Texas Planning Board: An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1914-1939, undated (bulk 1934-1939)


Overview
	Creator:	Texas Planning Board.
	Title:	Records
	Dates:	1914-1939, undated
	Dates:	(bulk 1934-1939)
	Abstract:	The records of the Texas Planning Board consist of reports, maps, charts, photographs, minutes, financial materials, correspondence, public works projects files, press releases, and clippings, dating 1914-1939 and undated (bulk 1934-1939). The records cover the entire time span of the Board's existence, 1935-1939, with some earlier files dating back to 1914. The Board's research activities are documented through published and unpublished reports, maps, charts, photographs, notes, and reference materials. The water basin and ground water studies, and parts of staff project 6909, which focused on natural resources and economic conditions of the state, are the most thoroughly covered. Coverage of other subjects is generally limited to published reports, charts, and maps, and include mineral studies, public works projects, work with local planning boards, forestry and other industries, population studies, recreational facilities, and transportation.
	Quantity:	19.43 cubic feet, 3 scrapbooks, 366 maps, 48 photographs
	Repository:	Texas State Archives

Agency History

A semi-official Texas Planning Board was created on May 21, 1934 by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson at the request of the United States National Resources Board. Its goals were to study the state's natural resources, initiate a long-range planning program outlining needed public works, and work in cooperation with the nation-wide planning program of the National Resources Board. As this Board was not legislatively mandated, it received no funds. Office space, equipment, and personnel were furnished by several state agencies. The National Resources Board supplied three consultants and a clerk. The Board was composed of fourteen members, several representing state agencies, i.e., the State Reclamation Engineer; the State Health Officer; a member of the State Board of Water Engineers; Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission; Chairman, Texas Highway Commission; and Director, Texas Forest Service. The first meeting of this Board was on July 2, 1934. The final meeting was jointly held with the official Planning Board on April 18, 1935. At this time, all records of the old Board were transferred to the new Board. Accomplishments of the old Board were the preparation of the bill creating the official Planning Board, and a comprehensive study of the people, environment, and natural resources of Texas. This study assembled information concerning basic conditions and desirable undertakings for improving the social and economic conditions of the people of the state.

The Texas Planning Board was established on March 16, 1935, when Governor James V Allred signed into law House Bill 197 of the 44th Legislature. The Board was created for four years and its authority was limited to making advisory reports and recommendations. It reported to the Governor, Legislature, and the various State and Federal agencies with which it worked. The Board was comprised of nine members. Three were ex-officio members, the State Highway Engineer, Chairman of the Board of Water Engineers, and the Secretary of State, who also served as the secretary of the Board. The other six were appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Senate, three of whom represented agriculture, labor, and reforestation. The Chairman of the Board was appointed by the Governor and the Vice-chairman was elected by the Board members. The Board employed a Director and small staff. The National Resources Board (formerly the National Planning Board) encouraged the formation of state planning boards to conduct state-wide planning in conjunction with its nation-wide planning program. Texas and other states forming such boards were furnished the services of consultants to assist with their planning programs.

Much of the Board's research was conducted through committees. Nine subject-oriented committees were appointed initially by the Board, each headed by a Board member. In later years, two or three more committees were added, chaired by private citizens. Committee members were selected from state universities, business and industry, and the public at large. The committees conducted studies, made reports, and drafted proposed legislation. Another committee, the Mapping Committee, had no particular subject affiliation. It prepared maps when needed for other committees' studies and reports. The function of the Board was to promote and assist in the conservation and development of the natural resources of the state. It was also empowered to work with the Federal government to acquire money for relief projects in Texas from the $4,880,000,000 relief bill approved by Congress. The Board developed a work program consisting of the following points: improvement of public health; determining a land use policy; conservation and utilization of surface and under-ground waters; determining mineral resources in the state and promoting their industrial development; preparing a policy of reforestation and placing forestry on a substained-yield basis; studying transportation and recommendations for improving the highway system and other modes of transportation; conducting a comprehensive industrial survey and encouraging development of Texas' industries; studying the state educational system; and studying various aspects of government and society.

It encouraged and assisted counties, cities, and regions in setting up planning boards to review and plan for smaller-scale projects. The Board itself concentrated on state-wide endeavors. The Board was successful in obtaining Federal relief money for a number of state-wide surveys and projects, and smaller-scale public works projects. It received funding and staff from the Works Progress Administration to assist in some of its research activities. These studies, known as staff project 6909, focused on the natural resources and economic conditions of the state. Other areas researched were: surface and underground water resources; land use; public health; forestry; industry; population composition and distribution; mineral resources; hydroelectric power; oyster production; education; low cost housing; revenue and taxation; transportation; recreational facilities; the 1939 New York World's Fair, and the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. A major undertaking was a study of the State's river basins, done in conjunction with a nation-wide water study conducted by the National Resources Committee (formerly National Resources Board). From this study, the Planning Board prepared a plan for the development of Texas rivers.

Several other research projects culminated in published reports. According to the Board, those pertaining to mineral resources and industry were particularly useful, as these promoted the business and industrial aspects of the state and its resources. The Board also supplied general and recreational information about Texas for tourists and other interested parties.

As a result of Board studies and investigations, several pieces of legislation were drafted. Proposed legislation included an act to control the labeling of milk; an act establishing mosquito control districts; a bill to create the State Department of Public Welfare; a bill to regulate and promote conservation of underground water; revisions to Texas mineral laws; and a bill to extend the life of the Board. The Legislature did not continue the Board and it ceased to exist on March 16, 1939. The Board held a special meeting on March 13 at which disposition of its books, records, and equipment was decided.

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Scope and Contents of the Records

The records of the Texas Planning Board consist of reports, maps, charts, photographs, minutes, financial materials, correspondence, public works projects files, press releases, and clippings, dating 1914-1939 and undated (bulk 1934-1939). The records cover the entire time span of the Board's existence, 1935-1939, with some earlier files dating back to 1914. The Board's research activities are documented through published and unpublished reports, maps, charts, photographs, notes, and reference materials. The water basin and ground water studies, and parts of staff project 6909, which focused on natural resources and economic conditions of the state, are the most thoroughly covered. Coverage of other subjects is generally limited to published reports, charts, and maps, and include mineral studies, public works projects, work with local planning boards, forestry and other industries, population studies, recreational facilities, and transportation. The correspondence files have several gaps, D-Z for 1934-1935, and P-Z, for 1936-1939. Records documenting committee activities, such as minutes, correspondence, and internal reports are not present. The semi-official Board of 1934-1935 is poorly documented in these materials, with coverage limited to a small amount of correspondence, a few maps, and charts.

The Works Progress Administration studies series was removed from this finding aid due to the electronic file size limitations imposed by the online finding aid web site (TARO). If you are reading this electronicially, a link to the removed series can be found in description of the series affected. If you are reading this in paper in the Archives search room, the finding aid for the affected series will be found in a separate divider within this binder.

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Organization of the Records
	These records are organized into eleven series and seven subseries:

		Minutes, 1935-1939, 0.24 cubic ft.
		Correspondence, 1932-1939, undated (bulk 1934-1938), 3.99 cubic ft., 1 photograph
		Works Progress Administration studies, 1929-1937, undated (bulk 1935-1937), 2.31 cubic ft., 53 maps
		Water basin studies, 1935-1938, undated, 3.88 cubic ft., 58 maps, 42 photographs
		Ground water studies, 1938, 0.24 cubic ft.
		Public Works Administration projects, 1935-1936, 0.84 cubic ft. Proposals, 1935, 0.8 cubic ft. Status logs, 1935-1936, fractional
		Publications, 1935-1939, 2.66 cubic ft., 24 maps
		Maps, charts, and notes, 1914-1939, undated (bulk 1935-1938), 1.22 cubic ft., 230 maps, 5 photographs
		Press releases, 1936-1938, undated, 0.1 cubic ft.
		Clippings, 1931-1939 (bulk 1935-1939), undated, 4.52 cubic ft. Subject files, 1931-1939 (bulk 1935-1938), undated, 4.52 cubic ft. Scrapbooks, 1936-1939, 1.59 cubic ft. (3 scrapbooks)
		Administrative records, 1925-1939 (bulk 1935-1938), undated, 1.2 cubic ft. Financial records, 1935-1939, 0.3 cubic ft. Legislative materials, 1925-1938, undated, 0.6 cubic ft. Office files, 1927-1939, 0.3 cubic ft.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).

Researchers are required to use gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Some of the maps are too large to photocopy.

Technical Requirements

None.

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Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
	Corporate Names:
		United States. Works Progress Administration.
		United States. Public Works Administration.
		United States. National Resources Planning Board.
		United States. National Resources Committee.
		United States. National Resources Board.
	Subjects:
		Water resources development--Texas.
		Natural resources--Texas.
		Regional planning--Texas.
		Mines and mineral resources--Texas.
		Public works--Texas.
		Land use--Texas--Planning.
		Water supply--Texas.
		Forests and Forestry--Texas.
		Flood control--Texas.
	Places:
		Texas--Economic conditions.
		Texas--Public works.
	Document Types:
		Maps--Texas--Planning--1914-1939.
		Reports--Texas--Planning--1935-1939.
		Correspondence--Texas--Planning--1932-1939.
		Notes--Texas--Planning--1932-1939.
		Photographs--Texas--Planning--1934-1939.
		Administrative records--Texas--Planning--1934-1939.
	Functions:
		Planning.
		Developing natural resources.

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Related Material


	The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
	Texas State Archives

		Texas Governor Miriam Ferguson, Records, 1912-1935 (bulk 1924-1927, 1933-1935), 42.09 cubic ft.
		Texas Governor James V Allred, Records, 1931-1939 (bulk 1935-1938), 54.05 cubic ft.
		Texas Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, Records, 1938-1941, undated (bulk 1939-1941), 73.79 cubic ft.
		Texas, State Reclamation Engineer, Historical files, ca. 1902-1960, 95 cubic ft. [unprocessed - 1982/006]
		Texas State Board of Control, Records, 1854, 1885-1890, 1909-1979, undated, 103.47 cubic ft. [Restricted]
	Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
		Texas Planning Board Land Use Commission Papers
	National Archives and Records Administration
		National Resources Planning Board Records
	Publications
		Regional Planning, Part IV - Upper Rio Grande, National Resources Committee, 1938
		The Pecos River Joint Investigation, National Resources Planning Board, 1942

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1965/100, 1972/93, 1984/140, 1987/56, 1987/59

These records were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the Texas Secretary of State during the 1940-1942 biennium and in April, 1966; and by the State Records Division on February 18, 1972. Additional records were photocopied through the courtesy of Sul Ross State University on December 11, 1986; and Geoffrey M. Henebry on December 23, 1986.

Processing Information

Laura K. Saegert, April 1987

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Semi-Official Planning Board Members

May 1934 - March 1935

Chairman, Marvin C. Nichols, Consulting Engineer, Fort Worth
Vice-chairman, A.M. Vance, State Reclamation Engineer, Austin
Secretary, Dr. A.B. Cox, Director, Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin
Terrell Bartlett, Consulting Engineer, San Antonio (resigned from Board, was appointed as a consultant)
Dr. J.W. Brown, State Health Officer, Austin
C.S. Clark, member, State Board of Water Engineers, Austin
E.N. Noyes, Consulting Engineer, Dallas (was unable to accept appointment)
Jack Rafferty, Consulting Engineer, Houston
Lon Smith, Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission, Austin
Dr. E.H. Sellards, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Austin
E.O. Siecke, Director, Texas Forest Service, College Station
T.U. Taylor, Dean, School of Engineering, University of Texas, Austin
E.A. Wood, Consulting Engineer, Dallas (resigned from the Board, was appointed as a consultant)
John Wood, Chairman, Texas Highway Commission, Austin

The positions which became vacant on the Semi-Official Planning Board were not refilled.

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Texas Planning Board Members

Original Board, appointed March 1935

Chairman, W.M. Massie, Banker, Fort Worth, March 1935 - March 1939
Vice-chairman, Hull Youngblood, Manufacturer, San Antonio, March 1935 - March 1939
Secretary, Gerald C. Mann, Secretary of State (ex-officio member), March - August 1935
Wilbur C. Hawk, Publisher, Amarillo, March 1935 - February 1936
E.L. Kurth, Lufkin, (representing reforestation), March 1935 - March 1939
R.C. Hopping, Lubbock, (representing agriculture), March 1935 - May 1937
Wallace C. Reilly, Dallas, (representing organized labor), March 1935 - October 1936
John A. Norris, Chairman, State Board of Water Engineers (ex-officio member), March 1935 - March 1936
Gibb Gilchrist, State Highway Engineer (ex-officio member), March 1935 - September 1937
Planning Board Director, E.A. Wood, March 1935 - March 1939

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Subsequent Planning Board Members

As positions on the Board became vacant, they were filled by the following individuals:

Secretary, R.B. Stanford, Secretary of State (ex-officio member), September 1935 - August 1936
C.S. Clark, Chairman, State Board of Water Engineers (ex-officio member), March 1936 - March 1939
Tom Cotten, Amarillo, March 1936 - March 1939
Secretary, B.P. Matocha, Secretary of State (ex-officio member), August 1936 - January 1937
Travis J. Lewis, Fort Worth, November 1936 - March 1939
Secretary, Edward Clark, Secretary of State (ex-officio member), February 1937 - December 1938
A.H. Leidigh, Lubbock, June 1937 - March 1939
Julian Montgomery, State Highway Engineer (ex-officio member), October 1937 - March 1939
Secretary, Tom L. Beauchamp, Secretary of State (ex-officio member), January - March 1939

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Detailed Description of the Records

Minutes, 1935-1939,
0.24 cubic ft. (in two volumes)

Records are the minutes of the Texas Planning Board, dating April 1935- March 1939. The Board met regularly on a monthly basis. Some interim meetings were held, usually for discussion of special projects. Except for a possible March 1936 meeting, the minutes appear to be a complete record of the Board. The minutes of the semi-official Board are not present. At its meetings, the Board approved the monthly payroll and expenditures, heard reports from committees and the Board's Director, discussed projects, passed resolutions, entertained project recommendations from consultants and others, and read letters concerning routine business. Some of the letters and reports are transcribed in the minutes and expenditures are listed. Topics covered include the numerous projects the Board was involved with, such as those involving economic conditions in the state, use of natural resources, water studies, public works, and regional planning activities.

