Texas History Resources

The Summerlee Commission on the Financial Sustainability of History Organizations

Published in 2015, this report analyzes the difficulties that history organizations of all types face in maintaining financial sustainability and includes several how-to chapters for helping organizations to navigate difficult times. The entire report may be downloaded here.

Chapters from the report are listed below and may be downloaded individually:

• Sustainability Report Executive Summary (Downloadable PDF)
• Why History is Difficult to Sustain
• Characteristics of Unsustainable Organizations
• Sustaining History Through Best Practices and New Approaches
• Before You Open It: A Checklist for Planning New Museums in Historic Buildings
• If It Is Time to Close It: Considerations for Dissolving an Organization
• Are you Sustainable Assessment Tool

Texas History Organizations

• Texas Archeological Society
• Handbook of Texas
• Humanities Texas
• Preservation Texas
• Texas Association of Museums
• Texas Historical Commission
  
• Texas Library Association
  
• Texas Map Society
  
• Texas State Historical Association
  
• The Portal to Texas History