TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Agency History
Scope and Contents of the Records
Organization of the Records
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Records of Subcommittee 1,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 3,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 4,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 5,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 6,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 7,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 8,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 9,
1917-1918,
Records of Subcommittee 10,
1917-1918,
Assorted,
1917-1918,
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Texas Legislature:
An Inventory of Records of the Central Investigating
Committees of the House and Senate at the Texas State Archives,
1917-1918
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| Creator: | Texas.
Legislature. |
| Title: | Records of the Central
Investigating Committees of the House and Senate |
| Dates: | 1917-1918 |
| Abstract: | Records consist of
stenographic reports, letters, statistics, financial/auditor's reports,
testimony, committee reports and recommendations, and draft legislation
compiled and/or written by the various subcommittees of the Central
Investigating Committees of the Texas House and Senate in 1917 and 1918 during
the course of their investigations of all Texas state departments, agencies,
and institutions. |
| Quantity: | 3.77 cubic
ft. |
| Language | English. |
The Texas Legislature's Central Investigating Committees of the House
and Senate were formed in 1917 to investigate every state department and
institution in Texas. The investigation was an outgrowth of general public
suspicion and distrust of state government, aggravated by: the entry of the
United States into World War I and the resulting distrust of German-Americans;
the impeachment of Governor Ferguson earlier in 1917; and charges of corruption
and collusion made against officials and employees associated with or appointed
by Ferguson.
On September 5, 1917, during the 3rd Called Session of the 35th
Legislature, 11 representatives offered an unnumbered simple resolution calling
for a statewide investigation and providing for a steering committee to
formulate recommendations and procedural plans for conducting that
investigation. Shortly later, the steering committee offered an unnumbered
supplemental resolution proposing the creation of the House Central Executive
Committee. The Committee was to be composed of 10 House members who would be
divided into 10 subcommittees and investigate a group of agencies and
institutions. Each of the subcommittees was to be assigned a second House
member. The Committee was to receive clerical assistance, and submit a final
report to the House and to the Governor. The Central Executive Committee
members included: Representatives Bryan, Cope, Fairchild, Fly (the chair),
Johnson, McMillin, Sentell, Spencer, and Tillotson. The additional appointees
included: Sackett, Seawright, Terrell, Pillow, Davis of Grimes, Holaday,
McDowra, O'Banion, De Bogory, and Hudspeth.
At about the same time, a similar resolution was passed in the Senate
(Senate Resolution 18, 35th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1917), appointing
10 members to an investigating committee. The Senate committee members were
authorized to sit and cooperate with any committee or subcommittee of the House
that had been created for similar purposes. Senate members included: Westbrook
(the chair), Clark, Lattimore, Decherd, Alderdice, Hopkins, McNealus, Hudspeth,
Smith, and Buchanan of Scurry.
The Senate Investigating Committee first convened in Dallas on October
26, 1917 and decided to act in conjunction with the House Committee, to meet
jointly on October 30 in Austin, and to begin investigations on November 1st.
The House Committee first convened in Austin on October 25, 1917 and asked
Governor Hobby to come before the Committee with any suggestions he might have
concerning the investigations. Governor Hobby suggested that: each department
be audited; each institution be visited; units of the prison system be visited;
inquiries be made regarding the scope of work of each department, to determine
the extent to which the work could be combined and consolidated with a view
toward eliminating as many offices and positions as possible; the efficiency of
the financial management practices of each department be investigated; and
bookkeeping and accounting procedures be investigated to develop
recommendations for improvement.
The final organizational meeting on November 1 determined that the
Senate Committee would, like the House, have 10 subcommittees. Working jointly,
the House and Senate subcommittees composing any one group were to be distinct
and independent entities, but were to work together as a unit in the
investigation of any department or institution when there should be agreement
between them. In the case of disagreement, each subcommittee would conduct the
investigation independently and in its own way, making its own report to its
own Central Committee. After all subcommittee reports were submitted to the
Central Committees, the Central Committees were to act jointly in the creation
of the general reports and recommendations to the Legislature and Governor.
(See the series descriptions for the composition of each subcommittee and the
list of departments/institutions they were to investigate.)
