Texas Governor George W. Bush:
An Introduction to Records at the Texas State Archives,
1854-2000
(bulk
1995-2000)
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Creator: |
Texas. Governor (1995-2000 :
Bush) |
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Title: |
Records |
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Dates: |
1854-2000 |
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Dates: |
(bulk
1995-2000) |
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Abstract: |
Records are
correspondence, memoranda, legal records, legislative records, financial
records, speeches, reports, meeting records, publications, printed material,
lists, calendars and schedules, electronic records, audio and video tapes, and
photographs, dating 1854-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), gathered, created, and
maintained during George W. Bush's tenure as Governor of Texas from January 17,
1995 to December 21, 2000. |
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Quantity: |
approximately 2100
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Language |
English. |
Agency History
The governor of Texas is the chief executive officer of the state,
elected by the citizens every four years. The duties and responsibilities of
the governor include serving as commander-in-chief of the state's military
forces; convening special sessions of the legislature for specific purposes;
delivering to the legislature at the beginning of each regular session a report
on the condition of the state, an accounting of all public money under the
governor's control, a recommended biennial budget, an estimate of the amounts
of money required to be raised by taxation, and any recommendations he deems
necessary; signing or vetoing bills passed by the legislature; and executing
the laws of the state. The governor can grant reprieves and commutations of
punishment and pardons, upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and
Paroles, and revoke conditional pardons. He appoints numerous state officials
(with the consent of the Senate), fills vacancies in state and district offices
(except vacancies in the legislature), calls special elections to fill
vacancies in the legislature, fills vacancies in the United States Senate until
an election can be held, and serves as ex officio member of several state
boards.
The office of governor was first established by the Constitution of
1845 and superseded the office of president of the Republic of Texas. The
position now exists under authority of Article IV, Section 1 of the
Constitution of 1876 and Texas Government Code, Chapter 401. To be elected
governor, a person must be at least thirty years old, a United States citizen,
and a resident of Texas for at least five years preceding the election. In
1972, the term of office was extended from two to four years, effective in
1975. Since 1856 the governor has had the use of the Governor's Mansion.
In 1999 there were 198 full time equivalent employees in the Office
of the Governor. Thirteen divisions outside of the Executive Office assist the
governor in carrying out his functions: Administration, Appointments, Budget
& Planning, Communications, General Counsel, Legislative, Policy,
Scheduling, Criminal Justice Division, Governor's Committee on People with
Disabilities, Office of Film, Music, Television and Multimedia Industries,
Women's Commission, and Texas Council on Workforce and Economic
Competitiveness.
George W. Bush Biographical Sketch
George W. Bush served as governor of Texas from January 17, 1995 to
December 21, 2000, resigning as governor in the middle of his second term to
become president of the United States.
As a Republican, he challenged the incumbent governor, Democrat Ann
Richards, running on promises to improve public education and to reform the
juvenile justice system, welfare, and the state's tort laws -- the system under
which an injured person may sue for damages. During the 74th Legislature in
1995, he worked with the Democrats who controlled both houses of the Texas
legislature and managed to get bills passed that dealt with the four issues he
had emphasized in his campaign. Bush was seen as pro-business and a
consensus-builder.
Bush advocated and signed the two largest tax cuts to date in Texas
history, totaling over $3 billion. To pay for the cuts, he sought
(unsuccessfully) federal approval of a plan to privatize Texas' social
services. Education reform was a priority throughout his terms, with
legislation emphasizing local control of schools, higher standards, and a
revised curriculum. Controversy has followed, with charter schools mired in
financial scandals and protests against one test determining a child's
promotion. After winning reelection in 1998, Bush began his bid for the
presidency and was not as involved in the 76th Legislature in 1999.
George W. Bush was born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut and
grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He graduated from Andover Academy, and
received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's from Harvard
Business School. He served as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. In 1978,
Bush was defeated in a run for the U.S. Congress in West Texas. He was involved
in energy exploration from the 1970s into the 1980s. From 1989 until his
election as governor, Bush worked with the Texas Rangers baseball organization,
leading a group of partners in purchasing the team, and then serving as
managing general partner. He married Laura Welch in 1977; they have two
daughters.
Records are correspondence, memoranda, legal records, legislative
records, financial records, speeches, reports, meeting records, publications,
printed material, lists, calendars and schedules, audio and video tapes, and
photographs, dating 1854-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), created during George W. Bush's
terms as Governor of Texas. Included are records of Bush's executive assistant,
Joe Allbaugh, and Senior Advisor Margaret LaMontagne, as well as records of the
following offices: General Counsel, Policy, Legislative, Budget and Planning,
Grants Team, First Lady, Press, Executive, Scheduling,
Correspondence/Constituent Services, and the Governor's Committee on People
with Disabilities. The Appointments office, Criminal Justice Division, and Film
Commission are also represented by a small amount of materials. Major subjects
represented in the records are criminal justice, economic development,
education, emergency management, executions, legislation, and the state
budget.
This finding aid is a work in progress. Some series have been
processed, others are still undergoing processing. All series yet to be
processed are included in the framework of the finding aid. As these series are
processed, this finding aid will be updated and links will be provided for
separate finding aids containing fuller descriptions and folder listings.
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Organization of the Records |
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These records are organized into 15 subgroups and 87 series: |
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Executive Assistant's Office files, 1987-1989, 1992-2000 (bulk
1995-1999), approximately 28 cubic ft.
- Subject files, 1994-1999, approximately 22 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Correspondence file, 1995-1998, 0.5 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Requests and recommendations, 1987-1989, 1992-1999, 1.2 cubic
ft. [in process]
- General files, 1995-2000, 2 cubic ft. [in process]
- Publications and printed material, 1995-1997, less than 2
cubic ft. [in process]
- Calendars, 1998-1999, 0.2 cubic ft. [in process]
- Dale Laine's files, 1996-1997 (bulk 1997), 0.4 cubic
ft.
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Senior Advisor's Office records, 1948, 1964-1965, 1978,
1980-1983, 1986-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000), 88 cubic ft.
- Education issues files I, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, undated
(bulk 1995-1998), 13.5 cubic ft.
- Education issues files II, 1986, 1988-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000), 36 cubic ft.
- Education reference materials, 1988, 1990-2000, undated (bulk
1995-1997), 24.67 cubic ft.
- Debbie Esterak's issues file, 1986-1987, 1995-2000, undated
(bulk 1999-2000), 6 cubic ft.
- Miscellaneous education files, 1964, 1982, 1987, 1995-2000,
undated (bulk 1995-2000), 3.67 cubic ft.
- Education bill files, 1998-1999 (bulk 1999), 0.5 cubic ft.
- Margaret LaMontagne's correspondence, 1995-2000, undated
(bulk 1998-2000), 0.67 cubic ft.
- Appointments files, 1948, 1965, 1987, 1990-2000, undated
(bulk 1995-2000), 2.5 cubic ft.
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General Counsel files, 1886, 1892, 1903, 1912-1921, 1925, 1932,
1939-2000 (bulk 1986-2000), approximately 173 cubic ft.
- Legal opinions and advice, 1892, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1932,
1942-1944, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1972-2000 (bulk 1995-2000),
14 cubic ft.
- Execution files, 1886, 1892, 1903, 1912-1921, 1925, 1932,
1939-2000 (bulk 1986-2000), 68.24 cubic ft.
- Executive clemency files, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1983-2000
(bulk 1995-2000), 1.5 cubic ft.
- Litigation, 1995-2000, 25 cubic ft. [in process]
- Claims against the state, 1990-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 3.6
cubic ft.
- Settlements, 1995-1996, 7 cubic ft. [in process]
- Legislation, 1999, 1 cubic ft. [in process]
- Public information requests, 1995-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), 46
cubic ft. [in process]
- General correspondence, 1963-1964, 1975, 1985-2000 (bulk
1995-2000), 6.4 cubic ft.
- Agency rules, policies, and procedures, 1995-2000, less than
0.5 cubic ft. [in process]
- Calendars, 1998-[2000?], fractional [in process]
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Policy Office, 1982, 1989, 1993-2000, 60.25 cubic ft.
- Memoranda, 1995-2000, 1.75 cubic ft.
- Texas Strategic Economic Development Planning Commission
records, 1982, 1989, 1997-1998, 1.1 cubic ft., 19 videocassettes, and 7
audiocassettes
- Records of the Governor's Advisory Task Force on Faith-Based
Community Service Groups and implementation of charitable choice, 1993,
1996-1998, undated (bulk 1996-1997), 1.25 cubic ft.
- Questionnaire replies, 1993-1994, undated (bulk 1994), 0.25
cubic ft.
- Bill files, 1995-1999, 54 cubic ft.
- Records regarding the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs, 1996, 1998-2000, 1.45 cubic ft.
- Technology education reports, 1998-2000, 0.25 cubic
ft.
- Assorted, 1996, 1998-2000, undated, 0.05 cubic ft.
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Legislative Office, 1988, 1990, 1992-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000), 119 cubic ft.
- Director Dan Shelley's correspondence, 1994-1995 (bulk 1995),
0.2 cubic ft.
- Deputy Director Lizzette Gonzales' files, 1988, 1990,
1992-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000), 2.8 cubic ft.
- Bill files, 1995-1999, 115 cubic ft. [in process]
- Correspondence with TNRCC concerning legislation, 1999, 1
cubic ft. [in process]
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Budget and Planning, 1967-2001, approximately 30 cubic ft.
- Administrative correspondence, 1995-2000, 5.6 cubic
ft.
- State budget development files, 1978, 1988-1999, undated,
(bulk 1995-1999), 3.2 cubic ft.
- Statewide cost allocation plans, 1971, 1989-1999 (bulk
1990-1998), 3.75 cubic ft.
- Records of the Grants Team, 1967-2001, approximately 17.25
cubic ft. [in process]
- Publications, 1995-2000, 0.2 cubic ft.
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Press Office, 1946-2001 (bulk 1995-2000), 278.32 cubic ft.
- Staff files, 1996-2000, 1.4 cubic ft.
- Speech files, 1992-1999, 3 cubic ft. [in process]
- News releases, 1994-2000, 32 cubic ft. [in process]
- Website development files, 1946-2000, 6.3 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Videotapes and audiotapes, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. [in
process]
- First Lady's speech and press files, 1995-2000, 12 cubic ft.
[in process]
- Clippings, 1995-2000, 203 cubic ft. [in process]
- Magazines and newspapers, 1994-2001, 13.62 cubic ft. [in
process]
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Executive Office, 1994-2000, approximately 22 cubic ft.
- Speeches, [ca. 1994]-2000 (bulk 1995-1999), 4.71 cubic
ft.
- Schedules, 1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. [in process]
- Transition Office correspondence, 1994-1995, less than 0.5
cubic ft. [in process]
- Out of state letters, 1995-1999, fractional [in
process]
- Autograph and photo request correspondence and logs, 1995,
1997-2000, 1 cubic ft. [in process]
- Photo op requests, 1996-1999, 1 cubic ft. [in process]
- Gift logs, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. [in process]
- Visitors registers, 1995-2000, less than 1 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Press Christmas party photographs, [1995 or 1996]-[1998 or
1999], less than 1 cubic ft. [in process]
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Scheduling Office, 1994-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), approximately 92.5
cubic ft.
- Invitations, 1994-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 89.5 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Travel arrangement files, 1995-1999 (bulk 1995),
approximately 1 cubic ft. [in process]
- General office files, 1995-2000, less than 2.5 cubic ft. [in
process]
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Appointments Office, Polly Sowell's correspondence, 1995-2000,
0.2 cubic ft. |
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Correspondence/Constituent Services, 1948-2000 (bulk 1995-2000),
approximately 1100 cubic ft.
- Central correspondence file, 1995-2000, approximately 1014
cubic ft. [in process]
- Bulk mail not logged in the central correspondence database,
1995-2000, approximately 36 cubic ft. [in process]
- Pending correspondence, 1997, 4 cubic ft. [in process]
- Proclamations, 1854, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1943, 1949-1950, 1952,
1956, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1980-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 13 cubic
ft.
- Robos research and background files, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft.
[in process]
- Autopen copies of correspondence from other divisions,
1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. [in process]
- Director Shirley Green's files, 1995-2000, 1 cubic ft. [in
process]
- General office files, 1995-2000, 2 cubic ft. [in process]
- Texas Navy file, 1948-1998, approximately 0.5 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Photo requests, 2000, 1 cubic ft. [in process]
- Weekly production reports, 1997-2000, 8 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Ombudsman's Office files, 1996-1997, 0.25 cubic ft. [in
process]
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Office of the First Lady, 1995-2000, 34 cubic ft.
- Itinerary information, 1995-1999, 13 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Daily schedules, 1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in process]
- Speeches, 1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in process]
- General correspondence, 1995, 1997-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Invitations and regrets, 1995-1999, 3 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Book Festival notebooks, 1996-2000, 2 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Foundation files, 1996-2000, 1 cubic ft. [in process]
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Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities, 1984-2000, less
than 5 cubic ft.
- Meeting files, 1984-1991, 1995-2000, less than 1 cubic ft.
[in process]
- Correspondence, 1991-2000, 4 cubic ft. [in process]
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Criminal Justice Division, public information requests,
1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Texas Film Commission, 1995-2000, 1 cubic ft.
- Correspondence, 1995-2000 [in process]
- Manuals and directories, 1995, 1997-2000 [in process]
- Calendars, 1999-2000 [in process]
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Restrictions on Access
Records in process: Because of the possibility that portions of these
records fall under Public Information Act exceptions, an archivist must review
these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be
requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email
including enough description and detail about the information requested to
enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records.
Records series described in this finding aid have access restrictions
specific to each of them. The terms of access are found in the finding aids for
series and office records.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and
may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received
by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The
researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17
U.S.C.).
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when
reviewing photographic materials.
To view the videotapes or listen to the audiocassettes please contact
the Archives' Preservation Officer.
Technical Requirements
Records contain information on 3.5 inch computer disks and CD ROMs.
Indices to portions of Governor Bush's records are available on CD ROM
in Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
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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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Bush, George W. (George
Walker), 1946- |
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Bush, Laura Welch,
1946- |
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Allbaugh, Joe Marvin,
1952- |
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LaMontagne,
Margaret. |
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Gonzales, Alberto
R. |
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McMahan,
Vance. |
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Hawkins,
Albert. |
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Corporate Names: |
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Texas.
Office of the Governor. |
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Texas Governor's
Committee on People with Disabilities. |
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Texas Strategic Economic
Development Planning Commission. |
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Texas. Governor's Task
Force on Faith-Based Programs. |
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Subjects: |
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Governors--Texas. |
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Capital
punishment--Texas. |
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Education and
state--Texas |
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Criminal justice,
Administration of--Texas. |
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Texas--Politics and
government--1951- |
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Texas--Officials and
employees--Selection and appointment. |
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Administering
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Decision making. |
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Influencing Texas
government policy. |
(Identify the item and cite the series and office), Records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 2002/151, 2003/026
In December 2000, Governor George W. Bush designated the George Bush
Presidential Library as the repository for the records from his tenure as
Governor of Texas, under authority of Texas Government Code, Section 441.201.
Shortly after he left office, the records were shipped to the Bush Library in
College Station, Texas. Texas Attorney General John Cornyn ruled the records
are state records subject to the Texas Public Information Act and the
management of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission even after
transfer to a federal facility (Opinion No. JC-0498, May 3, 2002). In July 2002
the records were transferred from the Bush Library to the Texas State Archives
in Austin for preparation for research use. In June 2003, a memorandum of
understanding signed by representatives of the National Archives and Records
Administration, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and George W.
Bush replaced a January 2002 interim memorandum of understanding. The records
will be returned to the Bush Library after the project has been completed. An
additional box of records was transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission from the
Texas Office of the Governor on October 9, 2002.
Texas State Archives staff, February 2003 to June 2004
In order to present to the public as much information about the
records as possible, the finding aid is mainly composed of descriptions created
during a preliminary inventory of the records conducted by archivists at the
Texas State Archives in September and October 2002. As series are prepared for
research, this finding aid is updated, replacing basic information with links
to separate finding aids containing fuller descriptions and folder lists.
A CD-ROM containing finding aids created by the Governor's Office and
a folder listing begun by the Bush Library and completed at the Texas State
Archives is available from the Texas State Archives.
Detailed Description of the Records
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Executive Assistant's Office files,
1987-1989,
1992-2000 (bulk
1995-1999), approximately 28 cubic ft. |
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Records are subject files, correspondence, general office files,
publications, printed material, calendars, and audio and videotapes, dating
1987-1989, 1992-2000 (bulk 1995-1999), from the Executive Assistant's Office.
Joe Allbaugh served as Executive Assistant to Texas Governor George W. Bush
from 1995 to June 1999. Subjects cover the range of issues facing the governor,
including appointments, the environment, transportation, child support
enforcement by the Texas Attorney General, the LaSalle shipwreck, gambling, the
tobacco settlement, and computer glitches based on the two digits allocated to
expressing a four-digit year (Y2K). Files also exist for functions of and
divisions within the Governor's Office such as emergency management and
Criminal Justice Division, state and federal agencies, corporations, and
organizations. Files are present concerning the Governor's office policies and
procedures. Some files of Deputy Executive Assistant Dale Laine are included.
Correspondents include Governor's Office staff such as the general counsel,
state and federal agencies' staff, executives of corporations, and others. |
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Division History |
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Joe Allbaugh served as Executive Assistant to Governor Bush from
January 1995 through June 1999, after which he joined Bush's presidential
campaign. The executive assistant was directly responsible for the Scheduling
Office, internal auditor, Governor's Mansion administration, and emergency
management. In addition, memos from staff directed to the governor generally
went through Allbaugh. He managed the day to day operations of the Governor's
Office and appears to have assigned responsibilities to staff and directed
workflow. Reggie Bashur was deputy executive assistant in 1995; Dale Laine
served as deputy executive assistant in 1996 and 1997. Joyce Sibley served as
Allbaugh's administrative assistant. |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into seven series: |
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Subject files, 1994-1999, approximately 22 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Correspondence file, 1995-1998, 0.5 cubic ft. [in
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Requests and recommendations, 1987-1989, 1992-1999, 1.2 cubic
ft. [in process] |
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General files, 1995-2000, 2 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Publications and printed material, 1995-1997, less than 2
cubic ft. [in process] |
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Calendars, 1998-1999, 0.2 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Dale Laine's files, 1996-1997 (bulk 1997), 0.4 cubic
ft. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Executive Assistant's
Office files, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, November 2002 [Deputy Executive Assistant Dale Laine's
files] |
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Subject files, 1994-1999, approximately 22 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Subject files contain correspondence, memos, reports, printed
material, photographs, videotapes, and other attachments, 1994-1999, from the
Executive Assistant's Office in the Texas Governor's Office. Joe Allbaugh
served as executive assistant to Governor George W. Bush. Records concern
issues such as appointments, criminal justice, emergency management, the
environment, transportation, child support enforcement by the Texas Attorney
General, the LaSalle shipwreck, gambling, the tobacco settlement, and computer
glitches based on the two digits allocated to expressing a four-digit year
(Y2K). Files also exist for functions of and divisions within the Governor's
Office such as emergency management and the Criminal Justice Division, state
and federal agencies, corporations, and organizations. Correspondents include
Governor's Office staff such as the general counsel, state and federal
agencies' staff, executives of corporations, and others. A file list is located
in the Administrative files series. See the Central
correspondence file for related correspondence. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged alphabetically by subject and then
generally are in reverse chronological order. The files were originally
arranged alphabetically in two separate runs, but are being integrated into one
run. The second set of files may have been created when the filing cabinets
were full. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Subject files, Executive Assistant's Office
files, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Correspondence file, 1995-1998, 0.5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence with attachments including clippings,
printed material, a photograph, and a videotape, 1995-1998, from the Executive
Assistant's Office in the Texas Governor's Office. Subjects in the
correspondence file include requests and thanks for meetings, recommendations
for appointments, legislation, emergency management, the Union Pacific/Southern
Pacific railroad merger, criminal justice issues, redistricting, electric
industry, economic development, problems with agencies, Republican caucus, Four
County Task Force, and offerings of products and services. Correspondents
include corporate executives, state legislators, governors and officials from
other states, federal officials, and constituents. Joe Allbaugh served as
executive assistant to Governor George W. Bush. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged alphabetically by last name of
correspondent, and then chronologically. A few documents are filed by name of
the state (New Mexico, Virginia, etc.). |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Correspondence file, Executive Assistant's
Office files, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Requests and recommendations,
1987-1989, 1992-1999, 1.2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, resumes, employment and appointment
applications, biographical information, printed material, and clippings,
1987-1989, 1992-1999, sent to or from Joe Allbaugh, Executive Assistant to
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Letters request or recommend employment for
individuals: within the Governor's Office, with other state agencies (including
the Lottery Commission, General Services Commission, and Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs executive director positions), with the potential
presidential campaign, or other positions. There are occasional offers of
resignation or assistance and requests for appointments. Materials are included
both for individuals who were hired and those who were not hired. Biographical
information and employment history for some of Governor Bush's staff is
contained in the files. Recommendations are authored by Joe Allbaugh, Karl
Rove, Governor Bush's family and friends, members of the Texas Legislature and
U.S. Congress, and others. The requests forwarded to the presidential
exploratory committee were originally in a folder titled
"Responses from Julie." |
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Arrangement |
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These records are divided between those relating to the
Governor's Office and those forwarded to Bush's presidential exploratory
committee; both are arranged alphabetically by last name of applicant. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Requests and recommendations, Executive
Assistant's Office files, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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General files, 1995-2000, 2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are memos, travel vouchers, time sheets, resumes,
emergency management correspondence, staff directories, file inventory, and
meeting material for various governors associations, 1995-2000, from Joe
Allbaugh's Office in the Texas Governor's Office. Allbaugh served as executive
assistant to Governor George W. Bush. Memos are mainly routine concerning
senior staff meeting times or receptions for artists, but a few although
seemingly routine, shed light on procedures such as the routing of political
mail to the campaign office and the suggestion for Governor Bush to personally
call big donors. The materials postdating Joe Allbaugh's time at the Governor's
Office concern routine letters declaring disaster areas or other emergency
management issues. Also included are Joe Allbaugh's calendars. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged roughly by type of material. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), General files, Executive Assistant's Office
files, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Publications and printed material,
1995-1997, less than 2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are reports, guides, directories, publications, books,
meeting material, presentation material, videos, etc. received from
corporations, organizations, and state and federal agencies, 1995-1997, housed
in Executive Assistant Joe Allbaugh's Office in the Texas Governor's Office.
Some items were entered in the Correspondence database and assigned a tracking
number. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in no apparent order. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Publications and printed material,
Executive Assistant's Office files, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Calendars, 1998-1999, 0.2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are three calendars, 1998-1999, providing information on
Joe Allbaugh's schedule. Joe Allbaugh served as Executive Assistant to Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Two calendars for 1998 provide mostly duplicate
information. The smaller volume was annotated by Allbaugh; the larger calendar
was maintained by his office staff, and usually contains additional contact
information for individuals meeting with Allbaugh. The 1999 calendar was
maintained by Allbaugh's office staff. Entries covering his work as Executive
Assistant date only to June 18, 1999. Allbaugh left the Governor's Office to
join Bush's presidential campaign staff in July 1999. Individuals listed in the
calendars include Governor Bush and Governor's Office staff, state agency
officials and employees, legislators, Karl Rove, and representatives of
organizations. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Calendars, Executive Assistant's Office
files, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Dale Laine's files, 1996-1997 (bulk 1997), 0.4 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, legislative documents,
notes, reports, press releases, news clippings, speeches, and briefings. They
comprise the files of Dale Laine, who was Deputy Executive Assistant to
Governor George W. Bush. They date 1996-1997 (mostly early 1997).
