Overview
Texas. Dept. of Criminal Justice.
Photographs
[ca. 1911-ca.
1985], undated (bulk [ca. 1965-ca. 1980])
This series consists of photographs, contact sheets, negatives,
and slides of prison system activities, dating from ca. 1911 to ca. 1985, and
undated (bulk ca. 1965-ca. 1980). Most of the images are black and white 8 x 10
prints, 5 x 7 prints, or 3 x 5 snapshots. Also present are a few enlargements,
up to 16 x 20. Other formats include color 8 x 10 prints, color Polaroids,
color snapshots, color and black and white negatives and contact sheets, and
color and black and white slides (most are color). Lastly are three albums of
photographs of black and white prints, dating mostly from the 1940s to the
1970s. One album has some photographs dated 1911 and other photographs dated in
the 1940s; one was compiled for a former assistant warden, Joe Byrd, dating ca.
1940-1980; and one is from the Photo and ID Unit of the Department of
Corrections, containing images from the Walls Unit dating from ca. 1949-ca.
1954. Also present is a small set of prints and negatives used in the prison
newspaper, The Echo, dating from 1960 to
1962.
25.07 cubic ft.
English.
Agency History
An Act to Establish a State
Penitentiary was passed in 1848 by the Second Legislature. The act
established a governing body of the penitentiary as a three-member Board of
Directors, appointed by the Governor, with the approval of the Senate. The
Board was responsible for creating and distributing a set of rules and bylaws
for the administration of the penitentiary, overseeing the treatment of
convicts, preparing an annual inventory of property, and making an annual
report to the Governor. Over the years, the name and composition of the Board
changed. While its basic functions were not greatly altered, some duties were
added. These included acquiring land for the Huntsville and Rusk facilities,
purchasing machinery, effecting repairs, leasing the penitentiaries, leasing
convicts for outside labor, purchasing and/or leasing farms for the employment
of convicts, and providing for the transfer of convicts from county jails to
the penitentiary. During the 19th century the direct management of the prison
was through the inspector, later known as the superintendent. Other officers
included assistant superintendents, inspectors of outside camps, the financial
agent, and physicians. The superintendent and financial agent had the most
direct dealings with the Board and the Governor in the management of the prison
system.
The prison system began as a single institution, located in
Huntsville, known as the Huntsville Penitentiary. Convicts were put to work in
various shops and factories housed within the institution. In 1871, the
legislature directed that the penitentiary be leased to private individuals
(Chapter 21, 12th Legislature, 1st Called Session). These men, known as
lessees, paid the state for the convict labor and use of facilities, and in
turn, managed the system, including clothing and feeding the convicts and
paying the guards. It was during this period that the outside camp system was
firmly established as part of the prison system. In addition to the use of
convicts in and around the prison, the convicts were hired out to large labor
employers, mainly plantation owners and railroad companies. A second prison
facility, Rusk Penitentiary, was built between 1877 and 1882. It began
receiving convicts in January of 1883.
In 1881, the Legislature reorganized the prison system, abolishing the
Board of Directors, and creating in its place a Penitentiary Board, consisting
of the governor, the state treasurer, and the prison superintendent (Chapter
49, 17th Legislature, Regular Session). In April 1883, the administrative
system was again reorganized, with the board comprised of the governor and two
commissioners appointed by the governor (Chapter 114, 18th Legislature, Regular
Session). In 1885, the board composition changed once more, now consisting of
three commissioners appointed by the governor (House Bill 562, 19th
Legislature, Regular Session). This board was succeeded by the Board of Prison
Commissioners in 1910, which was composed of three commissioners appointed by
the governor (Senate Bill 10, 31st Legislature, 4th Called Session). The
legislation that created the new board also directed the prison system to begin
operating again on state account, i.e., lessees no longer managed the prison
system, effective in January 1911. Convicts, or inmates, were housed and worked
in one of the two prisons or on one of several state prison farms. The shop
industries slowed down while the prison farms expanded. This arrangement made
it more difficult to provide education and other reform measures. Such measures
were generally practiced at Huntsville, with some teaching extended to a couple
of prison farms by the early 1900s.
The Texas Prison Board replaced the Board of Prison Commissioners as
the governing body for the Texas Prison System in 1927, increasing in size to
nine members (House Bill 59, 40th Legislature, Regular Session). The members of
the board were appointed by the governor, with senate approval, to six year
overlapping terms. The Board formulated the policies and the manager carried
them out. During the Board's tenure, 1927-1957, the Board made changes in the
system including more emphasis on prison reform, teaching,
recreation--including the establishment of the Texas Prison Rodeo--and a new
method of classifying inmates. The Texas Prison System became the Department of
Corrections in 1957 (Senate Bill 42, 55th Legislature, Regular Session). This
Department was governed by the Board of Corrections, composed of nine members
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate to six year
overlapping terms.
In 1989, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the Board
of Criminal Justice were created (House Bill 2335, 71st Legislature, Regular
Session). The Board is composed of nine members appointed by the governor with
the advice and consent of the senate to six year overlapping terms. The
governor may not appoint more than two members who reside in an area
encompassed by the same administrative judicial region. This new agency
absorbed the functions of three agencies: the Department of Corrections, the
Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Adult Probation Commission. The
Department of Corrections, which was responsible for the operation of the
prison system, is now the Institutional Division of the Department of Criminal
Justice. This Division still manages the housing of inmates within the prison
system. Offenders are currently housed in 73 facilities--59 prison units and 14
transfer facilities, that include five women's units, four medical units, three
psychiatric units, a diagnostic unit for initial processing, two boot camps,
and two work camps. TDCJ also contracts with seven privately operated
facilities to house inmates. As of July 1998, approximately 124,000 offenders
were housed in TDCJ units; 6,168 in private facilities.
