Overview
| Repository | Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201 |
| Creator | State Fair of Texas |
| Title | State Fair of Texas Reports and Studies |
| Dates | 1908-1986 |
| Quantity | 1.2 linear feet |
| Abstract | Typescript manuscript, manuscript, electrostatic, printed, photographic. |
| Identification | 1995-045 |
| Language | Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Typescript manuscript, electrostatic, printed materials, manuscript notes, and newspaper clippings documenting the financial activities of the State Fair of Texas and its relationship with the City of Dallas.
The State Fair of Texas established a business relationship with the City of Dallas when the City purchased the 117-acre fairgrounds and buildings in 1904 after Dallas voter approval. Based upon a similar arrangement in the city of Toronto, the grounds, buildings, and improvements would belong to the City, and the Fair Association would operate the annual fair.
In accordance with an agreement between the State Fair of Texas (a private, non-profit corporation) and the City of Dallas, owner of the Fair Park fairgrounds, the State Fair “…shall furnish annually to the City an audited statement, prepared by auditors acceptable to the City, reflecting its operations during the preceding year.” [1971 Agreement, 4.07, 4.08].
The collection contains auditor’s reports and annual financial reports on the State Fair of Texas between 1908-1946, 1979-86; reports regarding a master plan for fairgrounds redevelopment between 1965 and 1969; items relating to insurance of the fair and the fairgrounds 1961, 1969, and 1976, including appraisals of fairgrounds buildings; an audit from 1986; and brochure ephemera for the State Fair from 1964, 1965, and undated.
Organization
The collection is arranged by subject matter.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
State Fair of Texas Reports and Studies, 1908-1986 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
None
Index Terms
Agricultural exhibitions -- Texas
Dallas -- Texas -- History
State Fair of Texas
Container List
| 1 | 1 | Auditor's Report, December 8, 1908 |
| | 2 | Financial Statement, November 9, 1917 |
| | 3 | Auditor's Report, November 15, 1918 Meeting Minutes, Board of Directors, July 15, 1918 Director's Report, November 15, 1918 |
| | 4 | Auditor's Report, October 25, 1919 |
| | 5 | Auditor's Report, October 31, 1920 |
| | 6 | Auditor's Report, October 31, 1921 |
| | 7 | Auditor's Report, November 16, 1925 |
| | 8 | Annual Financial Report, December 8, 1927 |
| | 9 | Annual Financial Report, November 25, 1929 |
| | 10 | Annual Financial Report, November 21, 1930 |
| | 11 | Annual Financial Report, November 15, 1932 |
| | 12 | Annual Financial Report, November 15, 1933 |
| | 13 | Annual Financial Report, November 15, 1934 |
| 2 | 1 | Auditor's Report, December 27, 1939 Supplemental Letter to Report of December 27, 1939 |
| | 2 | Auditor's Report, December 4, 1940 |
| | 3 | Auditor's Report, December 4, 1941 |
| | 4 | Auditor's Report, December 9, 1942 |
| | 5 | Auditor's Report, December 10, 1943 Auditor's Report, October 18, 1943 for Starlight Operetta |
| | 6 | Auditor's Report, December 9, 1944 Auditor's Report, September 29, 1944 for Starlight Operetta |
| | 7 | Auditor's Report, December 3, 1945 |
| | 8 | Auditor's Report, December 3, 1946 Auditor's Report, September 27, 1946 for Starlight Operetta |
| | 9 | Financial Statements and Auditor's Report, 1979, 1980 |
| | 10 | Contract Compliance Review Audit of State Fair of Texas, June 30, 1986 |
| 3 | 1 | Report on Master Plan Study, Fair Park, June 1965 |
| | 2 | A Redevelopment Program for the State Fair of Texas, November 1, 1966 |
| | 3 | A Redevelopment Program for the State Fair of Texas, November 1, 1966 [Annotated copy of L. B. Houston with manuscript notes.] |
| 4 | 1 | Management Report on Master Plan Studies for the State Fair of Texas, 1969 |
| | 2 | Management Report on Master Plan Studies for the State Fair of Texas, 1969 [copy 2] |
| | 3 | Management Report on Master Plan Studies for the State Fair of Texas, 1969 [copy 3] |
| 5 | 1 | Insurance Schedule for State Fair of Texas, December 31, 1961 |
| | 2 | Insurance Value Appraisal of State Fair Buildings, January 1969 Revised Appraisal of State Fair Buildings, January 1969 |
| | 3 | Appraisal of Construction Belonging to State Fair of Texas, September 8, 1976 Appraisal of the Construction of the Cotton Bowl Stadium, October 23, 1976 |
| | 4 | Correspondence and Notes Regarding Insurance, 1969 |
| | 5 | Estimate of Cost for Additions and Alterations to Livestock Exhibition, October 8, 1971 |
| | 6 | Contract Between Dallas Park Board and State Fair Association Regarding Terms of Texas State Fair, May 6, 1924 |
| | 7 | Publicity Brochures for Fair Park and the Texas State Fair, 1964, 1965, and undated |