Letter, note, invoice, and copy of check issued to purchase furniture

Letters, invoices, and copies of checks issued to purchase furniture

Correspondence, notes, copy of an article titled “Living with Antiques” from the May 1982 Dallas-Fort Worth Home & Garden about the company operated by Loyd Taylor and Paxton Gremillion, invoice, and copy of check to pay for furniture

Letters, invoices for items of furniture and materials he ordered for the Mansion, and copies of checks to pay Mace

Invoices and copies of checks to pay Mace for items of furniture and materials he ordered for the mansion

Letters, invoice, and copy of check to pay for furniture

Letters, order letter, invoice, and copy of check to pay for furniture

Letters, notes, invoices and copies of checks to pay for furniture

Letters and historical and pictorial brochures about the Illinois Governor’s Mansion

Letters, reproduction of a pen and ink sketch of, and listing of points of interest in the Indians Governor’s Mansion

Letter from Governor Carlos S. Camacho and a brochure about the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Letter from the Governor’s Residence Liaison reporting Michigan’s governor’s residence is not open to the public and has no brochures about it

Letter from the Administrative Assistant of the Governor’s Ceremonial House Council enclosing a questionnaire apparently sent to all states about restoring or preserving governor’s mansions. A copy of the questionnaire completed by Joann C. Cook is included

Letter from the social secretary to Mrs. Joseph P. Teasdale, wife of the Governor enclosing a copy of a brochure about preserving the Missouri mansion. The brochure is not present.

Letter, note, and article about the renovation and restoration of governor’s mansions in Iowa, Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky, and New Jersey from the October 1 New York Times

Letter from an assistant to the Governor of Saint Thomas reporting they were unable to find plans used in the renovation of the Governor’s Mansion in the 1930’s

Letter from Utah First Lady Norma W. Matheson, brochures about the historic Kearns Mansion the residence of Utah governors between 1937 and 1956, and a large envelope including west and east elevations of the Kearns Mansion on the front and back

Letters, notes, copy of an act of the Virginia General Assembly to establish a Citizens’ Advisory Committee on the Furnishing and Interpreting of the executive Mansion, and a brochure to solicit membership in the Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Also includes a brochure about the Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg and a brochure and a flyer about Carter’s Grove Plantation

Letter from the Director of the Executive Residence regarding a renovation and furnishing of the mansion in 1966-1967

Note and a brochure about the White House autographed by Jimmy Carter on the section that is a photograph of him and Mrs. Carter on a balcony

[Note: The following folders come from a box labeled Mansion Curating System. The box contained seven three-ring binders labeled curating system—alphabetical, one binder labeled Governor’s memento collection, one labeled items loaned to the Mansion and items loaned out from Mansion, and one labeled items missing, sold or transferred. It also included many file folders containing information on items in the Mansion and one folder of information related to appraisals of Mansion furnishings.]
The seven binders contained information sheets on various types of objects in alphabetical order by type of object. Information sheets contain the name of the person creating the form, descriptions of items, a color Polaroid photograph of most of them, record of appraisals, and information on the history of the object(s).

The items described in this folder were reported as being loaned out to other state offices

Exchange of letters between Mrs. Mary Frances Savell Wright of Clyde Texas and Joann C. Cook concerning certain items of furniture including three chairs and some china Governor John Sayers left in the Mansion when his term ended

Copy from a summary of Mansion Board of Supervisors minutes of the April 1, 1932 meeting reporting the presentation of a “lovely silver bowl” by Governor William P. Hobby as a gift in memory of his wife

Letters, memo, equipment purchase notice form recording the gift to the Mansion by Mrs. Goldie Horton Porter of a porcelain Compote, August Rex Meissen Stand valued at $5,000 in 1972

Note, appraisal by Southwest Antique Galleries, donation contract, records of donated materials, and a thank you letter to Mrs. Ima C. Wittman all relating to two mirrors belonging to her parents Olin and Mary Lou Culberson for display in the Governor’s Mansion and were to be given to the University of Texas if they were taken down from display in theMansion

Note to Briscoe Furnishing File and what appears to be some sort of inventory control form concerning a large brass pot, an English China clock, and a German large walnut wall clock purchased with Executive Department funds and were not on the Mansion inventory as of June 11, 1979

Page from a report on the acquisition of furnishings during 1973-1978 relating to the purchase of a bed canopy and a hand crochet coverlet, 1978

Memo, note, property acquisition notice, and photocopy of a clipping from the January 2, 1927 San Antonio Express containing one exterior and two interior photographs of the Mansion regarding a picture postcard of the Governor’s Mansion ca. 1927 given by Walter Mathis for display in the private quarters of the Mansion

One page from record of furniture in the Mansion containing information on a sleigh type sofa and a bill for the repair, refinishing, and recovering of that piece of furniture known as the Pease Sofa

Letters, memos, notes, invoices, and summary of all furnishings and backgrounds installed in the Governor’s Mansion through Revelle & Co. by Larry S. Schrader, Jr.

Samples of stationery, a Christmas card with a color photograph of the Mansion on the front, brochures, booklets about the Mansion after restoration was completed, and letter about and program for Mrs. Clements receiving an award from the Heritage Society of Austin for preservation of the Mansion