Texas Department of Corrections:
An Inventory of Department of Corrections Photographs at the
Texas State Archives,
about 1911-about
1985, undated, bulk about 1965-about 1980
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Creator: |
Texas. Dept. of
Corrections. |
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Title |
Department of Corrections photographs
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Dates: |
about
1911-about 1985, undated, bulk about 1965-about 1980 |
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Abstract: |
The Texas Department of Corrections (now the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice) manages offenders in state prisons, state jails and
contracted private correctional facilities. This series consists of
photographs, contact sheets, negatives, and slides of prison system
activities,
dating from about 1911 to about 1985, and undated, bulk about 1965-about
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). Last are three albums of photographs of black and white
prints, dating mostly from the 1940s to the 1970s and a small set of prints
and
negatives used in the prison newspaper, The Echo,
dating from 1960 to 1962. |
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Quantity: |
25.07 cubic ft. |
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Language |
These
materials are written in English. |
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) manages offenders in
state prisons, state jails and contracted private correctional facilities.
The
agency also provides funding and certain oversight of community supervision
and
is responsible for the supervision of offenders released from prison on
parole
or mandatory supervision. The Department of Criminal Justice came into
being in
1848 when "An Act to Establish a State
Penitentiary" was passed by the Second Texas 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 Texas 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. As of June 2007, approximately 151,960 offenders were housed in
TDCJ
units or state jails and 13,195 in private facilities.
The TDCJ is composed of the following divisions: Administrative Review
and Risk Management, General Counsel, Community Justice Assistance,
Correctional Institutions, Private Facility Contract Monitoring/Oversight,
Parole, Rehabilitation and Reentry Programs, Health Services, Victim
Services,
Human Resources and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical
or
Mental Impairments. The departments within the Business and Finance
Division
report directly to the Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, the Chief
Financial Officer provides oversight for the Manufacturing and Logistics
Division, the Information Technology Division and the Facilities Division.
The
State Counsel for Offenders Division, Internal Audit Division, the Office
of
the Inspector General and the Windham School District report directly to
the
TBCJ. 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. Federal
oversight
of the Texas prison system ended in 2002.
(Sources include: Guide to Texas State
Agencies, various editions, the website of the agency (
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/index.htm),
viewed on May 11, 2009, and the agency's records.)
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) manages offenders in
state prisons, state jails and contracted private correctional facilities.
This
series consists of photographs, contact sheets, negatives, and slides of
prison
system activities, dating from about 1911 to about 1985, and undated, bulk
about 1965-about 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). Last 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 is from the Photo and ID Unit of the Department of
Corrections,
containing images from the Walls Unit dating from about 1949 to about 1954;
and
one was compiled for a former assistant warden, Joe Byrd, dating about
1940-1980. The Byrd scrapbook was recently returned to the family at their
request. TDCJ provided the State Archives with a digital copy of the
scrapbook
on compact disc.
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 Texas Prison Rodeo
photographs
in overall TDCJ finding aid,
Texas
Department of Criminal Justice records. 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,
in the series In-service training materials.
The Archives and Information Services Division has a few early
photographs of prisoners and prison activities, primarily from one of the
prison farms, dating about 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.
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Organization |
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There are five groups or subseries of photographs in this series, as
received from the agency:
- Topical photographs, 1920, about 1955-about 1985, undated, bulk
about 1965-about 1980, 3.6 cubic ft.
- Topical photographs, about 1911-about 1985, undated, bulk about
1960-about 1980, 7.74 cubic ft.
- Unit photographs, 1933-about 1985, undated, bulk about
1955-about 1980, 9.12 cubic ft.
- Slides and miscellaneous photographic media, about 1962-about
1985, undated, 4.08 cubic ft.
- Scrapbooks, 1911, about 1940-about 1980, undated, 0.53 cubic
ft.
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Restrictions on Access
Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives
search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas
by
staff members.
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
Researchers are required to use gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
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The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records. |
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Personal Names: |
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Beto, George. |
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Estelle, Jr., W.
J. |
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Coffield,
"Pete," (H. H.). |
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Subjects: |
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Prisoners--Texas--Recreation.
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Prisoners--Texas--Social
conditions. |
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Correctional
personnel--Texas. |
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Prisons--Texas--Buildings.
