Title:
Texas Secretary of State executive clemency records
Description:
One of the constitutional duties of the Texas Secretary of State is to register all official acts and proceedings of the governor, including proclamations. Since 1869, the governor was required to file, in the office of the Secretary of State, his reasons for granting executive clemency. Between 1946 and 1960, the Parole Division of the Texas Secretary of State maintained records and prepared all clemency proclamations issued by the governor. All of these functions are documented in these records, which include executive record books, clemency proclamations, indexes to clemency proclamations, applications for pardons and other forms of executive clemency, and registers of applications for pardons. They comprise records of executive clemency created by the Governors of the State of Texas, and maintained by the Texas Secretary of State, dating 1840, 1845-2009. The General indexes to pardons and remissions of fines and General indexes to paroles, remissions, and commutations volumes described in the Indexes to clemency proclamations series, as well as volumes 4-20/687 through 4-20/194A from the Governor's clemency proclamations series have been digitized and are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Texas Secretary of State executive clemency records
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State. Statutory Documents Section
Date of creation:
1840
Date range of creation:
1845 to 2009
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Clemency
Subject:
Fines (Penalties)
Subject:
Pardons
Subject:
Texas. Office of the Governor
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Indexes (reference sources)
Type:
Judicial records
Type:
Petitions
Type:
Proclamations
Type:
Registers (lists)
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Secretary of State executive clemency records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records have been organized into five series:The records are organized into the following series: Executive record books containing pardon records, 1846-1917, 12.58 cubic ft. (originals); 13 reels of microfilm (duplicates); Governor's clemency proclamations, 1870, 1874-2009, 15.21 cubic ft. (originals), 163 reels of microfilm (originals), 9 reels of microfilm (duplicates); Indexes to clemency proclamations, 1846-1970, 3.96 cubic ft., 3 reels of microfilm; Applications for pardons, 1840, 1845-1938, bulk 1880-1900, 77 cubic ft. ; Registers of applications for pardons, 1887-1891, 1915-1940, 2.68 cubic ft.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Size or duration:
111.43 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/30056.html
