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By Trent Shotwell
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Texas Department of Corrections Ephemera collection (1881-2013; one box) contains newspaper clippings and booklets concerning the state prisons of Texas. The collection’s main focus is the Texas Department of Corrections. The newspaper clippings in the collection come from the Huntsville Item newspaper and various other Texas publications. The booklets in the collection are primarily informational materials printed and distributed by the Texas Department of Corrections. The collection materials concern many Texas prison subjects including: prison personnel, prison administration, facilities, inmates, death row, and prison industry.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
SHSU Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions:
The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.
Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.
Preferred Citation:
Texas Department of Corrections Ephemera Collection. SHSU Special Collections, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Texas: Her Resources and Capabilities, 1881
- Copy of pages from a book located in Thomason Special Collections
- Folder 2: Message of Governor J. S. Hogg to the 23rd Legislature of Texas, 1893
- Copy of pages from a book located in Thomason Special Collections
- Folder 3: Year Book for Texas, 1901
- Copy of pages from a book located in Thomason Special Collections
- Folder 4: Classification of Prisoners, 1923 - 1937
- Handwritten classification listing compiled by Mrs. Frank B. Stuart
- Folder 5: Proceedings of First Texas Parole Conference, 1936 March 14
- Folder 6: Annual Report of Chaplain's Department, 1936
- Folder 7: Rules and Regulations of the Texas Prison System, 1950 July 3
- Handbook of guidelines used for efficient operation of the Texas Prison System.
- Folder 8: Annual Report Bureau of Reports and Identifications, 1962
- Texas Department of Corrections
- Folder 9: Monthly Report Bureau of Reports and Identifications, 1963 July
- Texas Department of Corrections
- Folder 10: Texas Department of Corrections Annual Report, 1963
- Folder 11: Pre-Release Manual, circa 1970
- Pre-release manual provided to paroled inmates to help them adjust to life outside of prison.
- Folder 12: Texas Department of Corrections: An Inside Look at The Agricultural Operation, circa 1970
- Booklet detailing TDC's agricultural operations
- Folder 13: Texas Department of Corrections: A Brief History, 1974 January
- A brief history of the Texas Department of Corrections, from 1849 to 1974. Prepared by the TDC Treatment Directorate Research and Development Division.
- Folder 14: Corrections Magazine: Texas, 1978 March
- Criminal Justice Publications, Inc. Profile Texas
- Folder 15: Seventh Annual Inmate Fine Arts Festival Program, 1980 May 3
- The Inmate Fine Arts Festival allowed Texas Prisoners to sell their crafts to the general public.
- Folder 16: Texas Department of Corrections Newspaper Clippings, 1937 - 1989
- Clippings on prison personnel, prison administration, facilities, inmates, and prison industry.
- Folder 17: Texas Department of Criminal Justice Newspaper Clippings, 1995 - 2013
- Clippings on prison personnel, prison administration, facilities, inmates, death row, and prison industry.
- Folder 18: Texas Department of Corrections Related Documents, 1911; undated
- Documents on Texas prisons, prison assets, and prison programs. Includes information on Thomason Special Collections Criminal Justice collection.
- Folder 19: State Penitentiary Post Card, undated
- Three Homes of the Officials of the State Penitentiary, Huntsville, Texas
- Folder 20: State Penitentiary Administration Building Photograph, undated
- Huntsville, Texas
- Folder 21: Prison Facility Drawing, undated
- Large drawing of a prison facility
- Folder 22: Community Corrections Act, circa 1978
- Technical assistance manual
- Folder 23: Management by Objectives: A Corrections Perspective, 1979
- United States Department of Justice
- Folder 24: 108th Congress of Correction Annual Report, 1978 August
- American Correctional Association
- Folder 25: National Directory of Correctional Education State Administrators, 1978
- Correctional Education Association
- Folder 26: Careers in Corrections, 1980 June 12
- American Correctional Association pamphlet
- Folder 27: The Establishment of the Prison in Huntsville, 1836 - 1986; no date
- Includes court records, diagrams, and articles on the establishment of the prison in Huntsville, TX
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