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Event files, 2001-2015

Event files, 2001-2015, 0.1 cubic ft. and 481.53 MB (12,690 files) (paper, digital)

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Scope and Content
Major responsibilities of the Press Office under Governor Rick Perry included providing public relations support for Governor Perry and First Lady Anita Perry by issuing press releases and media advisories on their activities and actions; writing speeches and public service announcements for them; and creating visual and audio documentation of their public events. Event files created and maintained by this office comprise electronic and paper records including appointment news releases, general news releases, event briefs, media advisories, opinion editorials, letters to the editor, monthly newspaper columns, schedules, white papers, and publications, dating 2001-2015.

Appointment news releases provide biographical and statistical information on Governor Perry’s appointees to agencies, boards, commissions, task forces, the judiciary, district attorneys, and universities. In some instances there are accompanying headshots of appointees.

Event briefs often supply the following information: event title, date, time, location, purpose, schedule, participants, background information, attire, audience (size, description, elected officials and VIPs), press attendance, whether remarks will be made and for how long, Press Office staff attending, contact information for event coordinator, and the name of the Press Office staff who prepared the form. Sometimes included with these materials are interview details, question and answer materials, and talking points for the particular public event.

Media advisories detail specifics of upcoming public appearances for the governor. These items were sent to the press but were not for publication. Along with a description of the event, these records include the date of the event, time, location, purpose of the event, and any media restrictions.

General news releases cover a wide variety of topics including criminal justice, education, health care, environment, legislation, and economic issues, along with a set of releases specifically for the Secretary of State’s Office.

Opinion editorials, letters to the editor, and monthly columns include completed articles and supporting documentation for public policy decisions made by the governor.

Schedule files detail the governor’s activities for a single day, including meetings, briefings, events with the legislature, attendees, and contact personnel for each appointment.

White paper topics include public education, higher education, student loans, homeowners insurance, health care, school finance, transportation, and water resources.

Publications feature a 2011 inauguration brochure, a Governor’s Mansion coloring and activity book, and articles on the Governor’s Cup, Texas Highways and the Texas Historical Commission.

Formats of the original electronic files include word processing or plain text files (.doc, .docx, .txt), spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx), PDFs, PowerPoint and webpages. Digital files presented for public use will generally be PDF for text documents or spreadsheets. Files in their original format are available on request; restrictions may apply.


Arrangement

These records are arranged in alphabetical order based on subject, as organized by the originating agency. Within each folder, records are arranged chronologically.
Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Event files, Texas Governor Rick Perry Press Office records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.


Inventory of the Event files

Texas-Digital-Archive
E2015/117 Appointments:
2001 [5.26 MB (272 files)]
2002 [3.65 MB (171 files)]
2003 [11.8 MB (232 files)]
2004 [5.93 MB (216 files)]
2005 [5.37 MB (169 files)]
2006 [5.83 MB (209 files)]
2007 [7.66 MB (213 files)]
2008 [9.36 MB (257 files)]
2009 [12.1 MB (300 files)]
2010 [5.87 MB (156 files)]
2011 [10.4 MB (260 files)]
2012 [7.04 MB (189 files)]
2013 [8.59 MB (245 files)]
2014 [4.22 MB (160 files)]
2015 [406 KB (15 files)]
Event briefs: (RESTRICTED)
[Contains possibly excepted information: home phone numbers for government employees]
2001 [2.03 MB (88 files)]
2002 [2.29 MB (85 files)]
2003 [4.48 MB (134 files)]
2004 [3.25 MB (91 files)]
2005 [4.22 MB (100 files)]
2006 [2.38 MB (45 files)]
2007 [1.02 MB (28 files)]
2008 [4.00 MB (115 files)]
2009 [6.50 MB (177 files)]
2010 [1.78 MB (53 files)]
2011 [2.98 MB (92 files)]
2012 [947 KB (46 files)]
2013 [4.61 MB (168 files)]
2014 [5.08 MB (130 files)]
2015 [130 KB (7 files)]
Media advisories:
2001 [6.76 MB (249 files)]
2002 [8.65 MB (279 files)]
2003 [6.22 MB (210 files)]
2004 [11.1 MB (421 files)]
2005 [3.91 MB (154 files)]
2006 [2.65 MB (109 files)]
2007 [3.50 MB (103 files)]
2008 [3.96 MB (119 files)]
2009 [4.46 MB (126 files)]
2010 [3.88 MB (110 files)]
2011 [2.22 MB (61 files)]
2012 [2.22 MB (70 files)]
2013 [2.07 MB (80 files)]
2014 [1.44 MB (52 files)]
2015 [56.4 KB (2 files)]
News releases:
2001 [7.63 MB (278 files)]
2002 [24.5 MB (472 files)]
2003 [14.9 MB (372 files)]
2004 [22.2 MB (708 files)]
2005 [12.0 MB (349 files)]
2006 [25.7 MB (264 files)]
2007 [23.2 MB (390 files)]
2008 [10.6 MB (264 files)]
2009 [7.96 MB (204 files)]
2010 [9.28 MB (232 files)]
2011 [5.56 MB (136 files)]
2012 [9.62 MB (159 files)]
2013 [6.07 MB (183 files)]
2014 [5.11 MB (169 files)]
2015 [73.2 KB (3 files)]
CJD (Criminal Justice Division) news releases, 2003-2007 [9.72 MB (234 files)]
Op-Eds, LTEs (letters to the editor), monthly columns:
2001 [372 KB (13 files)]
2002 [359 KB (15 files)]
2003 [1.40 MB (40 files)]
2004 [1.89 MB (59 files)]
2005 [2.80 MB (18 files)]
2006 [392 KB (13 files)]
2007 [4.59 MB (42 files)]
2008 [24.5 MB (101 files)]
2009 [2.47 MB (51 files)]
2010 [798 KB (24 files)]
2011 [42.9 MB (11 files)]
2012 [902 KB (29 files)]
2013 [458 KB (15 files)]
2014 [527 KB (16 files)]
Editorial letters, 2001-2006 [795 KB (31 files)]
Weekly column, 2004 [114 KB (4 files)]
Box
2015/067-2796 Publications [6 publications]
Governor’s Mansion tour guide
Governor’s Mansion coloring and activity book
Governor’s Mansion Historical Gazette, 2011
Governor’s Cup article, 2012
Texas Highways, February 2012
Texas Historical Commission, The Medallion, May-June 2010
Box
2015/067-2797 Publications, 2011
Box
2015/067-2796 Inauguration brochure
Texas-Digital-Archive
E2015/117 Schedules:
2007 [1.07 MB (49 files)]
2008 [8.39 MB (366 files)]
2009 [8.52 MB (370 files)]
2010 [9.48 MB (400 files)]
SOS (Secretary of State) releases, February-March 2001 [343 KB (9 files)]
White papers, 2002-2003, 2005, 2008 [3.43 MB (36 files)]
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