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Prisons--Texas--Officials
and employees. |
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Document Types: |
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Photographs--Texas--Prisons--about 1911-about 1985, undated. |
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Scrapbooks--Texas--Prisons--about 1911-about 1985,
undated. |
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Negatives--Texas--Prisons--about 1911-about 1985,
undated. |
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Slides
(photographs)--Texas--Prisons--about 1911-about 1985, undated. |
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The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive. |
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Texas State Archives |
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Records Relating to the Penitentiary, 1846-1921, 87.85 linear
ft. |
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Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Huntsville |
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Records of special interest as related to
Archives and Information Services Division holdings: [size and dates of
these
series are unknown]: |
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Historical photographs, Walls Unit
[contact the Media Services Unit] |
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Newton-Gresham Library, Sam Houston
State University, Huntsville |
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Various manuscript and photograph
collections. |
(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Texas Department of
Corrections photographs. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession number: 1998/038, 2006/198
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice on November 17, 1997 and January 30,
2006.
Processed by Laura K. Saegert, October 1999
Corrections and further encoding to TARO project standards by Laura K.
Saegert, March 2001
Finding aid converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by TARO using the
conversion stylesheet v1to02.xsl, July 22, 2003
Finding aid reformatted by Laura K. Saegert, December 2004
DACS compliance and series formatted into a separate finding aid by
Laura K. Saegert, July 2009
Detailed Description of the Records
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Topical photographs, 1920,
about 1955-about 1985, undated, bulk about 1965-about 1980,
3.6 cubic ft. |
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Photographs created or maintained by the Texas Department of
Corrections document varying aspects of prison life, facilties, etc. 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, about 1955-about 1985, undated, bulk about 1965-about
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. |
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Because most of the photographs are not individually dated and
fall within the bulk dates of about 1965-about 1980, dates are not placed on
each folder. Folders with dated images are dated following the heading. |
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Arrangement |
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The folders are arranged alphabetically by topic, as received from
the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Topical photographs, Texas Department of
Corrections photographs. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Administration buildings
[3 folders] |
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TDC [Texas Department of Corrections]
administrators
[6 folders] |
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Agriculture
[1-9 of 15 folders] |
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| 1998/038-271 |
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Agriculture
[10-15 of 15 folders] |
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Miscellaneous photos - agriculture
[2 folders] |
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Alcoholism program and inmate counseling
services |
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American Correctional Association |
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James Anderson |
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Art class |
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Assistant wardens
[3 folders] |
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Awards - banquets
[2 folders] |
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Dr. George Beto [prison director]
[1-4 of 6 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-272 |
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Dr. George Beto
[5-6 of 6 folders] |
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Lester Beaird |
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Board of Corrections
[8 folders] |
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Board of Pardons and Paroles
[2 folders] |
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Chaplains, chapels, and religious
instruction
[7 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-273 |
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H.H. Coffield [board member]
[2 folders] |
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Commissary |
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Construction
[16 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-274 |
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Construction |
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Departmental personnel
[6 folders] |
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Departmental personnel
[12 folders] |
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Dogs and kennels |
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The Echo ,
miscellaneous |
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Education and vocational education |
| Box |
| 1998/038-275 |
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Education and vocational education
[4 folders] |
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Education and vocational education
[10 folders] |
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Education and vocational education
[1-2 of 4 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-276 |
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Education and vocational education
[3-4 of 4 folders] |
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Electric chair equipment |
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Employee housing
[2 folders] |
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Employee of the Year awards
[7 folders] |
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W.J. Estelle, Jr. [prison director]
[6 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-277 |
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Food services
[8 folders] |
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Former assistant directors
[2 folders] |
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Former assistant wardens
[9 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-278 |
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Free world personalities
[3 folders] |
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Governors, senators, and representatives
[5 folders] |
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Guard pickets |
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Houston Rotary |
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Industry
[1-11 of 16 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-279 |
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Industry
[12-16 of 16 folders] |
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Industry
[2 folders] |
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Inmate Jaycees and other inmate
organizations
[2 folders] |
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Jack Kyle |
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John Sealy Hospital |
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Laundry |
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Livestock and poultry operations |
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D.V. McKaskle |
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Medical and dental services
[1-3 of 8 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-280 |
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Medical and dental services
[4-8 of 8 folders] |
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Miscellaneous
[8 folders] |
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Miscellaneous
[5 folders] |
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Dr. Lane Murray |
| Box |
| 1998/038-281 |
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Officers - field officers,
1920 |
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Officers training school
[4 folders] |
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Pack II |
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Past personnel
[1-14 of 25 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-282 |
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Past personnel
[15-25 of 25 folders] |
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Past personnel |
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Pistol team
[1-5 of 8 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-283 |
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Pistol team
[6-8 of 8 folders] |
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Pre-release program |
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R.K. Procunier |
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Texas Prison Archives, Sam Houston State University,
exhibit,
October 1984
[5 folders] |
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Texas Public Employees Association
(T.P.E.A.)
