Overview
Texas. Office of the Governor.
Public Information
Office.
Subject files
1966-1973
(bulk 1970-1971)
Types of records
include memos, correspondence, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings,
magazine articles, and newsletters. Records date from 1966 to 1973 (bulk
1970-1971), and are from the Texas Governor's Public Information Office during
the administration of Governor Preston Smith. Topics of special concern as
reflected in the records include the environment and the original Earth Day in
1970, drug abuse, traffic safety, welfare, and the relationship of minorities
with Governor Smith's administration.
4 cubic ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Subject files, Public Information Office, Texas
Office of the Governor. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
Agency History
The Public Information Office of the Office of the Governor acts as
the official liaison for the governor with the press and public. The Public
Information Office also collects information for research on contemporary
issues for the executive branch.
Scope and Contents
Types of records include memos, correspondence, press releases,
speeches, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and newsletters. Records date
from 1966-1973, with the bulk from 1970-1971. Records are from the Public
Information Office during the administration of Governor Preston Smith,
governor from 1969 to 1973. The records were compiled by Carlton Carl,
Assistant Press Secretary to the Governor, in 1970-1971. During this time,
Robert Weddle was director of the Public Information Office. Topics of special
concern as reflected in the records include the environment and the original
Earth Day in 1970, drug abuse, traffic safety, welfare, and the relationship of
minorities with Governor Smith's administration.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Arrangement of the Records
Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Personal Names:
Smith, Preston
1912-
Subjects:
Drug
abuse--Texas.
Public
welfare--Texas.
Minorities--Texas.
Traffic
safety--Texas.
Environmental
protection--Texas.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1966-1973.
Memorandums--Texas--Governors--1966-1973.
Press
releases--Texas--Governors--1966-1973.
Speeches--Texas--Governors--1966-1973.
Clippings--Texas--Governors--1966-1973.
Newsletters--Texas--Governors--1966-1973.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
The Southwest Collection, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
See the gubernatorial records of Preston Smith.
Processing Information
Paul Beck, June 1994
Accession Information
Accession number: 1994/120
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Sam
Houston Regional Library and Research Center on June 21, 1994. The Sam Houston
Center had originally received these records as part of the Price Daniel, Jr.
Papers on January 3, 1975.
Subject files,
1966-1973
(bulk 1970-1971),
4 cubic ft.
1994/120-1
Abortion,
1970
1994/120-1
Aeronautics Commission, Texas,
1970
1994/120-1
AFL-CIO,
1969-1970
1994/120-1
Aging,
1969-1970
1994/120-1
Agricultural Chemicals,
1970
1994/120-1
Agricultural Data,
1969-1970
1994/120-1
Antiquities,
1969-1970
1994/120-1
Bales, Larry, Representative, Travis County,
1969-1970
1994/120-1
Breakdown of State Expenditures,
1969
1994/120-1
Calhoun, Frank, Representative,
1972
1994/120-1
Campaign Financing Directive,
1972
1994/120-1
Capitols - Texas,
1967
1994/120-1
Civil Rights Commission Report,
1970
1994/120-1
Coastal Resources,
1970
1994/120-1
Comptroller's Office,
1967
1994/120-1
Computers in Government,
1968
1994/120-1
Congressional District - 10th,
1972
1994/120-1
Constitutional Revision,
1971-1972
1994/120-1
Consumer Protection,
1969
1994/120-1
Council of State Governments,
