Municipal Archives


​Willis Winters Dallas Park Department Files, 2013-2019

​Collection 2020-001

Overview

Repository
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
CreatorWillis C. Winters
TitleOath of Office Certificate Books
Dates2013-2019
Quantity24 Linear feet
AbstractOath of office certificate books for appointed members of City of Dallas boards and commissions.
Identification2020-001
LanguageRecords are in English
Scope and Content
 
Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports and studies, plans and drawings, photographs, and printed materials documenting the acquisition, planning and design, maintenance, and history of City of Dallas parks and park facilities between 2013and 2019. The collection comprises the administrative files of former Park Director Willis C. Winters. Winters, a Garland native, spent 20 years as a public servant before becoming park director in 2013. Under his leadership,  the parks department thrived, receiving national accreditation from the National Recreation and Park association. He helped develop the 2002 Renaissance Plan, an ambitious and successful master planning process for the renovation and expansion of the Dallas park system.

The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department provides leisure, recreational and cultural activities for the citizens of Dallas and the general public and maintains more than 21,000 park acres including 4,400 surface acres of water at 17 park sites, 17,196 acres of greenbelt/park land, and 61.6 miles of jogging and bike trails at 24 locations.  Dallas has over 400 individual parks, including recreational facilities such as community centers, swimming pools, athletic fields, and a metropolitan zoo.   The City's first two parks, City Park (purchased in 1876) and Fair Park (purchased in 1904) predate the organization of the Park and Recreation Department.  In response to management issues and concerns, an administrative Park Board was created by City Charter amendment in early 1905, and the first Board members were appointed by Mayor Bryan T. Barry on May 23, 1905. 
 

Organization

Alphabetical organization by subject.

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

Willis Winters Dallas Park Department Files (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- History
Park facilities -- Texas -- History
Texas -- History
Texas -- Description and travel
United States -- History -- 1933-1945
United States.  Works Progress Administration
 