[6 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-284 |
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Recreation and entertainment
[6 folders] |
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Special services |
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Miscellaneous tours |
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Transportation
[2 folders] |
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Treatment
[2 folders] |
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Unidentified
[7 folders] |
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Visitors |
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TDC Women's Correctional Association
[2 folders] |
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Topical photographs, about
1911-about 1985, undated, bulk about 1960-about 1980,
7.74 cubic ft. |
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Photographs created or maintained by the Texas Department of
Corrections document varying aspects of prison life, facilties, etc. 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 about 1911-about 1985, undated, bulk about
1960- about 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. |
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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 about 1960-about 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, as received from
the agency. |
|
Preferred Citation |
|
(Identify the item), Topical photographs, Texas Department of
Corrections photographs. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
| Box |
| 1998/038-285 |
|
|
TDC (Texas Department of Corrections)
administration
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
TDC administration, officials
[10 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-286 |
|
|
TDC administration, officials
[6 folders] |
|
|
|
TDC administration, officials - dinner parties,
etc.
[3 folders] |
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TDC administration, former wardens
[2 folders] |
|
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|
Admission |
|
|
|
Agriculture |
|
|
|
Agriculture
[1-3 of 8 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-287 |
|
|
Agriculture
[4-8 of 8 folders] |
|
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|
Agriculture |
|
|
|
Dr. George Beto
[1-11 of 30 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-288 |
|
|
Dr. George Beto
[12-26 of 30 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-289 |
|
|
Dr. George Beto
[27-30 of 30 folders] |
|
|
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Dr. George Beto, conferences, meetings, including Lt.
Gov. Ben Barnes
[2 folders] |
|
|
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Dr. George Beto, prison rodeo and officials
[2 folders] |
|
|
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Dr. George Beto and Homer Garrison [signed by
Garrison] |
|
|
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Beto Unit construction,
1979 |
|
|
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Clemens State Farm |
|
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H.H. Coffield
[2 folders] |
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Commissary |
|
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Construction
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Construction
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-290 |
|
|
Construction
[11 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-291 |
|
|
Construction, industry, and education
[2 folders] |
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|
Counseling
[4 folders] |
|
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|
Counseling |
|
|
|
Dogs |
|
|
|
Eastham Unit
[2 folders] |
|
|
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The Echo,
about
1960-1962: |
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[Photos used in the paper, most arranged
by prison unit] |
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Clemens,
6-6-1960 |
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[untitled].
1962 |
|
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Harlem,
about 1960 |
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Harlem #2,
5-26-1960 |
|
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[untitled], about 1960 |
|
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Wynne,
about 1960 |
|
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Ramsey #1,
about 1960 |
|
|
|
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Smither,
week of July 4-8, about
1960 |
|
|
|
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Field shots, Central #2,
about 1960 |
|
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Guards cleaning shop, Huntsville,
about 1960 |
|
|
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Retrieve,
about 1960 |
|
|
|
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Ferguson,
about 1960 |
| Box |
| 1998/038-292 |
|
|
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Individuals, wardens, employees, inmates,
6-8-1960 |
|
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[untitled],
about 1960 |
|
|
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Commissary,
about 1960 |
|
|
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Central #1,
about 1960 |
|
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The Walls,
about 1960 |
|
|
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Greer cell blks[?],
about 1960 |
|
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Darrington,
5-31-1960 |
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Dale Carnegie,
about 1960 |
|
|
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[untitled],
about 1960
[loose, not originally foldered] |
|
|
|
Education
[12 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-293 |
|
|
Electric chair |
|
|
|
O.B. Ellis [signed by Ellis] [prison
director] |
|
|
|
Ellis Unit |
|
|
|
W.J. Estelle, Jr.