Arrangement

Minutes are arranged chronologically, as maintained by the Board.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Minutes, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Box

017-1

Minutes, volume 1, 1935 - 1937

Minutes, volume 2, 1938 - 1939

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Correspondence, 1932-1939, undated (bulk 1934-1938), 3.99 cubic ft., 1 photograph
	Records are the correspondence of the Texas Planning Board, and one photograph, covering the years 1932-1939 and undated (bulk 1934-1938). Subjects covered in these letters include industry, minerals, water resources, forestry, planning, city and county planning boards, agriculture, Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA) projects, and routine business matters, e.g., requests for information and copies of publications, employment requests, acknowledgments, invitations, and regrets. Incoming letters were largely addressed to the Board or its Director, E.A. Wood. Outgoing letters were usually signed by Wood, his assistant, or one of the Board members. Correspondence from most of the Board members is present, including Marvin C. Nichols, E.L. Kurth, Julian Montgomery, Tom Cotten, Gibb Gilchrist, C.S. Clark, R.C. Hopping, and Edward Clark. Notably missing are files of Hull Youngblood and W.M. Massie. Board members files are generally comprised of letters from E.A. Wood concerning upcoming meeting agendas, special projects, or committee business; and replies to Wood. Other significant files are those of Terrell Bartlett, the Board's consultant on the National Resources Committee; James B. Crane, the Board's Washington representative; Roger Busfield, assistant to the Director; Governor James Allred; and the National Resources Committee. A few letters were moldy and brittle due to water damage. Because of their deteriorating condition, these items were electrostatically copied and the originals destroyed. The correspondence is filed in two groups, 1934-1935, and 1936-1939. The earlier group consists of alphabetical files of correspondents and subjects, while the latter group is comprised largely of alphabetical correspondent files. Unfortunately, much of the correspondence from both groups is missing: D-Z files for 1934-1935; and P-Z files for 1936-1939. In spite of these gaps, good coverage of Board activities can be found in the latter group.
	Arrangement
	The correspondence is filed into two groups, 1934-1935, and 1936-1939. The earlier group consists of alphabetical files of correspondents and subjects, while the latter group is comprised largely of alphabetical correspondent files.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Correspondence, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Box	Folder
017-1		Correspondence, 1934 - 1935
	1.		A, November 1934 - October 1935
	2.		Aviation, A - M, November 1934 - October 1935
	3.		Aviation, R - T, April - October 1935
	4.		B, January - October 1935
	5-10		Bartlett, Terrell, Consultant, August 1934 - October 1935
	11.		Bishop, L.L., forest supervisor, July 1934 - June 1935
	12.		Burlew, E.K., Federal Emergency Administration for Public Works, November 1934 - June 1935
Box	Folder
017-2	1-2.		Carl, J.J., statistical coordinator, WPA, July - October 1935
	3.		Carpenter, J.C., American Society of Civil Engineers, May - November 1935
	4.		Carter, W.T., Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, U.S. Department of Agriculture, November 1934 - July 1935
	5.		Chaudoin, Barney A., Kerrville State Park, May 1935
	6-7.		Coastwise Shipping, June 1935
	8.		Coleman City Planning Commission, January and May 1935
	9.		Cox, A.B., Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, August 1934 - May 1935
			Planning, memoranda from University of Texas:
	10.			1932, undated
	11.			Drafts and memoranda, 1933 - 1934, undated
	12-13.			June - August 1934
		Correspondence, 1936 - 1939
	14.		Ad - Ak, February - November 1937
	15-18.		Allred, Governor James V, January 1937 - January 1939, undated
	19.		Al - Am, June 1937 - January 1938
	20.		An, March - November 1937
	21.		Ar - Au, February - December 1937
	22.		Attorney General, December 1936 - August 1937
	23-24.		Bartlett, Terrell, December 1936 - October 1937
	25.		Ba, February 1937 - June 1938
	26.		Be - Bl, December 1936 - October 1937
	27.		Board of Control, April 1936 - January 1938
	28.		Bo, January - December 1937
	29.		Bra - Bri, January - November 1937
	30.		Bro, January 1937 - February 1938
	31-32.		Browne, Bertram, Grace Mining Company, August 1936 - November 1937
Box	Folder
017-3	1-2.		Buchanan, J.P., December 1936 - March 1937
	3.		Bu, January - December 1937
	4.		Bureaus, miscellaneous, April 1935; October - December 1937, undated
	5.		Bureau of Agricultural Economics, March - October 1937
	6.		Bureau of Business Research, January - June 1937
	7.		Bureau of Engineering Research, April 1936 - April 1937
	8.		Bureau of Fisheries, August - September 1937
	9.		Bureau of Mines, March 1936 - November 1937
			Busfield, Roger:
	10.			A - D, August 1936; January - May 1937
	11.			E - J, January - May 1937
	12.			K - L, February - May 1937
	13.			M - O, January - April 1937
	14.			P - S, October 1936 - April 1937
	15.			T - W, January - May 1937
	16.		Ca, February - November 1937
	17.		Callan, T.C., January - June 1937
	18.		Carpenter, J.C., March - November 1937
	19.		Carter, C.B., July - August 1937
	20.		Centennial Exposition, August 1935
	21.		Ch, January 1937 - February 1938
			Chambers of Commerce:
	22.			Abilene - Corpus Christi, August 1935; January 1936 - August 1938
	23.			Dallas, February 1936 - August 1937
	24.			El Paso - Flatonia, May 31 - July 1937
	25-26.			Fort Worth, January - September 1937
	27.			Georgetown - Henderson, June 1936 - September 1937
	28.			Houston, June 1937 - February 1938
	29-30.			Roland A. Laird, February - August 1937
	31.			Jefferson - Mineral Wells, April 1936 - December 1937
	32.			Nacogdoches - Temple, September 1936 - February 1938
	33.			Terrell - Yoakum, March and June 1935; September 1936 - January 1938
	34.			Out-of-state, March - October 1937
	35.		Cl, July 1936; February - December 1937
	36-37.		Clark, C.S., January - November 1937, undated
Box	Folder
017-4	1.		Clark, Edward, Secretary of State, January - December 1937, undated
	2.		Clifton, Albert T., February - December 1937
	3.		Cob - Con, January - December 1937
	4.		Coo - Coy, February - December 1937
	5-7.		Connally, Senator Tom, January 1936 - December 1937
	8.		Conner, A.B., February - June 1937
	9-10.		Cotten, Tom W., January - December 1937
	11-12.		Cox, George W., January - September 1937; undated
	13.		Cr, February 1937 - January 1938
	14-17.		Crane, James B., August 1936; January - August 1937
	18.		Crockett, L.R., April - October 1937
	19.		Cu, January - October 1937
	20.		Da, January 1937 - April 1938
	21-22.		Dallas News, January 1935 - November 1936
	23.		Dallas News, Victor Schoffelmayer, May 1936 - October 1937
	24.		Dancy, Oscar C., January - June 1937
	25.		Davis, A.B., May - September 1937
	26.		Davis, J. Frank, March - April 1937
	27.		Davidson, Howard C., October 1936 - October 1937
	28.		De, June 1937 - April 1938
	29.		Department of Commerce, April 1937
	30.		Di, April - October 1937
	31.		Dickerson, Walter E., February 1936, January - October 1937
	32.		Do, December 1935 - February 1938
	33.		Dr, August - November 1937
	34.		Du, June 1937 - January 1938
Box	Folder
017-5	1.		Duncan, Frank, March - April 1937
	2.		Dy, December 1936 - April 1937, October 1937
	3.		Ea, January - September 1937
	4.		East Texas Chamber of Commerce, February - September 1937
	5.		Ec - Ed, June 1937 - February 1938
	6.		Ehlers, V.M., January - November 1937
	7.		El - En, January - December 1937
	8.		Es - Eu, September 1936 - October 1937
	9.		Ev - Ew, April 1937 - February 1938
	10.		Fa, July 1936 - November 1937
	11.		Farmer, Clarence E., February - August 1937
	12.		Fe, January 1936 - August 1937
	13.		Felty, Fred, July - November 1937
	14.		Fi, September - October 1935, May 1936 - August 1937
	15-20.		Fitz-William, C.B.R. and Co., November 1936 - September 1937
	21.		Fl, November 1936 - October 1937
	22.		Foc - Fos, May 1935 - December 1937
	23.		Fou - Foy, December 1936 - December 1937
	24.		Fr, August 1936 - October 1937
	25.		Franke Tanning and Manufacturing, November 1935
	26.		Fu, January - April 1937, undated
	27.		Gab - Gal, January 1936 - January 1938
	28.		Gam - Gau, May 1935, February - November 1936, March 1938
	29.		Gabbard, L.P., February - June 1937
	30.		Gammie, Tom G., Oklahoma State Planning Board, March 1937 - January 1938
	31.		Ge, July 1935, July 1936 - December 1937
	32.		Gi, May 1935, February 1936 - February 1938
	33-34.		Gilchrist, Gibb, January - September 1937
	35.		Government and Social Aspects Committee, March 1936 - October 1937
	36.		Government and Social Aspects Committee, Travis J. Lewis, January - August 1937
Box	Folder
017-6	1.		Gra - Gref, May 1935 - June 1938
	2.		Greg - Gru, August 1935 - May 1937
	3.		Graves, Harry N., House of Representatives, December 1936 - August 1937
	4.		Gu, December 1935 - January 1938
	5.		Hac - Hal, June 1935 - August 1937
	6.		Ham - Hare, October 1935, May 1936 - December 1937
	7.		Harg - Harw, December 1935 - January 1938
	8.		Has - Haw, September 1934, April 1935 - November 1937
	9.		Halcomb, W.W. (Hick), October 1936, July - September 1937
	10.		Hale, Jack, May 1937
	11.		Hampton, Ireland, February - November 1937
	12.		Harris, M.M., March - June 1937
	13.		Hayden, W.G., February - July 1937
	14.		Hea - Henn, November 1935, August 1936 - November 1937
	15.		Henr - Hey, November 1935 - November 1937
	16.		Hi, May - June 1935; June 1936 - October 1937
	17.		Hinton, Carl, February and December 1937
	18.		Hod - Hol, March 1935, February 1936 - January 1938
	19.		Hoo - Hos, June 1935 - September 1937
	20.		Hou - How, March 1935 - November 1937
	21-22.		Hopping, Judge R.C., January - June 1937
	23.		Horner, W.W., March 1937
	24.		Hub - Hul, November 1935, October 1936 - September 1937
	25.		Hum - Hus, February 1935 - April 1938
	26.		Hy, March - May 1937
	27.		I, January 1935 - March 1938
	28.		Ja, May 1936 - July 1937
	29.		James, Harlean, American Planning and Civic Association, February - April 1937
	30.		Je, July 1936, February - April 1937
	31.		Jo, July 1935 - December 1937
	32.		Johnson, Lyndon B., Congress, House of Representatives, April - December 1937
	33.		Jones, February 1936 - October 1937
	34.		Jones, Marvin, Congress, House of Representatives, February 1935 - October 1936
Box	Folder
017-7	1.		Karakul sheep, March - December 1937
	2.		Ke, July 1936 - November 1937
	3.		Kelley, W.R., May - September 1937
	4.		Kemper, I.H., president, Sugarland Industries, December 1936 - May 1937
	5-6.		Kerr, J.T., Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway, June 1936 - November 1937
	7.		Ki - Kl, October 1935 - November 1937
	8-9.		Klein, H.C., October 1936 - June 1937
	10.		Kn, November 1935, November 1936 - November 1937
	11.		Ko, January 1936 - January 1938
	12.		Kr - Ku, June 1936, November 1937
	13.		Krom, Steve A., December 1935, December 1936 - July 1937
	14-17.		Kurth, E.L., January - December 1937
	18.		Lac - Lan, May 1936 - December 1937
	19.		Lar - Law, October 1935 - December 1937
	20.		Lawrence, R.H., WPA, March - May 1937
	21.		Lea - Lem, June 1935 - August 1937
	22.		Leo - Lew, May 1935, January 1936 - March 1938
	23.		League of Texas Municipalities, E.E. McAdam, March - November 1937
	24.		Leonard, Paige, Librarian, Federal Power Commission, December 1936 - July 1937
	25.		Li - Ll, August 1936 - March 1937
	26		Libraries, A - N, June 1935, January 1936 - February 1938
	27.		Libraries, R - W, July 1936, March 1937 - April 1938
	28.		Livestock Sanitary Commission, J.L. Wardlaw, Chairman, December 1935, May - June 1936
	29.		Loc - Lon, December 1935 - October 1937
Box	Folder
017-8	1.		Loo - Loy, February 1936 - October 1937
	2.		Lowry, Robert L., Jr., Bureau of Reclamation, May - August 1937
	3.		Lu - Ly, October 1935 - December 1937
	4.		Mac - Mai, April 1936 - May 1938
	5.		Mal - Mar, March 1935 - December 1937
	6.		Mas - May, April 1935 - October 1937
	7.		Manufacturers Record, January - December 1937
	8.		Marks, E.H., January - April 1937
	9.		Martsolf Industrial Corporation, March 1936 - January 1937
	10.		Matagorda Bay Oyster Farms, Inc., August - December 1937
	11.		Mayes, Wendell, editor, County Progress, February - June 1937
	12.		McAdams, E.D., June 1935
	13.		McCa - McCl, January 1936 - October 1937
	14.		McCo - McCr, March 1936 - November 1937
	15.		McD, January 1936 - December 1937
	16.		McDonald, William H., Commissioner, General Land Office, January - September 1937
	17.		McE - McF, June 1935, November 1937
	18.		McFarlane, W.D., Congress, House of Representatives, June 1935, April 1936, December 1937
	19.		McG, September 1935, February 1936 - November 1937
	20.		McI - McL, January 1936 - October 1937
	21.		McM, March 1937 - January 1938
	22.		McN, April 1936 - July 1937
	23.		Mea - Men, May 1936 - December 1937
	24.		Mer - Met, August 1936 - October 1937
	25.		Meyers, Noyes and Forrest, Consulting Engineers, February - September 1937
	26.		Mi, November 1935, August 1936 - November 1937
	27.		Milwhite Company, January 1936 - July 1937
			Mineral Resources:
	28.			A - B, 1936
	29.			Ca - Ce, 1936
	30.			Ch - D, 1936
	31.			E - F, 1936
	32.			G - He, 1936
	33.			Hi - J, 1936
	34.			K - Mac, 1936
	35.			Mak - P, 1936
	36.			R - T, 1936
	37.			U - Z, 1936
Box	Folder
017-9	1.		Mof - Moore, September 1935 - December 1937
	2.		Mor - Mos, August 1936 - November 1937
	3.		Montfort, P.T., Department of Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, December 1936 - November 1937
	4.		Montgomery, Julian, January - December 1937
	5.		Morgan, Sidney, Secretary, U.S. Tariff Commission, December 1936 - August 1937
	6.		Mu - My, June 1935, March 1936 - November 1937
	7.		Na, April 1936, March - December 1937
	8.		Ne, November 1935 - January 1938
	9.		Ni, April 1936 - October 1937, June 1938
			National Resources Committee:
	10.			General, March and October 1937, undated
	11-12.			Charles W. Elliott, January - October 1937
	13-14.			Harold Merrill, January - August 1937
	15-16.			Earl O. Mills, July - December 1937
	17.			Robert H. Randall, March - November 1937
	18.		New Braunfels Leather Works, November and December 1935
	19.		Newspapers, C - O, December 1935, November 1936 - January 1938
	20.		Newspapers, S - T, January - November 1937
	21-25.		Nichols, Marvin C., September 1934 - December 1937
	26.		Nickell, C.O., August 1935, December - August 1937
	27.		No, November 1935 - January 1938
	28.		Norris, John A., Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, February - November 1937
	29.		Oa - Od, April - October 1937
	30.		Ol, March - December 1937
	31.		Op - Ow, January - August 1937
	32.		Port Arthur Bridge Commission, January 1937, undated
	33.		San Antonio Tanning Company, November 1935
	34.		Texas Tanning and Manufacturing Company, January - December 1935
	35.		Thomason, R.E., Congress, House of Representatives, March 1937

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Works Progress Administration studies, 1929-1937, undated (bulk 1935-1937),
2.31 cubic ft., 53 maps

This series consists of reports and maps, dating 1929-1937 and undated (bulk 1935-1937), from a project sponsored by the United States Works Progress Administration (WPA). This was WPA federal project No. 3, better known as Texas Planning Board Staff Project 6909. This project was designed to assist the Board, through additional staff and funding, in its studies of the natural resources and economic conditions of the state. Data gathered was used to promote economic expansion and development, primarily in the fields of agriculture and industry. Other areas studied were forestry, commodity trade, public health, transportation, water resources, and mineral resources. In addition to topical research, this project provided clerical and technical assistance to the Bureaus of Economic Geology, Engineering Research, and Business Research, all at the University of Texas, to assist with research undertaken by these departments. A report summarizing the work done on this project through March 1937 is present at the end of this series. Included with these materials are the WPA Project Proposal for mineral studies, correspondence, copies of government documents, and a few articles possibly not part of this research project. Folder titles of these latter items are preceded by an asterisk, to distinguish them from known project documents.

