Title: First Lady Anita Perry's files
Description: The Texas Office of the First Lady encompasses the official governmental activities of the spouse of the governor. The office is not an actual state agency and functions as a subdivision of the Office of the Governor. These records document the activities of Anita Perry in her capacity as Texas First Lady from 2000-2015, with records dating 1969, 1996-2015, undated, bulk 2008-2013. These include acting as hostess during receptions at the Governor's Mansion; presiding over selected welfare organizations and initiatives; participating in fundraisers, galas, and social causes; accompanying the governor in official travels; participating in select ceremonial duties; and decorating the Governor's Mansion. The records consist of both paper and electronic formats and include incoming and outgoing correspondence (letters, emails, invitations), informational fliers, programs, brochures, ephemera, newspaper articles, certificates and proclamations, photographs, CDs, speech transcripts, radio and video public service announcement (PSA) scripts, audio files, biographical and introductory notes, electronic slide presentations, administrative documents, travel itineraries, schedules, communication with media outlets, media advisories, media articles, and social media contributions.
Collection: First Lady Anita Perry's files, Texas Governor Rick Perry records
Creator: Texas. Governor (2000-2015 : Perry)
Date of creation: 1969
Date range of creation: 1996 to 2015
Geographic coverage: Texas
Geographic coverage: Austin (Tex.)
Subject: Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing
Subject: Texas Governor's Mansion (Austin, Tex.)
Subject: Texas Main Street Program
Subject: Texas. Office of the First Lady
Subject: Perry, Anita
Subject: Perry, Rick, 1950-
Subject: Alzheimer's disease
Subject: Breast cancer
Subject: Law and legislation
Subject: Community development
Subject: Children
Subject: Health and hygiene
Subject: Governors' spouses
Subject: Nursing
Subject: Texas Conference for Women
Subject: Tourism
Type: Calendars (documents by form)
Type: Clippings (information artifacts)
Type: Correspondence
Type: Itineraries
Type: Memorandums
Type: Photographs
Type: Presentations (communicative events)
Type: Press releases
Type: Printed ephemera
Type: Programs (documents)
Type: Speeches (documents)
Citation information: (Identify the item and cite the series), First Lady Anita Perry's files, Texas Governor Rick Perry records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement: The records are organized into 11 series: Invitations, Plans and planning records, General correspondence, Administrative correspondence, Speeches, Texas Conference on Women public relations materials, Biographical information, Media files, Photographs, Main Street files, and Scheduling 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 U.S. 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, email addresses (Texas Government Code, Section 552.137); account numbers, access device numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.136); driver's license numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.130); social security numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.147); financial information (Texas Government Code, Section 552.136); and 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: 20.25 cubic ft. and 7.93 GB (10,786 files)
TARO URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/10288/tsl-10288.html
Language: English