Subcommittee reports were issued to the Central Committees on January
7, 1918. The Central Committees met jointly, reviewing the subcommittee reports
and creating the final reports, until January 27, 1918 - on which day the
sessions of all committees were concluded. The joint report of the House and
Senate Central Committees was printed and filed on February 1, 1918. The
reports, excluding the testimony before the subcommittees, were published in
1918/1919.
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Records consist of stenographic reports, letters, statistics,
financial/auditor's reports, testimony, committee reports and recommendations,
and draft legislation compiled and/or written by the various subcommittees of
the Central Investigating Committees of the Texas House and Senate in 1917 and
1918 during the course of their investigations of all Texas state departments,
agencies, and institutions. Though the information was gathered in 1917 and
1918, statistics were compiled from data ranging in date from 1893 to 1917. In
their evidence gathering, subcommittee members paid particular attention to
each institution's fiscal responsibility and accounting procedures, the quality
of and need for the services provided to the public, and qualifications and
loyalty of the officials and employees of the State of Texas.
The record of the subcommittees is incomplete. Portions of the
stenographic reports of several subcommittees are missing or were removed
shortly after the reports were created. All record of the activities of
Subcommittee 2 is missing. Subcommittee 2 was composed of Representatives
Fuller and Holiday and Senator McNealus and was to investigate: Auditor of
Prison System; Board of Pardon Advisors; State Prison Commissioners and Prison
System; and State Prisons and Prison Farms.
Some of the records, particularly the subcommittee reports to the
Central Committees and the auditor's reports, have been published (see Related
Publications, below). The testimony, exhibits, and some of the financial data
and other information gathered by the subcommittees, however, was not included
in the publication.
The records were originally organized into "Books," as reflected in the indexes to record contents
found within the documents. The "Books" are numbered
1 to 9 and correspond to the numbers of the subcommittees (though the record of
Subcommittee 10 appears in the latter half of Book 1). In this finding aid
materials are described by subcommittee, with a small series of general
records. Each series begins with the stenographic report of the subcommittee in
page number order and ends with any additional exhibit material that may
exist.
All records date from October 1917 to January 1918.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
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Organization of the Records
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| The records are organized in 10 series: |
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| | Records of Subcommittee 1, 1917-1918, 0.1 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 3, 1917-1918, 0.31 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 4, 1917-1918, 0.25 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 5, 1917-1918, 0.13 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 6, 1917-1918, 0.18 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 7, 1917-1918, 0.24 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 8, 1917-1918, 0.77 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 9, 1917-1918, 1.6 cubic ft. |
| | Records of Subcommittee 10, 1917-1918, 0.18 cubic ft. |
| | Assorted, 1917-1818, fractional cubic ft. |
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Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
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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. |
| Subjects: |
| | Legislative
oversight--Texas. |
| | Legislative
bodies--Texas--Committees. |
| | Governmental
investigations--Texas. |
| | Finance,
Public--Texas--Auditing. |
| | Loyalty. |
| Places: |
| | Texas--Politics and
government--1865-1950. |
| Document Types: |
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| | Reports--Governmental
investigations--Texas--1917-1918. |
| | Letters--Governmental
investigations--Texas--1917-1918. |
| | Statistics--Governmental
investigations--Texas--1917-1918. |
| | Drafts--Governmental
investigations--Texas--1917-1918. |
| | Testimony--Governmental
investigations--Texas--1917-1918. |
| Functions: |
| | Investigating Texas
politics and government. |
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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 |
| | For related material on agencies
investigated here, see the Texas State Library and Archives Commission's online
catalog and the finding aids in the Archives reading room. |
| Publications |
| | Reports of Subcommittees of the
Central Investigating Committees of the House and Senate: Third Called Session
of the Thirty-fifth Legislature of Texas, Including Audits. Von
Boeckmann-Jones Co., Austin Tex., [1919?]. |
| | Texas.
Journal of the House of
Representatives of the Third Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature of
Texas. Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Austin Tex., 1918. |
| | Texas. Journal of the House of
Representatives of the Fourth Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature of
Texas. Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Austin Tex., 1918. |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Records of the Central
Investigating Committees of the House and Senate, Texas Legislature. Archives
and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission.