The other divisions of the Department of Criminal Justice are the
Parole Division (including the Board of Pardons and Paroles), the Community
Justice Assistance Division (former Adult Probation Commission), the State Jail
Division (created in 1993), the Executive Division, Internal Affairs, Programs
and Services, Victims Services, Office of the General Counsel, Financial
Services, Health Services, Internal Audit, and State Counsel for Offenders.
Direct management of the prison system is through an executive director, with
each division headed by a director and each individual prison unit managed by a
warden.
The prison system has changed since the 1900s. A major penal reform
program was initiated in 1947, modernizing agricultural production, initiating
industrial production by inmates, and providing improvements in physical
facilities for inmates and employees. A Construction Division was created in
1948 to make use of inmate labor, prison-made brick, and concrete for new
building projects. In 1963, the Prison-Made Goods Act authorized an Industries
Program to produce materials for internal use and for sale to qualified
agencies in the state while providing occupational skills training to inmates.
Other services available to inmates include education, recreation, religion,
and physiological and psychological health care. The Windham School District
was created in 1969 to offer GED certificates or high school diplomas to
inmates. Junior college and senior college classes are available.
Rehabilitation programs offer vocational training, work furlough programs, and
community services to aid inmates in securing work upon release and making the
adjustment and transition into society. Legal services are also available to
inmates through the Office of the General Counsel.
In 1978, a class action suit was filed by inmate David Ruiz and others
on behalf of the inmates confined in the various institutions operated by the
Texas Department of Corrections against the director W.J. Estelle, Jr. and the
Texas Department of Corrections. The courts found the conditions of confinement
violated the United States Constitution and appointed a special master and
monitors to supervise implementation of the court-ordered changes. These
changes have included reduction of crowding in the prisons and the development
of better living, health, and working conditions for inmates. TDCJ is still
monitored by the federal government to insure continued compliance with the
court orders.
Scope and Content
This series consists of photographs, contact sheets, negatives, and
slides of prison system activities, dating from ca. 1911 to ca. 1985, and
undated (bulk ca. 1965-ca. 1980). Most of the images are black and white 8 x 10
prints, 5 x 7 prints, or 3 x 5 snapshots. Also present are a few enlargements,
up to 16 x 20. Other formats include color 8 x 10 prints, color Polaroids,
color snapshots, color and black and white negatives and contact sheets, and
color and black and white slides (most are color). Lastly are three albums of
photographs of black and white prints, dating mostly from the 1940s to the
1970s. One album has some photographs dated 1911 and other photographs dated in
the 1940s; one was compiled for a former assistant warden, Joe Byrd, dating ca.
1940-1980; and one is from the Photo and ID Unit of the Department of
Corrections, containing images from the Walls Unit dating from ca. 1949-ca.
1954. Also present is a small set of prints and negatives used in the prison
newspaper, The Echo, dating from 1960 to 1962.
Most of the images in this series were taken by staff photographers,
though some were taken by commercial photographers, others were taken by
private individuals and donated to the prison, and some were likely taken by
inmates for prison publications. Many of these images appear to have been used
in The Echo (in addition to those mentioned
above), staff newsletters, annual reports, and other agency reports. Topics of
these photographs include:
- interior and exterior views of the various prison units,
including cells, exercise yards, shops, construction of facilities, etc.
- inmates working at jobs, including construction, making brooms
and mops, drycleaning, sewing, laundering, cooking, farming, welding, making
shoes, making furniture, making license plates, etc.
- various views of inmates inside the prison, such as inmates at
the commissary, being frisked by guards, walking the corridors, exercising in
the outdoor yards, eating meals, etc.
- inmates in educational and vocational classes, including shots
of inmates receiving high school diplomas
- recreational activities of the prisoners, including boxing,
basketball games and other team sports, prison musical bands, scenes from
plays, female prisoners working on needlework, inmates participating in the
prison rodeo, etc.
- various other inmate topics, including medical and dental
treatment, inmate alcoholism and counseling services, transportation,
transferring prisoners, etc.
- guards on duty in the prison and at the prison farms, guards
at the rifle range, officers training school, guards receiving awards, etc.
- portraits and other images of the executive director, wardens,
and other prison staff; governors and other state officials; and other
individuals interested in the operation of the prison system, most shown with
the executive director - directors most often pictured are Dr. George Beto and
W.J. Estelle, Jr.
- portraits of prison governing board members and images of
board meetings and/or corrections-related conferences or meetings - the board
member most featured is H.H. Pete Coffield
- personnel-related topics, including views of staff at work,
portraits of staff, staff picnics, softball games, etc.
Most of the photographs are foldered alphabetically by topic. There
are five groups or subseries of photographs in this series - two separate
groups of topical photographs; a group of unit photographs; a miscellaneous
group of slides, contact sheets, prints, and negatives; and scrapbooks. Because
many of these images are not individually dated, circa dates for each group are
used instead of placing dates on each folder. Most of the photos in the
unit photos group and the slides are dated,
but few of the topical photographs were individually dated. Folders are dated
when the images have specific dates.
Most of the photographs of the Texas Prison Rodeo were maintained in a
separate series; see the series Texas Prison Rodeo
photographs in a separate finding aid. Slides prepared for training
purposes, also showing various aspects of life in prison (views of guards,
inmates, contraband, etc.), can be found in the the overall TDCJ finding aid,
Records, in the series In-service training materials.
