Overview
Volunteer Services Council for the
Austin State School.
Records
1957-1988
Types of records
include minutes, reports, correspondence and various resolutions. Records are
from the Volunteer Services Council for the Austin State School and date from
1957 through 1988. The work of the Council is reflected in the records which
include minutes of the Council's meetings, monthly and annual reports, and
financial reports and statements. The Council was involved in many aspects of
the life at the school including holiday celebrations and fund-raising for
various projects such as a chapel, a swimming pool, and other needed
equipment.
1 cubic ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Records, Volunteer Services Council for the
Austin State School. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
Agency History
The Volunteer Council was originally chartered November 14, 1956. Its
charter lapsed September 1, 1965, but was reinstated February 23, 1968. The
Volunteer Council was formed to explore and develop areas for volunteer
services at the Austin State School; to recommend volunteer projects and
programs for individuals, groups, and organizations; to assist as an advisory
group in setting up policies and standards governing functions and operations
of volunteer services in the Austin State School; to act as a coordinating
agency for voluntary projects and programs at the school; to interpret the
needs of the students; and to disseminate information regarding the Austin
State School to interested groups and individuals. Membership of the council
consisted of a representative and an alternate from organizations and groups,
and/or individuals interested in volunteer services at the Austin State School.
Membership on the council was by invitation of the council, subject to a
majority vote of the members present. In 1982, the Volunteer Council for the
Austin State School became known as the Volunteer Services Council for the
Austin State School.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Types of records include minutes, reports, correspondence and various
resolutions. Records are from the Volunteer Services Council for the Austin
State School and date from 1957 through 1988. The work of the Council is
reflected in the records which include minutes of the Council's meetings,
monthly and annual reports, and financial reports and statements. The Council
was involved in many aspects of the life at the school including holiday
celebrations and fund-raising for various projects such as a chapel, a swimming
pool, and other needed equipment.
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.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are arranged by type of material, then
chronologically.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Corporate Names:
Austin State
School.
Subjects:
Voluntarism--Texas--Austin.
Volunteer workers in social
service--Texas--Austin.
Document Types:
Minutes--Austin
(Tex.)--Voluntarism--1957-1988.
Reports--Austin
(Tex.)--Voluntarism--1957-1988.
Correspondence--Austin
(Tex.)--Voluntarism--1957-1988.
Resolutions--Austin
(Tex.)--Voluntarism--1957-1988.
Functions:
Coordinating
volunteers.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records in this finding aid. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Minutes
and agenda, 1965-1984, 1992-2001, 13.66 cubic ft.
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
Monthly population census reports, 1965-1972, 0.47 cubic ft.
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
Records, 1968-1982, 3 cubic ft.
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
Records, 1967-1983, 4 cubic ft.
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
Records, 1967-1983, 6 cubic ft.
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
Design and Construction Section, Construction records, 1966-1973, 26 cubic
ft.
Texas Office of the Governor, Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Facility Review Task Force, Records, 1966, 1984-1993, 14 cubic
ft.
Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools,
Minutes, 1951-1955, 1958-1963, 1 cubic ft.
Texas State Board of Control, Records, 1916-1979, 83 cubic
ft.
Josephine T. Lamb Collection, 1954-1966, 14 cubic
ft.
Austin State School, Correspondence of Superintendent J. W.
Bradfield, 1917-1919, 0.3 cubic ft.
Processing Information
Lisa M. Hendricks, February 1996
Accession Information
Accession number: 1996/048
These records were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation on February 1,
1996.
Detailed Description of the Records
Records,
1957-1988,
1 cubic ft.
1996/048-1
Volunteer Council Minutes,
1957-1979
1996/048-1
Auditor's Report,
1979-1980
1996/048-1
Volunteer Council Minutes,
1980-1988
1996/048-1
Volunteer Council, Membership Lists (old),
1964-1983