Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Orange County, no. 181

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Inventory of records of Orange County housed in the Orange County Courthouse as of 1936-1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as … continued below

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xii, 177 p. : map, plans ; 27 cm.

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Historical Records Survey. Texas. December 1941.

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Inventory of records of Orange County housed in the Orange County Courthouse as of 1936-1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject indexes.

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xii, 177 p. : map, plans ; 27 cm.

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"No. 181. Orange County (Orange)"

"The Texas Historical Records Survey is a unit of the State-wide Records Indexing and Inventory Program, co-sponsored by the Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences of The University of Texas. This program is a part of the State-wide Clerical Research and Records Project, sponsored by The University of Texas, which operates under the Research and Records Programs Section of the Division of Community Service Programs of the Work Projects Administration."--Preface

"The records of Orange County were inventoried during 1936-37, and after the move to the new courthouse the inventory forms were rechecked in 1939. A complete verification check was made in the summer of 1940."--Preface

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Historical Records Survey. Texas. Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Orange County, no. 181, book, December 1941; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25261/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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