The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced the availability of new and revised finding aids online, alongside fresh uploads to the Texas Digital Archive. This initiative aims to enhance access to significant historical resources documenting Texas's heritage and culture.
Finding aids are essential tools for researchers, providing written guides to archival records with descriptive information and a folder inventory. These aids assist in navigating the holdings prepared for research. Researchers can visit the State Archives during public service hours from Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and on the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Appointments are encouraged but not mandatory.
Online access to these finding aids is available at www.tsl.texas.gov/arc, with a comprehensive list of recent additions accessible via TSLAC’s online catalog at https://bit.ly/TSLACnewcollections. For further details about finding aids, archives reference staff can be contacted at 512-463-5455 or archinfo@tsl.texas.gov.
Among the newly accessible collections are:
- The Texas Air Control Board records, including agency meeting minutes, correspondence, EPA grant files, executive office files, and permit applications dating from 1963-1993.
- The Texas Department of Agriculture producers board records covering agendas, annual reports, audits, ballots, budgets, bylaws, election returns among other documents dated between 1965-2007.
- Caroline Roget papers documenting her personal and professional activities in Texas society from 1917-1958.
- Nacogdoches archives detailing Spanish and Mexican governance over Texas from 1729-1836.
Revised finding aids include:
- Records of meetings by the Texas Historical Commission spanning from 1953 to 2018.
- Documents from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission dating back to its predecessor's era in 1935 up until 2022.
- Correspondence and official documents related to Governor Sam Houston's term in office between December 1859 and March 1861.
Additional updated collections feature materials from various state agencies such as the Judicial Advisory Council meeting files (1990–2022), Municipal Retirement System minutes (1947–2022), Dental Examiners records (1961–2005; 2018–2020), Insurance State Fire Marshal's Office maps (1906–1992), Historical Commission History Programs Division records (1880–2016), Health and Human Services advisory committee files (1996–2022), and Library Association records (1902–2018).
These efforts by TSLAC aim to preserve vital historical documents while facilitating research into Texas’s rich past.