Notably missing from these materials are the reports covering the state's eleemosynary institutions, minerals, and water resources. Some of the miscellaneous hydrology materials in the Maps, Charts, and Notes series may be part of these studies. Many of these items were moldy and brittle due to water damage. Because of their deteriorating condition, these materials have been electrostatically copied and the originals destroyed.

If you are reading this electronically, click on the link to go the full finding aid - Texas Planning Board, Works Progress Administration Studies. If you are reading this in paper, the series finding aid is found in a separate divider within the binder.

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Water basin studies, 1935-1938, undated,
3.88 cubic ft., 58 maps, 42 photographs

These records consist of background data gathered and compiled for river basin studies, project proposals, revisions of a National Resources Committee report, maps, proposed project description sheets, and committee files containing correspondence, minutes, and membership lists, dating 1935-1938, undated. This series consists of materials compiled during a study of river drainage basins undertaken by the Water Resources Committee of the National Resources Committee. The chair of the state planning board and some members of the Planning Board's Water Resource Committee were involved with the project.

Historical sketch

This was a nation-wide project, supported by President Franklin Roosevelt, to construct a national plan for flood control and preservation, and to further develop water and soil conservation measures. The nation was divided into drainage basin districts, each represented by a committee of federal, state, and local officials familiar with each basin and its water control problems. State representatives included the chair of the state planning board and some members of the Planning Board's water resources committee. The basin districts covering Texas rivers were the Southwest Mississippi Drainage Basin, which included the Canadian, and Upper and Lower Red River basins; and the Western Gulf Drainage Basin, covering the Sabine, Neches, Trinity, San Jacinto, Colorado, Brazos, Guadalupe, Nueces, the Upper and Low Rio Grande, and Pecos River basins. The Planning Board, largely through its Water Resources Committee, gathered natural, industrial, and economic data on each river basin. Various water control authorities recommended projects to alleviate some of the water problems present in their respective districts. Much of this information was compiled in a preliminary report published by the National Resources Committee in 1936. Drainage Basins Problems and Programs contains a general description of each river basin and its water related problems, and a prioritized list of proposed projects for controlling them. These proposals included construction of dams and reservoirs; other flood, irrigation, and erosion control measures; and building or upgrading sewage treatment facilities. The National Resources Committee's Basin Committee met in October and November of 1937 to review, update, and revise Drainage Basin Problems and Programs. Based on reports received from the files, the project lists were extensively amended; new projects were added, some old proposals were removed, and other were ranked. A summary report containing recommended programs and policies for the country was presented to the President in early 1938. Detailed reports for each basin were later individually published.

Arrangement

General studies and committee files are arranged chronologically, while records of each basin are filed alphabetically by basin and arranged by type.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Water basin studies, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Box

Folder

017-14

Folders 1-38 constitute general reference materials gathered for the 1936 study of water basin problems.

Water Resources Studies Outline, undated

Characteristics of Minimum Annual Runoff - Principal Rivers of Texas, 1936

Characteristics of Average Runoff - Principal Rivers of Texas, 1936

Water development questionnaires:

List of questionnaires mailed out, undated

City of Austin, September 1936

Beaumont Rice Mills, November 1936

Bexar, Medina, Atascosa Counties, Water Improvement District No. 1, October 1936

Brown County Water Improvement District No. 1, September 1936

Cameron County Water Improvement District No. 1, September 1936

10.

Cameron County Water Improvement District No. 2, October 1936

11.

Cameron County Water Control and Improvement District No. 5, October 1936

12.

Cameron County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6, October 1936

13.

Central Power and Light Company, San Antonio, September 1936

14.

City of Corpus Christi, September 1936

15.

Donna Irrigation District, Hidalgo County No. 1, [1936]

16.

City of Graham, September 1936

17.

[Guadalupe River], authors of questionnaire unknown, [1936]

18.

Gulf Coast Water Company, November 1936

19.

Miss Maud Hickman, Houston, October - November 1936

20.

Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 2, [1936]

21.

Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3, October 1936

22.

Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 7, September 1936

23.

Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 9, September 1936

24.

La Feria Water Control and Improvement District, Cameron County, No. 3, October 1936

25.

City of New Braunfels, September 1936

26.

Red Bluff Water Power Control District, September - October 1936

27.

Reeves County Water Improvement District No. 1, September 1936

28.

South Texas Water Company, December 1936 - January 1937

29.

City of Sweetwater, September 1936

30.

Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, October 1936

31.

United Irrigation Company, September 1936

32.

Wichita County Water Improvement District Nos. 1 & 2, September 1936, undated

33.

City of Waco, September 1936

34.

List of questionnaires mailed to R.J. Tipton, October 1936

Municipal water service questionnaires:

35.

List of cities of 10,000 population or more, undated

36.

Austin - Ennis, 1936

37.

Galveston - New Braunfels, 1936

38.

Orange - Yoakum, 1936

National Resources Committee:

39.

Procedures for Drainage Basin Study revision, September 1937

40.

U.S. Senate documents concerning flood control, June - August 1937

41.

Preliminary membership for Basin Committees, October 1937

42.

Membership for Western Gulf Drainage Basin Committees A, B, C, for October 22-23, 1937 meeting

43.

Minutes of Meeting of Western Gulf Drainage Basin Committee, October 22-23, 1937

44.

Membership list of the Western Gulf Drainage Basin Committees A, B, C, for December 3-4, 1937 meeting

45.

Master index to text revisions

46.

Western Gulf Drainage Basin, report revision, January 1938

47.

Western Gulf Drainage Basin, report revision, February 1938

48-53.

Correspondence, September 3 - November 24, 1937

Box

Folder

017-15

National Resources Committee:

1-3.

Correspondence, November 26,1937 - January 17, 1938; August 11, 1938

Southwest Mississippi Basin Committee:

4-5.

Correspondence, July - December 1, 1937

Pages from report on drainage basin problems, on Lower Red River area, undated

Committee B, petition to N.R.C. from Denison Chamber of Commerce, concerning Red River project, March 1937

Committee C, minutes and membership list from October 19, 1937 meeting

Committee D, minutes and membership list from October 20, 1937 meeting

Western Gulf Basin Committee:

10.

Committee A, minutes of meeting of Sabine - Neches Basin Committee, June 17, 1938

11.

Committee A, correspondence, October 11 - December 8, 1937

12.

Committee A, pages from report on drainage basin problems, Sabine and Trinity basins, undated

13-14.

Committee B, correspondence, October 7, 1937 - January 14, 1938

15.

Committee B, pages from report on drainage basin problems, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe, and Nueces basins, undated

16.

Committee C, correspondence, October 11 - December 6, 1937

Statewide river basin projects, PWA project reports, 1936:

17.

Survey of ground water resources

18.

Construction of sewage and water facilities in Texas cities

19.

Ten year study of principal water problems

20.

Extension of facilities for hydrologic determinations

21.

Aerial mapping of entire state

22.

Statewide river basin study, data on reservoirs, levees, and drainage districts, 1936

Canadian basin:

1936 study:

23.

Farm data

24.

Industrial data

25.

Population data

26.

Report on Canadian River Basin, August 1936

27.

PWA project reports, City of Whitedeer Water System and two reservoirs in Oldham and Potter Counties, 1936

Map-case

Map 6659

Canadian River Watershed in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935-1936

Box

Folder

017-15

28.

Text revisions from 1st and 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

29.

Revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

30.

Comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

31-32.

Correspondence, September 2 - November 30, 1938

33.

Revised draft of Canadian Basin Report, November 1938

Colorado - Brazos basin:

1936 study:

34-35.

Farm data, Brazos basin

36-37.

Farm data, Colorado basin

38-39.

Industrial data, Brazos basin

40-41.

Industrial data, Colorado basin

42-44.

Population data, Brazos basin

45-47.

Population data, Colorado basin

Box

Folder

017-16

Reservoirs, levees, and drainage district data, Brazos basin

Reservoirs, levees, and drainage district data, Colorado basin

Report, Arroyo Colorado Navigation District, Cameron and Willacy Counties, on proposed barge channel, [1937]

Report of the Central Colorado River Authority on flood water and water conservation, October 1936

[Note: The photographs mentioned in this report are probably the same ones filed with the revised report, done in October 1937. See photos 1984/140-3 thru 9.]

Report of the Central Colorado Authority on flood water and water conservation, December 1936

Revised Report of the Central Colorado River Authority, on three proposed dams, October 1937

Statement, Central West Texas Conservation and Flood Control Association, on Colorado River, October 1936

Lower Colorado River Reclamation Study, State Reclamation Department, 1936

Report for Colorado River hearing of July 6, 1936, Matagorda County Conservation and Reclamation District 1, 1936

10.

Report submitted by Lower Colorado River Flood Control Association at public hearing, July 6, 1936

11.

Report of Lower Colorado River, by Lower Colorado River Flood Control Association, July 25, 1936

12-13.

Report, relating to flood damage by Colorado River in Wharton County, by Wharton County Flood Control Association, October 20, 1936

14.

Review and report of the Lower Colorado River, by Lower Colorado River Flood Control Association, January 25, 1937

15.

Supplemental report on Lower Colorado River, by Lower Colorado River Flood Control Association, April 10, 1937

16-17.

Review and Report of Lower Colorado River, in support of navigation, by Lower Colorado River Flood Control Association, October 27, 1937

18.

Application by Upper Colorado River Authority for Survey of Coke and Tom Green Counties, December 5, 1936

19-22.

Statement, by Upper Colorado River Authority on Colorado and Concho Rivers, October 20, 1936

23.

Statement, by Upper Colorado River Authority on Colorado and Concho Rivers, supplemental material, January 1937

24.

Brief submitted by Brown County Water Improvement District No. 1, December 1936

25.

N.R.C. Basin Report, first draft, undated

26-27.

Text revisions from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

28-32.

Revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, Brazos basin, 1937

Box

Folder

017-17

1-4.

Revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, Colorado basin, 1937

Revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, joint basin projects, 1937

6-9.

Comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

Guadalupe basin:

1936 study:

10.

Farm data

11.

Industrial data

12.

Population data

13.

Reservoirs, levees, and drainage district data

14-16.

Report, PWA Docket 1547, projects along Guadalupe River, filed by the Guadalupe - Blanco River Authority, 1936
[pages unnumbered]

17-18.

Supplemental material for PWA docket 1547, covering flood damage in Hays County, 1936

19.

Brief concerning Guadalupe - Blanco River Conservancy Project, December, 1936

20.

Summary of Report on Canyon dam site along the Guadalupe, ca. 1936

21.

Details of flood damage along the Guadalupe in DeWitt County, December, 1936

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Charts pertaining to the Wimberly Reservoir, Blanco River, Hydrograph - Natural Flow Duration, Controlled Flow Flood Control - Irrigation, Reservoir Performance - Discharge, by the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, U.S. Engineer's Office, Galveston, 1932

Map-case

Map 6678

Blanco River Reservoir, Map and Profile, Flood Control - Irrigation, by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, U.S. Engineer's Office, Galveston, 1932

Map-case

Map 6679

Proposed Blanco River Irrigation District, by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, U.S. Engineer's Office, Galveston, 1932

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Wimberly Reservoir, Blanco River, Proposed Reinforced Concrete Dam, includes a plan of the dam, details of the sections, and a chart of water elevation, by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, U.S. Engineer's Office, Galveston, 1932

Box

Folder

017-17

Guadalupe basin:

22.

N.R.C. Basin report, on Guadalupe - San Antonio basin, 1st draft, undated

23-25.

Text revisions from 1st and 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

26-27.

Revised project lists from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

28.

Comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

Nueces basin:

1936 study:

29.

Farm data

30.

Industrial data

Population data

32.

Reservoir, levee, and drainage district data

Map-case

Map 6782

Nueces River Watershed, Myers, Noyes, and Forrest, July 1936

Box

Folder

017-18

1-6.

Report on Nueces River Conservation and Reclamation District, Myers, Noyes, and Forrest, October 1936

Additional materials from Myers, Noyes, and Forrest re: Nueces River Conservation and Reclamation District, December 1936

N.R.C. Basin Report, 1st draft, undated

9-10.

Text revisions from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

11-12.

Revised project lists from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

13.

Comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

Red River basin:

1936 study:

14.

Farm data

15.

Industrial data

16.

Population data

17.

Reservoir, levee, and drainage district data

18-19.

Brief Proposing Flood Control on the Pease River, by Pease River Flood Control District, October - November 1936

20.

Abstract of Report on Proposed Red River Dam near Denison, by Floyd and Lockridge, Engineers, ca. 1936

21.

Report on Proposed Development Plan for Red River Basin, by Oklahoma Conservation Committee, March - June 1937

22.

Report on Red River Development, by State Board of Water Engineers, June 1937

PWA Project Reports: 1936

23-24.

Group I - immediate construction

25.

Group II - deferred construction

26.

Group III - indeterminate construction

Map-case

Map 6683

Red River Basin in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Box

Folder

017-18

Upper Red River basin:

27.

N.R.C. Basin Report, 1st draft, undated

28.

Comments on 1st N.R.C. Basin Report, November, 1937

29.

Text revisions from 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, November 1937

30.

Revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

Lower Red River basin:

31-32.

N.R.C. Basin Report, 1st draft, undated

33.

Comments on 1st N.R.C. Basin Report, November 1937

34.

Text revisions from 1st or 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, November 1937

Box

Folder

017-19

Revised project lists from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

Revisions of project description sheets, by State Reclamation Department, 1937

Red River basin, drafts of Upper and Lower Red River N.R.C. reports, by Planning Board, November 1938

Rio Grande Basin:

1936 study:

Farm data

Industrial data

Population data

Reservoir, levee, and drainage district data

8-10.

Report on a needed drainage system, by Valley Conservation and Reclamation District, 1934, 1936

11.

Statement on drainage projects needed, by Valley Conservation and Reclamation District, December 1926

12.

Report on Cameron County Drainage, by R.J. Agar, undated

Rio Grande - Pecos basin:

13.

N.R.C. Basin Report, 1st draft, undated

14-15.

Text revisions from 1st and 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

16-18.

Revised project lists from N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

19-21.

Comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

Sabine - Neches basin:

1936 Farm study:

22.

Farm data, Neches basin

23.

Farm data, Sabine basin

24.

Industrial data, Neches basin

25.

Industrial data, Sabine basin

26.

Population data, Neches basin

27.

Population data, Sabine basin

28.

Drainage district data

29.

Brief submitted by Lower Neches Valley Authority, re: Rockland Dam Project, December 1, 1936

30.

Brief submitted by Lower Neches Valley Authority, re: Rockland Dam Project, December 17, 1936

Box

Folder

017-20

Report by the Port Arthur Bridge Commission, re: Sabine Lake Causeway, February 1935 and December 1936

Abstract of a report on the Sabine - Neches Conservation District, by Myers, Noyes and Forrest, September 1935

Map-case

Map 6687

Sabine - Neches Conservation District, Showing Principal Projects, by Charles B. Metcalfe and Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Box

Folder

017-20

Report on the Sabine - Neches Conservation District, December 1936

N.R.C. Basin Report, 1st draft, undated

Sabine basin:

Text revisions from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, October 1937

6-7.

