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Virginia Whitten:An Inventory of Virginia Whitten Papers at the Texas State Archives, 1973-1994
Biographical SketchVirginia Whitten, a retired librarian, was the official archivist for Governor Ann Richards' inauguration and was the first archivist ever to be appointed by the Texas Inaugural Committee, a committee which was created by state statute in the early 1970s to plan and fund inaugural events. Whitten collected and categorized records, artifacts, and memorabilia associated with the Richards-Bullock inauguration and as a member of the 1991 Texas Inaugural Committee transferred the records to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) in August of 1991. After Virginia's death in May of 1997, her daughter, Lynn Whitten, donated this material to the State Archives. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the PapersVirginia Whitten was a friend of Governor Ann Richards and served as archivist for her inauguration in 1991. Records include correspondence; memoranda; press releases; news clippings; newsletters; photographic material including prints, slides, contact sheets, and negatives; samples of invitations; and other artifacts and memorabilia. Records date from 1973 to 1994 and relate primarily to the celebrations surrounding the 1991 inauguration of Ann Richards as governor and Bob Bullock as lieutenant governor of Texas. Earlier records document Ann Richards' political offices as county commissioner for Travis county and as state treasurer. A few records date from the early years of her tenure as governor of Texas. Correspondence reflects the close relationship that existed between Governor Ann Richards and Virginia Whitten. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsRestrictions on AccessMaterials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members. Restrictions on UseUnder the Copyright Law of 1996 as amended in 1998, unpublished manuscripts are protected at a minimum through December 31, 2002 or 70 years after the author's death. Researchers are responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Technical RequirementsResearchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred Citation(Identify the item), Virginia Whitten Papers. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Accession InformationAccession number: 1998/140 These papers were donated to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Lynn Whitten on June 1, 1998. Processing InformationProcessed by Lisa M. Hendricks, May 1998 Corrections and further encoding to TARO project standards by Tonia J. Wood, July 2001 Finding aid converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by TARO using the conversion stylesheet v1to02.xsl, July 2003 Corrections to biographical sketch by Tonia J. Wood, July 2004 Update to link and DACS compliance by Tonia J. Wood, July 2008 Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Records
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