Correspondence includes letters, memoranda, faxes and e-mail; correspondents
include The Coalition for Property Tax Reform, the Houston Works Board, Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of Commerce,
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, Texas Workforce Commission,
Karl Rove, etc. Dale Laine was sometimes the recipient or the sender of the
communication, but he was frequently simply copied in. Legislative documents
include copies of bills, Legislative Budget Board tax/fee equity notes, fiscal
notes, a daily floor report, and lists indicating how each member of the
legislature voted on a given issue. The subjects of these files include (most
prominently) property tax reduction, but also economic/workforce development,
and effects of military base closures. Of particular interest is a notebook
labeled "Property Tax," that has been foldered
into the following sections, each representing a separate tab: surrogate
speakers list, invitations to Governor Bush to speak concerning his proposed
property tax cut, materials from (or concerning) supporters, materials from (or
concerning) opposition, the texts of House Joint Resolution 4 and House Bill 4
(75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997), Governor Bush's report to the
Legislature entitled "Cutting Texas Taxes,"
handouts (including Bush's State of the State address for 1997 and an opinion
editorial by the Governor), "Tax Cut Talk-Back"
(February 19, 1997), analyses of two surveys, and printouts from several
related websites. |
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At least as early as May 1996, and at least through May 1997,
Dale Laine held the position of Deputy Executive Assistant in Governor George
W. Bush's administration. Prior to Laine, Reggie Bashur was referred to as
Deputy Executive Assistant (1995). There is no evidence that anyone held that
position for the rest of Governor Bush's term (1998-2000). |
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Arrangement |
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These records are not arranged in any discernible order. They
were loose and placed into folders, but no attempt has been made to arrange
them. The exception is that the materials in one loose-leaf notebook have been
foldered by the dividers in that notebook. |
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Index Terms |
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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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Laine,
Dale. |
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Subjects: |
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Property tax
relief--Texas. |
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Economic
development--Texas |
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Labor
supply--Texas. |
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Military base
closures--Texas. |
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Document Types: |
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Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1996-1997. |
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Clippings--Texas--Governors--1996-1997. |
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Speeches--Texas--Governors--1996-1997. |
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Reports--Texas--Governors--1996-1997. |
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Legislative
records--Texas--Governors--1996-1997. |
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Press
releases--Texas--Governors--1996-1997. |
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Related Material |
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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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None. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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None found at this time (November 19, 2002). |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Dale Laine's files, Executive Assistant's
Office files, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, November 2002 |
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Dale Laine's correspondence,
1996-1997
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April-May
1997 |
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February-March
1997 |
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March-May
1997 |
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February-March
1997 |
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March-May
1997 |
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February-May
1997 |
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April 1997 [2 folders] |
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January-April
1997 |
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April-May
1997 |
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April 1997 |
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June-August
1996 |
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July-September
1996 |
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May-October
1996 |
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Property tax [cut] notebook,
1997
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| 2002/151-2 |
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[loose material in pocket] |
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Surrogate list |
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Invitations |
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Supporters |
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Opposition |
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HJR [House Joint Resolution] 4 |
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HB [House Bill] 4 |
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Cutting Texas Taxes |
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Handouts |
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Taxcut talk |
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Surveys |
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Web/forms |
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Senior Advisor's Office records,
1948,
1964-1965, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000), 88 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, e-mails, faxes, and memos;
notes; newsletters, brochures and other publications; newspaper and magazine
clippings; copies of bills and other legislative records; attorney general
opinions/advice and litigation documents; press releases and speeches; reports
(both narrative and statistical); drafts and other policy development files;
agenda and minutes; resumes and applications for employment; executive orders;
conference packets; mailing lists; travel documentation; purchase
documentation; forms; procedure manuals; maps; videotapes; and audiotapes.
Records date 1948, 1964-1965, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000). They comprise records of the Office of Senior Advisor (Margaret
LaMontagne) during the tenure of George W. Bush as Texas Governor (1995-2000).
The vast majority of the records reflect the Bush administration's policies
concerning education, with a small amount of records pertaining to
appointments, thus reflecting the role of Margaret LaMontagne as (initially)
deputy director of appointments, retaining some appointment functions after her
promotion to education advisor. |
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Education issues files I and
II date 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000). They comprise subject files for the entire office of Senior Advisor
relating to education (with many of the files created by the Public
Education/Special Projects Counsel, Michelle Tobias, later Jennifer Piskun and
Debbie Esterak). They were maintained in two groups (hence I and II), although
there is no obvious distinction between the groups, except that the second (and
larger) group extends chronologically to 2000, whereas the first group extends
only to 1999. Most of the incoming correspondence is addressed to Margaret
LaMontagne but then was assigned to her education policy staff to work on; some
items are addressed to Governor George W. Bush. Correspondents include
organizations dedicated to educational issues, state and federal agency
officials and employees (especially the Texas Education Agency's Commissioner
Mike Moses), professional educators, corporations, consultants (such as Darv
Winick and Sandy Kress), and private citizens interested in education. E-mails
tend to be between Margaret LaMontagne and the Public Education/Special
Projects Counsel. Notes are in the handwriting of both the Public
Education/Special Projects Counsel and Margaret LaMontagne. Many of the
incoming letters are copies of logged correspondence, and some of the letters
are the originals of logged correspondence. In either case, file numbers
assigned by Bush staff have been included in the folder listing. Some letters
do not appear to have been logged at all. Among the numerous topics covered by
these files, the following are especially well-represented: accountability,
advanced placement, bilingual education, character education, charter schools,
early childhood development, Head Start, Hopwood, literacy (including adult
literacy), military tuition, property tax, reading (including the Governor's
Reading Initiative), school safety, school finance, School-to-Work, social
promotion, special education, standards, teacher preparation, TAAS [Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills], TEKS [Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills],
and vouchers/school choice. Organizations and agencies well represented include
the Association of Texas Professional Educators [ATPE], Education Commission of
the States [ECS], Educational Testing Service [ETS], Fordham Foundation,
Governor's Business Council [GBC], Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
National Education Goals Panel, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
[SEDL], Southern Regional Education Board [SREB], State Board of Education
[SBOE], State Board for Educator Certification [SBEC], Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund Board [TIF], Texas Association of School Administrators
[TASA], Texas Association of School Boards [TASB], Texas Business and Education
Coalition [TBEC], Texas Education Agency [TEA], United States Department of
Education, and University of Texas System. |
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Education reference materials date
1988, 1990-2000, undated (bulk 1995-1997). They comprise reference files for
the office of Senior Advisor relating to education. The difference is unclear
between these files and the Education issues files
(I and II), except that these reference files are less organized; they often
were not originally in file folders. At any rate, they supplement, and may
often duplicate, the education issues files. Correspondents include
organizations dedicated to educational issues, state and federal agency
officials and employees, professional educators, corporations, consultants, and
private citizens interested in education. Topics include Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), Home Rule school districts, the Education
Commission of the States, Chapter 37 (school discipline), charter schools,
Senate Bill 1, accountability, Goals 2000, the Governor's Business Council,
higher education, school finance, school reform, School-to-Work, the State
Board of Education, the State Board for Educator Certification, technology, the
Telecommunications Infrastructure Board (TIF), and textbooks. |
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Debbie Esterak's issues files, dating
1986-1987, 1995-2000 (bulk 1999-2000), comprise education issues files from the
office of Senior Advisor Margaret LaMontagne in the Texas Governor's Office,
created during Debbie Esterak's tenure as Public Education Counsel. Many of the
documents have "Debbie" written in LaMontagne's
handwriting. Subjects of these files include assessment (including testing),
accountability (including teacher report cards), character education, charter
schools, home schools, school safety, special education, master reading
teachers, teacher shortages, teacher quality, dropouts, pay for performance,
etc. |
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Miscellaneous education files date
1964, 1982, 1987, 1995-2000 (bulk 1995-2000). The exact provenance of these
files is uncertain. They appear to have been separated from the other series in
the records of the Senior Advisor's Office and transferred at a later date.
They may fit into one or more of the existing series (Education issues files I and II, or Education reference
materials), but this is uncertain. Therefore they have been kept
distinct. |
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Education bill files date 1998-1999
(bulk 1999), and comprise Senate bill files relating to education for the 76th
Texas Legislature, Regular Session (1999). The occasional piece of
correspondence is addressed to Margaret LaMontagne. The bills are sometimes
annotated, although not heavily; often the only annotation indicates the
corresponding House Bill number. |
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Margaret LaMontagne's correspondence,
dating 1995-2000, undated (bulk 1998-2000) comprise letters and memoranda to
and from Margaret LaMontagne, with occasional items addressed to others
(including Governor George W. Bush, and members of Margaret LaMontagne's staff)
and forwarded to Margaret LaMontagne. Correspondents include state and local
officials, educators, prospective job applicants, prospective appointees, and
private citizens. The subject of most (but not all) of the files in the first
group in this series is education. The subject of most (but not all) of the
files in the second group is future employment of job applicants. Resumes,
recommendations, and inquiries about potential employment are especially
numerous in this second group. Also numerous throughout are thank-you letters
for gifts, meetings, and information. |
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Appointments files, dating 1948,
1965, 1987, 1990-2000 (bulk 1995-2000) comprise appointment files of the Office
of the Senior Advisor, including general files as well as files specific to
agencies, boards, and commissions. Many, but not all, of the appointments are
to educational-related boards and commissions. The correspondence is usually to
and from Governor Bush regarding appointments, although some of it is to and
from Senior Advisor Margaret LaMontagne. Most of the memoranda and e-mails are
to and from Margaret LaMontagne, her assistant Shannon Smith, or Appointments
Director Clay Johnson. These records deal with all issues regarding
appointments, both generally (including policies and procedure, and legal
aspects) and specifically (individuals seeking and receiving particular
appointments). |
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Texas Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records ). |
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Senior Advisor's Office History |
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Margaret La Montagne began working in the Governor's Office in
January 1995 as Deputy Director of Appointments. After the 74th legislative
session (1995), her title was changed to Senior Advisor reporting directly to
the governor and her office was moved to the Capitol. Her focus was on
education-related issues, which went through her rather than the Policy
Division, especially after the 74th legislative session when the Education
Policy person left and the position was not filled. She retained some of her
appointment duties after becoming Senior Advisor, including selecting
appointees for education related boards and commissions. Her staff included
Public Education/Special Projects Counsel [title changed from Public Education
to Special Projects and back] (first Michelle Tobias from 1995 to 1998, then
Jennifer Piskun, followed by Debra Esterak); Administrative Assistant (Judy
Okimura, then Shannon Smith); and Special Projects Assistant (Sheryl Labar for
a while, spring 1996-February 1997). |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into eight series: |
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Education issues files I, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, undated
(bulk 1995-1998), 13.5 cubic ft. |
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Education issues files II, 1986, 1988-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000), 36 cubic ft. |
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Education reference materials, 1988, 1990-2000, undated (bulk
1995-1997), 24.67 cubic ft. |
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Debbie Esterak's issues files, 1986-1987, 1995-2000, undated
(bulk 1999-2000), 6 cubic ft. |
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Miscellaneous education files, 1964, 1982, 1987, 1995-2000,
undated (bulk 1995-2000), 3.67 cubic ft. |
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Education bill files, 1998-1999 (bulk 1999), 0.5 cubic ft.
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Margaret LaMontagne's correspondence, 1995-2000, undated
(bulk 1998-2000), 0.67 cubic ft. |
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Appointments files, 1948, 1965, 1987, 1990-2000, undated
(bulk 1995-2000), 2.5 cubic ft. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Senior Advisor's Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, May 2004 |
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Education issues files I, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, undated (bulk 1995-1998), 13.5 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, e-mails, faxes, and memos;
notes; newsletters, brochures and other publications; newspaper and magazine
clippings; copies of bills and other legislative records; attorney general
opinions/advice and litigation documents; press releases and speeches; reports
(both narrative and statistical); policy development files; agenda and minutes;
resumes; executive orders; conference packets; videotapes; and audiotapes.
Records date 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-1999, undated (bulk 1995-1998). They
comprise subject files for the office of Senior Advisor to Texas Governor
George W. Bush relating to education (with many of the files created by the
Public Education/Special Projects Counsel, Michelle Tobias, later Jennifer
Piskun and Debbie Esterak). Most of the incoming correspondence is addressed to
Margaret LaMontagne but then was assigned to her education policy staff to work
on; some items are addressed to Governor George W. Bush. Correspondents include
organizations dedicated to educational issues, state and federal agency
officials and employees (especially the Texas Education Agency's Commissioner
Mike Moses), professional educators, corporations, consultants (such as Darv
Winick and Sandy Kress), and private citizens interested in education. E-mails
tend to be between Margaret LaMontagne and the Public Education/Special
Projects Counsel. Notes are in the handwriting of both the counsel and Margaret
LaMontagne. Many of the incoming letters are copies of logged correspondence,
and some of the letters are the originals of logged correspondence. In either
case, file numbers assigned by Bush staff have been included in the folder
listing. Some letters do not appear to have been logged at all. The first file
in the series contains copies of item-level inventories of some of these
records, prepared by staff of the Governor's Office. |
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Among the numerous topics covered by these files, the following
are especially well-represented: advanced placement, character education,
charter schools, ECS [Education Commission of the States], Hopwood, literacy
(including adult literacy), military tuition, property tax, reading (including
the Governor's Reading Initiative), school finance, School-to-Work, special
education, standards, SBEC [State Board for Educator Certification], teacher
preparation, and TAAS [Texas Assessment of Academic Skills]. |
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These records are the first of two groups of similar files.
Except for correcting some obvious misfiles, the State Archives has maintained
the original order of these records. The second group is the larger of the two
(more than twice the size), and there is some overlap in dates. The difference
(if any) between the two groups of records is not readily apparent. The
researcher should be cautioned to search both groups, as well as any related
records. |
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If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid . If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records, Education issues files I). |
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Education issues files II, 1986, 1988-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000), 36 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, e-mails, faxes, and memos;
notes; newsletters, brochures and other publications; newspaper and magazine
clippings; copies of bills and other legislative records; attorney general
opinions/advice and litigation documents; press releases and speeches; reports
(both narrative and statistical); policy development files; agenda and minutes;
resumes; executive orders; conference packets; videotapes; and audiotapes.
Records date 1986, 1988-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000). They comprise subject
files for the office of Senior Advisor to Texas Governor George W. Bush
relating to education, covering the first half of the alphabet (Academics 2000
- Lyceum). Many of the files were created by the Public Education/Special
Projects Counsel, Michelle Tobias, later Jennifer Piskun and Debbie Esterak.
Most of the incoming correspondence is addressed to Margaret LaMontagne but
then was assigned to her education policy staff to work on; some items are
addressed to Governor George W. Bush. Correspondents include organizations
dedicated to educational issues, state and federal agency officials and
employees (especially the Texas Education Agency's Commissioner Mike Moses),
professional educators, corporations, consultants (such as Darv Winick and
Sandy Kress), and private citizens interested in education. E-mails tend to be
between Margaret LaMontagne and the counsel. Notes are in the handwriting of
both the counsel and Margaret LaMontagne. Many of the incoming letters are
copies of logged correspondence, and some of the letters are the originals of
logged correspondence. In either case, file numbers assigned by Bush staff have
been included in the folder listing. Some letters do not appear to have been
logged at all. |
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Among the numerous topics covered by these files, the following
are especially well-represented: accountability, advanced placement, bilingual
education, character education, charter schools, early childhood development,
Head Start, reading (including Reading Initiative), school safety, school
finance, School-to-Work, social promotion, special education, TAAS [Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills], TEKS [Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills],
and vouchers/school choice. Organizations and agencies well represented include
the Association of Texas Professional Educators [ATPE], Education Commission of
the States [ECS], Educational Testing Service [ETS], Fordham Foundation, the
Governor's Business Council [GBC], Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
National Education Goals Panel, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
[SEDL], Southern Regional Education Board [SREB], State Board of Education
[SBOE], State Board for Educator Certification [SBEC], Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund Board [TIF], Texas Association of School Administrators
[TASA], Texas Association of School Boards [TASB], Texas Business and Education
Coalition [TBEC], Texas Education Agency [TEA], United States Department of
Education, and the University of Texas System. |
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This finding aid has been split into two
parts due to electronic file size limitations imposed by TARO. If you are
reading this electronically, click on the links to go to the full finding aids.
If you are reading this in paper, the series finding aids are found at separate
dividers within the binder. (Texas Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records, Education issues files II (Academics 2000 - Lyceum) and
(M.A.D.D. - Zero Tolerance))
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Education reference materials,
1988, 1990-2000, undated (bulk 1995-1997), 24.67 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, e-mails, faxes, and memos;
notes; newsletters, brochures and other publications; newspaper and magazine
clippings; copies of bills and other legislative records; attorney general
opinions/advice and litigation documents; press releases and speeches; reports
(both narrative and statistical); policy development files; agenda and minutes;
resumes; conference packets; videocassettes; and audiocassettes. Records date
1988, 1990-2000, undated (bulk 1995-1997). They comprise reference files for
the office of Senior Advisor to Texas Governor George W. Bush relating to
education. The difference is unclear between these files and the
Education issues files (I and II) previously
described in this finding aid, except that these reference files are less
organized; they often were not originally in file folders. At any rate, they
supplement, and may often duplicate, the Education issues files. Correspondents
include organizations dedicated to educational issues, state and federal agency
officials and employees, professional educators, corporations, consultants, and
private citizens interested in education. Topics include Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), Home Rule school districts, the Education
Commission of the States, Chapter 37 (school discipline), charter schools,
Senate Bill 1, accountability, Goals 2000, the Governor's Business Council,
higher education, school finance, school reform, School-to-Work, the State
Board of Education, the State Board for Educator Certification, technology, the
Telecommunications Infrastructure Board (TIF), and textbooks. |
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|
If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at a separate divider within the binder.
(Texas Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records, Education reference materials)
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Debbie Esterak's issues files,
1986-1987, 1995-2000, undated (bulk 1999-2000), 6 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, e-mails to and from the
Public Education/Special Projects Counsel, memos, notes (in the counsel's and
Margaret LaMontagne's handwriting), printed materials, publications, clippings,
legislative records, press releases, minutes, agenda, and policy development
files, dating 1986-1987, 1995-2000, undated (bulk 1999-2000). They comprise
education issues files from the office of Senior Advisor Margaret LaMontagne in
the Texas Governor's Office, created during Debbie Esterak's tenure as Public
Education Counsel. Many of the documents have "Debbie" written in LaMontagne's handwriting.
Subjects of these files include assessment (including testing), accountability
(including teacher report cards), character education, charter schools, home
schools, school safety, special education, master reading teachers, teacher
shortages, teacher quality, dropouts, pay for performance, etc. |
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|
If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records). |
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Miscellaneous education files,
1964, 1982, 1987, 1995-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000), 3.67 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, e-mails, faxes, and memos;
notes; newsletters, brochures and other publications; newspaper and magazine
clippings; online articles; copies of bills and other legislative records;
press releases and speeches; reports (both narrative and statistical); drafts
and other policy development files; resumes; agenda; mailing lists; conference
packets; travel documentation; purchase documentation; and forms. The records
date 1964, 1982, 1987, 1995-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000). They comprise files
for staff of the office of Senior Advisor relating to education. |
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The exact provenance of these miscellaneous education files is
uncertain. They appear to have been separated from the other series in the
records of the Senior Advisor's Office and transferred at a later date. They
may fit into one or more of the existing series (
Education
issues files I,
Education
issues files II (Academics 2000 - Lyceum) and
(M.A.D.D. -
Zero Tolerance), or
Education
reference materials), but this is uncertain. Therefore they have been
kept distinct. |
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Education bill files, 1998-1999 (bulk 1999), 0.5 cubic ft. |
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These records include copies of proposed legislation, some floor
amendments, a few copies of engrossed bills, plus a small amount of related
records (memoranda, correspondence, a Legislative Budget Board working paper, a
press release), dating 1998-1999, mostly 1999. They comprise Senate bill files
relating to education for the 76th Texas Legislature, Regular Session (1999).
The occasional piece of correspondence is addressed to Margaret LaMontagne. The
bills (most marked "filed") are sometimes
annotated, although not heavily; often the only annotation indicates the
corresponding House Bill number. Twenty-five of the original file folders were
labeled with Jennifer Piskun's name, and a couple more were labeled with Susan
Jones'. The rest were simply coded "EDU/" (for
education). Quite a few folders are empty and have been removed, but the bill
number, sponsor, and caption of all bills are listed below in the container
listing; notations indicate which were empty. |
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Margaret LaMontagne's
correspondence, 1995-2000, undated (bulk 1998-2000), 0.67 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, drafts of correspondence,
resumes, applications for employment, memoranda, faxes, newsclippings,
publications, etc., dating 1995-2000 and undated (bulk 1998-2000). They
comprise correspondence to and from Margaret LaMontagne, with occasional items
addressed to others (including Governor George W. Bush, and members of Margaret
LaMontagne's staff) and forwarded to Margaret LaMontagne. Correspondents
include state and local officials, educators, prospective job applicants,
prospective appointees, and private citizens. The subject of most (but not all)
of the files in the first group in this series is education. The subject of
most (but not all) of the files in the second group is future employment of job
applicants. Resumes, recommendations, and inquiries about potential employment
are especially numerous in this second group. Also numerous throughout are
thank-you letters for gifts, meetings, and information. |
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and from Margaret LaMontagne is located in most of the other series in the
Senior Advisor's Office records, described in this finding aid. |
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Appointments files, 1948, 1965, 1987, 1990-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000), 2.5 cubic ft. |
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These records include lists of appointees, resumes,
correspondence (especially letters of recommendation), memoranda, e-mails,
mailing lists, legislation, press releases, newspaper clippings, copies from
the Guide to Texas State Agencies, reports,
executive orders, Attorney General opinions, maps, forms, procedure manuals,
notes, etc. The records date 1948, 1965, 1987, 1990-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000). They comprise appointment files of the Office of the Senior
Advisor, including general files as well as files specific to agencies, boards,
and commissions. Many, but not all, of the appointments are to
educational-related boards and commissions. The correspondence is usually to
and from Governor Bush regarding appointments, although some of it is to and
from Senior Advisor Margaret LaMontagne. Most of the memoranda and e-mails are
to and from Margaret LaMontagne, her assistant Shannon Smith, or Appointments
Director Clay Johnson. These records deal with all issues regarding
appointments, both generally (including policies and procedure, and legal
aspects) and specifically (individuals seeking and receiving particular
appointments). |
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General Counsel files,
1886, 1892, 1903,
1912-1921, 1925, 1932, 1939-2000 (bulk 1986-2000),
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Records are correspondence, memoranda, legal opinions and advice,
execution case files, offers for claims settlements, death penalty protest
letters, litigation files, policies and procedures, clippings, and desk
calendars of the staff. These are files of the Office of the General Counsel of
the Texas Governor's Office during the terms of George W. Bush. Dates covered
are 1886, 1892, 1903, 1912-1921, 1925, 1932, 1939-2000 , the bulk dating
1986-2000. Functions of the office documented in these files include tracking
and analyzing the cases of prisoners on death row; handling and advising the
governor on pardon and executive clemency requests; providing legal opinions
and analyses to the Governor's staff on a variety of questions, including
statute interpretations, claims filed against the state, contracts, deeds,
appointment questions, and other issues; answering public information requests;
and litigating for the governor's office. |
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Correspondents include the General Counsel, Alberto Gonzales and
his successor, Margaret Wilson; deputy and assistant general counsels Pete
Wassdorf, Stuart Bowden, Donna Davidson and others; executive staff of the
Governor's Office, including Joe Allbaugh; state agencies; federal and local
government agencies; and the general public. |
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processed, others are still undergoing processing. All series yet to be
processed are included in the framework of the finding aid. As these series are
processed, this finding aid will be updated and links will be provided to
separate finding aids containing detailed descriptions and folder listings. |
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The General Counsel position within the Texas Office of the
Governor was created in October 1973 when the Executive Director of the
Governor's Criminal Justice Division appointed an individual as General
Counsel, to assist him in providing statute interpretations and in other
matters relating to policies and procedures. Today the Office of the General
Counsel is a separate division in the Governor's Office. During the Bush
Administration, Alberto Gonzales served as General Counsel, succeeded in 1998
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Duties of the General Counsel include providing statute
interpretations; tracking inmates on death row as their cases move through the
judicial process including all appeals to the governor for commutations or
stays of execution; handling pardon requests sent to the governor; reviewing
proposed settlements, land patents, grant requests, contracts, easements, and
deeds for the governor; analyzing proposed legislation and regulations for
validity and legal effect; assisting appointments staff in determining
eligibility and other legal issues related to proposed appointments; handling
extradition and requisition matters; coordinating ethics guidelines and
training for the governor's office; advising the governor on federal programs
administered by the state; coordinating the governor's criminal justice policy
with the governor's Policy Director; and providing legal advice and handling
litigation filed against the governor or the Governor's Office, in conjunction
with actions of the Attorney General on the governor's behalf. |
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Organization of the Records |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
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Legal opinions and advice, 1892, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1932,
1942-1944, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1972-2000 (bulk 1995-2000),
14 cubic ft. |
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Execution files, 1992-2000, 68.24 cubic ft. |
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Executive clemency files, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1983-2000
(bulk 1995-2000), 1.5 cubic ft. |
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Litigation, 1995-2000, 25 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Claims against the state, 1990-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 3.6
cubic ft. |
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Settlements, 1995-1996, 7 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Legislation, 1999, 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Public information requests, 1995-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), 46
cubic ft. [in process] |
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General correspondence, 1963-1964, 1975, 1985-2000 (bulk
1995-2000), 6.4 cubic ft. |
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Agency rules, policies, and procedures, 1995-2000, less than
0.5 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Calendars, 1998-[2000?], fractional [in process] |
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Related Materials |
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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 Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice
Division, Records, 1969-1980, 37 cubic ft. |
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Texas Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division,
Records, 1973-1990 (bulk 1987-1990), 28 cubic ft. |
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Texas Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division,
Records, [1977?], 1983, 1986-1995 (bulk 1991-1995), 97 cubic ft. |
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Texas A&M University,
Sterling C. Evans Library |
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Official State Papers of Texas Governor
William P. Clements, Jr., General Counsel's Office Records, 1987-1991, 57.5
cubic ft. |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), General Counsel files,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Legal opinions and advice, 1892, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1932, 1942-1944, 1948, 1954, 1956,
1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1972-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 14 cubic ft. |
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This series consists of correspondence and memoranda of the
Office of the General Counsel in the Texas Office of the Governor during the
terms of George W. Bush, dating 1892, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1932, 1942-1944, 1948,
1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1972-2000, the bulk dating 1995-2000. The
majority of the items are memoranda from the General Counsel or Deputy General
Counsel to the Governor, his executive assistants, including Joe Allbaugh, or
staff in other divisions of the office, such as Grants, Office of the First
Lady, etc. There are also memos between Deputy General Counsels and/or
Assistant General Counsels and the General Counsel. The General Counsel during
this period was Alberto (Al) Gonzales, succeeded by Margaret Wilson. Other
staff names appearing frequently in these records include Deputy General
Counsels Pete Wassdorf and Stuart Bowden, and Assistant General Counsel Donna
G. Davidson. The memos contain analysis, opinions or advice on a variety of
issues handled by the governor's office, including executions, appointments,
policy matters, settlements, contracts, grants, deeds, easements, litigation,
bond issuance, ethics, legislation, child support, gambling, intern research,
cession of state land to the federal government and retrocession of such land
back to the state, certification of local workforce development boards,
functions attended by the first lady, and education, including school education
vouchers and an investigation of the state's higher education system by the
U.S. Office of Civil Rights. |
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Some memos have attachments, including correspondence (usually
with state or other governmental bodies), copies of laws and statutes,
printouts of the results of on-line legal research, legal documents (largely
deeds, easements, land patents, and some contracts), bonds, certifications, and
resolutions. |
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Some memos to the governor require his approval or denial and
his signature, such as those concerning settlements, deeds, grants, and the
certification of local workforce development boards. The vast majority of the
grants memos concern grants handled by the Criminal Justice Division of the
Governor's Office. See also the series of Grants Team files in the records of
the Governor's Budget and Planning office. Memos with more detail on settlement
offers as well as supporting documentation can be found in the series
Settlements, in the General
Counsel files. |
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Of special note are the execution summaries prepared by the
general counsel for the governor to review. The summaries are found in two
series. The ones in the Legal opinions and advice
(LOA) files are mostly the originals, with a space for the governor to note his
executive clemency decision - deny or grant - and with his signature. Some
originals are present in the Execution case files,
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The Legal opinions and advice files
were housed generally in large wallets that were broken into smaller files
during processing. The titles of the wallets are retained as group headers.
