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Texas Historical Commission (formerly Texas State Historical Survey Committee)
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State agency (renamed from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee) that authorized and administers the Texas Historical Marker program, including the 1973 marker for the Three Rivers Glass Factory site. Charles Tips was an early appointee to its predecessor committee under Governor Allan Shivers, later serving as the organization's second president.
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Why Track This
The state authority behind the physical marker this whole project orbits — and an organization Charles Tips himself helped lead decades after losing his factory.
Current State
Renamed from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, per Tips’ own 1973 letter, around the time he was serving in state historical preservation leadership. Administers the marker program that placed the Three Rivers Glass Factory marker in 1973.
Next Action
None.
Notes
The marker itself is catalogued separately; see the “Texas Historical Marker” artifact record under inventory/items/.