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Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Texas Bluebonnet Girls State Records,
1942-2010
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Creator: |
Texas Bluebonnet Girls
State |
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Title: |
Texas Bluebonnet Girls State
Records |
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Dates: |
1942-2010 |
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Abstract: |
Publications, photographs,
scrapbooks, operating records, videocassettes and a documentary film trace the
history of Bluebonnet Girls State, a program sponsored by the American Legion
Auxiliary that aims to educate high-school age girls in the rights and
responsibilities of American citizenship. |
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Accession No.: |
AR 95-097; 95-172; 96-373; 97-214; 98-229; 2008-184;
2009-182; 2012-001 |
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Extent: |
8 ft., 9 in. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Texas, Bluebonnet Girls
State aims to educate high-school age girls in the rights and responsibilities of
American citizenship. In annual weeklong sessions, participants, or “citizens,”
organize their own city, county, and state governments, conducting elections,
introducing and debating bills in a mock legislature, and learning the duties of
government offices. Two girls are selected annually to attend Girls Nation in
Washington, D. C.
Although the American Legion Auxiliary instituted Girls State in 1937, the Texas
program started three years later with the first and second Bluebonnet Girls States
held at Baylor University in 1941 and 1942, respectively. Meetings were suspended
during World War II, recommencing in 1946. One of the most influential figures in
Bluebonnet Girls State history was Frances Goff, who began working with the program
in 1947 and served as Director from 1952 until her death in 1994. That year, Connie
Bridges, a former Girls State citizen and 1974 Girls State governor, became
Executive Director.
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Publications, photographs, scrapbooks, operating records, videocassettes, and a
documentary film compose the Texas Bluebonnet Girls State Records, 1942-2008.
Publications in the collection include annual manuals, the summer Bluebonnet
newsletter, counselor and staff guidebooks, brochures, and sheet music. Black and
white photographic prints document the Bluebonnet Girls State sessions of the 1940s
and 1950s, while scrapbooks record participants’ activities from the late 1950s to
2002. Additionally, there are several photographs on compact disc of the Girls State
sessions for 2003-2008. The organization’s operating records consist of schedules,
programs, participant rosters, correspondence, memoranda, applications, minutes,
financial reports, invoices, and clippings. In addition, the records of Connie
Bridges pertain to the 1974 Girls State session, and a body of photographic material
documents the annual gift shop and hospital volunteer work of the American Legion
Auxiliary Department of Texas in the 1940s to 1950s.
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Access Restrictions
Portions of these records are restricted due to their sensitive financial nature.
Use of digital materials by appointment only; please contact digital archivist for more information.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Goff, Frances, 1916-1994. |
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Bridges, Connie. |
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Trahan, Mary Ellen. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Girls State. Texas. |
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American Legion. Auxiliary. Dept. of
Texas. |
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Subjects |
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Girls -- Societies and clubs -- Archival resources. |
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Women -- Education -- Texas. |
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Places |
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Texas. |
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Texas Bluebonnet Girls State Records, 1942-2008, Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin.
This collection was processed by Deborah Bloys, April 1995.
Subsequent revisions were made by Shelley Rowland, July 2008, Megan Mummey, July
2009, Laurel Rozema, August 2010, and Maria Soscia, March 2012.
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Inventory |
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Girls State publications: |
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Bluebonnet Girls State Manual, published
annually: |
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1955-1956, 1958-1976, 1978 |
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1964, 1966-1975, 1978-1979, 1981-1983, 1986-1990,
1992-1993, 1997, 1998, 2002 |
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Counselor and Staff Guidebook, 1969, 1997,
1998 |
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“Training Leaders for a Free Future: A History of Girls
State, 1937-1957” |
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“Guide for American Legion Auxiliary Girls State,”
1970, 1975 |
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Brochures, 1970, 1979, 1981,
1984 |
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Sheet music, “To the Auxiliary,” “For God and for Country,”
“Here’s to Girls State” |
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“The Bluebonnet,” newsletter |
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1967, 1979-1985 |
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| 2.325/G146 |
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1986, 1989-1990, 1996-2000,
2002-2003 |
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Operating records: Programs, correspondence, memoranda, rosters,
applications, minutes, financial reports and clippings |
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1965-1970 |
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Clippings, 1970 |
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1970-1979 |
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Invoices, financial records,
1979 |
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1979-1980 |
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Invoices, financial records,
1980 |
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1980-1981 |
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1981-1982 |
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Girls State transportation fee,
1982 |
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Waiting list, 1982 |
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Correspondence and form letters, 1982 and
undated |
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1982-1984 |
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Program and rosters, 1984 |
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Waiting lists, 1984 |
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1984-1986 |
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Arliss Treybig, Chairman, letters received,
1986 |
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Correspondence re. registration and waiting list,
1986 |
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Expense account forms, 1986 |
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Supplies received, 1986 |
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1986-1987 |
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Financial reports and accounts,
1986-1987 |
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1988-1991, 1994 |
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Schedule and roster, 1997 |
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Schedule and roster, 1998 |
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Legislation proposed in Girls State, 2004-2005 |
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Governor’s Proclamation, House and Senate Daily Floor
Reports, 2008 |
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Rental of Girls State film, 1979-1983
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Supplies ordered, 1980-1983 |
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Expense accounts, 1983-1985 |
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Blank certificates: |
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1989, 1991 |
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1992 |
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Collected publications: |
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Boys State Manual, The American Legion, Department of Texas,
1977 |
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“Know Your America: Suggested Study Course in Americanism,”
1977 |
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“The American Way: Stories… that rekindle pride in our
country,” 1975 |
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“Proudly We Hail: The Story of Our National Anthem,”
1965 |
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“Americanism Manual,” The American Legion,
undated |
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“The Key to the Constitution of the United States,”