Folder titles and dates in the inventory listed under each header were added by
processing archivists. Notes are present in the folder inventory for most
groups of files in this series that provide additional information about the
subjects, records types, and other highlights of files in the groups. |
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Execution files, 1886, 1892, 1903, 1912-1921, 1925, 1932, 1939-2000 (bulk
1986-2000) 68.24 cubic ft. |
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Records are execution case files, death penalty protest letters,
and death penalty notebooks, 1886, 1892, 1903, 1912-1921, 1925, 1932, 1939-2000
(bulk 1986-2000), of the General Counsel to the Governor of Texas. |
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Execution case files, 1995-2000, 39.24 cubic ft. |
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Death penalty notebooks, 1995-2000, 5.76 cubic ft. |
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Death penalty protest letters, 1991-1995, 23.24 cubic
ft. |
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Execution case files, 1995-2000, 46 cubic ft. |
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The files consist of execution case summaries; memos and
correspondence; court documents (judgments, opinions, appeals, petitions,
motions, orders, etc.); notes; police reports; medical or psychological
summaries or reports; crime lab reports; investigative reports of detectives;
Texas Department of Criminal Justice disciplinary reports and other internal
reports about specific inmates; criminal history reports; clippings; and
occasionally, crime scene and/or autopsy photos. Dates covered are 1995-2000.
These are the files of the General Counsel to the Texas Governor that were
created to track the cases of death row inmates and document intervention by
the courts and the governor through appeals, requests for stays of execution,
or clemency. Correspondents include staff of the General Counsel's Office, the
Governor, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Criminal Justice,
appeals courts, district attorneys, and inmates or their attorneys. The
majority of the letters are directed either to the General Counsel or to the
Governor. While many of the letters are directed to the Governor, they are
stamped General Counsel's office and there is no indication that the Governor
reviewed them. What the Governor did review are the execution summaries
prepared by the General Counsel for the Governor. Most of these have a place
for the governor to check deny or grant and for him to sign. Some of these are
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Execution case summaries are also present in the
Legal Opinions and Advice series of the General
Counsel's Office. The majority of the summaries in the LOA records have the
original signature of the governor. Although the inmates were executed, some
materials are still confidential - medical/psychological reports; any reports
or documents produced by TDCJ, such a disciplinary reports on the inmates;
files gathered by the Board of Pardons and Paroles for its review; crime scene
reports if the crime is a rape and the victim is alive, etc. |
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binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, General Counsel's Execution
Files: Execution Case Files (Adanandus through Kitchens) and
Texas Governor George W. Bush, General Counsel's Execution
Files: Execution Case Files (Lackey through Woods) ). |
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Death penalty notebooks, 1995-2000, 8 cubic ft. |
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This series consists of 16 binders of death penalty
information, dating roughly 1995-2000. Two of the notebooks contain clippings
and reports about the death penalty and related topics. The remaining fourteen
notebooks are divided into death penalty cases, each case having a separate
section. Files for each case include a memo from the General Counsel to the
Governor about the scheduled execution in this format: I. Brief summary of the
facts. II. Background information and personal history. III. Previous criminal
history. IV. Summary of proceedings. V. Brief discussion of applicable law. VI.
Legal claims. VII. Clemency request. VIII. Conclusion. Other items present may
include clippings about the scheduled execution, and a copy of the petition for
a reprieve before the Board of Pardons and Paroles. A petition may contain
numerous attachments, including correspondence, medical and mental health
treatment plans, parole placements, parole summaries, letters in support of
clemency, and competency evaluations by a doctor. |
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Although the inmates were executed, some materials are still
confidential - medical/psychological reports; any reports or documents produced
by TDCJ and files gathered by the Board of Pardons and Paroles for their
review. |
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paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
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Death penalty protest letters,
1992-1994, 1998-1999, 27 cubic ft. |
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These are letters written to the governor to protest the
execution of inmates on death row. These letters are dated 1992-1994 and are
directed to Governor Ann Richards, except for a couple of folders of letters in
the files of Joseph S. Faulder dated 1998-1999 directed to Governor Bush. The
letters were written by members of Amnesty International and similar groups and
by citizens throughout the country and the world. Protest letters that were
sent to Governor Bush are largely in the series Correspondence/Constituent Services, Bulk mail not logged in
the central correspondence database, Capital punishment
correspondence. |
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paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
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Executive clemency files, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1983-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 1.5 cubic ft. |
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These are clemency applications presented to Texas Governor
George W. Bush by his General Counsel's office for prisoners or convicted
felons out on parole wishing a pardon, asking to have their sentence commuted,
asking for an emergency medical reprieve, or asking for a pardon/commutation
under Senate Concurrent Resolution 26 (passed by the 72nd Legislature in 1991),
which requires the Governor to focus special consideration upon pardon
applicants whose crime arguably was a response to severe spousal abuse. The
files contain a pardon application tracking form; an executive summary from the
General Counsel (GC) to Bush stating a summary of the facts, evidence,
proceedings, the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendation, the GC
recommendation, and the Governor's decision - deny or grant (these are
initialed by the Governor); or memos with facts about the applicant, not
including voting information. Dates covered are 1961, 1965, 1968, 1974,
1983-2000, the bulk dating 1995-2000. There are voting memos present for most
cases, some that list multiple cases. These memos were sent to the governor and
contain a minimum of facts about the case with the GC's recommendation
(deny/grant). Also present may be notes about the case, pardon proclamations,
correspondence of trial officials and attorneys with the governor and/or the
Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP), court records, BPP voting summaries, BPP
case file materials, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate records,
criminal histories, law enforcement records, press releases, clippings, and
petitions for pardons based on innocence, such as DNA testing in old rape cases
that exonerates the inmate. The petitions often include medical reports, crime
summaries (which may include the name of a rape victim), victim impact
statements, etc.; most of those materials are confidential, as well as TDCJ
inmate files, letters to the BPP, BPP case file material, law enforcement
records, and criminal histories. See the Restrictions statement for further
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Files of prisoners denied pardons usually just have the pardon
application tracking form, a voting memo, notes, and/or the executive summary
from the GC to the governor. Usually multiple cases are filed together under
the date the pardon was denied with all such cases being listed on the
governor's voting memo. |
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Litigation, 1995-2000, 25 cubic ft. |
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Types of records include correspondence, court filings (briefs,
orders, etc.), proposed/final settlement agreements, press releases, news
clippings, attorney's notes, affidavits, deposition transcripts, research
materials, exhibits, videocassettes and audiocassettes, 1995-2000. These are
litigation files maintained by the General Counsel for the Texas Office of the
Governor. The largest number of records involves the tobacco lawsuit. There are
also 12-15 other cases covered in these files. Topics of cases include
redistricting, creation of new federal judgeship districts, school prayer,
equality of financing between black state universities and other state
universities, firing of employees, a whistleblower case, and a case involving
the federal Department of Health and Human Services and the return of funds to
the federal government after the addition of several thousand education
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Two of the cases are mislabeled on the boxes and in the box and
folder inventory. Curbo vs. Fundderburger is actually Curbo and Fundderburger
vs. the State of Texas. A related case, listed as McDaniel vs. Curbo, is
actually McDaniel vs. the State of Texas. Two employees in the Criminal Justice
Division were fired (Curbo and Fundderburger), they felt unfairly. They asked
the head of the Texas Crime Stoppers Program, Ms. McDaniel to look into the
case. She did and filed a complaint about the way they were fired and the
reasons for the firing. A few months later she was fired. She filed a suit
claiming she was fired because she was a whistle blower. Because these were
personnel cases, there is much documentation from the personnel files of all
three employees present, most of it containing their Social Security numbers.
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Tobacco litigation spans 11 cubic ft. It includes information
about the tobacco litigation case that the State of Texas filed against several
tobacco companies and about the national lawsuit the federal government was
attempting to file. The federal government wanted some of the money gained by
various successful state's lawsuits to pay for Medicaid costs. But, the records
largely pertain to the intervention of Governor Bush and several legislators in
the state's tobacco lawsuit to reduce the attorney fees the state was to pay to
private legal counsel used during the lawsuit. It contains court filings
(briefs, orders, etc.), separating out in some cases filings by the Attorney
General's office (documents filed by Morales, the former Attorney General),
documents filed by Bush, documents filed by Legislators; outside legal counsel
agreements/contracts; items used in arbitration of the case; and the proposed
settlement. |
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processed, others are still undergoing processing. All series yet to be
processed are included in the framework of the finding aid. As these series are
processed, this finding aid will be updated. |
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(Identify the item), Litigation, General Counsel files, Records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Claims against the state, 1990-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 3.6 cubic ft. |
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These records are court filings (motions, briefs, requests for
writ of mandamus, affidavits, bills of review, complaints, petitions,
interrogatories, depositions, orders, and judgements), press releases, notes,
reports (to/from court generally), memos from General Counsel's Office (GC) to
Governor or between GC staff about the case, memos or letters from the Attorney
General to the GC or the Governor about the case, and correspondence between
the GC or Attorney General and plaintiff's attorney's or parties in the claim,
dating 1990-2000, the bulk dating 1995-2000. Many of the letters are a
notification to the governor's office that a claim has been filed against the
state, often with no further documentation about the claim. The files comprise
records of claims filed against the state of Texas handled by the General
Counsel's office of Texas Governor George W. Bush. Claims were filed in
district, state or federal court against the state, state agencies, state
agency heads or other state personnel by individuals, businesses,
organizations, local or federal government agencies, and in some cases the
state petitioned the court for intervenor status. In a few instances files
concern claims filed by the state against the federal government. |
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Claim topics include tort claims, injuries, medical treatment
for prisoners, wrongful termination, care of patients in state hospitals, local
jail conditions, backlog of state prisoners in county jails, abortion,
treatment of prisoners, gambling on Texas Indian reservations, removal of the
executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission, and the school finance
system. Correspondents include the Attorney General's office, other state
agencies, federal or local government agencies, and plaintiffs and/or their
attorneys. |
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Settlement offers are generally not present in the files. Some
settlement offers for 1995-1996 can be found in the series General Counsel's
settlements. Settlement offers also present in the series General Counsel's
legal opinions and advice for the years 1995-2000. |
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The settlement offers may concern some of the claims in this
series. An item level index to portions of the General Counsel's records,
created by the Governor's Office, is available on CD ROM. Contact Texas State
Archives staff for assistance. |
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paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, General Counsel's Claims
against the state ). |
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Settlements, 1995-1996, 7 cubic ft. |
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This series consists of memos detailing settlement offers
prepared by the General Counsel of the Texas Governor's office for the
Governor's review, including a summary of the case with the General Counsel's
recommendation to accept or decline. Other items include correspondence from
the Attorney General and the General Counsel or Governor (usually the General
Counsel) regarding claims, judgements from court, and letters from the General
Counsel to the Attorney General listing settlements approved by the governor.
Dates of the records are 1995-1996. Claims were submitted by either individuals
or companies. Types of claims include property damage, physical impairment,
violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, denial of unemployment benefits,
wrongful arrest, alleged sexual assault by coworker, and wrongful termination.
The governor's decision to approve or not approve the settlement is not noted
in these records. In the Legal opinions and advice,
Settlement files are the memos where the governor checks
"accept" or "deny" and signs the offer. |
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These records are arranged roughly in two runs, 1995-1996, 1996,
alphabetically by claimant; with one box in reverse chronological order by the
date of the memo to the Governor from the General Counsel. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Settlements, General Counsel files,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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Legislation, 1999, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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This series contains the bill files, dating 1999, of James
Hines, the Public Information Officer, in the Texas Governor's General Counsel
office. The folder labels contain the bill number, the sponsor, and topic of
the bill. The files contain a copy of the bill. Most also contain a bill
analysis, a fiscal note, and perhaps a committee report. |
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Arrangement |
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The files are separated into Senate and House bills, filed by
bill number within each group, though not in numerical order consistently.
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Legislation, General Counsel files,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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General correspondence, 1963-1964, 1975, 1985-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 6.4 cubic ft. |
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This series consists of general correspondence of the Texas
Governor's General Counsel's office, dating 1963-1964, 1975, 1985-2000 (bulk
1995-2000). There is correspondence with constituents and topical files -
consular matters, inmate correspondence, executive clemency requests, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice correspondence, ethics, Attorney General
correspondence (includes files on claims and child support), and personnel
correspondence (generally letters of resignation of appointees from committees
and boards). Most of the files consist of incoming letters, there is not much
outgoing except for constituent correspondence, which is incoming and outgoing.
Correspondents include state and federal officials, legislators, local
officials, law firms, citizens, inmates, companies, board and commission
members, and the General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel or other General
Counsel staff. Also present are cover letters for executive orders that were
issued and some correspondence between the Attorney General and the General
Counsel or Governor Bush. The orders are not present. Most of the outgoing
letters are signed by the Deputy or Assistant General Counsel - a few are
signed by Al Gonzalez. The constituent correspondence covers a wide variety of
issues, usually involving legal issues or a request handled by the General
Counsel's office, like requests for pardons or paroles. Topics covered in other
types of requests include disciplinary proceedings, Internet privacy,
complaints against the textbook adoption process, medical malpractice claims,
interstate child custody court jurisdiction, gambling indictments, and
development of the Texas Legal Service Plan Special Committee. |
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If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, General Counsel's general
correspondence ). |
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Public information requests,
1995-2000 (bulk 1998-2000), 46 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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This series consists of public information requests from
individuals or companies and the responses of the Public Information Officer in
the Texas Governor's General Counsel's Office, James Hines (at least for most
of the period covered). Dates covered are 1995-2000, with the bulk dating
1998-2000. The vast majority of the records are filed by the name of the
requestor. Most files contain the initial request, the response of the public
information officer or other general counsel staff, and copies of the documents
requested. Not all documents sent out to the requestor are present in the
files. In a few cases there are memos from the General Counsel to Bush as to
whether requested items should be released. Also included are internal, summary
memos of requests, listing the date received, type of request, and who it was
assigned to and a copy of the ethics advisory log, 1995-1998, containing the
date of the question, date of response, what the question was, what the
response was, and initial of the staff member handling the request. |
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Arrangement |
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Most of the records are foldered by the name of the requestor,
alphabetically within date runs for each year. . |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Public information requests, General
Counsel files, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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Agency rules, policies, and
procedures, 1995-2000, less than 0.5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are agency rules, policies, and procedures, 1995-2000,
from the General Counsel in the Texas Governor's Office. Files are labeled
Records retention schedule, Extradition information, Ethics, Lawsuit
notification, and General. These files contain memos, handbook/manual excerpts
and publications relevant to the folder titles. Most of these topics concern
issues handled by the General Counsel, some are general in nature. The memos
are addressed to either Al Gonzales or Margaret Wilson. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by subject. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Agency rules, policies, and procedures,
General Counsel files, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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Calendars, 1998-2000, fractional |
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Records are four calendars, 1998-2000, for Margaret Wilson and
other unidentified general counsel staff in the Texas Governor's Office. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Calendars, General Counsel files, Records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Policy Office,
1982,
1989, 1993-2000, 60.25 cubic ft. |
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Records of the Texas Office of the Governor's Policy Office
during the terms of George W. Bush, 1995-2000, include policy memoranda;
records of the Texas Strategic Economic Development Planning Commission;
records of the Governor's Faith-Based Task Force and Charitable Choice; bill
files; questionnaire replies; reports on, or related to, technology education
and the need for a high-tech workforce; records regarding the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs' sunset process and low-income housing; and
assorted pamphlets, publications, press releases, and photographs. The
materials date from 1982, 1989, and 1993 to 2000. |
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The series Memoranda is
predominantly composed of staff member and office memoranda, 1995-2000, some of
which are annotated by the governor and some of which have been stamped
"Governor Has Seen." The documents were created
to serve as briefing memos and policy recommendations in response to issues
raised by forthcoming legislation, letters from the general public, letters
from state and federal officials and agencies, and issues raised by
corporations. The memoranda cover a wide variety of federal, state, and local
issues. |
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Texas Strategic Economic Development Planning Commission records
dating 1982, 1989, and 1996-1998, were maintained by the Policy Office. The
materials provide evidence of the actions taken by the Commission to fulfill
its mandate to develop an economic development strategic plan for Texas and
provide a fresh vision for the Texas Department of Economic Development. The
Governor's liaison to the Commission was Policy staff member Jimmy Glotfelty.
Files contain general information on the formation and background of the
Commission, information on the request for proposal process used to select a
vendor consultant, materials from a number of the Commission meetings, older
reports proposing strategic economic plans for Texas, and a copy of the
Commission's final strategic economic development report, submitted on October
30, 1998. |
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Records documenting the Governor's Advisory Task Force on
Faith-Based Community Service Groups and the implementation of charitable
choice, dating 1993, 1996-1998 and undated (bulk 1996-1997), were also
maintained by the Policy Office. Staff member Don Willett served as the
Governor's liaison to the Task Force. Records concern improving the ability of
faith-based groups to provide needed social services. Specifically, they
provide evidence of the establishment, composition, and activities of the
Governor's Task Force; provide information regarding the concept and
origination of charitable choice and evidence of the efforts in Texas state
agencies to implement the theory; and indicate the development of a state
legislative agenda to create changes recommended by the Task Force. A number of
files record the attendance of Don Willett at two workshops concerning faith
based providers of social services and government cooperation with religious
social ministries held at the Center for Public Justice in Washington D.C. |
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Questionnaires seem to have been submitted by a variety of Texas
and national organizations and businesses to George W. Bush during his first
gubernatorial campaign in 1994. The replies were frequently printed on Bush
campaign stationery and appear to have been considered the functional
equivalent of press releases. The questions and responses include promises and
position statements on a wide variety of subjects, including crime, education,
health and human services issues, taxes, environment, African-American issues,
abortion, immigration, agriculture, gambling, insurance, energy issues, tort
reform, term limits, and economic development. |
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A variety of materials, dating 1996, 1998-2000, regard the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and problems within the
agency identified by a highly critical 1999 State Auditor's report and the 2000
agency sunset review. The criticisms of the agency garnered national media
attention during Governor Bush's presidential campaign. Legislation to change
the operating structure of the agency was proposed and the Governor's Office
became involved in the process. The materials provide considerable discussion
of TDHCA areas concerned with possible corruption in the governing board and
mismanagement of funds, low-income housing, community block grants, colonias,
and manufactured housing. One other subject of discussion was the development
of talking points, detailing TDHCA successes, intended for public release. |
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Technology education reports and publications, dating 1998-2000,
concern technology education, the need for a larger high-tech workforce in
Texas, and recommendations to address the high-tech skills gap. The materials
were created by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas
Strategic Economic Development Planning Commission, the Texas Governor's
Council on Science and Technology, the American Electronics Association, and
the Computing Research Association. Policy Office staff member Stuart Holliday
appears to have worked with these materials, as his name appears in the only
two extant memoranda. |
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Finally, the records include some assorted materials concerning
the Governor's interest in promoting adoption and First Lady Laura Bush's
interest in promoting early childhood development and reading initiatives.
Specifically, the materials include the 1996 Report of the Governor's Committee
to Promote Adoption, conference proceedings from the 1998 Governor and First
Lady's Policy Conference on Early Childhood Development and Brain Research, and
four Take Time for Kids booklets published by the
Texas Department of Health. In addition, five photographs depict Governor Bush
at, at least, two events. |
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If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the Policy Office finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Policy Office
records ). |
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Policy Office History |
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The Policy Office helps ensure that the governor's policies are
implemented by state agencies and commissions. The office is organized around
specialized issues such as education, criminal justice, health and human
services, natural resources, and economic development. It advises the governor
on emerging problems and opportunities and develops policy options for the
governor's consideration. Directors of the policy office are the governor's
liaisons to state agencies and board members, and they direct special committee
projects authorized by the governor. The office also recommends candidates for
appointments to agency positions and assists in evaluating potential
appointments. The head of the Policy Office under Governor Bush was Vance
McMahan. |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into eight series: |
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Memoranda, 1995-2000, 1.75 cubic ft. |
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Texas Strategic Economic Development Planning Commission
records, 1982, 1989, 1997-1998, 1.1 cubic ft., 19 videocassettes, and 7
audiocassettes |
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Records of the Governor's Advisory Task Force on Faith-Based
Community Service Groups and implementation of charitable choice, 1993,
1996-1998, undated (bulk 1996-1997), 1.25 cubic ft. |
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Questionnaire replies, 1993-1994, undated (bulk 1994), 0.25
cubic ft. |
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Bill files, 1995-1999, 54 cubic ft. |
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Records regarding the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs, 1996, 1998-2000, 1.45 cubic ft. |
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Technology education reports, 1998-2000, 0.25 cubic
ft. |
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Assorted, 1996, 1998-2000, undated, 0.05 cubic ft. |
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Legislative Office,
1988,
1990, 1992-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000), 119 cubic ft. |
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These records include bill files, correspondence (letters,
memoranda, e-mail, and faxes), resumes, and subject files (containing notes,
articles, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, tables, issue papers,
briefing documents, talking points, conference papers, procedure drafts,
brochures, agenda, legislation, litigation, etc.). They comprise the records of
the Legislative Office during the tenure of Texas Governor George W. Bush,
dating 1988, 1990, 1992-2000, and undated (bulk 1995-2000). These records
document the work of the Governor's office in promoting the passage of key
legislation during the 74th, 75th, and 76th Texas Legislatures. |
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The staff records processed so far (Director's correspondence, and
Deputy Director's research/resource files) are particularly rich in documenting
Bush's commitment to education (especially the promotion of literacy and
reading, the "school-to-work" concept of
matching education with society's demonstrated vocational/career needs, school
finance reform, and charter schools). Also covered (although minimally so) are
a variety of other issues: child support enforcement, border trade and
transportation, unmarried teen parents, a statewide gang database, illegal
gambling, welfare reform, sexual misconduct by clergy and mental health/health
care professionals, prison overcrowding, tort reform, hazardous waste disposal,
regulation of mortgage lenders, concealed handguns, initiative/referendum, etc.
