Texas State Parks Board:
An Inventory of State Parks Board Records at the Texas State
Archives,
1901-1902, 1905,
1908, 1917, 1925-1963, bulk
1933-1949
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Creator: |
Texas. State
Parks Board. |
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State Parks Board
records |
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1901-1902, 1905, 1908, 1917, 1925-1963 |
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bulk
1933-1949 |
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Abstract: |
The Texas State Parks
Board was created in 1923 to investigate prospective park sites in the state,
to report to the Legislature with recommendations, and to solicit and accept
donations of land for state park purposes. It later directed and managed state
parks, except the historical parks that were managed by the Texas State Board
of Control or several separate commissions. The Parks Board was also charged
with locating, designating, and marking historic grounds, battlegrounds, and
other historic sites in the state, and erecting markers and monuments at such
sites. The records document the development and maintenance of the state park
system in Texas by the Texas State Parks Board and the work of the board with
the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Work Projects Administration (WPA)
and other federal agencies at individual state parks. Types of records are
minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, master plans, CCC camp application
forms, field notes, contracts, agreements, deeds, blueprints and drawings,
speeches, papers, publications (including newsletters, bulletins, circulars,
reports and brochures), press releases, clippings, photographs, handbooks,
maps, and project files from work by the CCC and the WPA. Dates covered are
1901-1902, 1905, 1908, 1917, 1925-1963, bulk dating 1933-1949. Topics include
the development of the Texas state park system and of the individual state
parks, the acquisition of park lands by purchase or donation, CCC work at state
parks, development of park lands and facilities at the parks, building
improvements and additions, recreation at state parks, deed titles to park
lands, leasing park land for grazing or oil and gas exploration, and publicity.
Also covered in these files, to a smaller degree, is work done at state parks
by the WPA and the National Youth Administration. The bulk of the work
documented at individual state parks is that done by the various CCC camps.
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These materials are written in
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Texas State Archives |
The Texas State Parks Board was created in 1923 (Senate Bill 73, 38th
Legislature, First Called Session) to investigate prospective park sites in the
state, to report to the Legislature with recommendations, and to solicit and
accept donations of land for state park purposes. The State Parks Board was
initially composed of five members, appointed by the Governor with the approval
of the Senate to six-year terms, and they were to be state officers. The number
of board members increased to six in 1937 (Senate Bill 484, 45th Legislature,
Regular Session). This board was to begin locating sites for the establishment
of the state parks system. It later directed and managed state parks, except
the historical parks that were managed by the Texas State Board of Control or
several separate commissions. The Parks Board was also charged with locating,
designating, and marking historic grounds, battlegrounds, and other historic
sites in the state, and erecting markers and monuments at such sites. The board
also had the authority to create rules and regulations as necessary to carry
out its duties.
The primary function of the board between 1923 and 1933 was to acquire
lands for parks through donations. In 1933 the board received federal aid
through several New Deal programs, making possible the development of 31state
parks by 1941. Most of this work was done by the Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC) in conjunction with the National Park Service (largely through its
Emergency Conservation Work program), additional work was done by the Work
Projects Administration (WPA) and National Youth Administration. The CCC work
in Texas began in June 1933 and ended in 1941. The CCC developed 56 parks in
Texas. Most are still public parks including 31 parks in the state park system.
In 1949, the state historical parks were transferred from the State
Board of Control to the State Parks Board, except for the San Jacinto
Battlefield, the Battleship Texas, and the Fannin Battlefield, which were still
controlled by their respective commissions--the San Jacinto Battlefield
Commission, the Battleship Texas Commission, and the Fannin Battlefield
Commission (House Bill 120, 51st Legislature, Regular Session). In 1963, the
Texas State Parks Board and the Texas Game and Fish Commission were merged to
form the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) (House Bill 21, 58th
Legislature, Regular Session).
(Sources: Enabling legislation;
Handbook of Texas Online,"State Parks Board" article (accessed
June 2005); and from information found in the Parks Board records.)
The files document the acquisition of park lands, the development and
maintenance of the state park system in Texas by the Texas State Parks Board,
and the work of the board with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Work
Projects Administration (WPA) and other federal agencies at individual state
parks. Types of records are minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, master
plans, CCC camp application forms, field notes, contracts, agreements, deeds,
blueprints and drawings, speeches, papers, publications (including newsletters,
bulletins, circulars, articles, reports and brochures), press releases,
clippings, photographs, handbooks, maps, and project files from work by the CCC
and the WPA including correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, job
(construction) application forms, routing sheets for map and plan approvals,
invitations to bid, list of jobs to be performed, bills, estimates of project
costs, job clearance reports, job completion reports, inspection reports, field
notebooks (survey notebooks), and maps and plans. Dates covered are 1901-1902,
1905, 1908, 1917, 1925-1963, with the bulk dating 1933-1949.
Correspondents include the director of the State Parks Board, Frank
Quinn; the assistant secretary of the Board (later auditor and also chief
accountant), E.B. Camiade; chief architect (and later district supervisor),
Norfleet Bone; other Parks Board staff, including the auditor and managers at
various state parks; the Civilian Conservation Corps; the Work Projects
Administration; the National Park Service and other federal agencies; various
state agencies; businesses; universities; and the general public.
Topics include the development of the Texas state park system and of
the individual state parks; the acquisition of park lands by purchase or
donation; Civilian Conservation Corps work at state parks; development of park
lands and facilities at the park including construction of facilities,
maintenance, inspections of sanitary facilities, and transfers of furniture and
equipment between parks; building improvements and additions (such as building
water wells and septic systems, adding portable latrines, upgrading roads and
parking areas, and making improvements or additions to shelters, rest rooms,
picnic areas, or park facilities); recreation at state parks; deed titles to
park lands; leasing park land for grazing or oil and gas exploration;
legislative appropriations; proposed legislation; purchase of land for Big Bend
National Park; purchase of equipment and supplies; contracts; bonds; publicity;
visitors comments on park conditions; receipts and expenditures; taxation; and
routine administrative duties of the parks staff. Also covered in these files,
to a smaller degree, is work done at state parks by the Work Projects
Administration and the National Youth Administration. The bulk of the work
documented at individual state parks is that done by the various CCC camps.
Several of the state parks discussed in this finding aid are no longer
in the state park system. These include Beeville State Park, Frio State Park,
Gonzales State Park, Mackenzie State Park, and Normangee State Park.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
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Organization of the Records |
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These records are organized into eight series and four subseries by
State Archives staff: |
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Minutes, 1933-1963, 1.5 cubic ft. |
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Correspondence and reports, 1933-1962, bulk 1937-1949, 6.5 cubic
ft.
- Administrative correspondence, 1937-1962, bulk 1939-1945,
0.75 cubic ft.
- State parks correspondence and reports, 1933-1959, bulk
1937-1949, 5.75 cubic ft.
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Administrative and subject files, 1908, 1917, 1926, 1931-1961,
bulk 1935-1941, 4.5 cubic ft. |
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Acquisition and development files, 1901-1902, 1905, 1917,
1925-1961, bulk 1935-1949, 7.5 cubic ft. |
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Civilian Conservation Corps files, 1933-1944, bulk 1934-1941, 5
cubic ft.
- Correspondence and administrative files, 1933-1942, 1 cubic
ft.
- Project files, 1933-1944, bulk 1934-1941, 4 cubic ft.
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Work Projects Administration project files, 1933-1942, bulk
1935-1942, 1.25 cubic ft. |
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National Youth Administration files, 1940-1942, 0.25 cubic
ft. |
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San Jose Mission project files, 1937, 1939, 1942-1958, bulk
1950-1958, 0.5 cubic ft. |
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.).
Technical Requirements
Some of the maps are too large to photocopy.
Researchers are required to use gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
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The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records. |
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Personal Names: |
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Quinn, Frank |
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Corporate Names: |
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Texas. State
Parks Board-- Appropriations and expenditures. |
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United States.
Works Progress Administration. |
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United States.
Work Projects Administration. |
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Civilian Conservation
Corps (U.S.) |
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United States.
National Youth Administration. Texas. |
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United States.
National Park Service. |
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Subjects: |
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Parks--Texas. |
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Parks--Texas--Management. |
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Parks--Planning--Texas. |
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Parks--Texas--Design and
construction. |
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Parks--Public
relations--Texas. |
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Parks--Government
policy--Texas. |
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Government purchasing of
real property--Texas. |
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Land titles--Registration
and transfer--Texas. |
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Eminent
domain--Texas. |
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Public
lands--Texas. |
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Places: |
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Abilene State Park
(Tex.) |
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Atlanta State Park
(Tex.) |
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Balmorhea State Park
(Tex.) |
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Bastrop State Park
(Tex.) |
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Buescher State Park
(Tex.) |
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Beeville State Park
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley
State Park (Tex.) |
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Big Spring State Park
(Tex.) |
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Blanco State Park
(Tex.) |
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Bonham State Park
(Tex.) |
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Caddo Lake State Park
(Tex.) |
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Cleburne State Park
(Tex.) |
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Daingerfield State Park
(new term) |
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Davis Mountains State
Park (Tex.) |
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Eisenhower Birthplace
State Historical Park (Tex.) |
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Falcon Reservoir (Mexico
and Tex.) |
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Fort Griffin State
Historical Park (Tex.) |
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Fort Parker State Park
(Tex.) |
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Frio State Park
(Tex.) |
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Galveston Island State
Park (Tex.) |
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Garner State Park
(Tex.) |
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Goliad State Historical
Park (Tex.) |
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Gonzales State Park
(Tex.) |
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Goose Island State
Recreation Area (Tex.) |
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Governor Hogg Shrine
State Historical Park (Tex.) |
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Huntsville State Park
(Tex.) |
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Inks Lake State Park
(Tex.) |
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Kerrville-Schreiner State
Park (Tex.) |
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Lake Brownwood State
Recreation Area (Tex.) |
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Lake Corpus Christi State
Park (Tex.) |
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Lake Texoma
(Tex.) |
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Lake Whitney
(Tex.) |
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Lockhart State Park
(Tex.) |
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Longhorn Cavern State
Park (Tex.) |
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Mackenzie State Park
(Tex.) |
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Meridian State Park
(Tex.) |
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Lake Mineral Wells State
Park (Tex.) |
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Monahans Sandhills State
Park (Tex.) |
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Monument Hill State
Historic Site (Tex.) |
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Mother Neff State Park
(Tex.) |
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Palmetto State Park
(Tex.) |
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Palo Duro Canyon State
Park (Tex.) |
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Port Isabel Lighthouse
(Port Isabel, Tex.) |
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Possum Kingdom State
Park. |
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Mission San Jose (San
Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Tex.) |
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San Jacinto Battleground
Site (Tex.) |
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Stephen F. Austin State
Historical Park (Tex.) |
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Tyler State Park
(Tex.) |
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Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Historical Park (Tex.) |
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Normangee State Park
(Tex.) |
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Big Bend National Park
(Tex.) |
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Document Types: |
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Correspondence--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Memoranda--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Contracts--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Reports--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Maps--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Deeds--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Photographs--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Application
forms--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Brochures--Texas--Parks--1933-1962. |
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Functions: |
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Administering
parks. |
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The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive. |
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Texas State
Archives |
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Administrative records
and other material, 1909, 1929, 1934-2004, bulk 1963-1999, 10.75 cubic
ft. |
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State Parks Division
records, 1905-1990, bulk 1927-1986, 30.88 cubic ft. |
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Texas State Parks Board, Big Bend land purchase program files,
about 1929-1958, about 21 cubic ft. [These records are unprocessed, see staff
for assistance.] |
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Texas State Parks Board, Civilian Conservation Corps plans and
drawings, about 1935 to 1950, over 3600 drawings. [These records are
unprocessed, see staff for assistance.] |
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Texas Planning Board, Records. 1914-1939, undated, bulk
1934-1939, 19.43 cubic feet, 3 scrapbooks, 366 maps, 48 photographs |
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Don R. Brice Collection, Civilian Conservation Corps,
1933-1935 (photographs of CCC activites at Lampasas and Big Bend,
1989/006)) |
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas State Parks Board
records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1996/102, 2005/041, 2005/147, 2006/376
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996; October 22, 2004; June
3, 2005; and June 19, 2006.
Lisa Hendricks, June 1996
Laura K. Saegert, June 2005, June 2006
Detailed Description of the Records
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Minutes,
1933-1963,
1.5 cubic ft. |
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The Texas State Parks Board was created in 1923 to investigate
prospective park sites in the state, to report to the Legislature with
recommendations, and to solicit and accept donations of land for state park
purposes. It later directed and managed state parks, except the historical
parks that were managed by the Texas State Board of Control or several separate
commissions. The minutes document the actions of the board beginning in 1933
when the Board received federal aid and was able to create a system of state
parks through the work of federal relief agencies, primarily the Civilian
Conservation Corps. The files consist of minutes and alphabetical indexes to
the minutes. Agenda and attachments are not present. Dates covered are
1933-1963. The board met monthly on a regular basis. Topics covered in board
meetings include land acquisition issues; construction, maintenance and
operation of state parks; work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the
Works Progress Administration or the National Youth Administration at various
state parks; the Big Bend land purchase program; highway improvements made at
specific parks; major purchases of the agency and for each park; budget and
appropriations; pending legislation and other issues of interest; personnel
issues; and routine administrative affairs. The minutes were bound at one time
and the pages numbered sequentially. They were unbound several years ago for
microfilming by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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There are two alphabetical indexes to the minutes. One is titled
"Parks and areas" and has cards for each park
and various areas of the state. The cards are in alphabetical order and the
entries on the cards are lists of topics as they appeared in the minutes with
the page numbers to the meeting when that issue was discussed. The other index
is labeled "Alphabetical." The cards are in
alphabetical order by topic, such as abstracts and deeds, appropriations, or
concession operations. As with the first index, entries on the cards list
topics and the page number when that issue was discussed in the minutes. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged into two groups - Minutes and Indexes.
The minutes are arranged chronologically by meeting date, as received from the
agency. The indexes are arranged by index type, with the entries in
alphabetical order, as received from the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Minutes, Texas State Parks Board records.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 1996/102 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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None. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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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.). |
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Technical Requirements |
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None. |
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Processed by |
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Lisa Hendricks, June 1996 |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2006 |
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Minutes |
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Volume one,
July 7, 1933-August 31,
1944
[3 folders] |
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Volume two,
September 1,
1944-August 31, 1953
[3 folders] |
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Volume three,
September 1,
1953-August 31, 1958
[3 folders] |
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Volume four,
September 1,
1958-August 19, 1963
[3 folders] |
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Indexes |
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Parks and areas |
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Alphabetical by topic |
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Correspondence and reports,
1933-1962,
bulk 1937-1949,
6.5 cubic ft. |
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The files document the development and maintenance of the state
park system in Texas by the Texas State Parks Board and the work of the board
with the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Work Projects Administration and
other federal agencies at individual state parks. Records are correspondence,
memoranda, reports, and inventories, dating 1933-1962, bulk 1937-1949. The bulk
of the records are correspondence files of or about operations at individual
parks. A small amount of correspondence concerning the operations of all parks
and the functioning of the agency is present. Accompanying the park
correspondence are reports of operations, inspection reports, inventories,
reports of concession sales, and similar topical correspondence files.
Correspondents include the director of the State Parks Board, Frank Quinn; the
assistant secretary of the Board, E.B. Camiade; chief architect (and later
district supervisor), Norfleet Bone; other Parks Board staff, including the
auditor and managers at various state parks; the Civilian Conservation Corps;
the National Park Service and other federal agencies; various state agencies;
businesses; universities; and the general public. Topics include acquiring deed
titles to park lands, leasing park land for grazing or oil and gas exploration,
legislative appropriations, proposed legislation, purchasing land for Big Bend
National Park, purchase of equipment and supplies, contracts, bonds, publicity,
visitors comments on park conditions, receipts and expenditures, taxation,
building improvements and additions (such as building water wells and septic
systems, adding portable latrines, upgrading roads and parking areas, and
making improvements or additions to shelters, rest rooms, picnic areas, or park
facilities), and routine administrative duties of the parks staff. Additional
files on individual state parks can be found in the series
Acquisition and development files.