The Archives and Information Services Division has a few photographs
of prisoners and prison activities, primarily from one of the prison farms,
dating ca. 1910-1920 in the Prints and Photographs Collection, photos
1930/003-18, 1975/070-4415, and 1976/031-166 through 186. Additionally, the
collection,
Records Relating to the Penitentiary,
in the series Special subject
reports, contains photographs in a engineer's report on the iron
industry operations at Rusk Penitentiary, dated 1908.
A collection of historic photographs of the prison is housed at the
Walls Unit in Huntsville. For access to these and more current photographs of
the prison, including mug shots of inmates, contact the Media Services Unit of
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Some older historic photographs can
also be found at Newton-Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University, in
Huntsville, Texas.
This series was removed from the overall TDJC 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 overall finding aid,
Texas Department
of Criminal Justice, Records. If you are reading this in paper in the
Archives search room, the finding aid, Records, is
found in the first divider within the same binder.
Organization
There are five groups or subseries of photographs in this series:
- Topical photographs, 1920, [ca. 1955-ca. 1985], undated (bulk
[ca. 1965-ca. 1980]), 3.6 cubic ft.
- Topical photographs, [ca. 1911-ca. 1985], undated (bulk [ca.
1960-ca. 1980]), 7.74 cubic ft.
- Unit photographs, 1933-[ca. 1985], undated (bulk [ca. 1955-ca.
1980]), 9.12 cubic ft.
- Slides and miscellaneous photographic media, [ca. 1962-ca.
1985], undated, 4.08 cubic ft.
- Scrapbooks, 1911, [ca. 1940-ca. 1980], undated, 0.53 cubic
ft.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Personal Names:
Beto, George.
Estelle, Jr., W.
J.
Coffield,
Pete, (H. H.).
Subjects:
Prisoners--Texas--Recreation.
Prisoners--Texas--Social
conditions.
Correctional
personnel--Texas.
Prisons--Texas--Buildings.
Prisons--Texas--Officials
and employees.
Document Types:
Photographs--Texas--Prisons--[ca. 1911-ca. 1985], undated.
Scrapbooks--Texas--Prisons--[ca. 1911-ca. 1985], undated.
Negatives--Texas--Prisons--[ca. 1911-ca. 1985],
undated.
Slides
(photographs)--Texas--Prisons--[ca. 1911-ca. 1985], undated.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are required to use gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
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.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Photographs, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession number: 1998/038
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Department of Criminal Justice on November 17, 1997.
Processing Information
Processed by:
Laura K. Saegert, October 1999
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
Records Relating to the Penitentiary, 1846-1921, 87.85 linear
ft.
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Huntsville
Records of special interest as related to
Archives and Information Services Division holdings: [size and dates of these
series are unknown]:
Historical photographs, Walls Unit
[contact the Media Services Unit]
Newton-Gresham Library, Sam Houston
State University, Huntsville
Various manuscript and photograph
collections.
Detailed Description of the Records
Topical photographs,
1920,
[ca. 1955-ca. 1985], undated (bulk [ca. 1965-ca. 1980]),
3.6 cubic ft.
The images in this group consist primarily of black and white
prints, most 8 x 10, some 5 x 7 and smaller, covering the variety of topics
described in the series description, dating 1920, ca. 1955-ca. 1985, undated
(bulk ca. 1965-ca. 1980). A few color snapshots and some negatives are present
as well. This group was in place when the photographs were received. In several
cases, there are two or more sets of the same topic. These sets have been
maintained as found, so the folder inventory may read Education [4 folders],
then Education [10 folders]. A few folder titles assigned by either prison
staff or staff of the Texas Prison Archives (where the photos were housed
previously) overlap in coverage with other headings. For example, views of
officials and staff of the Department of Corrections are found under the
headings TDC administrators,
Department personnel,
Past personnel, and also
Dr. George Beto, and
W.J. Estelle. Many of the photos in the last
two categories include various officials and staff with Dr. Beto as director of
the prison; later with W.J. Estelle during his tenure as director. Shots of
guards can also be found under the headings TDC
administrators, Department personnel,
and Past personnel. Guard views are also
present under the headings Officers training
school, Pistol team, and in numerous
views showing inmates. Shots of board members can generally be found in the
folders titled Board of Corrections,
Dr. George Beto, and
W.J. Estelle. Inmates working in the various
industries are under Industry,
Agriculture, Food
services, and Construction. Another
case of similar headings includes Agriculture, and Livestock and poultry operations. The assigned
headings are general. Researchers should check other topics that are related to
their area of interest. These photographs have not been processed; misfilings
are present; what is used as a topic now may be somewhat different than that
used by the prison staff when these files were initially set up. Since the
headings used in the next group of topical photographs vary slightly from those
used for this group of topical photographs check the description provided to
determine significant changes. The largest color selection of topical images of
inmates are slides that can be found in the fourth group or subseries within
this series - Miscellaneous slides, contact sheets, prints, and negatives.