The most voluminous of this office's records are the bill files, which
undoubtedly cover the full spectrum of legislative advocacy by the Governor's
office. |
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Legislative Office History |
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The Legislative Office (also referred to as the Legislative
Affairs Office) in the Office of the Texas Governor advises the governor on
legislative matters and assists in developing and promoting the governor's
legislative goals. Former State Senator Dan Shelley served as Legislative
Director in 1995 and part of 1996; Terral Smith served as director from 1996 to
2000. Deputy directors (from one to three at a given time) were Stacie Lawson
(1995-1996), Michael Jewell (1997), Greg Davidson (1997-2000), Lizzette
Gonzales (1997-2000), and Laura Lawlor (1999). |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into four series: |
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Director Dan Shelley's correspondence, 1994-1995 (bulk 1995),
0.2 cubic ft. |
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Deputy Director Lizzette Gonzales' files, 1988, 1990,
1992-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000), 2.8 cubic ft. |
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Bill files, 1995-1999, 115 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Correspondence with TNRCC concerning legislation, 1999, 1
cubic ft. [in process] |
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Index Terms |
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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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Shelley,
Dan. |
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Gonzales,
Lizzette. |
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LaMontagne,
Margaret. |
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Corporate Names: |
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Texas. Adult
Education Accountability Task Force. |
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Subjects: |
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Literacy
programs--Texas. |
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Educational law and
legislation--Texas. |
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Child support--Law and
legislation--Texas. |
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Gang
prevention--Texas. |
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Teenage
parents--Government policy--Texas. |
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Public
welfare--Texas. |
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Gambling--Law and
legislation--Texas. |
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Legislation--Texas. |
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Transportation--Law and
legislation--Texas. |
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Sexual ethics for
teenagers--Texas. |
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Places: |
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Texas--Officials and
employees--Selection and appointment. |
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Texas--Commerce--Mexico. |
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Mexico--Commerce--Texas. |
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Mexican-American
Border Region. |
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Document Types: |
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Resumes--Texas--Governors--1995. |
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Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000,
undated. |
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Clippings--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000,
undated. |
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Reports--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000,
undated. |
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Legislative
records--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000, undated. |
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Press
releases--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000, undated. |
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Functions: |
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Analyzing
legislation. |
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Supporting
legislation. |
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Evaluating
legislation. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Legislative Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, December 2002 |
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Director Dan Shelley's
correspondence, 1994-1995 (bulk 1995), 0.2 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence, resumes, press releases,
and news clippings. They comprise correspondence of Dan Shelley, Director of
the Legislative Office during the first year of Texas Governor George W. Bush's
first term, dated 1994-1995 (some from December 1994, but mostly January-March
1995). Most of the correspondence is from private citizens and state elected
and appointed officials, addressed to Dan Shelley (with a few items to Governor
or Governor-elect Bush). The majority are requests for appointments, either by
third parties recommending another, or by the job-seeker him/herself (hence the
large number of resumes). A smaller number of items involve support for, or
opposition to, proposed legislation, on a variety of issues: sexual misconduct
by clergy, psychotherapists, and health care professionals; prison
overcrowding; tort reform; hazardous waste disposal; regulation of mortgage
lenders; concealed handguns; initiative/referendum; etc. |
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Former Texas State Senator Dan Shelley was appointed Director of
the Legislative Office (he was sometimes also referred to as Legislative
Liaison) by governor-elect George W. Bush, and served during 1995 (and part of
1996). He was replaced as Director by former State Representative (1981-1991)
Terral Smith, who served through the rest of Governor Bush's tenure. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged alphabetically by last name of
correspondent. |
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Index Terms |
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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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Shelley,
Dan. |
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Subjects: |
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Legislation--Texas. |
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Places: |
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Texas--Officials
and employees--Selection and appointment. |
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Document Types: |
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Resumes--Texas--Governors--1995. |
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Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1995. |
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Related Material |
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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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None. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, social
security numbers, personal family information (V.T.C.A., Government Code,
Section 552.117), Texas driver's license numbers (V.T.C.A., Government Code,
Section 552.130) and written or oral communications by citizens to members of
the legislature (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 306.004), an archivist must
review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may
be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email
including enough description and detail about the information requested to
enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records. |
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Dan Shelley was a Texas State Senator until the start of the
74th Legislature (January 10, 1995); therefore all citizens' communications to
him as legislator may be confidential. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Director Dan Shelley's correspondence,
Legislative Office, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, December 2002 |
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Alexander - Armstrong,
1995 |
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Blair,
1994 |
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Bookalam - Bickerstaff,
1995 |
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Czop - Calhoun,
1995 |
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Douglas - Dvorak,
1995 |
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Eversole,
1995 |
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Francis - Field,
1995 |
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Goolsby - Garlington,
1995 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: social security number, driver's license number] |
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Humble Area Chamber of Commerce - Hunter,
1995 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: written communication by citizen to member of the
legislature] |
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Jackson,
1995 |
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"K," 1994 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: written communication by citizen to member of the
legislature] |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number: 9502030074] |
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Keyser - Kelly,
1995 |
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Lipp - Lacy,
1994-1995 |
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Moffat - Moffat,
1995 |
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Niziol,
1995 |
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Olivier - Ogg,
1995 |
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Pardue - Petty,
1995 |
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Ratliff - Rountree,
1995 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: social security number] |
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Sanborn - Smith,
1995 [3 folders] |
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[Folder 3 contains possibly excepted
information: social security number, Texas driver's license number, personal
family information] |
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Thomas,
1995 |
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Wyatt - Wilson,
1995 |
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Zacek,
1995 |
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Deputy Director Lizzette Gonzales'
files, 1988, 1990, 1992-2000, undated (bulk 1998-2000), 2.8 cubic ft. |
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These records include correspondence (especially memoranda,
e-mail, and faxes), notes, articles, newspaper clippings, press releases,
reports, tables, issue papers, briefing documents, talking points, conference
papers, procedure drafts, brochures, agenda, legislation, litigation, etc. They
comprise the records (mainly resource/research files) of Lizzette Gonzales,
Deputy Director of the Legislative Office, dating 1988, 1990, 1992-2000, and
undated (bulk 1998-2000). Topics of these subject files include education above
all else (including literacy, school-to-work, school finance, and charter
schools), but also child support enforcement, border trade and transportation,
unmarried teen parents, a statewide gang database, illegal gambling, and
welfare reform. |
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Less than one-third of the material is labeled
"legislative agenda issues" and contains notes,
memos, correspondence, email, tables, articles, issue papers, reports, press
releases, legislation, executive summaries, newspaper clippings, brochures,
agenda, etc. These files date 1988, 1993, 1995-2000, and undated. Many of these
files deal with education issues, which is also the overall label of the rest
of the files, containing correspondence, e-mail, notes, articles, newspaper
clippings, press releases, reports, briefing documents, conference papers,
procedure drafts, legislation, litigation, etc., dating 1990, 1992, 1994-2000,
and undated. |
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Correspondents include Texas Education Agency (especially Mike
Moses, Commissioner of Education), U.S. Department of Education, Texas
Workforce Commission (especially Commissioner Diane Rath and Mark Butler, State
Coordinator, School-to-Careers), Texas state legislators and legislative
committees, staff of the Texas Governor's Office (especially Margaret
LaMontagne, Ara Marjanian, Jennifer Piskun, Jim Underwood, Debra Esterak,
Alberto Gonzales, Ashley Copeland, and Terral Smith), Governor Bush himself,
the Adult Education Accountability Task Force, and education-related vendors
and organizations. Deputy Director Lizzette Gonzales is either the sender or
the recipient of most of the e-mail, and a few of the letters; the rest of the
communications seem to have been either referred to her for response or copied
to her for her information. Much of it went through Margaret LaMontagne. |
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Lizzette Gonzales was one of the Deputy Directors of the
Legislative Office during the tenure of Governor George W. Bush, at least from
1997-2000. Other persons who held one of the positions of Deputy Director were
Stacie Lawson (1995-1996), Michael Jewell (1997), Laura Lawlor (1999), and Greg
Davidson (1997-2000); however, none of them seem to be referenced in these
files. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in two groups: legislative agenda
issues, and education issues. (The first group does contain some files that
deal with education issues as well.) Within each group, arrangement is by
topic, but there is neither an alphabetical nor a chronological order. |
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Index Terms |
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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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Corporate Names: |
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Texas.
Adult Education Accountability Task Force. |
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Texas Workforce
Commission. |
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United States.
Dept. of Education. |
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Texas Education
Agency. |
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Personal Names: |
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Gonzales,
Lizzette. |
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LaMontagne,
Margaret. |
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Subjects: |
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Educational law and
legislation--Texas. |
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Education and
state--Texas. |
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Child
support--Texas. |
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Transportation--Law
and legislation--Texas. |
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Sexual ethics for
teenagers--Texas. |
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Gang
prevention--Texas. |
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Gambling--Law and
legislation--Texas. |
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Public
welfare--Texas. |
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Literacy
programs--Texas. |
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Places: |
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Texas--Commerce--Mexico. |
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Mexico--Commerce--Texas. |
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Document Types: |
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Reports--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000,
undated. |
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Legislative
records--Texas--Governors--1988, 1990, 1992-2000, undated. |
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Related Material |
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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 Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records, 1948, 1964-1965, 1978, 1980-1983, 1986-2000, undated (bulk 1995-2000),
88 cubic ft. [specifically Education issue files I and II, Education reference
materials, and Education bill files] |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, Texas
driver's license numbers (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.130), an
archivist must review these records before they can be accessed for research.
The records may be requested for research under the provisions of the Public
Information Act (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may
request an interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or
email including enough description and detail about the information requested
to enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Deputy Director Lizzette Gonzales' files,
Legislative Office, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, December 2002 |
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Legislative agenda issues,
1988, 1993, 1995-2000, undated
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Child support proposals,
1997-1998,
undated [7 folders] |
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Eliminate Internet access tax,
1998-1999 |
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Border issues,
1999 |
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[Subjects include: border trade and
transportation.] |
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Governor's reading initiative (latest drafts),
1996-1997 [3 folders] |
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H. B. [House Bill] 107: Reading,
1997 |
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Public ed[ucation]: Governor's reading initiative,
1996-1997 [5 folders] |
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Public education: school finance,
1988, 1995-1997,
undated, [8 folders] |
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Public ed[ucation]: S.B. [Senate Bill] 7,
1993,
1995: |
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School Finance Handbook,
June
1993 |
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School Finance: Three
States' Experiences with Equity in School Funding,
December
1995 |
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May-June
1995 |
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Last chance homes,
1997-1998,
undated [3 folders] |
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[unmarried teen parents] |
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Statewide gang database,
1998-1999,
undated [3 folders] |
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Ready To Read grants proposal,
1998-2000,
undated [4 folders] |
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Welfare-to-Work legislative package,
1999,
undated [2 folders] |
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Gambling bill: Outlaw 8-liners,
1997-1999,
undated [3 folders] |
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[includes report of Governor's Task Force on Illegal
Gambling] |
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Education issues, 1990, 1992, 1994-2000, undated
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Adult ed[ucation],
1998-2000: |
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1999-2000 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: Texas driver's license number] |
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Houston READ Commission,
1999 |
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2000 |
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What Jobs Require:
literacy, education, and training, 1940-2006,
1999 |
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1998-2000 |
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2000 [4 folders] |
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Adult Ed[ucation Accountability] Task Force,
1999-2000,
undated [4 folders] |
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Adult Ed[ucation]: follow-up,
2000 [4 folders] |
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Adult ESL [English as a Second Language]:
BiLing[ual],
1990,
1997-2000: |
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"Survey of Displaced
Workers' Views about their ESL classes," 1999 |
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1999 |
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It's Never Too Late To
Learn, 2000 |
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Equipped for the Future: A
reform agenda for adult literacy and lifetime learning, 1997 |
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"Family Literacy and
Adult Education," 1998 |
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1990,
1999 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number: 9908200240] |
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Adult [Education] Acc[ountability Task Force]:
literacy,
1995-2000: |
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1999-2000 |
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1998-1999 |
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Houston READ Commission,
1997-1999 |
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Increasing the Percentage
of Adults with a High School Diploma,
September
1999 |
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Assessment and
Accountability Forum,
summer
1999 |
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1998-1999 |
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1995-1996,
1999 |
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School to Work '99,
1998-1999: |
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1998-1999 |
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Texas School-to-Careers Substate Application,
1998 |
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Survey of Displaced Workers' Views about their ESL
classes,
1998 |
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Expanding Your Options:
...A Directory for Workforce Development Coalitions,
1998-1999 |
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1998-1999 |
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School-to-Work,
1996-1999: |
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1996,
1998-1999 |
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1997-1998 |
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School-to-Work: The Coming Collision,
1998 |
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1998 |
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Response to Texas Education Agency rebuttal of
Design for Mediocrity, March
1998 |
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STW [School-to-Work],
1995-1997,
2000: |
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1995-1997 |
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1995-1996 [2 folders] |
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[Folder 1 contains correspondence
assigned the following unique numbers: 9511070042, 9510050017] |
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[Folder 2 contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number: 9607260079] |
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Career Academies: Impacts
on Students' Engagement and Performance in High School,
March
2000 |
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STW [loose material],
1995-1999: |
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"School-to-Work in
Texas: Showcase for National Education Reform," April
1998 |
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1996-1998 |
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"Report to Congress:
Implementation of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994," 1998 |
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1996,
1999 |
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School-to-Work System
Solutions to State-level Problems,
1995 |
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1998 |
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Various websites,
March
1998 |
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1997-1998 |
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Texas Workforce Commission, Grant Performance and
Financial Status Reports,
May 1998 |
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School-to-Careers activities,
1998 |
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STW,
1998: |
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Texas Workforce Commission, Grant Performance and
Financial Status Reports,
May 1998 |
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Second Year State Application draft materials,
May 1998 |
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Texas School-to-Careers Substate Application for
Year-Two Implementation,
April
1998 |
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STW '99, Pt. II,
1999-2000 [4 folders] |
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STW [School-to-Work] conference,
2000,
undated: |
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June
2000 |
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[web pages] |
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Tech prep and School-to-Work guidebook,
undated |
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Education That Works,
November
2000 |
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STW,
1992, 1995-1999,
undated: |
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1995-1996,
1998 |
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National Center on Education and the Economy,
[1995] |
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School-to-Work: What Does Research Say About It?,
undated |
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1992, 1996,
undated |
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Lessons That Last a Lifetime; Parents' Handbook
for Successful Schools,
1998,
undated |
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1996-1997,
1999 |
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School-to-Work,
1998-1999 [5 folders] |
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STW (fall 2000),
1998-2000: |
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1998-2000 [2 folders] |
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Linking School-to-Careers with Economic
Development,
August-September
2000 |
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1999-2000 [2 folders] |
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From Innovative Programs to
Systematic Education Reform,
April
2000 |
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2000 |
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Charters issues (fall/winter 2000): |
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2000 |
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Broken Promises,
September
2000 |
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2000 |
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[Draft report on evolution of Texas charter school
application and selection process],
May 2000 |
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[Formal complaint],
September
2000 |
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The charter selection process,
1999-2000,
undated [3 folders] |
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Charter Association,
1998-2000 |
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Charters: Special,
1999-2000 |
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Charters: articles, surveys, etc.,
1998-2000 [4 folders] |
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Charters: management companies,
1999-2000,
undated [3 folders] |
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Montessori questions,
2000 |
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The State of Charter
Schools,
2000 |
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Texas Open-Enrollment Charter
Schools: Third Year Evaluation,
March 2000 |
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[Charter schools statistics],
1999: |
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Item 1 |
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Item 2 |
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Item 3 |
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Item 4 |
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Items 5-6 |
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Item 7 |
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Item 8 |
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Items 9-10 |
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Item 11 |
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Item 12 |
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"Special" issues:
Texas charters,
1999-2000 [5 folders] |
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School choice,
1999-2000 [2 folders] |
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School Choice: What's
Happening in the States,
2000 |
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After school,
1999-2000 [5 folders] |
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[Texas After-School Initiative for Middle
Schools] |
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Lone Star Leaders: after school programs,
1998-1999 [2 folders] |
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Ed[ucation] publications,
1999: |
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Working Toward Excellence:
examining the effectiveness of New American Schools designs, February
1999 |
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No Excuses, by
Samuel Casey Carter,
1999 |
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Promising Initiatives To
Improve Education in your Community, 1999 |
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Gen[eral] Ed[ucation] stuff: SB 7 report, Dan
[Shelley?] stuff, etc.,
1994-1997,
1999-2000: |
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1997 |
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"Why Education Experts
Resist Effective Practices," 2000 |
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Report of Joint Select Committee to Review the
Central Education Agency [Senate Bill 7],
December
1994 |
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1995-1996,
1999 |
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Bill files, 1995-1999, 115 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are bill files for the 74th, 75th, and 76th Legislature,
1995-1999, maintained by Governor Bush's Legislative Office. Bill files for the
74th Legislature, 1995, usually consist of two folders per bill. It appears
only the bills actually signed by the Governor are included in the files
documenting the 74th Legislature. The first file can contain the following
types of materials (though few files contain all of these items):
correspondence between the Governor's Office and the bill author re: bill
signing; copy of the Governor's signature sheet (with his signature as well as
the Lieutenant Governor's, the Speaker's, and the Clerk's); Governor's action
report; Governor's Legislative Steering Group (LSG) bill analysis; Legislative
Information System (LIS) bill history; a copy of the enrolled bill; and
memoranda. The second file can contain the following types of materials (though
few files contain all of these items): a red delivery sheet (bill has been
delivered to Governor's office) with a timeline for the Governor's signing
process; LGS bill analysis; copy of the bill as passed and sent to the
Governor; House Research Organization (HRO) bill analysis; bill amendments; LIS
House Committee bill analysis report; copy of the initial bill; copy of
engrossed bill; and enrolled bill memorandum checklists. Very rarely, some
files contain a subject file on the topic of the bill, as, for example, the
Clean Air Act. Such files can contain notes, press releases, clippings,
memoranda, correspondence. |
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For the 75th Legislature, 1997, it appears as though all (or at
least the vast majority) of the bills introduced during the 75th Legislature
are represented in bill files documenting that session. Bills that were not
signed contain far less, often minimal, documentation. The legislative process
in the Governor's Office is best documented by the bill files created during
this Session. The most minimal bill files can contain only a single copy of a
filed bill. Other, more complete files can contain some combination of the
following: Enrolled bill memorandum checklist; Legislation delivery and
timeline sheet; LIS bill history; LIS House Committee bill analysis report; LIS
Senate committee witness list report; LIS House committee witness list report;
Legislative Budget Board (LBB) fiscal note; LSG - bill progress tracking chart,
bill survey form, Senate committee report analysis form, Senate passed analysis
form, House committee report analysis form, House passes analysis form,
conference committee analysis form, final bill analysis form with signing
recommendation (all the LSG documents were created by the Governor's Office to
analyze the bill); HRO bill analysis; copies of the various stages and
evolutions of the bill and attachments; correspondence (some copies of
letters); memoranda (from agencies, others); bill signing ceremony request
form, and the Governor's signature sheet. |
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For the 76th Legislature, 1999, it appears as though all (or at
least the vast majority) of the bills introduced during the 76th Legislature
are represented in bill files documenting that session. Bills that were not
signed contain far less, often minimal, documentation. Materials typically
found in these files are LBB criminal justice policy impact statements, fiscal
notes, actuarial and funding impact statements; copies of bills at various
stages; and copies of correspondence. Some files contain only a single copy of
the bill in question, some contain the majority of the documents listed, but
the average file contains simply several bill copies, the legislation delivery
and timeline sheet, and a copy of the Governor's signature sheet. Bill analyses
from any of the bodies involved in the legislative process appear to be
missing. The information documenting the decision making in the Governor's
Office seems to be largely absent. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by legislative session, then type
(House or Senate bill or resolution), and then numerically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Bill files, Legislative Office, Records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Nancy Enneking, September 2002 |
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Correspondence with TNRCC
concerning legislation, 1999, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, March to May 1999, between the
Governor's Office and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
(TNRCC) concerning proposed legislation that required TNRCC review under a
constitutional amendment. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by bill number. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Correspondence with TNRCC concerning
legislation, Legislative Office, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2003/026 |
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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 Office of the Governor on October 9, 2002. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Budget and Planning Office records,
1967-2000,
undated (bulk 1990-2000),
approximately 30 cubic ft. |
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Records include correspondence, memoranda, tracking slips,
reports, statements, plans, proposals, manuals, opinions, printed material,
legal documents, questionnaires, contracts, organization charts, notes,
publications, memorandums of agreement, executive orders, bylaws, policies and
procedures, drafts, budgets, legislative records, speeches, clippings, and a
single floppy disc, dating 1967-2000, undated, (bulk 1990-2000), created and/or
maintained by the Texas Governor's Budget and Planning Office during the terms
of George W. Bush. Albert Hawkins was the Director of the Budget and Planning
Office during Bush's terms in office. |
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Administrative correspondence
comprise the Budget and Planning Office "central
files" and contain predominantly incoming and outgoing letters and
memoranda that passed between the Budget and Planning staff and various other
staff members in the Governor's Office, state agencies, federal agencies,
corporations and consultants, state legislators and members of Congress, and
various state officials. The subjects of the correspondence concern the
development of the state budget and the financial needs and plans of Texas
agencies and other state funded institutions, including appropriations, exempt
salary issues, consultant contracts pursuant to Wagner-Peyser 7(b) allocations
(a program providing employment related services to veterans), emergency
grants, applications for federal funds, allocation of additional full-time,
part-time, and temporary employees, receipt of grant funds and other payments
from federal bodies, Year 2000 transition costs, and disaster funding. General
subjects include welfare to work, tax reform, the funding of public education
and distressed communities, and managed care. A few memoranda concern internal
Budget and Planning Office polices. |
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Records found in the State budget
development files aid in documenting the development of the Texas state
budget and were submitted by various state agencies to fulfill the reporting
requirements of the General Appropriations Acts (House Bills 1) of the 74th and
75th Legislatures. The materials specifically concern, and can include copies
of, rules review plans, biennial operating plans, capital acquisition
statements and requests, salary level information, fee and tax collection
income reports, cost containment reports, position classification statements,
exceptional item funding requests, employee bonuses in return for Year 2000
conversion activities, service and population category information, contract
approval requests, and various other subjects. Correspondence is frequently
addressed to Albert Hawkins, but was logged and handled by the office staff, as
indicated by the logging/tracking forms attached to the letters. The role of
the Legislative Budget Board in the budget development process can be discerned
in some of the materials. A few documents concerning agency exempt salary plans
date from the term of Texas Governor Ann Richards and were written by Dale
Craymer, her Director of Budget and Planning. |
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Records in the Statewide cost allocation
plan series concern the creation of plans that track the state's
indirect costs and the recovery of those costs for the purpose of satisfying
federal grant guidelines. The cost allocation plans were prepared by David M.
Griffith & Associates, LTD and by KPMG Peat Marwick. Additional training
materials, manuals, and proposals were submitted by David M. Griffith &
Associates, LTD. Correspondence and attachments concern the plans and
particularly involve communications with the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS), the agency designated by OMB (U.S. Office of Management
and Budget) as the cognizant agency responsible for negotiating indirect,
fringe benefit (and other specialty) rates and issuing related rate agreements
for a significant number of organizations receiving federal awards. Budget and
Planning Office Grant's Team staff member Tom Adams figures prominently in the
majority of the correspondence. Major subjects of concern in the records center
around costs that the federal government disallowed, particularly charges
regarding the Capitol Complex Telephone System and the Uniform Group Insurance
Program (UGIP). Some of the materials date from the terms of Texas Governors
William P. Clements and Ann Richards and involve Directors of Budget and
Planning Sheila Beckett and Dale Craymer. |
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Grants Team records of assistance to
regional planning commissions, dating 1967-1999, document the activities
of the administrations of all Texas governors from John Connally to George W.
Bush in the origination, development, and functioning of Texas' regional
assistance funding program and regional planning commissions. Staff member Tom
Adams figures prominently in the records from the 1990s. Initial records
contain founding executive orders and governing legislation, Attorney General
opinions, speeches, early policies and procedures, proposals, rationales, and
reports concerning the regional council/commission system and its relationship
to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 701 program. The
redelineation files concern the biennial reviews, beginning in 1971, of state
planning region boundaries by the Governor's Office. The general files contain
information about all of the regional planning councils, such as funding
allocation formulas, general correspondence, requests for project funds, and
the 1996 quarterly/annual reports for all of the councils. The final section of
records consist of files for each of the individual planning councils. The
files generally include reports, correspondence, and other information
submitted to enable the councils to receive state planning assistance
funds. |
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Finally, the records of the Budget and Planning Office include
eight publications maintained in the Budget and Planning Office during the
terms of George W. Bush. The publications concern proposed Texas state budgets,
a budget policy message to the 74th Legislature in the form of a published
speech, statewide strategic planning elements from 1998 and 2000, and property
tax relief. |
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Office of Budget and Planning History |
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The Office of Budget and Planning supports the governor of Texas
in his statutory role as chief budget officer of the state by providing advice
on state fiscal matters. The office prepares the governor's biennial budget
recommendations to the legislature, monitors state appropriations and
operations, analyzes fiscal and economic issues, and performs other duties
determined by the governor. It assigns each agency a budget analyst who is
available to provide assistance on budgetary matters. The office includes the
state Grants Team, whose records are described separately. Albert Hawkins
served as the Director of Budget and Planning under Governor George W.
