Prepared by the Republican Party of Texas in 1966; also includes a 1966 Republican National Committee report titled How to Get Elected, a Republican State Central Committee report of 1963 titled Care and Feeding of Candidates, and some clippings from 1972

Clippings about John Hill, information on ethics and financial disclosure from Texas statutes, text of Clements before the Von Dohlen Committee of the Texas Legislature on tax relief, information on results of various political polls regarding the governor’s race between Clements and John Hill, and notes by Rita Crocker Clements

For the week ending November 11, including all contributions with name, address, and amount contributed, pages 1-175

Press releases issued by the Clements campaign

Weekly Reports of receipts and disbursements for the Clements campaign

Letters, memos, and notes about six matching silver butter plates with MMN monogrammed on them given to Mrs. Neff when her husband Pat was Governor, other furniture to be used in the Mansion, and lists of furniture that has been boxed and sent to Central Supply for auction and other furniture that was not be repaired, and information on drapes to be used in the Governor’s private quarters

Working lists, Memos, notes, and various lists of furnishings with some status reports on items on the lists

Minutes and other materials relating to meetings of the Advisory Council of the Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities, tentative text for an illustrated brochure on the Governor’s Mansion, two versions of text for Mansion tour guides to use in giving tours, transcripts of two papers on Greek Revival Architecture presented Roy Graham and Blake Alexander at the 1969 Windedale Workshop, letters, notes, and correspondence of Lynn Osborne about and draft of her report on the architectural and interior furnishings with a bibliography on the Texas Governor’s Mansion done as a student in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas

Notes and correspondence

Letters, report by Roy Eugene Graham on the Architecture and Interior Considerations of the Governor’s Mansion, clipping of an article about Mrs. Briscoe leaving the Mansion, list of things Mrs. Briscoe did to the interior of the Mansion, and a list of resolutions of the Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities August 1, 1973

Proposals for improving the Mansion, Preston Smith, Letters, note, and report on proposed improvements, renovations, and redecorating for the Governor’s Mansion

William P. Clements, Jr., Letters, press release, clippings, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 23 concerning the appointment of a committee to study the need for restoration and renovation of the Governor’s Mansion, and a first draft of a book chapter titled “The Economic Impact of the Arts upon Communities,” by Bill D. Francis

Letters, memos, and notes concerning the ownership of the silver service from the battleship Texas (BB-35) and the possibility of giving a token item or items of that silver to the new and active Texas (CGN-39)

Christmas Gifts, 1981 RCC/WPC, Note about a Christmas wrapping service and a memo about Governor Clements making out a check to the Governor Clements Committee to reimburse it for paying for Christmas gifts sent out for Governor and Mrs. Clements

Gift Choices, RCC/WPC, Letters, memo, and notes regarding ordering items to be sent out as gifts

Family Tree, Exchange of letters with the Texas Historical Commission on Crocker family, note, and list of guests for the Clements Family picnic at the Governor’s Mansion on July 14

Materials Request, Correspondence regarding people wanting objects

Response General, Miscellaneous letters sent to Mrs. Clements. The last item in the folder is a detailed memorandum from Governor Clements on how all correspondence of the Governor’s office is to be handled and filed.

Recipe Requests, Correspondence with individuals and groups involved in collecting recipes for a cookbook most often as a fundraising project

Supporters [see Congrats file for early supporters], Mostly congratulatory letters on becoming Governor

Volunteer Offers, Letters regarding offering assistance

Governor’s Position Papers, Notes and position papers and form letters of Governor Clements on a wide variety of issues for distribution to people who write to the Governor’s Office about those issues

Inaugural, Family Activity, Memos, notes, and schedules for various individuals and family groups for the inaugural festivities

Legislature, General Information, Letter from Mrs. Peyton McKnight resigning her position as president of the Senate Ladies Club, letter from the new president Mrs. Bernice Trager providing names of new officers of that club, cover letter for information sent to Joann Cook, and lists of members of the Texas Senate and House of Representatives

Phone System, Letters, memos, notes concerning the installation of phones in the Mansion and the Cambridge Towers and the use and possible misuse of state phones, and instructions for using the Centrex phone system

Attendance, Present, Monthly records of time worked by certain Mansion employees, login/logout sheets for Department of Public Safety officers at the Mansion, October 15-December 22, 1979, and list of official state holidays September 1978-August 1979

Memos in which are listed the days on the month on which functions were scheduled, the times of the events, the nature of the function and the person in charge of supervising the function, and the group for whom the function was scheduled. [Note: It is noted on the label that documents of this type were not created in 1979, 1980, and 1981.]

Summary of scheduled functions, Mansion Event Request Forms, letters, memos, notes, and schedules regarding some of the events schedules

Mansion function event request form, party information sheet, invitation, response cards, and letters regarding the dinner at the Mansion for former governors and their wives

Party information sheets for private meals in the Mansion March 15-30 and party sheet, memos, and notes concerning meetings to prepare for the April 1, 1982 Press Tour of the Mansion

Invitation, clippings, letters, memos, notes, lists of people to be invited, and a detailed daily schedule for Governor Clements regarding a concert and reception honoring Senora Carmen Romano de Lopez Portillo, wife of the President of Mexico

Visits, Party information sheets, letters, memos, notes, detailed schedules for Governor Clements, lists of people accompanying the Mexican Governors, lists of people invited to various functions, schedules for events during visits by Mexican Governors, Newsletters of the Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, list of gifts Governor Clements received on visits to Mexican states during 1979-1980, and press releases, regarding visits by Governors Oscar Flores Tapia of Coahuila, Alfonso Martinez Dominguez of Nuevo Leon, and Manuel Bernardo Aquirre of Chihuahua to Texas

Party information sheets, bills, letters, memos, notes, menus, and clipping