Pease Collection in Pease Room Texas State Library, Notes, copies of acquisition documents, and excerpts from Texas State Library Newsletters about acquisition of Pease materials by the Texas State Library

Relic Storage, Letters, donation records forms, accession records, notes, and copies of pages from the Relic Location List of the Texas State library concerning items given by the great-grandchildren of Governor and Mrs. Elisha M. Pease to the Texas State Library

Missing Materials, Reports, mostly undated, concerning missing items

Texas State Library Documentation, Notes, copies from Texas State Library Newsletters, lists of furniture, clippings, and a report titled Evolution of the Pease Collection Given to the Texas State Library

Clements “Pease Collection,” Letters, memos, and notes about Pease items already in the Mansion collection and seeking information on other Pease materials and documents that might be made available to the Mansion for the planned second state bedroom to be names the Elisha M. Pease Bedroom

Notes about, descriptions of, notes of conversations about, and signed gift form regarding certain pieces of Pease furniture in the Mansion collection

Letters, notes, memos, and an agreement concerning certain pieces of Pease family furniture belonging to the Texas State Library and Archives but on loan to the Governor’s Office. Two bookcases had been taken to the Texas Water Commission office by Lee Biggart

Letters and transcripts or summaries of conversations with descendents of Governor and Mrs. Pease concerning a metal encased clock of uncertain date sometimes claimed to have been in the Governor’s Mansion during Governor Pease’s tenure there beginning in 1857. It appears that an older clock might have been put inside a metal housing at some point possibly after 1900

Pre-Clements, Books, articles, Letters, memos, notes, sections on the Mansion from reports of Governors John Connally, Dolph Briscoe, and Preston Smith, bibliography of books with information on the Governor’s Mansion, clipping, a description of the Mansion during the Allan Shivers Administration, and a booklet on the Mansion published during the time Preston Smith was Governor

William P. Clements, Jr., Letters, memos, notes, reports, clippings, copy of the speech of Dorothy Blodgett representing Mrs. Rita Clements at the Docents Organization at Bayou Bend Museum in Houston, records of structural changes and alterations to the Mansion, typed copy of a March 29, 1883 article about the Mansion from the Austin Weekly Statesman, list of governors who occupied the Mansion with dates 157-1979, an inventory of furniture and articles of Governors Mansion on November 8, 1961, copies of plans of the Mansion done for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936, list of renovations and improvements to the Mansion 1950-1978, report on the renovation of the air conditioning system of in 1962, and an anonymous 16 page document about Miriam Ferguson

Report by consultants and architects Revell & Company of Austin on the bedroom and its furnishings including what alterations were made to the room over time

Letter, excerpts from Texas Governor’s Wives by Pearl Cashell Jackson (1916) and the Austin Statesman (January 2, 1912) record of backgrounds and furnishings installed in the room by Larry A. Schrader and Revelle & Co. with values of each item, invoices from Revelle & Co. for items supplied and services rendered, and a memo concerning the gift of a dressing table by Revelle & Co.

Memos, notes, requests for bids, invoices, purchase vouchers, lists of items to be placed on inventory, record of gifts received at the Mansion for state use, letter about and list of silver given to the Mansion in the will of Miss Ima Hogg, notes thanking donors of silver to the Mansion, list of silver given in honor of Governor and Mrs. John B. Connally, and list of silver items donated

Letters, note, information on funding for the Texas Commission for the Arts and spending by major Texas arts institutions, information on Patricia E. Collins of Richardson, and clipping about John Paul Batiste, executive director of the commission

Letters, memos, notes, lists, and clippings related to furnishings in or belonging to the Governor’s Mansion including a 1861 inventory of the articles in the governor’s house, an article titled Where the Governors of Texas Live and Transact Business from the October 23, 1921 Austin Statesman, a six page summary of the evolution of the Mansion’s construction and changes to it, two pages of a transcript of an interview with Miss Ima Hogg in May 1962, excerpts from the minutes of the Texas Commission on Art and Humanities between 1973 and 1978, summary of minutes of the Mansion Board, 1931-1943, various notes and transcript of a conversation about the Beltar Parlor Set, information on numerous other furniture pieces and other furnishings, information on the Ima Hogg Rosewood parlor set, and the donation of Sam Houston Allred’s baby quilt to the Fort Belknap Archives

Correspondence about Mrs. Clements writing an introduction for the community calendar the organization produced, copy of the introduction, and brochure about the organization

Letters and notes about Mrs. Clements serving as honorary chairman of the event, program booklet about the 1987 event, and text of Mrs. Clements’ remarks at the seminar on November 10

Letter, brochure, and program for 1986 Gala

Letters, notes, brochure, list of contributors of $500 or more, list of upcoming fundraisers, airline itinerary, and outline for Mrs. Clements remarks at the event in Longview

Programs for luncheons and forums, clippings, list of suggestions to prevent muggings, robberies, and assaults, recommendations for anti-crime legislation, information packet for a forum, and text of Mrs. Clements speech at the 1987 forum

Letter about nominating someone for the Texas-Parent Professional Information network, news release abut the T-PPIN, and nomination form

Letters, notes, and clipping about Mrs. Clements speaking to the group about her responsibilities as First Lady of Texas

Press Conference, Memo, notes, and text of Mrs. Clements’ brief remarks at the event to kick off the month

Letters and notes about Mrs. Clements serving as Honorary Chairperson of the “Gift of Tennis” Pro-Am tournament and White Tennis Ball. Mrs. Clements agreed to be the honorary chairperson, but a note on the outside of the folder indicated that she did not attend.

Letter and note regarding a tour of and tea at the Governor’s Mansion for the group

Correspondence about Mrs. Clements speaking to the Austin Pan American Round Table luncheon and schedule of the luncheon meetings

Letters, invitation, regarding the luncheon, style show, and silent auction [Note: The original file folder gave the date of November 15, but the invitation gave the date as October 11 and the honored guest as Mrs. Marilyn T. Quayle. None of the other documents has a date.]

Invitation to a tea at the Governor’s Mansion at which Mrs. Clements was co-chairman

Letters, notes, map, brochure, and two versions of Mrs. Clements’ remarks about the improving Texas economy in Austin

Letters, notes, text of a public service announcement, press release, and copy of Mrs. Clements’ speech titled The Role of Women in Government at the organization’s meeting in Austin

Letters, course outline for the organization’s parent-child education program, clippings, brochure, newsletter of the North American Network of Family Resource Programs, booklet about the programs offered, and a publicity packet about the family support and education programs of the organization devoted primarily to assist Hispanic families

Invitation, draft script, and copy of Mrs. Clements’ at the ceremony in Austin

Newspaper clippings, short articles, and other articles titled Baker: Meeting the Leadership Challenge form an unidentified issue of First Monday probably in 1973, The Ambivalent Senator Baker from the September 30, 1973 New York Times Magazine, and Political Profiles: Howard Baker, Jr. and Bill Brock from the September 1973 Ripon Forum

Republican Party Ballot Security notebook containing sections on federal laws and procedures, an outline of frauds, problems, and errors in previous elections, fighting fraud, voting machines, a roster of ballot security officials in the states, and clippings, articles and brief reports

Poll watcher’s guide, memos, letters, forms, clippings, brochures, Report to the Legislature of Louisiana by the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate the Rigging of Voting Machines, press release from the Republican National Committee wit a report titled Towards Fair Elections in America, outline for instructing Republican Election Officers/Watchers in Voting Machine Precincts