Container List 

BoxFolderTitle, Date
11
 Accomplishments 2013

​2
​Accomplishments 2014

​3
​Accomplisments 2015-2016

​4
​Accomplishments 2016

​5
​Accomplishments 2017

​6
​Aquatics master plan

​7
​Articles and research

​8
​Awards

​9
​Awards and recognition

​10
​Bachman Lake
​2
​1
​Belo Garden

​2
​Buckner Park

​3
​Carpenter Plaza

​4
​Cedar Crest Place

​5
​Civilian conservation

​7
​Cotton Bowl

​8
​Cotton Bowl - Tom Landry Museum

​9
​Crawford Memorial Park

​10
​Cricket

​11
​Dallas 2024 Olympic bid

​12
​Dallas Aboretum
​3
​1
​Dallas Aboretum articles

​3
​Dallas Arboretum Children's Garden

​4
​Dallas Arboretum master plan

5
Old City Park

​6
​Dallas Police Memorial

​7
​Dallas Police Department
​4
​1
​Dallas Theater Center

2
Dallas Zoo

​3
Dallas Zoo articles

​4
​Dallas Zoo capital projects

​5
​Dallas Zoo design build projects

​6
​Dallas Zoo history

​1
​Dallas Zoo LRDP

​2
Dallas Zoo marketing

​3
Dallas Zoo storm water quality
​5
​1
​Dealey Plaza - Robert Groden case

​2
​Development agreements 1

3​​Development agreements 2

​4
​Downtown parks - articles

​5
​Downtown parks - benefit districts analysis

​6
​Downtown parks - emerald bracelet

​7
​Downtown parks - 211 N. Ervay

​8
​Downtown parks funding summary

​9
​Downtown parks City Hall Plaza Henry Moore sculpture

​10
​Downtown parks Harwood Park
​6
1
​Downtown parks - parks in other cities

​2
​Elm Fork athletic complex

​3
​Elm Fork athletic complex construction revisions

​4
​Elm Fork athletic complex naming and sponsorship 1

​5
​Elm Fork athletic complex naming and sponsorship 2

​6
​Elm Fork flood plain MGMT study
​7
​1
​Facility services pools

2​
​Fair Park aquarium annex

​3
​Fair Park - art conservation

​4
​Fair Park - artwork

5​​Fair Park - Centennial building

​6
​Fair Park - chidldren's aquarium

​7
​Fair Park - articles

​8
​Fair Park - Big Tex Circle

​9
​Fair Park - branding
​8
​1
​Fair Park - conceptual master plan - 1991

2
​FairPark  - Cotton Bowl

​3
​Fair Park - Dallas Cowboys

4
​Fair Park - DAR house

5
​Fair Park - DART

​6
​Fair Park - development plan 1991

​7
​Fair Park - Esplanade

​8
​Fair Park - food and fiber building

9
​Fair Park - Ford building

10
​Fair Park - venue attendance 

​11
​Fair Park - Gexa Pavilion/live nation

​12
​Fair Park - Hall of Negro Life and History
​9
​1
​Fair Park - Hall of State

​2
​Fair Park - history

​3
​Fair Park - interpretive program

​4
​Fair Park - landmark designation

​5
​Fair Park - landscape

​6
​Fair Park - Livestock Center
​10
​1
​Fair Park lighting

​2
​Fair Park Livestock Sales Arena

​3
​Fair Park Magnolia Lounge

​4
​Fair Park maps

​5
​Fair Park north master plan

​6
​Fair Park MFPTF

​7
​Fair Park Music Hall

8​​Fair Park music HF

​9
​Fair Park observation tower

​10
​Fair Park Old Mill Inn

​11
​Fair Park originals for copying

​12
​Copies of State Fair historical photos

13
​Fair Park Pan Am building
​11
1​​Fair Park parking and pavement

​2
​Fair Park presentations

​3
​Fair Park restoration projects

​4
​Fair Park Science Place

​5
​Fair Park sheep and goat barns

​6
​Fair Park signage master plans

​7
​Fair Park South Dallas TF

​8
​Fair Park state of Texas grants

​9
​Fair Park summer adventures

​10
​Fair Park Discovery Gardens

​11
​Fair Park tour

​12
​Fair Park tower building

​13
​Fair Park Women's Museum
​12
​1
​Ferris Plaza

2
​Gas drilling on park property

3
​Griggs Park

​4
​In line skating

5
​Janie and Turner Rec Center

​6
​Jefferson Project

​7
​JJ Craft House and Museum

​8
​Katy Trail operations and maintenance agreement

​9
​George Kessler

​10
​Kidd Springs Park

​11
​Kiest Park

​12
​Lee Park

​13
​Luna Vista Golf Course
​13
​1
​MoneyGram Soccer Complex FC Dallas meetings

​2
​Moore Park

​3
​Muchert Army Reserve Base

​4
​Northaven Trail

​5
​Chip Northrup

​6
​New Deal park projects

​7
​NRPA

​8
​Park land acquisition

​9
​Park memorials master plan

​10
​PARD: park naming policy

​11
​PARD service centers

​12
​Park development plan guidelines

​13
​Park signage

​14
​Pavilion program
14​
​1
​Pavilions

​2
​Pavilion program

​3
​Pegasus Texas PM progress meetings

4​​Pike Park

​5
​Pinnacle Park

​6
​Preservation Dallas

​7
​Project photos consultant brochures

​8
​Public art program

​9
​Randall park

​10
​Randall Park Pavilion

​11
​Randal Park Pavilion
​15
​1
​Recreation centers

​2
​Recreation master plan

​3
​Reverchon Park

​4
​Samuell Farm

​5
​Santa Fe Trail

​6
​Sharrock-Niblo Park

​7
​Singing Hills Recreation Center

​8
​Southern White Rock Trail

​9
​Spraygrounds

​10
​Stevens Park Golf Course
​16
​1
​Tenison Golf Course

​2
​Tennis facilities

3​​Texas Horse Park 2013

​4
​Trails

5​​Trails-Oncor liscence agreement

​6
​Trinity Belleview pedestrian bridge

​7
​Trinity Corridor lighting standards

​8
​Trinity Lakes continental bridge

​9
​Trinity River Aubudon Center

​10
​Trinity River Corridor O&M
​17
1​​Trinity Lakes

​2
​Trinity River Corridor governance models

​3
​Trinity River Corridor trails

​4
​Trinity River miscellaneous projects

​5
​Trinity River standing wave

​6
​Trinity Strand Trail
​18
​1
​Urban forestry

​2
​Valley View - Galleria area plan

​3
​White Rock Lake articles

​4
​White Rock Lake bath house

​5
​White Rock Lake - Civilian Conservation Corps

​6
​White Rock Lake - Civilian Conservation Corps statue

​7
​White Rock Hills recreation center

​8
​White Rock Lake design guidelines

​9
​White Rock Lake - Dreyfuss Club
​19
​1
​White Rock Lake - East Lawther Trail

​2
​White Rock Lake filter building boat house

​3
​White Rock Lake history

​4
​White Rock Lake master plan update

​5
​White Rock Lake master plan

​6
​White Rock Lake Mockingbird dog park

​7
​White Rock Lake pelican barges

​8
​White Rock Lake Reflection Point

​9
​White Rock Lake restaurant

10
​White Rock Lake strategic vision

​11
​White Rock Lake - Sunset Inn Inter. Center

​12
​White Rock Lake TP Hill

​13
​White Rock Lake task force

​14
​White Rock Lake - West Lawther Trail

​15
​Winfrey Point - E Lawther study
​20
​1
​Woodall Rodgers Plaza

2
​Woodall Rodgers park development agreement

​3
​Woodall Rodgers park construction

4
​Woodall Rodgers Plaza

​5
​Woodall Rodgers Plaza
​21
​1
Woodall Rodgers Park schematic design
2
​WW Jefferson Project and Pflueger Award

​3
​Zoo - African Savannah
​22
​1
​Articles 2014

​2
​Articles 2015

​3
​Articles 2016
​23
​1
​Articles 2017-1

​2
​Articles 2017-2

3
​Articles 2017-3

​4
​Articles 2017-4

​5
​Articles 2017-5
​24
​1
​Publicity and recognition

​2
News clippings 1

​3
​News clippings 2

​4
​News clippings 3

​5
​News clippings 4

​6
​News clippings 5