council, 1975

Services to Youth in Texas - A Preliminary Report of the Senate Youth Affairs Committee, 1969

Synopsis, South Texas Regional Facility, Texas Youth Council, late 1970s?

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

Status Offenders and CHINS [Children in Need of Supervision], Texas Commission on Services to Youth and Children, ca. 1979

Study on Girls Programming, Texas Youth Commission, 1984

A System for Juvenile Data Analysis and Use, Texas Youth Council, 1982

Wilderness Therapeutic Camping Evaluation, Texas Youth Council, ca. 1977

[program at Crockett State School]

Untitled - [proposed rules, contracts, standards, etc.,] Youth Council, ca. 1982

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Youth Commission outreach and informational publications, 1953, [ca. 1966]-1985,
0.2 cubic ft.

This series consists of brochures, pamphlets, and directories that describe the programs and facilities operated by the Texas Youth Council/Commission, dating 1953, ca. 1966-1985. They were produced by the agency and many include pictures of the facilities and youth housed there, either in school or engaged in recreational activities. Items present include child care pamphlets, Gatesville State Schools for Boys brochures, Brownwood Reception Center for Girls brochure, a historical marker dedication program, and the Waco State Home Annual Report (1952-1953). The agency provides information about its facilities and programs on its web site - http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/programs/index.html.

Arrangement

The publications are arranged alphabetically by agency or title.

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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Brownwood Reception Center for Girls, 1970s
[brochure]

Brownwood State Home and School for Girls, 1970s
[brochure]

Child Care Information, several brochures, 1983-1985

Community Council Directory, 1985

Dedication of Texas Historical Marker Commemorating Corsicana State Home, 1977

Gatesville State Schools for Boys:

several brochures, 1966, 1960s and 1970s

Breakthrough, A Program of Communication Skills, ca. 1970

You're Hired - Now What, Hilltop State School, [part of the Gatesville State Schools complex], 1970s

A Resource Directory for Teens and Their Parents, 1983

Waco State Home:

A Decade of Child Care, Waco State Home annual report, 1952-1953

W-I-S-H, Wacoans Involved at the State Home, Waco State Home Volunteer Programs, 1975

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State Youth Development Council early history scrapbooks, 1949-1955 (bulk 1949-1951),
0.48 cubic ft.

This series consists of two scrapbooks of clippings and other materials about the formation and early years of the Texas State Youth Development Council, dating 1949-1955 (bulk 1949-1951). These scrapbooks were created and maintained to document the creation of the State Youth Development Council, early activities of the agency, and issues faced by the agency. They contain primarily clippings, but also include photographs of the governor and original members of the Youth Development Council, copies of dedication programs, news bulletins/newsletters issued by the council, and some other printed material. Topics covered include creation of the agency, appointment of the original council members, opening of and news from state schools and homes, news of council activities, and various issues pertaining to the problems of juvenile delinquency. Many of the clippings are no longer attached to the pages and will be eventually be photocopied as a preservation measure:

Arrangement

The scrapbooks are arranged as received, materials in each are roughly in chronological order.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), State Youth Development Council early history scrapbooks, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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Scrapbook, State Youth Development Council, 1949-1955 (bulk 1949-1950)

Box

1999/087-4

Scrapbook, State Youth Development Council, 1950-1952

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Youth Commission facilities and programs history and information notebooks, 1886-1892, 1902, 1932, [ca. 1932], 1941-1990, undated,
1.94 cubic ft.

This series consists of several notebooks of materials compiled to provide a narrative history of some of the schools and homes operated by the Texas Youth Commission and to highlight functions and some programs and/or activities at those facilities and in the agency. The materials in the notebooks are dated 1886-1892, 1902, 1932, ca. 1932, 1941-1990, undated. According to data found in some of the notebooks, they were compiled by the agency in 1990. The notebooks about specific facilities usually contain a narrative history of the facilities, excerpts from annual reports or other agency publications about activities at the facilities, clippings, and copies of pertinent legislation. Other items present for some facilities include rules, policies or procedures for that facility, brochures, photographs, and programs for special events, such as a dedication ceremony. Photographs where specific children can be identified in the state schools have been removed as they are confidential under V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005. If a child in a juvenile facility operated by the Texas Youth Council/Commission can be identified from a photograph, that image is confidential unless the image was published, such as in an annual report or a brochure about the programs at a facility. If published in an agency publication, it is assumed the child would have granted permission for his image to be taken. Information is present for these facilities: Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School, Brady State School, Brownwood State School, Crockett State School, Corsicana State Home, Evins Center, Gainsville State School, Gatesville State School, Giddings State School, Mountain View School, Parrie Haynes Ranch, Statewide Reception Center at Brownwood, Waco State Home, and the West Texas Children's Home.

