Title: Economic Development and Tourism Division Records
Description: The Economic Development and Tourism Division (EDT) of the Texas Governor's Office under Governor Rick Perry specialized in encouraging in-state business expansion and relocation as well as promoting domestic and international tourism via partnerships with local convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and private travel-related organizations. These records document the regular activities of several sections of the EDT, along with predecessor agencies the Texas Department of Commerce and Texas Department of Economic Development, during the terms of governors Rick Perry, George W. Bush, and Ann Richards. Efforts to convince corporate entities to relocate or expand into the state of Texas are a particular emphasis. Records encompass paper, sound recording, and electronic record types including incoming and outgoing correspondence, memorandums, forms, reports, publications, presentations, speeches, spreadsheets, organization charts, press releases, notes, strategic plans, brochures, agenda, calendars, promotional materials, videotapes, audiocassette tapes, and digital images. Records date 1989-2014 and undated, with the bulk dating 1989-2005.
Collection: Texas Governor Rick Perry Economic Development and Tourism Division records
Creator: Texas. Governor (2000-2015 : Perry)
Date range of creation: 1989 to 2014
Geographic coverage: Texas
Subject: Perry, Rick, 1950-
Subject: Texas Military Preparedness Commission
Subject: Texas Tourist Development Agency
Subject: Texas. Department of Economic Development
Subject: Texas. Department of Commerce
Subject: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
Subject: Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject: Texas. Tourism Advisory Committee
Subject: Border Governors Conference
Subject: Business relocation
Subject: Economic development
Subject: Marketing
Subject: Government policy
Subject: Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Subject: Tourism
Subject: Volunteers
Type: Brochures
Type: Calendars (documents by form)
Type: Correspondence
Type: Memorandums
Type: Presentations (communicative events)
Type: Press releases
Type: Promotional materials
Type: Publications (documents)
Type: Reports
Type: Speeches (documents)
Citation information: (Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Governor Rick Perry Economic Development and Tourism Division records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement: The records are organized into five series and four subseries: Aerospace, Aviation, Defense, and Texas Military Preparedness Commission files, Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense files, Texas Military Preparedness Commission files, Business Development files, Subdivision general files, Corporate Expansion and Recruitment Project files, Texas Emerging Technology Fund files, Texas Tourism files, and Department of Commerce Policy Board general files
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 Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions: Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, bank account numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.136); 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); proprietary and trade secret information (Texas Government Code, Section 552.110); and other information protected under common law privacy (Texas Government Code, Section 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).
Size or duration: 49 cubic ft. and 1.74 GB (2203 files)
TARO URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/60014/tsl-60014.html
Language: English