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Organization |
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These records are organized into two subseries by State Archives
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Administrative correspondence, 1937-1962, bulk 1939-1945,
0.75 cubic ft. |
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State parks correspondence files and reports, 1933-1959, bulk
1937-1949, 5.75 cubic ft. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Correspondence and
reports, Texas State Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1996/102, 2005/041, 2006/376 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996 and October 22, 2004; and
June 19, 2006. |
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Processed by |
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Lisa Hendricks, June 1996 |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2005, June 2006 |
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Administrative correspondence,
1937-1962, bulk
1939-1945,
0.75 cubic
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Records are correspondence files of the Texas State Parks Board
and consist of incoming and outgoing letters, memoranda, an order book, and
reports, dating 1937-1962, bulk 1939-1945. Correspondents include the director
of the State Parks Board, Frank Quinn; the assistant secretary of the Board,
E.B. Camiade; chief landscape architect (later district supervisor for east
Texas, then park planner for the Board), Norfleet Bone; other Parks Board
staff, including the auditor and managers at various state parks; the National
Park Service; various state agencies; and the general public. |
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The bulk of the files are the memoranda (carbon copies of
memoranda in tablets) of E.B. Camiade (1941-1945), topical correspondence files
of Camiade (1941-1945), and the correspondence files of Norfleet Bone
(1945-1962). Other files contain scattered correspondence largely filed by date
but not assigned to any specific individual. One set of files, labeled
"Miscellaneous Correspondence," 1947-1949,
contains incoming and outgoing letters of the central office concerning largely
routine administrative issues, such as requisitions, expenditures, policies,
and legislative appropriations; but it also contains a few reports, including a
descriptive report on the operation of the Parks board; and several statistical
compilations of the parks in the state system. Another set of files, labeled
"Austin Office,"1941-1944, has correspondence,
memos, and directives generally to or from Mr. Quinn. These are marked as
copies sent to a staff member, Mr. Hammond (office unknown). Topics covered
include contracts, property inventories, rules and regulations, board policies,
and gasoline rationing. |
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The memoranda are outgoing from Camiade, mostly to executive
director Quinn on various issues concerning overall board policies or
procedures as well as current issues or situations either in the main office or
at specific state parks. Some memos are to other park staff, mostly park
managers at various state parks. Topics covered include acquiring deed titles
to park lands, leasing park land for grazing or oil and gas exploration,
legislative appropriations, proposed legislation, purchasing land for Big Bend
National Park, purchase of equipment and supplies, renovations or repairs at
park facilities, contracts, bonds, publicity, gasoline rationing, use of parks
by military personnel for rest while on training maneuvers, and personnel
issues. |
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The topical correspondence files cover the same period as the
Camiade memoranda books, 1940-1945, bulk 1940-1944. These are correspondence
files of Camiade and consist largely of outgoing letters of Camiade to the
executive director, park managers or other staff. Other recipients of these
letters include State Parks Board members, federal or state agencies,
legislators, and the general public. Also present are copies of memoranda to
several staff members, the sender of which is unknown (signed name is not
legible); drafts and/or printed copies of directives from the executive
director; copies of outgoing letters of other staff with Camiade copied in; a
few copies of incoming letters, generally to the executive director copied to
Camiade; a few drafts of meeting minutes and supporting documents; contracts;
and property inventories. Topics covered include war bonds, gasoline rationing,
leases for cattle grazing, use of parks by military personnel, legislation,
appropriations, publicity, rules and regulations, and routine administrative
issues, such as property concerns, personnel, and applicants for park manager
jobs. |
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The correspondence files of Norfleet Bone consist largely of
copies of his outgoing correspondence with park managers, the executive
director and other park staff, and to a lesser extent, some with universities
and businesses. Some incoming letters, especially in the latter years, are
present. Topics covered include landscape work; master planning; repair work
needed; purchase of equipment; and building improvements and additions (such as
building water wells and septic systems, adding portable latrines, upgrading
roads and parking areas, and making improvements or additions to shelters, rest
rooms, picnic areas, or park facilities). Also present in Bone's files is an
order book for supply requests and a report book with general reports from his
visits to parks in the district he supervised. Many of his letters to park
managers discuss his recent visit, note changes made and repairs or other
improvements needed. There is also a file of correspondence concerning a
lawsuit brought against the State Parks Board regarding profits from oil and
gas leases at Tyler State Park. Earlier files of Norfleet Bone that document
his role as the landscape architect with the National Park Service's Emergency
Conservation Work program during the work done through the CCC at various state
parks can be found in the series Civilian Conservation
Corps files, Correspondence and administrative files.
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Arrangement |
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Files are arranged by record type, then either topically or by
correspondent. The memos files of E.B. Camiade are filed in chronological
order, the remainder of the correspondence is in reverse chronological order.
Arrangement was done by State Archives staff following a rough pattern of
arrangement by agency staff. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Administrative correspondence,
Correspondence and reports, Texas State Parks Board records. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Correspondence,
1940-1942
[2 folders] |
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Correspondence, Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S.
Representative,
1939-1941 |
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Proposed state park sites,
about
1940 |
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Paper - "Mr. Peter Prairie
Dog," by Kenneth N. Clapp, State Parks Board member,
1941 |
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Memoranda books of E.B. Camiade: |
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February-May
1941 |
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May 1941-February
1942 |
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February-July
1942 |
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July-December 1942,
September-November 1943 |
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January-July
1943 |
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July 1943-April
1944 |
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April-November
1944 |
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November
1944-February 1945 |
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February-April
1945 |
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April-June
1945 |
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June-September
1945 |
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Topical correspondence files of E.B.
Camiade: |
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Applications,
1941-1944
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Appropriations,
1943-1945 |
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Automobiles and trucks, gasoline rationing,
1942-1944
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Automobiles and trucks,
1941-1944 |
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Board meeting,
1941-1945 |
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Board meeting,
1943 |
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Board members,
1942 |
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Concession operation,
1942-1944 |
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Construction,
1942 |
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Contracts,
1943-1945 |
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Contracts,
1941-1942 |
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Contracts [and bonds],
1942-1944 |
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Contracts [and bonds],
1941-1942 |
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Laws - House Bills 682 and 686,
1941 |
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Laws - legislation,
1941-1945 |
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Memorandum: |
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Paul R. Roesle,
1941 |
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Dan Rosenauer,
1940 |
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Bob Rushing,
1940-1941 |
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J.C. Wallace,
1941 |
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Miscellaneous,
1940-1942 |
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National defense,
1942 |
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National defense, War Production Board,
1943 |
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Park information: |
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Publicity,
1941-1945 |
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Publicity,
1941 |
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Requests for information,
1942-1945 |
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Requests for information,
1941-1942 |
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Personnel, Frank D. Quinn,
1942-1945 |
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Personnel,
1941-1943 |
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Personnel,
1941-1945 |
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Property: |
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1943-1944 |
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Longhorn cattle,
1944-1945 |
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Park supplies,
1944 |
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Roads - Opinion on ways of necessity,
about
1941 |
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Roads,
1941-1943 |
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Rules and regulations and legal
documents: |
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[Files are mostly
contracts.] |
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1943-1945 |
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1943 |
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1941-1943 |
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Signs,
1941 |
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Sparks,
1943-1944 |
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Special park fund,
1944 |
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Statistics,
1941-1945 |
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Taxes,
1942-1945 |
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Telephone and telegraph,
1942-1945 |
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Miscellaneous correspondence files: |
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April-September
1949 |
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November 1948-March
1949 |
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June-November
1948 |
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March-June
1948 |
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Report - "Administration,
Care and Financing of Texas State Parks," about
1948 |
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January-March
1948 |
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October-December
1947 |
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July-September
1947 |
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January -June
1947 |
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Norfleet Bone files: |
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Park data and maps, memos,
about
1955-1956 |
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Correspondence: |
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May 1961-July
1962 |
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June 1960-April
1961 |
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September 1959-May
1960 |
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May 1956-August
1959 |
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December
1952-November 1955 |
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| 2005/041-2 |
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December
1947-October 1952 |
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May-November
1947 |
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August 1946-April
1947 |
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December 1944-March
1946 |
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Directives and memos,
1959-1960 |
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[Tyler State Park litigation],
1955-1956 |
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Order book,
January-March
1954 |
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Report book,
October 1955-January
1956 |
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Austin Office: |
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November 1943-May
1944 |
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September-November
1943 |
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July 1941, April
1942-September 1943 |
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Executive Office, miscellaneous correspondence,
1937-1945,
1960 |
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Ashford, T.C., State Parks Board member,
1941 |
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Postcards to board or the director,
1944-1946 |
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Legislative bills re: oil and gas leasing,
1949 |
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| 2006/376-4 |
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Correspondence,
1935 |
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Correspondence,
1946 |
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[Letters concerning disposition of John
H. Reagan home.] |
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Correspondence,
1947 |
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[Letter re: promotion of a cave near
Boerne. Cave is listed as the cave without a name.]
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Correspondence with U.S. Engineer's Office in the War
Department,
1946 |
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[Letters concern parks projects in Texas
under the direction of the U.S. Engineer's Office.] |
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Public notice, Board of War Communications,
1943 |
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State parks correspondence and
reports, 1933-1959, bulk
1937-1949,
5.75 cubic
ft. |
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Records are correspondence and reports files of the Texas State
Parks Board, the bulk being outgoing letters of the central office staff to the
various parks. Files include correspondence, reports, contracts, deeds,
brochures, bills, and inventories, dating 1933-1959, bulk 1937-1949.
Correspondents include the director of the State Parks Board, Frank Quinn; the
assistant secretary (later auditor) of the Board, E.B. Camiade; other Parks
Board staff, including the managers at various state parks; the Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC), the National Youth Administration, Work Projects
Administration, the National Park Service and other federal agencies; various
state agencies; and the general public. Topics covered include grazing on state
park lands, CCC work at state parks, disposition of CCC camp structures,
contracts (for operation of concessions, work at park, equipment leases, etc.),
land transfers, deed titles, bonds, visitors comments on conditions at parks,
inspections, repairs and improvements at parks (camping areas, facilities,
roads, etc.), receipts and expenditures, sanitary conditions, legislation,
publicity and tourism, concessions sales and fees at various parks (admission
fees, food, boat rentals, camping fees, bait purchases, etc.), gasoline and
rubber rationing during the World War II years, local events at or concerning
the state park in the community, applications for jobs (mostly letters
concerning the park manager hired), the purchase of land for Big Bend National
Park, and routine administrative duties of the parks staff. Correspondence and
reports files on individual state parks can be found in the series
Acquisition and development files.
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The files are arranged into four groups. The bulk of the files
(found in groups one through three) are outgoing letters of the Parks Board
central office staff to the various state parks, the majority from the Board's
auditor/assistant secretary, E.B. Camiade to the park manager or other local
park staff. Groups one, two, and four also contain some incoming and/or
outgoing letters with either the Executive director or other Parks Board
members, the managers at the state parks, state and federal agencies,
businesses, the general public, or others. The files in group one (1935,
1937-1944, bulk 1939-1941) are incoming correspondence from or about the park
to the board and outgoing correspondence mostly with the local park staff.
Accompanying the correspondence for most parks are various topical reports,
including inspection reports, inventories, and status of concessions accounts.
The files in group two (1941-1945) consist of outgoing correspondence from
Camiade and other state office staff to the park manager and others. Most
letters are to the park manager. The files in group three (1943-1950, bulk
1944-1949) consist mainly of outgoing correspondence from Camiade and other
state office staff to the park manager and others. Some incoming letters from
the park manager, government agencies, the general public and others are
present. The topical reports filed separately in group one are filed with the
correspondence in this group of files. The last group (1935-1959) consists of a
small number of files on a few parks, largely incoming correspondence to the
Board from the National Park Service, also deeds, reports, and maps. |
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A few of the files in group two were extremely moldy and eaten
away by rust. These records were photocopied on acid free paper and the
originals were destroyed. |
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Arrangement |
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Files are arranged into four groups of parks by State Archives
staff. Each group is a separate filing unit within these records covering
different, but overlapping, date spans. The records are further arranged in
alphabetical order by the name of the park with each group. Correspondence
within most folders is arranged in reverse chronological order. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), State parks correspondence and reports,
Correspondence and reports, Texas State Parks Board records. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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State parks correspondence and
reports, group one, 1935, 1937-1944, bulk 1939-1941
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[These files are incoming correspondence
from or about the park to the board and outgoing correspondence of Camiade and
other parks staff, mostly to the state park manager or local staff.
Correspondents include the Executive director or other Parks Board members,
government agencies, businesses, the general public, and others. Most parks
also have topical report files. At the end of this group are a set of
correspondence files with the Work Projects Administration concerning
construction activities at a few parks.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-2 |
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Bentsen State Park |
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[Note: See Rio Grande Valley State
Park in this group of files.] |
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Fort Parker State Park: |
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Daily reports,
September
1940-August 1941 |
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Pasture rentals,
1940-1941 |
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Application,
about
1941 |
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Goose Island State Park, weekly reports,
1940-1941 |
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Huntsville State Park,
about
1938 |
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Lake Brownwood, Army recreation camp,
1937-1938 |
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Lake Brownwood, Army recreation camp,
1941 |
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Lake Corpus Christi, invoice [empty
folder] |
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Lake Corpus Christi, inspection reports,
1943-1944 |
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Unknown park, deed record - transcription,
1935 |
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Lockhart State Park: |
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Inventory,
1940 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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W.N. Stagner (concessionaire at park),
1939-1941 |
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Status of concession account,
1940 |
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Assignments,
1940 |
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Longhorn Cavern State Park: |
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Correspondence: |
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1941 |
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1940 |
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1939 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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Inventory,
1940 |
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Plat,
1940 |
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Mackenzie State Park, correspondence,
1939-1941 |
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Mackenzie State Park, inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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Meridian State Park: |
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Correspondence: |
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April
1941-January 1942 |
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November
1940-March 1941 |
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January-October
1940 |
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July-December
1939 |
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April-June
1939 |
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Inspection reports,
1942-1944 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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Inventory,
1940 |
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Status of concession account,
1940 |
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Mineral Wells State Park: |
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Correspondence,
1939-1941 |
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Reports,
1943-1944 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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Inventory,
1940 |
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Mother Neff State Park: |
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Correspondence,
1942-1943 |
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Correspondence,
1939-1940 |
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Inspection reports,
1940-1941 |
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Inventory,
1940 |
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Normangee State Park: |
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Correspondence: |
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1941-1942 |
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1940 |
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1939 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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Status of concession accounts,
1940 |
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Concession accounts, inspection reports, bills,
1942-1944 |
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Palmetto State Park: |
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Correspondence: |
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1942-1943 |
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December
1941-January 1942 |
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November-December
1941 |
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July-November
1941 |
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March-April
1941 |
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March
1940-February 1941 |
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September
1939-February 1940 |
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April-September
1939 |
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Inspection reports: |
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1942-1944 |
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1941 |
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1939-1940 |
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Inventory,
1940 |
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Palo Duro State Park: |
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Correspondence, inspection reports,
1944 |
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Correspondence,
July 1940-July
1942 |
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Correspondence,
September 1938-June
1940 |
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Inspection report,
1940 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-3 |
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Possum Kingdom State Park, correspondence,
inspection reports, bills: |
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September
1943-1944 |
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April 1942-August
1943 |
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Rio Grande Valley (Bensten Rio Grande Valley State
Park), correspondence: |
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1943-1944 |
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1943 |
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San Jose Mission: |
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Correspondence: |
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October
1943-January 1944 |
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May 1942-October
1943 |
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May 1941-May
1943 |
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Inspection reports,
1942-1944 |
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Stephen F. Austin State Park, concession accounts,
inspection reports,
1942-1944 |
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Tyler State Park: |
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Correspondence: |
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June-October
1941 |
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May-June
1941 |
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March-May
1941 |
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February-March
1941 |
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November
1940-February 1941 |
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September-November 1940 |
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June-September
1940 |
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April-June
1940 |
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May 1939-April
1940 |
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Concession accounts, inspection reports,
1942-1944 |
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Status of concession account,
1940 |
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Inspection reports,
1941-1942 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1940 |
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Clippings,
1939-1941 |
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Inventory,
1940-1941 |
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Property map,
1935 |
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WPA (Work Projects Administration)
files: |
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Cleburne State Park, correspondence,
1942 |
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Fort Parker State Park, correspondence,
1942 |
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Huntsville State Park, correspondence, cost
estimates,
1942 |
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San Jose Mission, correspondence, reports,
1942-1943 |
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Rules and regulations,
1942-1943 |
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Miscellaneous inspection reports,
1943-1944 |
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Daily reports,
1942-1943 |
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Daily reports, N.H. Lee,
1942-1943 |
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Clipping |
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[Re: distribution of guard wire at
parks by the 47th Legislature.] |
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[Unidentified park in Seguin],
about
1938 |
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[Unidentified park - work schedule],
1941 |
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State parks correspondence and
reports, group two, 1941-1945
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[Note: A few of the files at the
beginning of this group were extremely moldy and eaten away by rust. The
records were photocopied on acid free paper and the originals were subsequently
destroyed.] |
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[These files are outgoing correspondence
from E.B. Camiade and other state office staff to the park manager and others.