[2 folders] |
|
|
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Exercise yard - Death row |
|
|
|
Goree State Farm [for women] |
|
|
|
Governor Dolph Briscoe |
|
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|
Governor John Connolly |
|
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|
Governors, senators, representatives |
|
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|
Graduation |
|
|
|
Guards
[1-8 of 33 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-294 |
|
|
Guards
[9-24 of 33 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-295 |
|
|
Guards
[25-33 of 33 folders] |
|
|
|
Historic photos,
about
1925-1950s |
|
|
|
Historic photos, copies,
about 1911-about
1950 |
|
|
|
Historical - Texas Prison Board,
1930s |
|
|
|
Huntsville
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-296 |
|
|
Industry |
|
|
|
Industry
[6 folders] |
|
|
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Industry
[2 folders] |
|
|
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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] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-296A |
|
|
Inmates - female - Goree Unit: |
|
|
|
|
Negatives and contact sheets [for some images found
within this box] |
|
|
|
|
Arts and crafts |
|
|
|
|
Arts and crafts, displays |
|
|
|
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Arts and crafts, flower arranging |
|
|
|
|
At work |
|
|
|
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At work, kitchen |
|
|
|
|
Counseling
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Education
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Education [cosmetology] |
|
|
|
|
Fashion advising |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views from Goree
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
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Recreation
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Religious services and choirs |
|
|
|
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Sewing warehouse |
|
|
|
Inmates - female - Mountain View Unit: |
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|
|
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Inmates - female |
|
|
|
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At work |
|
|
|
|
Education
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Recreation |
|
|
|
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Sewing |
|
|
|
|
Transportation |
| Box |
| 1998/038-297 |
|
|
Inmates - female, sewing |
|
|
|
Inmates - female, women's warehouse [at the Goree
Unit]
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Inmates on the job
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
Inmates on the job
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Inmates on the job
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Inmates on the job, Ramsey Unit |
|
|
|
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] |
|
|
|
Medical and dental services
[large set of color photos]
[1-3 of 11 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-298 |
|
|
Medical and dental services
[large set of color photos]
[4-11 of 11 folders] |
|
|
|
Medical and dental services
[color photos and negatives]
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Medical and dental services
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-299 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous - Inmates
[large set of color photos]
[1-12 of 15 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-300 |
|
|
Miscellaneous - Inmates
[large set of color photos]
[13-15 of 15 folders] |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous - Inmates
[8 folders] |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous [kept for publication]
[10 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-301 |
|
|
TDC personnel
[12 folders] |
|
|
|
Pistol team |
|
|
|
Power lifting |
|
|
|
Prison officials
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-302 |
|
|
Prison officials
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
Prison rodeo
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
Probable publications |
|
|
|
|
[photos maintained in several envelopes, most with
numbers, such as issue numbers, added to the back] |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #1, #4, #7
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
[includes copies of some historic photos, likely from
the turn of the century] |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #2 |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #3 |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #5 |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #6 |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #7
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-303 |
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - #8 |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - no #
assigned
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Probable publication photos - no #
assigned
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
Recreation and entertainment
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
Recreation and entertainment |
|
|
|
Recreation and entertainment
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-304 |
|
|
Recreation and entertainment
[9 folders] |
|
|
|
Recreation and entertainment
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Recreation and entertainment |
|
|
|
Bud Russell,
about 1925 |
| Box |
| 1998/038-305 |
|
|
Sports
[13 folders] |
|
|
|
T.C.A. [Texas Corrections Association],
1974 |
|
|
|
Texas Prison Board,
1956 |
|
|
|
First TDC tractors,
about 1946 |
|
|
|
Units and facilities
[1-2 of 5 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-306 |
|
|
Units and facilities
[3-5 of 5 folders] |
|
|
|
Visitation |
|
|
|
Vocational education |
|
|
|
Vocational education
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Wolves trapped by TDC |
|
|
|
Photographs removed from the
correspondence files |
| Box |
| 1998/038-306 |
|
|
|
Board of Corrections member Walter W. Cardwell,
1960 |
|
|
|
|
Board of Corrections member Clifford F. Smith,
1980 |
|
|
|
|
Board of Corrections members,
1973 |
|
|
|
|
Board of Corrections, view from prison farm and views
of W. J. Estelle, Jr. and others,
1974 |
|
|
|
|
W.J. Estelle, Jr. and Houston Rotary Club members,
1976 |
|
|
|
|
W.J. Estelle, Jr., speaking at Windham graduation
ceremony,
1976 |
|
|
|
|
Inmate weapon,
1961 |