Text revisions from 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

8-10.

Revised project lists from N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

11.

Sabine - Neches basin, comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

Trinity basin:

12.

1936 study:

12.

Farm data

13.

Flood damage and stream pollution data

14.

Industrial data

15.

Population data

16-17.

Levees data

18.

Reservoirs and drainage districts data

19.

Report on improvement of Buffalo Bayou, by Department of Public Works, City of Houston, December 1936

20.

Buffalo Bayou improvements, internal work sheet of Planning Board, December 1936

21.

Trinity Flood Control Project, internal work sheet of Planning Board, December 1936

22-23.

Trinity - San Jacinto basin, text revisions from 1st and 2nd N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

24-26.

Trinity basin, revised project lists from N.R.C. Basin Committee meetings, 1937

27.

Trinity - San Jacinto basin, comments on and revisions of project description sheets, by State Board of Water Engineers, 1937

Box

Folder

017-39

Western Gulf Basin:

Committee "A," revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

Committee "B," revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

Committee "C," revised project lists, from N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

Box

Folder

017-20

28.

Notes, undated

Southwest Mississippi Basin:

29.

Ouachita basin, basin reports, revisions from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

30.

Washita basin, basin reports, revisions from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

31.

Arkansas and Cimmaron basins, basin reports, revisions from 1st N.R.C. Basin Committee meeting, 1937

32.

Principal Watersheds of Texas, Texas Planning Board, ca. 1936

This book was prepared by the Board at the request of the Water Resources Consultant for the Western Gulf Drainage Basin, National Resources Committee. It provides background information on each river basin or watershed for use by consultants and members of the Water Resources Committee. Map 6695 appeared in Principal Watersheds of Texas. Maps 6696-6699 are variants of map 6695.

Map-case

Map 6695

Principal Watersheds of Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935

Map-case

Map 6696

Principal Watersheds of Texas, with water control authorities added, ca. 1936-1937

Map-case

Map 6697

Principal Watersheds of Texas, with water subdivisions added, 1936

Box

Map 6698

Principal Watersheds of Texas, revised in 1938
[two different sized copies]

Link to description and images of Map 6698.

Map-case

Map 6699

Organizations for the Development of Texas Rivers, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938

Link to description and images of Map 6699.

Development of Texas Rivers, Texas Planning Board, March 1938

A report by the Planning Board detailing the problems and recommendations for each water basin resulting from the studies undertaken by its' Water Resources Committee and consultants working with the National Resources Committee. Maps 6700-6704 and 6747-6749 appear in this publication. The base map was drawn by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935, with revisions added for each basin in 1937. The page number where the map appears in the publication is given. [This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 627.1/T3d.]

Map-case

Map 6700

Trinity Basin, p. 22

Map-case

Map 6701

Brazos - Colorado Basin, p. 42

Map-case

Map 6702

Nueces Basin, p. 84

Map-case

Map 6703

Lower Rio Grande - Pecos Basin, p. 96

Map-case

Map 6704

Canadian Basin, p. 142

Map-case

Map 6747

Sabine - Neches Basin, p. 7

Map-case

Map 6748

Guadalupe Basin, p. 71

Map-case

Map 6749

Red River Basin, p. 112

Maps 6705-6710 were done for N.R.C. Drainage Basin Study by the Water Resources Committee of the National Resources Committee. These are simple outlines of the basins, the river, and its tributaries, ca. 1937.

Map-case

Map 6705

Southwest Gulf Drainage Basin District No. 6a

Map-case

Map 6706

Brazos Basin, Southwest Gulf Drainage Basin District No. 6a

Map-case

Map 6707

Colorado of Texas Basin, Southwest Gulf Drainage Basin District No. 6a

Map-case

Map 6708

Guadalupe - San Antonio Basin, Southwest Gulf Drainage Basin District No. 6a

Map-case

Map 6709

Pecos Basin, Southwest Gulf Drainage Basin District No. 6a

Map-case

Map 6710

Lower Rio Grand[e] Basin, Southwest Gulf Drainage Basin District No. 6a

Maps 6711-6716 were done by the Planning Board, probably in conjunction with the N.R.C. Drainage Basin Study. These outline the basin, river, and its tributaries, and show existing dams and reservoirs, ca. 1937.

Map-case

Map 6711

Brazos River and Colorado River Basins

Map-case

Map 6712

Guadalupe and San Antonio River Basins

Map-case

Map 6713

Nueces River Basin

Map-case

Map 6714

Rio Grande Basin

Map-case

Map 6715

Sabine, Neches, and Calcasieu River Basins

Map-case

Map 6716

Trinity River Basin

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Ground water studies, 1938, 0.24 cubic ft.
	This series contains drafts and revisions of the Texas Planning Board's report, proposed legislation to control and conserve ground water, correspondence, papers read at a meeting, research materials used in the committee's studies, and a copy of Proceedings of the State-wide Ground Water Conservation Meeting, Austin, Texas, July 29, 1938. Regulation of ground water in Texas was a major concern of the Board's Water Resources Committee. Its studies culminated in a 1938 publication, The Need for Administrative Control of Ground Water in Texas. After reviewing this report, Governor Allred called a statewide meeting in Austin, on July 29, 1938, to discuss the problem of ground water regulation.
	Arrangement
	The materials are arranged by type, then chronologically.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Ground water studies, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Box	Folder
017-21		Ground water studies:
	1.		Background materials, 1925, undated
	2-3.		Reports by Samuel A. Turner, July and December 1937
		Ground water brief:
	4.		Revisions, April 1938
	5.		Revisions, June 1938
	6.		Correspondence, May 1938
		Ground water meeting:
	7.		Correspondence, July - August 1938
	8.		List of people accepting invitations, July 26, 1938
	9.		Sign-in book of attendees, July 29, 1938
	10.		Opening remarks by Hull Youngblood, July 29, 1938
	11.		Address by Victor H. Schoffelmayer, July 29, 1938
	12.		Address by R.B. Fonville, July 29, 1938
	13		Abstract of address by V.M. Ehlers and correspondence, July 29, 1938 and August 8, 1938
	14.		Address by Walter N. White, July 29, 1938
	15.		Address by C.S. Clark, July 29, 1938
	16.		Address by Ireland Hampton and correspondence, July 29, 1938, and August 2-3, 1938
	17.		Paper proposed for presentation at the meeting, by Ashley G. Classen, July 25, 1938
	18.	Ground water committee members
	19.	Proposed legislation, ca. 1937
	20-22.	Proceedings of the State-Wide Ground Water Conservation Meeting, Austin, Texas, July 29, 1938

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Public Works Administration projects, 1935-1936, 0.84 cubic ft.
	Records consist of questionnaires, proposals, correspondence, and status logs concerning Public Works Administration projects undertaken in Texas, dating January 1935-November 1936. The Texas Planning Board, the State Planning Consultant of the National Resources Board, and the State Engineer of the PWA worked together to obtain funding and support from the PWA for public works projects in Texas. The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works conducted a survey of political units in the state (counties, cities, school districts, etc.) likely to have a viable need for PWA funded projects. The objective of this investigation was to obtain an inventory of useful and needed work projects which would provide employment opportunities for a large number of unemployed workers while also supplying needed public facilities. Questionnaires were sent to ascertain the economic situation and determine what work projects were needed. These, along with a schedule of projects requested by the political unit reporting, were returned to the State Engineer's Office of the PWA. This office, it appears, maintained some, if not all, administrative control over those projects undertaken by the PWA. Projects requested included building and repairing schools, gymnasiums, city buildings, utility plants, water works systems, and sewage treatment plants; upgrading and building roads and highways; soil erosion work; and purchasing land for and building city parks.
	Organization
	These records are organized into two subseries:
	Proposals, 1935, 0.84 cubic ft.
	Status logs, 1935-1936, fractional
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Public Works Administration projects, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
		Proposals, January-February 1935 0.84 cubic ft.
		These are files of PWA projects, dating January-February 1935, and consist of the survey questionnaire, a schedule of projects requested, and some correspondence to the State Engineer of the PWA. The questionnaires were prepared and signed by officials of the political unit reporting information, such as mayors, county judges, or school superintendents. They provide general facts about the community and its economy, e.g., population, industries, principal transportation facilities, total valuation of taxable property, tax rates, state of present indebtedness, and number of families on relief. The schedules are comprised of a prioritized list of public works projects requested, and the following data for each request: estimated costs, proposed method of financing, time needed for completion, and comments on the necessity of the undertaking. Following the proposals are two volumes listing these projects. One list is arranged by project, the other by county. Each list includes the type of project, file number, location, and amount of the proposal.
		Arrangement
		Files are arranged alphabetically by county.
		Preferred Citation
		(Identify the item), Proposals, Public Works Administration projects, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Box	Folder
017-21	23.		Armstrong County, Claude Independent School District, IV-296
	24.		Bailey County, IV-348
	25.		Bastrop County, IV-315
	26.		Bosque County, Morgan, IV-209
	27.		Bowie County, Redwater, IV-210
	28.		Brazos County, Texas A&M College, IV-323
	29.		Brown County, Brownwood, IV-74
	30.		Calhoun County, Seadrift, IV-317
	31.		Carson County, Panhandle, IV-324
	32.		Cass County, Atlanta, IV-72
	33.		Clay County, Byers, IV-81
	34.		Cochran County, Morton, IV-347
	35.		Coke County, Bronte Independent School District, IV-298
	36.		Collin County, Frisco, IV-79
	37.		Comanche County, Comanche, IV-381
	38.		Dallas County, Lancaster, IV-380
	39.		Denton County, Denton City Schools, IV-302
	40.		El Paso County, El Paso Independent School District, IV-293
	41.		Erath County, IV-301
	42.		Falls County, Lott Board of Education, IV-297
	43.		Fannin County, Randolph Independent School District, IV-345
	44.		Fayette County, Schulenburg, IV-87
	45.		Frio County, Dilley, IV-300
	46.		Grayson County, Van Alstyne, IV-83
	47.		Guadalupe County, IV-311
	48.		Hale County, IV-7
	49.		Hale County, Plainview, IV-86
	50.		Hamilton County, Hico, IV-292
	51.		Harris County, Bellaire, IV-308
	52.		Harris County, Goose Creek, IV-70
	53.		Haskell County, IV-349
	54.		Henderson County, Athens Independent School District, IV-321
	55.		Henderson County, Grapeland, IV-310
	56.		Hockley County, IV-346
	57.		Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs, IV-342
	58.		Hunt County, Celeste, IV-82
	59.		Jones County, IV-312
	60.		Jones County, Hamlin, IV-339
	61.		Kleberg County, IV-340
	62.		Lamb County, Sudan, IV-318
	63.		Lamb County, Fieldton Independent School District, IV-325
	64.		Leon County, Marquez, IV-307
	65.		Liberty County, IV-299
	66.		Liberty County, Dayton, IV-2
	67.		Loving County, IV-316
	68.		Lubbock County, Lubbock, IV-85
	69.		Lubbock County, Texas Technical College, IV-84
	70.		Marion County, Jefferson Independent School District, IV-306
	71.		Matagorda County, Palacios, IV-53
	72.		McCulloch County, McCulloch County Common School Districts, IV-52 (same as IV-28) 73
	73.		McLennan County, IV-313
	74.		Montague County, Nocona Independent School District, IV-379
	75.		Navarro County, IV-91
	76.		Navarro County, Denton, IV-88
	77.		Navarro County, Rice, IV-80
	78.		Oldham County, Vega, IV-78
Box	Folder
017-22	1.		Palo Pinto County, Strawn Independent School District, IV-294
	2.		Potter County, IV-305
	3.		Potter and Randall Counties, Amarillo, IV-304
	4.		Reeves County, Balmorhea Independent School District, IV-446
	5.		Runnels County, IV-351
	6.		Sabine County, Bronson Independent School District, IV-440
	7.		Sabine County, Hemphill Independent School District, IV-326
	8.		San Jacinto County, IV-332
	9.		San Patricio County, Taft, IV-341
	10.		Shelby County, Center, IV-90
	11.		Smith County, Tyler, IV-75
	12.		Stonewall County, Stonewall County Schools, IV-350
	13.		Swisher County, Tulia, IV-71
	14.		Trinity County, Groveton, IV-[unknown]
	15.		Tyler County, IV-336
	16.		Upshur County, Gilmer, IV-51
	17.		Uvalde County, Uvalde, IV-353
	18.		Wharton County, IV-73
	19.		Wichita County, Burkburnett Independent School District, IV-445
	20.		Williamson County, Round Rock, IV-309
	21.		Young County, Graham, IV
			Federal:
	22.			Brazos River Reclamation District, IV-354
	23.			Grade Crossing Elimination, IV-333
	24.			Mapping Metropolitan Areas, IV-352
	25.			Stream measurement, IV-334
	26.		PWA Projects, list of towns having kindergartens, undated
	27-37.		List of PWA Projects by Project
	38-47.		List of PWA Projects by County
		Status logs, 1935-1936, fractional
		These logs were kept by the State Engineer's Office of the PWA from August 1935 to November 1936. They provide the dates and particulars for Texas public works projects undertaken by the PWA: i.e., dockets and engineer's reference numbers; borrower's names; types of projects; amounts of allotments and contracts; dates that building plans, specifications, and contracts were received and approved; dates of bid advertisements and openings; and beginning construction dates.
		Arrangement
		These records are arranged by docket numbers.
		Preferred Citation
		(Identify the item), Status logs, Public Works Administration projects, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Box	Folder
017-39	8-9.		PWA status logs, 1935-1936

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Publications, 1935-1939,
2.66 cubic ft. in 27 volumes and
24 maps

Records consist of reports, publications, and accompanying maps and charts, dating 1935-1939. During the normal course of its activities, the Board prepared and published a variety of publications. As an official entity, the Board was required to submit reports to its governing bodies, i.e., the National Resources Committee on the national level, and on the state level, the Governor, Legislature, and Comptroller. Additionally, it published a regular newsletter and a number of subject-oriented reports, covering topics such as use of natural resources, population studies, watersheds, agriculture, and hydroelectric power. Descriptions of maps and charts which appear in the publications and are also held in the records follow the title. Page or plate numbers are listed after the title of the map or chart. A list of known Board publications not found in the holdings of the Texas State Archives follows the folder inventory.

Arrangement

The publications are arranged by type, then chronologically.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Publications, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Official reports

Texas Planning Board Six Months Report, August 1934 through January 1935 to National Resources Board, January 1935

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3s/1934/35.]

Map-case

Map 6717

Major Natural Regions, p. 33, [1935]

Box

Folder

017-23

Chart, Decennial Increase in Rural and Urban Population, p. 37, November 19, 1934

Chart, Decennial Increase in White and Negro Population in Texas, p. 38, undated

Map-case

Map 6718

Map of Texas Showing All Counties Losing Population from 1920-1930, p. 40

Map-case

Map 6719

Map of Texas Showing All Counties Gaining Population from 1920-1930, p. 41

Box

Folder

017-23

Chart, Ten Year Increase in Texas Population, p. 46, March 27, 1935

Chart, Chart Showing Excess of Births Over Deaths, p. 47, November 19, 1934

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Summary Texas Land Situation with Particular Reference to Lands Available for Farm Homes, p. 61.
[Two copies--a pencil draft and the final edition.]

Map-case

Map 6720

Percentage Reduction in Cropped Area, 1924 to 1929, p. 65.
[Two copies, one black and white, one color.]

Box

Folder

017-39

Charts:

10.

Gainful Workers, Ten Years and Over; by General Divisions of Occupations for the State of Texas, p. 92, January 13, 1935

10.