Included in this group is a set of files concerning the land purchase program
for Big Bend National Park.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-3 |
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Bastrop State Park: |
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1943-1945 |
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[Note: the originals were very
moldy, they were photocopied and destroyed, Jan. 2005] |
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1941-1943 |
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[Note: the originals were very
moldy, they were photocopied and destroyed, Jan. 2005] |
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Beeville State Park,
1941,
1943 |
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[Note: the originals were very
moldy, they were photocopied and destroyed, Jan. 2005] |
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Big Bend National Park: |
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1944-1945 |
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April-December
1943 |
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June 1942-March
1943 |
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July 1941-May
1942 |
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April-July
1941 |
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Big Spring State Park,
1942-1945 |
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[Note: the originals were very
moldy, they were photocopied and destroyed, Jan. 2005] |
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Blanco State Park,
1941-1945 |
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[Note: the originals were very
moldy, they were photocopied and destroyed, Jan. 2005] |
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Bensten Rio Grande Valley State Park,
1943-1944 |
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moldy, they were photocopied and destroyed, Jan. 2005] |
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Bonham State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Buescher State Park,
1942-1944 |
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Caddo Lake State Park: |
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1942-1945 |
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1941-1942 |
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Cleburne State Park: |
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1944-1945 |
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1941-1944 |
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Daingerfield State Park: |
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1944-1954 |
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1941-1944 |
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Davis Mountains State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Fort Griffin State Park,
1941-1942 |
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Fort Parker State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Frio State Park,
1941-1944 |
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Garner State Park: |
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1942-1945 |
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1941-1942 |
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Gonzales State Park,
1943 |
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Goose Island State Park,
1942-1945 |
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Huntsville State Park,
1941-1944 |
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Inks Lake State Park,
1942-1945 |
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Jeff Davis State Park,
1943-1944 |
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Jim Hogg State Park,
1941-1944 |
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Kerrville State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Lake Brownwood State Park (36th Division State
Park): |
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1944-1945 |
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1943-1944 |
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1942-1943 |
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Lake Corpus Christi State Park: |
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1944-1945 |
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1941-1944 |
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Lockhart State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Longhorn Cavern State Park,
1941-1945 |
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McFaddin Beach,
1941 |
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Meridian State Park: |
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1944-1945 |
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1941-1944 |
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Mineral Wells State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Monument Hill,
1944 |
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| 2005/041-4 |
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Mother Neff State Park,
1941-1944 |
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Normangee State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Old Fort Parker,
1941-1944 |
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Palmetto State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park: |
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1942-1944 |
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1942-1944 |
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Possum Kingdom State Park: |
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1944-1945 |
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1943-1944 |
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1941-1943 |
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Robinson State Park,
1943 |
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San Angelo,
1941 |
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San Jacinto State Park,
1941-1942 |
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San Jose Mission,
1941-1944 |
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Stephen F. Austin State Park,
1941-1945 |
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Stephenville State Park,
1941-1943 |
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36th Division State Park |
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[Note: See Lake Brownwood State
Park] |
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Tonkawa Park,
1941 |
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Tyler State Park: |
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1943-1945 |
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1941-1943 |
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Miscellaneous,
1942-1943 |
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[Includes resolution re: appropriation
for Caddo State Park.] |
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State parks correspondence and
reports, group three, 1943-1950, bulk 1944-1949
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[These files are largely outgoing
correspondence from E.B. Camiade and other state office staff to the park
manager and others. Some incoming letters from the park manager, government
agencies, businesses, the general public and others are present. Filed with the
correspondence are topical reports filed separately in the group one files -
status of concession accounts, inspections, daily reports, and inventories.
There are numerous daily reports from the park manager to the Board in the
files of Bastrop, Caddo Lake and Cleburne State Parks. Daily reports in the
other parks files exist but are infrequent.] |
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| 2005/041-4 |
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Abilene State Park |
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[Note: See Lake Abilene State Park
in this group of files.] |
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Bastrop State Park: |
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May-June
1950 |
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April-May
1950 |
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March-April
1950 |
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February-March
1950 |
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January-February
1950 |
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December
1949-January 1950 |
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December
1949 |
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November-December
1949 |
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October-November
1949 |
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September-October
1949 |
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August-September
1949 |
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July-August
1949 |
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June-July
1949 |
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May-June
1949 |
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April-May
1949 |
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March-April
1949 |
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February-March
1949 |
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January-February
1949 |
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December
1948-January 1949 |
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Caddo Lake State Park: |
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June
1950 |
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May-June
1950 |
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April-May
1950 |
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March-April
1950 |
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December 1949-March
1950 |
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September-December
1949 |
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September-October
1949 |
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June-August
1949 |
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April-June
1949 |
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February-April
1949 |
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December
1948-January 1949 |
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Cleburne State Park: |
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August-September
1950 |
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July-August
1950 |
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June-July
1950 |
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May-June
1950 |
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April-May
1950 |
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December 1949-March
1950 |
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September-December
1949 |
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June-August
1949 |
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May-June
1949 |
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February-April
1949 |
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December
1948-February 1949 |
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August
1948-September 1949 |
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November 1947-July
1948 |
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| 2005/041-5 |
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January-October
1947 |
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April-December
1946 |
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June 1945-March
1946 |
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January 1944-May
1945 |
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March-December
1943 |
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Daingerfield State Park: |
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October
1948-September 1949 |
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January-September
1948 |
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May-December
1947 |
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September
1946-April 1947 |
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August 1945-August
1946 |
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December 1943-July
1945 |
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Davis Mountains State Park: |
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May 1948-July
1949 |
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December 1947-April
1948 |
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September-December
1947 |
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January-September
1947 |
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May-December
1946 |
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September
1945-April 1946 |
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February
1943-August 1945 |
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Fort Griffin State Park,
1943-1949 |
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Fort Parker State Park: |
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January
1948-September 1949 |
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April-December
1947 |
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November 1946-May
1947 |
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May-October
1946 |
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July 1945-April
1946 |
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February 1944-June
1945 |
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February
1943-January 1944 |
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Frio State Park,
1943-1949 |
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Garner State Park: |
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January-September
1949 |
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September
1947-December 1948 |
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November
1946-August 1947 |
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May-October
1946 |
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September
1945-April 1946 |
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March 1943-August
1945 |
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Goliad State Park,
1949 |
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Gonzales State Park,
1949 |
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Goose Island State Park: |
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December 1947-June
1949 |
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October
1946-November 1947 |
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April
1943-September 1946 |
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Governor James Hogg Memorial Shrine,
1949 |
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Huntsville State Park: |
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January 1947-August
1949 |
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January
1944-December 1946 |
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February-December
1943 |
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Inks Lake State Park: |
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April
1948-September 1949 |
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March 1947-March
1948 |
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March 1945-February
1947 |
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April 1943-February
1945 |
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Jim Hogg State Park: |
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September
1947-August 1949 |
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July 1945-August
1947 |
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Kerrville State Park,
1943-1949 |
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Kings State Park,
1949 |
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Lake Abilene State Park (Abilene State
Park): |
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May 1948-September
1949 |
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June 1947-April
1948 |
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January-May
1947 |
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May-December
1946 |
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September
1945-April 1946 |
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January 1944-August
1945 |
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March-December
1943 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-6 |
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Lake Brownwood State Park (36th Division State
Park): |
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May 1948-September
1949 |
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October 1947-April
1948 |
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May-September
1947 |
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November 1946-April
1947 |
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August-October
1946 |
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December 1945-July
1946 |
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May-November
1945 |
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September
1943-April 1945 |
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April-August
1943 |
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Lake Corpus Christi State Park: |
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August
1948-September 1949 |
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January-July
1948 |
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February-December
1947 |
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January
1946-January 1947 |
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September
1945-February 1946 |
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November
1944-August 1945 |
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April 1943-October
1944 |
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Lockhart State Park: |
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May 1948-September
1949 |
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March 1947-April
1948 |
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March 1946-February
1947 |
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March 1945-February
1946 |
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May 1944-February
1945 |
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February 1943-April
1944 |
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Longhorn Cavern State Park: |
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January
1946-September 1949 |
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May 1943-December
1945 |
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Meridian State Park: |
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June 1948-September
1949 |
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September 1947-May
1948 |
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November
1946-August 1947 |
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February-October
1946 |
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August 1945-March
1946 |
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April 1943-July
1945 |
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Mineral Wells State Park: |
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March 1947-July
1949 |
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December
1944-November 1946 |
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January-November
1944 |
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Monument Hill State Park,
1949 |
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Mother Neff State Park,
1943-1949 |
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Normangee State Park: |
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October 1946-August
1947 |
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March
1945-September 1946 |
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May 1943-February
1945 |
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Old Fort Parker State Park,
1945-1949 |
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Palmetto State Park: |
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May 1947-September
1949 |
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September
1945-April 1947 |
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February
1943-August 1945 |
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Palo Duro State Park: |
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January-September
1949 |
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September
1947-December 1948 |
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March-August
1947 |
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June 1946-February
1947 |
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February 1944-June
1946 |
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Possum Kingdom State Park: |
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October
1948-September 1949 |
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January-September
1948 |
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April-December
1947 |
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June 1945-February
1947 |
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Possum Kingdom State Park, west: |
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December 1947-May
1949 |
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April-November
1947 |
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August 1946-March
1947 |
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March-August
1946 |
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August
1945-February 1946 |
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April-July
1945 |
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January-April
1945 |
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May 1943-December
1944 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-7 |
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San Jose Mission State Park: |
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December 1947-June
1949 |
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November
1946-October 1947 |
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October
1945-October 1946 |
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February
1943-September 1945 |
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Stephen F. Austin State Park: |
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May 1945-March
1949 |
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April 1943-April
1945 |
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36th Division State Park |
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[Note: See Lake Brownwood State
Park] |
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Tyler State Park: |
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November
1948-September 1949 |
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December
1947-October 1948 |
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December
1946-December 1947 |
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March-November
1946 |
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August
1945-February 1946 |
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February 1944-July
1945 |
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February
1943-January 1944 |
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Washington State Park,
June
1949 |
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State parks correspondence and
reports, group four, 1933-1940, 1942, 1957-1959
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[These files on a few parks are largely
incoming correspondence to the Board from the National Park Service, also
deeds, reports, and maps.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-7 |
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Atlanta State Park,
1958-1959 |
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[Includes a deed, correspondence,
report.] |
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Balmorehea State Park,
1957 |
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Caddo Lake State Park,
1942 |
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Fort Parker State Park,
1935-1937 |
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[Includes correspondence, maps,
Attorney General opinion.] |
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Inks Lake State Park,
1939-1940 |
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[Includes deeds, maps, correspondence,
report, resolution.] |
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Lake Buchanan area,
1940 |
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[Includes correspondence, a study, a
map.] |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park, W.O. Miller
investigation,
1933-1934 |
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Administrative and subject files,
1908,
1917, 1926, 1931-1961, bulk 1935-1941,
4.5 cubic ft. |
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The files document the development and maintenance of the state
park system in Texas by the Texas State Parks Board and the work of the board
with the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Work Projects Administration and
other federal agencies at individual state parks. Types of records are
correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, papers, publications (including
newsletters, bulletins, circulars, reports and brochures), press releases,
clippings, time reports, directories, and maps. Dates covered are 1908, 1917,
1926, 1931-1961, bulk 1935-1941. While much of the correspondence of the board
is in the Correspondence and reports series, some
correspondence and memoranda, much of it with the National Park Service, are
present in some files within this series. Other correspondents include the
Texas Planning Board, the Texas Department of Health, Texas Highway Department,
the Texas State Board of Control, other state offices, managers at state parks,
legislators, congressmen, and organizations. Topics covered include the
development of the Texas state park system and of the individual state parks,
Civilian Conservation Corps work at state parks, construction and maintenance
of state park roads, recreation at state parks, conservation of wildlife on
state park lands, national defense, post war planning, publicity re: individual
state parks and the state parks system, the Texas Centennial, legislation, the
proposed creation of a State Recreation Board, the proposed transfer of
Longhorn Cavern State Park to the Texas State Board of Control for housing
mental patients, and the lease of land at Inks Lake State Park for cattle
grazing. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged roughly as received from the agency.