Because most of the photographs are not individually dated and
fall within the bulk dates of ca. 1965-ca. 1980, dates are not placed on each
folder. Folders with dated images are dated following the heading.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Topical photographs, Photographs, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
1998/038-270A
Administration buildings
[3 folders]
1998/038-270A
TDC [Texas Department of Corrections]
administrators
[6 folders]
1998/038-270A
Agriculture
[1-9 of 15 folders]
1998/038-271
Agriculture
[10-15 of 15 folders]
1998/038-271
Miscellaneous photos - agriculture
[2 folders]
1998/038-271
Alcoholism program and inmate counseling
services
1998/038-271
American Correctional Association
1998/038-271
James Anderson
1998/038-271
Art class
1998/038-271
Assistant wardens
[3 folders]
1998/038-271
Awards - banquets
[2 folders]
1998/038-271
Dr. George Beto [prison director]
[1-4 of 6 folders]
1998/038-272
Dr. George Beto
[5-6 of 6 folders]
1998/038-272
Lester Beaird
1998/038-272
Board of Corrections
[8 folders]
1998/038-272
Board of Pardons and Paroles
[2 folders]
1998/038-272
Chaplains, chapels, and religious
instruction
[7 folders]
1998/038-273
H.H. Coffield [board member]
[2 folders]
1998/038-273
Commissary
1998/038-273
Construction
[16 folders]
1998/038-274
Construction
1998/038-274
Departmental personnel
[6 folders]
1998/038-274
Departmental personnel
[12 folders]
1998/038-274
Dogs and kennels
1998/038-274
The Echo ,
miscellaneous
1998/038-274
Education and vocational education
1998/038-275
Education and vocational education
[4 folders]
1998/038-275
Education and vocational education
[10 folders]
1998/038-275
Education and vocational education
[1-2 of 4 folders]
1998/038-276
Education and vocational education
[3-4 of 4 folders]
1998/038-276
Electric chair equipment
1998/038-276
Employee housing
[2 folders]
1998/038-276
Employee of the Year awards
[7 folders]
1998/038-276
W.J. Estelle, Jr. [prison director]
[6 folders]
1998/038-277
Food services
[8 folders]
1998/038-277
Former assistant directors
[2 folders]
1998/038-277
Former assistant wardens
[9 folders]
1998/038-278
Free world personalities
[3 folders]
1998/038-278
Governors, senators, and representatives
[5 folders]
1998/038-278
Guard pickets
1998/038-278
Houston Rotary
1998/038-278
Industry
[1-11 of 16 folders]
1998/038-279
Industry
[12-16 of 16 folders]
1998/038-279
Industry
[2 folders]
1998/038-279
Inmate Jaycees and other inmate
organizations
[2 folders]
1998/038-279
Jack Kyle
1998/038-279
John Sealy Hospital
1998/038-279
Laundry
1998/038-279
Livestock and poultry operations
1998/038-279
D.V. McKaskle
1998/038-279
Medical and dental services
[1-3 of 8 folders]
1998/038-280
Medical and dental services
[4-8 of 8 folders]
1998/038-280
Miscellaneous
[8 folders]
1998/038-280
Miscellaneous
[5 folders]
1998/038-280
Dr. Lane Murray
1998/038-281
Officers - field officers,
1920
1998/038-281
Officers training school
[4 folders]
1998/038-281
Pack II
1998/038-281
Past personnel
[1-14 of 25 folders]
1998/038-282
Past personnel
[15-25 of 25 folders]
Past personnel
1998/038-282
1998/038-282
Pistol team
[1-5 of 8 folders]
1998/038-283
Pistol team
[6-8 of 8 folders]
1998/038-283
Pre-release program
1998/038-283
R.K. Procunier
1998/038-283
Texas Prison Archives, Sam Houston State University,
exhibit,
October 1984
[5 folders]
1998/038-283
Texas Public Employees Association
(T.P.E.A.)
[6 folders]
1998/038-284
Recreation and entertainment
[6 folders]
1998/038-284
Special services
1998/038-284
Miscellaneous tours
1998/038-284
Transportation
[2 folders]
1998/038-284
Treatment
[2 folders]
1998/038-284
Unidentified
[7 folders]
1998/038-284
Visitors
1998/038-284
TDC Women's Correctional Association
[2 folders]
Topical photographs,
[ca.
1911-ca. 1985], undated (bulk [ca. 1960-ca. 1980]),
7.74 cubic ft.
These images consist of mostly black and white prints, the
majority being 8 x 10, with 5 x 7 and snapshots present, as well as oversize
prints, ranging from 11 x 14 to 16 x 20. Dates covered are ca. 1911-ca. 1985,
undated (bulk ca. 1960- ca. 1980). Also present are a few color 8 x 10 prints
and photographic reproductions of historic photographs. Additionally, there is
a set of photos and negatives identified as being used in The Echo from 1960 to 1962, and another set of photos,
unlabeled but kept together in separate envelopes, that was likely used for
specific publications. This last set has been listed as
Probable publication photos, and cover a
variety of topics. Most of the photographs in this last set are duplicated
elsewhere within either subseries of the topical photographs.
Following the publication photos are a few photographs removed
from the correspondence files described in this finding aid. The removed
photographs are accompanied by transfer sheets that detail where the
accompanying correspondence can be found. Most of these are images of Board of
Corrections members or of director W.J. Estelle, Jr. Lastly, at the end of this
subseries, are various oversize and/or mounted prints, most (if not all) of
which were prepared for exhibits. These prints are of various topics, including
the prison rodeo, recreation and sports, industry, agriculture, life in prison,
and individuals, such as directors W.J. Estelle, Jr. and George Beto. A few
buildings are shown, such as the old main building and tower at Huntsville
before its restoration.