Table Showing Percentages in Texas of Gainful Workers over 10 years of Age Employed in Various Occupations, 1910- 1930, p. 93, January 31, 1935

10.

Diagram Showing Industrial Growth of Texas, 1899-1932, p. 94, March 1935

Map-case

Map 6721

The Natural Regions of Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves, p. 100, [1935]
[Two copies, one is a reduced size working draft.]

Map-case

Map 6722

Map Showing Distribution of the 1930 Population, by Seaborn L. Rieves, p. 101, January 1935

Map-case

Map 6723

Map of Texas [Showing Rivers and Streams], p. 102, [1923]

Reports to the Governor and Legislature

Report [of] the Texas Planning Board for the Period Ending December 31, 1935, January 1936

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3r/1935.]

Map-case

Map 6724

Texas Railroad Map, 1935, by Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 24, 1935

Link to description and images of Map 6724.

[Maps 6972 and 6973 are later editions of this map.]

Map-case

Map 6725

Pipelines and Oil and Gas Fields in Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 26, 1935

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Comparative Size of Texas, 265,896 sg. mi. The Area of Texas Compared with the Areas of the Other 47 States, p. 31, 1935

Map-case

Map 6726

Topographical Map of Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 33, 1936

Map-case

Map 6695

Principal Watersheds of Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 36, 1935

Map-case

Map 6727

Normal Annual Rainfall, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 38, 1935

Map-case

Map 6728

General Soil Map of Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 40, 1935

Link to description and images of Map 6728.

Map-case

Map 6729

Forest Regions in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 41, 1935

Map-case

Map 6730

Distribution of Population in Texas, 1930, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 55, 1935

Map-case

Map 6731

Rate of Change of Texas Population by Decades, 1890- 1930, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 56 , 1935

Map-case

Map 6732

Comparison of Mexican Population with Total Population by Counties in Texas, 1930, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 58, 1935

Map-case

Map 6733

Comparison of Negro Population with Total Population by Counties in Texas, 1930, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 59, 1935

Map-case

Map 6734

Power Transmission Lines and Power Plants in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 94, 1935

[Maps 6983 and 6984 are later editions.]

Map-case

Map 6735

Airports and Scheduled Air Lines in Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 96, 1935

[Map 6971 is a later edition.]

Biennial Report [of] the Texas Planning Board, March 16, 1935 to December 3, 1936, ca. 1937

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3r/1935-1938.]

Biennial Report [of] the Texas Planning Board for Biennium Ending August 31, 1938, ca. 1938

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3r/1935.]

Reports to the Comptroller

Annual Report of the Texas Planning Board for Fiscal Period Ending August 31, 1936, ca. 1936

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3a/1935/36.]

Annual Report of the Texas Planning Board for Fiscal Period Ending August 31, 1937, ca. 1937

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3a/1936/38.]

Report for the Fiscal Period Ending August 31, 1938, October 1938

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3a/1936/38.]

Bulletins

Begun as a weekly publication, the Bulletin became a monthly by the fall of 1936. During the transition period, the name changed from Bulletin to Texas Planning Bulletin. Single unbound issues were maintained only when needed to fill gaps in the Archives' bound publications.

Bulletin, July 15, 1935-June 1936

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3b/1935-1939.]

Texas Planning Bulletin, October 1936-August 1937; October 1937-January 1938; March 1938-February 1939

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3b/1935-1939.]

Texas Planning Bulletin, November-December 1936; December 1938-February 1939

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3b/copy 2/OS.]

Texas Planning Bulletin, January-December 1937

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3b/v. 2/1937.]

Box

Folder

017-23

Bulletin:

June 11, 1935

February 10, 1936

August 15, 1936

August, 25, 1936

Drafts of articles for June 1937 issue

Map-case

Map 6736

Incidence of Malaria Deaths in Texas Counties - 1935, by Jerry Wilson, 1937

[This map appears in the February 1937 issue of Texas Planning Bulletin, p. 9.]

Map-case

Map 6737

Malaria Death Rates for Texas Counties - 1935, by Jerry Wilson, 1937

[This map appears in the February 1937 issue of Texas Planning Bulletin, p. 10.]

Subject reports

Box

Folder

017-20

32.

Principal Watersheds of Texas, ca. 1936
[Photocopy.]

Public Health in Texas, 1936

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3m/1936/38.]

Box

Folder

017-10

3-52.

Agricultural Products of Texas by Census Years from 1890-1935, 5 volumes, 1937

[This was part of WPA Staff Project 6909.]

Low Income Housing for Southern Texas Conditions, by Benjamin Wyatt and Terrell Barlett, 1937

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3m (and) 330.9764/T31.]

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Architectural drawings of housing, found as end pages of this report :

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Sheet 1 - Typical Block Layout, 1/32 inch scale

Sheet 2 - Typical Group Layout, 1/16 inch scale

Sheet 3 - Typical Row Layout, 1/8 inch scale

Sheet 4 - Typical Unit Details, varying scales

Sheet 5 - Typical Service Layout, 1/32 inch scale

Box

Folder

017-23

Architectural drawings of housing, sheets 1-5
[reduced copies]

Markets for Texas Hydroelectric Power, Industrial Committee, 1937

[See also the hydroelectric power subdivision of the Maps, Charts, and Notes series.]

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 330.9764/T3m/1936/38 (and) 330.9764/T3m/1937.]

Map-case

Map 6738

Ultimate Installed Capacities of Texas Hydro-electric Development, by Jerry Wilson, p. 49

Box

Folder

017-23

Chart, United States Power Requirements and Energy Consumption, p. 51, 1937

Map-case

Map 6739

Shortage and Surplus of Electric Generating Capacity in the Southwest, by Seaborn L. Rieves, p. 52, 1937

Box

Folder

017-39

10.

Map, Area included in Power Market Study for Brazos and Colorado Developments, p. 53, 1937

Map-case

Map 6740

Density of the Rural Population by Counties in Texas, p. 54, 1930

Box

Folder

017-23

Chart, Growth of Central Station Electric Customers and Use of Electricity, p. 55, 1937

Chart, Texas. Lowest and Highest Monthly Bills for Selected Typical Consumptions in Residential Service, Federal Power Commission, p. 58

A Preliminary Study of Some of the Major Revenue Problems in Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves, October 1937

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 336/T3p.]

Box

Folder

017-39

10.

Chart, Total Dollars Obtained and Expended by the State of Texas, 1925-1936 Incl[usive], figure 1

Box

Folder

017-23

10.

Chart, Texas Tax Dollar, 1936, figure 2. 1936

[Charts covering other years, 1933-1935, can be found under the government subdivision of the Maps, Charts, and Notes series.]

10.

Chart, Status of General Revenue Fund, State of Texas, figure 3

10.

Chart, Status of Confederate Pension Fund, State of Texas, figure 5

10.

Chart, Texas State Tax Rate; Total Assessed Value of Property, figure 6

A Review of Texas Forestry and Its Industries, November 1937

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 634.9/T3r]

Map-case

Map 6729

Forest Regions in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, p. 10, 1935

Box

Folder

017-39

10.

Texas. Value of Manufactured Products, figure 1, p. 13

10.

Texas. Wages Paid to Wage Earners, figure 3, p. 15

Development of Texas Rivers, A Water Plan for Texas, March 1938

This publication was a result of the Board's work with the National Resources Committee in 1936-1938, in its study of drainage basins. See the Water Basin series for more information on this report and the maps, notes, etc., associated with it.

[This report is in the Texana Collection. There are two copies. The call numbers are 330.9764/T3m/1936/38 (and) 627.1/T3d.]

Directory of State, County, and City Planning Agencies and Digest of Planning and Housing Laws, April 1938

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 331.833/T3d.]

The Need for Administrative Control of Ground Water in Texas, June 1938.

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 551.49/T3ne.]

Box

Folder

017-21

20-22.

Proceedings of the State-wide Water Conservation Meeting, Austin, Texas, July 19, 1938
[photocopy]

[This meeting was called by Governor Allred at the request of the Board.]

Texas Mineral Laws, compiled by J.E. Sturrock, December 1938

[This report is in the Texana Collection. The call number is 553/T3p/OS.]

Planning Board Publications not held by the State Archives

Report on Agricultural Conditions and Policies in the Dry Farming Region of the High Plains and Adjacent Uplands in Texas, Terrell Bartlett, et al., November 1936

Feasibility of Establishing a Wool Scouring Plant in Texas, Industrial Committee, 1937

Opportunities in Texas for Beet and Carrot Processing Plants, 1937

Report on Texas Participation at New York and San Francisco World's Fairs in 1939, [1937?]

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Maps, charts and notes, 1914-1939, undated (bulk 1935-1938),
1.22 cubic ft., 230 maps, 5 photographs

Maps, charts, diagrams, letters, reports, notes, and photographs which cannot be associated with existing series form this series. Dates covered are 1914-1939 and undated (bulk 1935-1938). Many of these records were probably created or gathered for studies which resulted in a report or publication. Some non-Texas Planning Board reference materials are also present. Subjects covered include hydrology, mineral production, land use, crop production, health, population composition and distribution, transportation, hydroelectric power, climate, Works Progress Administration, and the 1939 World's Fairs, i.e., New York World's Fair and the Golden Gate International Exposition.

Arrangement

A subject arrangement has been imposed, based on the importance and quantity of items for each subject category.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Maps, charts and notes, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

Many of the maps are too large to photocopy.

Researchers are required to use gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Hydrology

General state maps, followed by more specific maps, notes, etc., for various rivers and river basins in the state. Following river basin studies are watershed maps, ground water maps, notes and charts pertaining to lakes and reservoirs, miscellaneous notes, and some unidentified aerial photographs.

General state maps

Map-case

Map 6741

[Watersheds of Texas], ca. 1938
[Two copies, one having additional coloring and unidentified subdivisions added.]

Map-case

Map 6742

Drainage Basins Superimposed on Texas Railroad Map, 1935, by Charles B. Metcalfe. Drainage basins drawn by R.A. Muenster, 1936

Map-case

Map 6743

Various River Districts and Authorities, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1937

Map-case

Map 6744

Official Map of the Conservation and Reclamation Districts, River Authorities, and Irrigated Land of Texas, by the State Board of Water Engineers, ca. 1937

Rivers and river basin studies

Materials consist of state maps, individual river basin maps, diagrams, hydrographs, and notes. Data used in compiling diagrams and graphs were largely obtained from river gauging stations.

Map-case

Map 6745

Characteristics of Minimum Runoff, Principal Rivers of Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe. Additions by Jerry Wilson, 1935, 1936

Map-case

Map 6746

Characteristics of Average Runoff, Principal Rivers of Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe. Additions by Jerry Wilson, 1935, 1936

Box

Folder

017-39

11.

Chart and table showing severity of damaging floods, arranged by rivers, ca. 1936

Box

Folder

017-23

11.

Notes on twenty year flood values, arranged by rivers, 1936

Notes and data re: river discharges and floods, undated:

12.

Brazos River

13.

Colorado River

14.

Guadalupe River

15.

Neches River

16.

Nueces River

17.

Pease River

18.

Red River

19.

Rio Grande River

20.

Sabine River

21.

Trinity River

22.

Graph, Comparison of Yearly Rainfall and Runoff, Colorado River

Flood frequency occurrences, graphs and tables, 1936:

23.

Brazos River

24.

Colorado River

25.

Guadalupe River

26.

Neches River

27.

Nueces River

28.

Pease River

29.

Red River

30.

Rio Grande River

31.

Sabine River

32.

Trinity River

Box

Folder

017-39

17.

Graph, Comparative Flood Characteristics of Texas Rivers, 1936

18.

Graph, Flood Characteristics of Colorado River of Texas from Ballinger to Columbus, 1936
[two sheets]

18.

Graph, Flood Characteristics of Colorado River of Texas from Ballinger to Columbus, 1936
[two copies, one in two sheets ]

18.

Graph, Flood Characteristics of Trinity River from Dallas to Romayor, 1936

[This supersedes the above graph]

18.

Graph, Flood Characteristics of Guadalupe River from New Braunfels to Victoria, 1936

18.

Graph, Flood Characteristics of Sabine River from Longview to Ruliff, 1936

18.

Graph, Flood Characteristics of Nueces River, from Laguna to Three Rivers, 1936
[two copies, one in two sheets]

18.

Graph, Red River Basin Study, Variations in Annual Rainfall, 1914-1924, in Red River Above Denison, 1936

Box

Folder

017-23

33.

Rainfall statistics of station in Red River basin, undated

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Graph, Red River Basin Study, Rainfall, Runoff, and Flood Peak Hydrograph, Red River Basin at Denison, [1936]

Chart, Rainfall Records, Red River Basin Above Denison, 1923-1934, [1936]

Chart, Rainfall Records, Mean Annual, Red River Basin Above Denison, 1914-1935, [1936]

Box

Folder

017-23

34.

Flood frequency occurrences, graphs and tables, Eastern Rivers, for comparison, 1936

35.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Blanco River, undated

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Mass Diagram on Blanco River at Wimberly, Texas, from October 1, 1928 - September 31, 1935, ca. 1936

Mass Diagram on Brazos River at Seymour, Texas, from October 1, 1923 - September 31, 1935, ca. 1936

Data Sheet for Summation Hydrograph, Brazos River at Mineral Wells, ca. 1936

Mass Diagram on Brazos River at Mineral Wells, Texas, from October 1, 1924 to September 30, 1933, ca. 1936

Box

Folder

017-23

36.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Brazos River, undated

37.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Colorado River, undated

38.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Comal River, undated

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Mass Diagram on Comal River at New Braunfels, Texas from October 1, 1927, to September 31, 1935, ca. 1936

Box

Folder

017-23

39.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Concho River, undated

40.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Nueces River, undated

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Mass Diagram of Nueces River at Three Rivers, Texas, from October 1, 1920 to September 31, 1935, ca. 1936

Box

Folder

017-23

41.

Summation hydrographs and data sheets, Pease River, undated

42.

Data sheets for summation hydrograph, Red River, ca. 1936

Box

Folder

017-40

Readings taken from rainfall or river gauging stations. Rivers involved are not known. 1934-1935
[7 sheets]

Runoff curves, maximum recorded experience, 1936
[6 sheets]

[Cover map and charts showing curves of area in and out of the state, focusing on the Balcones Curve and Texas Coastal Plain.]

Map-case

Map 6750

Red River Basin, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6751

Sabine River Basin, by Jerry Wilson, 1939

Watershed maps

These were done by the Planning Board or the State Reclamation Department. Maps 6752-6764 are outlines of the watersheds, also providing profiles of the river bed and the river run-off. These were presumably done by the Board.

Map-case

Map 6752

Brazos River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6753

Canadian River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6754

Devils River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6755

Guadalupe River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6756

Neches River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6757

Nueces River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6758

Pecos River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6759

Lower Rio Grande Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6760

Upper Rio Grande Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6761

Sabine River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6762

San Antonio River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6763

San Jacinto River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6764

Trinity River Watershed, ca. 1936-1939

Map-case

Map 6765

Brazos River Watershed, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6766

Canadian River Watershed, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6767

Canadian River Watershed, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935

Map-case

Map 6768

Guadalupe River Watershed and San Antonio River Watershed, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6769

A Map Showing Plum Creek Watershed in Caldwell, Hays, and Travis Counties, March 1935

Map-case

Map 6770

Sabine River Watershed, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6771

[Trinity River Watershed], ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6772

Watershed of the Brazos River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6773

Watershed of the Colorado River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6774

Watershed of Cypress Creek in Texas, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6775

Watershed of the Guadalupe River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6776

Watershed of the Neches River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925
[two copies]

[one copy has notes added to some of the gauge stations]

Map-case

Map 6777

Watershed of the Nueces River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

6778

Watershed of the Sabine River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6779

Watersheds of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6780

Watershed of the Sulphur River in Texas, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925

Map-case

Map 6781

Watershed of the Trinity River, State Reclamation Department, ca. 1925
[two copies]

[one copy has gauge stations added]

Ground water maps

Map-case

Map 6783

Map of Texas Showing Areas Covered by Ground Water Investigations, 1929-1934

Map-case

Map 6784

Map of Texas Showing Areas in Which Investigations of Underground Water Resources Have Been in Process During, 1929 - 1935

Reservoirs

Miscellaneous notes and charts concerning existing and proposed lakes and reservoirs.

