Inventory of county records, Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont, Texas, Volume 1 Page: V
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FOREWORD
The Texas County Records Inventory Project, headquartered at
North Texas State University, Denton, is a county-by-county survey
of all the records of county government located in county courthouses
and other storage facilities. The Project is conducted in
cooperation with Texas colleges and universities, county officials,
and the Texas State Library. County historical groups, civic organizations,
and other interested citizens often aid in the inventory
process. The Project is assisted by an Executive Board comprised of
outstanding Texans from across the State.
County records inventories are of value for research and for
records preservation and management. The published inventories are
of immediate benefit to researchers. Documentation as to types,
nature, and quantity of records enables researchers to locate
material hitherto unknown and unused in the archives of county courthouses.
At the same time inventories provide information concerning
valuable historical records for the Regional Historical Resource
Depository (RHRD) program mandated by the Texas Legislature in 1971.
These data also provide a basis for informed decisions concerning
records management for county officials. Records retention and
disposal schedules will be of great benefit to local governmental
officials in exerting control over the overwhelming amount of
records multiplying daily in courthouses across the State. Thus,
the Texas County Records Inventory Project provides a multiplicity
of important services to the citizens of the State of Texas.
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Jefferson County Historical Commission (Tex.). Inventory of county records, Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont, Texas, Volume 1, book, 1979; Denton, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25204/m1/6/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.