Bush. |
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The Grants Team is a part of the Budget and Planning Office within
the Texas Office of the Governor. The team monitors the federal, state, and
private funding information resources and alerts state agencies, non-profit
organizations, units of local government and other entities to funding
opportunities. The Grants Team: 1) provides technical assistance on federal
funding matters to state agencies, subdivisions of government, Texas
legislators, non-profit agencies, and individuals; 2) provides counseling on
the availability and means of obtaining federal, state, and private funding
assistance; 3) identifies federal and state funding opportunities and responds
to inquiries about federal policies and agencies; 4) provides proposal writing
support and review of applications; 5) collects and analyzed performance data
from state agencies on maximizing federal funds; 6) compiles and distributes
the Grant Alert, a fax newsletter about funding opportunities; 7) maintains a
clearinghouse of information on the availability of federal, state, and private
grants; 8) identifies and facilitates opportunities for collaboration among
state agencies to seek federal discretionary funds; and 8) provides proposal
writing training on a cost sharing basis. By law, the State Grants Team may
charge fees to recover service costs. |
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The Texas Review and Comment System is also a part of Budget and
Planning and is run by the Grants Team. It provides state and local officials
with opportunities to comment on state plans, applications for state or federal
financial assistance, and environmental impact statements related to projects
or funding that affect their jurisdictions before the proposals are approved or
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Grants Team staff members in 1996 were (with their areas of
responsibility): Denise Francis, Director - child care, criminal justice,
employment and job training, health and human services, law enforcement and
public safety, mental health, and substance abuse; Ron Ayer, Grants Analyst -
agriculture, business development, disabilities, economic development, housing
and homeless issues, telecommunications, and transportation; Clair Burleson,
Research Assistant - academic research, education, energy, environment,
historic preservation, Indian affairs, parks/recreation, and youth
(non-incarcerated); and Mary Helen Rositas, Administrative Technician -
compiled and managed the Grant Alert; database maintenance, document handling
and administrative support; maintenance of reports from state agencies on
receipt of federal funds. Over time, other staff members seem to have included
Debra Mills, Jennifer Fisher, Rita Stephan, Reagan Swank, Matt Salazar, etc.
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These records are organized into nine series: |
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Administrative correspondence, 1995-2000, 5.6 cubic
ft. |
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State budget development files, 1978, 1988-1999, undated,
(bulk 1995-1999), 3.2 cubic ft. |
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Statewide cost allocation plans, 1971, 1989-1999 (bulk
1990-1998), 3.75 cubic ft. |
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Records of the Grants Team, 1967-2001, approximately 17.25
cubic ft.
- Denise Francis' files, [ca. 1994]-2000, 8 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Staff casework, 1991-2000 (bulk 1997-2000), 3.8 cubic ft.
[in process]
- Records of assistance to regional planning commissions,
1967-1999, 3.25 cubic ft.
- Training files, 1998-2001, approximately 2 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Agency strategic plans and reports, 1995-1996, 0.4 cubic
ft. [in process]
- Grants Team office files, 1994-1997, undated, 0.6 cubic
ft. [in process]
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Publications, 1995-2000, 0.2 cubic ft. |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Budget and Planning
Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Administrative correspondence,
1995-2000, 5.6 cubic ft. |
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Records comprise correspondence, memoranda, and tracking slips,
with a few attached printed materials, reports, and publications, dating
1995-2000, of the Texas Office of the Governor's Budget and Planning Office
during the terms of George W. Bush. Albert Hawkins was the Director of the
Office during this time. The records comprise the Budget and Planning Office
"central files" and contain predominantly
incoming and outgoing letters and memoranda that passed between some members of
the Budget and Planning staff and various other staff members in the Governor's
Office, state agencies, federal agencies, corporations and consultants, state
legislators and members of Congress, and various state officials. The subjects
of the correspondence concern the development of the state budget and the
financial needs and plans of Texas agencies and other state funded
institutions, including appropriations, exempt salary issues, consultant
contracts persuant to Wagner-Peyser 7(b) allocations (a program providing
employment related services to veterans), emergency grants, applications for
federal funds, allocation of additional full-time, part-time, and temporary
employees, receipt of grant funds and other payments from federal bodies, Year
2000 transition costs, and disaster funding. General subjects include welfare
to work, tax reform, the funding of public education and distressed
communities, and managed care. A few memoranda concern internal Budget and
Planning Office policies. |
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Many of the incoming letters are copies of logged
correspondence, some of the letters are original logged correspondence, a few
letters do not appear to have been logged at all. The copies of logged letters
frequently have attached data entry and logging/tracking forms. Note that some
of the correspondence was copied with post-it notes obscuring the text of the
letter, for the full text the researcher may need to try and locate the letter
in the Central correspondence file series. [See
the series Central correspondence file for further
infomation on logged correspondence.] Letters sent to the Governor's Office by
state agencies and other bodies include attachments, though the amount of such
material is not large. Such attachments include required agency financial
reports and statements, and instructional materials from the federal
government. |
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Albert Hawkins' files differ from the staff files in that they
contain a higher percentage of policy and personnel issues, provide greater
evidence of contact and discussion with other sections of the Governor's
Office, and include a cross-section of material found in the individual staff
member's files, particularly items that passed through or came from him. The
records of the staff members show somewhat more evidence of direct involvement
with state agencies and the files contain a higher percentage of original, as
opposed to copies of, correspondence. The researcher should be aware that a
number of Budget and Planning Office staff members are not represented in the
following correspondence. |
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State budget development
files, 1978, 1988-1999, undated (bulk 1995-1999), 3.2 cubic ft. |
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The records consist of correspondence with attachments of plans,
statements, reports, position classifications, and exceptional item funding
information, dating 1978, 1988-1999, undated, (bulk 1995-1999), maintained in
the Texas Office of the Governor's Budget and Planning Office during the terms
of George W. Bush. The materials aid in documenting the development of the
Texas state budget and most were submitted by various state agencies to fulfill
the reporting requirements of the General Appropriations Acts (House Bills 1)
of the 74th and 75th Legislatures. The letters specifically concern, and can
include copies of, rules review plans, biennial operating plans, capital
acquisition statements and requests, salary level information, fee and tax
collection income reports, cost containment reports, position classification
statements, exceptional item funding requests, employee bonuses in return for
Year 2000 conversion activities, service and population category information,
contract approval requests, versions of agency exempt salary plans, emergency
deficiency grants, operating budget instructions, grants, foreign travel, and
the Wagner-Peyser contract program that provides employment related services to
veterans. |
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Correspondence is frequently addressed to the Director of the
Governor's Office of Budget and Planning (Albert Hawkins), but was logged and
handled by the office staff, as indicated by the logging/tracking forms
attached to the letters. Some files have attached tracking charts that record
the Budget and Planning analyst assigned to the agency, the date on which
materials were routed, and other general information. The role of the
Legislative Budget Board in the budget development process can be discerned in
some of the materials. A few documents concerning agency exempt salary plans
date from the term of Texas Governor Ann Richards and were written by Dale
Craymer, her Director of the Budget and Planning Office. |
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These letters include both copies of logged correspondence and
original logged correspondence, though other items do not appear to have been
logged in the correspondence database. [See the series Central correspondence file for further information on
logged correspondence.] On occasion, outgoing responses are attached to an
agency's incoming letter. |
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Statewide cost allocation plans,
1971, 1989-1999 (bulk 1990-1998) 3.75 cubic ft. |
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Records comprise cost allocation plans, correspondence,
proposals, manuals, reports, opinions, printed material, memoranda, legal
documents, questionnaires, contracts, organization charts, and notes, dating
1971, 1989-1999 (bulk 1990-1998), maintained in the Texas Office of the
Governor's Budget and Planning Office during the terms of George W. Bush. The
records concern the creation of cost allocation plans that track the state's
indirect costs and the recovery of those costs for the purpose of satisfying
federal grant guidelines. The materials are divided into three general
sections: the actual cost allocations plans; reports, manuals, and proposals
concerning the plans; and related correspondence. |
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Cost allocation plans were prepared by David M. Griffith &
Associates, LTD and by KPMG Peat Marwick at the request of the Office of Budget
and Planning. The plans are divided into the following sections, with
descriptive introductions: certification by the responsible state official;
organization chart; summary of fiscal year fixed costs; and the actual cost
allocation plan, a detailed analysis and allocation of agency costs based on
actual allocations from the prior fiscal year. A slightly different report, the
full cost allocation plan also reports statements of direct and indirect costs
and has a format that simply includes an introduction and the detailed plan.
The majority of each year's report concerns Section I costs, namely non-billed
costs of certain eligible services provided to state entities by the central
service agencies, particularly the Texas General Services Commission, the Texas
Department of Information Resources, the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission's records storage program, and others. The records also include
Section II plans for a number of fiscal years. These plans include central
service costs that are directly charged/billed to agencies and
universities. |
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The second section includes copies of the proposals submitted by
David M. Griffith & Associates, LTD in response to the Office of Budget and
Planning's search for contractors to prepare the cost allocation plans. Only
the proposals submitted in 1990, 1992-1994, and 1996 are present. Additionally
the section includes training materials and manuals. |
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The final section contains correspondence and attachments
regarding the cost allocation plans. Much of the material involves
communications with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
the agency designated by OMB (U.S. Office of Management and Budget) as the
cognizant agency responsible for negotiating indirect, fringe benefit (and
other specialty) rates and issuing related rate agreements for a significant
number of organizations receiving federal awards. Budget and Planning Office
Grants Team staff member Tom Adams figures prominently in the majority of the
correspondence. In 1990, Adams was selected to be the Texas Statewide
Allocation Plan Project Officer, serving under then Director of Budget and
Planning, Sheila W. Beckett and, later, Dale Craymer and Albert Hawkins, who
also appear in the correspondence. The files include requests for proposals,
rejected proposals and bids, consultant and interagency contracts and
agreements, and related proposal correspondence. |
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The correspondence centers around costs the federal government
disallowed, particularly charges regarding the Capitol Complex Telephone System
and the Uniform Group Insurance Program (UGIP). In the case of the telephone
system, the OMB concluded that the billing rate included equipment and interest
costs and provided for a reserve fund for growth and construction, all of which
were unallowable. In addition, the fund balance exceeded the two months'
operating expenses that the federal government considered reasonable. The
Governor's office worked to resolve the problem by restructuring its billing
rates and repaying the disallowed charges. |
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Two major issues were involved in the matter of the UGIP. First,
the federal government demanded reimbursement of $4.4 million for the unmatched
contribution it made to UGIP (the state had failed to make a $22.2 million
payment to UGIP in July 1993). The state conceded liability in this matter. The
second issue concerned the assimilation of 50,000 higher education employees
into UGIP in 1992. DHHS demanded the repayment of over $14 million, perceiving
the assimilation to be a merger which not only required DHHS permission before
implementing but that threatened the stability of the UGIP fund. The governor's
office argued both that the assimilation was not a merger since all of the
higher education employees entered the system as new employees without carrying
over claims and that the fund had "prospered
enormously as a result of the new membership." The dispute over the UGIP
expansion issue was appealed to the DHHS hearing examiner in Washington D.C.
The Appeals Board found that DHHS was correct in principal but had erred in
determining the amount of the disallowance. The state appealed, but also
determined that somewhat over $3 million would be the amount disallowed. In
1998 the Appeals Board overruled the state's motion of reconsideration and the
state brought it's final complaint in 1999. Governor's office General Counsel
staff members Stuart Bowen and Al Gonzales were involved in the process. |
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paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
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Records of the Grants Team, 1967-2001, approximately 17.25 cubic ft.
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Records include correspondence, memoranda, letters and
memorandums of agreement, grant reference materials, casework, executive
orders, strategic plans, evaluations, reports, publications, bylaws, policies
and procedures, manuals, printed materials, calendars, drafts, budgets,
performance measures, legislative records, speeches, opinions, clippings, web
page printouts, forms, organization charts, mailing lists, notes, telephone
directories, travel and purchase records, and floppy discs that date 1967-2001
and were maintained by the Grants Team in the Texas Office of the Governor's
Budget and Planning Office during the tenure of George W. Bush. The records of
assistance to regional planning commissions document the activities of the
administrations of all Texas governors from John Connally to George W. Bush in
the origination, development, and functioning of Texas' regional assistance
funding program and regional planning commissions. Denise Francis' files cover
a wide range of subjects handled as head of the Grants Team. Casework records
respond to requests for assistance in locating and obtaining grant funds.
Training files document workshops presented by Grants Team staff around Texas
from 1998 to 2001. The agency strategic plans and reports, 1995-1996, seem to
have been submitted in 1996 in accordance with the responsibility of the Texas
Governor's Budget and Planning office's Grants Team to collect and analyze
performance data from state agencies on maximizing federal funds. General
office files document the routine functions of the Grants Team administration.
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Grants Team History |
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The Texas Legislature established a State Grant Writing Team in
the Office of State Federal Relations in 1991 (Senate Bill 3, 72nd Legislature,
First Called Session, 1991). In 1995, this Team became part of the Texas
Governor's Budget and Planning Office (House Bill 1399, 74th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1995). The Grants Team monitors the federal, state, and
private funding information resources and alerts state legislators, state
agencies, non-profit organizations, all subdivisions of government and
individuals to funding opportunities. The Grants Team, specifically: 1)
provides technical assistance on federal funding matters to state agencies,
subdivisions of government, Texas legislators, non-profit agencies, and
individuals; 2) provides counseling on the availability and means of obtaining
federal, state, and private funding assistance; 3) identifies federal and state
funding opportunities and responds to inquiries about federal policies and
agencies; 4) provides proposal writing support and review of applications; 5)
collects and analyzes performance data from state agencies on maximizing
federal funds; 6) compiles and distributes the Grant Alert, a fax newsletter
about funding opportunities; 7) maintains a clearinghouse of information on the
availability of federal, state, and private grants; 8) identifies and
facilitates opportunities for collaboration among state agencies to seek
federal discretionary funds; and 9) provides proposal writing training on a
cost sharing basis. By law, the state Grants Team may charge fees to recover
service costs. |
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The State Single Point of Contact is co-located with the Grants
Team and provides grant applicants with information on how to comply with the
intergovernmental review requirements of Federal Executive Order 12372 and the
Texas Review and Comment System. During Bush's administration the Single Point
of Contact was routed all targeted grant applications (and responses) that were
subject to statewide or regional review and had been or would be submitted to
the federal government. The Texas Review and Comment System [TRACS], run by the
Grants Team, provides state and local officials with opportunities to comment
on state plans, applications for state or federal financial assistance, and
environmental impact statements related to projects or funding that affect
their jurisdictions before the proposals are approved or funded. For further
information on Texas grant and contract management see Texas Government Code,
Title 7, Chapter 783: Uniform Grant and Contract Management. This chapter may
be cited as the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Act. |
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Staff members in 1996 were (with their areas of responsibility):
Denise Francis, Director - child care, criminal justice, employment and job
training, health and human services, law enforcement and public safety, mental
health, and substance abuse; Ron Ayer, Grants Analyst - agriculture, business
development, disabilities, economic development, housing and homeless issues,
telecommunications, and transportation; (by 1999 his responsibilities had
evolved into disabilities, homeless issues, mental health, telecommunications
and he seems to have been doing a substantial amount of proposal review and
grant writing training workshops); Clair Burleson, Research Assistant -
academic research, education, energy, environment, historic preservation,
Indian affairs, parks/recreation, and youth (non-incarcerated); and Mary Helen
Rositas, Administrative Technician - compiled and managed the Grant Alert;
database maintenance, document handling and administrative support; maintenance
of reports from state agencies on receipt of federal funds. By 1999 Clair
Burleson seems to have left and the following staff members had been added:
Jennifer Fisher, Grants Analyst - agriculture, rural development, business
development, economic development, housing, transportation; Rita Stephan,
Grants Analyst - academic research, education, energy, environment, historic
preservation, Indian affairs, parks/recreation, and youth (non-incarcerated).
Over time, other staff members and interns seem to have included Debra Mills,
Reagan Swank, Matt Salazar, Maria Hernandez, Joe Castillo, Andres Alcantar, and
others. Tom Adams was the State Single Point of Contact. |
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Denise Francis' files, [ca. 1994]-2000, 8 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Staff casework, 1991-2000 (bulk 1997-2000), 3.8 cubic ft.
[in process] |
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Records of assistance to regional planning commissions,
1967-1999, 3.25 cubic ft. |
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Training files, 1998-2001, approximately 2 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Agency strategic plans and reports, 1995-1996, 0.4 cubic
ft. [in process] |
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Grants Team office files, 1994-1997, undated, 0.6 cubic ft.
[in process] |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Denise Francis' files, [ca. 1994]-2000, 8 cubic ft. |
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Materials include correspondence, memoranda, printed
materials, grant reference materials, casework, general correspondence, day
planners, manuals, web page printouts, notes, Grant Alert correspondence,
federal grant alerts, fax cover sheets, salary schedules, the Xerox manual,
travel reimbursements, publication purchase orders, and assorted other
administrative files, circa 1994-2000. The records are the files of Denise
Francis, Group Director of the Grants Team during the terms of Texas Governor
George W. Bush. Francis was part of the State Grants Team while it was under
the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations and moved with the Grants Team to
the Governor's Office in 1995. A few records in these files document the Team
while it was still under the Office of State-Federal Relations. Records
contained within this group document many of the functions of the Grants
Team. |
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Of the Grants Team records transferred by Governor's Office,
the records described in this series have the least well defined order. As a
whole, the records appear to be the files of Denise Francis and/or portions of
what might be a central filing system. Several boxes have partial, independant,
alphabetical runs, while other boxes show no sign of not being in original
order, though they do indicate the lack of an orderly filing system. |
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These records have been left in their original order, to
inform study of the functioning of the Grants Team. To aid in access, files
have been provided with headings and some specific contents and subjects have
been listed. Note that during the course of refoldering the records, the volume
of material expanded from eight to nine and one-half cubic ft. |
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(Identify the item), Denise Francis' files, Records of the
Grants Team, Budget and Planning Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Staff casework, 1991-2000 (bulk 1997-2000), 3.8 cubic ft. |
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Printed materials, web page printouts, correspondence,
memoranda, notes, drafts, grant proposals, draft publications, a speech, a
travel requisition, a travel voucher, and a press release comprise the casework
files of the Texas Office of the Governor's Budget and Planning Office Grants
Team dating 1991-2000 (bulk 1997-2000). Casework records predominantly consist
of correspondence and attachments that include and respond to requests for
assistance in locating and obtaining grant funds. Many of the attachments are
printed materials that provide information on the potential sources of grant
funding that may apply to each request for assistance. Many letters have an
attached cover sheet detailing the request for aid and the staff responses over
time. Some letters were passed from the Correspondence Office to the Grants
Team; a few of these letters were logged into the correspondence database. Some
letters were originally sent to the "Bush for
President" campaign office but were directed by the campaign staff to the
Governor's Office for responses. |
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Most prominent in the records is casework assigned to Grants
Team staff members Ron Ayer and Debra Mills, who were assisted by a number of
interns. Casework of Denise Francis, Rita Stephan, and Tom Adams may also be
found. On numerous occasions the requests for assistance were passed between
staff members to ensure that the requests were answered by the person with the
most specialized knowledge. The requestors include state agencies, county and
local subdivisions of government, Texas legislators, non-profit agencies,
for-profit businesses, and individuals. The correspondence requests assitance
in finding funds for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to,
establishing, maintaining, or assisting small businesses, homeless
shelters/halfway houses, community and youth recreation facilities, care
facilities and programs for the elderly and disabled, group homes, veterans,
police and fire departments, animal shelters, charter schools, municipal
facilities, local economic devevelopment projects, and clean water supplies.
The Grants Team staff also provided assistance with grant proposa; development
by reviewing grant proposals, either prior to the proposals submission to a
funding agency or post-rejection, to provide suggestions for future
improvement. A few files concern the Team's computer information tracking
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The records remain in their original order. The first third of
the records are in no discernable order, though a portion of the files regard
the forthcoming 75th Legislative Session. The last two-thirds of the records
are filed alphabetically from A to I; the existence and/or location of the L to
Z files are unknown. Within each alphabetic section the files are in no
discernable order. |
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These records have been heavily weeded to remove non-archival
and transitory information, including items such as travel vouchers, birthday
lists, change of address notifications, and empty folders. Note that in the
course of weeding the E and J sections were removed entirely. |
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(Identify the item), Staff casework, Records of the Grants
Team, Budget and Planning Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Records of assistance to regional
planning commissions, 1967-1999, 3.25 cubic ft. |
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Records include correspondence, memoranda, memorandums of
agreement, printed materials, executive orders (one with an original seal and
signature of Dolph Briscoe), reports, publications, bill copies, bylaws,
policies and procedures, publications, drafts, budgets, legislative records,
speeches, opinions, clippings, organization charts, and a single floppy disc
that date 1967-1999 and were maintained by the Grants Team in the Texas Office
of the Governor's Budget and Planning Office during the tenure of George W.
Bush. Staff member Tom Adams figures prominently in the records from the 1990s.
The materials document the activities of the administrations of all Texas
governors from John Connally to George W. Bush in the origination, development,
and functioning of Texas' regional assistance funding program and regional
planning commissions. (The regional planning commissions are also referred to
as regional councils of governments, councils of governments, development
councils, and associations of governments.) |
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Initial records contain Governor Connally's founding executive
order, materials concerning founding and governing legislation, Attorney
General opinions, speeches, early policies and procedures, proposals and
rationales, and reports concerning the origination and early years of the
regional council/commission system and its relationship to the HUD [U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development] 701 program. The next section of
records, the redelineation files, concern the biennial reviews, beginning in
1971, of state planning region boundaries by the Governor's Office. A
significant portion of the redelineation files concern a 1975 meeting held in
Crowell, Texas on the subject of the potential reorganization of regional
associations affecting a number of North Texas counties. Other materials, found
in the files titled 388.16 Consultants findings,
1968, discuss comprehensive health planning and the development of the
Interagency Health Planning Commission, concepts furthered by the recent
creation of the regional planning councils. The section of general files
contains information about or concerning all of the regional planning councils,
such as issues regarding funding allocation formulas, general correspondence,
requests for project funds as well as copies forms for requesting funds, and
the 1996 quarterly/annual reports for all of the councils. |
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The final section of records consists of files for each of
the individual planning councils. The files generally include reports,
correspondence, bylaws, and other information submitted to enable the councils
to receive state planning assistance funds. The bodies represented include
Alamo Area Council of Governments, Ark-Tex Council of Governments, Brazos
Valley Development Council, Capitol Area Planning Council, Central Texas
Council of Governments, Coastal Bend Council of Governments, Concho Valley
Council of Governments, Deep East Texas Council of Governments, East Texas
Council of Governments, Golden Crescent Council of Governments, Heart of Texas
Council of Governments, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Lower Rio Grande Valley
Development Council, Middle Rio Grande Valley Development Council, North Texas
Council of Governments, Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, Permian Basin
Regional Planning Commission, Rio Grande Council of Governments, South East
Texas Regional Planning Commission, South Plains Association of Governments,
South Texas Development Council, Texoma Council of Governments, West Central
Texas Council of Governments, and West Texas Council of Governments. |
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If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Budget and Planning Office
Records ). |
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Training files, 1998-2001, approximately 2 cubic ft. |
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Files contain correspondence, Letter Agreements for Services,
travel requisitions, programs, printed materials, evaluations, request for
training forms, etc. and training performance measures and other manuals and
reports documenting training workshops given around Texas from 1998 to 2001. It
is not known if the records are complete, or if they include all workshops from
that time period. |
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The Governor's Office of Budget and Planning State Grant
Writing Team provides grant proposal writing training to state agencies,
political subdivisions of the state, and other entities on a cost recovery
basis. The Grants Team's proposal writing training workshop is designed to
familiarize novice and intermediate-level proposal writers with the various
aspects of proposal writing: researching funding--federal, state, and private;
how to plan projects that meet agency goals and constituency needs; and the
"how-to's" on writing successful grant
applications. |
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These records are arranged by date of training session. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Training files, Records of the Grants
Team, Budget and Planning Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Agency strategic plans and
reports, 1995-1996, 0.4 cubic ft. |
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Records are agency strategic plans, quarterly federal funds
financial reports, and state agency evaluations for federal funds assistance,
with accompanying memoranda and correspondence, dating 1995 and 1996,
maintained by the Texas Governor's Budget and Planning Office's Grants Team
during the term of George W. Bush. As one of its responsibilities, the Grants
Team was to collect and analyze performance data from agencies on maximizing
federal funds. In 1996, this responsibility was partially met by the
requirement that, as a part of the statewide governmental strategic planning
process, all Texas state agencies were to submit quarterly federal funds
financial reports and one copy of their 1997-2001 strategic plan to the Grants
Team and three copies to the larger Budget and Planning Office. The strategic
plans and quarterly reports descrbed here cover state agencies in an alphabetic
range from G to La. The location, and/or existance, of the alphabetic sections
A to G and La to Z is unknown. |
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These records are arranged alphabetically by agency name. |
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(Identify the item), Agency strategic plans and reports,
Records of the Grants Team, Budget and Planning Office records, Texas Governor
George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission. |
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Grants Team office files, 1994-1997, undated 0.6 cubic ft. |
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Records comprise newsletters, printed materials, mailing
lists, notes, forms, memoranda, legislative bill copies, correspondence,
telephone directories, and a sunset evaluation report, dating 1994-1997 and
undated. The records document the routine functions of the Grants Team
administration and were maintained by the Grants Team in the Texas Office of
the Governor's Budget and Planning Office during the tenure of George W. Bush.