The photographs in this subseries were scattered in several boxes,
some foldered, most housed in manila envelopes with topics written on the
envelopes. The photographs have been put in topical order, but groups of photos
from different folders/envelopes are maintained separately. The photographs
cover a variety of topics as described in the series description. In several
cases, there are two or more groups of the same topic. The groups are foldered
separately, so the folder inventory may read Industry [15 folders], then
Industry [4 folders]. There are a few headings used here by either prison staff
or staff of the Texas Prison Archives (where the photos were housed previously)
that overlap in coverage with other headings. For example, views of prisoners
at work in the various industries are found under both the headings
Industry and Inmates on the job. Inmates working in agriculture
or construction can be found under the headings Agriculture and Construction. For views of officials and staff of
the Department of Corrections see the headings for TDC administration, TDC
administration, officials, TDC
personnel, and also George Beto and
W.J. Estelle, as many of the photos in this
last category include various officials and staff with Dr. Beto as director of
the prison, later with W.J. Estelle during his tenure as director. Also, the
folders labeled Education contain both
classroom and vocational education views as well as graduation ceremonies, in
addition to the folder titled Graduation, and
the folders labeled Vocational education.
And, views of guards/officers training, receiving awards, etc. listed generally
as Officers - training school in the first
group of topical photos are listed in this group as Guards. The assigned headings are general.
Researchers should check other topics that are related to their area of
interest. These photographs have not been processed; misfilings are present;
what is used as a topic now may be somewhat different than that used by the
prison staff when these files were initially set up. The headings used in the
previous group of topical photographs vary slightly from these. Check the
description provided to determine significant changes. The largest color
selection of topical images of inmates are slides which can be found in the
fourth group or subseries within this series - Miscellaneous slides, contact
sheets, prints, and negatives.
Because most of the photographs are not individually dated and
fall within the bulk dates of ca. 1960-ca. 1980, dates are not placed on each
folder. Folders with dated images are dated following the heading.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Topical photographs, Photographs, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
1998/038-285
TDC (Texas Department of Corrections)
administration
[3 folders]
1998/038-285
TDC administration, officials
[10 folders]
1998/038-286
TDC administration, officials
[6 folders]
1998/038-286
TDC administration, officials - dinner parties,
etc.
[3 folders]
1998/038-286
TDC administration, former wardens
[2 folders]
1998/038-286
Admission
1998/038-286
Agriculture
1998/038-286
Agriculture
[1-3 of 8 folders]
1998/038-287
Agriculture
[4-8 of 8 folders]
1998/038-287
Agriculture
1998/038-287
Dr. George Beto
[1-11 of 30 folders]
1998/038-288
Dr. George Beto
[12-26 of 30 folders]
1998/038-289
Dr. George Beto
[27-30 of 30 folders]
1998/038-289
Dr. George Beto, conferences, meetings, including Lt.
Gov. Ben Barnes
[2 folders]
1998/038-289
Dr. George Beto, prison rodeo and officials
[2 folders]
1998/038-289
Dr. George Beto and Homer Garrison [signed by
Garrison]
1998/038-289
Beto Unit construction,
1979
1998/038-289
Clemens State Farm
1998/038-289
H.H. Coffield
[2 folders]
1998/038-289
Commissary
1998/038-289
Construction
[2 folders]
1998/038-289
Construction
[3 folders]
1998/038-290
Construction
[11 folders]
1998/038-291
Construction, industry, and education
[2 folders]
1998/038-291
Counseling
[4 folders]
1998/038-291
Counseling
1998/038-291
Dogs
1998/038-291
Eastham Unit
[2 folders]
1998/038-291
The Echo, [photos used in
the paper, most arranged by prison unit],
ca. 1960-1962
1998/038-291
Clemens,
6-6-1960
1998/038-291
[untitled].
1962
1998/038-291
Harlem,
ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Harlem #2,
5-26-1960
1998/038-291
[untitled], ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Wynne,
ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Ramsey #1,
ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Smither,
week of July 4-8, ca.
1960
1998/038-291
Field shots, Central #2,
ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Guards cleaning shop, Huntsville,
ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Retrieve,
ca. 1960
1998/038-291
Ferguson,
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
Individuals, wardens, employees, inmates,
6-8-1960
1998/038-292
[untitled],
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
Commissary,
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
Central #1,
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
The Walls,
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
Greer cell blks[?],
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
Darrington,
5-31-1960
1998/038-292
Dale Carnegie,
ca. 1960
1998/038-292
[untitled],
ca. 1960
[loose, not originally foldered]
1998/038-292
Education
[12 folders]
1998/038-293
Electric chair
1998/038-293
O.B. Ellis [signed by Ellis] [prison
director]
1998/038-293
Ellis Unit
1998/038-293
W.J. Estelle, Jr.
[2 folders]
1998/038-293
Exercise yard - Death row
1998/038-293
Goree State Farm [for women]
1998/038-293
Governor Dolph Briscoe
1998/038-293
Governor John Connolly
1998/038-293
Governors, senators, representatives
1998/038-293
Graduation
1998/038-293
Guards
[1-8 of 33 folders]
1998/038-294
Guards
[9-24 of 33 folders]
1998/038-295
Guards
[25-33 of 33 folders]
1998/038-295
Historic photos,
ca. 1925-1950s
1998/038-295
Historic photos, copies,
ca. 1911-ca.