There are also two notebooks that focus on programs and functions of the agency as a whole. One notebook is arranged topically by the issues of parole, group homes, halfway homes, Morales-Turman litigation, and Board member orientation. The other notebook provides descriptive information about the different divisions and some programs within the agency. Within the latter notebook is a thesis on the history of the Interstate compacts, titled - An Historical Analysis of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, Roger H. Voltz, 1982, Sam Houston State University.

Arrangement

The materials have been removed from the notebooks, but maintained in the same order. The files of specific facilities are arranged alphabetically; the files of the programs and divisions are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Youth Commission facilities and programs history and information notebooks, Records, Texas Youth Commission Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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, 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); 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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Blind, Deaf and Orphan School:

History, 1990

Financial data; excerpts from TYC (Texas Youth Council) annual report, 1958, 1963

Laws, 1957

Clippings, 1952; 1960

Reports, Texas School for the Blind; list of officials, 1886-1892; ca. 1990 [list covers 1856-1987]

Brady State School:

History, 1990

Photographs of facilities, 1990

Clippings, programs, history, 1950, 1989

Legislation, statutes, 1947

Excerpts from SYDC (State Youth Development Council) annual report, 1950

Part of a study done for Governor Jester by the Texas Training Code Commission, 1949

Various histories, reports, clippings, 1947-1950

Brownwood State School:

History, 1990

Warranty deed and resolution transferring land for the school, 1967

Excerpts from TYC annual reports, 1968-1983

Proposal for Adventure Trails Program, 1973

History of TYC and child care program overview, 1988

Institutional data, 1979

Clippings:

1967-1970

1970-1972

1973-1975

1975-1976

1976

1976-1981, 1988

Wilderness Challenge Program, 1985

Crockett State School:

History, 1990

Photographs, ca. 1990

Miscellaneous items, 1958, 1969

History of the school and the agency, corrections made, 1987, 1990

Legislation, clippings, 1951, 1960s-1970s

Excerpts from SYDC and TYC (Texas Youth Council/Texas Youth Commission) annual reports, 1951, 1959-1962, 1967, 1969-1974, 1976-1984

Newsletter, 1986

Clippings, 1949-1951, 1974, 1978-1979

Photographs, 1950s-1960s

Clippings, 1952, 1957

Wilderness Camp clipping, 1977

Corsicana State Home:

Historical marker dedication, 1977

Financial data; clippings, 1958; 1972-1978, 1982

Miscellaneous information on the TYC, 1982, 1989

Senate report, Report and Proceedings of the State Investigating Committee, 1902

Evins Center:

Opening ceremonies, 1990

Clippings, 1982-1986, 1990

Gainesville State School:

History, [19--]

Photograph of facility, 1985

Clippings, 1949-1952, 1966, 1970s

Miscellaneous items, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1982

Clippings, 1949-1952, 1966, 1970s

Excerpts from TYC annual reports, 1960-1962, 1976-1983

Pre-release manual, 1960s-1970s

Report, Gainesville Challenge Program, ca. 1990

Clippings, 1975, 1981

Gatesville State School:

Publication, Pictorial Review, State Juvenile Training School, ca. 1932

Excerpts from a report by the Senate Youth Affairs Committee, 1969

Paper, "Laws Relating to Children and Youth Administered by the Texas Youth Council," 1957

TYC history, done in the 1970s or 1980s

List of boys buried at the Gatesville State School for Boys cemetery, done in the 1980s

(dates of death are 1917-1920)

Clippings, 1949-1979

Plat of grounds, 1970s

Pictures from unknown publication, likely done in the 1950s-1960s

Photographs of buildings, 1950, [19--]

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Giddings State School:

History, 1990

Excerpts from TYC annual reports, 1968-1969, 1972, 1982

Clippings, 1968-1969, 1975, 1985, 1987

Correspondence re: site selection, 1968

Legal material re: local state school committee and acquisition of land for the school, 1968-1969, 1973

Clippings, 1970, 1975, 1979-1981, 1984

Mountain View School:

History, 1990

Miscellaneous items, 1963

Excerpts from Carkhuff report, [197-]

Excerpts from TYC annual reports and an unnamed study; minutes, 1962-1963, 1970, ca. 1975; 1973

Legal statutes, 1976

Clippings, 1962, 1972, 1975, 1978

Parrie Haynes Ranch:

History, 1990

Legal materials, 1976-1977, [198-]

Policies and procedures, ca. 1980

Excerpts from TYC annual reports and other agency sources, 1971-1985

Clippings, 1979-1982, 1990

Statewide Reception Center at Brownwood:

History, 1990

Excerpts from TYC annual reports and other agency sources, 1967-1986

Clippings, 1975-1980

Waco State Home:

History, 1990

Clippings, 1932, 1952, 1991

Expenditures, 1958

Laws, 1950s-1960s

Excerpts from reports, studies, and newsletters, 1963, 1975, 1977, 1982

Excerpts from TYC annual reports, 1967-1980

Clippings, 1976-1979

Employee manual (includes history and organization of the home), 1960s-1970s

West Texas Children's Home:

History, 1990

Dedication service program, 1966

Dedication service program, [10th anniversary], 1976

Expenditures, 1969

Portions of Senate reports, 1969

Excerpts from TYC annual reports, 1965-1983

Clippings, 1975-1984

History, 1976

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Photographs removed from notebooks of facilities :

[Contains possibly excepted information: photographs that show the faces of juveniles in the TYC facilities]

Crockett State School for Girls photographs, undated

Waco State Home photographs, 1960s

West Texas Children's Home, photographs of dedication ceremony, 1966

[Note: Governor John Connally is in several shots interacting with children at the home.]

Compiled history and information files, programs and divisions

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Parole:

Program description and history, 1990

Portion of report of the Senate Youth Affairs Committee, map, 1969

Program overview, 1983, ca. 1990

Clippings, 1955, 1964, 1977-1979

Parole Division minutes, 1968

Excerpts from annual reports (TYC and predecessor agencies) and handbooks, 1892, 1941, 1959-1986

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Group homes:

Clippings, 1985-1986

Halfway homes:

Description of program and history, 1990

Excerpts from TYC annual reports, press releases, etc., 1967-1969, 1971, 1976-1987

Dedication programs, 1984, 1986

Brochures, 1970s-1980s

Clippings, 1975-1980

Morales-Turman litigation:

Settlement agreement, 1983

Board member orientation:

Board member orientation manual, 1989

Central Office:

Executive director Ron Jackson, ca. 1975

Recollections of former employee, 1990

History, 1990

Brown-Heatly Building dedication, 1989

Report, A Youth Development Program for the State of Texas, Texas Training Code Commission, 1949

Clippings, 1949, 1957

Clippings, 1955, 1964, 1974-1989

Paper, "An Overview of the Texas Youth Commission Programs," Texas Youth Commission, 1983

Partial history and description of the functions of the TYC, ca. 1985

Two histories of the TYC, 1970s

Minutes, January 1974

Draft of a report on the history and programs of the TYC, 1990

Other divisions/programs:

Management Information System Department, 1978-1980, 1985, 1990

Electronic Document Center, 1990

Education, 1965, 1980-1983

Legal, 1974-1982

Research and planning functions, [several name changes for this department], 1971-1982

Fiscal, 1976-1977, 1983

Audit, 1980-1983

Residential Contract Program, 1977-1983

Maintenance and Construction Department, 1983

Community Assistance Program, 1976-1981

Community Services Division/Department, 1976-1982

Personnel Division, 1974-1977, 1983

Volunteer Services Department, 1976-1981

Information Services Department, 1980-1983

Interstate Compact on Juveniles:

Organization, history, goals, 1983-1984

Thesis, An Historical Analysis of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, Robert H. Voltz, 1982

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Juvenile court reports, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1964, and 1967-1975,
0.47 cubic ft.

This series consists of several sets of reports related to juvenile court activities, most created by the Texas State Youth Development Council or the Texas Youth Council, with one set created by the Texas State Department of Public Welfare: Dates covered are 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1964, and 1967-1975. These reports discuss and/or present statistical analyses of juvenile cases, Texas statutes related to children's legal issues, related services for Texas children, and juvenile court reporting. Another series containing collections of state laws pertaining to juveniles and the courts can be found in the series Ombudsman files. The set of juvenile court reports is also available in the Texana Collection of the Archives and Information Services Division, see Texas Juvenile Court Research Reports, State Department of Public Welfare, volumes II-VII, 1948, 1950.

Arrangement

These records are arranged alphabetically by title.