|
|
|
|
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.] |
| Oversize |
| 1998/038-307 |
|
|
|
Drawing of Dr. Beto and Jack McKee at Legislative
Budget Board hearing, by Neil Calwell,
1962 |
|
|
|
|
Dr. George Beto at meeting [Board of
Corrections?] |
| Oversize |
| 1998/038-307 |
|
|
|
Dr. George Beto with Indian chief, next to grave of
Satanta |
| Oversize |
| 1998/038-307 |
|
|
|
Governor Mark White with W.J. Estelle, Jr. |
|
|
|
|
B. A. Stufflebeme,
about
1911-1912 |
|
|
|
|
Agriculture |
|
|
|
|
Inmate at work |
|
|
|
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
Inmates and officials, copyright by the
Saturday Evening Post, photos by Bill
Shrout |
|
|
|
|
Recreation
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Industry
[2 folders] |
| Oversoze |
| 1998/038-307 |
|
|
|
Inmates and guards |
| Oversize |
| 1998/038-307 |
|
|
|
Black inmates and prison rodeo |
| Oversize |
| 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.] |
| Oversize |
| 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: ] |
|
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|
|
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Prison rodeo,
1950s |
|
|
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|
|
[one photo has had color added by hand] |
|
|
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Prison rodeo,
1970s |
|
|
|
|
|
Inmates coming from or going to the
fields |
|
|
|
|
|
New inmates arriving at Huntsville |
|
|
|
|
|
Historic photo - copy - old main building with
ornate clock tower,
1900s or early
1930s |
| oversize |
| 1998/038-309 |
|
|
|
|
Farm units
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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| |
Unit photographs, 1933-about 1985, undated, bulk about 1955-about
1980,
9.12 cubic ft. |
|
Photographs created or maintained by the Texas Department of
Corrections document varying aspects of prison life, facilties, etc. 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-about 1985, undated (bulk about
1955-about 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, as received
from the agency. |
|
Preferred Citation |
|
(Identify the item), Unit photographs, Texas Department of
Corrections photographs. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
| Box |
| 1998/038-310 |
|
|
Barnes, Landss, Goodman, Youngblood proposal
[7 folders] |
|
|
|
Beto Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-310 |
|
|
|
[undated] |
|
|
|
|
November 1,
1977 |
|
|
|
|
May 20, 1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
May 25, 1978 |
|
|
|
|
1977, undated
|
|
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|
|
[found in folder labeled 5-5-78] |
|
|
|
|
May 31, 1978 |
|
|
|
|
May 28, 1978
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
July 6, 1978
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-311 |
|
|
|
July 12,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
July 20,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
July 27,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
August 2,
1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
August 10, 11, 16,
1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
August 16,
1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
August 23,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
August 30,
1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
September 7,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
September 28,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
October 4,
1978
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
|
October 12,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
October 20,
1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
October 27,
1978 |
| Box |
| 1998/038-312 |
|
|
|
November 7 and 9,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
November 15-16,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
November 29,
1978
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
December 7,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
December 12,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
December 20,
1978 |
|
|
|
|
February 21,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
February 28,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
March 6,
1979
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
March 7,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
March 14, 28,
1979
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
April 4,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
April 25, 27,
1979
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
May 2, 1979 |
|
|
|
|
July 24,
1979
[4 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-313 |
|
|
|
August 10,
1979
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
September 6,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
September 27,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
December 14,
1979 |
|
|
|
|
February 14,
1980 |
|
|
|
|
[undated] |
|
|
|
|
[undated]
[14 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-314 |
|
|
|
[undated]
[8 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Negatives |
|
|
|
|
Beto Bridge |
|
|
|
|
Boyd Distribution Center |
|
|
|
Central Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-314 |
|
|
|
[undated] |
|
|
|
|
about 1962-1976
[1-11 of 63 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-315 |
|
|
|
about 1962-1976
[12-37 of 63 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-316 |
|
|
|
about 1962-1976
[38-51 of 63 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-317 |
|
|
|
about 1962-1976
[52-63 of 63 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-318 |
|
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
|
# 2, Main building and guards dorms,
1970-1971 |
|
|
|
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# 2, Rehabilitation,
1966, 1976 |
|
|
|
|
# 1,
1960 |
|
|
|
|
about 1969 |
|
|
|
|
1976
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
# 1 and 2,
1976
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
# 2,
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
# 1,
1978
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
# 1,
1979
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
Criminal Justice Center |
| Box |
| 1998/038-318 |
|
|
|
[undated] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[1-7 of 14 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-319 |
|
|
|
1970s
[8-14 of 14 folders] |
|
|
|
