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The Texas Historical Foundation (THF) was created at the first
meeting of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee (TSHSC) in 1953 as the
committee’s fundraising and grant writing arm. The TSHSC, since 1973 known as the
Texas Historical Commission (THC), was created in 1953 by Senate Concurrent
Resolution 44 of the 53rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, to administer a
comprehensive program of historic building and architecture preservation in the
state of Texas. Initially a subcommittee of the TSHSC, in 1965 the Foundation became
a separate entity whose mission remained the financial support of the TSHSC. In
addition to its fundraising activities, the THF also publishes a quarterly magazine,
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The Texas Historical Foundation (THF) was the fundraising and grant writing arm of the Texas Historical Commission (formerly Texas State Historical Survey Committee). The bulk of the records concern fundraising, primarily grant applications to outside agencies, reports to granting agencies, information regarding National Trust grants, and fundraising events, dating 1972-1981, undated. Also present are correspondence, memoranda, board of directors' meeting minutes, bylaws, articles of incorporation, budgets, financial statements, program proposals, annual reports, committee lists, promotional material for historically-themed events in Texas, Texas Heritage Project newsletters, project working papers and planning documents, symposia agenda, press releases, fliers, news clippings, and draft legislation related to historic preservation, dating 1966-1981, undated. Subjects include fundraising for the Texas Historical Commission to support its goals of historic building preservation and conservation, documentation of the Bybee furniture traveling exhibit, the Houston Conference for the Revitalization of the Inner City, and general and conference records of the Texas Heritage Council, 1977-1978, 1981. Individuals represented in the collection include Faith Poorman Bybee, an avid collector of period furniture and homes; former Commission directors Truett Latimer, Curtis D. Tunnell, and Robert Watson; and Charles Woodburn, former president of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
These records are in their original order as received by from the agency and have been organized intellectually into nine series by State Archives staff. The series are listed alphabetically by record type, with one series further arranged into subseries:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
These records were appraised and determined to be archival by Laura K. Saegert in 1999.
Reviewed and organized by Laura K. Saegert in 2000
Processed by student volunteer Chloe Edwards in December 2011
Accession number: 2000/020
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Historical Commission on December 20, 1999.
The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains Texas Historical Foundation Board of Directors’ lists, bylaws, articles of incorporation, budgets, financial statements, project balances and reports, Foundation newsletters, trust fund documents, notices of grant disbursement, THF program proposals, and receipts and lists of top Texas corporations, dating 1970-1981, undated.
These records are arranged in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Administrative records, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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This series contains two copies of the 1978-1979 biennial report of the Texas Historical Foundation.
The records consist of two copies of a report.
(Identify the item), Biennial report, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains minutes, agenda, program proposals, memoranda of understanding, annual reports, articles of incorporation, bylaws, grant proposals, earnings statements and balance sheets, committee lists, and special reports from Texas Historical Foundation Board of Directors’ meetings. Also present are occasional promotional pamphlets for historically-themed events in Texas, dating 1967-1980.
These records are arranged in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Board of Directors' meeting records, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains general correspondence related to grants, meeting attendance, and financial issues, and correspondence requesting forms and photographs from the agency, dating 1969-1981.
These records are arranged in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Correspondence, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains correspondence and memoranda of the executive director, Board of Director’s meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and a resume, dating 1972, 1980-1981.
These records are in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Executive Director files, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains an audit report of the Texas Historical Foundation, financial statements, two copies of the foundation’s IRS certification as a 501(c)(3) organization, a proposal for and fundraising correspondence relating to the creation of a preservation revolving fund, applications for disbursement of fund money, and notifications of fund disbursements, dating 1966, 1973-1981, undated.
These records are arranged in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Financial records, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains correspondence, grant applications and reports to granting agencies, photocopied news articles, and Texas Preservation Gala event planning notes, dating 1972-1980, undated.
These records are intellectually arranged in two subseries, Grants and Events, but remain physically in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Fundraising records, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Records are correspondence, grant applications and information forms, photocopied news articles, reports to granting agencies, conference programs, and photocopied news articles, dating 1972-1980, undated.
Records are correspondence, event planning notes, organization trees and tentative schedules related to the Texas Preservation Gala, dating 1976-1978.
The Texas Historical Foundation is the grant-writing and fundraising arm of the Texas Historical Commission, known until 1973 as the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. This series contains correspondence and memoranda, planning documents, working papers, budgets, presentation drafts, transcripts, symposia agenda, Texas Heritage Project newsletters, press releases, invitations to state historical events, fliers, news clippings, and other promotional material related to special projects of the Texas Historical Foundation, including the Houston Conference for the Revitalization of the Inner City, a traveling exhibit of the Bybee furniture, and THF-sponsored historical tour holidays, dating 1972, 1974-1981.
These records are arranged in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Project files, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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Texas Heritage Council supported nonprofit preservation groups in Texas from 1977 to 1982, and dissolved in 1983. This series contains correspondence, draft preservation legislation, conference schedules, agendas and fliers, hotel booking confirmations, and a list of proposed bills in the Texas House and Senate relating to historic preservation, dating 1977-1978, 1981.
These records are arranged in their original order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Texas Heritage Council, Texas Historical Foundation records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.