Accession numbers: 1963/058, 2000/157
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Secretary of State and/or the Texas Legislature in 1963 and at an unknown
date. One set of records has been assigned a modern accession number for
purposes of control.
Nancy Enneking, June 2000
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Records of Subcommittee 1,
1917-1918,
0.1 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, reports, budgets, and financial
and expenditure reports comprise the evidence gathered by Subcommittee 1 of the
Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating Committees (1917-1918).
Subcommittee 1 was composed of Representatives Spencer and O'Banion and Senator
Lattimore. It was to investigate: College of Industrial Arts; Fuel and Public
Printing; Girls' Training School; Governor; Bureau of Labor Statistics;
Lieutenant Governor; State Inspector of Mines; State Mining Board; Naval Board;
State Expert Printer; State Printing Board; Secretary of State; State Inspector
of Masonry; Industrial Accident Board; and Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-1 | | | Index record of Subcommittee #1 |
| | | Report to the Central Committees on multiple agencies
(including Governor's Office, Lieutenant Governor's Office, State Mining Board
and State Inspector of Mines, State Naval Board, State Printing Board and
Expert Printer, Inspector of Masonry, Bureau of Child and Animal Protection,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industrial Accident Board, College of Industrial
Arts, and Secretary of State) |
| | | Expenditures of Executive Department |
| | | State Mining Board |
| | | Expert Printers |
| | | State Masonry Department |
| | | Labor Department |
| | | Industrial Accident Board |
| | | Girl's State Training School |
| | | Secretary of State audit |
| | | Secretary of State (unnumbered page) |
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Records of Subcommittee 3,
1917-1918,
0.31 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, hearing transcripts, testimony, and reports
(1917-1918) comprise the evidence gathered by Subcommittee 3 of the Texas House
and Senate's Central Investigating Committees. Subcommittee 3 was composed of
Representatives Fly and Terrell and Senator Hudspeth. It was to investigate:
Attorney General; Assistant Attorney General; Dairy and Food Commissioner;
State Board of Health; State Health Officer; State Board of Pharmacy; Pure Food
Commissioner; State Rangers; Tuberculosis Colonies and Commission; Tuberculosis
Sanatorium; State Board of Dental Examiners; State Board of Embalming; and Home
for Lepers. The records do not document the investigation of several of the
above agencies. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-1 | | | List of members and committee
responsibilities |
| | | Index record |
| | | Notes |
| | | Reports: |
| | | | Audit report on the Pure Food and Drug
Department |
| | | | State Board of Pharmacy |
| | | | Adjutant General's Department |
| | | | Auditor's report on the Adjutant General |
| | | | State Embalming Board |
| | | Hearings: |
| | | | Attorney General's Department, hearing: |
| | | | | November 18, 1917 |
| | | | | November 28, 1917 |
| | | | | November 30 and December 1,
1917 |
| | | | State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Carlsbad,
Texas |
| | | | State Health Department, hearings: |
| | | | | November 7, 1917 |
| | | | | November 20 and 21, 1917 |
| | | | | November 30 and December 1,
1917 |
| | | | | December 4, 1917 |
| | | | | December 5, 1917 |
| | | | Pure Food and Drug Department, hearings: |
| | | | | November 7, 1917 |
| | | | | November 27, 1917 |
| | | | State Board of Pharmacy |
| | | | Adjutant General's Department: |
| | | | | November 9, 1917 |
| | | | | December 4, 1917 |
| | | | | January 4, 1918 |
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| 2000/157-2 | | | | State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, testimony and
exhibits |
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Records of Subcommittee 4,
1917-1918,
0.25 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, financial data, reports, and
indexes, 1917-1918, document the research performed by Subcommittee 4 of the
Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating Committees. Subcommittee 4 was
composed of Representatives Fairchild and Pillow and Senator Smith of
Henderson. It was to investigate: State Banking Board; State Fire Insurance
Commission; State Fire Marshal; Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission; Department
of Insurance and Banking; Pilot Commissioners; Employers' Insurance
Association; and State Juvenile Training School. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-2 | | | Subcommittee assignments |
| | | Index of subcommittee records (for all
subcommittees) |
| | | Subcommittee #4 index |
| | | Report of State Department of Banking and
Insurance |
| | | Testimony and evidence: |
| | | | Department of Insurance and Banking
[2 files] |
| | | | Fire Insurance Commission
[2 files] |
| | | | Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission
[3 files] |
| | | Reports: |
| | | | Fish Hatchery at Dallas |
| | | | Pilots Association |
| | | | Sabine River Pilots |
| | | Reports and testimony: |
| | | | State Institution for the Training of Juvenile Boys at
Gatesville |
| | | | Employer's Insurance Association |
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| 2000/157-2 | | | Report on Sabine River Pilots |
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Records of Subcommittee 5,
1917-1918,
0.13 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, reports, financial data,
exhibits, and indexes, 1917-1918, document the investigation performed by
Subcommittee 5 of the Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating
Committees. Subcommittee 5 was composed of Representatives Sentell and Hudspeth
and Senator Hopkins. It was to investigate: State Depository Board; Legislative
Reference Librarian; State Library and Historical Commission; State Library;
State Board of Nurse Examiners; Railroad Commission; Southwestern Insane
Asylum; State Treasurer; State Highway Commission; and the Legislature. Any
investigation of the State Depository Board is not documented by these records.