Map-case

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Table, Reservoirs of Texas

[Lists existing and proposed reservoirs along major rivers in the state.]

Box

Folder

017-23

43.

List of existing and proposed artificial lakes and reservoirs, undated

44.

List of proposed lakes and reservoirs, undated

45.

List of completed or existing lakes and reservoirs, undated

Miscellaneous maps

These maps do not seem to be related to other hydrologic studies.

Map-case

Map 6785

[Proposed Reservoir Along Colorado River in Coke County], by the Planning Board, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6786

Trinity River Reclamation Study, by State Reclamation Department, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6787

Maverick County Water Improvement District No. 1, ca. 1930-1935

Map-case

Map 6788

Joint Plan Proposed for Lower Neches Valley Authority Irrigation Project, combined with Facilities for Hydroelectric Power Development, Upland Irrigation and Valley Flood Control.., by the Office of the Project Engineer, Lower Neches Valley Surveys, ca. 1935

Map-case

Map 6789

Port Isabel - San Benito Navigation District Lands and Triangulation Network, Cameron County, Texas, 1936

Map-case

Map 6790

Louisiana and Texas, Intracoastal Waterway, Sabine River - Galveston Bay Section, Survey of 1926-7, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Engineer's Office, Galveston, 1927

Map-case

Map 6791

Louisiana and Texas, Intracoastal Waterway, San Antonio Bay to Aransas Bay, Dredging, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Engineer's Office, Galveston, 1927

Maps 6792-6796:

These maps were created by the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District. They were found with three unidentified aerial photographs of a river or rivers. The relationship of the maps with the photographs - if there is a tie, is unknown.

Map-case

Map 6792

Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Possum Kingdom Damsite, Palo Pinto County, 1935-1936

Map-case

Map 6793

Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Index Map of Quadrangles of the Possum Kingdom Reservoir Area, ca. 1935-1936

Map-case

Map 6794

Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Sketch Showing Cordorva Bend Damsite Area, Hood County, Texas, ca. 1935-1936

Map-case

Map 6795

Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Index Map of Quadrangles of the Cordorva Bend Reservoir Area, ca. 1935-1936

Map-case

Map 6796

Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Index Map of Quadrangles of the Leon Reservoir Area and Lampasas Reservoir Area, ca. 1935-1936

Photo

1984/140-44 thru 46

Photographs, 1935

Three unidentified aerial photographs. These may be of the Brazos River or one of its tributaries, as they were stored with some topographic maps of proposed reservoir sites in the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District. These photos were taken by Southwestern Aerial Survey, Inc., Austin, Texas, in July 1935. A penciled-in scale on the reverse of one reads 1 inch = 500 feet.

Miscellaneous notes and tables

These were done for an unidentified water study.

Box

Folder

017-23

46.

List of water control district organized under act of 1925, having water control plans approved as of August 31, 1930

47.

List of officers of various water control authorities and districts, November 1936

Natural Resources and Land Use

Maps, charts, and notes concerning land planning; natural resources, e.g., minerals, native vegetation, and oyster beds; economic activity using these resources and the land, e.g., mineral production, agriculture, livestock and lumber production, and oyster farming; and recreational land use, e.g., lakes and parks. Materials arranged by subject matter.

Land Planning

State map showing problem areas and county maps showing areas needing reclamation work, e.g., drainage and clearing.

Map-case

Map 6797

Map Showing Problem Areas in Texas, by John L. Watson and Seaborn L. Rieves, May 1935

Map-case

Map 6798

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Brazoria County, by John L. Watson and Charles B. Metcalfe, [1935- 1936]

Map-case

Map 6799

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Chambers County, by John L. Watson, and Charles B. Metcalfe, [1935- 1936]

Map-case

Map 6800

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Delta County, by John L. Watson and Seaborn L. Rieves, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6801

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Ft. Bend County, by John L. Watson, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6802

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Jackson County, by John L. Watson and Charles B. Metcalfe, [1935- 1936]

Map-case

Map 6803

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Jefferson County, by John L. Watson, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6804

Settlement Areas by Precincts, King County, by John L. Watson, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6805

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Knox County, by John L. Watson and Seaborn L. Rieves, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6806

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Matagorda County,by John L. Watson, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6807

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Refugio County, by John L. Watson and Seaborn L. Rieves, [1935-1936]

Map-case

Map 6808

Settlement Areas by Precincts, Wharton County, by John L. Watson and Charles B. Metcalfe, [1935- 1936]

Land Use - General

Chart of land use classifications, showing acreage in counties for each use type, and map of use classifications.

Box

Folder

017-40

18.

Chart of land use classification and notes re: land use, undated

Map-case

Map 6809

Classification of Land Uses in Texas by Counties, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935

Link to description and images of Map 6809.

Mineral Resources

Maps and notes showing locations of mineral production and refining operations. These maps may have been part of WPA project 6909. See maps 6810-6862, located in the Works Progress Administration Studies series, for maps showing the location of various mineral deposits. Following these are maps showing oil and gas fields, pipelines, and petroleum refineries.

Box

Folder

017-23

48.

Notes re: mineral production, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6893

[Barite Production in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6894

[Basalt Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6895

[Carbon Black Manufacturing Plants in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6866

[Cement Manufacturing Plants in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6867

[Clay Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6868

[Copper Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6869

[Feldspar Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6870

[Fluorspar Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6871

[Fuller's Earth or Bentonite Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6872

[Glass Plants in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6873

[Gold Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6874

[Graphite Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6875

[Greensand Marl Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6876

[Gypsum Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6877

[Helium Plants in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6878

[Lead Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6879

[Lignite Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6880

[Lime Plants in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6881

[Limestone Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6882

[Manganese Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6883

[Commercial Utilization of Mineral Water in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6884

[Quicksilver or Mercury Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6885

[Rock Asphalt Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6886

[Salt Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6887

[Sandstone Quarries in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6888

[Silver Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6889

[Sodium Sulphate Mines in Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6890

Lignite Belt, ca. 1935

Box

Folder

017-23

49.

Lignite resources and uses, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6891

Principal Lignite Outcrops and Mine Explorations of Seams of Lignite in East-Central Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6892

Location of Materials Suitable for the Manufacture of Portland Cement, ca. 1937

Map-case

Map 6893

[Map] Showing Oil and Gas Fields and Salt Domes, by the Zingery Map Company, ca. 1930-1940

Map-case

Map 6894

Oil and Gas Fields of the State of Texas, by the Railroad Commission, 1930. Revised to 1937

Map-case

Map 6895

Pipelines and Oil and Gas Fields in Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves, revised to 1938

Map-case

Map 6896

Petroleum Refineries in Texas, 1938

Crop, Livestock and Lumber Production

Charts, tables, notes, letters, and maps concerning native vegetation; distribution of land used for farming and grazing; crop and livestock production; cotton industry; the cattle industry; and lumber production.

Box

Folder

017-23

50.

Distribution of acreage for farming and grazing, by county, 1934

51.

List of farming areas in Texas, 1930

52.

Farm land in the East Texas Commercial Timber Belt, 1934-1935

Map-case

Map 6897

General Distribution of Native Vegetation in Texas, 1935

Map-case

Map 6898

Percentage of Arable Land in Texas Used for Crop Production, 1929, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6899

Percentage of Texas Farm Land Used for Crop Production, 1929, drawn by Seaborn L. Rieves, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6900

Percentage of Total Texas Land Used for Crop Production, 1929, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6901

Failure [of] Total Crop Land by Counties in Texas, 1929, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6902

[Value of Land per Acre, 1929], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6903

Type of Farming Areas in Texas, 1930, by Seaborn L. Rieves, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6904

Texas High Plains and Adjacent Upland Dry Farming Region, by R.L.L. and Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Map-case

Map 6905

Texas Cattle and Calves, All Ages as of Jan[uary] 1, 1935, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Map-case

Map 6906

Texas Sheep and Lambs, All Ages as of Jan[uary] 1, 1935, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Map-case

Map 6907

Texas Swine, All Ages as of Jan[uary] 1, 1935, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Map-case

Map 6908

Texas Mohair Production, 1934, [1937]

Map-case

Map 6909

Texas Wool Production, 1934, [1937]

Map-case

Map 6910

Texas Cotton Ginnings, 1936, [1937]

Box

Folder

017-23

53.

Chart, A Comparison of Cotton Lint Production in the U.S., East and West of the Mississippi, 1928-1937, ca. 1937

Map-case

Map 6911

The Average Annual Cotton Crop, 1928-1937, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938

Map-case

Map 6912

The Average Annual Cotton Crop, 1928-1937 [and] U.S.D.A. Regional and Subregional Laboratories Shown, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938

Box

Folder

017-40

19.

Chart showing citrus production, 1936-1937

Map-case

Map 6913

Study of Cattle Feeding and Meat Packing Industry for Gulf Coast Texas, by George Sitz and Associates, ca. 1937

Map-case

Map 6914

Saw Mills in Texas - 1935, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1938

Oyster Farming

Reports and letters from the Texas Oyster Conference, and photographs and maps concerning oyster leases.

Box

Folder

017-23

54.

Report, A Discussion of the Possibilities of the Cultivated Oyster Industry in Texas Waters, by Roland A. Laird, February 20, 1936

55.

Discussion of the Cultivated Oyster Industry in Texas Coastal Waters, by the Texas Oyster Conference, January 15, 1937

56.

Correspondence, a map, and photographs re: oyster leases along the mouth of the Colorado River, January 1937

Photograph

1984/140-47

Looking north from the Gulf, Matagorda in the Distance, taken August 13, 1936

Photograph

1984/140-48

Looking southwest, approximately five miles from the Gulf of Mexico, taken August 13, 1936

Map-case

Map 6915

Colorado River, Texas, Showing the Area from its Mouth to Bay City, Texas, by the U.S. Engineer's Office, August 1936

Map-case

Map 6916

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 1 - Port Isabel, 1935-1937, by Charles B. Metcalfe, [1936]

Map-case

Map 6917

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 9 - Rockport, 1935-1937, by Charles B. Metcalfe and Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6918

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 10 - St. Joseph Island, 1936-1937, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Map-case

Map 6919

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 14 - Port Lavaca, 1936-1937, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6920

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 15 - Palacious, 1936-1937, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6921

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 16 - Matagorda West, 1936-1937, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Map-case

Map 6922

Oyster Leases on Texas Coast, Sheet 17 - Matagorda West, 1936-1937, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Box

Folder

017-41

Texas Oyster Production Chart, 1910-1936

Recreational Land Use

Maps concerning parks, forests, lakes, wildlife refuges, game preserves, and other tourist interest areas.

Map-case

Map 6923

Recreational Facilities and Other Points of Interest for Tourists and Pleasure Seekers in Texas, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938

Map-case

Map 6924

Official Map of the Lakes and Dams of Texas [and State Game Preserves], by the State Board of Water Engineers, 1934. Game preserves added ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6925

[Sam Houston National Forest, Four Units], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6926

State Parks in Relation to Population, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Map-case

Map 6927

A Map of Texas Showing the State Parks and the Municipal Parks, ca. 1936

Link to description and images of Map 6927

Map-case

Map 6928

Map of Texas Showing State Parks, by Y.P. Kuhn, State Parks Board, 1936

Map-case

Map 6929

Map of Texas Showing State Parks, by Y.P. Kuhn, State Parks Board, 1936

[this is a simplified version of map 6928]

Map-case

Map 7009

[Map of Texas Showing Recreational Areas], ca. 1937

Map-case

Map 6930

Davis Mountains State Park Area, Showing Scenic Drive, by R.D. Swartz, County Surveyor, Jeff Davis County, 1935

Link to description and images of Map 6930.

Recreational Land Use - Maps of State Parks

Maps 6931-6958 are plats of some state parks. They were possibly traced from State Parks Board maps. Original order has been maintained.

Map-case

Map 6931

Plat Showing Aransas Pass State Park, 540 Acres, Nueces County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6932

Plat Showing Nocona State Park, 300 Acres, Montague County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6933

Plat Showing Fort Parker, State Park, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6934

Plat Showing Lockhart State Park, 227 Acres, Caldwell County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6935

Plat Showing Kerrville State Park, Kerr County, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6936

Plat Showing Laguna Vista State Park, Cameron County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6937

Plat Showing Garner State Park, 478 Acres, Uvalde County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6938

Plat Showing Longhorn Cavern State Park, 550 Acres, Burnet County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6939

Plat Showing Bonham State Park, Fannin County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6940

Plat Showing Dangerfield State Park, 500 Acres, Morris County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6941

Plat Showing Adobe Walls State Park, 640 Acres, Hutchinson County, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6942

Plat Showing Paris State Park, 3200 Acres, Lamar County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6943

Plat Showing Ochiltree State Park, 647 Acres, Ochiltree County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6944

Plat Showing Santa Helena State Park, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6945

Plat Showing Big Bend State Park, 105,600 Acres, Brewster County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6946

Plat Showing Palo Duro Canyon State Park, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6947

Sketch Showing San Augustine State Park, 500 Acres, San Augustine County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6948

Plat Showing Lamesa State Park, 500 Acres, Dawson County, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6949

Plat Showing Tyler State Park, 398 Acres, Smith County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6950

Plat Showing Oasis State Park, 500 Acres, Hemphill County, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6951

Plat Showing Lake Corpus Christi State Park, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6952

Bastrop - Buescher State Park, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6953

Plat Showing Goose Island State Park, 157 Acres, Aransas County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6954

Plat Showing Cleburne State Park, 500 Acres, Johnson County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6955

Plat of Mackenzie State Park, Lubbock Co[unty], Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

6956

Plat Showing Loy State Park, Grayson County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6957

Plat Showing Caddo Lake State Park, 460 Acres, Harrison County, Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6958

Plat Showing Davis Mountains State Park, Number 4, 1975 Acres, Jeff Davis County, Texas, ca. 1936

Population Studies

Notes, charts, and maps concerning the growth, distribution, and composition of the population in the state, 1850-1930. A population map, by counties, for 1840 was started, but no population data was added.

Box

Folder

017-23

Charts and notes:

57.

Growth of Texas Population, 1850-1930

57.

Composition of Texas Population, 1880-1930

Map-case

Map 6959

Population of Texas Counties, 1850, by Jerry D. Wilson and Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6960

Population of Texas Counties, 1860, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Jerry D. Wilson, , two copies 1936
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6961

Population of Texas Counties, 1870, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Jerry D. Wilson, 1936
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6962

Population of Texas Counties, 1880, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metalfe, 1936
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6963

Population of Texas Counties, 1890, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6964

Population of Texas Counties, 1900, by Charles B. Metcalfe, Seaborn L. Rieves, and Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6965

Population of Texas Counties, 1910, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6966

Population of Texas Counties, 1920, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Map-case

Map 6967

Population of Texas Counties, 1930, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Map-case

Map 6968

Texas Minor Civil Divisions, [Distribution of Population in Texas, 1930], population data added January 1935

Map 6730 also shows the distribution of population in Texas in 1930 and was compiled and drawn by the Planning Board

Map-case

Map 6969

Total Population by Counties in Texas, 1930 Census, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935

Map-case

Map 6970

Distribution of Old Age Assistance Recipients, 1939

Other population studies maps by the Board are maps 6718, 6719, and 6731-6733, found in the Publication series.

