Scope and Contents

Collection consists of the planning materials for the May 2, 1983, Dallas City Council Inauguration.

Although the inauguration activities for the Dallas City Council have varied over many decades, they often include a pre-ceremony breakfast or luncheon, the ceremony itself, the mayor's State of the City address, a post-inauguration reception, and a ceremonial first council meeting.  Included in the collection is an inauguration invitation list, a list of the fifty persons who filed as candidates in the 1983 Dallas City Council general election, a copy of the inaugural remarks, the inauguration budget, a member list of the Dallas Central Business District Association, as well as other documents related to the planning and execution of the inauguration festivities.

The 1983 Dallas City Council was composed ​of  James Hart, District 1; Paul Fielding, District 2; Jim Richards, District 3; Dean Vanderbilt, District 4; Craig Holcomb, District 5; Elsie Faye Heggins, District 6; Max Goldblatt, District 7; Fred Blair, District 8; Jerry Rucker, District 9; and Annette Strauss, District 10.

Organization

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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

City Council Inauguration, 1983 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Material

Collection 1994-008—City Council Inauguration Contact Proofs, 1991
Collection 1994-047—City Council Inauguration Materials, 1993
Collection 1994-009—City Council Inauguration Photographs and Negatives, 1992
Collection 1994-044—City Council Inauguration Planning Materials, 1980-1983, undated
Collection 1994-042—City Council Inauguration Planning Materials, 1981, 1985

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Dallas (Tex.) -- Politics and government
Dallas (Tex.). City Council
Elections -- Texas -- Dallas

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