Clemens Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-319 |
|
|
|
1960s-1980
[1-11 of 22 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-320 |
|
|
|
1960s-1980
[12-22 of 22 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about
1968-1977 |
|
|
|
Coffield Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-320 |
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1980
[1-5 of 49 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-321 |
|
|
|
1960s-1980
[6-24 of 49 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-322 |
|
|
|
1960s-1980
[25-40 of 49 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-323 |
|
|
|
1960s-1980
[41-49 of 49 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1975
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1976
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-324 |
|
|
|
1978
[6 folders] [negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1979
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1979-1980
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
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|
Pictures of a flood
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Dedication,
1972 |
|
|
|
|
Construction |
|
|
|
Darrington Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-324 |
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[1-7 of 11 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-325 |
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[8-11 of 11 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1980
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Diagnostic Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-325 |
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
Eastham Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-326 |
|
|
|
late
1950s-1970s
[22 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-327 |
|
|
|
about 1980
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
late
1960s-1970s |
|
|
|
|
Eastham Unit
[negatives] |
|
|
|
|
1976-1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
Ellis Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-327 |
|
|
|
1974
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1974
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1975
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1960s-1980
[1-3 of 49 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-328 |
|
|
|
about 1960s-1980
[4-20 of 49 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-329 |
|
|
|
about 1960s-1980
[21-41 of 49 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-330 |
|
|
|
about 1960s-1980
[42-49 of 49 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Ellis Recreation Center
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Ellis II,
1984
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Ellis II,
1984 |
|
|
|
Ferguson Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-330 |
|
|
|
about 1961-1980
[1-8 of 17 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-331 |
|
|
|
about 1961-1980
[9-17 of 17 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about
1967-1980
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1976
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977-1978
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1979-1980
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1980, 1982
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
Gatesville Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-332 |
|
|
|
Riverside and Live Oak,
1979
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1979
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1979 |
|
|
|
|
about 1980
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1981
[5 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-333 |
|
|
|
Gatesville Unit [photos labeled
"Central" on reverse],
about 1979
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1979
[2 folders] [negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1982
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
Goree Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-333 |
|
|
|
about
1972-1978
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[12 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-334 |
|
|
|
1970s-early
1980s
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1958 |
|
|
|
|
Boiler room,
1970s |
|
|
|
|
1975-1976
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
Huntsville |
| Box |
| 1998/038-334 |
|
|
|
1949-1952 |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
1950-1952
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1950-1953
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1958
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about
1961-1976
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-335 |
|
|
|
about
1965-1976
[11 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1977-1978 |
|
|
|
|
about
1974-1979
[8 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-336 |
|
|
|
1970s
[11 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1949 |
|
|
|
|
1950s-1970s
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
|
|
|
|
about
1970-1980
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-337 |
|
|
|
1975, 1977
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
1978
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
1978
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
1978
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
1979
[negatives and contact sheets - Book 2] |
|
|
|
|
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.] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-337 |
|
|
|
[photos actually of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation]
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[1-3 of 5 folders] |
| Box |
| 1999/038-338 |
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[4-5 of 5 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[13 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Kitchen and bridge,
1970s |
|
|
|
|
Grimes County flooded areas,
1970s or
1980s
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-339 |
|
|
|
Pre-release center,
1970s |
|
|
|
|
1970s |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[9 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Jester II Unit,
1970s
[4 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-340 |
|
|
|
Barnes, Landss, Youngblood proposal,
1960s-1970s
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1976