Health

Statistical maps and charts showing the occurrence and number of deaths, by county, from various diseases, 1934-1936. Also included are death rates, by county, from automobile accidents.

Box

Folder

017-37

30.

Deaths from Automobile Accidents, by Counties, in Texas, 1934

30.

Death Rate Per 100,000 Population from Preventable Diseases, by Counties, in Texas, 1934

30.

Death Rate Per 100,000 Population from Tuberculosis, by Counties, in Texas, 1933

30.

Death Rate Per 100,000 Population from Tuberculosis, by Counties, in Texas, 1934

30.

Actual Deaths from Diarrhea and Enteritis, 1934

30.

Actual Deaths from Pneumonia, all forms, 1934

31.

Actual Deaths from Heart Diseases, 1934

31.

Actual Deaths from Typhoid and Paratyphoid, 1934

31.

Actual Deaths from Tuberculosis, all forms, 1934

31.

Number of Deaths from Pellagra, 1934

31.

Actual Deaths from Dysentery, 1934

31.

Actual Deaths from Influenza, 1934

32.

Actual Deaths from Nephritis, 1934

32.

Actual Deaths from Cancer, 1934

32.

Actual Deaths from Apoplexy, 1934

32.

Malaria Death Rates for Texas Counties - 1935

32.

Incidence of Malaria Deaths in Texas Counties - 1935

32.

Death Rate Per 100,000 Population from Preventable Diseases, by Counties, [in] Texas, 1936

Figures, 1936:

[Materials in folders 33-35 appear to have been done for a publication. Such a report is not in the Archives's holdings so this assumption is not verified.]

Box

Folder

017-37

33.

List of figures - table of contents

33.

Fig. 1 Comparison of Death Rates in Texas, 1936

33.

Fig. 2 Crude Death Rates, All Causes, 1936, for all states

33.

Fig. 3 Crude Death Rates, Preventable Diseases, 1936, for all states

33.

Fig. 4 Crude Death Rates, Malaria, 1936, for all states

33.

Fig. 5 Incidence [of] Malaria Cases, 1936 in Texas, by county

33.

Fig. 6 Crude Death Rates, Typhoid and Paratyphoid, 1936, for all states

33.

Fig. 7 Incidence [of] Malaria Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

34.

Fig. 8 Crude Death Rates, Pellagra, 1936, for all states

34.

Fig. 9 Incidence [of] Tuberculosis Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

34.

Fig. 10 Crude Death Rates, Tuberculosis, all forms, 1936, for all states

34.

Fig. 11 Incidence [of] Tuberculosis Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

34.

Fig. 12 Crude Death Rates, Diphtheria, 1936, for all states

34.

Fig. 13 Incidence [of] Diphtheria Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

34.

Fig. 14 Crude Death Rates, Diarrhea and Enteritis, under 2 Years of Age, 1936, for all states

35.

Fig. 15 Crude Death Rates, Diarrhea and Enteritis, over 2 Years of Age, 1936, for all states

35.

Fig. 16 Incidence [of] Typhus Fever Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

35.

Fig. 17 Incidence [of] Smallpox Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

35.

Fig. 18 Incidence [of] Poliomyelitis Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

35.

Fig. 19 Incidence [of] Dysentery Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

35.

Fig. 20 Incidence [of] Pneumonia Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

35.

Fig. 21 Incidence [of] Scarlet Fever Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

35.

Fig. 22 Incidence [of] Whooping Cough Cases, 1936, in Texas, by county

Transportation

Maps showing various modes of transportation, e.g., airline routes, railroads, Intracoastal Waterway, bus and truck lines, and general highway maps. A number of Highway Department maps were found with these materials. As these maps are duplicated in our holdings and do not have any added information, they were removed. They were: two sets of maps of the 25 highway divisions, ca. 1931 and ca. 1935--see maps 6140-6182, dated 1930 and ca. 1940; single issues of division maps, ca. 1935, division 14--see map 6171, and division 23-- see map 6180; and state highway maps, 1935, 2 copies-- see map 6191, 1936--see map 6193, and 1937--see map 6194.

Map-case

Map 6971

Airports and Scheduled Air Lines in Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves and Charles B. Metcalfe, 1938.

[Map 6735 is an earlier edition.]

Map-case

Map 6972

Texas Railroad Map, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935. Revised by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1937
[two copies]

[Map 6724 is an earlier edition and map 6973 is a later edition.]

Map-case

Map 6973

Texas Railroad Map, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935. Revised by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938

[Maps 6724 and 6972 are earlier editions.]

Map-case

Map 6974

Louisiana - Texas Intracoastal Waterway, San Antonio Bay to Aransas Bay, by the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Engineer's Office, 1938

Map-case

Map 6975

Bus Lines, Operating on Regular Schedules in Texas, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1935
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6976

Intrastate Truck Lines, Operating on Regular Schedules in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935
[two copies ]

Map-case

Map 6977

Interstate Truck Lines, Operating on Regular Schedules in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6978

Highway Districts in Texas, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6979

[Highway Map of Texas], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6980

Official Map of the Highway System of Texas, Federal Aid System, State Highway Commission, 1935
[two copies]

Map-case

Map 6981

Graphic Traffic Census Map of the Texas Highway System, June, 1931

Map-case

Map 6982

Traffic Flow Chart of the United States, 1937, by Bureau of Public Roads, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1937

Hydroelectric Studies and Rural Electrification

Notes, charts, and tables, probably for the Board's publication, Markets for Texas Hydroelectric Power. See this title in the Publication series for additional hydroelectric materials. Other items in this series include kilowatt-hour charts, list of water power plants, notes and tables concerning rural electrification projects, and a map showing power plants and transmission lines.

Box

Folder

017-23

58.

Chart, Relative Growth of Power Consumption in Texas, 1925-1939, 1937

59.

Notes and table re: Texas cities owning light and power plants, ca. 1937

60.

Survey form for report on electric and electric rates, [1937]

The remaining items are not connected with the aforementioned report.

61.

Kilowatts-Hour production charts for U.S. and Texas, 1920-1933, ca. 1937

62.

List of water power plants in Texas, 1936

63.

Notes and tables re: rural electrification projects, 1938

Map-case

Map 6983

Power Transmission Lines and Power Plants in Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935. Revised to 1936

[Map 6734 is an earlier edition, and map 6984 is a later edition.]

Map-case

Map 6984

Power Transmission Lines and Power Plants in Texas. Revised by Jerry D. Wilson to 1938

[Maps 6734 and 6983 are earlier editions.]

Government

Charts depicting various government activities.

Box

Folder

017-40

19.

Charts, Texas Tax Dollar, 1933-1935

[These were probably done for the report, Major Revenue Problems in Texas. See this report in the Publications series for related information.]

Map-case

Map 6985

Counties in Which Local Planning Boards Have Been Organized, ca. 1935

Box

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Chart showing the structure of the government of Texas, 1938

Works Progress Administration

A table of WPA expenditures by state, and maps of WPA districts. Other materials reflecting the Board's involvement with the WPA are in the Works Progress Administration Studies series.

Box

Folder

017-24

Table showing WPA expenditures by state, 1935

Map-case

Map 6986

Divisions of Works Progress Administration in Texas, Showing Location of Headquarters and Director of Each, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6987

Works Progress Administration District No. 9, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1937

Climatological Data

Graphs and maps showing rainfall and temperature patterns. Maps 6988-6993 are a set. Map 6727, Normal Annual Rainfall, probably part of this set, was done earlier and published in the Board's 1936 report to the Governor.

Map-case

Map 6988

Minimum Annual Rainfall, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6989

Maximum Annual Rainfall, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6990

Average Temperature, by Charles B. Metcalfe and Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6991

Average Maximum Temperature, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6992

Average Minimum Temperature, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6993

Average Growing Season in Days, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1936

Map-case

Map 6994

Climatic Regions of Texas, based on Characteristics of Soils and Natural Regions, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6995

[Weather Zones, based on Average Date of Last Killing Frost], ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 6996

[Weather Zones, based on Average Date of First Killing Frost], ca. 1936

Box

Folder

017-24

Graph, Texas Monthly Mean Rainfall, 1888 to Date

Graph, Texas Monthly Mean Temperatures, 1888 to Date

World's Fair and Golden Gate International Exposition

The Board assisted in planning for the Texas exhibits at the 1939 world's fairs. Materials consist of floor plans of the Texas building and layouts of the fairs. These items were possibly published in Report on Texas Participation in New York and San Francisco World's Fairs of 1939. A list of members of the Commission appointed by Governor Allred concerning Texas' participation in these fairs can be found in the Administrative records series.

Box

Folder

017-24

Floor plans of Texas building, 1937

Layout of New York World's Fair, ca. 1937

Box

Folder

017-40

19.

Layout of Golden Gate International Exposition, 1937

Miscellaneous Materials

Maps of the state, regions, counties, and other areas, not part of any subject classification in this series.

Map-case

Map 6997

Texas Counties, 1840, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936
[two copies]

[One copy was intended to be used as a population map but the population data was never added.]

Map-case

Map 6998

Texas Counties, 1850, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 6999

Texas Counties, 1860, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Map-case

Map 7000

Texas Counties, 1870, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Map-case

Map 7001

Texas Counties, 1880, by Seaborn L. Rieves, 1936

Map-case

Map 7002

Texas Counties, 1890, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 7003

Texas Counties, 1900, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 7004

Texas Counties, 1910, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 7005

Texas Counties, 1920, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 7006

Texas Counties, 1930, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

[Two copies, one having some data added, probably representing population distribution.]

Map-case

Map 7007

Comparative Size of Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1936

Map-case

Map 7008

[Map of Texas], ca. 1937

[Shows sewer systems, water basins, reservoirs, oil fields, and oyster beds.]

Map-case

Map 7010

[Grid Map of Texas], ca. 1936

Maps 7011-7015 are various state maps not done by the Board, but used as reference material

Map-case

Map 7011

Grid Map Showing Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Portions of Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, Alabama, Missouri and Kansas, by Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys, 1935

Map-case

Map 7012

Texas, Minor Civil Divisions, by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, 1930

[Shows counties and precincts.]

Map-case

Map 7013

Texas, 1931, by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, two sheets.

[Outlines counties and precincts.]

Map-case

Map 7014

Map of Texas, by the Texas Board of Water Engineers, 1934

[General map]

Map-case

Map 7015

The State of Texas, ca. 1914

[Shows counties.]

Map-case

Map 7016

[Texas Coast], by Charles B. Metcalfe, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 7017

Map of Various Texas Counties to Accompany Report on Resources, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938.

[Covers part of the south central coast. We do not have the report referred to on the map.]

Map-case

Map 7018

Map Showing Approximate Location of Four New Towns in Maverick County, Texas, by Charles B. Metcalfe, 1935

Map-case

Map 7019

Map of Coleman County, Showing Location of Padgitt Ranch, April 12, 1935

Map-case

Map 7020

Zoning Plan for a Small City, by Jerry D. Wilson, 1938

Maps 7021-7024, of regions and smaller areas, and the property plats, were not done by the Board, but used as reference material. Following these maps is a report on running transit traverse.

Map-case

Map 7021

Map and General Information of Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, by office of Alfred Tamm, Harlingen, ca. 1934

[Map 7022 is a later edition.]

Map-case

Map 7022

Map and General Information of Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, by office of Alfred Tamm, Harlingen, ca. 1937

Link to description and images of Map 7022.

[Map 7021 is an earlier edition.]

Map-case

Map 7023

Location of Proposed New Causeway from Flour Bluff to Mustang Island, by J.W. Berette Engineers, San Antonio, ca. 1936

Map-case

Map 7024

Map of Corpus Christi, by State Reclamation Department, 1938

Box

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Property plats along the Brazos River, two items, 1930 and 1931

Box

Folder

OS Planning Board Map Drawer

Property plat, location and date unknown, containing numerous notes

Box

Folder

017-24

Report, An Outline of the Procedure for Running Third Order Transit, Traverse and Computations of Geodetic Positions for Same as followed by the Texas Reclamation Department, March 1937

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Press releases, 1936-1938, undated,
0.1 cubic ft.

These are press releases of the Texas Planning Board, dating August 8, 1936-May 3, 1938, undated. These statements provide information on the accomplishments of the Board. Activities reported include surveys undertaken by Board committees; successful attempts to attract WPA projects to Texas; the campaign promoting the use of natural resources; their drive to keep industry in the state; and appointments to the Board or its committees.

Arrangement

These records are arranged in chronological order.

Preferred Citation

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

Box

Folder

017-24

6-13.

