Overview

Scope and Content

Collection documents the annexations of Clifton Place, Oak Lawn Heights, Maplewood, Love Dale Numbers 1 and 2, Brookfield, and portions of Love Field between 1929 and 1934.  The neighborhood additions are all located in the Oak Lawn/North Dallas area. Annexation is defined as the legal incorporation of territory outside of a municipality to expand the municipality’s borders.

The bulk of the collection is citizens’ petitions requesting annexation and the rest is correspondence relating to the presentation of a proposed annexation ordinance to the Dallas Board of Commissioners. Of historic note is a June 1929 letter from two commissioners to the City Attorney urging the speeding up of annexations “in order to make Dallas take first rank in population among the cities of Texas.”

Organization

The collection is arranged 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.  The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Citation

Oak Lawn Heights and Related Annexations, 1929-1934 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

Collection 1991-063—City of Fruitdale, 1937-1964
Collection 1991-064—City of Kleberg, 1956-1978
Collection 1991-087—City of Oak Cliff, 1891-1904, 1930
Collection 1991-108—City of Renner, 1953-1977
Collection 1991-114—Town of Honey Springs, 1937-1947
Collection 1991-110—Town of Preston Hollow, 1939-1945

Index Terms

Annexation (Municipal government) -- Texas -- Dallas
Dallas -- Texas -- History

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