Laura Saegert passes along this news from TSL on its new exhibit:
Fear, Force, and Leather: The Texas Prison System's First Hundred Years, 1848-1948
"Announcing the latest online exhibit from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
"Fear, Force, and Leather: The Texas Prison System's First Hundred Years,
1848-1948" is a new online history exhibit from the Texas State Library and
Archives. Drawing from the Archives' extensive collections of historic
penitentiary records, the exhibit documents in words, photographs, and
archival images how, from humble beginnings with little money or public
support, the Texas prison system eventually transformed into a self-supporting
network of sugar and cotton farms. But hellish conditions and brutal
punishments led to one of the greatest scandals in Texas history, and began a
cycle of reform that brought Texas to a new era of professional penology."
In addition, the website contains a complete list of links to the online
finding aids to the original records. The exhibit may be found at:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/prisons/index.html
1848-1948" is a new online history exhibit from the Texas State Library and
Archives. Drawing from the Archives' extensive collections of historic
penitentiary records, the exhibit documents in words, photographs, and
archival images how, from humble beginnings with little money or public
support, the Texas prison system eventually transformed into a self-supporting
network of sugar and cotton farms. But hellish conditions and brutal
punishments led to one of the greatest scandals in Texas history, and began a
cycle of reform that brought Texas to a new era of professional penology."
In addition, the website contains a complete list of links to the online
finding aids to the original records. The exhibit may be found at:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/prisons/index.html
At the site you will find it progresses chronologically:
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And there's a big collection down at Sam Houston State University Library.
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