Materials within the folder are usually in chronological order. Materials from
a later accession were added to the arrangement by State Archives staff. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Administrative and subject files, Texas State
Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1996/102, 2005/041, 2005/147, 2006/376 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996; October 22, 2004; June
3, 2005; and June 19, 2006. |
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Processed by |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2005, June 2006 |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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Inventory of State Parks Board records stored at Bastrop
State Park |
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[This inventory was a records management
tool the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department used manage the old State Parks
Board records. Some of these records have likely been destroyed, as indicated
in the inventory. Some are part of the files found in this finding aid. The
disposition of any records not found in the State Archives is
unknown.] |
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Park attendance totals,
1937 |
| Box |
| 2005/147-1 |
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Blank CCC and WPA forms |
| Box |
| 1996/102-1 |
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Board members photographs,
about
1935-1963 |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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Budget estimates,
1935 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-7 |
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Budget estimates,
about
1938 |
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Centennial publicity,
1934-1936
[2 folders] |
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Colp portrait fund,
about
1935-1936
[2 folders] |
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[D.E. Colp was chairman of the Parks Board
during this period.] |
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Gas and oil contract,
1934-1935 |
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Geology,
1936 |
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Geology,
1936-1937 |
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Minutes, Texas State Parks Board,
August-November
1941 |
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Miscellaneous correspondence,
1934-1936 |
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Frank Quinn's files: |
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Correspondence, notes, legislation,
1942-1947 |
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Notes, memos, printed materials,
1956-1957 |
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Printed material,
1956-1957 |
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Warm Springs, Georgia, Foundation,
about
1935 |
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[Includes maps, notes,
report.] |
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Budget data,
about
1940 |
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Budget and appropriations,
about
1955 |
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Financial reports,
1938-1939 |
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Parks Board project list,
about
1936 |
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Portfolio of Park Structure and
Facilities, National Park Service,
1934 |
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Checklist of State Agencies and
Officials Concerned with the Management of National Resources, National
Resources Committee,
1937 |
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Directory of State
Departments, Austin Chamber of Commerce,
1938 |
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Congressional Record, 1937-1938 |
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Park, Parkway and Recreation-Area
Study, National Park Service,
1937 |
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Federal recreation reports and lists,
1949-1950 |
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Publications, Texas Department of Health,
1937-about
1940 |
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Rules and regulations, state parks,
about
1941 |
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Descriptive information on various parks,
about
1940 |
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Memorandum to State Parks Board members re: necessary
State Parks Board park work needed to complete work done at various parks where
the CCC work was not completed,
1939 |
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Regional office, miscellaneous files,
1937-1941 |
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Reports by Region III Landscape Architects, National
Park Service,
1938 |
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[Two reports on Texas state
parks.] |
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Work Projects Administration instructions for project
sponsors,
1935 |
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General information about state parks,
1935-1946 |
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Miscellaneous maps,
1932-about
1935 |
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[Includes maps of Caddo State Park, the
Medina Lake area, and a state map showing all the state parks and proposed
roads to connect state parks to each other.] |
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State park histories,
about
1937 |
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[This folder contains a paper -
Development of the Texas State Parks System.] |
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Descriptive literature, brochures re: parks,
1935-about
1936 |
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Historical data, historical information about state
parks,
1933-about
1936 |
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Education programs and circulars re: recreational
planning, parks and wildlife,
1935-1937 |
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Correspondence and circulars re: protection of wildlife
and CCC related wildlife projects,
1935-1938 |
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Texas Cooperative Wildlife Service, activity
reports: |
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March 1937-February
1938 |
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March-October
1938 |
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November 1938-July
1939 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-8 |
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School for Park Managers,
1941 |
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Park roads, Texas Highway Department: |
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Lists, correspondence, maps, descriptions of roads at
each park,
1946,
1958-1962
[2 folders] |
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Maps: |
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Atlanta State Park,
1955 |
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Bonham State Park,
1935 |
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Jim Hogg State Park,
1945 |
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Stephen F. Austin State Park,
1957 |
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Fort Parker State Park,
1937-1938 |
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Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park,
1952 |
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Tyler State Park,
1940,
1958 |
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Cleburne State Park,
1936,
1946 |
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Meridian State Park,
1939 |
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Bastrop State Park,
1946 |
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Lake Brownwood State Park,
1946 |
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Policy on state park roads,
1959-1961 |
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State highway applications and road data,
1939, 1946-1950,
1956 |
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Master plans,
about
1936 |
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[These are narrative reports for several
parks.] |
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Texas State Park Planning and Development Association,
1956-1958
[2 folders] |
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[Includes correspondence, minutes,
clippings.] |
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Organized camps,
1937-1939
[2 folders] |
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[Includes reports, papers, laws,
lists.] |
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Texas Planning Board: |
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Correspondence,
1932-1936 |
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"Texas Travel
Industry," about
1936
[typescript report] |
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Directory of State, County and
City Planning Agencies and Digest of Planning Laws, 1937 |
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Map - Comparative Size of
Texas,
1935 |
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Texas Planning
Bulletin: |
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December 1936-April
1937 |
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April-December
1937 |
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December 1937-April
1938 |
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Texas Forest News,
February-December
1936 |
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Adair's Texas Pictorial
Handbook,
January, May
1957 |
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S-Parks (newsletter of the State
Parks Board): |
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January, May
1940 |
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August, December
1941 |
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January
1955 |
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Texas Association of Fairs newsletter,
March-May
1938 |
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Texas Association of Fairs newsletter,
June-August
1938 |
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Miscellaneous bulletins and newsletters,
1931,
1938-1942 |
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Park development: |
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National Board of Fire Underwriters pamphlet no. 58,
1937 |
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Study and Report on Normangee
Spillway,
1946 |
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[Includes photographs and
plans.] |
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A Generalized Land Use Study of
the San Jacinto River Watershed,
1941 |
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Contracts for work at Davis Mountains State Park,
1947 |
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Texas Department of Health printed material,
1926,
1934-1936 |
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Furniture,
1935-1937 |
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Memo: |
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Paul Roesle, Chief Architect,
1940-1942 |
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Clem Saunders,
1941 |
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Noble Rumbo [empty] |
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Danny Rosenauer, maintenance technician,
1939-1942 |
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National defense: |
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Correspondence,
1940-1942 |
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Bonds and stamps,
1941-1942 |
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War Production Board,
1943 |
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Post war plans,
1941-1943 |
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Post war plans,
1941-1944 |
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Post war planning, Major General Phillip B.
Fleming: |
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[Fleming was head of the Federal Works
Agency. These are printed copies of speeches he gave before various
organizations.] |
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1944-1946 |
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1943-1944 |
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Post war planning,
1943-1945 |
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Miscellaneous legal document - citation,
1937 |
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Miscellaneous - probate of wills,
about
1940 |
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[Description of probate
process.] |
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Recreation: |
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Paper - Development of the Texas
State Parks System, draft,
1934 |
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Federal amusement tax,
1946 |
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Legislation,
1944-1946
[folders 1-4 of 7 folders] |
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[These files are correspondence,
legislation, papers, printed material, reports, and clippings. The
correspondence is generally between the SPB executive director, Frank Quinn,
and heads of recreation departments in other states and cities, the governor's
office, legislators, park managers, the National Park Service, and
organizations. The records concern proposed state legislation before the 49th
Legislature to create a State Recreation Board. The Parks Board was against the
creation of a separate board for recreation functions. It wanted the recreation
duties of such a board assigned to the Parks Board. The legislation to create
the Recreation Board did not pass.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-9 |
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Legislation,
1944-1946
[folders 5-7 of 7 folders] |
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Texas State Board of Control, files concerning Inks Lake
and Longhorn Cavern State Parks,
1939-1945, bulk 1944-1945
[9 folders] |
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[These files are correspondence,
legislation, minutes, briefs, inspection reports, contracts, and clippings. The
correspondence is generally between Frank Quinn and the Board of Control,
legislators, park managers, local officials, and others. The files concern a
request by the Board of Control to take over control of both parks for use in
their eleemosynary program. They wanted to house adjusted mental patients at
Longhorn Cavern, and use the lands at Inks Lake to graze cattle. Prior to this
request the Parks Board had let the Board of Control use the buildings at
Longhorn Cavern for a summer camp for children in the eleemosynary
institutions. The War Department, in 1944, turned over control of the CCC camp
buildings at Longhorn Cavern to the Board of Control, who then moved in
adjusted mental patients to the buildings. The agencies could not come to an
agreement and legislation was introduced in the 49th Legislative Session to
transfer control to the Board of Control. It did not pass, though the Parks
Board eventually worked out agreements for use of some buildings by the Board
of Control at Longhorn Cavern and allowed some land to be used for cattle
grazing at Inks Lake. The files are arranged roughly in reverse chronological
order.] |
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Radio broadcasts: |
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[Transcripts of the broadcast.] |
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July-August
1939 |
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April-July
1939 |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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Speech, taken from "The Battle
of the Peach," by Pat Neff,
1925 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-9 |
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Speeches,
April
1940 |
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[Talk for Governor O'Daniel -
"Visit Your State Parks".] |
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Speeches,
1944 |
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[Talk made to the Texas Geographic
Society.] |
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Handbook of State Park Emergency
Conservation Work (E.C.W.), U.S. Department of the Interior,
1934
[4 folders] |
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Work activity reports: |
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[These are monthly reports (similar to
time sheets) that list the daily location of some Parks staff (executive
director, some other headquarters staff), such as "Austin Office,""Inks Lake
State Park," etc.] |
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November 1939-December
1940 |
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January-December
1941 |
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January-December
1942 |
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January-December
1943 |
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January-December
1944 |
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January-December
1945 |
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January-December
1946 |
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January-August
1947 |
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Cleburne, Texas, telephone directory,
1954 |
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Colorado River Parkway,
about
1937 |
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General publicity, clippings,
1942, 1944,
1957-1958 |
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General publicity,
1941-1942 |
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Publicity: |
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Brownlee bill (legislation),
1941 |
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State parks, newspaper,
1940-1942 |
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State parks,
1939-1948
[2 folders] |
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[Includes clippings, news releases,
brochures.] |
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Publications and publicity,
1936-about
1949 |
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Longhorns,
1941-1961 |
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[Includes correspondence with J. Frank
Dobie, also other correspondence, clippings, and postcards.] |
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Chamber of Commerce, east Texas,
about
1947 |
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Miscellaneous brochures and correspondence,
1935,
1950-1956 |
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Miscellaneous brochures and clippings,
1938-about
1951
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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Miscellaneous clippings,
1941-1947 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-9 |
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Miscellaneous brochures and maps,
about
1938-1940
[2 folders] |
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Miscellaneous brochures and maps,
1957-1962 |
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Texas state parks brochures and maps,
about 1940-about
1951 |
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Drawings from creosote plant,
about
1936 |
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Independence (brochure),
1952 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-10 |
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National Conference on State Parks: |
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[Note: Some of the files in this group
had extensive mold and water damage. The majority of the documents could not be
salvaged and were photocopied on acid-free paper and the originals subsequently
destroyed.] |
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[Frank Quinn, executive director of the
Parks Board also served as the president of the National Conference on State
Parks in the early 1950s. These are his files relating to upcoming annual
meetings, efforts to get states to join, and items produced by the Conference,
such as speeches and reports.] |
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Report on roll call for parks,
about
1958 |
| Box |
| 2005/147-1 |
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Frank Quinn correspondence,
1950-1952 |
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[Note: Most of the records were mold
damaged. The originals were destroyed after photocopying onto acid-free paper,
May 2005.] |
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Frank Quinn correspondence,
1948-1954 |
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[Note: All of the records were mold
damaged. The originals were destroyed after photocopying onto acid-free paper,
May 2005.] |
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Annual meeting, correspondence,
1950 |
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[Note: Most of the records were mold
damaged. The originals were destroyed after photocopying onto acid-free paper,
May 2005.] |
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Annual meeting, programs and miscellaneous,
1939-1950 |
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Speeches and reports,
1948-1952 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-10 |
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Resort lodges (clippings),
1954-1956 |
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Legislative materials/action and research materials,
about
1941-1956
[3 folders] |
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[Files concern legislation to allow the
Parks Board to issue revenue bonds to build resort lodges and other
improvements at several state parks. See the last set of folders in the series
for clippings about this issue.] |
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Frank Quinn, legislative materials,
1937-1957 |
| Box |
| 2005/147-1 |
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Youth Development Council,
1948-1951
[4 folders] |
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[Includes minutes, reports, publications,
correspondence, photograph.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-10 |
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Frank Quinn, miscellaneous files,
1953-1957
[3 folders] |
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[Includes correspondence, notes,
litigation, statistics, financial data.] |
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Speeches,
about
1940-1950 |
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Speeches,
1956-1958 |
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Proceedings of the State-Wide
Ground Water Conservation Meeting,
1938 |
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Park managers,
1955-1959 |
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Board members,
1957-1958 |
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Conservation,
1956-1958 |
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Park information,
1957 |
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Negroes,
1957 |
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Negroes, publicity,
1951-1956 |
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Press releases,
about
1957 |
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Proposed location of an Army-Navy Recuperative Hospital
at Lake Bridgeport,
1944 |
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Publicity and publications: |
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[Files are incoming and outgoing
correspondence, brochures, and other printed materials concerning publications
about the state park system or individual parks including magazine and
newspaper features, film clips, brochures, and other publications.] |
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June-August
1959 |
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July 1938-June
1959 |
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January-May
1958 |
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September-December
1957 |
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April-August
1957 |
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August 1956-April
1957 |
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Clippings, all parks: |
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[Three sets of files, each with
overlapping dates; each set arranged roughly in reverse chronological
order.] |
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All parks, set 1,
1954-1958,
1967
[3 folders] |
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All parks, set 2,
1955-1957
[3 folders] |
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All parks, set 3,
1951-1954
[3 folders] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-11 |
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Clippings, miscellaneous,
1951-1957
[7 folders] |
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[Clippings generally concern the bond
revenue legislation pushed by the Parks Board and the building of resort lodges
or hotels by the Parks Board at various state parks, arranged roughly in
chronological order. See a previous set of folders - Legislative
materials/action and research materials - for correspondence and legislation
about this issue.] |
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Maps - Kaufman, Culberson and Hudspeth counties,
1908, 1917, about
1940 |
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Acquisition and development files,
1901-1902,
1905, 1917, 1925-1961, bulk
1935-1949
7.5 cubic ft. |
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The files document the acquisition of park lands, development and
maintenance of the state park system in Texas by the Texas State Parks Board
and the work of the board with the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Work
Projects Administration and other federal agencies at individual state parks.
Files include correspondence, reports, proposals, master plans, CCC camp
application forms, field notes, contracts, agreements, deeds, maps, blueprints
and drawings, photographs, brochures, printed materials, restaurant menus,
clippings, and press releases dating 1901-1902, 1905, 1917, 1925-1961 with the
bulk between 1935 and 1949. Topics covered include the acquisition of the park
by purchase or donation; development of park lands and facilities at the park
to include construction of facilities, maintenance and improvements,
inspections of sanitary facilities, and transfers of furniture and equipment
between parks; and publicity of the park, such as the park opening, history of
the area or facility used in the park, addition of new facilities, or other
topics. Correspondence is between the Texas State Parks Board, generally the
executive director (mostly Frank Quinn), and park managers, staff engineers and
staff architects. Other correspondents include land owners (usually local
officials as opposed to private citizens or businesses), the National Park
Service, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Office of Sanitary Inspection,
and the Army Corps of Engineers. |
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Also present are a group of files for potential state parks and a
group of files concerning Big Bend National Park. The potential state parks
files consist largely of correspondence, maps, and proposals to create state
parks. Most of the parks in this group did not become state parks. The files on
Big Bend National Park consist generally of correspondence about early
acquisition efforts to acquire land for a national park and publicity files on
the park (largely clippings). Land for Big Bend was acquired by the Parks Board
through a land purchase program, see a separate finding aid for the bulk of the
Big Bend files, Texas State Parks Board, Big Bend land
purchase program files.
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Not all topics are present in all parks. Project files for CCC
work in several state parks can be found in another series,
Civilian Conservation Corps files, Project files.
Project files for WPA work done in state parks are in the series
Work Projects Administration project files.
Correspondence and reports on the operation of the state parks can be found in
the series Correspondence and reports.
