Box 3
Container
Contains 16 Collections and/or Records:
Biennial Report of the Directors and Superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiary (photocopy), 1878 - 1880
File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
1878 - 1880
Texas General Land Office, 2007 - 2013
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
2007 correspondence regarding whether the Old Imperial Farm Cemetery is in the Battle or Hodge League survey, and a copy of the 2001 "Archaeological Reconnaisance of High Probability Areas in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Harlem Prison Farm Tract, Fort Bend, County, Texas," as well as a copy of the "Historic American Building Survey Texas Central State Prison Farm, Central 2 Camp HABS No. TX-"; and 2013 correspondence regarding what would be required by the Texas Antiquities Code...
Dates:
2007 - 2013
State of Texas political representatives, 2013 - 2014
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes December 2014 letter from the office of Texas Senator Joan Huffman acknowledging receipt of Mr. Moore's fax and phone calls; December 2014 letter from the office of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee including Senator John Whitmire and Senator Joan Huffman, thanking Mr. Moore for his recent letter requesting an apology from the state regarding the convict leasing system. Also includes a letter from Mr. Moore dated October 2013, to Ms. Dede Keith of the Office of the Governor...
Dates:
2013 - 2014
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, map of Central Unit's Historic Sites and Boundaries (undated)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
1878-2018
Save Texas Cemeteries, 2006
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
2006
Texas Board of Criminal Justice, 2013
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Letter from Oliver Bell of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, to Mark Wolfe, of the Texas Historical Commission, regarding the sale over time of parts of the Central Unit lands, and that the General Land Office will conduct sales in accordance with "all applicable statutory requirements pertaining to the protection of state archaeological antiquities."
Dates:
2013
University of Houston Sugar Land campus correspondence, 2013 - 2014
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
2013 - 2014
Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy, 2014 - 2015
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
2014 - 2015
Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, 2015
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Letter of response to Mr. Moore stating that the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission contacted Sen. Joan Huffman's office regarding the convict leasing system.
Dates:
2015
Rice University, 2015
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence, reports, research notes, and photographs created and/or maintained by Mr. Reginald Moore, relating to the history of the Convict Leasing System in Sugar Land, Texas and current efforts to publicly recognize that history. The reports included in this collection are in some cases publicly available, but are difficult to access. Correspondence includes letters and emails between Mr. Moore and various public officials and other interested parties such as archaeologist Fred McGhee.
Dates:
2015