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| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-2 | | | Subcommittee responsibilities |
| | | Notices of missing and removed material |
| | | Index record of Subcommittee #5 |
| | | Reports: |
| | | | Railroad Commission |
| | | | Board of Nurse Examiners |
| | | | Library and Historic Commission and the Legislative
Reference Library |
| | | | [Unidentified document] |
| | | | Treasury Department |
| | | | State Highway Department |
| | | Testimony and evidence: |
| | | | Texas Library and Historical Commission |
| | | | Railroad Commission |
| | | | Southwestern Insane Asylum |
| | | | State Treasury Department |
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| 1963/058-3 | | | | State Highway Department |
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Records of Subcommittee 6,
1917-1918,
0.18 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, reports, financial data,
summaries, and indexes, 1917-1918, document the investigation performed by
Subcommittee 6 of the Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating
Committees. Subcommittee 6 was composed of Representatives Childress and
Sackett and Senator Alderdice. It was to investigate: Comptroller of Public
Accounts; State Pension Department; State Revenue Agent; State Tax Board; State
Tax Commissioner; and the State Automatic Tax Board. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-2 | | | Subcommittee assignments |
| box |
| 1963/058-3 | | | Summary of reports |
| | | Report on State Revenue Agent |
| | | State Revenue Department evidence |
| | | Pension Department evidence |
| | | Report and evidence on State Tax Board and Texas
Commissioner's Office |
| | | Report on Comptroller's Department |
| | | Comptroller of Public Accounts, evidence
[3 files] |
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Records of Subcommittee 7,
1917-1918,
0.24 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, financial data, reports, and
indexes, 1917-1918, document the information gathered by Subcommittee 7 of the
Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating Committees. Subcommittee 7 was
composed of Representatives Bryan and Bogory and Senator Buchanan. It was to
investigate: Board of Appraisers; State Cemetery; Public Buildings and Grounds;
State Parks; Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds; Commissioners of
Deeds; Gonzales State Park Commissioners; Judiciary Department; General Land
Office and Commissioner of the General Land Office; Board of Legal Examiners;
San Jacinto State Park; Water and Light Board; and State Board of Accountancy.