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Organization |
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These records are arranged into three groups as received from the
agency, with some alphabetical arrangement done by State Archives staff: State
parks files, Potential state parks files, Big Bend National Park files. Within
the first two groups the files are arranged alphabetically by park name, then
by topic. The Big Bend files are arranged by topic. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Acquisition and development files, Texas
State Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
|
Accession numbers: 2005/041, 2005/147, 2006/376 |
|
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on October 22, 2004; June 3, 2005; and
June 19, 2006. |
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Processed by |
|
Laura K. Saegert, June 2005 |
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State parks files, 1905,
1925-1961, bulk
1935-1949
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| Box |
| 2005/041-11 |
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Abilene State Park (Lake Abilene State Park):
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Acquisition and maintenance of CCC,
1933 |
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Construction,
about
1927-1936 |
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Correspondence, contracts,
1949 |
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Maintenance of buildings and equipment,
1942-1948 |
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Transfers,
1943-1945 |
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Correspondence,
1942-1943 |
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Maintenance reports,
1944-1945 |
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Publicity: |
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1941 |
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about
1943 |
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1943-1945 |
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1945-1948 |
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1951-1957
[2 folders] |
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Acton: |
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Acton Historical Park,
1945-1949 |
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Acton State Cemetery,
1949 |
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Acton State Park, Publicity,
1955 |
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Atlanta State Park: |
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Acquisition correspondence,
about
1950-1954 |
| Box |
| 2005/147-1 |
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Acquisition and development correspondence,
1953-1955
[4 folders] |
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[Note: All of the documents had
severe mold and water damage. The documents were photocopied onto acid-free
paper and the originals subsequently destroyed, May 2005.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-11 |
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Acquisition and maintenance,
1949-1953
[2 folders] |
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Publicity,
1955-1956 |
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Balmorhea State Park: |
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Acquisition and maintenance of CCC,
1934-1946 |
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Transfer of land,
about
1940-1941 |
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Reports,
1943-1945 |
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Correspondence,
1949-1952 |
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Publicity: |
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1938 |
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1940-1947 |
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1944-1945 |
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1952-1958 |
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Bastrop-Buescher State Park, acquisition and
maintenance of CCC camp,
1933-1936
[4 folders] |
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Bastrop State Park: |
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Maintenance and development of CCC,
1937-1938 |
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Inventories and reports,
1945-1949 |
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Inventories and reports,
1943-1945 |
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Publicity: |
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1937-1942 |
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1936-1944 |
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1941-1947 |
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1943 |
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about 1941,
1957-1958 |
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1959,
1961 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-12 |
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about
1951-1958
[4 folders] |
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Buescher State Park: |
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Inventory,
1946 |
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Reports,
1943-1945 |
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Publicity: |
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1940-1942 |
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1940,
1951 |
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1952-1957 |
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Beeville State Park, project proposal, American Legion
Memorial,
1935
[2 folders] |
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Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park: |
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Acquisition of land,
1952 |
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Publicity,
1943-1948 |
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Publicity,
1952-1957 |
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Big Spring State Park: |
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Deed,
1945 |
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Maintenance of CCC camp,
1934-1935 |
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Correspondence,
1937-1938 |
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Reports,
1943-1946 |
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Miscellaneous,
1935-1945 |
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Correspondence, maps,
1947-1948 |
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Publicity,
1943,
1951-1956 |
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Blanco State Park: |
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Correspondence, contracts, field notes,
1934-1936 |
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Correspondence,
1936,
1940 |
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Correspondence, contracts,
1948 |
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Contracts, correspondence, reports,
1949-1952 |
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Publicity,
1938-1941 |
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Publicity,
1951-1957 |
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Bonham State Park: |
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Acquisition of property and initial CCC application,
1933-1936 |
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[Includes correspondence, agreements,
notes, maps, application, etc.] |
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Correspondence, reports,
1943-1949 |
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Publicity: |
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about
1937 |
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1943-1944 |
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1951-1955
[2 folders] |
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1959 |
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Caddo Lake State Park: |
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Acquisition and maintenance of CCC,
1934-1935 |
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Correspondence,
1937-1938 |
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Correspondence, maps, field notes,
about
1941 |
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Field notes, map,
1934 |
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Inspection reports,
1942 |
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Inspection reports,
1940-1941 |
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Miscellaneous,
1936-about
1942 |
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Publicity: |
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1935 |
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1937-about
1940 |
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1942-1945 |
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1945-1948 |
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1951 |
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1951-1958 |
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Report on flood damage,
1957 |
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Cleburne State Park: |
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Land titles,
about
1934-1936
[2 folders] |
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[Includes correspondence, reports,
field notes.] |
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Correspondence,
1944-1948 |
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Bid for installation of sewage system,
1945 |
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Construction and maintenance,
1937-1942 |
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Publicity: |
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1941-1945 |
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1947-1948 |
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1951-1958 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-13 |
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Daingerfield State Park: |
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Proposal and establishment,
1935-1937
[2 folders] |
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[Includes CCC files.] |
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Correspondence, report,
1937-1938 |
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Correspondence,
1956-1959 |
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Program for dog show and field trial,
1950 |
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Publicity: |
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1939-1941 |
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about
1941 |
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[File has drafts of article about
the park.] |
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1947-1948 |
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1951-1957 |
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Davis Mountains State Park (also known as Fort Davis
State Park): |
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Correspondence,
1941 |
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Miscellaneous,
about
1941-1959 |
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Davis Mountains Highway,
1940 |
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Bid for installation of butane gas system for Indian
Lodge,
1945 |
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Correspondence - Lodge apartment reservations,
1937 |
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|
Construction,
about
1935 |
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|
[Includes floor plan,
brochures.] |
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Publicity: |
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1934 |
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1941 |
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about
1941-1948 |
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|
1952-1959 |
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Eisenhower State Park: |
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|
[Some materials also concern development
along Lake Texoma for the park.] |
| Box |
| 2005/147-1 |
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Acquisition and development correspondence,
1951-1955
[3 folders] |
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|
|
[Note: All of the documents had
severe mold and water damage. The documents were photocopied onto acid-free
paper and the originals subsequently destroyed, May 2005.] |
|
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|
[Includes reports, maps, and
clippings.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-13 |
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Correspondence, deeds, clippings,
about
1952-1959 |
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Publicity,
1952-1958 |
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|
Miscellaneous,
about
1960 |
| Box |
| 2005/047-13 |
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Landscape designs,
1961-1962 |
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|
[These appear to be files of Norfleet
Bone, landscape architect for the Parks Board. Files consist largely of plans
and drawings, also present are lists of plantings and notes. The files includes
elevation plans and a floor plan for at least one residence. The floor plan is
for a residence in West Columbia. The elevation plans do not identify the
residence or its location.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-13 |
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Enchanted Rock, publicity,
1955-1956 |
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Falcon Reservoir: |
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Acquisition report and correspondence,
1953-1955 |
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Publicity,
1953-1955 |
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Fort Griffin State Park: |
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|
Reports,
about
1938-1939 |
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Facts about fort, photographs,
1938, about
1950 |
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Park operations,
1940-1944 |
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Proposed museum,
1940-1941 |
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Storage,
1942 |
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Improvements,
1940-1945 |
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Master plan report,
1941 |
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Publicity: |
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1941-1942 |
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1940,
1947-1948 |
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|
1952-1957 |
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|
Correspondence, photographs,
1954-1957 |
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|
Fort Parker State Park: |
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|
Acquisition,
1934-1936 |
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|
[Includes correspondence, CCC
application, clippings.] |
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|
Dam and timber,
1935-1937 |
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|
Development and construction,
1935-1941 |
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|
[Includes documents from the park's
grand opening.] |
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|
Certificate,
about
1945 |
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|
Correspondence,
1952 |
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Correspondence,
1959-1960 |
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Publicity: |
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1935 |
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1941 |
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1945-1948 |
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|
1951-1953 |
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|
1953-1955 |
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|
1951-1957
[4 folders] |
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|
1955-1957
[2 folders] |
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|
Frio State Park: |
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|
|
Publicity,
1947-1948 |
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|
[Includes photographs.] |
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|
Publicity,
1951-1955 |
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|
|
Galveston State Park, "Report on Inspection of Potential Area at
Galveston," 1939 |
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|
|
[Includes photographs within the
report.] |
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|
Garner State Park: |
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|
|
Land acquisition,
1934 |
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|
Correspondence,
1938-1952 |
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|
CCC,
1940 |
|
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|
Deed and maps,
1936-1940 |
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|
Correspondence, contracts,
1940 |
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|
|
"Preliminary Report on Dam
Site," 1940 |
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|
CCC camp applications,
1938-1939 |
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|
Master plans,
1937-1940 |
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|
Work programs,
1937-1940 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-14 |
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Releases and transfers of funds,
1937-1940 |
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|
Miscellaneous,
1937-1941 |
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|
|
Yearly progress report,
1939 |
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|
|
Suspense file,
1941 |
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|
|
Memorandum-job submissions,
1941 |
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|
Layout,
1940 |
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|
Garbage receptacles,
1940 |
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|
|
Bath house revision,
1940 |
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|
|
Saw mill,
1940 |
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|
|
Maintenance of buildings and equipment,
1941-1947 |
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|
|
Inspection reports,
1941-1945 |
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|
|
Inspection reports,
1938-1941 |
|
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|
|
CCC occupancy,
1941 |
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|
Utilities - maintenance and operation,
1942-1943 |
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|
Publicity,
1940-1955 |
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|
Publicity,
1951-1958 |
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|
|
Studies re: food service facilities,
1959 |
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|
|
Glen Rose, pre-Dinosaur Valley State Park clippings,
1940 |
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|
|
Goliad State Park: |
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|
|
Attorney General opinion,
1949 |
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|
Correspondence, clippings,
1950-1957 |
|
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|
|
Correspondence, map,
1955-1961 |
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|
|
Publicity,
1951-1957 |
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|
|
Gonzales State Park: |
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|
Correspondence, map,
1941, 1950,
1953 |
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|
|
Correspondence, clippings,
1937-1954 |
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|
|
Publicity,
1952-1956 |
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|
|
Goose Island State Park: |
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|
Correspondence, maps,
1952 |
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|
|
Correspondence, photos,
1935,
1953-1955 |
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|
|
Publicity: |
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|
|
1937,
1947-1948 |
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1941-1945 |
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|
1951-1957 |
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|
Jim Hogg State Park: |
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|
Correspondence, deeds, agreements,
1941-1945 |
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|
Correspondence, agreements, maps,
1949-1952 |
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|
|
Hogg Memorial Shrine, letter re: restoration,
1950-1952 |
|
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|
|
Hogg Memorial Shrine, publicity,
1951-1955 |
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|
Publicity,
1951-about
1959 |
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|
|
Hueco Tanks State Park, publicity,
1957 |
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|
|
Huntsville State Park: |
|
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|
|
Land acquisition,
about
1935-1938
[2 folders] |
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|
|
[Includes abstracts, deeds, maps,
correspondence.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition and maintenance of CCC,
1936
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes CCC applications, maps,
agreements, abstracts, correspondence, reports.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Spillway failure,
about
1940 |
|
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|
|
|
[Includes reports, maps,
correspondenc.] |
|
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|
|
Spillway failure,
1941 |
|
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|
|
|
[Includes correspondence,
report.] |
|
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|
|
Salaries and labor expenses,
1942-1943 |
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|
|
|
Transfers,
1942-1944 |
|
|
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|
|
Equipment,
1942-1944 |
|
|
|
|
|
Improvements,
1939-1945 |
|
|
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|
|
Legislation, correspondence,
about
1949-1951 |
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|
|
Publicity,
1945-1947 |
|
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|
|
Publicity,
1952-1957 |
|
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|
|
Indianola State Park, publicity, 1954-1960 |
|
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|
|
Inks Lake State Park: |
|
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|
|
|
Job 179-710, Beach improvement, Section A,
1940-1941 |
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|
|
Acquisition and development,
1939-1941
[3 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes correspondence, agreements,
maps.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Maps,
1932-1939 |
|
|
|
|
|
Construction and maintenance,
about
1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
[Contains a report to accompany the
master plan.] |
|
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|
|
Salaries and labor expenses,
1942-1944 |
|
|
|
|
|
Improvements,
1940-1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
Water supply,
1943 |
|
|
|
|
|
Grazing,
1943-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous,
1939-1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes deed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous,
1951-1952 |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes correspondence, photos,
petition.] |
|
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|
|
Publicity,
1946-1947 |
|
|
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|
|
Publicity,
1951-1957 |
|
|
|
|
|
Plat and field notes,
1956 |
|
|
|
|
|
Maintenance,
about
1966 |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes plans and
drawings.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-15 |
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Kerrville State Park: |
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|
|
Reports,
1936-1937 |
|
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|
|
Oath and certificate of manager,
1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous,
1936-1940
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes maps, correspondence, CCC
camp application, photos, deeds, etc.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Clippings,
1936 |
|
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|
|
|
Post war plans,
1943-1945 |
|
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|
|
Park operation,
1941-1947 |
|
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|
|
Publicity,
1944-1949 |
|
|
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|
|
Publicity,
1951-1957 |
|
|
|
|
Lake Brownwood State Park (also known as the 36th
Division State Park): |
|
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|
|
CCC camp application,
1937-1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous,
1934-about
1938
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
[Includes CCC application,
correspondence, maps, brochures.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Change in name,
1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Brownwood Development Association,
1943-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Maintenance - buildings and equipment,
1943-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Utilities - maintenance and operation,
1941-1944 |
|
|
|
|
|
Concession accounts,
1944-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment,
1943-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Inspections,
1942-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Park operation,
1943-1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
Inspection reports,
1942-1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
Transfers,
1943-1945 |
|
|
|
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Publicity: |
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about
1939-1941 |
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1944 |
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[Materials largely the 36th
Division.) |
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1946-1948 |
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1951-1957
[2 folders] |
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Lake Corpus Christi State Park: |
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CCC application,
1936 |
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Agreements,
1936,
1944 |
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City ordinance,
1957 |
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Miscellaneous,
1957-1960 |
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[Includes clippings, correspondence,
maps.] |
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Publicity: |
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1937-1944 |
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1944-1945 |
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1952-1958
[2 folders] |
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Lake Houston, publicity,
1957 |
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Lake Stamford, publicity,
1956-1958 |
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Lake Texoma, publicity,
1951-1958 |
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[See also Eisenhower State Park
files.] |
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Lake Whitney State Park,
1951-1954 |
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Lake Whitney State Park, publicity,
1953-1957 |
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Lockhart State Park: |
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Land title,
1934-1936 |
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"Narrative Report of
Progress," 1936 |
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[Report includes original
photographs.] |
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Inspection reports,
1943-1946 |
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Park operation,
1943-1945 |
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Swimming pool,
1942-1945 |
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Publicity: |
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1941-1944 |
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about
1946-1947 |
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1951-1957 |
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Swimming pool,
1958 |
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Longhorn Cavern State Park: |
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Acquisition and development,
1937-1939 |
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[Includes correspondence, memorandum
report.] |
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Development,
1934-1937 |
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[Includes reports, correspondence, CCC
application.] |
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Development and operation,
1947,
1956-1961 |
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[Includes correspondence,
reports.] |
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"Photo Report on Convict
Springs Area," about
1940 |
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[Report includes original
photos.] |
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Titles, leases, contracts,
1943-1945 |
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Inspections,
1942-1945 |
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Floor plan, administration building,