1970
1994/120-1
Criminal Justice Planning,
1970
1994/120-1
Crime Control,
1970
1994/120-1
Department of Corrections,
1970
1994/120-1
Disaster - Drought,
1971
1994/120-1
Dowdy, Representative John,
1970
1994/120-1
Draft (Selective Service System),
1970
1994/120-1
Drugs,
1969-1970
1994/120-2
Drugs (continued),
1970
1994/120-2
Drug Clippings,
1970
1994/120-2
Drug Study Committee, Senate Interim,
1970
1994/120-2
Earth Day,
1970
1994/120-2
Economy, The,
1970
1994/120-2
Education - Public School,
1969-1970
1994/120-2
Employment,
1970
1994/120-2
Environment ,
1970
[3 folders]
1994/120-2
Food, Nutrition, and Health,
1970
1994/120-2
Franchise,
1970
1994/120-2
Government - General,
1970
1994/120-2
Government & Legislative Process,
1970
1994/120-2
Health, Department of,
1970
1994/120-2
Health - Public,
1970
1994/120-2
Higher Education,
1969-1970
1994/120-3
Highways,
1970
1994/120-3
Homosexuals,
1970
1994/120-3
Housing, Construction, Etc.,
1970
1994/120-3
Houston,
1970
1994/120-3
Human Relations,
1970
1994/120-3
Indians,
1970
1994/120-3
Industrial Accidents,
1968
1994/120-3
Industrial Development,
1969-1970
1994/120-3
Information Center Library,
1970
1994/120-3
Information Systems,
[undated]
1994/120-3
Input-Output Study,
1970
1994/120-3
Interim Committees - 62nd Legislature,
1971-1973
1994/120-3
Labor (AFL-CIO),
1970
1994/120-3
Law Enforcement Program,
[undated]
1994/120-3
Legislative Drafting,
1968
1994/120-3
Liquor Laws,
1970
1994/120-3
Local Planning Assistance,
1970
1994/120-3
Manpower, Planning & Development,
1969
1994/120-3
Mental Health & Mental Retardation,
1970
1994/120-3
Migrants,
1969-1970
1994/120-3
Minority Achievements - Governor Smith,
1970
1994/120-3
Minority Appointments - Governor Smith,
[undated]
1994/120-3
Model Cities,
1970
1994/120-3
Morticians, State Board of,
1970
1994/120-3
NASA,
1970
1994/120-3
Natural Disasters - Hurricane Celia,
1970
1994/120-3
News Media,
1969
1994/120-3
Newspapers, Texas,
[undated]
1994/120-3
Nursing Homes,
1970
1994/120-3
Obscenity,
1970
1994/120-3
Oil Depletion and Imports,
1969-1972
1994/120-3
Oil Spills,
1970
1994/120-3
Population Control,
1970
1994/120-3
Quotes, Items for Speeches,
1970
1994/120-3
Press Credentials,
1967-1971
1994/120-3
Public Mass Transportation,
1969-1970
1994/120-3
Radio/Television - Rates and Data,
1968-1969
1994/120-3
Railroads,
1970
1994/120-3
Rehabilitation - Handicapped,
1970
1994/120-3
Revenue Sharing,
1969-1970
1994/120-3
Rural Development,
1970
1994/120-3
Science - Government,
1970
1994/120-3
Services to Local Government,
1970
1994/120-3
Sessions, Annual [Legislative],
1970
1994/120-3
Small Business,
1970
1994/120-3
Solid Waste Disposal,
1970
1994/120-3
Southern Regional Environment Conservation Council,
1970
1994/120-3
States Comeback - Council of State Government,
1970
1994/120-3
State Employees Training Act,
1969
1994/120-3
Statutory Revision,
1966-1967
1994/120-3
Suicide,
1969
1994/120-4
Taxes,
1968-1970
1994/120-4
Tax Reform Bill of 1969,
1969
1994/120-4
Texas Business News, Bureau of Business Research,
1970-1971
1994/120-4
Texas Communities Tomorrow,
1969-1970
1994/120-4
Texas Fiscal Policy,
1969-1970
1994/120-4
Texas Municipal League,
1969
1994/120-4
Texas Navy,
1969-1970
1994/120-4
TOEO [Texas Office of Economic Opportunity],
1970
1994/120-4
Texas Statistics (general),
1970
1994/120-4
Tourism,
1970
1994/120-4
Traffic Safety,
1969-1971
[2 folders]
1994/120-4
University-State Relations,
1969
1994/120-4
Urban Affairs - General,
1970
1994/120-4
Urban America Special Reports,
1967
1994/120-4
Utilities Regulation,
1970
1994/120-4
Vocational Technical Education,
1969-1970
1994/120-4
Voting Age, Elections,
1970
1994/120-4
Water Conservation and Development,
1969-1970
1994/120-4
Welfare ,
1970
[2 folders]
1994/120-4
Youth in Government,
1970