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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Reference Guide for Texas Juvenile Court Reporting, presented by the Texas State Youth Development Council, 1952

Report of Juvenile Courts, prepared by the State Youth Development Council, later the Texas Youth Council, 1955, 1958, 1964, and 1967-1975

Texas Juvenile Court Research Reports, State Department of Public Welfare, volumes II-VII, 1948, 1950:

Selected Texas Statutes Regarding Court Proceedings, volume II, 1948

Juvenile Court Statistics and Related Services for Texas Children, volume III, 1948

Texas Statutes Governing Court Proceedings in Children's Cases, volume IV, 1950

Texas Statutes Creating and Regulating State and Private Agencies that Render Services to Children, volume V, 1950

Texas Statutes Creating and Regulating State and County Hospitals and Special Schools that Care for Children, volume VI, 1950

Texas Statutes Covering the Rights and Legal Status of Children, volume VII, 1950

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Ombudsman files, [ca. 1951], [ca. 1972-ca. 1977],
0.3 cubic ft.

This series consists of a notebook of files the Ombudsman of the Texas Youth Council, containing Texas laws pertaining to juvenile delinquency, courts, and training schools; a publication on the duties of the ombudsman; an ombudsman and hearing procedures handbook; copies of state legislation concerning ombudsmen; and reports and publications on the duties of the ombudsman, the function of the program, and handling grievances in correctional facilities. Dates covered are ca. 1951, ca. 1972-ca. 1977. The notebook on laws contains annotated statutes, including the historical notes and decisions re: laws dating ca. 1914 through 1951. Some early publications on juvenile courts are present in the series Juvenile court reports.

The Ombudsman of the Texas Youth Council was initially appointed by the Executive Director on February 1, 1974. He had the responsibility to help ensure the protection of children's legal rights and to control abuse of administrative discretion through investigation, mediation or representation in administrative hearings. He could not institute a suit on behalf of any child against the state or against any employee, but could, after exhaustion of administrative remedies and after giving notice to the Executive Director, refer a child to an appropriate outside source for resolving a grievance or remedying an alleged wrong. Today, the General Counsel of the agency has the responsibility for youth rights.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by type of record.

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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1999/087-9

Notebook, Laws pertaining to juveniles, juvenile courts, juvenile officers, training schools, etc., ca. 1951

[covers laws dating ca. 1914-1951]

Ombudsman information and procedures, ca. 1972-ca. 1977
[large wallet with handbook, publications, and copies of legislation]

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Gatesville Task Force and contingency planning records, 1978,
0.1 cubic ft.

This series contains correspondence and memoranda between staff of the Texas Youth Council, the staff at the Gatesville State School for Boys, local officials, and parents of students at Gatesville; clippings; background information about the school; and legislation, including a draft of a bill transferring the facility to the Texas Department of Corrections. These materials are dated 1978. The Gatesville State School for Boys was shut down by the Texas Youth Council in 1979 and the facilities were transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections. These materials generally concern a workplan developed by the Youth Council for phasing out operations at Gatesville and concerns over where to place the more serious juvenile offenders within the Youth Council system of juvenile correction facilities.

Discussion of the reasons behind the shut down of the facility and the planning process may also be found in the minutes of the agency, see the series Meeting minutes and agenda. See also the series Morales case files, since the shutdown was in part a result of a court order resulting from this litigation. The Morales case, litigation brought against the agency by some students, eventually resulted in changes in the way juvenile correction facilities are operated. Orders from the case also resulted in shutting down the Mountain View School for Boys.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by type of record.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Gatesville Task Force and contingency planning records, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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1999/087-9

Information on Gatesville Task Force and contingency plan, 1978

Gatesville State School, 1978

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Gatesville field survey notebooks, 1934,
0.1 cubic ft.

This series consists of five notebooks containing field survey notes and sketches of the Gatesville facility grounds, dating 1934. The Gatesville State School for Boys was operated by the Texas State Board of Control in 1934. The Texas State Youth Development Council took over operation of the facility in 1949.

Arrangement

These records are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Gatesville field survey notebooks, Records, Texas Youth Commission Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

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Field survey notebooks, Gatesville state school, 1934
[5 notebooks]

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In-house reviews of student rules and consequences, 1983-1984,
fractional

This series contains memos between staff of the Texas Youth Commission (TYC), copies of rules sent to the staff of halfway houses operated by the TYC to review re: compliance with the Morales agreement, copies of rules in use at these homes, and comments on the rules. These materials are dated 1983-1984. One letter concerns an incident at a TYC juvenile correction facility that led to procedural changes. There was one letter containing the name of a youth in a state school; it had been redacted at some point in the past by the Youth Commission. We do not have a copy of the original letter. The names, home addresses and other identifying information of juvenile offenders in the agency's juvenile delinquent system are confidential under V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005.