1950
1998/038-295
Historical - Texas Prison Board,
1930s
1998/038-295
Huntsville
[3 folders]
1998/038-296
Industry
1998/038-296
Industry
[6 folders]
1998/038-296
Industry
[2 folders]
1998/038-296
Inmates at work camp with photographer - inscription on
notebook with appreciation to our friends - Toshi,
Dan and Pete Seeger, March 1966
[3 folders]
Inmate Jaycees
[7 folders]
1998/038-296A
Inmates - female - Goree Unit:
1998/038-296A
Negatives and contact sheets [for some images found
within this box]
1998/038-296A
Arts and crafts
1998/038-296A
Arts and crafts, displays
1998/038-296A
Arts and crafts, flower arranging
1998/038-296A
At work
1998/038-296A
At work, kitchen
1998/038-296A
Counseling
[2 folders]
1998/038-296A
Education
[2 folders]
1998/038-296A
Education [cosmetology]
1998/038-296A
Fashion advising
1998/038-296A
Miscellaneous views from Goree
[5 folders]
1998/038-296A
Recreation
[2 folders]
1998/038-296A
Religious services and choirs
1998/038-296A
Sewing warehouse
1998/038-296A
Inmates - female - Mountain View Unit:
1998/038-296A
Inmates - female
1998/038-296A
At work
1998/038-296A
Education
[3 folders]
1998/038-296A
Recreation
1998/038-296A
Sewing
1998/038-296A
Transportation
1998/038-297
Inmates - female, sewing
1998/038-297
Inmates - female, women's warehouse [at the Goree
Unit]
[2 folders]
1998/038-297
Inmates on the job
[5 folders]
1998/038-297
Inmates on the job
[3 folders]
1998/038-297
Inmates on the job
[2 folders]
1998/038-297
Inmates on the job, Ramsey Unit
1998/038-297
Literature and pictures re: memorials for Wallace Pack
and Billy Moore,
1981
[Pack was the warden at the Ellis Unit, Moore was the
farm manager there]
1998/038-297
Medical and dental services
[large set of color photos]
[1-3 of 11 folders]
1998/038-298
Medical and dental services
[large set of color photos]
[4-11 of 11 folders]
1998/038-298
Medical and dental services
[color photos and negatives]
[3 folders]
1998/038-298
Medical and dental services
[2 folders]
1998/038-298
Miscellaneous
1998/038-298
Miscellaneous
[3 folders]
1998/038-298
Miscellaneous
[2 folders]
1998/038-299
Miscellaneous
[3 folders]
1998/038-299
Miscellaneous - Inmates
[large set of color photos]
[1-12 of 15 folders]
1998/038-300
Miscellaneous - Inmates
[large set of color photos]
[13-15 of 15 folders]
1998/038-300
Miscellaneous - Inmates
[8 folders]
1998/038-300
Miscellaneous [kept for publication]
[10 folders]
1998/038-301
TDC personnel
[12 folders]
1998/038-301
Pistol team
1998/038-301
Power lifting
1998/038-301
Prison officials
[2 folders]
1998/038-302
Prison officials
[5 folders]
1998/038-302
Prison rodeo
[5 folders]
1998/038-302
Probable publications
[photos maintained in several envelopes, most with
numbers, such as issue numbers, added to the back]
1998/038-302
Probable publication photos - #1, #4, #7
[2 folders]
[includes copies of some historic photos, likely from
the turn of the century]
1998/038-302
Probable publication photos - #2
1998/038-302
Probable publication photos - #3
1998/038-302
Probable publication photos - #5
1998/038-302
Probable publication photos - #6
1998/038-302
Probable publication photos - #7
[3 folders]
1998/038-303
Probable publication photos - #8
1998/038-303
Probable publication photos - no #
assigned
[2 folders]
1998/038-303
Probable publication photos - no #
assigned
[4 folders]
1998/038-303
Recreation and entertainment
[5 folders]
1998/038-303
Recreation and entertainment
1998/038-303
Recreation and entertainment
[3 folders]
1998/038-304
Recreation and entertainment
[9 folders]
1998/038-304
Recreation and entertainment
[3 folders]
1998/038-304
Recreation and entertainment
1998/038-304
Bud Russell,
ca. 1925
1998/038-305
Sports
[13 folders]
1998/038-305
T.C.A. [Texas Corrections Association],
1974
1998/038-305
Texas Prison Board,
1956
1998/038-305
First TDC tractors,
ca. 1946
1998/038-305
Units and facilities
[1-2 of 5 folders]
1998/038-306
Units and facilities
[3-5 of 5 folders]
1998/038-306
Visitation
1998/038-306
Vocational education
1998/038-306
Vocational education
[2 folders]
1998/038-306
Wolves trapped by TDC
Photographs removed from the
correspondence files
1998/038-306
Board of Corrections member Walter W. Cardwell,
1960
1998/038-306
Board of Corrections member Clifford F. Smith,
1980
1998/038-306
Board of Corrections members,
1973
1998/038-306
Board of Corrections, view from prison farm and views
of W. J. Estelle, Jr. and others,
1974
1998/038-306
W.J. Estelle, Jr. and Houston Rotary Club members,
1976
1998/038-306
W.J. Estelle, Jr., speaking at Windham graduation
ceremony,
1976
1998/038-306
Inmate weapon,
1961
1998/038-306
Virgil Starns, warden at Harlem Farm,
1961
Oversize photographs
These are 8 x 10, 11 x 14, and 16 x 20 photographs. The 8 x 10
prints and some of the 11 x 14 and 16 x 20 prints have been mounted on heavy
stock board. Some of the 8 x 10 prints are backed with thick styrofoam. Most of
the mounted prints were likely used for exhibits or displays. The oversize
unmounted photos generally were grouped by topic in the boxes they were housed
in. Many of these photos are enlargements of images already present in the
collection, generally in 8 x 10 format. Topics include inmates at work
(industry and agriculture views), prison rodeo, inmate recreation activities,
and prison officials and guards.