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| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-2 | | | Subcommittee assignments |
| box |
| 1963/058-3 | | | General index to entire record (all
subcommittees) |
| | | General recommendations |
| | | Courts of Texas
[2 files] |
| | | General Land Office
[2 files] |
| | | Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds and
General Land Office |
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| 2000/157-2 | | | Auditor's report on the Office of Superintendent of
Public Buildings and Grounds |
| | | Supreme Court of Texas
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Records of Subcommittee 8,
1917-1918,
0.77 cubic ft
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| A stenographic report, testimony, reports, financial data, and
indexes, 1917-1918, document the information gathered by Subcommittee 8 of the
Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating Committees. Subcommittee 8 was
composed of Representatives McMillin and Seawright and Senator Westbrook. It
was to investigate: Confederate Home; Confederate Women's Home; State Deaf and
Dumb Institute; State Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institute for Colored Youths;
State Epileptic Colony; State Farm Colony for the Feeble-Minded; State Pasteur
Institute; State Purchasing Agent; State Purchasing Agency Board; State School
for the Blind; North Texas Hospital for the Insane; State Orphans Home; State
Lunatic Asylum at Austin. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-4 | | | Subcommittee assignments |
| | | Index record of Subcommittee #8 |
| | | Reports: |
| | | | North Texas Hospital for the Insane |
| | | | State Lunatic Asylum at Austin |
| | | | Pasteur Institute |
| | | | Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored
Youths |
| | | | State Purchasing Agent |
| | | | Orphan's Home |
| | | | The Confederate Women's Home |
| | | | The Confederate Home |
| | | | State School for the Deaf and Dumb |
| | | | Texas School for the Blind at Austin |
| | | | State Farm Colony for the Feeble-Minded |
| | | | State Epileptic Colony at Abilene |
| | | | Accountant's report to Subcommittee #8 |
| | | Hearings and testimony: |
| | | | Epileptic Colony |
| | | | North Texas Hospital for the Insane |
| | | | State Lunatic Asylum |
| | | | Pasteur Institute |
| | | | Farm Colony for the Feeble-Minded |
| | | | Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored
Youths |
| | | | State Purchasing Agent's Department
[2 files] |
| | | | State Orphan's Home |
| | | | Confederate Women's Home [File 1 of 2] |
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| 1963/058-5 | | | | Confederate Women's Home [File 2 of 2] |
| | | | Confederate Home
[6 files] |
| | | | Texas School for the Deaf
[2 files] |
| | | | State School for the Blind
[2 files] |
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Records of Subcommittee 9,
1917-1918,
1.6 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, exhibits, financial data,
reports, and letters, 1917-1918, document the investigation undertaken by
Subcommittee 9 of the Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating
Committees. Subcommittee 9 was composed of Representatives Tillotson and Davis
and Senator Clark. It was to investigate: Agricultural and Mechanical College;
Main Agricultural Experiment Station; Agricultural Experiment Substations; John
Tarleton Agricultural College; Hospital for Crippled and Deformed Children;
John Sealy Hospital; Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College; State
School of Mines and Metallurgy; University of Texas; Board of Regents and Board
of Visitors; Anatomical Board; and Grubbs Vocational College at Arlington. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-5 | | | List of members and responsibilities |
| | | Testimony: |
| | | | University of Texas: |
| | | | | Applied Mathematics Department |
| | | | | Department of Biology |
| | | | | Department of Business Administration |
| | | | | Business Manager's Office |
| | | | | Chemistry Department |
| | | | | English Department |
| | | | | General Literature |
| | | | | Germanic Languages |
| | | | | School of Greek |
| | | | | School of Government |
| | | | | School of History |
| | | | | Home Economics Department |
| | | | | School of Industrial History |
| | | | | School of Music |
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| 1963/058-6 | | | | | School of Latin |
| | | | | School of Journalism |
| | | | | School of Philosophy and Psychology |
| | | | | School of Physics |
| | | | | School of Public Speaking |
| | | | | School of Pure Mathematics |
| | | | | School of Romance Languages |
| | | | | School of Zoology |
| | | | | School of Agricultural Education |
| | | | | Department of the Art of Teaching |
| | | | | Educational Administration |
| | | | | History of Education Department |
| | | | | School of Architecture |
| | | | | School of Civil Engineering |
| | | | | School of Drawing |
| | | | | School of Electrical Engineering |
| | | | | School of Law |
| | | | | Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds |
| | | | | School of Law
(continued) |
| | | | | School of Mechanical Engineering |
| | | | | Department of Physical Training for Men |
| | | | | Physical Training for Women |
| | | | | Law Department |
