Title:
Texas Tourism files
Description:
The Economic Development and Tourism Division (EDT) of the Texas Governor's Office under Governor Rick Perry specialized in encouraging business expansion and relocation within the state of Texas, as well as promoting domestic and international tourism via partnership with local convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and private travel-related organizations. These records consist of electronic materials generated by Texas Tourism, a subdivision of the EDT, dating 2000-2014. The principal role of Texas Tourism is the promotion of domestic and international tourism via strategic partnerships and a tourism marketing campaign. Topics covered include domestic and international tourism marketing, public relations, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and the Border Governors Conference. Types of records include outgoing correspondence, memorandums, reports, presentations, speeches, spreadsheets, press releases, organization charts and notes. Organizations represented include the Texas Tourism Advisory Committee and the Texas House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
Collection:
Texas Governor Rick Perry Economic Development and Tourism Division records
Creator:
Texas. Governor (2000-2015 : Perry)
Date range of creation:
2000 to 2014
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Texas Tourism files, Texas Governor Rick Perry Economic Development and Tourism Division records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Access restrictions:
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, home address and phone numbers of government employees or officials and personal family information (Texas Government Code Sections 552.117 and 552.1175); agency memorandums and working papers (Texas Government Code Section 552.111); e-mail addresses (Texas Government Code Section 552.137); and other information protected under common law privacy (Texas Government Code Sections 552.101), an archivist must review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552). Refer to the overall restriction statement for instructions on requesting access through the Texas Attorney General.
Size or duration:
248 MB (879 files)
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/60014.xml