For more information about related changes resulting from the Morales litigation see the series Morales case files. The Morales case, litigation brought against the agency by some students, eventually resulted in changes in the way juvenile correction facilities are operated.

Arrangement

These records are arranged chronologically.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), In-house reviews of student rules and consequences, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Box

1999/087-9

In-house student rules and consequences, 1983-1984

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Photographs, [ca. 1960-ca. 1978],
2 cubic ft.

This series consists of loose photographs and photograph albums of facilities of the Texas Youth Council and children and staff at the facilities operated by the Council, including state juvenile training schools and the state orphanages. Dates covered are ca. 1960-ca. 1978. The loose photographs include some 8-by-10 inch black and white photographs mounted on a display-type board with captions. The name of the school/home is on the reverse side of the board for most images. Other loose photographs are 8-by-10 inch and smaller black and white images, usually with no identifying information. Views include children in classrooms or in training areas - such as machine shops or beauty salons; children engaged in recreational activities - such as singing groups, gym classes, swimming, or playing sports; views of construction at the Mountain View school; interior and exterior views from the Gainesville school; and a couple of photos of Texas governors - Governor Beauford Jester and Governor Price Daniel. The facilities identified in the photos are Gainesville, Gatesville, Mountain View, and Crockett schools; the state orphans homes in Corsicana and Waco; and the Blind, Deaf and Orphan School. The loose photographs are largely undated, but by analyzing the styles of dress, furnishings, and items seen in the photos, most of the pictures were likely taken in the early-mid 1960s.

There are two sets of photograph albums. The first set consists of three albums of pictures from the West Texas Children's Home, most taken in the early-mid 1970s. These views consist of color snapshots of Christmas celebrations, a Halloween party, children swimming, prom shots, and shots from student council trips. Also present are several black and white 5-by-7 inch shots of Governor John Connally and Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes at outdoor events, likely taken in the early-mid 1960s.

The second set of albums consists of two identical albums of color snapshots from the Crockett Wilderness Program dating from 1978. Views shown are camp scenes, including setting up camp and participating in a variety of camping activities.

Some of these photographs are confidential under V.T.C.A., Texas Family Code, Section 58.005. If a child in a juvenile facility operated by the Texas Youth Council/Commission can be identified from a photograph, that image is confidential unless the image was published, such as in an annual report or a brochure about the programs at a facility. If published in an agency publication, it is assumed the child would have granted permission for his image to be taken.

Earlier photographs (these are also confidential) at orphan homes or state training facilities can be found in the records of the Texas State Board of Control, housed in the Archives and Information Services Division. Also, early annual/biennial reports from the late 19th and early 20th centuries from the Gatesville State School for Boys (formerly the House of Correction and Reformatory, then the State Juvenile Training School) contain a large number of pictures of the facilities and the students. The location of the original photographs used in these annual/biennial reports is unknown.

Arrangement

The loose photographs are unarranged, though many are foldered by facilities. The albums are 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 Photographs.] [RESTRICTED]

Publications

House of Correction and Reformatory; Biennial/annual reports, 1887-1889 [catalog number - 353.8/T]

State Juvenile Training School, Biennial reports, 1908-1920 [catalog number - 364/T31j]

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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

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Loose photographs, ca. 1960-ca. 1978

[Contains possibly excepted information: photographs that show the faces of children in the TYC facilities]

Box

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Photograph albums, West Texas Children's Home:

Halloween Party, 1970

[Contains possibly excepted information: photographs that show the faces of children in the TYC facilities]

Miscellaneous views, early 1960s, ca. 1970-1976
[2 albums]

[Contains possibly excepted information: photographs that show the faces of children in the TYC facilities]

Photographs albums, Crockett State School Wilderness Program, 1978
[2 albums]

[Contains possibly excepted information: photographs that show the faces of children in the TYC facilities]

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Executive Director's records as ex-officio member of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth, 1972-1974,
0.3 cubic ft.

The series contains minutes, meeting materials, and other files of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth, dating 1972-1974. The executive director of the Texas Youth Council served as an ex-officio member of this commission. Materials present include minutes, reports on juvenile issues presented at meetings or forums, testimony heard by the Governor's Interagency Task Force on Youth Care and Rehabilitation, drafts of legislation, legislative recommendations, rules and regulation changes, correspondence and memoranda, newsletters, new member appointments, policy resolutions, budget data, and the constitution and bylaws of the Commission. Correspondence is largely composed of memoranda from staff to commissioners informing them of upcoming meetings, forums, and other issues.

Minutes of some meetings of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth can be found in the Archives and Information Services Division.