The files reflect the Grants Team's work with and interest in agency federal
funds coordinators, the legislative budget and appropriations process, and the
collection and/or dissemination of information of use to or about its service
populations. Files also include records of the division of work among Grants
Team and Budget and Planning Office members, some general office policies,
staff contact information, and a minimal amount of casework. |
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The records remain in their original order. The first third of
the records are in no discernable order, though a portion of the files regard
the forthcoming 75th Legislative Session. The last two-thirds of the records
are filed alphabetically from A to I; the existence and/or location of the L to
Z files are unknown. Within each alphabetic section the files are in no
discernable order. |
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These records have been heavily weeded to remove non-archival
and transitory information, including items such as travel vouchers, birthday
lists, change of address notifications, and empty folders. Note that in the
course of weeding the E and J sections were removed entirely. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Grants Team office files, Records of the
Grants Team, Budget and Planning Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Publications, 1995-2000, 0.2 cubic ft. |
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Materials consist of eight publications, dating 1995-2000,
maintained in the Texas Office of the Governor's Budget and Planning Office
during the terms of George W. Bush. The publications concern the Texas state
budget proposed by the Governor to the 75th and 76th Legislatures, a budget
policy message to the 74th Legislature in the form of a published speech by the
Governor, statewide strategic planning elements from 1998 and 2000, and
property tax relief. |
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If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Budget and Planning Office
Records ). |
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Press Office,
1946-2001 (bulk
1995-2000), 278.32 cubic ft. |
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These records are correspondence, press releases, speeches,
newspaper clippings, audiotapes, videotapes, and photographs, dating 1946-2001
(bulk 1995-2000). They comprise the files of the Press Office (also known as
the Communications Division) for Texas Governor George W. Bush. They also
include press files for First Lady Laura Bush. |
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Press Office History |
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Major responsibilities of the Press Office (also known as
Communications) under Governor George W. Bush included issuing press releases
and media advisories on the activities and actions of the Governor, as well as
First Lady Laura Bush; writing speeches for the Governor and the First Lady;
collecting, copying, and distributing copies of newspaper clippings about the
Governor and issues of concern to Texans; handling requests for interviews with
the Governor; and creating and maintaining the Internet website for the
Governor's Office. |
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Karen P. Hughes served as Director of Communications until June
1999, when she became Governor Bush's presidential campaign spokesperson. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into seven series and ten
subseries: |
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Staff files, 1996-2000, 1.4 cubic ft. |
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Speech files, 1992-1999, 3 cubic ft. [in process] |
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News releases, 1994-2000, 32 cubic ft. [in process]
- Appointments news releases, 1995-2000, 13 cubic ft. [in
process]
- General news releases, 1995-2000, 13 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Legislative news releases, 1995-1999, 3 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Chronological news releases, 1994-2000, 3 cubic ft. [in
process]
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Website development files, 1946-2000, 6.3 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Videotapes and audiotapes, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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First Lady's speech and press files, 1995-2000, 12 cubic ft.
[in process]
- Events files, 1995-2000, 4 cubic ft. [in process]
- Correspondence and subject files, 1995-2000, 5 cubic ft.
[in process]
- Magazines and newspapers, 1995-2000, 3 cubic ft. [in
process]
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Clippings, 1995-2000, 203 cubic ft. [in process]
- Newspaper clippings (original clips), 1995-2000, 23 cubic
ft. [in process]
- Texas Press Association clippings, 1995-2000, 17 cubic
ft. [in process]
- Governor's news clippings, 1995-2000, 162 cubic ft. [in
process]
- Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1995-1997, undated, 1
cubic ft. [in process]
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Magazines and newspapers, 1994-2001, 13.62 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Press Office, Records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Records in process: Because of the possibility that portions of
these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions, an archivist must
review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may
be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email
including enough description and detail about the information requested to
enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records. |
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Records series described in this finding aid have access
restrictions specific to each of them. The terms of access are found following
the series' descriptions. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives
when reviewing photographic materials. |
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The researcher wishing to listen to any of the audio tapes should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer. |
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The researcher wishing to view any of the video footage should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer and be aware that the archives
does not currently own the equipment needed to view some video footage. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Staff files, 1996-2000, 1.4 cubic ft. |
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This series consists of correspondence (both incoming and
outgoing, including letters, memoranda, faxes, and e-mails) plus attachments
(news clippings, resumes, invitations, transcripts of interviews, membership
lists, copies of documents sent in response to Public Information Act requests,
etc.). These records comprise the staff files of Texas Governor George W.
Bush's Press Office, 1996-2000. Most voluminous are the correspondence files of
Karen Hughes (Governor Bush's Director of Communications), July 1996-June 1999.
These are in standard "reading file" format.
The first page for each month (through February 1999) is an item-level index to
that month's correspondence, giving date, name of correspondent, status (mail,
hand, fax, out, pending), name of organization (e.g., Ross Communications,
Associated Press, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Personal), subject and action, and
whether "closed" (i.e., completed). Items are
either addressed to Karen Hughes, or forwarded to her; those directly to Hughes
have a simple stamp "Received," with date
filled in manually. Annotations in red ink are common (e.g.
"Original in prop. tax file,""Referred to Correspondence, Close,""Declined to reply - Don't really know enough to
respond - out of state."). The last set of Karen Hughes files is labeled
"correspondence to be logged in," mostly dating
1999. Attachments to the letters include such things as news clippings,
resumes, invitations, transcripts of interviews, membership lists, copies of
documents sent in response to Public Information Act requests, etc. Topics of
the Karen Hughes correspondence range from thank yous and football tickets, to
requests for interviews, to appointments, applications for employment, and
substantive policy issues (e.g. property tax relief, gun control, complaints
about news coverage, criminal justice, welfare reform, faith-based initiatives,
social promotion, insurance reform). |
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Next in volume is what was originally a large expanding file,
unlabeled but apparently Anne Trenolone's files (Anne Trenolone, Office of the
Governor, Communications), dating 1999-2000. These are divided into groups
labeled "Interview: decline,""Interview: accept,""Interview: info req[uested],""Interview: forward," and
"Interview: quote only." Many of these are
e-mails or faxes as well as more traditional correspondence, all of them
requesting interviews, information, or quotes from Governor Bush. (Additional
correspondence concerning interviews is found in the Karen Hughes
correspondence.) Following these is a large stack of correspondence originally
bound with a rubber band, dating 1998, and mostly addressed to or from Anne
Friedenberg/Anne Friedenberg Swanson, Media Coordinator. Most of these items
also involve requests for interviews (frequently video or audio interviews),
most of them declined. |
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Finally, there are two relatively small folders, containing
correspondence of Linda Edwards, Director of Communications, dated July
1999-October 2000; and of Mike Jones, Press Office, dated April-August 2000.
Neither of these staff member's files seem to contain much substantive policy
issue material. |
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During the majority of his tenure as Governor, George Bush's
Director of Communications was Karen P. Hughes. (The Director of Communications
was sometimes referred to--mostly by those outside the office--as the Press
Secretary.) When Ms. Hughes left that position in June 1999 to become Governor
Bush's presidential campaign spokesperson, the Deputy Director of the
Communications/Press Office, Linda Edwards, became Director, and Mike Jones
became Deputy Director. Anne Friedenberg-Swanson was Media Coordinator,
1998-1999. Another Communications staff member prominent in these records was
Anne Trenolone, 1999-2000. Kimberly (Kim) Black was Karen Hughes'
Administrative Assistant. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by staff member, beginning with Karen
Hughes. Her files are arranged chronologically by month, but each month's file
is usually in reverse chronological order. (The date used is usually the file
date, not necessarily the receipt date.) Next in volume are mostly Anne
Trenolone's files, arranged by type of action concerning interview requests.
Then are small groups of files from Anne Friedenberg/Anne Friedenberg Swanson,
Linda Edwards, and Mike Jones, in no discernible order. |
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Index Terms |
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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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Hughes, Karen
P. |
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Subjects: |
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Taxation--Texas. |
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Property tax
relief--Texas. |
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Public
welfare--Texas. |
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Insurance--Texas. |
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Criminal justice,
Administration of--Texas. |
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Education and
state--Texas. |
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Gun
control--Texas. |
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Places: |
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Texas--Politics and
government--1951- |
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Document Types: |
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Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1996-2000. |
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Clippings--Texas--Governors--1996-2000. |
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Resumes--Texas--Governors--1996-2000. |
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Invitations--Texas--Governors--1996-2000. |
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Transcripts--Texas--Governors--1996-2000. |
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Functions: |
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Communicating Texas
government policy. |
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Advocating Texas
government policy. |
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Related Material |
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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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None. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, Social
Security and driver license numbers (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Sections 117
and 552.130), an archivist must review these records before they can be
accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the
provisions of the Public Information Act (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter
552). The researcher may request an interview with an archivist or submit a
request by mail, fax, or email including enough description and detail about
the information requested to enable the archivist to accurately identify and
locate the information requested. If our review reveals information that may be
excepted by the Public Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open
records decision from the Attorney General on whether the records can be
released. The Public Information Act allows the Archives ten working days after
receiving a request to make this determination. The Attorney General has 45
working days to render a decision. Alternately, the Archives can inform you of
the nature of the potentially excepted information and if you agree, that
information can be redacted or removed and you can access the remainder of the
records. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Staff files, Press Office, Records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, October 2002 |
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Karen Hughes correspondence,
1996-1999
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July 23-30,
1996 |
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July 2-19,
1996 |
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August 19-28,
1996 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: Social Security number on employment application] |
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August 10-16,
1996 |
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September 20-27,
1996 |
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September 3-19,
1996 |
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October 16-29,
1996 |
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October 1-14,
1996 |
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November 22-25,
1996 |
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November 1-20,
1996 |
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December 10-20,
1996 |
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December 3-9,
1996 |
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January 21-31,
1997 |
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January 2-17,
1997 |
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February 7-28,
1997 |
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March 1-19,
1997 |
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March 20,
1997 |
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March 21-28,
1997 |
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April 21-28,
1997 |
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April 1-18,
1997 |
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May 16-30,
1997 |
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May 1-15,
1997 |
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June 16-30,
1997 |
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June 2-13,
1997 |
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July 1-30,
1997 |
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August 21-28,
1997 |
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August 4-20,
1997 |
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September 16-30,
1997 |
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September 2-12,
1997 |
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October 6-30,
1997 |
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November 20-26,
1997 |
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November 5-19,
1997 |
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December 8-22,
1997 |
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December 3-5,
1997 |
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January 27-30,
1998 |
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January 15-26,
1998 |
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January 5-13,
1998 |
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February 13-26,
1998 |
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February 2-12,
1998 |
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March 2-24,
1998 |
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April 2-29,
1998 |
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May 5-19,
1998 |
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June 19-29,
1998 |
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June 1-18,
1998 |
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July 14-31,
1998 |
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July 1-9,
1998 |
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August 27-31,
1998 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: driver license number on application] |
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August 14-26,
1998 |
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August 4-12,
1998 |
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September 10,
1998 |
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October 6-29,
1998 |
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November 20-30,
1998 |
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November 16-19,
1998 |
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November 3-15,
1998 |
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December 22-29,
1998 |
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December 10-18,
1998 |
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[Contains possibly excepted
information: Social Security number on employment application] |
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December 1-9,
1998 |
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January 20-29,
1999 |
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January 12-14,
1999 |
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January 4-8,
1999 |
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February 16-26,
1999 |
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February 9-15,
1999 |
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February 1-8,
1999 |
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March 1-8,
1999 |
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March 9-23,
1999 |
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May 4-21,
1999 |
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June 2-7,
1999 |
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To be logged in,
August and November
1998 |
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To be logged in,
January
1999 |
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To be logged in,
March 1999 |
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To be logged in,
April 1999 |
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1999-2000
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Interview: decline,
1999-2000 [6 folders] |
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Interview: accept,
1999-2000 [2 folders] |
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Interview: information requested,
1999-2000 [2 folders] |
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Interview: forward,
1999-2000 |
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Interview: quote only,
1999-2000 |
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Other staff files, 1998-2000
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| 2002/151-2 |
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Anne Friedenberg Swanson,
1998-1999 [4 folders] |
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Miscellaneous loose items,
1999-2000 |
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Linda Edwards correspondence,
2000 |
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Linda Edwards correspondence,
1999 |
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Mike Jones correspondence,
2000 |
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Speech files, 1992-1999, 3 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are speech files, 1992-1999, including texts, drafts and
annotations of 36 speeches by Governor George W. Bush, 1994-1996, plus
biographical information files; newspaper clippings, press releases, and
audiocassettes filed as major speech information; and background information
files containing news clippings, press releases, correspondence, pamphlets
presumably used in writing speeches, 1995-1999. Topics are such things as
social promotion, oil and gas, border, capital punishment, etc. |
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These records are arranged by subject or chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Speech files, Press Office, Records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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News releases, 1994-2000, 32 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are appointments, general, and legislative news
releases, 1994-2000, prepared by the Texas Governor's Press Office. |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into four subseries: |
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Appointments news releases, 1994-2000, 13 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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General news releases, 1995-2000, 13 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Legislative news releases, 1995-1999, 3 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Chronological news releases, 1994-2000, 3 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the subseries), News releases, Press
Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tony Black, October 2002 |
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Appointments news releases,
1994-2000, 13 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, press releases, appointment
applications, resumes, and information sheets, 1994-2000, contained in
appointments press release files maintained by the Texas Governor's Press
Office. A typical file contains the following: a letter from Governor Bush to
the Senate requesting advice, consent and confirmation of appointments;
photocopies of state appointment applications (containing the following
potentially confidential information: home telephone number, drivers license
number, name of spouse); biographies/resumes/vitae of the appointees; press
releases announcing the appointments; the letter from Governor Bush to the
Secretary of State notifying him of the appointment; information sheet(s) on
the board or commission, containing the following: number of members, by whom
appointed, whether Senate confirmation is required, term, qualifications,
duties, salary, expenses, officers, reports, meetings, training, whether
subject to Sunset Act, statutory authority, name of executive director,
address, phone number, and date the summary was revised. |
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The first 11 boxes contain state board appointments; the last
two contain judicial and university appointments. |
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Also included are pending appointments of Bush (drafts of news
releases with supporting documents, all with post-it notes saying
"Hold"); a miscellaneous appointments file,
containing a chart of legislation creating or otherwise affecting boards and
commissions; an available appointments list; three lists of Bush appointees
indicating ethnicity and gender of each; newspaper clippings; and
correspondence; a list of requests for Senate confirmation of appointments
(75th Legislature, 1997); a chart and correspondence regarding compensation
rates of governor-appointed positions; three appointment files (news releases
and also lists), of the Lieutenant Governor (Bullock and Perry) and the Speaker
of the House (Laney), which include legislative committees; and approximately
20 files for Governor's staff, containing biographies/resumes/vitae, plus press
releases announcing the appointments. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in alphabetical order by the name
of the agency, board, or commission of the appointment. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Appointments news releases, News
releases, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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General news releases, 1995-2000, 13 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are multiple copies (usually 4 to 7) of press
releases, plus executive orders and proclamations, 1995-2000, maintained in
general news release files by the Texas Governor's Press Office. Files marked
"(general)" contain such things as
correspondence, press releases from other entities (public -- e.g. state
agencies and universities -- and private), newspaper clippings, magazine
articles, legislative updates, reports from committees, etc. Associated
correspondence is between the Governor and his staff on one hand, and public
officials or private organizations on the other. |
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Subjects with significant coverage in the press releases
include abortion, AIDS, alcohol and drug abuse, art, base closures, border
issues with Mexico (including NAFTA), the state budget, crime (including
juvenile justice), the death penalty (executions and pardons), the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), disasters (both natural and otherwise, including
the A&M bonfire tragedy), drought, education (especially the Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills [TAAS] test and social promotion), electric
deregulation, the environment (especially emissions control and low-level
radioactive waste disposal), faith-based initiatives, gambling (especially
Indian casinos), gun control, insurance reform, libraries, literacy, property
taxes, racism (including hate crimes), tobacco litigation, tort reform,
volunteerism, and welfare reform. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in alphabetical order by topic,
with very detailed file labels explaining the subject of the press releases in
that folder. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), General news releases, News releases,
Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Legislative news releases,
1995-1999, 3 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Press releases on specific legislation, plus related
documentation, 1995-1999, maintained by the Texas Governor's Press Office.
Some, perhaps most, of the press releases may be duplicated in other series of
press releases. Each group begins with lists of all legislation signed and
vetoed by the Governor in that session. These lists take several formats: press
releases listing the legislation; printouts from the Texas Legislature Online;
search results reports from the Legislative Information System; and
correspondence from Governor Bush to the Secretary of State. The entire State
of the State address for 1997 is included, with press releases regarding that
address. The veto messages include veto proclamations and press releases. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged first by each of the three sessions
(74th, 75th, and 76th, 1995-1999), then alphabetically by topic of legislation.
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Legislative news releases, News releases,
Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Chronological news releases,
1994-2000, 3 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are press releases in three-ring binders, 1994-2000,
maintained by the Texas Governor's Press Office. Binders include one copy of
each press release, with no separation by general, appointment, or legislative.
Two binders contain campaign press releases: from the Bush for Texas Governor
committee, 1994; and from the Governor Bush Committee, November 1997-November
1998 (placed loose between the binder covers are multiple copies of the
releases). |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in reverse chronological order
within each binder. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Chronological news releases, News
releases, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Website development files, 1946-2000, 6.3 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are photographs, electronic media, printouts from web
sites, and related memoranda , e-mails, and correspondence, with news clips,
press releases, resumes, publications, etc., 1946-2000. These are the website
development files from the Texas Governor's Press Office. There are one
videotape, five audiotapes, one zip disk, 14 computer floppy disks, and 8
CD-ROMs, dealing with a variety of subjects from Governor Clements' 1987
inauguration to youth art exhibits to literacy grants; two folders concerning
the Lone Star Leaders and Legislative Information websites, which contain
printouts of pages from each website, plus associated correspondence, faxes,
e-mails, memoranda, press releases, publications, photos, etc.; and a
loose-leaf binder containing a well-organized history of Governor Bush's
website, with a fourteen-page historical analysis followed by sample pages from
the website in 1996, 1998, and 2000; topics covered by the analysis include
design, navigation and links, technology, and content. |
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A set of alphabetical topic files concerns the Governor's
website. Printouts of various pages from the website are accompanied by related
memoranda (e.g. from Jane Cook, web coordinator, to Karen Hughes), e-mails, and
correspondence, with news clips, press releases, resumes, publications, etc. Of
particular note is a series of weekly reports on Internet usage called
Webtrends, prepared by the Office of the Governor. The subject headings are
varied, from criminal justice, to disabilities, to the Governor's Mansion, to
proclamations, to the Women's Commission, etc. |
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Included are more than 838 individual photos relating to
Governor George Bush, dating 1946-2000 and undated. Most of them were given a
unique ID number by the Press Office staff, and grouped into approximately 21
categories. Categories are Campaign, Constituents, Events-News, Events-Policy,
Events-Education, Events-State Business, Family-Childhood, Family-Congress,
Family-Family, Family-Slides, Family-Wedding, Family-Yale, First Lady, First
Lady-Art, First Lady-Literacy, First Lady-wreath ceremony, Mansion, Official,
Speeches-Commencement, Speeches-State of the State, Inauguration, and Web
Design. There are also historical photos for the inauguration web site; photos,
slides, negatives and proof sheets of the Governor at events, with constituents
[not inventoried]; and miscellaneous photos, negatives, and related textual
documents. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by type of material, then generally
by subject. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the
Archives when reviewing photographic materials. |
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The researcher wishing to listen to any of the audio tapes
should consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer. |
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The researcher wishing to view any of the video footage should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer and be aware that the archives
does not currently own the equipment needed to view some video footage. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Website development files, Press Office,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Videotapes and audiotapes, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are approximately 175 videotapes and 245 audiotapes of
events and interviews with Governor George W. Bush or First Lady Laura Bush, or
concerning topics of interest to the governor and his staff, including
education, literacy, legislation, and taxation. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged as received. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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The researcher wishing to listen to any of the audio tapes
should consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer. |
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The researcher wishing to view any of the video footage should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer and be aware that the archives
does not currently own the equipment needed to view some video footage. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Videotapes and audiotapes, Press Office,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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First Lady's speech and press
files, 1995-2000, 12 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These files contain newspaper clippings (originals and
photocopies); press releases and media advisories; speeches given by First Lady
Laura Bush; articles written by the First Lady (both drafts and finished copy);
scripts for public service announcements (PSAs); event forms; correspondence;
staff memoranda; reports (e.g. the First Lady's Early Childhood Development
Initiative); media lists; publications; conference materials; magazines and
newspapers; and videotapes and audiotapes, dating 1995-2000. In general, these
files reflect the wide variety of issues of interest to First Lady Laura Bush.
Especially well-represented are her concerns with literacy, libraries, and art.
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Organization |
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These records are organized into three subseries: |
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Events files, 1995-2000, 4 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Correspondence and subject files, 1995-2000, 5 cubic ft.
[in process] |
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Magazines and newspapers, 1995-2000, 3 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Restrictions on Use |
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The researcher wishing to listen to any of the audio tapes
should consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer. |
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The researcher wishing to view any of the video footage should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer and be aware that the archives
does not currently own the equipment needed to view some video footage. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), First Lady's speech and press files, Press
Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Events files, 1995-2000, 4 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are event forms, agenda, speeches, an occasional press
release, and other types of documentation associated with the event, 1995-2000.
These are the event files for First Lady Laura Bush. Each folder contains
material on a given event in which the First Lady participated (e.g. Texas
State Cemetery, Rededication Ceremony, March 6, 1997; Pasadena ISD - Successful
School Awards Banquet, October 30, 1996; Rotary Club of Beaumont, November 19,
1997). Event forms give the following information on each of these events: name
of event, date, time, location, contact information, other participants,
attire, audience (size, description), length of speech if applicable, whether
there will be Q&A, moderator, topic, introduced by, etc. An agenda is
usually attached. Memos giving approval for the first lady to attend these
events and summarizing the event are in the series General Counsel, Legal opinions and advice, First
Lady. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in roughly alphabetical order by
key word. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Event files, First Lady's speech and
press files, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Correspondence and subject files,
1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, memoranda, speeches, news
clippings, subject files, speech indices, conference materials, publications,
and audio and videotapes, 1995-2000, maintained as First Lady press files in
the Governor's Press Office. |
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Correspondence tends to be directly to and from Laura Bush.
This includes drafts and templates, as well as copies of final signed letters,
usually with the incoming letter attached. Correspondents include private
citizens, members of organizations, and public officials/employees. Many are
thank yous, congratulations, and general greetings; others contain more
specific responses from, or requests by, the First Lady. Media lists in this
box contain addresses, e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers for various
newspaper, magazine, radio, and TV staff. Some letters to Laura Bush are
unfoldered, and some are in interagency envelopes; many of these are from
schoolchildren. |
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Staff memoranda is mostly from Lynn Denton, either to the
First Lady, or to other staff, or to both. There are some also from Charlene
Fern of the Governor's Press Office. Other materials are subject files, of a
background information nature; a First Lady speech index, actually two indexes:
one chronological, the other alphabetical; conference materials and other
publications, often bound or in binders; and a small number of videotapes and
audiotapes. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by type of material; correspondence
is arranged somewhat topically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Correspondence and subject files, First
Lady's speech and press files, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W.
Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission. |
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Magazines and newspapers, 1995-2000, 3 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Files are entire issues of magazines and newspapers,
1995-2000. No inventory has been prepared. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in order as received. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Magazines and newspapers, First Lady's
speech and press files, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Clippings, 1995-2000, 203 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These are clippings files, 1995-2000, maintained by the Texas
Governor's Press Office. |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into four subseries: |
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Newspaper clippings (original clips), 1995-2000, 23 cubic
ft. [in process] |
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Texas Press Association clippings, 1995-2000, 17 cubic ft.
[in process] |
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Governor's news clippings, 1995-2000, 162 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1995-1997, undated, 1
cubic ft. [in process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Clippings, Press Office records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Newspaper clippings (original
clips),
1995-2000, 23 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These are original newspaper clippings, January 1995-February
2000, currently housed in envelopes. Each envelope contains a week or so worth
of clippings, sometimes bundled by day. At first each clipping is identified by
date and newspaper, often with a notation in ink, sometimes with a date stamp.