1972 |
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“How to Display and Respect the Flag of the United States,”
1976 |
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“American Documents of Freedom,” American Revolution
Bicentennial, circa 1976 |
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“Bicentennial Times,” Vol. 1, No. 5, circa
1974 |
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Photographs: |
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Girls State sessions, 1942-1976, 1996,
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Ann Richards, Frances Goff, at Girls State, 1990,
1993 |
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Guest speaker file photographs and biographical information,
1990-1999 |
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Connie Grusendorf Bridges, records: |
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Lloyd Bentsen internship: Photographs, letters received (2
folders), 1974-1975 |
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Photographs, Girls State sessions, 1974,
1975 |
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Girls State, 1974: Letters received, schedules |
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Girls State session, 1975: Letters received, schedules,
rosters, staff guide |
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Clippings, 1974 |
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Department of Defense information packet, circa
1974-1975 |
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Girls State song lyrics, circa
1970s |
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The Washington Post,
July 12 and 13, 1974 |
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American Legion Mid-Winter Conference, 1993; Maryana Iskander
– Governor of Texas Girls State |
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Inauguration 1991 |
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American Legion Auxiliary, “Citizens of Tomorrow,” Texas
Bluebonnet Girls State, 1989 |
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Texas Bluebonnet Girls State, “The Fiftieth Session,”
1994 |
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Girls State, 1992 |
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Scrapbooks: |
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1959 |
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1958-1961 |
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1963-1967 |
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Federalist Party, 1965 |
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1958-1963 |
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Girls Nation, 1958; Bluebonnet Girls State,
1964-1966 |
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1968-1973 |
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1974-1977 |
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1978-1985 |
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1989 |
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1990 |
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1991 |
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1992 |
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1993 |
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1994-1996 |
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1997-1999 |
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2000 |
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2001-2002 |
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16mm film: Girls State documentary film, produced by the American
Legion Auxiliary Unit, undated |
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Oversize material: |
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“The Bluebonnet,” Special 50th Session Edition,
June 14, 1994 |
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Photograph, session participants, 1993
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| 2.325/OD5 |
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Photographic collage, Girls State participants,
circa 1974 |
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| 2.325/H11 |
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Annual Gift Shop and hospital volunteer work |
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Veterans Administration (V.A.) Hospital, Amarillo,
1947-1955 |
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V.A. Hospital, Big Spring, Texas,
1952-1954 |
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U. S. Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi,
1951-1952 |
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V.A. Hospital, Dallas, Texas,
1948-1959 |
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Houston, 1950-1955 |
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Legion Hospital, Kerrville,
1949-1954 |
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V.A. Hospital, McKinney, Texas,
1948-1955 |
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V.A. Hospital, Marlin, Texas,
1952-1954 |
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San Antonio, 1949-1956 |
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Temple, Texas, 1948-1954 |
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Waco, Texas, 1948-1959 |
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M.D. Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research, Houston, undated,
and The Cancer Bulletin, 1950
and 1951 |
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Bank statements, canceled checks, financial records,
1977-1986
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| 2.325/W96 |
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Photographs on CD: |
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2003 session backups (dated 6-12&13-2007): |
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GS2003A |
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GS2003B |
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GS2003C |
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GS2003D |
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GS2003E |
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GS2003F |
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2003 photos Mavica |
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GS2006 misc. and 2003 cont. (photographs from 2003 and
archive of an old Girls State website and PDF of “The
Bluebonnet” newsletters from 2005 and 2006.) |
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2005 session: |
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Arrival |
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Opening ceremony |
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Carol 151-153, court 279-288 |
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Party, city, flag, directors, Gov |
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Primary |
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General Election, Church |
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050603 (PDF of 2003 bluebonnet, production files and
photos for the 2004 Bluebonnet, and various documents related to
administration.) |
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2007 session: |
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07GS Arrival |
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’07 Opening assembly |
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GS2007, 6-14-07, Staff, campaigns, flag, city off,
swearing in |
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GS2007, 6-14-07, Party, campaign, flag |
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GS2007 Church, county officials, group |
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GS2007 Capital, R Anschutz |
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GS, 6-15-07, Talent, primary elections |
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GS2007, 6-16-07, Party sponsors, ledg staff, voire dire,
dist/state speeches |
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GS2007, 6-16-06 (error), Groups, talent, gen election
6-18-07, Talent night |
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2008 session |
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GS2008, Staff and arrival |
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GS08, 6-19-6-20, Flag, H&S (House & Senate),
primary, speeches, party |
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GS08, City off?, County officials, flag, state officials,
church, gen Election |
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Manuals: |
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2004 |
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2006 |
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2008 |
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2010 |
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Rosters, 2008 (5 copies) |
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Black and white photograph of Mary Ellen Trahan, long-time staff
member and director, and Dr. Peg O’Neill(?) staff member at Texas
Lutheran College (now University), ca. early 1970s |
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Promotional materials for the Girls State program supplied to
Director Connie Bridges |
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