| | | | | School of Economics and Sociology |
| | | | | Philosophy of Education |
| | | | | Business Manager's Office |
| | | | | School of Home Economics |
| | | | | Drillmaster |
| | | | | Business Manager |
| | | | | Dean of Law Department |
| | | | | Bureau of Economic Geology and
Technology |
| | | | | Department of Extension |
| | | | | Library Department |
| | | | | Extension Department |
| | | | | Committee on Teachers |
| | | | | Student Life Staff |
| | | | | Extension Department |
| | | | | Student Life Staff |
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| 1963/058-7 | | | | | Non-academic departments
[5 files] |
| | | | | Board of Regents
[2 files] |
| | | | | Medical Department |
| | | | Texas A&M: |
| | | | | December 7, 1917 |
| | | | | December 8, 1917
[2 files] |
| | | | | December 11, 1917
[2 files] |
| | | | | December 12, 1917 |
| | | | Grubbs Vocational School |
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| 2000/157-1 | | | Exhibits and information not included in the
stenographic report: |
| | | | List of exhibits |
| | | | Exhibits A thru H-1 |
| | | | Exhibit I-1 |
| | | | Exhibits J-I thru U-1 |
| | | | John Tarleton Agricultural College |
| | | | University of Texas: |
| | | | | University of Texas
[2 files] |
| | | | | Extension Department, course syllabi |
| | | | | School of Geology |
| | | | | Information |
| | | | | Payroll |
| | | | | Stenographic bureau report |
| | | | | Salaries |
| | | | | Medical Department information |
| | | | | Galveston Medical School financial
information |
| | | | | Magazine officers |
| | | | | Bank statements |
| | | | Texas A&M exhibits [File 1 of 2] |
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| 2000/157-2 | | | | Texas A&M exhibits [File 2 of 2] |
| | | | Prairie View Normal and Industrial College
information |
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Records of Subcommittee 10,
1917-1918,
0.18 cubic ft.
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| A stenographic report, testimony, reports, financial data, and
indexes, 1917-1918, document the investigation performed by Subcommittee 10 of
the Texas House and Senate's Central Investigating Committees. Subcommittee 10
was composed of Representatives Johnson and McDowra and Senator Decherd. It was
to investigate: Commissioner of Agriculture; State Chemist; State Entomologist;
State Forester; State Livestock Sanitary Commission; State Reclamation
Engineer; State Veterinarian; State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners;
State Warehouse Board of Supervisors; State Board of Water Engineers; North
Texas Normal College; Board of Revision of Textbooks; Sam Houston Normal
Institute; Southwest Texas State Normal College; West Texas State Normal
College; East Texas State Normal College; State Superintendent of Public
Instruction; State Board of Examiners; State Textbook Board; and State Board of
Education. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are in page number order. |
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| 1963/058-8 | | | Index record |
| | | Summary of recommendations |
| | | Reports: |
| | | | Department of Agriculture |
| | | | State Forester and State Chemist |
| | | | State Entomologist |
| | | | Pure Feed Control |
| | | | Board of Water Engineers and Reclamation
Department |
| | | | Marketing and Warehouse Department |
| | | | Public Weighers |
| | | | State Livestock Sanitary Commission and State Board of
Veterinary Medical Examiners |
| | | | Supplement to reports |
| | | | State Board of Education |
| | | Testimony: |
| | | | Department of Agriculture |
| | | | State Forester |
| | | | Department of Agriculture |
| | | | Board of Water Engineers and Reclamation
Department |
| | | | Warehouse and Marketing Department |
| | | | Public Weighers |
| | | | Federal Bureau of Animal Industry regarding the
Livestock Sanitary Commission |
| | | | Livestock Sanitary Commission |
| | | | Southwest Texas Normal School |
| | | | North Texas State Normal College |
| | | | Sam Houston Normal School |
| | | | State Normal Board of Regents and Normal Schools
generally |
| | | | Department of Education |
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Assorted,
1917-1918,
fractional
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| Records consist of draft legislation, an index, and loose pages
from stenographic reports, 1917-1918, resulting from the work of the Central
Investigating Committees of the Texas Legislature's House and Senate. The loose
pages are from undetermined locations in the stenographic books of the
subcommittees. The draft legislation was written by several of the committee
members, following a review of several departments of the state government. The
legislation proposed the adoption a civil service system for state
employees. |
| All records date from October 1917 to January 1918. |
| Arrangement |
| Records are unorganized. |
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| 1963/058-5 | | | General index of entire record |
| box |
| 1963/058-6 | | | Assorted loose pages from the stenographic
reports |
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| 2000/157-2 | | | Report on civil services by the chairs of Special
Investigating Committees,
January 10, 1918 |
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