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1976
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
about 1978
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
John Sealy Hospital |
| Box |
| 1998/038-340 |
|
|
|
1981 |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous units |
| Box |
| 1998/038-340 |
|
|
|
1933-1939
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about
1940-1960s |
| Box |
| 1998/038-341 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous units [Fort Parker?],
about 1966
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s |
|
|
|
|
1970s-1980s
[10 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1980
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1970s
[contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
Aerial views,
1970s |
|
|
|
Mountain View Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-342 |
|
|
|
1970s |
|
|
|
|
about 1970s |
|
|
|
|
1975
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1975
[5 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1976
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Ramsey I Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-342 |
|
|
|
1950s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1960s
[6 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
| Box |
| 1998/038-343 |
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[6 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1978-1980 |
|
|
|
Ramsey II Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-343 |
|
|
|
1950s-1960s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[10 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about
1979-1980 |
|
|
|
Retrieve Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-344 |
|
|
|
1962 |
|
|
|
|
about 1968 |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[14 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-345 |
|
|
|
1970s
[4 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1975-1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
Wynne Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-345 |
|
|
|
about
1958-1970
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1960s-1970s
[7 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[5 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-346 |
|
|
|
about 1975
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1975-1976
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1984
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1970s
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1974
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
about 1975
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1976-1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1977
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1978-1979
[negatives and contact sheets] |
|
|
|
|
1979
[negatives and contact sheets] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-347 |
|
|
|
1960s-1970s |
|
|
|
|
|
[These photographs must be unrolled by the photo
archivist prior to use.] |
|
|
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| |
Slides and miscellaneous photographic
media, about
1962-about 1985, undated,
4.08 cubic ft. |
|
Photographs created or maintained by the Texas Department of
Corrections document varying aspects of prison life, facilties, etc. This
subseries consists primarily of sheets of slides, most in color; a few contact
sheets and negatives, in both color and black and white; and a few black and
white photographs, dating about 1962-about 1985, undated. Most of these items
are unidentified or else identified by unit only. Topics include a variety of
activities as described in the series description, including a large number of
views of inmates within the prison, at work, etc. One set of slides was used as
a presentation on murder, titled "Homicide and
Culture." Of special interest is a box of black and white slides that
have various views of inmates--at work in the fields, within the prisons, etc.
Also of note is the last file in this group that contains a photograph of
inmate David Ruiz and others in the Wynne Unit writ room in 1978. |
|
The materials are arranged as received. The slides were housed
either in notebooks or boxes, and their arrangement within the notebooks/boxes
has been maintained. The notebooks in which they were housed are identified in
the folder inventory. |
|
Arrangement |
|
These records are arranged in the order received from the
agency. |
|
Preferred Citation |
|
(Identify the item), Slides and miscellaneous photographic media,
Texas Department of Corrections photographs. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
| Box |
| 1998/038-348 |
|
|
Slides [from black notebook]: |
|
|
|
|
GINC -
1983
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
|
|
|
|
Ellis II Unit,
1983 |
|
|
|
|
Pack Unit,
1983 |
|
|
|
|
Walls Unit |
| Box |
| 1998/038-349 |
|
|
|
Ellis Unit |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous construction views |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous aerial views |
|
|
|
Slides [from 1st blue notebook]: |
| Box |
| 1998/038-349 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1977
[1-3 of 4 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/048-350 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1977
[4 of 4 folders] |
|
|
|
Slides [from 2nd blue notebook]: |
| Box |
| 1998/048-350 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1977-1985
[1-5 of 12 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-351 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1977-1985
[6-11 of 12 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-352 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1977-1985
[12 of 12 folders] |
|
|
|
|
1987 |
|
|
|
Slides and photographs [from 3rd blue
notebook]: |
| Box |
| 1998/038-352 |
|
|
|
Slides - Solar panel fabrication,
about 1985
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Photographs - Coffield levee,
1977-1979
[6 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-353 |
|
|
|
Slides -
about 1977-about
1979
[5 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-354 |
|
|
Slides [from blue double notebooks, vol. I]: |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1972-about 1980
[1-6 of 12 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-355 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1972-about 1980
[7-12 of 12 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-356 |
|
|
Slides [from blue double notebooks, vol.
