Bill Text: TX HR2006 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston as a valuable community and state asset.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2006 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2006-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2006 |
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WHEREAS, The Clayton Library Center for Genealogical | ||
Research in Houston is helping countless Texans learn more about | ||
their family heritage; and | ||
WHEREAS, Part of the Houston Public Library system, the | ||
Clayton Library Center traces its origins to 1921, when it was | ||
founded as a special collection for genealogical research; in 1968 | ||
the center moved into the Clayton House, the former home of William | ||
Lockhart Clayton, a prominent businessman and statesman; the | ||
property, which covers a two-block area in the heart of Houston's | ||
Museum District, encompasses a main house, a guesthouse, and a | ||
carriage house as well as a library building that was added in 1988; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, The center houses national and international | ||
genealogical history research materials in print and electronic | ||
versions, such as published and unpublished family, state, and | ||
county histories, birth, death, marriage, land, immigration, and | ||
military records, and other sources from throughout the United | ||
States and from other countries, including Mexico, Canada, the | ||
United Kingdom, and Germany; center staff offer personal research | ||
assistance, and the library features monthly programming on | ||
genealogical topics as well as rotating exhibits reflective of | ||
William Clayton's life and times and of the history of Houston's | ||
diverse neighborhoods; and | ||
WHEREAS, Named among the top nine genealogical libraries in | ||
the nation by Family Tree Magazine, the Clayton Library Center | ||
attracts thousands of researchers from across the nation every | ||
month; the center benefits from strong support from the Clayton | ||
Library Friends, a nonprofit organization that raised more than | ||
$1.2 million and purchased or donated thousands of books, | ||
periodicals, and microfilm materials for the center in 2008; and | ||
WHEREAS, By enabling researchers to explore their family | ||
legacies, the Clayton Library Center is fostering a deeper | ||
understanding of our shared history and of the ties that bind us to | ||
each other and to the past; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize the Clayton Library Center for | ||
Genealogical Research as an invaluable resource for residents of | ||
the Lone Star State and extend to all those associated with the | ||
center sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Bohac | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2006 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||