Later clippings (e.g. August 1999) are not well identified, and misfilings
abound (although as with the Legislative Clipping Services, the date on the
envelope may be the date they were collected). Some envelopes also contain
Texas Press Association clippings, and Texas Clipping Service clippings, each
identifiable by the tag pasted on. Topics include the full range of public
policy issues, from gun control, to tort reform, to library openings, to
military base closings, to racial profiling, etc. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Newspaper clippings (original clips),
Clippings, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Texas Press Association
clippings,
1995-2000, 17 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These are original newspaper clippings, January 1995-December
2000, most still in the envelopes from the Texas Press Association to the
Governor's Press Office (Karen Hughes), except for some placed in acid-free
folders, in the first box. Each envelope contains several days/weeks. Each
clipping is identified with a "Press Clips, Texas
Press Association" tag pasted to it, which has the newspaper title
pre-printed, plus a date stamp. Most clips have Governor Bush's name
underlined, with the number "60," both in red
pencil. Occasionally there is a Texas Clipping Service clipping in the
envelopes. Many of the articles are very small, often only photos. The January
1995 folder contains strictly inaugural coverage. Clippings are often
policy-oriented, but also articles that are campaign- and personality-oriented.
The smaller papers (e.g. Alpine Avalanche,
Woodlands Sun, Buna Beacon, Dallas Novedades)
are heavily represented. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Texas Press Association clippings,
Clippings, Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Governor's news clippings,
1995-2000, 162 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These are copies of the Legislative Clipping Service from the
Texas Legislative Reference Library, plus copies labeled
"Office of the Governor George W. Bush: News
Clips," plus some copies of clippings from the Texas Press Association
(e.g., Office of the Governor…News Clips Supplement, TPA
Clips), January 1995-December 2000. Each day is in a manila folder. Each box
seems usually to have two months or less of clippings. The
"Office of the Governor" copies (also on
legal-sized sheets) are sometimes on unnumbered pages. Some of them are printed
out from the Lexis-Nexis website. Some of the folder labels are misleading
because of bill numbers (also entered into the Bush database); this is clearly
a case of recycling the folders, and has nothing to do with the contents of the
folder. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Governor's news clippings, Clippings,
Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Miscellaneous news clippings,
1995-1997, undated, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1995-1997, undated,
contains miscellaneous Associated Press clips and Texas Press Association
clips, a mix of photocopies and originals, foldered by month/day, dating
1995-1997 and undated. One folder is labeled "Mrs.
Bush's TPA clips, 3/3/96 - 6/13/97." Three thin folders are labeled
"Governor's race - Welfare,""Governor's race - Economy (jobs)," and
"Governor's race - Hunting." The rest of the
box contains miscellaneous Texas Press Association clips [called various
things, often incorrect], 3/6/95 to 8/21/95 and undated . |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Governor's news clippings, Clippings,
Press Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Magazines and newspapers, 1994-2001, 13.62 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These are magazines, newspapers, and a few other publications
all relating to Governor George W. Bush or First Lady Laura Bush, 1994-2001,
maintained by the Texas Governor's Press Office. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in the order received. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Magazines and newspapers, Press Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Executive Office,
1994-2000,
approximately 22 cubic ft. |
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Records are Transition Office correspondence, speeches, schedules,
out of state letters, autograph and photograph requests, gift logs, visitors
registers, and Press Christmas party photographs, 1994-2000, kept in the
Executive Office of Texas Governor George W. Bush. |
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Executive Office History |
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Ofelia Vanden Bosch served as Governor George W. Bush's
administrative assistant, handling his in office schedule. Israel Hernandez
traveled with the Governor and maintained the speech file. Logan Walters was
responsible for maintaining the gift log. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into nine series: |
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Speeches, [ca. 1994]-2000 (bulk 1995-1999), 4.71 cubic
ft. |
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Schedules, 1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Transition Office correspondence, 1994-1995, less than 0.5
cubic ft. [in process] |
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Out of state letters, 1995-1999, fractional [in
process] |
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Autograph and photo request correspondence and logs, 1995,
1997-2000, 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Photo op requests, 1996-1999, 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Gift logs, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Visitors registers, 1995-2000, less than 1 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Press Christmas party photographs, [1995 or 1996]-[1998 or
1999], less than 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Executive Office,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Speeches, [ca.1994]-2000, (bulk 1995-1999) 4.71 cubic ft. |
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Records are gubernatorial and political speeches written for and
presented by Texas Governor George W. Bush. Speeches are mainly reading copies
that were maintained in the Governor's Executive Office, ranging in date from
pre-1994 to 2000 with the bulk dating from 1995 to 1999. Included are copies of
his state of the state addresses and the 1999 inaugural address. The 1995
inaugural address is not filed in this series, but can be found in the Press
Office series, Speech files, and a videotape copy is located in the Press
Office series, Major speech information . |
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Bush spoke at awards' dinners, bill signings, swearing in
ceremonies, Boys' and Girls' State, border governors' conferences, chambers of
commerce meetings, commencement ceremonies, conventions, funerals, literacy
events, press conferences, and political fund-raisers. Speeches focus on
subjects such as education, economic development, appointments, tax relief,
adoption, faith-based initiatives, tort reform, literacy programs, juvenile
justice reform, limited government, welfare reform, and relationships with
Mexico. |
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Notes included in the gubernatorial speeches detail the event,
listing name, date, estimated number of attendees, who introduced or escorted,
approximate length of remarks, and whether open or closed to the press. Also
included are background information, draft remarks, fact sheets, and suggested
talking points; as well as a lesser number of agendas, brochures, humorous
anecdotes, press releases, programs, and publications. Bush revised many of his
speeches with handwritten notes and annotations. Partial speech lists are
included and filed at the end of the records. When the subject of a speech was
not apparent from the title, topics were added in brackets |
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If you are reading this electronically,
click on the link to go to the full finding aid. If you are reading this in
paper, the series finding aid is found at at separate divider within the
binder (
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Executive Office
Speeches ). |
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Schedules, 1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Schedules, 1995-2000, of Texas Governor George W. Bush detail
out of office activities and travel (prepared by the governor's Scheduling
Office) and in office schedules prepared by Ofelia Vanden Bosch, Bush's
administrative assistant. Includes some edited schedules and some handwritten
schedules with plastic spiral binding, the rest are printed and filed in three
ring binders. |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Schedules, Executive Office records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Transition Office correspondence,
1994-1995, less than 0.5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Correspondence to and from Governor-elect Bush dating November
1994 to January 1995. One group contains letters that are congratulatory,
requesting or recommending appointments, or raising issues of concern. A number
of Bush's responses to these are handwritten. Notes by Ofelia Vanden Bosch,
Bush's administrative assistant, note disposition: material concerning
appointments referred to Margaret LaMontagne, handwritten response by Bush,
etc. Correspondents include campaign supporters, friends, and pastors of
Austin-area churches. Second and third sets of letters contain requests for and
copies of congratulatory letters from Governor-elect Bush for Eagle Scouts,
birthdays, etc. Correspondents include the general public. There are also
calendar pages for January 1-16, 1995. Some transition era correspondence has
been filed in the Correspondence/Constituent Services,
Central correspondence file. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged somewhat chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Transition Office correspondence, Executive
Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Out of state letters, 1995-1999, fractional |
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Records are copies of letters notifying the Lieutenant Governor
or other acting governor of out of state trips for Texas Governor George W.
Bush and the estimated time he would return to the state and resume his duties
as governor, 1995-1999. See also the file "Lieutenant
Governor Bullock" in Executive Assistant's Office
files, Subject files for additional out of state letters. |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Out of state letters, Executive Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Autograph and photo request
correspondence and logs, 1995, 1997-2000, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Autograph and photo request correspondence and logs, 1995,
1997-2000, from the Executive Office of Texas Governor George W. Bush. |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Autograph and photo request correspondence
and logs, Executive Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Photo op requests, 1996-1999, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence concerning requests for photo
opportunities with Texas Governor George W. Bush, 1996-1999. |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Photo op requests, Executive Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Gift logs, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence and print outs from a database, as
well as a copy of the electronic database currently in Microsoft Access,
1995-2000, describing gifts sent to Texas Governor George W. Bush and the
disposition of those gifts. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Gift logs, Executive Office records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Visitors registers, 1995-2000, less than 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are bound volumes of visitors registers, 1995-2000, of
visitors who signed in while visiting the Texas Governor's Office. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Visitors registers, Executive Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Press Christmas party photographs,
[1995 or 1996]-[1998 or 1999], less than 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are photographs from the Texas Governor's Office Press
Office's Christmas parties held at the Governor's Mansion, 1996-1998, with one
undated set that is likely 1995 or 1999. Most are images of Governor's Office
staff or members of the press and their families posing with Governor George W.
Bush. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically by year. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Press Christmas party photographs,
Executive Office records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Scheduling Office,
1994-2000
(bulk
1995-2000), approximately 92.5 cubic ft. |
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Records are invitations, travel arrangement files, and general
office files, 1994-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), for the Scheduling Office of Texas
Governor George W. Bush. See Executive Office files,
Schedules series for schedules created by the Scheduling Office and used
by the Governor and his Executive Office staff. |
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Scheduling Office History |
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During Bush's tenure as Governor of Texas, the Scheduling Office,
directed by Ainsley Williams, reported directly to Joe Allbaugh, Executive
Assistant to the Governor. The Scheduling Office made arrangements for the
Governor's out-of-office events. Ofelia Vanden Bosch, Bush's administrative
assistant, handled the Governor's in-office schedule. During Bush's
presidential campaign, some scheduling duties appear to have been carried out
by the Correspondence/Constituent Services division. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into three series: |
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Invitations, 1994-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 89.5 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Travel arrangement files, 1995-1999 (bulk 1995),
approximately 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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General office files, 1995-2000, less than 2.5 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Scheduling Office,
Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Invitations, 1994-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), approximately 89.5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are letters, invitations, email, faxes, event cover
sheets, reports, programs, brochures, press releases, maps, schedules, printed
materials and other documentation concerning invitations to Texas Governor
George W. Bush handled by the governor's Scheduling Office, dating 1994-2000.
Both declined and accepted invitations are included. Gold-colored event cover
sheets usually includes the identification number assigned to the invitation,
sponsor, date, time, and location of event, name of event, role Bush would
play, contact name, number of attendees, plus a checklist for recommended
action and action taken (accepted, declined, type of letter or call, etc.), and
room for notes. The unique identification number from the Correspondence
database is sometimes written on the cover sheet. Though one invitation dates
from 1994, the event occurs after Bush became governor on January 17, 1995.
Invitations are included for 2001 events to which Bush was invited before he
became president. The number of pages for each event can range from two (event
cover sheet and invitation) to over 100, depending on the types of attachments;
most are several pages. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged numerically by date received, though
all numbers are not included. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Invitations, Scheduling Office records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Travel arrangement files, 1995-1999 (bulk 1995), approximately 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Documents include correspondence, itineraries, registration
forms, travel vouchers, lists of contacts, emails, memos, menus, hotel and
airplane information, and copies of passports, dating 1995-1999 (bulk 1995).
Records are files that were used by the Texas Governor's Scheduling Office in
arranging Governor Bush's and governor's staff trips to governors' meetings
(National Governors Association, Border Governors Conference), Mexico, El Paso,
and the Texas Panhandle. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by event. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Travel arrangement files, Scheduling Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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General office files, 1995-2000, less than 2.5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Correspondence, memos, emails, 1995-2000, of the Texas
Governor's Scheduling Office, concern letters referred/copied from other
divisions, Scheduling Office policies and procedures including internal email
messages/procedures, especially for period during Governor Bush's campaign for
presidency, office wide and other division's policies and procedures,
coordination with the Governor's Protective Detail of the Texas Department of
Public Safety, faxes concerning coordinating event schedules with Governor
Bush's father, compliance with public information requests, and use of
airplanes by the Governor's Office. A memo by Shirley Green and Ashlee Lowe
concerning Karl Rove demands is included in a pendaflex file labeled
"scheduling procedures," dating from the
presidential campaign period when the Correspondence/Constituent Services
division took over some of the scheduling functions. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by topic. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), General office files, Scheduling Office
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Appointments Office, Polly Sowell's correspondence,
1995-2000,
0.2 cubic ft. |
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Records are correspondence, including letters to and from
appointees and potential appointees, recommendations for and against certain
appointments, and letters of appreciation and complaint, plus (although only
occasionally) attachments such as resumes, press releases, and newspaper
clippings, dating 1995-2000. These are files of Polly Sowell, Appointments
Manager during Texas Governor George W. Bush's term in office. Most of the
letters are addressed to or from Sowell, but some are addressed to the Governor
or the Lieutenant Governor, or to the head of the Appointments Office Clay
Johnson (later Ron Bellamy), and then referred to (or copied to) Sowell. A
variety of appointments are covered in these records. The positions discussed
range from regents of universities, to members of state boards and commissions,
to appointees to such entities as the Faith-Based Task Force. A number of the
letters have post-it notes attached detailing actions taken by or comments
given by Sowell. These are the only files received from the Appointments Office
for Bush's term. |
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Appointments Office History |
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The governor of Texas appoints the secretary of state, the
adjutant general, executive directors of several agencies, members of numerous
state boards and commissions, ship pilots and pilot boards at ports, and
regents of universities; and fills vacancies in district attorney offices and
judgeships, and various other posts. Most of these appointments require the
advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate. The Governor's office then
notifies the Office of the Secretary of State, who is responsible for issuing
commissions to appointees. According to the Guide to Texas State Agencies, 10th
Edition (1999), in a four year period, the governor may make around 3,000
appointments. |
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Clay Johnson served as the director of the Appointments Office
under Governor George W. Bush from January 1995 until the end of June 1999 when
he became Executive Assistant to the Governor, replacing Joe Allbaugh. Ron
Bellamy became Appointments director. Polly Sowell was an Appointments Office
staff member during the entire time, holding the title Appointments Manager (at
least during 1998-1999). |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in roughly chronological order. Within
the folders dating 1998-2000, items are in roughly reverse chronological
order. |
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Index Terms |
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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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Sowell,
Polly. |
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Places: |
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Texas--Officials and
employees--Selection and appointment. |
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Texas--Politics and
government--1951- |
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Document Types: |
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Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1995-2000. |
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Resumes--Texas--Governors--1995-2000. |
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Clippings--Texas--Governors--1995-2000. |
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Functions: |
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Appointing Texas
officials and employees. |
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Related Material |
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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 Governor George W. Bush, Press
Office, Appointments news releases, 1994-2000, 13 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Texas Governor George W. Bush, Senior Advisor's Office
records, Appointments files, 1948, 1965, 1987, 1990-2000, undated (bulk
1995-2000), 2.5 cubic ft. |
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Texas Governor George W. Bush, Executive
Assistant's Office, Correspondence file, 1995-1997, 0.5 cubic ft. |
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Texas Governor George W. Bush,
Correspondence/Constituent Services, Central correspondence file, 1995-2000,
1002 cubic ft.
[Note: More than 9,700 items of
correspondence logged into the Central correspondence file database pertain to
the Appointments Office.]
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Texas Governor George W. Bush, General Counsel's legal
opinions and advice, 1892, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1932, 1942-1944, 1948, 1954, 1956,
1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1972-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 14 cubic ft. [appointment
files date 1995-2000.] |
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Texas Governor George W. Bush, Executive
Office, Transition correspondence, 1994-1995, less than 1 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Texas Office of the
Governor |
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Appointments files
[Note: Appointments files on
individuals remain in the Governor's Office for use by Governor Perry and his
staff. These files likely contain application forms, correspondence,
biographical information sheets, financial statements, photographs, phone
messages, questionnaires, and related materials.]
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Publications |
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Texas
Register, 1995-2000 [Gubernatorial appointments are published
in this publication, produced twice a week by the Office of the Secretary of
State since 1976.] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Polly Sowell's correspondence, Appointments
Office, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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None found at this time (November 15, 2002). |
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Restrictions on Use |
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None. |
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Processed by |
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Tony Black, November 2002 |
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Polly Sowell's correspondence,
1995-2000
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April-December
1995 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number(s): 9504260027; 9512180231] |
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March-May
1996 |
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June-December
1996 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number(s): 9605230203; 9606030167; 9603050248;
9605160167] |
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January-June
1997 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number(s): 9702270323; 9703190141;
9706130289] |
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August-November
1997 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number: 9709260083] |
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March-July
1998 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number(s): 9803270440; 9805120002;
9805260070] |
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June-December
1998 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number(s): 9812030289; 9808050283;
9808130243] |
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January-December
1998 |
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February-March
1999 |
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April-June
1999 |
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[File contains correspondence
assigned the following unique number(s): 9906030210; 9906100119;
9904270070] |
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July-October
1999 |
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January-October
2000 |
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Correspondence/Constituent Services Office,
1948-2000
(bulk
1995-2000), approximately 1100 cubic ft. |
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Correspondence/Constituent Services History |
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Correspondence/Constituent Services is listed as a division
within the Communications Office (also known as the Press Office). Shirley
Green served as director of Correspondence/Constituent Services. The division
was responsible for the mail log, the central correspondence file, honorary
certificates, greetings, and proclamations. The Ombudsman/Citizens Assistance
program was housed within this division. During Governor Bush's second term,
the division also handled some of the scheduling functions. |
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Records are correspondence with attachments including photographs,
audiotapes, and videotapes, proclamations, research and background files,
manuals and procedures, and weekly production reports, 1948-2000 (bulk
1995-2000) maintained in the Texas Governor's Correspondence/Constituent
Services division. |
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This series has not yet been prepared for research. A link to the
finding aid will be added when processing is completed. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into 11 series: |
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Central correspondence file, 1995-2000, approximately 1014
cubic ft. [in process] |
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Bulk mail not logged in the central correspondence database,
1995-2000, approximately 36 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Pending correspondence, 1997, 4 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Proclamations, 1854, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1943, 1949-1950, 1952,
1956, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1980-2000, (bulk 1995-2000), 13 cubic
ft. |
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Robos research and background files, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft.
[in process] |
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Autopen copies of correspondence from other divisions,
1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Director Shirley Green's files, 1995-2000, 1 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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General office files, 1995-2000, 2 cubic ft. [in process]
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Texas Navy file, 1948-1998, approximately 0.5 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Photo requests, 2000, 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Weekly production reports, 1997-2000, 8 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Ombudsman's Office files, 1996-1997, 0.25 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series),
Correspondence/Constituent Services, Records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Restrictions on Access |
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Records in process: Because of the possibility that portions of
these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions, an archivist must
review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may
be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act
(V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an
interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email
including enough description and detail about the information requested to
enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information
requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public
Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the
Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information
Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this
determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision.
Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially
excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or
removed and you can access the remainder of the records. |
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Records series described in this finding aid have access
restrictions specific to each of them. The terms of access are found following
the series' descriptions. |
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Restrictions on Use |
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Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives
when reviewing photographic materials. |
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The researcher wishing to listen to any of the audio tapes should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer. |
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The researcher wishing to view any of the video footage should
consult with the Archives' Preservation Officer and be aware that the archives
does not currently own the equipment needed to view some video footage. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Nancy Enneking, September 2002, October 2002 |
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Laura Saegert, October 2002 |
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Central correspondence file,
1995-2000, approximately 1014 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, including attachments, 1995-2000,
sent to the Texas governor's office during George W. Bush's term. Types of
letters and subjects include greetings from Governor Bush on anniversaries,
births, birthdays, retirements, and weddings of honorees; welcome greetings for
special events; letters of support or protest, concerning executions,
Confederate plaques on the Supreme Court building, hate crimes legislation,
teacher compensation, and environmental issues; letters of appreciation and
thanks; letters of recommendation, appointment, and resignation; requests for
auction items for charities. Correspondents include legislators and other
elected or appointed officials, corporations, organizations, and the general
public. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged numerically by computer generated
number (combination of date entered and a sequential number assigned by the
governor's staff). |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Central correspondence file,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Bulk mail not logged in the central
correspondence database, 1995-2000, approximately 36 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, state opinion ballots, and
petitions, 1995-2000, sent to the Texas Governor's Office during George W.
Bush's term in office. Much of the correspondence is protesting capital
punishment in general and the death penalty for specific individuals. Other
issues include sea turtles, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Network, Rio Grande
Valley housing, death penalty for juveniles, United Nations, religious freedom,
law enforcement, and parental rights |
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This finding aid is a work in progress. Some series have been
processed, others are still undergoing processing. All series yet to be
processed are included in the framework of the finding aid. As these series are
processed, this finding aid will be updated. |
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Organization |
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These records are organized into four subseries: |
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Capital punishment correspondence, 1995-2000, approximately
20 cubic ft. [in process] |
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State opinion ballots, 1995, 1998-2000, 9 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Texas congratulatory correspondence, 2000, 2 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Other bulk mail, 1995-2000, approximately 5 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Bulk mail not logged in the central
correspondence database, Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas
Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Capital punishment
correspondence, 1995-2000, approximately 20 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Correspondence, 1995-2000, sent to the Texas Governor's Office
during George W. Bush's term in office concerning protests against capital
punishment/death penalty in general and in favor of sparing specific
individuals on death row. Inmates who have a significant amount of
correspondence concerning them include Odell Barnes and Stanley Joseph Faulder.
Some correspondence is in Spanish. See also the series General Counsel, Execution files, Death penalty protest
letters for correspondence opposing executions of inmates received
during the years of Governor Ann Richards' term in office. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by name of individual on death
row. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Capital punishment correspondence, Bulk
mail not logged in the central correspondence database,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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State opinion ballots, 1995, 1998-2000, 9 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are form letters sent to the Texas Governor's Office,
1995, 1998-2000, with brief statements on selected issues, prepared by the
National Write Your Congressman, Inc. There appear to be two versions in each
of the three groupings. Issues listed on the 1995 ballots include tax reform,
state treasurer position, welfare reform, initiative and referendum, term
limits, concealed weapons, juvenile justice, and education reform. Issues on
the 1998-1999 ballots include abortion, employer immunity, Olympics, and school
vouchers. Issues on the 2000 ballots include same sex marriages, employment at
will, and parental consent for abortions. Other information on the ballots
includes date and name, occupation, and address of person filling out the
ballot. Some of the 1995 ballots remain unopened. None are in folders. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in three groups by year of
ballots. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), State opinion ballots, Bulk mail not
logged in the central correspondence database, Correspondence/Constituent
Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Texas congratulatory
correspondence, 2000, 2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Congratulatory correspondence to Governor/President-elect
George W. Bush, dating November to December 2000, includes attachments such as
clippings, photographs, audio cassette tape, and a CD. Correspondents range
from friends, local officials, children, and other supporters, with a very few
opponents. Includes letters that are post-election but before the outcome of
the election in Florida was determined. Most have no date stamps, a few are
entered in the Bush correspondence database, some are stamped GWB and the date,
response is not attached, but GC-1 is written in and some have check marks and
initials. None in folders. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are grouped in batches by when and who completed
the responses. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Texas congratulatory correspondence, Bulk
mail not logged in the central correspondence database,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Other bulk mail, 1995-2000, approximately 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are form letters, petitions, and emails, 1995-2000,
sent to the Texas Governor's Office, concerning sea turtles, the Gay, Lesbian,
and Straight Network, Rio Grande Valley housing, death penalty for juveniles,
United Nations, religious freedom, law enforcement, and parental rights. These
were apparently not entered into the central correspondence database. None in
folders. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by subject of petition or
letter. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Other bulk mail, Bulk mail not logged in
the central correspondence database, Correspondence/Constituent Services
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Pending correspondence, 1997, 4 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Photocopies of correspondence stamped pending, November to
December 1997. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged numerically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Pending correspondence,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Proclamations, 1854, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1943, 1949-1950, 1952, 1956, 1960,
1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1980-2000 (bulk 1995-2000), 13 cubic ft. |
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Records are proclamations (copies of the official memoranda
signed by the governor); memos to Joe Allbaugh, Executive Assistant, through
Karen Hughes, Communications Director, from Correspondence/Constituent Services
staff requesting approval for the proclamation (through mid-1999); yellow
routing slips, initialed by Shirley Green, Correspondence Director, and staff
from relevant divisions within the Texas Governor's Office (after mid-1999);
proclamation drafts; correspondence with the requesting individual or
organization; and press releases, clippings, printed material, and other
background information on the organizations, issues, and events being
recognized in the proclamations. These are proclamations and associate
materials, dating 1854, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1943, 1949-1950, 1952, 1956, 1960,
1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1980-2000 (bulk 1995-2000). Included is a file of
proclamations for 2001 events that were written in 2000. Proclamations are
honorary documents signed by Texas Governor George W. Bush in observance of
special days, weeks, months, and years, such as AARP Day, 4-H Week, and
Adoption Awareness Month. Proclamations are issued for Texas non-profit
organizations with statewide, or at least regional, interest, are occasionally
issued in honor of deceased individuals, and never contain the name of a
for-profit organization in the proclamation title. See the "Proclamation &
Greeting Guidelines" document for details on the do's and don'ts of
proclamation writing. The proclamation process was a routine function of the
Governor's Office, though the materials submitted with the proclamation request
bring together information on a variety of organizations, issues, and events.