1956 |
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Publicity: |
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about
1937 |
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1938-1961 |
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1951-1957 |
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Mackenzie State Park: |
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Acquisition and development,
1934-1937 |
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[Includes correspondence, CCC
application, report, map.] |
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Land title leases,
1937-1939 |
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Inspection reports,
1937-1941 |
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Publicity,
1946-1948 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-16 |
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Publicity,
1951-1957
[3 folders] |
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Meridian State Park: |
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Miscellaneous,
1933-1940 |
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[Includes CCC application, clippings,
agreement.] |
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Miscellaneous,
1949-1950 |
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[Includes brochures,
photos.] |
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Publicity,
1944-1948 |
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Mineral Wells State Park: |
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Photos,
1937 |
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Inspections,
1939-1945 |
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Reports,
1945-1947 |
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Reports,
1941-1944 |
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Publicity,
1940-1947 |
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Publicity,
1951-1958 |
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Mission San Francisco de los Tejas,
1957 |
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Monahans Sandhill State Park: |
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Development,
1959-about
1960 |
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Report,
1953 |
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Publicity,
1954-1957
[2 folders] |
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Monument Hill State Park: |
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Map,
before
1950 |
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Correspondence,
1955 |
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Clipping,
1945 |
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Publicity,
1953-1958 |
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Publicity,
1958-1959 |
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Mother Neff State Park: |
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CCC application,
1934-1936 |
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Correspondence with Pat Neff,
1943-1945 |
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Correspondence with Pat Neff,
1939-1943 |
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Newsletters - CCC work,
1937 |
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Report,
1948 |
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Publicity,
1945-1948 |
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Publicity,
1951-1957 |
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Palestine State Park, CCC application,
1936 |
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Palmetto State Park: |
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Acquisition and development,
1934-1936 |
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[Includes CCC application, contract,
correspondence, etc.] |
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Miscellaneous,
about
1939-1941 |
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[Includes correspondence, photos,
reports, clippings, map.] |
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Miscellaneous,
1937,
1949-1952
[2 folders] |
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[Includes report, lease,
correspondence, maps.] |
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Inspection reports,
1942-1946 |
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Inspection reports,
1939-1941 |
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Publicity,
about
1943-1947 |
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Publicity,
1951-1957 |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park: |
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Acquisition and maintenance of CCC,
1933-1936
[2 folders] |
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[Includes agreements, reports,
correspondence, CCC application, maps, photos.] |
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Official opening,
1933-1935 |
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Correspondence,
1933-1935 |
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Miscellaneous,
1946-1961 |
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Maps,
1905, 1930, about
1939 |
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Correspondence,
1934-1936 |
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Miscellaneous,
1933-1961 |
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[Includes agreements, reports,
correspondence, minutes.] |
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Park operation,
1938-1947 |
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Inspection reports,
1941-1945 |
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Inventories,
1944 |
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Mortgage (indebtedness),
1932-1949
[2 folders] |
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Legal issues, mortgages,
1925,
1934-1947
[2 folders] |
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[Includes contracts, deeds,
correspondence, Attorney General opinions.] |
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Miscellaneous,
1945-about
1958 |
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[Includes questionnaire,
correspondence, printed material.] |
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Publicity: |
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1934-1936 |
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1939-1949 |
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1937-1942 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-17 |
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1955-1958 |
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1951-1957
[4 folders] |
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Port Isabel Lighthouse: |
| Box |
| 2005/147-1 |
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Acquisition and development correspondence,
clippings,
1949-1955
[3 folders] |
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[Note: All of the documents had
severe mold and water damage. The documents were photocopied onto acid-free
paper and the originals subsequently destroyed, May 2005.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-17 |
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Acquisition,
1946-1949 |
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Development,
1950-1952 |
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Publicity,
1952-1957
[2 folders] |
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Possum Kingdom State Park: |
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Master plan - drawing,
1939 |
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Development,
1940-1941 |
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[Includes reports, deed,
correspondence, map.] |
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Land titles - leases and contracts,
1943-1945 |
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Improvements,
1943-1945 |
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Miscellaneous - East side,
1942-1945 |
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[Includes reports, petition,
correspondence, maps, photos.] |
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Miscellaneous,
1946-1952 |
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[Includes correspondence, maps,
contract.] |
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Publicity: |
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1940-about
1942 |
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[Includes correspondence and photos
with the clippings.] |
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1940-1945 |
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1952-1953 |
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1945-1948 |
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1951-1957 |
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San Jacinto Battleground State Park, publicity,
1943,
1951-1957 |
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San Jose Mission State Park: |
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Designation as a national historic site,
1941-1942 |
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Dedication as a national historic site,
1940-1943 |
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Advisory Committee,
1943-1949 |
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Miscellaneous,
1950-1952 |
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[Includes reports, maps,
correspondence.] |
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Restoration work,
1959-1960 |
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Publicity: |
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1935-1943 |
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1943-1945 |
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1945-1947 |
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1955-1957 |
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Stephen F. Austin State Park: |
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Miscellaneous,
about
1938-1945 |
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Views of Dr. Neasham concerning San Felipe de
Austin,
1939 |
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Publicity: |
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1938-1945 |
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1946-1948 |
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1951-1958 |
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Tips State Park, publicity,
1951-1956 |
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Tyler State Park: |
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Miscellaneous,
1937-1941 |
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Correspondence,
1949-1953 |
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Cabaret tax,
1937-1944 |
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Publicity: |
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1938-1944 |
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1943-1945 |
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1945-1948 |
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1951-1959
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-18 |
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Varner-Hogg Plantation State Park: |
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Miscellaneous,
1955-1959 |
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Publicity,
1956-1958 |
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Washington State Park: |
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Miscellaneous,
1955-1960 |
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Publicity,
1951-1958
[2 folders] |
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Potential state parks files, 1902,
1917, 1929-1957, before 1960
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[Most of the files have CCC camp
applications, also present are reports, correspondence, brochures and other
printed materials, photographs, maps, press releases, and
clippings.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-18 |
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Aransas Pass,
1929,
1934 |
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Aspermont State Park,
1934-1935 |
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Bexar County State Park, report,
1937 |
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[Report contains original
photographs.] |
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Bexar County State Park,
1937 |
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Brazos Island State Park,
1957 |
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Carthage State Park,
1934-1935 |
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Cisco,
1934-1937
[2 folders] |
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Clifton State Park, proposal and establishment,
1933-1934 |
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Coleman State Park,
1935 |
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Dickens County (Spur),
1934-1936 |
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General Wainwright State Park (Lake Bridgeport),
before
1960 |
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Guadalupe mountains,
1935-1938 |
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Hays County State Park,
1936 |
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Harris County (Houston),
1934-1935 |
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Hereford State Park, land title,
1917,
1935 |
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Laguna Vista,
1930-1935 |
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Lipantitian State Park,
before
1950 |
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Love's Lookout State Park,
1938 |
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McAllen Park, proposed,
1943 |
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McFaddin Beach,
1941-1948 |
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Oasis State Park,
1934 |
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Ochiltree State Park,
about
1936 |
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Padre Island, development,
1934-1935 |
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Padre Island, publicity,
1952-1957 |
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Paris State Park,
1935-1936 |
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Port Arthur,
1935-1936 |
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Quitana State Park,
1940
[2 folders] |
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Robison State Park,
1934-1935,
1957 |
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San Angelo (Christoval),
1941-1945 |
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San Augustine,
1902,
1939-1940 |
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San Antonio State Park,
1934-1937
[2 folders] |
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Seguin State Park,
1935-1941 |
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Stephenville State Park,
1941 |
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Tyrrell State Park,
1934-1936 |
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Other parks,
about
1938-1947
[2 folders] |
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Big Bend National Park files,
1901,
1934-1958
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[Files are largely clippings, other
materials present include a CCC camp application, correspondence, reports,
press releases, and photographs.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-18 |
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CCC application,
1934 |
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Correspondence,
1934-1942 |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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Correspondence,
1953 |
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Correspondence,
1956-1958 |
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Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22,
1953 |
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[The resolution was requesting the
National Park Service to declare an official date for the dedication of Big
Bend National Park and that the United States Postmaster General authorize a
commemorative stamp be created in honor of the park.] |
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Report,
1941 |
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[File also contains a transcript of a
discussion about the report between the executive director of the Parks Board,
Frank Quinn, and the geologist who wrote the report.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-18 |
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Reports,
1936-about
1945
[2 folders] |
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"Running the Canyons of the
Rio Grande," published in Century Magazine,
col. 61, p. 371,
January
1901 |
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Ownership map of South Half of Brewster County,
1934 |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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Concession contract information,
1953 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-18 |
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Publicity: |
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1934-1945 |
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about
1944-1945 |
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|
1942-1943 |
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1941-1949
[3 folders] |
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about
1946-1949
[2 folders] |
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|
1951-1957 |
| Box |
| 2006/376-4 |
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1953-1957 |
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Notes,
1956 |
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Civilian Conservation Corps files,
1933-1944,
bulk 1934-1941,
5 cubic ft. |
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These files document park development and construction activities
of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas state parks, the CCC's involvement
with the Texas State Parks Board, and the Board involvement with the National
Park Service's Emergency Conservation Work system. Files date from 1933 to
1944, the bulk covering 1934-1941. Types of records present include
correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, job (construction) application forms to
the CCC, routing sheets for map and plan approvals, invitations to bid, list of
jobs to be performed, bills, estimates of project costs, job clearance reports,
job completion reports, inspection reports, field notebooks (survey notebooks),
and a few maps and plans. Correspondents include the State Parks Board staff,
on-site National Park Service staff and staff at the NPS regional office and
its Washington Office. Topics include CCC camps and CCC work at the parks.
Project files are present for several parks and individual files are present
for specific projects, such as park roads, overnight cabins, fire hazard
reduction, office buildings, topographic surveys, water lines, etc. |
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Additional files on park development that include some CCC camp
applications and/or correspondence are in the series Acquisition and development files.
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Historical Sketch |
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The U.S. Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933
at the request of President Franklin Roosevelt as an emergency program devoted
to the care of natural resources. The program provided jobs and income to young
men and served as an instrument for preserving natural resources and developing
state park lands. Men were initially recruited by the U.S. Labor Department
from the lists of families registered at state welfare agencies. They were to
be 17 to 25 years of age. Jobless veterans from World War I were soon added to
the CCC enrollment and were housed in separate camps. Recruits were enrolled
for six-month periods and pay was $30, with $25 of that sent back to their
families. The average enrollee was 20 years old and served two six-month terms.
Black enrollees were usually segregated, especially in the south. The War
Department fed, clothed, and housed the CCC workers in 200 man companies
assigned to either the U.S. Agriculture Department (efforts in forest and soil
conservation districts) or the U.S. Department of the Interior (included park
development under the National Park Service). Most camps were devoted to
soil-conservation and erosion-control projects, but 25 camps worked to develop
parks. The U.S. Army assigned a lieutenant and captain to each company. The
companies lived in camps set up at the sites of their projects. Each camp also
hired "locally experienced men" (LEMs) as skilled craftsmen and instructors.
The NPS employed professional architects, landscape architects and engineers
for each site to design improvements and supervise construction. The State
Parks Board provided the land for the park (usually donated land) and a park
manager. |
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Plans for the parks were developed by on-site NPS staff and
submitted to the NPS and State Parks Board for approval, with final approval
for building plans given by the NPS regional office. Building plans had to
conform to the master plan for each park. The designers for the NPS wanted the
structures built within the parks to adhere as close as possible to the land
and not be an intrusion into the landscape. Structures were built of native
materials and finished with simple tools. The construction style used in the
park facilities became known as "NPS Rustic." Unskilled workers under the
direction of design professionals and LEMs quarried their own stone and worked
their own timber. Woodshops were set up in a few parks, including Bastrop State
Park and Palo Duro Canyon to produce furniture for use in parks throughout the
state. |
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A common park structure in many state parks was the central
"refectory" building. This was a group shelter with toilets, a kitchen, a patio
and a large fireplace. These were generally one-story structures that often
included an observation cupola above the roofline. Other structures built at
the parks included concession buildings, pavilions, cabins, boat houses, bath
houses, bridges, fences, boat docks and piers, and dams. Native building
materials (limestone, sandstone, timber, etc.) were used to construct the park
structures. Several of the NPS architects modeled their designs after local
historic examples, such as pioneer log cabins, European-immigrant architecture
or pueblo buildings. |
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Work at the parks also included landscape improvements made to the
park lands, such as reclaiming over-cut or burnt-out woodlands with soil
erosion prevention measures and extensive tree plantings, building dams to
impound scenic lakes and to enhance soil conservation, and plantings of flora
and other measures to improve erosion control. Unusual CCC work done at state
parks included building the world's largest swimming pool over a natural spring
at Balmorhea State Park and reconstructing the ruined mission complex of
Mission Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga at Goliad Historic State
Park. |
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The CCC work in Texas began in June 1933 and ended in 1941. The
CCC program declined as the economy recovery nationwide in 1942, in large part
due to the diversion of budgets and manpower to World War II. The CCC developed
56 parks in Texas. Most are still public parks including 31 parks in the state
park system. |
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(Sources: The Civilian Conservation Corps in
Texas State Parks, by James Steely, published by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, 1986.
Handbook of Texas Online article,
"Civilian Conservation Corps," by
Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. (accessed June 2005)) |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into two subseries by State Archives
staff: |
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Correspondence and administrative files, 1933-1942, 1 cubic
ft. |
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Project files, 1933-1944, bulk 1934-1941, 4 cubic ft. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Civilian Conservation
Corps files, Texas State Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1996/102, 2005/041, 2006/376 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996; October 22, 2004; and
June 19, 2006. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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None. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Techincal Requirements |
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Maps are too large to photocopy. |
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Processed by |
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Lisa Hendricks, June 1996 |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2005, June 2006 |
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Correspondence and administrative
files, 1933-1942,
1 cubic
ft. |
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These files document park development and construction
activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Texas state parks, the
CCC's involvement with the Texas State Parks Board, and the Board involvement
with the National Park Service's Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) system.
Files date from 1934 to 1942. Types of records present include correspondence,
proposals, memoranda, telegrams, CCC camp application forms, reports,
photographs, publications, handbooks, job applications, clippings, and
inventories. Correspondents include Norfleet Bone, chief landscape architect of
the State Parks Board, other Parks Board staff, on-site National Park Service
staff and staff at the NPS regional office and its Washington Office. Topics
include CCC camps, CCC work at the parks, inspections of landscape work at the
park, inspections of proposed land to be added to existing parks or to be
acquired for a new park, closure of CCC camps, and revisions to CCC and ECW
handbooks. |
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Arrangement |
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Files are remain in the order received from the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Correspondence and administrative files,
Civilian Conservation Corps files, Texas State Parks Board records. Archives
and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1996/102, 2005/041, 2006/376 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996; October 22, 2004; and
June 19, 2006. |
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| 1996/102-1 |
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Inventory of records, Parks Board brochure,
about
1940 |
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| 2006/376-4 |
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Enrollment instructions for the CCC program,
1936 |
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| 1996/102-1 |
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Correspondence: |
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1935-1940 |
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1940-1941
[3 folders] |
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1941 |
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"Department of the Interior,
17th Period, CCC Camp Program," March
1941 |
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Garner State Park,
1936-1940 |
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Caddo Lake State Park,
1935 |
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[Report with photographs of CCC workers
and biographical information about the workers.] |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park,
1934-1936 |
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Bastrop State Park,
1935 |
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[Correspondence with photographs of
workers.] |
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Reports - "Texas Dams,
Region III," 1937 |
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[Report consists mainly of photographs
of three dams - Stephenville, Meridian, and Bonham.] |
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Pamphlets,
1938,
1945 |
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Paper - "Organized Camps in
State Park," Julian H. Saloman, National Park Service,
1936 |
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"National Park Service in
the Field of Organized Camping," compiled
1937 |
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Additional CCC camps,
1940 |
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Inventory of all state parks,
1940-1941 |
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Correspondence, articles,
1942 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-19 |
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National Park Service memos,
1941-1942 |
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National Park Service memos,
1938-1941 |
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Clippings,
about
1940 |
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CCC handbook, revisions,
1940-1941
[2 folders] |
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Norfleet Bone's files: |
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[Bone was the landscape architect with
the National Park Service's Emergency Conservation Work program that worked
with the Texas State Park Board and oversaw landscape architect work at the CCC
projects undertaken at various state parks. He also was the chief landscape
