Title:
Parks and Wildlife Department Infrastructure Division records
Description:
The Infrastructure Division administers the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Capital Program, which includes all new construction, restoration, renovation, maintenance, and repair projects. It is responsible for all design and construction contracts for the department, and it provides professional design, construction, and project management services to state parks, wildlife management areas, hatcheries, and other department facilities. Records include manuals, project files, correspondence, office memorandum, contracts and invoices, research notes, topographical plans, maps, and photographs. The records cover the division's administrative, financial, and operational activities, topographical research and land surveys, and special projects. Records date 1916, 1918, 1927, 1935-1944, 1950-2016, undated, bulk 1968-1997, undated.scope note from the abstract
Collection:
Parks and Wildlife Department Infrastructure Division records
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department. Infrastructure Division
Date of creation:
1916
Date of creation:
1918
Date of creation:
1927
Date range of creation:
1935 to 1944
Date range of creation:
1950 to 2016
Date range of creation:
undated
Date range of creation:
bulk 1968 to 1997
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Texas. State Parks Board
Subject:
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Subject:
Parks
Subject:
Planning
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Recreation areas
Type:
Aerial photographs
Type:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Type:
Building plans
Type:
Historic structure reports
Type:
Interviews
Type:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Type:
Maps (documents)
Type:
Oral histories (literary works)
Type:
Photographs
Type:
Transcripts
Type:
Typical floor plans
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Infrastructure Division records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records are organized into six series and two subseries:The records are organized into the following series: Policy and procedure manual, 1993-1994; Aerial photographs and support documentation, 1918-1994; Building plans and drawings, 1916-1997; Maps, 1973-1995; Historical Structures Report, 2004; Civilian Conservation Corps project files, 1983-2016
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:
Because of the possibility that portions of these records, Civilian Conservation Corps project files, fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to: certain email addresses (Texas Government Code, Section 552.137), 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).
Size or duration:
49.54 cubic ft. and 51.57 GB (951 files)
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/20158.xml