Agency history

The Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth was created in 1971 by House Bill 466, 62nd Legislature, Regular Session. It was composed of eleven ex-officio members and eighteen members appointed by the governor with the concurrence of the Senate for six-year overlapping terms. The ex-officio members were the Commissioner of Health; the Commissioner of Education; the chairman of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System; the Commissioner of Human Resources; the Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the director of the Texas Department of Corrections; the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety; the executive director of the State Commission for the Blind; the executive director of the Texas Youth Council; the director of the Texas Employment Commission; and the director of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Of the appointed members, six were to be younger than 21 years of age at the time of their appointment. The chair was elected from the appointed members. Staff support was provided by the Texas Department of Community Affairs.

The primary responsibility of the commission was to assist in the coordination of administrative responsibility and the services to state agencies and programs as they related to the well-being of children and youth. The commission was to periodically report to the Legislature its findings on studies relevant to the protection, growth, and development of children and youth. It could also recommend changes to existing programs or propose new programs it deemed essential. It also performed any duties assigned to it by the Governor or the Legislature concerning the White House Conferences on Children and Youth. This commission was abolished in 1979 by House Bill 1834, 66th Legislature, Regular Session; the bill that adopted the Human Resources Code.

Arrangement

The files are arranged roughly 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 Commission on Services to Children and Youth, Minutes, 1973-1974, 1978, fractional

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Executive Director's records as an ex-officio member of the Texas Commission on Services to Children and Youth, 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.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Box

1999/086-1

Meeting file August 1974

Box

1999/087-12

Correspondence and reports:

August 1974

May 1974

April 1974

February 1974

January 1974

October 1973

August-September 1973

July 1973

June-July 1973

March-May 1973

Meeting file, January-February 1973

Newsletters, November 1972-February 1974

Objectives and policies, ca. 1972

Legislation, ca. 1972

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Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators, 1955-1996, 1 cubic ft.
	This series consists of minutes from the annual meetings of the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators and from its annual mid-winter workshops. Dates covered are 1955-1996. The minutes and workshops cover issues concerning multi-state problems involving runaway juveniles. Topics include proposed legislation, court decisions, return of juveniles to their home state, supervision of juveniles in another state, expenses involved, ages of juveniles, agreements, etc. Other materials present in the minutes include committee reports, resolutions, reports of the treasurer and secretary, and the report of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
	The Texas Youth Commission administers the Interstate Compact on Juveniles for the state of Texas. The Council of State Governments drafted a compact agreement in 1955 to address the need for interstate agreements to cover multi-state problems involving runaway juveniles. The need was evident for procedures to permit the return of non-delinquent juveniles who ran away from home to other states, and for a system under which juvenile offenders could be supervised in other states. The first organizational meeting of the Compact was held in 1956. In 1965, the 59th Legislature of Texas enacted House Bill 531, The Uniform Interstate Compact on Juveniles. By adding a new section to the Texas Youth Council Act, Texas joined the compact in 1965. The executive director of the Youth Commission is the compact administrator for Texas. The Compact (ICJ) 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 that meets yearly to discuss issues pertinent to its endeavors. It also holds mid-winter workshops for members on relevant juvenile issues.
	A related item is a thesis about the Interstate compacts filed in the series Youth Commission facilities and programs history and information notebooks, titled An Historical Analysis of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, by Roger H. Voltz, 1982, Sam Houston State University. An older handbook of procedures on handling Interstate Compact cases can be found in the series Interstate Compact on Juveniles files. Cases handled through the Texas Interstate Compact on Juveniles can be found at the Youth Commission.
	Rules and regulations concerning the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators and information about the Interstate Compact on Juveniles can be found on the Youth Commission's website, at http://austin.tyc.state.tx.us/cfinternet/icj/.
	Arrangement
	These records are arranged chronologically.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	Accession Information
	Accession numbers: 1999/087, 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 January 11 and May 28, 1999.
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	Laura K. Saegert, May 2000
		Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators, minutes:
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			1994 [2 folders]
			1995 [2 folders]
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Interstate Compact on Juveniles files, [ca. 1965], 1967,
fractional

This series contains a practices and procedures handbook for fulfilling the functions of the Texas Interstate Compact on Juveniles, dating ca. 1965; and a summary report from the 1967 National Governor's Conference on Juvenile Delinquency. The handbook also contains a copy of the Texas legislation creating the Uniform Interstate Compact on Juveniles for Texas. Cases handled through the Texas Interstate Compact on Juveniles can be found at the Youth Commission.

