Title:
Governor Rick Perry 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 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 include paper, audiovisual, and electronic record types encompassing incoming and outgoing correspondence, memorandums, reports, publications, presentations, speeches, organization charts, clippings, press releases, notes, working papers, strategic plans, agendas, meeting materials, calendars, promotional materials, project files, videocassette tapes, audiocassette tapes, and digital images. Records date 1989-2015.
Collection:
Texas Governor Rick Perry Economic Development and Tourism Division records
Creator:
Texas. Governor (2000-2015 : Perry)
Date range of creation:
1989 to 2015
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Perry, Rick, 1950-
Subject:
Texas Military Preparedness Commission
Subject:
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Subject:
Texas. Department of Commerce
Subject:
Texas. Department of Economic Development
Subject:
Texas. Office of the Governor
Subject:
Texas. Tourism Advisory Committee
Subject:
Business relocation
Subject:
Economic development
Subject:
Government Policy
Subject:
Marketing
Subject:
Tourism
Type:
Agendas (administrative records)
Type:
Audiocassettes
Type:
Calendars (documents)
Type:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Digital file formats
Type:
Memorandums
Type:
Minutes (administrative records)
Type:
Organizational Charts
Type:
Photographs
Type:
Presentations (communicative events)
Type:
Press releases
Type:
Promotional materials
Type:
Publications (documents)
Type:
Reports
Type:
Speeches (documents)
Type:
Videocassettes
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 nineteen series and two subseries: Organization charts, 1999-2008, Department of Economic Development Governing Board meeting records, member personnel files, and other material, 1992-1995, 1997-2002, Board meeting records, 1994, 1997-2002, Department of Commerce Policy Board member personnel files and other material, 1992-1995, Sunset files, 1999-2003, Publication development files, 2000-2005, Plans and planning records, 2001-2005, 2013-2014, Reports and studies, 1998-2002, Proposed legislation, 1990-2003, Administrative correspondence, 2003-2005, Business Development general files, 1998-2014, Corporate Expansion and Recruitment project files, 1989-2009, Finance Program files, 1977-2003, International marketing project files, 1997-2008, Economic Development Bank files, 2001-2009, Enterprise Zone Program annual reports, 1991-2002, Texas Emerging Technology Fund files, 2012, Smart Jobs Fund files, 1993-2001, Texas Tourism files, 2000-2014, Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense files, 2003-2011, and Texas Military Preparedness Commission files, 1997-2015.
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:
80 cubic ft. and 1.74 GB (2203 files)
TARO URL:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/60014/tsl-60014.html
Language:
English