Press releases, August 1936 - May 1938, undated

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Clippings, 1931-1939, undated (bulk March 1935 - March 1939), 4.52 cubic ft.
	These are vertical files of articles concerning Texas Planning Board activities and subjects relating to their research interests, dating 1931-1939 and undated (bulk March 1935-March 1939). Topics covered include advertising, agriculture, city planning, flood control, forestry, health, industry, land use, mineral resources, native raw materials, water conservation and resources, and WPA projects. Most clippings contain the name of the city and/or newspaper, and date of publication.
	Organization
	These records are organized into two subseries.
	Subject files, 1931-1939, undated (bulk 1935-1939), 4.52 cubic ft.
	Scrapbooks, 1936-1939, 1.59 cubic ft. (3 volumes)
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Clippings, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
		Subject files, 1931-1939, undated (bulk 1935-1938), 4.52 cubic ft.
		Files contain newspaper clippings and some non-clippings retained as reference material, e.g., agriculture and industrial sections of newspapers, notices of public hearings concerning flood control, and statistics on Texas agriculture production prior to 1936. Dates covered are 1931-1939 (bulk March 1935-December 1938).
		Arrangement
		Files are arranged alphabetically by subject. Arrangement within folders is loosely chronological by month, usually in reverse date order.
		Preferred Citation
		(Identify the item), Subject files, Clippings, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Box	Folder
017-24	14.		Advertising, January - September 1937, undated
	15.		Agricultural Adjustment Administration, April 1937 - May 1938, undated
	16.		Agriculture products, January - May 1937; January and March 1938
	17.		Airports and airplanes, January 1939, undated
	18.		Alcohol and breweries, March 1937 - March 1938; undated
	19.		American Legion, undated
	20.		ARGOL, May 1938, undated
	21.		Bees, May 1937, undated
	22.		Berries, June 1937
	23.		Bitterweed, April 1937, March 1938
	24.		Broccoli, January 1938
	25.		Business, November 1937 - February 1938, undated
	26.		Canal, September 1938
	27.		Cedar, March - April 1937, September 1938, undated
	28.		Cement, December 1937 - April 1938, undated
	29.		Chamber of Commerce, December 1937, February 1938
	30.		Chemicals, January - May 1938, undated
	31-32.		Chemurgic, April 1937 - January 1939
	33.		Child welfare, September 1937
	34-37.		City planning, February 1937 - June 1938, undated
	38.		Civilian Conservation Corps, June 1937, December 1937 - March 1938, undated
	39.		Clubs - 4-H, June 1937 - February 1938
	40-41.		Colorado River, May 1937 - October 1938, undated
	42.		Conference Bulletin, February 1938
	43.		Corn, April 1937 - October 1938, undated
	44.		Cotton, Texas Agriculture Bulletin, 1936
	45.		Cotton, January - April 1937, undated
Box	Folder
017-25	1-8.		Cotton, April 1937 - December 1938, undated
	9-11.		Cotton reports, Texas-Oklahoma-New Mexico, April 24 - October 16, 1937
	12.		Cotton mills, July 24, 1938
	13.		Cottonseed, May 1937 - January 1938, undated
	14.		County planning, March - May, August 1938
	15.		Crop insurance, January - March 1938
	16.		Dams, Possum Kingdom, January - April 1938
	17.		Dams, other, January - December 1938, undated
	18.		Deaf people, January 1938
	19.		Death, childbearing, January 1938
	20.		Economic problems of the south, September 1938
	21.		Education, January 1937 - September 1938, undated
	22.		Eleemosynary, April 1937; January - February 1938
	23-24.		Employment, January 1937 - November 1937, undated
	25.		Engineers, February, April, and July 1938
	26.		Engineer's License Board, April and September 1937
	27.		Expeditions, undated
	28-29.		Exports and imports, January 1937 - November 1938, undated
	30.		Farming, April 1937, January - September 1938, undated
	31.		Farming County Operative Organization, April - May 1937, December 1937 - June 1938
	32.		Fertilizer, January [1938?]
	33.		Fibre, February 1938
	34.		Financial, December 1937 - April 1938
	35.		Fishing industry, April 1937 - November 1938, undated
	36.		Flex and hairy vetch, January - February 1938
Box	Folder
017-26	1-3.		Flood control, January 1937 - September 1938, undated
	4.		Food problems, April 1937, December 1937 - June 1938
	5.		Foreign trade, April 1937 - February 1938, undated
	6-14.		Forestry, January 1937 - December 1938, undated
	15.		Fowl, 1931-1936, April 1937 - April 1938, undated
	16.		Fruits, 1934, April - December 1937
	17.		Texas Farming and Citriculture, October, 1937
	18.		Gas, December 1937 - August 1938
	19.		Gasoline plants, March 1938, undated
	20.		Ginning, March 1937 - March 1938, undated
	21-24.		Government and social aspects, January - August 1937, undated
Box	Folder
017-27	1-6.		Government and social aspects, September 1937 - December 1938, undated
	7.		Grazing, April 1937, March - April 1938
	8.		Grapefruit, January - April 1938, undated
	9.		Grapes, January - February 1938, undated
	10.		Grasshoppers, January 1939
	11-16.		Health, March 1936 - December 1938, undated
	17-19.		Highways, April 1937 - November 1938, undated
			Housing:
	20-23.			July - August 1935, March 1937 - November 1938, undated
	24.			PWA Program, December 1935, May - June 1936, January 1937
	25.			Resettlement, July 1935 - June 1936, undated
	26.			Rural settlement, March 1935 - October 1936, undated
	27.		Houston water system, June - November 1937
	28.		Income, June 1938
	29-31.		Industries, new, June 1937 - January 1939, undated
	32.		Industry, June and September 1936 - January 1937
Box
017-28			Industry:
	1-13.			February 1937 - January 1939, undated
	14-15.			Livestock, January - December 1937, undated
	16.			The Brownsville Herald, industrial section, May 16, 1937
	17-21.			The Houston Post, Annual Industrial sections, December 31, 1937 and December 1, 1938
Box	Folder
017-29	1.			The Houston Post, Annual Industrial section, December 1, 1938
	2.			San Antonio Express, Business Review Section, January 1, 1938
	3-5.			Temple Daily Telegram, Industrial Opportunities edition, various industrial sections, June 29, 1938
	6.			Texas Industrial News, May 1938
	7.			Texas Industry, September - October 1938
	8.		Insects, March 1937 - June 1938
	9.		Insurance, January - November 1938
	10.		Iron, April 1937; September 1938 - January 1939
			Land use:
	11-15.			January 1937 - April 1938, undated
	16.			Index to agriculture, cotton, live- stock, and soil conservation folders
	17.			Agriculture, May 1935 - March 1937, undated
	18.			Cotton, March 1936 - March 1937
	19.			Livestock, February 1936 - March 1937
	20.			Soil conservation, June 1936 - March 1937
	21.		Laredo Chamber of Commerce, January, [1938?]
	22.		Leather, undated
	23-24.		Legislative, January 1937 - December 1938, undated
	25.		Libraries, March 1936 - September 1938, undated
	26.		Limestone, February [1938?]
	27-28.		Livestock, July 1936, October 1937 - January 1939
	29.		Mapping, January 1938
	30.		Market reports, April - May 1937, December 1937 - March 1938, undated
	31.		Meat, January - April 1938, undated
	32.		Mills and elevators, January 1939
	33.		McDonald Observatory, October 1935, July 1936, July 1937
	34-35.		Mineral resources, November 1936 - April 1937
Box	Folder
017-30	1-3.		Mineral resources, May 1937 - March 1938, undated
	4.		Mining, January 1938, undated
	5.		Mistletoe, January 1938
	6.		Model farms, April - May 1937
	7.		Mohair and wool, January 1938
	8.		National Youth Administration, February - March 1938, undated
	9.		Natural resources, September 1937 - October 1938, undated
	10-12.		Oil, March 1937 - June 1938, undated
	13.		Oil tool plant, May 1937
	14.		Old Age Assistance, January - February 1938
	15-16.		Orchards and gardens, January 1937 - October 1938, undated
	17.		Organizations, January 1938
	18.		Padre Island, December 1937 - March 1938
	19-20.		Paper and fiber mills, February - November 1937, January 1939, undated
	21-24.		Parks, September 1935 - August 1938, undated
	25.		Pecans, January - October 1938, undated
	26.		Pipelines, February - March 1938, undated
	27.		Planning, national, March 1937 - April 1938
	28.		Population studies, January 1937 - June 1938, undated
	29.		Post offices, January 1938
	30.		Power plants, December 1937 - November 1938
	31.		Prices, February 1938
	32.		Prisons, January - July 1937, undated
	33.		Public service, February 1938
	34.		Range program, January - May 1937
	35.		Reconstruction Finance Corporation, November 1938
	36.		Recreational, March - August 1937, September 1938
	37.		Regional planning, December 1937, March 1938, January 1939
	38.		Relief, January - February 1938, undated
	39-40.		Research, May 1937, January - November 1938
	41.		Retail trade, March - April 1938
Box	Folder
017-31	1.		Rice, August 1936, March 1937 - January 1938, undated
	2-3.		Rio Grande, April - July 1936, March 1937 - January 1939, undated
	4.		Rose industry, February and December 1937, March 1938
	5-6.		Rural electrification, January 1937 - January 1939
	7.		Safety, December and January, no years given
	8.		Salt cake, January 1938
	9.		San Jacinto River, October - November 1937
	10.		Sawmills, undated
	11.		Schools, December 1937 - November 1938, undated
	12.		Secede, South Texas, February 1938
	13-19.		Soil conservation, October 1935 - June 1936, January 1937 - January 1939, undated
	20.		Soil erosion, January - July 1937, January - November 1938
	21.		Soybeans, January 1937 - October 1938
	22.		State banks, January 1937
	23.		State needs, January 1938
	24.		State Observer, June 1938
	25.		Stock market, January 1938
	26.		Strikes, April 1937
	27.		Sweetwater, January 1938
	28.		Texas history, January 1937
			Texas Planning Board:
	29-32.			January 1937 - February 1939, undated
	33-35.			Editorial file, February 1935 - March 1937
	36.			Governor Allred's accomplishments, September 1935 - March 1936
Box	Folder
017-32	1.			Natural resources, May 1935 - July 1936
	2.			National Resources Committee, October 1935 - April 1936, undated
	3.			Planning, February - November 1935, undated
	4.			Politics, May 1935 - September 1936
	5.			Press news, June 1935 - April 1936
	6.			Public welfare, July 1936
	7.			Public Works Administration, June 1935 and September 1936
	8.		Tariffs, May - June 1937
	9.		Handling stock, April 1937
	10-11.		Taxation, July 1937, December 1937 - December 1938, undated
	12.		Teachers retirement, April 1937, January - February 1938
	13-14.		Tenants, January 1937 - June 1938, undated
	15.		Tornadoes, April 1937
	16.		Tourists, January 1938 - January 1939, undated
	17-21.		Traffic accidents, April 1937 - November 1938, undated
	22.		Trailers, September 1936; March 1937; February [year not given]
	23-26.		Trinity River, January - August 1935, January 1937 - January 1939, undated
	27.		Trucks, January - May 1938
	28.		Tule Creek Lake, January 1939
	29.		Tung Oil, December 1936 - January 1939, undated
	30.		TVA Utilities, May 1935, January and April 1937
	31.		Wages, January 1938
	32-34.		Water resources, January - June 1937, undated
Box	Folder
017-33	1-7.		Water resources, July 1937 - January 1939, undated
	8.		Wealth, 1937
	9.		Wheat, January 1937 - January 1938, undated
	10.		Wildlife, January 1937 - June 1938, undated
	11.		Wind erosion, January 1937 - June 1938
	12-16.		Wool, September 1934 - January 1939, undated
	17-18.		World's Fair, June 1937 - October 1938, undated
	19-20.		Works Progress Administration and Public Works Administration, March 1937 - February 1938, undated
	21.		Zoning, April 1937 - June 1938, undated
		Scrapbooks, 1936-1939, 1.59 cubic ft. (3 volumes)
		These books are composed of clippings, dating July 1936-March 1939. Some clustering by topic occurred as a subject was featured in the news.
		Arrangement
		The clippings are arranged chronologically by month.
		Preferred Citation
		(Identify the item), Scrapbooks, Clippings, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Volume
017-42			Volume 1, July - November 1936
				[Major topics covered: recruitment of WPA money and projects to the state, a Rio Grande treaty with Mexico, preventable death, statewide survey of mineral resources, flood damage, water conservation, and legislation creating a State Board of Public Welfare.]
Volume
017-43			Volume 2, December 1936 - November 1937
				[Major topics covered: the Board's proposal for a State Social Security Board, statewide survey of mineral resources, milk labeling bill, production of grapes, statewide industrial survey, mining, mosquito control bill, a Rio Grande treaty with Mexico, preventable deaths, tanning industry, and development of the tourist trade.]
Volume
017-44			Volume 3, November 1937 - January 1939
				[Major topics covered: statewide survey of mineral resources, flood control, conservation of underground water, a Rio Grande treaty with Mexico, cotton industry, statewide industrial survey, forest industry, tourist trade, and extension of the Board's existence by the Legislature.]

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Administrative records, 1925-1939, undated (bulk 1935-1938),
1.2 cubic ft.

This series contains financial records, general office files, and reference materials and notes used for legislative research by the Texas Planning Board. Dates covered are 1925-1939, undated (bulk 1935-1938).

Organization

These records are organized into three subseries.

Financial records, 1935-1939, 0.3 cubic ft.

Legislative materials, 1925-1938, undated, 0.6 cubic ft.

Office files, 1927-1929, 0.3 cubic ft.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Administrative records, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Financial records, 1935-1939,
0.3 cubic ft.

These consist of budget materials, lists and status of appropriations statements, monthly and yearly expenditure summaries, and monthly statements from the Comptroller. Dates covered are 1935-1939.

Arrangement

Files are arranged by record type.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Financial records, Administrative records, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Box

Folder

017-41

Budget, FY 1935

Box

Folder

017-33

22-27.

Budget preparation for FY 1938 and FY 1939:

22.

FY 1935 data

23.

FY 1936 figures and correspondence, August 1936

24.

Written statements to legislature, April 1937

25.

Analysis of Board's budget

26.

Explanation of figures in budget

27.

Estimates for budget

28.

List of appropriations, FY 1938 and FY 1939

29.

Status of appropriations, October 1935 - December 1936

30.

Status of appropriations, March 1937 - August 1938

Monthly statements of expenditures,

31.

April - December 1935

Box

Folder

017-34

January - December 1936

January - December 1937

January 1938 - January 1939

Statement of expenditures, May - December 1935

Expenditure classifications, effective September 1, 1937, State Comptroller

Expenditures, FY 1936, September 1935 - August 1936

Expenditures, FY 1937, September 1936 - August 1937

20-22.

Monthly statements from Comptroller:

20.

March - August 1938

21.

September - November 1938

22.

December 1938 - February 1939

Legislative materials, 1925-1938, undated,
0.6 cubic ft.

Correspondence, reports, copies of bills and acts, clippings and notes used by the Board when researching and drafting proposed legislation. Dates covered are 1925-1938, undated. Subjects covered include farm tenancy, forestry, housing, minerals, public health and welfare, resettlement, and social security. Some of the reference materials were probably also consulted in preparing various Board publications.

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Legislative materials, Administrative records, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Box

Folder

017-34

6-7.

Farm tenancy, clippings, 1936-1937

8-12.

Farm tenancy, reports, 1937

13.

Farmers Home Corporation, legislation and report, 1936

Farming:

14.

Legislation, 1936

15.

Correspondence, 1932

16.

Report, 1936

Housing:

17.

Legislation, 1927

18.

Legislation, 1934

19.

Legislation, 1938

20.

Reports and legislation, 1935-1936

21.

Reports, 1934 and 1935

22.

Report, 1936

23.

Notes on proposed Texas housing bill, undated

Forestry laws of Texas:

24.

Correspondence, 1935-1937

25.

Legislation, 1925-1935

26.

Outlines and drafts of proposed forestry laws, undated

27.

Mineral laws of Texas, typescript of articles of the laws, followed by recommended changes, undated

Public health:

28.

Notes and legislation, 1937

29.

Report, 1935

30.

Statistics, undated

Public welfare:

31.

Legislation, undated

32.

Report, undated

33.

Press release, 1936

34.

Recreation, Davis Mountains State Park Highway, legislation, 1927

35.

Recreation, report, 1936

Resettlement:

36.

Report, 1937

37.

Report, 1936

38.

Press release, 1936

39.

Statement supporting creation of Texas Colonization Commission, undated

Box

Folder

017-35

Revenue and taxation, clippings, 1937

Revenue and taxation, report, 1935

Social Security, legislation and report, 1935-1936

Social Security, report, 1935

Unemployment compensation, report, 1936

Office files, 1927-1939,
0.3 cubic ft.

These consist of routine office records, e.g., employee lists, office inventories, instructions on office practices, mailing lists for reports, and a few miscellaneous items. Dates covered are 1927-1939.

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically by type.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Office files, Administrative records, Records, Texas Planning Board. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Box

Folder

017-35

Employee lists and temporary appointments, 1935-1938

General reports on the Board's activities, 1935 and 1936

List of reports by other state planning boards, undated

Mailing lists for Board reports, 1936, undated

10.

Meeting times for Board, proposed changes, 1938

11.

Office inventories of furniture, equipment and supplies, 1935-1938, undated

12.

Office management instructions from State Auditor and correspondence, 1935

13.

Planning, city and county planning board survey, undated

Planning:

14.

Clipping, 1936

15.

Newsletter, American Society of Planning Officials, 1936

16.

Press release and report, 1935

17.

Report on Statewide Coordination Meeting of Federal Agencies Operating in Texas, National Emergency Council, 1936

18.

Rio Grande, statement concerning its water usage and the need for a treaty between U.S. and Mexico, ca. 1936

19.

School lands, unsold, available for public leasing, 1934

20.

State government organization, list of units in, undated

21.

Texas Wildlife Conference, letter recommending the Planning Board director be appointed to it Board of Directors, 1936

22.

Traveling expenses, correspondence and legislation, 1935-1936

23.

World's Fair, list of members of Commission appointed by Governor to work for Texas participation in the 1939 World's Fair

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