The Texas Youth Commission (TYC) administers the Interstate Compact on Juveniles for the state of Texas. The Council of State Governments drafted a compact agreement in 1955 to address the need for interstate agreements to cover multi-state problems involving runaway juveniles. The need was evident for procedures to permit the return of non-delinquent juveniles who ran away from home to other states, and for a system under which juvenile offenders could be supervised in other states. The first organizational meeting of the Compact was held in 1956. In 1965, the 59th Legislature of Texas enacted House Bill 531, The Uniform Interstate Compact on Juveniles. By adding a new section to the Texas Youth Council Act, Texas joined the compact in 1965. The executive director of the Youth Commission is the compact administrator for Texas. The Compact (ICJ) 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 that meets yearly to discuss issues pertinent to its endeavors.

Related materials are minutes from meetings of the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators, found in the series Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators. Another related item is a thesis about the Interstate compacts filed in the series Youth Commission facilities and programs history and information notebooks, titled An Historical Analysis of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, by Roger H. Voltz, 1982, for Sam Houston State University.

Information about the Interstate Compact on Juveniles can be found on the TYC's website at http://austin.tyc.state.tx.us/cfinternet/icj/. Selected policies from the TYC's General Administrative Policy Manual pertaining to working with the Interstate Compact on Juveniles can be found on the Youth Commission's website, at http://austin.tyc.state.tx.us/Cfinternet/icj/gaptoc.html.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by type of record.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Interstate Compact on Juveniles files, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Box

1999/087-10

Interstate Compact on Juveniles:

Policies and procedures handbook, ca. 1965

Summary report, National Governor's Conference on Juvenile Delinquency, 1967

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Theses, 1958, 1978,
0.14 cubic ft.

This series contains two theses on the broad topic of juvenile corrections, dating 1958 and 1978. The first is titled The Measurement of Employee Absenteeism and Turnover in a Wilderness Therapeutic Camping Program, by Gary Selman, 1978, Stephen F. Austin State University. The next is Interrelationships Among Developmental Characteristics of Institutionalized Delinquent Boys, by B. Bryce Davis, 1958, Texas Christian University. Another thesis concerning Youth Commission activities relating to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, can be found in the series Youth Commission facilities and programs history and information notebooks, titled An Historical Analysis of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, by Roger H. Voltz, 1982, Sam Houston State University.

Arrangement

These records are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 1999/087

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 Use

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Laura K. Saegert, May 2000

Box

1999/087-10

The Measurement of Employee Absenteeism and Turnover in a Wilderness Therapeutic Camping Program, by Gary Selman, 1978

Interrelationships Among Developmental Characteristics of Institutionalized Delinquent Boys, by B. Bryce Davis, 1958

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Texas Juvenile Corrections Master Plan Advisory Council minutes, 1974,
fractional

These records are minutes of the Texas Juvenile Corrections Master Plan Advisory Council, 1974. An agenda is present for August 1974, with minutes present for December 1974. A three volume master plan and a summary report, written in 1975, are present in the series Reports and studies, see Texas Master Plan for Youth Development Services, A Summary Report, Texas Youth Council, 1975; and Texas Master Plan for Youth Development Services, Texas Youth Council, 3 volume set, 1975.

History of the Advisory Council

In October 1973 Governor Dolph Briscoe issued an executive order calling for "a comprehensive study to inventory existing facilities and services and to recommend ways and means of upgrading the services of Texas State Government to youth in the broadest and most comprehensive manner--early development, education, care and rehabilitation of troubled and disadvantaged youth." To carry out the study the Texas Youth Council and the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office cosponsored a project to develop a master plan for juvenile corrections in Texas. The consulting firm of Carkhoff Association, Inc. was hired to produce a report detailing a master plan that was then reviewed by the Texas Juvenile Corrections Master Plan Advisory Council, an advisory council of citizens and professionals. Council members were nominated by members of the Texas Youth Council and formal appointments were made by Ron Jackson, executive director of the Texas Youth Council and Robert C. Flowers, executive director of the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office. The project report and a summary report of the recommendations of the advisory council were published in 1975.

Organization/Arrangement

This is a bound volume.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Texas Juvenile Corrections Master Plan Advisory Council minutes, Records, Texas Youth Commission. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession number: 2003/030

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on October 17, 2002.

Processed by

Laura K. Saegert, October 2004

Box

2003/030

Minutes, 1974

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Financial and assorted records, 1909-1944, 1949, undated (bulk 1911-1927),
0.47 cubic ft.