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For the full finding aids for this series see
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Correspondence/Constituent
Services: Proclamations, 1995-1997 and
Texas Governor George W. Bush, Correspondence/Constituent
Services: Proclamations, 1998-2000. |
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Robos research and background
files, 1995-2000, 7 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are final versions and drafts of response letters and
FAQs [frequently asked questions], originals and copies of incoming letters,
clippings, printouts from Internet sites, emails, yellow routing slips, green
Robo forms (listing author of letter, what division it belongs to in the Robo
table of contents, main and second subjects, etc.), and memos of the Texas
Governor's Office, Correspondence/Constituent Services division, dating
1995-2000. Files concern the development and revision of form response letters
for topics that generated large volumes of mail for the Governor's Office.
Karen Hughes, Communications Director, Vance McMahan, Policy Director, Margaret
LaMontagne, Senior Advisor, and other Governor's Office staff provided input on
the content and revision of letters. Subjects include border issues, child
issues, economic development, education, employees, environment, energy,
federal issues, government issues, greetings, health, crime, legal, budget,
legislative, insurance, military, social issues, state agency issues, student
letters, taxes, transportation, utilities, and welfare. There are also
miscellaneous robo and mini-robo files, which may relate to issues of concern
to a narrower constituency about which a number of letters were received. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged topically. Had originally been in
binders, with a letter of the alphabet assigned to a broad topic, and then
numbers assigned within for specific issues. Somewhere there may be a Robos
table of contents listing the specific issues within the broad topics. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Robos research and background files,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Autopen copies of correspondence
from other divisions, 1995-2000, 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are copies of autopenned correspondence, photographs,
legislation, applications, certificates, yellow autopen authority forms, memos
and routing forms, dating October 1995-December 2000. Subjects include thank
you letters, directives re: flying flags at half-staff, birthday greetings,
requests to federal agencies for emergency assistance, certification as a
presidential elector, grant awards, settlements, appointments, including those
to private industry council, applications, legislation, bond issuance. The
folders from 1995-1996 appear to be copies of the signed document plus the
autopen authorization. Later files include the requests for the governor's
signature, drafts of letters, and memos or other background information on the
signature request. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically, one folder per
month. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Autopen copies of correspondence from other
divisions, Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George
W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Director Shirley Green's files,
1995-2000, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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There are weekly production reports, ombudsman's reports, policy
and procedure materials, and post-election mail and phone counts of the Texas
Governor's Office, Correspondence/Constituent Services division, 1995-2000.
Weekly production reports duplicate those found in a separate series. Policy
and procedure materials consist of directives and memos re: policies and
procedures concerning items such as handling email, greetings, proclamations,
nominations, political mail and legislative mail; data entry of correspondence;
handling requests for items such as gifts, auction items, and autographs; and
handling requests for Bush's attendance at political events. Dates of these
materials are 1995-2000. There are also loose memos to Shirley Green giving
daily post-election (November-December 2000) counts for email, faxes, regular
mail, and phone calls. |
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Shirley Green served as director of Correspondence/Constituent
Services, reporting to Karen Hughes, director of Communications in the Texas
Office of the Governor. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by type of material. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Director Shirley Green's files,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, October 2002 |
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General office files, 1995-2000, 2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records include manuals and procedures, form letters, Spanish
translations, Texas Navy materials, public information requests, 1995-2000, of
the Correspondence/Constituent Services division in the Texas Office of the
Governor. |
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Manuals and procedures include two editions of the
Correspondence manual of the Governor's office, 1995 (with additions in 1996)
and 1998. There are memos on writing style procedures, a style sheet for the
Notes and Quotes Reports, an organization chart of the division, and a list of
correspondence issues, listing the issues each staff member addressed. Also
present is a 1986 manual - White House Correspondence Manual. |
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There are two folders of form letters. The first contains notes,
form letters, and memos re: the distribution of the end of the term report that
Governor Bush prepared. Attached to the form letters is a list of the types of
individuals to receive the report, using the various versions of the form
letter, such as agency heads, legislators, employees of the Governor's Office,
etc. The other folder contains form letters to be sent at the end of the term
thanking the recipient for various state service during the Bush
administration. Types of recipients include legislators, board and agency
appointees, agency heads, etc. Attached to one form letter is a list of the
addresses of the board and agency appointees. These records are dated in 2000.
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There is also a folder titled "Translations, Spanish." The folder contains typed
copies of several letters, or summaries of information taken from the original
letter, in English, with a routing slip attached - "Elsa, Please translate." The original letters and
the Spanish translations are not present. These letters are dated in 2000. |
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A group of files includes memoranda, correspondence, database
printouts, etc. that make up the Governor's Office responses to requests for
public information. Some of the memoranda document the amount of staff time and
computer resources were spent responding to the request, some concern staff
attempts to respond to the request. Nancy Newton seems to have been responsible
for routing public information requests through the staff, Donna Davidson
(Assistant General Counsel) also seems to have figured prominently. Memos
frequently passed through Shirley Green, head of the Correspondence Office -
Correspondence staffer Lisa Wright seems to have done much of the actual work.
Subjects of requests include the numbers of letters received by the governor
pro and con certain issues, the numbers of letters on a subject received from
certain zip codes, correspondence between the governor and certain state
agencies, utility deregulation, etc. |
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Another group of files contains lists of the bills for each
legislative session with the name of each staff member assigned, summaries of
state opinion ballots, lists of letters received on the topics of certain bills
and the staff members who were assigned to respond, robo forms and related
letters/instructions, possibly for the entry of new files into a computer
database system. |
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Additional files include: Nicholas Kristof, public information
request; Memorandum; Miscellaneous; Mail or mail log data entry; Press release;
and Mass mail robos. The Memorandum file contains copies of speeches, memos on
administrative office procedures (travel, e-mail use, etc.), constituent mail
routing and responses (especially campaign versus Governor's Office), political
activity by Governor's Office staff, etc. The miscellaneous files contains the
birthday party list, lists of correspondence volunteers, an organization chart,
phone directories and lists of post offices. The Mail or mail log data entry
file contains the lists of inserts commonly sent out with correspondence, data
entry instructions, staff duty assignments, list of "please cc: Budget on mail from the following
agencies," notes from Scheduling, and instructions on routing political
mail. The Press release files contains copies of selected 1997-1998 press
releases. Finally the Mass mail robo file contains robo forms, incoming
letters, and few responses in draft form. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by type of material. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), General office files,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Nancy Enneking, September 2002 |
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Laura K. Saegert, October 2002 |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Texas Navy file, 1948-1998, approximately 0.5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, internal memos, photographs,
publications, printed material, copies of statutes, certificates, and articles
of incorporation, concerning the "third" Texas
Navy, dating 1948-1998, from the Correspondence/Constituent Services division
in the Texas Office of the Governor. The materials dating 1948 to the 1960s are
copies of military records, certificates as admirals in the Texas Navy, and
other attachments to correspondence. Many of the letters and memos are from or
about Joseph Jefferson Burris, who was commissioned an Admiral in the Texas
Navy by Governor Price Daniel in 1958. Burris frequently wrote the governor's
office with recommendations for admiral commissions and suggestions for
procedures. A number of other letters are from John W. Thiele, Chief of Naval
Operations for the Texas Navy, Inc. From its creation in 1958 until the 1970s,
the Texas Navy was partially state-supported. It became a non-profit
organization in the 1970s with the governor serving as the commander in chief.
Apparently during Mark White's term as governor, the governor's name was
removed from the letterhead. Several memos written by Governor Ann Richards'
staff question the role of the Governor's Office in providing commissions in
the Texas Navy. A letter from Thiele to Governor Bush's staff recounts the
limits that Bush set on the admiral commissions. |
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An additional folder about the Texas Navy contains some
publications and information about the Navy and the commission of Admirals into
the Navy. The bulk consists of letters with (and memos about) Dr. John Thiele,
an Admiral in the Texas Navy, and his various requests for appointments of
individuals to the Texas Navy Association. Dates of these records are
1983-1998, undated. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in the order received. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Texas Navy file, Correspondence/Constituent
Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, September 2002 |
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Laura K. Saegert, October 2002 |
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Photo requests, 2000, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, photographs, staff email, and one
autographed baseball, dating 2000, of the Correspondence/Constituent Services
division of the Texas Office of the Governor. Letters request that Texas
Governor George W. Bush or First Lady Laura Bush autograph an enclosed
photograph. Extra copies of photographs are often included for the governor.
The autographed baseball has an attached post-it note that an address is needed
before mailing. This series is closely related to the series
Executive Office, Autograph and photo request
correspondence and logs. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are grouped chronologically in two-month
increments. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Photo requests, Correspondence/Constituent
Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tonia J. Wood, October 2002 |
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Weekly production reports, 1997-2000, 8 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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The weekly production report is a statistical compilation of the
types and subjects of mail received by the Texas Governor's Office of
Correspondence and Constituent Services during that week. Dates covered are
1997-2000. The report starts with a section for Gubernatorial Mail (number of
letters received, number received year to date). With that section the top
issues of the week are listed (Education, etc.), further categorized as Pro,
Con, Comments, with the numbers of letter received listed in each category.
Another section is Form mail (categories of major issues, volume, week's
total); Correspondence processed (categories of Gubernatorial Mail,
Proclamations/special issues, Logged/forward to other divisions, giving the
week's total and the year to date for each category). |
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There are several documents that accompany the report. There is
a list of major subjects, listing as many as 100 subjects or more, though
usually less than 100, giving the categories of Pro, Con, N/A, give the total
received that week in each category. Each month also has a cumulative report,
giving the year to date totals instead of the week. A more detailed report
lists these same subjects with subissues, following the same format. The more
popular subjects may have several subdivisions or subissues, the less popular,
none. |
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Most months also have another report, the Ombudsman's Report.
This lists the total calls received for the week and the year to date. Types of
calls are listed with totals (casework, complaints, inquiries, opinions,
issues, opinions, legislation). Further sections, with categories of Pro, Con,
Comment, are the Top Issues of the Week, and the Top Legislative Issues of the
Week. |
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Another report present in most months is the Notes and Quotes.
Sometimes these are present from different staff members; sometimes they just
appear once. The reports lists quotes from letters and phone calls, usually
citing the correspondence by initials last name, and locale. Some quotes do not
have cites. |
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Another report that is present for most months is the report of
the mail analysts. They track the weekly total of mail received, number of
letters in the backlog, total number of letters to be processed. They also
track the weekly total of mail processed - the current backlog and list major
and new issues. |
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Another report is a count of letters routed to divisions. It
lists the division and the number of letters requiring a response, number with
no response, total count, pending county. Some lists just have numbers for that
week, some for the year to date. At the end of each year is an annual report
reproduced - generally the Weekly Production Report and the two lists of major
issues. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically, foldered by
month. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Weekly production reports,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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Ombudsman's Office files, 1996-1997, 0.25 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records comprise correspondence, memoranda, casework summary
forms, notes, etc., 1996-1997, of the Texas Governor's Ombudsman's Office. The
Governor's Ombudsman during this time was Phil Sims, most of the materials were
either sent to or worked on by him. The ombudsman took complaints from and
listened to the concerns of Texas citizens and state officials and employees.
Subjects include opposition to bills, grievances with state agencies,
dissatisfaction with constituent services in the Governor's office, concerns
for people housed in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, power outages,
sexual abuse of children, abatement projects, requests for general information,
and placement centers for the mentally ill. |
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The Ombudsman's Office is perhaps related to the Citizens'
Assistance Office, which receives citizens' comments and complaints through its
toll-free hotline. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in the order received. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Ombudsman's Office files,
Correspondence/Constituent Services records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Nancy Enneking, September 2002 |
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Office of the First Lady records,
1995-2000,
34 cubic ft. |
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Itinerary information, schedules, speeches, correspondence, Book
Festival notebooks, and foundation files, 1995-2000, comprise records from the
Texas Governor's Office of the First Lady. |
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This series has not yet been prepared for research. A link to the
finding aid will be added when processing is completed. |
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Office of the First Lady History |
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The governor's wife has used her position as First Lady to promote
various causes. As First Lady of Texas, Laura Welch Bush worked to promote one
of her primary interests - education. Her background as a teacher and librarian
and her lifelong passion for reading were motivating forces behind her
education advocacy for all Texans. Mrs. Bush launched an early childhood
development initiative in 1998 to help parents and caregivers prepare infants
and young children for learning and reading when they enter school. The
initiative includes a family literacy project for Texas - a collaborative
effort with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She also helped
organize a celebration of Texas books and authors called the Texas Book
Festival in 1996 that has since become an annual fund-raiser for Texas public
libraries. During the last four years, 352 Texas public libraries have received
Texas Book Festival grants totaling $889,845. |
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Mrs. Bush was also a champion of breast cancer awareness, working
with the Governors Spouse Program of the National Governors Association to
promote women's health. Mrs. Bush has also served on several boards, including
the University of Texas Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Foundation Advisory Council and the national Reading is Fundamental Advisory
Council. |
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Laura Bush is a native Texan who was born in Midland. She earned a
bachelor's degree in education from Southern Methodist University and a
master's degree in library science from the University of Texas at Austin and
taught in public schools in Dallas, Houston, and Austin from 1968 to 1977. She
and George W. Bush were married in Midland in 1977, and they are parents of
twin girls. |
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Andi Ball served as the First Lady's assistant. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into seven series: |
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Itinerary information, 1995-1999, 13 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Daily schedules, 1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Speeches, 1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in process] |
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General correspondence, 1995, 1997-1999, 5 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Invitations and regrets, 1995-1999, 3 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Book Festival notebooks, 1996-2000, 2 cubic ft. [in
process] |
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Foundation files, 1996-2000, 1 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Office of the First Lady
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Tony Black, October 2002 |
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Itinerary information, 1995-1999, 13 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Types of documents include appointment calendars, invitations,
correspondence (e.g. invitations and acceptances), event forms, agenda, remarks
for Texas First Lady Laura Bush (i.e., speeches), media advisories, newspaper
clippings, mailing lists, brochures and other publications (especially
conference or meeting packets), 1995-1999. These records consist of annual
appointment calendars and events files for the Texas Governor's Office of the
First Lady. Each folder is labeled with the event and the date [minus the
year]. |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Itinerary information, Office of the First
Lady records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Daily schedules, 1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These records consist of loose-leaf binders containing daily
schedules for Texas First Lady Laura Bush, 1995-1999, day-by-day and
minute-by-minute. They provide precise detail concerning the times and places
of her departures and arrivals, indicating the nature of the events, the mode
of transportation (including who is on a given manifest), contact persons (with
phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses) and other pertinent
information. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Daily schedules, Office of the First Lady
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Speeches, 1995-1999, 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These records consist of large-print texts of speeches given by
Texas First Lady Laura Bush, 1995-1999, each containing a heading identifying
the event and the date. They are unfoldered. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Speeches, Office of the First Lady records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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General correspondence, 1995, 1997-1999, 5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These records consist of folders containing correspondence
(incoming and outgoing) between the general public and Texas First Lady Laura
Bush, 1995, 1997-1999. Attachments are included (e.g. news clippings,
brochures, photos, etc.). |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged topically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), General correspondence, Office of the First
Lady records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Invitations and regrets, 1995-1999, 3 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These records consist entirely of invitations to Texas First
Lady Laura Bush, 1995-1999, with letters regretfully declining the invitations.
They are unfoldered. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged not exactly chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Invitations and regrets, Office of the
First Lady records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Book Festival notebooks, 1996-2000, 2 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These records consist of the contents of Texas Book Festival
notebooks, 1996-2000, including meeting packets, correspondence, photographs,
and printed material. These are files from the Office of the First Lady; Laura
Bush founded and chaired the event. There are multiple copies of much of the
material. Except for one, all of the contents of the binders have been removed
and placed in acid-free folders. |
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Historical Sketch |
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The Texas Book Festival serves as a fund-raiser for public
libraries in Texas. Conceived as an annual fund-raiser saluting Texas writers,
the festival was founded in 1995 under the vision and leadership of First Lady
Laura Bush, a former librarian and teacher, who has served as the event's
honorary chair and a key organizer since its inception. Through the service of
hundreds of volunteers and the support of a statewide advisory committee, the
festival has grown into the most prestigious literary event in the Southwest.
Authors from Texas and nationwide have participated in panels, readings and
book signings. A book fair is held outside the Texas State Capitol building
with booksellers, publishers, food, entertainment and children's activities.
Since 1996, the Festival has awarded more than $1.14 million in grants to some
394 public libraries across the Lone Star State. More than 25,000 people
attended the 2000 Festival. |
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These records are arranged by festival date. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Book Festival notebooks, Office of the
First Lady records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Foundation files, 1996-2000, 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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These records consist of meeting materials, attendees lists,
agendas, related correspondence and e-mails, etc., 1996-2000, all relating to
charitable foundations in which Texas First Lady Laura Bush was interested.
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by subject or by date. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Foundation files, Office of the First Lady
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities,
1984-2000,
less than 5 cubic ft. |
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Records are correspondence and meeting files of the Texas
Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. Records date 1984-2000.
Meeting files date 1984-1991, 1995-2000. Correspondence files date
1991-2000. |
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This series has not yet been prepared for research. A link to the
finding aid will be added when processing is completed. |
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Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities History |
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The Governor's Committee on Employment for the Handicapped was
first created by Governor Dolph Briscoe in 1978 through Executive Order DB-40.
Executive orders by governors William P. Clements in 1981 (WPC-14A) and 1987
(WPC 87-16) and Mark White in 1983 (MW-10) continued the committee, with
Executive Order MW-10 changing the name to Governor's Committee for Disabled
Persons. In 1991 the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities was
created statutorily by Senate Bill 381, 72nd Legislature, Regular Session in
order to continue the functions of the Council on Disabilities, a separate
entity, which was abolished on the recommendation of the Sunset Commission.
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Functions of the governor's committee set forth in Senate Bill 381
include monitoring the state's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 (ADA), providing information to the public regarding ADA, serving
as liaison with other organizations assisting the disabled, promoting
coordination of services for persons with disabilities, making recommendations
to the governor on programs supporting persons with disabilities, monitoring
the implementation of a long-range state plan for Texans with disabilities, and
issuing awards and other recognition to persons and organizations making a
difference for persons with disabilities. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into two series: |
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Meeting files, 1984-1991, 1995-2000, less than 1 cubic ft.
[in process] |
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Correspondence, 1991-2000, 4 cubic ft. [in process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Governor's Committee on
People with Disabilities records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Nancy Enneking, September 2002 |
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Meeting files, 1984-1991, 1995-2000, less than 1 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records comprise a small amount of paper copies of minutes and
agenda (with notes and a few attachments), 1984-1991, and 82 audiocassette
tapes, 1995-2000, of the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. All
of the paper documents pre-date Governor Bush's tenure in office, while the
audiotapes date from his terms. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged somewhat chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Meeting files, Governor's Committee on
People with Disabilities records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Correspondence, 1991-2000, 4 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, attachments, clippings, printed
materials, etc., 1991-2000, of the Texas Governor's Committee for People with
Disabilities. Some items are written in, or have notes in, Braille. Some of the
correspondence entered into the correspondence database. Some letters are
grouped into sets of incoming, responses, internal memoranda, and letters
initiated by the Committee/Council. Correspondence passes between
Council/Committee members, the Governor's staff, state agencies, state and
local officials, federal organizations, businesses, and the general public.
Issues include topics related to the Governor's charges as mentioned in the
Meeting files series, compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, etc. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically or by subject. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Correspondence, Governor's Committee on
People with Disabilities records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Criminal Justice Division, Public information requests,
1995-1999,
5 cubic ft. |
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[in process] |
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This series consists of public information requests from
individuals or companies to the Criminal Justice Division (CJD) of the Texas
Governor's Office. Dates covered are 1995-1999. There are generally incoming
letters, outgoing responses, staff memos, copies of documents requested, and
photocopy charge forms. Not all documents sent out to the requestor are present
in the files. In the requests from 1995-1998, copies of most of the outgoing
replies are present with the majority signed by the executive director of the
CJD. Some are signed by program directors within the CJD or by an assistant
general counsel, usually Donna Garcia Davidson. The files from 1999 generally
do not contain a copy of the outgoing reply, instead contain a memo, usually to
Jim Hines, an assistant general counsel, stating what the request was and to
whom it was assigned. The incoming public information requests are present;
copies of documents requested are sometimes present. The incoming requests were
either to the CJD or were sent to the Governor's Office requesting information
maintained by the CJD. The folder titles contain the name of the requester and
the date of the request. |
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This series has not yet been prepared for research. A link to the
finding aid will be added when processing is completed. |
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Criminal Justice Division History |
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The Criminal Justice Division administers approximately $130
million in state and federal grant funds awarded for crime prevention, law
enforcement, special courts and prosecutors, juvenile justice, and victim
service projects. It is the statewide headquarters for Texas Crime Stoppers and
the Texas Narcotics Control Program. The division works with the 24 regional
councils of government in Texas to ensure funded projects meet local goals. The
division also funds a number of statewide initiatives to prevent and prosecute
violent crimes. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically by the date of the
request. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Public information
requests, Criminal Justice Division records, Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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Texas Film Commission,
1995-2000
(bulk 2000),
1 cubic ft. |
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Records are correspondence, manuals and directories, and
calendars, 1995-2000 (bulk 2000), of the Texas Film Commission, housed in the
Texas Office of the Governor. |
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This series has not yet been prepared for research. A link to the
finding aid will be added when processing is completed. |
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Texas Film Commission History |
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The Texas Film Commission is part of the Governor's Office of
Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Industries. The Film Commission works
to increase film, television, and multimedia production in the state. The Texas
Music Office promotes the development of the state's music industry by serving
as an information clearinghouse for Texas music businesses, events,
organizations, and talent. The Texas Multimedia Program is another part of the
office. |
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The Texas Film Commission and Texas Music Office moved from the
Texas Department of Commerce's Business Development Division to the Office of
the Governor after Ann Richards became governor in 1991. |
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Organization |
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Series listed below as [in process] have
not yet been prepared for research and are not fully described in this finding
aid. |
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These records are organized into three series: |
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Correspondence, 1995-2000 [in process] |
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Manuals and directories, 1995, 1997-2000 [in process] |
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Calendars, 1999-2000 [in process] |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Film Commission
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Preliminary survey by |
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Laura K. Saegert, September 2002 |
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Correspondence, 1995-2000
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[in process] |
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Records are correspondence, 1995-2000, of the Film Commission in
the Texas Governor's Office. There are several folders of incoming
correspondence, to Tom Copeland, director of the commission, dating 1996-2000.
Most letters were sent directly to him, some were forwarded from other
divisions within the governor's office. Except for a couple of cases, outgoing
replies are not present. The remainder of the correspondence consists of two
files for Kevin Walker, the office manager of the commission. There is a folder
of outgoing faxes, with attachments faxed, and a folder of incoming and
outgoing correspondence, dating 1995 and 2000. A few of the 1995 letters have
replies sent by Carol Pirie, Communication Director, or Tom Copeland, Executive
Director. Subjects in the correspondence includes upcoming productions,
locations of film shoots, how to get a company added to the Texas Production
Manual, and requests for lists of companies handling specific film related
services (e.g. animal wranglers and handlers, runners and production
assistants, extras casting directors, cinematographers, etc.) There are also
invitations to screen play readings, film premieres, social engagements, etc.
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by staff member, then chronologically
by year. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Correspondence, Texas Film Commission
records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Manuals and directories, 1995, 1997-2000
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[in process] |
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There are two types of published manuals/directories present,
dating 1995, 1997-2000. There are several editions of the Texas Production Manual, a directory/manual published
annually that lists film professionals in Texas, with extensive information on
locations, government and weather contacts. The bulk of the information is the
alphabetical directory listing of film professionals. A yellow pages section
lists the film professions by category. Categories, or types of professionals
listed include production companies and assistants, photographers, set and
costume design and construction, hair and makeup services, location scouts and
managers, casting directors, talent agencies, film directors, film editors,
music arrangers and composers, script and screen writers, sound services, prop
companies, stunt men and stunt service companies, studios, etc. The other
publication in this series is the Texas Music Industry
Directory for 2000. This is a directory of musicians and music-related
companies. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by type, then chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Manuals and directories, Texas Film
Commission records, Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Calendars, 1999-2000
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[in process] |
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There are daily calendars of Kevin Walker, office manager at the
Texas Film Commission, for April-December 2000; Tom Copeland and Carole Pirie
for 1999 and 2000 (joint calendar); a 2000 calendar for Amy Cadenhead (position
unknown), and one unidentified calendar for 2000. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged by staff member, then
chronologically. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Calendars, Texas Film Commission records,
Texas Governor George W. Bush. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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