Restoration--Arts/Humanities Commission--Mansion Exterior, Smith - 1972
- TxAM-CRS 1322-S0009-B0046-F0009
- Unidad documental compuesta
- 1972
Letter concerning exterior lighting during the term of Preston Smith
Restoration--Arts/Humanities Commission--Mansion Exterior, Smith - 1972
Letter concerning exterior lighting during the term of Preston Smith
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Pease Collection--Governor's Mansion - 1982
Notes about, descriptions of, notes of conversations about, and signed gift form regarding certain pieces of Pease furniture in the Mansion collection
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Sam Houston Bedroom - 1978
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
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Silver Pieces - 1964-1979
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
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Furnishings Repair - 1979
Note about and business card from Tera Nance who wanted to care for antique clocks in the Mansion, notes about the condition of an electric mixer memo about and copy of a form to be used in removing items from the Mansion for repair, and notes about repairing or restoring other Mansion furniture
Arts & Humanities Commission, Dolph Briscoe Administration - 1974-1975
Report on the history of the Mansion by William Seale, Note about Seale’s books The Tasteful Interlude and Recreating the Historic Home Interior, a review of the latter of the two, letter from the Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities, memo from the Commission concerning employing William Seale as a consultant regarding the Mansion, copy of an agreement between the Commission and Seale, and a copy of Seale’s report on the Governor’s Mansion lacking the paint report and some other unspecified material
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Interior - January-March, 1979
William P. Clements, Jr., Letters, memos, notes, and a clipping concerning possible complete renovation of the Governor’s Mansion
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Research - 1972-1979
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
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Landscaping - 1968-1972
Preston Smith, Letters, memos, notes, photocopies of photographs of statues on the Mansion grounds, draft text of a state historical marker for the Mansion, state purchase order for the materials needed for an underground sprinkler system for the Mansion, and reports of proposed changes and improvements to the Mansion gardens and the landscaping of the Mansion, types and numbers of flowers and trees to be planted, and results of soil tests in the gardens
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Operating - 1960-1972
Preston Smith, Letters, memos one of deals with and has attached to it a list of furniture removed from three rooms of the Mansion, purchase requests and orders, and a schedule for Mansion employees including some changes among them
Arts & Humanities Commission, Mansion--Research on House - 1972-1981
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
Memos about and monthly reports on the budget for the Governor’s Mansion
Mansion--Correspondence - 1980-1981
Materials Request, Correspondence regarding postcards of the Mansion and surrounding grounds and making a model of the Mansion
Mansion--Correspondence - 1981
No Answer, Letters and notes to Mrs. Clements to which no responses were written. Includes one note from Barbara Bush.
Mansion--Correspondence - 1980
Recipe Requests, Letters and notes concerning requests for favorite recipes primarily from individuals and groups compiling cookbooks
Mansion--Correspondence - 1980
Special Requests for Aid, Letters and notes concerning requests for assistance with a variety of problems
Mansion--Correspondence - 1980-1982
Gifts Received Personal, Notes, records of gifts given to Governor and Mrs. Clements mostly at Christmas time, and thank you letters from Mrs. Clements for the gifts
Mansion--Correspondence - 1978 & 1979
Form Letters, List of and copies of form letters used in responding to letters sent to Mrs. Clements in 1978 and possibly 1979
Mansion--Correspondence - 1979-1980
Governor’s Official Portrait, Letters, memos, notes, and information on portrait artists who might be considered to paint the official portrait of Governor Clements at the end of his service as Governor
Mansion--Weekly Schedules - 1982
Abbreviated schedules for Governor and Mrs. Clements primarily regarding their meals during each day of the week
Mansion--Functions - April-September, 1982
Invitation lists for Friends of the Governor’s Mansion functions in the Mansion
Mansion--Functions - December, 1982
Summary of scheduled functions, invitations, invoices for foods for some functions, lists of people invited, and invitations
Mansion--Function Requests - June, 1982-January, 1983
Regrets, Letters, memos, and notes about requests to have functions in the Mansion that could not be accommodated
Mansion--Functions - August, 1982
Summary of scheduled functions, Mansion event request forms, party information sheets, letters, memos, notes, guest lists
Mansion--Functions - May, 1982
Summary of scheduled functions, Mansion event request forms, party information sheets, memos, notes, invoices, lists of people invited, lists of people who accepted invitations, seating chart, and invitation
Mansion--Functions - April, 1982
Summary of scheduled functions, Party information sheets, letters, memos, notes, invitation lists, and menus
Mansion--Functions - April 30, 1981
Party information sheet, letters, memos, notes, receipts, menu, and list of foreign consuls in Houston for a courtesy call reception for those consuls apparently in the Capitol
Mansion--Functions, Apartment - January-August, 1980
Party information sheets, bills, memos, notes, letters, clipping, and menus concerning functions in the Governor’s apartment and in the office reception rooms
Mansion--Functions - June-July, 1979
Party information sheets, letters, memos, notes, menus, lists of people invited or attending, seating chart, and record of reimbursable expenses
Mansion--Functions - April, 1979
Mansion event request forms, party information sheets, menus, letters, memos, notes, clippings, list of people invited and/or attending, seating chart, invitation
Mansion--Tours - December, 1982
Letters, memos, and registration records for groups to tour the Mansion
Mansion--Tours - October, 1982
Letters and registration records for groups to tour the Mansion
Registration records for groups to tour the Mansion
Letters, memos, notes, and registration records for groups to tour the Mansion