1998/038-307
Drawing of Dr. Beto and Jack McKee at Legislative
Budget Board hearing,
1962, by
Neil Calwell
1998/038-307
Dr. George Beto at meeting [Board of
Corrections?]
1998/038-307
Dr. George Beto with Indian chief, next to grave of
Satanta
1998/038-307
Governor Mark White with W.J. Estelle, Jr.
1998/038-307
B. A. Stufflebeme,
ca.
1911-1912
1998/038-307
Agriculture
1998/038-307
Inmate at work
1998/038-307
Units
1998/038-307
Inmates and officials, copyright by the
Saturday Evening Post, photos by Bill
Shrout
1998/038-307
Recreation
[2 folders]
1998/038-307
Industry
[2 folders]
1998/038-307
Inmates and guards
1998/038-307
Black inmates and prison rodeo
1998/038-308
[Untitled],
[unfoldered]
This box contains fifteen boards, with each board
containing four 8 x 10 mounted photos, showing views of units, construction,
and inmates at school, at church, and at recreation.
1998/038-309
[Untitled]:
The first part of this box contains thirteen boards of
8 x 10 mounted photos showing various views of prison rodeo activities.
[unfoldered] The rest of the photographs are foldered as follows:
1998/038-309
Prison rodeo,
1950s
[one photo has had color added by hand]
1998/038-309
Prison rodeo,
1970s
1998/038-309
Inmates coming from or going to the
fields
1998/038-309
New inmates arriving at Huntsville
1998/038-309
Historic photo - copy - old main building with
ornate clock tower,
1900s or early
1930s
1998/038-309
Farm units
[2 folders]
Unit photographs,
1933-[ca. 1985], undated (bulk [ca. 1955-ca. 1980]),
9.12 cubic ft.
This subseries or group consists of color and black and white
prints - ranging in size from 8 x 10 to snapshots - color and black and white
contact sheets, negatives, and a few slides, dating 1933-ca. 1985, undated
(bulk ca. 1955-ca. 1980). These photographs consist largely of construction
views, also interior and exterior views of units and grounds, some views of
personnel and inmates at those units, and aerial views of the units and
surrounding vicinity. Many of these photographs are curled due to improper
housing in the past. For many units, there are two or more groups of
photographs from the same time period. These groups are maintained separately,
so the folder inventory may read Ellis Unit, 1974 [4 folders], then Ellis Unit,
1974 [4 folders].
Arrangement
These records are arranged alphabetically by unit.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Unit photographs, Photographs, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
1998/038-310
Barnes, Landss, Goodman, Youngblood proposal
[7 folders]
Beto Unit
1998/038-310
[undated]
1998/038-310
November 1,
1977
1998/038-310
May 20, 1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-310
May 25, 1978
1998/038-310
1977, undated
[found in folder labeled 5-5-78]
1998/038-310
May 31, 1978
1998/038-310
May 28, 1978
[4 folders]
1998/038-310
July 6, 1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-311
July 12,
1978
1998/038-311
July 20,
1978
1998/038-311
July 27,
1978
1998/038-311
August 2,
1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-311
August 10, 11, 16,
1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-311
August 16,
1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-311
August 23,
1978
1998/038-311
August 30,
1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-311
September 7,
1978
1998/038-311
September 28,
1978
1998/038-311
October 4,
1978
[5 folders]
1998/038-311
October 12,
1978
1998/038-311
October 20,
1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-311
October 27,
1978
1998/038-312
November 7 and 9,
1978
1998/038-312
November 15-16,
1978
1998/038-312
November 29,
1978
[2 folders]
1998/038-312
December 7,
1978
1998/038-312
December 12,
1978
1998/038-312
December 20,
1978
1998/038-312
February 21,
1979
1998/038-312
February 28,
1979
1998/038-312
March 6,
1979
[2 folders]
1998/038-312
March 7,
1979
1998/038-312
March 14, 28,
1979
[2 folders]
1998/038-312
April 4,
1979
1998/038-312
April 25, 27,
1979
[2 folders]
1998/038-312
May 2, 1979
1998/038-312
July 24,
1979
[4 folders]
1998/038-313
August 10,
1979
[4 folders]
1998/038-313
September 6,
1979
1998/038-313
September 27,
1979
1998/038-313
December 14,
1979
1998/038-313
February 14,
1980
1998/038-313
[undated]
1998/038-313
[undated]
[14 folders]
1998/038-314
[undated]
[8 folders]
1998/038-314
Negatives
1998/038-314
Beto Bridge
1998/038-314
Boyd Distribution Center
Central Unit
1998/038-314
[undated]
1998/038-314
ca. 1962-1976
[1-11 of 63 folders]
1998/038-315
ca. 1962-1976
[12-37 of 63 folders]
1998/038-316
ca. 1962-1976
[38-51 of 63 folders]
1998/038-317
ca. 1962-1976
[52-63 of 63 folders]
1998/038-318
1977
1998/038-318
# 2, Main building and guards dorms,
1970-1971
1998/038-318
# 2, Rehabilitation,
1966, 1976
1998/038-318
# 1,
1960
1998/038-318
ca. 1969
1998/038-318
1976
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-318
# 1 and 2,
1976
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-318
# 2,
1977
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-318
1977
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-318
# 1,
1978
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-318
# 1,
1979
[negatives and contact sheets]
Criminal Justice Center
1998/038-318
[undated]
1998/038-318
1970s
[1-7 of 14 folders]
1998/038-319
1970s
[8-14 of 14 folders]
Clemens Unit
1998/038-319
1960s-1980
[1-11 of 22 folders]
1998/038-320
1960s-1980
[12-22 of 22 folders]
1998/038-320
ca.