Records include correspondence, statements of accounts, an inventory of goods on hand, annual statements of school funds, contracts, invoices of textbook purchases, architectural drawings of a proposed dormitory, list of boys buried at the Gatesville State School, list of discharge money paid to a few boys, lists of accounts, pedigree charts for livestock and dogs, and registration certificates and transfer of ownership certificates of registered cattle. Records are dated 1909-1944, 1949 and undated (bulk 1911-1927). These are financial records and some correspondence of the State Juvenile Training School, also known as the State Juvenile Training Facility (formerly known as the House of Correction and Reformatory, later known as the Gatesville State School for Boys). Topics include financial status of the overall facility and of the school at the facility, routine financial transactions, land leased or purchased for the facility, construction at the facility, and livestock management. Correspondents include the governor's office, the Board of Control, the Attorney General and the Comptroller.

Arrangement

These records are arranged roughly by record type.

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession number: 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 Commission on October 27, 2004.

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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Laura K. Saegert, October 2004

Box

2005/050

Correspondence with governor re: land purchase, 1911

Letter from Attorney General to local attorney re: suit for land title, 1912

Correspondence and original drawings for proposed dormitory, 1911

Correspondence with State Board of Control and Comptroller, 1920, 1928

List of boys buried in the Gatesville State School for Boys cemetery, 1967

[Contains possibly excepted information: names of boys in the juvenile system]

[List includes birth and death dates and causes of death. Boys died between 1908 and 1920.]

Statement of accounts, 1927-1928

Statement of accounts, 1931-1932

Annual statements of school funds:

1922

1923

1924

1926

1927

Discharge money, 1942

[Discharge money was given to boys leaving the facility to enable them to return home.]

[Contains possibly excepted information: names of boys in the juvenile system ]

Inventory, 1928

Lists of labor accounts, ca. 1925, 1926, 1929

Receipts for money in possession of juvenile from El Paso, 1944

[Contains possibly excepted information: name of boy in juvenile system]

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1911, 1924, 1939

Invoices for textbooks, 1921

Agreement for construction of buildings, 1915

Contract for steam heating, 1926

Contract for gas purchases, 1929

Contract for phone service, 1929

Fragments re: safe at facility, 1949, undated

Pedigrees:

Cattle, 1909-1915, undated

Pigs, 1916, 1923

Dogs, 1911

Cattle - registration certificates, transfers of ownership, correspondence, 1911, 1918-1921

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Morales case files, 1949-1990, undated(bulk 1969-1999),
37.6 cubic ft.

Types of material found in the Morales case files include legal documents, reports, correspondence, memoranda, trial proceedings, testimony, depositions, charts, drafts, publications, administrative records, photocopies, clippings, manuals, field notes, and eight photographs. The records range in date from 1949 until 1990 and undated (bulk 1969-1989). These are records from the Morales v. Turman lawsuit, filed by students in several state juvenile correctional institutions against the Texas Youth Commission. The materials document the entire thirteen-year history of the Morales lawsuit, from its inception to the final report of the Consultants Committee.

The records have been arranged in file drawer order with undesignated material at the end remaining in the order in which they arrived. Drawers 1-9, with the exception of Drawer 3, appear to be materials gathered as evidence and in basic preparation for the 1973 trial and the 1974 memorandum opinion and order - some of the materials did become court exhibits. Drawer 3, however, particularly regards the immediate aftermath of the trial and the 1974 Memorandum and Opinion. Following Drawer 9, the complete 1973 trial proceedings are listed. Drawers B-1 through B-4 appear to contain materials concerning the appeal process, changing conditions at TYC, and information gathered for the potential re-hearing, such as the 1979 and 1981 interrogatories. An exception to this tendency exists among the files marked with roman numerals found in Drawer B-2. These materials generally document the process of the litigation from the initial complaint (regarding lack of access to attorneys and failure to provide the children with due process) up until the actual trial on the second amended complaint (charging major constitutional deprivations). Finally, the undesignated materials primarily concern processes of negotiation, settlement, and the creation and functioning of the Morales Consultants Committee. Some files appear to be numbered according to an unknown system, possibly the date of creation, and their relationship to the surrounding records is unclear, thus they remain in the order in which the Archives Division received them. Some records from earlier periods are found randomly among these undesignated materials; some documents are duplicates of earlier records.

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.

This series was removed from this finding aid due to the electronic file size limitations imposed by the online finding aid web site (TARO). If you are reading this electronically, click on the following link to access the finding aid for the first group of case files - Texas Youth Commission, Morales case files. If you are reading this in paper, the Morale case files are found in separate dividers within the binder.

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