Title:
Texas Veterans Land Board records
Description:
The Texas Veterans Land Board was created by the Texas Legislature in 1946 in an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the State of Texas as the executors of the Veterans Land Fund, created in the same amendment. The board uses bond funding for programs to help Texas veterans purchase land and homes and make home improvements, oversees Texas State Veterans Homes that provide long-term nursing care, and manages Texas State Veterans Cemeteries. These Texas Veterans Land Board records consist of meeting agendas, minutes, exhibits, information about bonds, lists of land parcels for sale, publications, and press releases, dating 1968-2019.
Collection:
Texas Veterans Land Board records
Creator:
Texas. Veterans' Land Board
Date range of creation:
1968 to 2019
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Cemeteries
Subject:
Land tenure
Subject:
Veterans
Subject:
Loans
Subject:
Medical care
Type:
Agendas (administrative records)
Type:
Auction catalogs
Type:
Brochures
Type:
Minutes (administrative records)
Type:
Press releases
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Veterans Land Board records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The records are organized into the following series: Veterans Land Board and Loan Review Committee meeting files, 1968-2019, and Publications and press releases, about 1971-1997.
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.).
Access restrictions:
Records described in this finding aid may contain information that is confidential under the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552) or other statutes. Restricted information, as outlined in the statutes, applies to both physical and electronic records. As laws change, statutory restrictions may be added to or removed from these records. See our Texas Public Information Act and Researching in the State Archives web page for the more common types of restrictions found in state government records.
Size or duration:
9 cubic ft.
Size or duration:
535 MB
Size or duration:
55 electronic files
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/14007.html
Technical requirements:
None