1968-1977
Coffield Unit
1998/038-320
1976
1998/038-320
1960s-1980
[1-5 of 49 folders]
1998/038-321
1960s-1980
[6-24 of 49 folders]
1998/038-322
1960s-1980
[25-40 of 49 folders]
1998/038-323
1960s-1980
[41-49 of 49 folders]
1998/038-323
1970s
[2 folders]
1998/038-323
1975
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-323
1976
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-323
1977
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-324
1978
[6 folders] [negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-324
1979
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-324
1979-1980
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-324
Pictures of a flood
[2 folders]
1998/038-324
Dedication,
1972
1998/038-324
Construction
Darrington Unit
1998/038-324
1960s-1970s
[1-7 of 11 folders]
1998/038-325
1960s-1970s
[8-11 of 11 folders]
1998/038-325
ca. 1980
[3 folders]
Diagnostic Unit
1998/038-325
1960s-1970s
[2 folders]
1998/038-325
1970s
[5 folders]
Eastham Unit
1998/038-326
late
1950s-1970s
[22 folders]
1998/038-327
ca. 1980
[2 folders]
1998/038-327
late
1960s-1970s
1998/038-327
Eastham Unit
[negatives]
1998/038-327
1976-1977
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-327
1977
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-327
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets]
Ellis Unit
1998/038-327
1974
[4 folders]
1998/038-327
1974
[4 folders]
1998/038-327
ca. 1975
[3 folders]
1998/038-327
ca. 1960s-1980
[1-3 of 49 folders]
1998/038-328
ca. 1960s-1980
[4-20 of 49 folders]
1998/038-329
ca. 1960s-1980
[21-41 of 49 folders]
1998/038-330
ca. 1960s-1980
[42-49 of 49 folders]
1998/038-330
1970s
[3 folders]
1998/038-330
Ellis Recreation Center
[2 folders]
1998/038-330
Ellis II,
1984
[2 folders]
1998/038-330
Ellis II,
1984
Ferguson Unit
1998/038-330
ca. 1961-1980
[1-8 of 17 folders]
1998/038-331
ca. 1961-1980
[9-17 of 17 folders]
1998/038-331
ca.
1967-1980
[4 folders]
1998/038-331
1976
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-331
1977-1978
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-331
1979-1980
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-331
1980, 1982
[negatives and contact sheets]
Gatesville Unit
1998/038-332
Riverside and Live Oak,
1979
[2 folders]
1998/038-332
1979
[4 folders]
1998/038-332
ca. 1979
1998/038-332
ca. 1980
[5 folders]
1998/038-332
ca. 1981
[5 folders]
1998/038-333
Gatesville Unit [photos labeled
Central on reverse],
ca. 1979
[2 folders]
1998/038-333
1979
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-333
1982
[negatives and contact sheets]
Goree Unit
1998/038-333
ca.
1972-1978
[3 folders]
1998/038-333
1960s-1970s
[12 folders]
1998/038-334
1970s-early
1980s
[3 folders]
1998/038-334
ca. 1958
1998/038-334
Boiler room,
1970s
1998/038-334
1975-1976
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-334
1977
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-334
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets]
Huntsville
1998/038-334
1949-1952
1998/038-334
1949
1998/038-334
1950-1952
[4 folders]
1998/038-334
1950-1953
[3 folders]
1998/038-334
1958
[2 folders]
1998/038-334
ca.
1961-1976
[3 folders]
1998/038-335
ca.
1965-1976
[11 folders]
1977-1978
ca.
1974-1979
[8 folders]
1998/038-336
1970s
[11 folders]
1998/038-336
ca. 1949
1998/038-336
1950s-1970s
[3 folders]
1998/038-336
1970s
1998/038-336
1979
1998/038-336
ca.
1970-1980
[3 folders]
1998/038-337
1975, 1977
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1977
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1978
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1978
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1978
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1979
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
1998/038-337
1979-1980
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2]
Jester Unit [Many folders
include a mixture of images from units I and II. However, in a couple of
instances images are present from just unit II.]
1998/038-337
[photos actually of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation]
[2 folders]
1998/038-337
1960s-1970s
[1-3 of 5 folders]
1999/038-338
1960s-1970s
[4-5 of 5 folders]
1999/038-338
1960s-1970s
[13 folders]
1999/038-338
Kitchen and bridge,
1970s
1999/038-338
Grimes County flooded areas,
1970s or
1980s
[3 folders]
1998/038-339
Pre-release center,
1970s
1998/038-339
1970s
1998/038-339
1960s-1970s
[9 folders]
1998/038-339
Jester II Unit,
1970s
[4 folders]
1998/038-340
Barnes, Landss, Youngblood proposal,
1960s-1970s
[5 folders]
1998/038-340
ca. 1976
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-340
1976
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-340
1977
[negatives and contact sheets]
1998/038-340
ca. 1978
[negatives and contact sheets]
John Sealy Hospital
1998/038-340
1981
1998/038-340
1982
Miscellaneous units
1998/038-340
1933-1939
[3 folders]
1998/038-340
ca.
1940-1960s
1998/038-341
Miscellaneous units [Fort Parker?],
ca. 1966
[3 folders]
1998/038-341
1970s
1998/038-341
1970s-1980s
[10 folders]
1998/038-341
1970s
[2 folders]
1998/038-341
1980
[2 folders]
1998/038-341
ca. 1970s
[contact sheets]
1998/038-341