II]: |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1972-about 1977
[1-5 of 10 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-357 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1972-about 1977
[6-10 of 11 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-358 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1972-about 1977
[11 of 11 folders] |
|
|
|
Slides [loose sheets]: |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous,
1984 |
|
|
|
|
Blueprints,
about 1975 |
|
|
|
Slides [from boxes, placed in slide sheets]: |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous inmates - "8-83, Mike George,"
[black and white slides]
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-359 |
|
|
|
Agriculture,
1964 |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views from most units,
1978
[1-5 of 8 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-360 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views from most units,
1978
[6-8 of 8 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous - "Danny
Fuentes," about 1970-about 1975
[1-3 of 6 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-361 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous - "Danny
Fuentes," about 1970-about 1975
[4-6 of 6 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
about 1973-about
1978 |
|
|
|
|
Buildings - "Pasty Woodall
slides," 1987 |
|
|
|
|
Unit views,
1976 |
| Box |
| 1998/038-362 |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous aerial views,
1975
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1970-1978 |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1970-1978 |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1970-1978 |
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous views of inmates, etc.,
1977 |
| Box |
| 1998/038-363 |
|
|
|
Units - buildings, etc.,
about 1971-about
1978 |
|
|
|
|
Murder slide presentation - "Homicide and Culture" |
|
|
|
Negatives, miscellaneous |
|
|
|
Contact sheets, units,
1981 |
|
|
|
Contact sheets, aerial views,
1982 |
|
|
|
Contact sheets, interior views |
|
|
|
Contact sheets and negatives, employees, etc.,
1979 |
|
|
|
Contact sheets and negatives, miscellaneous,
about 1976-about
1980 |
|
|
|
Contact sheets and negatives, recreation and
entertainment
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Contact sheets, miscellaneous views of inmates, etc. -
"James Balzaretti"
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/038-364 |
|
|
Negatives, levee project "from
Mr. Hall" |
|
|
|
Contact sheets and negatives, various machinery -
"Mr. Williamson" |
|
|
|
Contact sheet, cemetery |
|
|
|
Negatives and prints, miscellaneous |
|
|
|
Contact sheets and negatives, miscellaneous views of
inmates, etc.,[most directed to Mr. Ricks, Photo and ID]
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
Negatives, miscellaneous views of inmates,
etc.
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
Negatives, copy of an old photo -
"pictures of a girl, Bell Family" |
|
|
|
Photographs, miscellaneous |
|
|
|
Photographs - David Ruiz, et al., Wynne Unit writ room,
July 1978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Scrapbooks, 1911,
about 1940-about 1980, undated,
0.53 cubic ft. |
|
Photographs created or maintained by the Texas Department of
Corrections document varying aspects of prison life, facilties, etc. This
subseries consists of three scrapbooks containing black and white photographs
of aspects of life at Huntsville, including views of officials, the prison
rodeo, inmates, facilities, etc., dating 1911, about 1940-about 1980, and
undated. The first scrapbook was a private donation and contains a few 1940s
era photographs of officials and the prison rodeo, and two postcards of the
Sugarland area, dated 1911. The second scrapbook is from the Photo and ID Unit
of the Department of Corrections, containing images of inmates, officials,
buildings, etc., from the Walls Unit dating about 1949-about 1954. The last is
a scrapbook about a former assistant warden, Joe Byrd, dating about 1940-about
1980. Mr. Byrd died in 1964, but there are later photographs and clippings
present. One of the images in this latter scrapbook is of the old
administration building with the clock tower, prior to its renovation early in
the twentieth century. The Byrd scrapbook was returned to the family. TDCJ
provided the State Archives with a digital copy of the scrapbook on compact
disc. |
|
Arrangement |
|
These records are arranged as received from the agency. |
|
Preferred Citation |
|
(Identify the item), Scrapbooks, Texas Department of Corrections
photographs. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission. |
| Volume |
| 1998/038-364 |
|
|
Scrapbook, photographs of officials and others from the
1940s, postcards,
1911 |
| Volume |
| 1998/038-365 |
|
|
Scrapbook, Walls Unit,
about 1949-about
1954 |
| Box |
| CD/DVD Box 1 (2006/198) |
|
|
Scrapbook, Joe Byrd,
about 1940-about
1980
[compact disc] |
|