architect with the Texas State Parks Board, serving with the board until about
1962. These files contain correspondence, memos, notes, lists, estimates of
project costs, inspections of landscape work at the parks, descriptions and
inspections of lands to be possibly donated for state parks, reports, and job
applications for landscape architect or related positions at various state
parks. Files are dated 1933-1935. Later correspondence files of Norfleet Bone
(1945-1962) can be found in the series Correspondence and
reports.] |
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Reports to Parks engineers,
1933-1934
[2 folders] |
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Bastrop State Park,
1934-1935
[3 folders] |
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Zilker Park,
1934 |
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National Park Service and State Parks Board
correspondence,
1933-1934
[3 folders] |
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"Handbook of State Park
Emergency Conservation Work," Chapter III, National Park Service,
1933 |
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War Department, Emergency Conservation Work
bulletins,
1934 |
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Emergency Conservation Work and Army regulations,
1933-1934
[2 folders] |
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[Includes plat maps of state parks by
the Texas State Parks Board.] |
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Balmorhea State Park,
about
1934-1935 |
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Chisos Mountains, Big Bend country
1933-1934 |
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Correspondence,
1933-1935 |
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[Largely re: employment applications -
includes Bone's employment application and work history.] |
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Applications (employment),
1933-1934 |
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Yearly progress records,
1941 |
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[These are likely CCC projects, but
could possibly refer to WPA work - there was no indication on the document;
some of the parks listed had WPA and CCC work.] |
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Project files, 1933-1944, bulk
1934-1941,
4 cubic ft. |
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These files document park development and construction
activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Texas state parks and
its involvement with the Texas State Parks Board. Files date from 1933 to 1944,
the bulk covering 1934-1941. Types of records present include correspondence,
memoranda, telegrams, job (construction) application forms to the CCC, routing
sheets for map and plan approvals, invitations to bid, list of jobs to be
performed, bills, estimates of project costs, job clearance reports, job
completion reports, inspection reports, field notebooks (survey notebooks), and
a few maps and plans. Correspondents include the State Parks Board staff,
on-site National Park Service staff and staff at the NPS regional office and
its Washington Office. Extensive project files are present for a few parks
(Bastrop, Buescher, Garner, Mackenzie, and Tyler) and individual files are
present for specific projects, such as park roads, overnight cabins, fire
hazard reduction, office buildings, topographic surveys, water lines, etc. Some
additional parks are represented but have only one or two folders. It is
unknown where the rest of the project files are located. Some CCC educational
and training materials are present in the files of Bastrop-Buescher State
Parks. Early work done in the Bastrop State Park also included work done at
Buescher State Park (in Smithville), so those files are a set. Work at these
two parks also included WPA funding, so some WPA documents are filed with these
project files. Additional WPA materials on these parks can be found in the
series Work Projects Administration files. The
National Youth Administration operated a furniture mill at Bastrop State Park -
files on NYA work at Bastrop and a few other parks are in the series
National Youth Administration files . Additional
files on park development that include some CCC camp applications and/or
correspondence are in the series Acquisition and
development files. Plans and drawings used in conjunction with these
project files can be found in a separate series, Texas
State Parks Board, Civilian Conservation Corps plans and drawings. |
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Arrangement |
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The files are arranged by State Archives staff in alphabetical
order by park name, then either topically or numerically by job number
(arrangement varies with park and was not altered by archives staff). |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Project files, Civilian Conservation Corps
files, Texas State Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2005/041 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on October 22, 2004. |
| Box |
| 2005/041-19 |
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Bastrop-Busecher State Parks: |
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[Work was done at both of these parks by
the CCC and WPA. These files contain some WPA records. Additional WPA records
for these parks can be found in the series Work Projects Administration
files.] |
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Ledger,
1933-1935 |
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[Entries include equipment and supply
purchases by company, and make, model and serial number of large
trucks.] |
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Level books,
1933-1936
[5 folders - 21 books
total] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-20 |
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Field books,
about
1935-1937
[3 folders - 9 books
total] |
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Correspondence,
1938-1939 |
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Correspondence,
1937-1938 |
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Miscellaneous,
about
1937-1938 |
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Lumber, notes, Smithville dam, Buescher Park,
Bastrop Park,
about
1938 |
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[Folders removed] |
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[Several empty folders were removed -
titles were: Notes - Bastrop State Park; Materials; Estimates; Tools;
Accidents, fires; and Bastrop Park notes.] |
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Norfleet Bone - Smithville dam,
1935-1936 |
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Correspondence,
1936 |
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Correspondence,
1937-1938 |
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Monthly work progress reports, ECW, Form 7A,
1936 |
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Report on road structures,
about
1936 |
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Survey of insect life,
1937 |
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Progress sheets (various projects),
1936 |
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Memorandum and notes, master plan,
about
1936 |
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Work program, A-4-2, A-4-3, A-4-6,
1936 |
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List of excess property in warehouse,
1938 |
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Completion reports,
1937-1938 |
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Garage, job 154,
1937 |
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Combination building,
1938 |
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Golf shelter,
1938 |
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Dry kiln, refectory changes, bath addition, well,
pumphouse, footbath,
about
1938-1939
[2 folders] |
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Old jobs, prices, etc.,
1936-1939
[3 folders] |
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Education programs: |
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System instruction outlines,
1936-1937
[2 folders] |
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Education outlines,
1937 |
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Outlines for training, various projects,
1939 |
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CCC training forms,
about
1937 |
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Project training outlines and CCC training forms,
1936-1939 |
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Telephone line construction and maintenance,
about
1939 |
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Project training outlines,
1941 |
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Old outlines,
1937-1939
[2 folders] |
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Copy of quarterly report on project training -
definitions and comments,
about
1937 |
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On-the-job instructional material and official
bulletins,
1936-1939
[2 folders] |
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Bastrop State Park, job 189 - Helper's quarters,
1939 |
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Power lines,
1938 |
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[Files for Daingerfield, Huntsville and
Lake Brownwood State Parks] |
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Balmorhea State Park, job 128 - Painting (Indian
village),
1938-1939 |
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Cleburne State Park, summary of obligations,
1941 |
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Narrative report to accompany master plan,
about
1938 |
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Fort Griffin State Park,
1940-1941 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-21 |
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Garner State Park: |
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Job 101-112, temporary garage,
1937-1938 |
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Job 102, combination building and terrace,
1937-1939 |
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Job 103, fire hazard reduction,
1937 |
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Job 104, bank sloping,
1937 |
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Job 105, preparation and transportation of
materials,
1937 |
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Job 106, lineal surveys,
1937 |
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Job 107, topographic surveys,
1937 |
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Job 108, office buildings,
1937 |
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Job 109, table and bench combination,
1937-1938 |
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Job 111, fire pre-suppression,
1937 |
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Job 112, park roads,
1937-1938 |
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Job 113, educational guide contact station,
1937 |
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Job 114, parking area,
1937 |
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Job 115, keeper's lodge and service area,
1937 |
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Job 116, guard rail,
1937-1938 |
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Job 117, walks,
1937-1938 |
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Job 118, seeding and sodding,
1937 |
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Job 119, moving and planting shrubs,
1937-1938 |
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Job 120, water storage,
1937 |
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Job 121, water lines,
1937 |
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Job 123, preparation and transportation of
materials,
1937-1938 |
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Job 124, surveys,
1937-1938 |
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Job 125, selective cutting,
1937-1939 |
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Job 126, seeding and sodding,
1937-1938 |
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Job 127, eradication and extermination of poisonous
weeds,
1937-1939 |
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Job 128, sewer line,
1937-1938 |
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Job 131, fire breaks,
1938-1939 |
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Job 132, parking area,
1938 |
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Job 133, cooking units,
1938 |
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Job 134, water lines,
1938 |
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Job 135, terraces,
1938 |
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Job 136, signs and markers,
1938 |
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Job 137, educational guide, contact station work,
1937-1938 |
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Job 138, guard rail,
1938-1939 |
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Job 139, surveys,
1938-1939 |
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Job 140, overnight cabins,
1938-1941 |
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Job 141, trailer road,
1937-1940 |
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Job 142, water lines,
1938-1939 |
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Job 143, beach improvement,
1937-1939 |
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Job 144, service roads to cabins,
1938-1939 |
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Job 145, picnic road, north section of park,
1939 |
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Job 146, preparation and transportation of
materials,
1939 |
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Job 147, landscape development (undifferentiated),
1939 |
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Job 148, water sewer connection,
1939 |
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Job 149, picnic road,
1939 |
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Job 150, overnight cabins,
1938-1940 |
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Job 151, educational guide and contact station work,
1939 |
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Job 152, horse and foot trails,
1939 |
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Job 153, preparation and transportation of
materials,
1939-1940 |
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Job 154, surveys,
1939-1940 |
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Job 155, table and bench combination,
1937-1940 |
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Job 156, water lines,
1939-1940 |
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Job 157, cooking units,
1939-1940 |
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Job 157, riding stable group,
1941 |
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Job 159, landscape development, cabin area,
1939-1940 |
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Job 160, foot bridges,
1939 |
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Job 161, incinerators,
1939 |
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Job 162, fire suppression,
1939-1940 |
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Job 163, walks - use area,
1939-1940 |
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Job 164, signs and markers,
1939-1940 |
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Job 165, alterations and addition to combination
building,
1939-1940 |
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Job 166, wellhouse and pump,
1940 |
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Job 168, sewer line,
1937-1940 |
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Job 169, latrines,
1940 |
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Job 170, overnight cabins,
1940 |
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Job 171, undifferentiated landscaping,
1940 |
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Job 172, weeds and plants,
1940 |
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Job 173, beach improvements,
1940 |
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Job 173, obliteration,
1940 |
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Job 175, fire hazard reduction,
1940 |
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Job 176, guard rail,
1940 |
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Job 177, horse and foot trails,
1940-1941 |
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Job 178, revision recreation room,
1940-1941 |
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Job 179, water lines,
1940 |
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Job 180, sewage and waste disposal system,
1940 |
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Job 181, tree preservation,
1940-1941 |
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Job 182, blacksmith shop,
1940 |
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Job 183, public picnic ground development,
1940-1941 |
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Job 184, table and bench combination,
1940-1941 |
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Job 185, barbecue pits,
1940-1941 |
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Job 186, walks,
1940-1941 |
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Job 188, park roads,
1940-1941 |
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Job 189, preparation and transportation of
materials,
1940-1941 |
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Job 190, landscaping (undifferentiated),
1940-1941 |
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Job 191, reconnaissance and investigation for well,
1940 |
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Job 192, digging well,
1940-1941 |
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Job 193, help's quarters revision, storehouse,
1940-1941 |
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Job 195, hot water heater, butane gas system,
1940-1941 |
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Job 196, power line,
1941 |
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Job 197, alterations and additions to combination
building,
1941 |
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Job 198, riding stable group,
1941 |
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Job 199, telephone lines,
1941 |
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Job 200, andirons and fireplace sets,
1941 |
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Job 201, obliteration,
1940-1941 |
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Job 202, moving and planting trees and shrubs,
1941 |
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Job 203, check dams (permanent),
1941 |
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Summary of obligations,
1941 |
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Garner furniture, Lake Brownwood mill
correspondence,
1941 |
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Low water dam,
1940 |
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Furniture plan,
1938,
1940 |
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Bath house wing,
1938 |
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A report on the water supply by Ross A. Maxwell,
1939 |
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Architectural investigation,
1937 |
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Electrification project,
1937-1939 |
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Protection of wildlife,
1937-1939 |
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Field comment by Donald D. Obert,
1939 |
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John C. Diggs,
1940 |
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Job comparison,
about
1936 |
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Estimates of project costs,
1941 |
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Monthly distribution of encumbrances,
1939-1942 |
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Monthly progress report,
1937-1940
[2 folders] |
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Lake Corpus Christi State Park,
1935-1936 |
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Mackenzie State Park: |
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Job 101, fine grading,
1937 |
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Job 102, picnic shelter,
1937 |
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Job 103, fences,
1937 |
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Job 104, obliteration,
1937 |
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Job 105, park roads,
1937 |
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Job 167, fire suppression,
1940-1941 |
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Job 106, fire suppression,
1937 |
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Job 147, fire suppression,
1939-1940 |
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Job 107, educational guide, contact station work,
1937 |
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Job 108, bath house,
1937-1940 |
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Job 173, guard rails,
1940 |
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Job 124, guard rails,
1938 |
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Job 125, main entrance portal,
1938-1940 |
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Job 109, guardrails,
1937 |
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Job 110, foot bridges,
1937 |
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Job 186, foot bridges,
1940 |
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Job 168, foot bridges,
1940-1941 |
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Job 133, foot bridges,
1938-1939 |
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Job 146, landscaping (undifferentiated),
1939 |
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Job 111, landscaping (undifferentiated),
1937-1938 |
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Job 112, pipelines,
1937-1938 |
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Job 165, pipelines,
1940 |
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Job 129, pipelines,
1938 |
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Job 182, pipelines,
1941 |
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Job 149, pipelines,
1939-1940 |
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Job 172, pipelines,
1940 |
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Job 127, landscaping (undifferentiated),
1938-1940 |
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Job 169, latrines,
1940-1941 |
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Job 113, latrines,
1937 |
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Job 155, razing undesirable structures (roads),
1940 |
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Job 117, razing undesirable structures,
1937 |
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Job 119, razing undesirable structures,
1938 |
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Job 114, razing undesirable structures,
1937-1938 |
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Job 115, truck trails and minor roads,
1937-1938 |
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Job 116, moving and planting trees and shrubs,
1937 |
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Job 118, moving and planting trees and shrubs,
1937-1938 |
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Job 156, moving and planting trees and shrubs,
1940-1943 |
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Job 136, moving and planting trees and shrubs,
1938-1940 |
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Job 154, parking area,
1940-1943 |
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Job 180, parking area,
1941 |
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Job 120, parking area,
1937-1939 |
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Job 128, parking area,
1938-1939 |
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Job 121, seeding and sodding,
1938 |
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Job 122, concession shelter,
1937-1940 |
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Job 123, fences,
1938 |
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Job 126, educational guide and contact station work,
1938 |
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Job 131, septic tank and disposal field,
1938-1939 |
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Job 132, lake and pond development,
1938-1940 |
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Job 134, park roads (northwest part of park),
1938-1939 |
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Job 173, excavating channels,
1936-1939 |
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Job 138, tree planting,
1939 |
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Job 137, other buildings, stilling well,
1939-1940 |
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Job 139, alteration to bathhouse,
1939-1940 |
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Job 140, combination building,
1939-1941 |
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Job 160, seeding and sodding,
1940 |
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Job 141, seeding and sodding,
1939 |
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Job 142, seeding and sodding,
1939-1940 |
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Job 143, combination building,
1939 |
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Job 174, combination building,
1940-1941 |
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Job 144, disposal system,
1939-1940 |
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Job 145, educational guide, contact station work,
1939 |
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Job 148, fire places,
1939-1940 |
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Job 150, drinking fountains,
1939-1940 |
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Job 151, table and bench combination,
1939-1940 |
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Job 152, playground area,
1939-1943 |
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Job 153, well and storage tank,
1939-1940 |
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Job 157, trails,
1940 |
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Job 158, roads,
1940 |
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Job 159, walks and curbs,
1940-1941 |
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Job 161, signs and markers,
1940-1941 |
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Job 162, spectator's shelter,
1940-1941 |
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Job 163, pipeline (gas),
1940 |
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Job 164, parking areas,
1940 |
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Job 164, soil preparation,
1940 |
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Job 166, playground stations,
1940 |
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Job 170, shelters,
1940-1941 |
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Job 171, sewage disposal system,
1940-1941 |
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Job 175, wading pool,
1940-1941 |
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Job 176, sewage disposal system,
1940-1941 |
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Job 178, sewage disposal,
1940-1941 |
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Job 179, parking area extension,
1940-1941 |
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Job 181, obliteration of roads,
1941 |
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Clearances for which there are no files set up,
1940-1941 |
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Proposed improvements,
1937-1938 |
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Boy scout camp,
1937-1938 |
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Service area in city park,
1937 |
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Meadowbrook golf course furniture,
1940 |
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Meadowbrook golf course building,
1939-1940 |
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Report on water situation and facilities,
1937 |
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Furniture,
1938-1940 |
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Field report,
1941 |
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Work programs,
1937-1940 |
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Job comparison,
1935 |
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Monthly progress reports,
1937-1940 |
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Monthly distribution of encumbrances,
1939-1940 |
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Yearly progress report,
1938-1939 |
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Estimates of project costs,
1941 |
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Camp application,
1938-1941 |
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Master plans,
1937-1940 |
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CCC buildings,
1941 |
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Field report, Plans and Design Division, National
Park Service,
1940 |
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Releases and transfers of funds,
1938-1940 |
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Miscellaneous,
1937-1940 |
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Proposed combination road,
1938-1939 |
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Tyler State Park: |
