 The North Texas History Center unanimously adopted these Core Statements at its March 28, 2006 Board of Directors Meeting.
Mission Statement:
The North Texas History Center discovers, preserves, and shares our North Texas heritage with present and future generations through its museums and programs.
Vision Statement
To be the leading historical resource in North Texas.
Values Statement
A professional institution:
· Trusted to preserve and document our collection,
· Disciplined in our standards and stewardship of history,
· Ethical in our collection and treatment of artifacts, and
· Respectful of its unique community role in North Texas.
Our History:
Since its origin as the Collin County Historical Society in 1957, the North Texas History Center has become a professionally managed, regional cultural institution. In May 1982, the Center opened a museum in the 1911 Post Office building in downtown McKinney, the Collin County seat.
In May 2001, NTHC hired its first professional staff. Significant grants from the Meadows Foundation (2004) and the Institute of Museum & Library Services (2005 Museums for America Grant) coupled with increased support from the Collin County Commissioners’ Court and the City of McKinney enabled NTHC to improve its infrastructure and expand its staff to four full-time professionals and five part-timers. In 2005, the Commissioners’ Court chose NTHC to revitalize the Collin County Farm Museum.
The Center’s McKinney location now hosts some 8,000+ elementary school students annually, and the Farm Museum location hosted the first middle school students through a prototype exhibit in the spring of 2007. NTHC serves Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, and Rockwall County ISDs with programs that dovetail with the Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) requirements.
The Center’s Curator of Collections & Exhibitions is diligently conducting the first object-by-object inventory of the Center’s collections, digitizing the artifacts and photographs, and properly storing those collections in museum-quality cabinets. NTHC’s growing national reputation is reflected by important object and document donations from Colorado, New Mexico, Arkansas, and South Carolina sine 2006.
While NTHC is grateful for its City and County funding support, it has a very aggressive development effort and a significant earned income effort. NTHC has membership and corporate partnership programs, exhibit and project sponsorships, and conducts two annual mailings. In addition to its school tour income, NTHC has published and/or reprinted five books since 2004.
The NTHC endowment exceeds $110,000 and NTHC has established five designated endowment funds with the Communities Foundation of Texas: The History Center Fund, Farm Museum Fund, Harrington Library Fund, Hall Guild Maintenance Fund, and the McKinney Family Fund.
The Future:
NTHC has established a network of North Texas historical agencies designed to create a web based, interactive, consortium – the first of its kind in America among historical agencies. The goals of this collaborative network are straight forward: Insure that each agency has the hardware, software, and trained personnel to catalogue and store its collections, to link those agencies and their collections together, and to upload images and information from all agencies through NTHC to the Portal for Texas History. At present, NTHC has four collaborating partners.
Every North Texas historical agency is invited to join. If you do history in North Texas, you’re a friend: How can we help you?
The NTHC has aggressive goals for 2009 and an equally aggressive Strategic Plan. Elements include:
· Recruiting strong, regionally-minded board members who understand the importance of preserving and teaching our history and heritage.
· Expanding its public programming to attract an adult audience to compliment its existing elementary school program.
· Addressing the critical space constraints imposed by a tiny, 1911 building.
· Continuing to expand the universe of supporters.
· Completing its inventory and storage program.
· Refining and improving the elementary school programs.
North Texas History Center 2009 Board of Directors
The North Texas History Center Board of Directors provide oversight and fiduciary responsibility of NTHC. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of each month, except July and August.
Claude Frazier, Chair
McKinney, TX
Financial Advisor
Donald Newsom, Vice Chair
McKinney
Educator/Historian
Dr. Randal Oberle, Treasurer
Plano, TX
Raytheon Executive
Alma Garza, Secretary
McKinney
Real Estate Agent
Bill Hayes
Frisco, TX
Financial Advisor
Dr. Carolyn Underwood
McKinney, TX
Educator
Donald Flanary
McKinney
Attorney
Ray Roberts, Jr
Denton
Aviation Director
Ronnie Thomason
McKinney
Business Owner
Stuart Perlman
McKinney
McKinney Today, Managing Editor
NTHC Staff:
Bryan Lean Curator of Collections & Exhibits >>> Email
Sarah Hatcher Museum Manager/Curator of Education >>> Email
Victoria Day Executive Director >>> Email
Barbara Cramer Marketing and Public Relations Specialist >>> Email
Natalie Rawlinson Museum Assistant >>> Email
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