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Job 101, dam - earth fill,
1937 |
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Job 102, dam excavation (earth),
1937 |
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Job 103, dam (rip rap),
1937 |
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Job 104, vehicle bridge,
1937 |
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Job 105, park lands,
1937-1939 |
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Job 106, fire breaks,
1937-1938 |
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Job 107, fine grading - road, slopes, etc.,
1937-1938 |
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Job 108, sodding (dam),
1937-1938 |
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Job 109, lake development,
1937 |
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Job 110, tree preservation,
1937-1938 |
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Job 111, soil preparation,
1937 |
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Job 112, nurseries,
1937-1943 |
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Job 113, reconnaissance and investigation,
1937-1938 |
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Job 114, fire pre-suppression,
1937-1938 |
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Job 163, fire presuppression,
1939-1941 |
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Job 115, preparation and transportation of
materials,
1937 |
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Job 116, educational guide and contact station work,
1937 |
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Job 117, other buildings, experimental,
1937-1938 |
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Job 118, check dams,
1937-1938 |
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Job 119, bank sloping,
1937-1938 |
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Job 120, table and bench combination,
1937-1938 |
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Job 143, table and bench combination,
1938-1939 |
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Job 121, garage alterations,
1937 |
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Job 122, seeding and sodding,
1937-1938 |
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Job 123, water storage tank,
1938-1940 |
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Job 124, garage receptacles,
1937-1938 |
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Job 125, beach improvement,
1938-1939 |
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Job 126, transplanting trees and shrubs,
1937-1938 |
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Job 135, transplanting trees and shrubs,
1938 |
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Job 127, field planting or seeding,
1937-1939 |
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Job 128, fighting forest fires,
1938-1939 |
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Job 142, fighting forest fires,
1938 |
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Job 129, experimental table and bench combination,
1938 |
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Job 130, diving tower,
1938 |
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Job 131, camp fireplaces,
1938 |
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Job 156, camp fireplace,
1939 |
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Job 183, camp fireplaces,
1940-1941 |
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Job 132, boat pier,
1938 |
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Job 133, boat house,
1938-1939 |
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Job 134, moving and planting large trees,
1938 |
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Job 148, moving and planting trees,
1939 |
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Job 136, guard rails,
1938-1943 |
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Job 137, truck trails,
1938 |
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Job 138, spring development,
1938-1939 |
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Job 139, park road preservation,
1938 |
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Job 185, picnic ground development,
1940-1941 |
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Job 186, caretaker's group,
1940-1941 |
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Job 187, signs and markers,
1940-1941 |
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Job 188, developed area lighting,
1940-1941 |
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Job 188, furniture |
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[empty folder - removed] |
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Job 189, entrance,
1941 |
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Job 190, parking overlook,
1940-1941 |
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Job 191, parking area,
1940-1941 |
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Job 192, telephone line,
1940-1941 |
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Job 193, obliteration,
1941 |
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Job 194, sewage system - caretaker's residence,
1941 |
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Job 195, structural improvements,
1941-1942 |
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Job 140, park use study,
1938 |
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Job 141, bath house,
1938-1939 |
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Job 144, shore area improvement,
1937-1939 |
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Job 145, check dams,
1938-1940 |
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Job 146, beach parking area,
1938-1939 |
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Job 147, field planting hardwoods,
1938-1939 |
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Job 149, diversion dam and canal,
1939 |
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Job 150, garbage receptacles,
1939 |
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Job 151, food and cover planting,
1939 |
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Job 152, park road surfacing,
1939 |
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Job 153, pipeline main water,
1939-1940 |
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Job 154, sewage disposal system,
1939 |
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Job 155, suppressing fires,
1939-1940 |
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Job 157, lake bank protection and landing dock,
1939-1940 |
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Job 159, latrines,
1939 |
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Job 160, park use study,
1939 |
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Job 161, transplants first aid,
1939-1940 |
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Job 162, sodding bath house areas,
1939-1943 |
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Job 164, forest conservation,
1939-1940 |
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Job 165, fence repairs,
1937-1940 |
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Job 166, picnic table and bench construction,
1939-1940 |
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Job 167, walks and bath house terrace,
1939-1940 |
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Job 168, suppressing fire no. 9,
1940 |
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Job 170, suppressing fie no. 10,
1939-1940 |
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Job 169, field planting,
1939-1943 |
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Job 171, boathouse parking area,
1940-1943 |
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Job 172, bath house landscaping,
1940-1943 |
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Job 173, beach parking extension,
1940 |
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Job 174, well, pump, and pump house,
1940-1943 |
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Job 175, power line,
1940-1943 |
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Job 176, hydraulic research,
1940 |
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Job 177, lake shore trail,
1940 |
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Job 177, kitchen shelter,
1940-1941 |
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Job 178, park road extension,
1940-1941 |
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Job 180, incinerator,
1940-1941 |
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Job 178, combination building,
1937-1941 |
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Job 181, minnow vat,
1936-1940 |
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Job 182, bench and table combination,
1940-1941 |
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Job 184, garbage receptacles,
1940-1943 |
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Telephone line,
1940 |
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Refectory, bath - preliminary studies,
1937-1938 |
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Combination building,
1940 |
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Golf course,
1937-1939 |
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Insect survey,
1937 |
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Soil survey,
1937 |
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Proposed sprinkler system for golf course,
1936-1938 |
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Fire reports,
1937-1939 |
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Master plans,
1937-1940 |
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Report on unusual tree growths,
1937 |
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Monthly progress reports,
1937-1940
[2 folders] |
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Monthly distribution of encumbrances,
1939-1942 |
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Mechanical analysis and results of test on material
submitted to the Board of Water Engineers,
1937 |
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Third geological report,
1938 |
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Yearly progress report,
1938-1939 |
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Miscellaneous,
1937-1939 |
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Notice of job clearances,
1940-1941 |
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Work programs,
1937-1940 |
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Releases and transfers of funds,
1937-1938 |
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Summary of obligations,
1941 |
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Estimates of project costs
[empty, folder removed] |
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Miscellaneous,
1940 |
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Preliminary plans,
1937-1938 |
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Work Projects Administration files,
1933-1942,
bulk 1935-1942,
1.25 cubic ft. |
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The records document work done by the Texas State Parks Board in
conjunction with the Federal Works Agency's Work Projects Administration
(formerly the Works Progress Administration - WPA). A few documents also
reflect a project done through the Public Works Administration. The Federal
Works Agency was administered under the National Park Service. Project
proposals submitted to the WPA by the State Parks Board request federal
financial assistance and detail estimates and specifications of work proposed
for the development of several state parks. Records include correspondence,
memoranda, project proposals and applications, summary sheets of costs,
estimates, descriptions of materials used, and progress reports. Dates covered
are 1933-1942, bulk dating 1935-1942. Correspondents include State Parks Board
staff, regional National Park Service staff and the WPA. The bulk of the
materials document work done at Bastrop State Park, Caddo Lake State Park, Fort
Parker State Park, and Lake Brownwood State Park. Also present are WPA project
proposal files with correspondence for WPA projects in Brownwood, Texas, part
of a set of files marked "James P. Jones, Architect,
Texas State Parks Board." Additional WPA correspondence files are in the
series Correspondence and reports, State Parks Board
correspondence and reports (group one). |
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Historical Sketch |
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The Works Progress Administration was established as a national
agency on May 6, 1935, by an executive order of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The name of the agency was changed to Work Projects Administration
on July 1, 1939, when it was made a part of the Federal Works Agency. It was
established as a relief measure during the Great Depression and lasted until it
was phased out in 1943, after it was rendered unnecessary by increased
employment and reduced relief rolls. Governor Miriam Amanda Ferguson issued an
executive order establishing the Texas Relief Commission in March 1933 to deal
with unemployment problems in Texas. The commission used Federal Emergency
Relief Administration (FERA) funds, enabling Texans to participate in various
early New Deal programs such as construction and white-collar projects of the
Civil Works Administration and the camp programs of the Civilian Conservation
Corps. The establishment of the WPA helped 600,000 persons in Texas to provide
subsistence for themselves and their families. According to its regulations
anyone employed by the WPA had to be the economic head of his family and had to
be certified as destitute on the rolls of the Texas Relief Commission. People
of both sexes and of all races were employed. WPA wages in Texas ranged from
forty-five to seventy-five dollars per month. |
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The WPA activities in Texas were varied. Projects included
artwork, archaeological investigations, a paleontologic-mineralogic survey, the
American Imprints Inventory (survey of holdings in libraries), the Texas
Writer's Project, the Federal Music Project, and various construction
activities, some of them in state parks. Construction projects included parks,
swimming pools, highways, bridges, stadiums, and other public buildings, and,
during the period of World War II, centers for all branches of armed forces
personnel. |
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(Source:
Handbook of Texas Online article,
"Work Projects Administration," by
Mallory B. Randle (accessed June 2005)) |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by State Archives staff in alphabetical
order by park name. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Work Projects Administration project files,
Texas State Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1996/102, 2005/041 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on May 3, 1996 and October 22, 2004. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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None. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Technical Requirements |
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Most of the maps are too large to photocopy. |
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Processed by |
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Lisa Hendricks, June 1996 |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2005 |
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Procedures, schedule of rental rates,
1939 |
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Defense Public Works application and correspondence,
1941 |
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Bastrop State Park: |
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Defense Public Works, Public Works Administration
application for water well,
about
1941 |
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Miscellaneous,
about
1962
[2 folders] |
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[Includes correspondence, notes, project
proposals and applications, cost estimates] |
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Job 20, main path road extension,
about
1939-1940 |
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Sewer system,
1935 |
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Golf course,
1936 |
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Bastrop-Buescher State Park, dam,
1935 |
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Big Spring State Park: |
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Narrative report with photographs,
1935 |
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Project proposals,
1935 |
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Project proposals,
1937 |
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Blanco State Park, cost estimates summary sheets,
about
1940 |
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Brownwood, Texas: |
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[Files of James Jones, architect for the
State Parks Board on WPA proposals for work at Brownwood High School and a
local hospital. Also present are specifications for a private residence in
Brownwood.] |
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Specifications for a residence,
1936 |
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Brownwood High School stadium,
1936 |
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High school stadium and hospital,
1936
[2 folders] |
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Caddo Lake State Park: |
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Pool,
1935 |
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Salvage of materials,
about
1940 |
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Construction and maintenance,
1938-1940
[4 folders] |
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| 2005/041-24 |
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Concession building - master set,
about
1940
[4 folders] |
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Project proposals,
1940 |
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Correspondence,
1938-1942
[3 folders] |
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Cleburne State Park, project proposals,
about
1942
[3 folders] |
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Cuero Park,
1935 |
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Fort Davis State Park, dams,
1935 |
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Fort Griffin State Park,
1942 |
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Fort Parker State Park,
1942 |
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Fort Parker State Park, cabins,
about
1942
[3 folders] |
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Huntsville State Park,
1942 |
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Inks Lake State Park,
1942 |
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Lake Brownwood State Park: |
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Estimates,
1942 |
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Game warden's cottage,
about
1935 |
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Bath house and beach,
1935 |
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Lampasas State Park, dam,
about
1940 |
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Longhorn Cavern State Park, work program outline,
1939 |
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Longhorn Cavern State Park, connecting road,
1935 |
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Loy State Park,
1935 |
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Meridian State Park,
1935 |
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Mother Neff State Park,
1936 |
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Normangee State Park,
1935
[2 folders] |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Topographic map,
1933 |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park, pool,
1935 |
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Possum Kingdom State Park,
1942 |
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Robison State Park,
1935 |
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San Jose Mission,
1934-about
1940
[3 folders] |
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National Youth Administration files,
1940-1942,
0.25 cubic ft. |
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The records document work done by the Texas State Parks Board in
conjunction with the National Youth Administration (NYA), a federal relief
agency. Records include correspondence, approved job submissions, cost
estimates, bills of materials, notes, and inspection reports. Dates covered are
1940-1942. The bulk of the materials document work done at an NYA mill at
Bastrop State Park that produced furniture for other state parks. Other parks
mentioned in the files are Inks Lake State Park and Stephen F. Austin State
Park. Correspondents are primarily Paul Roesle, chief architect of the State
Parks Board, with the Texas NYA office. Some correspondence between the Parks
Board's executive director, Frank Quinn, and the NYA office is also
present. |
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Historical Sketch |
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The National Youth Administration (NYA) was established on June
26, 1935, and operated until 1943. It was initially under the auspices of the
Work Projects Administration (WPA), although its administration was essentially
independent. In 1939 the NYA was transferred to the Federal Security Agency,
and in September 1942 it was placed under the direction of the War Manpower
Commission. The purpose of the NYA was to provide education, jobs, recreation,
and counseling for male and female youth between the ages of sixteen and
twenty-five. Financial need was a criterion for participation in both the
student aid and out-of-school programs, the two most successful NYA programs in
Texas. The student-aid program provided financial assistance in the amount of
six dollars a month for high school students, fifteen dollars for those in
college, and an average of twenty dollars per month for graduate students. In
exchange the students performed part-time jobs, usually as clerks or
maintenance workers. The out-of-school work program provided jobs for young
people who had dropped out of school or who had graduated and were unable to
find employment. Participants worked part-time for wages of ten to twenty
dollars a month, generally on highways and roadside parks, playgrounds and
schools, recreational parks, and public buildings all over Texas. Parks the
students worked on in Texas included Bastrop State Park and Inks Lake State
Park. The agency was voted out of existence by Congress in 1943. The overall
effect of the NYA in Texas was beneficial. Between 1935 and 1943 more than
175,000 students received assistance that enabled them to complete their
education, and more than 75,000 were employed in the out-of-school programs.
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(Source:
Handbook of Texas Online article,
"National Youth Administration," by
Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.(accessed June 2005).) |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged as received from the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), National Youth Administration files, Texas
State Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2005/041 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on October 22, 2004. |
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Processed by |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2005 |
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| 2005/041-24 |
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Correspondence, list,
1942 |
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Approved job submissions,
1941 |
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Bastrop State Park: |
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Inspection reports,
1941-1942 |
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Job submissions, estimates,
1940-1941 |
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[Includes bills of material.] |
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Correspondence,
1941-1942 |
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Correspondence,
1941 |
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Stephen F. Austin State Park,
1940-1941 |
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San Jose Mission project files,
1937,
1939, 1942-1958, bulk 1950-1958,
0.5 cubic ft. |
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The records document work done by the Texas State Parks Board at
the San Jose Mission in cooperation with the National Park Service, the Texas
Highway Department, the city of San Antonio, and the San Jose Mission Advisory
Board as part of their efforts to make improvements to the mission and its
grounds. Records include correspondence, plans, drawings, details,
specifications, invoices, reports, publications, clippings, a map and a
photograph. Dates covered are 1937, 1939, 1942-1958, the bulk dating 1950-1958.
The records document several improvement projects, primarily the addition of
curbs and sidewalks, landscape design, and construction of an amphitheater.
Correspondents include the State Parks Board staff, manager of the mission
facility, National Park Service, Texas Highway Department, local officials,
contractors, and business owners. Additional files on the mission can be found
in the series Correspondence and reports, State park
correspondence and reports and the series Acquisition and development files. Work by the Work
Projects Administration at the mission is covered in the series
Work Projects Administration files.
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Historical Sketch |
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Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo was founded in 1720 by
Father Antonio Margil de Jesus, a prominent Franciscan missionary, on the banks
of the San Antonio River. The mission was named for Saint Joseph and the
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and
Texas at the time. San Jose, as it became known, was the largest of the
missions in the area, becoming known as the "Queen of
Missions." At its height, the community contained about 300 Indian
neophytes sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock. It gained a
reputation as a major social and cultural center. Its complex of stone walls,
bastions, granary, and the magnificent church was completed in 1782. |
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In 1941 the San Jose Mission became a State Historic Site, and
later that same year, a National Historic Site. It was governed for several
years by an advisory board composed of representatives from the National Park
Service, the Texas State Parks Board, the Catholic Church, the County of Bexar,
and the San Antonio Conservation Society. These entities undertook several
projects to restore portions of the mission and add improvements to the
complex. The mission grounds were operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department from 1941 to 1983. On November 10, 1978, San Jose Mission became
part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and is now governed
by the National Park Service. The church within the mission complex is still an
active parish. |
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(Sources: National Park Service online article,
San Antonio Missions National Park, Mission San Jose y San
Miguel de Aguayo (accessed June 2005) and from writings found
within the records.) |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged as received from the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), San Jose Mission project files, Texas State
Parks Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2005/041 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife on October 22, 2004. |
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Processed by |
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Laura K. Saegert, June 2005 |
| Box |
| 2005/041-24 |
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Side development - estimates and specifications,
1953-1954 |
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Sidewalk and cubs for parking area, s(outh) side, plans
and specifications,
1952-1954
[2 folders] |
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Plants,
1953 |
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Miscellaneous,
1942-1958
[2 folders] |
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[Includes clippings, brochures,
publications, correspondence, plans, photograph, ma.] |
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Book - San Antonio, by
Claude B. Aniol,
1942 |
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Amphitheater,
1958 |
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[Includes drawings, plans, notes,
correspondence, invitations to bid.] |
| Box |
| 2005/041-25 |
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Miscellaneous,
1942-1957
[3 folders] |
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[Includes correspondence, clipping, notes,
cost estimates, bills.] |
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Roads,
1939,
1950-1953 |
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Improvements,
1937,
1949-1958 |
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South side development,
1944-1956 |
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[Includes improvements to roads, sprinkler
system.] |
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Cemetery, advisory board files, clipping,
1937, 1953,
1956 |
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Historical marker,
1950 |
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