Municipal Archives


​Dallas Department of Park and Recreation General Subject Files, 1911-Current​

​Collection 1995-023​​

Overview

Repository
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
CreatorDallas Department of Park and Recreation
TitleDallas Department of Park and Recreation General Subject Files
Dates1911-Current
Quantity 28.7​7 linear feet/70 boxes) + 23.83 linear feet flat files​
AbstractCorrespondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescript, printed reports, printed materials, photographic prints, maps, and architectural plans and drawings.
Identification1995-023
LanguageRecords are in English

Scope and Content

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. 

The original 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 1911 and 1970.  Subsequent additions to the collection include similar file types and expand the timeline into the 2000s.  Addition 3 includes the 1930s Works Progress Administration (WPA) activities pursued in Dallas parks.​  See the online exhibit on the President Roosevelt's New Deal for further information.

Organization

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.  ​The collection also contains oversized materials.

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

Dallas Department of Park and Recreation General Subject Files, 1911-Current (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

Pathfinder 2—Resources for Researching City of Dallas Parks
​1995-043—Works Progress Administration in Dallas Parks Collection, 1939-1947
2002-001—Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings, 1911-1960
2005-005—Public Works Survey Division Cemetery Files, 1887-2005

Index Terms

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- History
Park facilities -- Texas -- History
Texas -- History
United States -- History -- 1933-1945
United States.  Works Progress Administration

Container List

Box Folder Title, Date
1
1
American Institute of Park Executives, 1938-1943
 
2American Institute of Park Executives, Pollard and Wheeler, 8/31/1948
 3American Institute of Park Executives, 1948-1949
 4Architect Fees
 5Aquarium - Construction - General
 6Ernest T. Attwell Report - Recreation Available for Negroes, 1945
 7General Subject File "B"
 8Bachman Lake, 1937-1942
 9Bachman Lake, 1944-1949
 10Bachman Lake Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
 11Bachman Recreation Center dedication, 11/2/1980
 12Buckner Park 
 13Buckner Park Expansion, 1945-1947
21Camping in Dallas parks, 1958-1959
 2Central Square, 1911
 3City Park Restorations, 1948-49-50
 4Concessions, 1949
 5Concessions, 1949-1952
 6Concession Contracts 1, 1950-52
 7Concession Contracts 2, 1950-52
 8Concession specifications, 1972
 9General Subject File "D", 1915-1952
 10Dallas Memorial Auditorium rental schedule, 1957
 11Donations - Zoo, 1938-52
​ 12Drowning:  Billy Dean Roach - Drowned - Lake Cliff, Male, age 5 1/2 years, June 12, 1954
​ 13Drowning:  Gilbert Golden - Drowned - Fair Park Swimming Pool, June 21, 1952
31Drowning:  Mansfield Accident, 1945
 2Drowning:  Roy M. Fabion, Jr. - Drowning Lake Cliff Pool, July 14, 1942
 3Drowning:  Earl Norris - Drowned Lake Cliff, June 3, 1952
 4Drowning:  Gladys Stokes (age 38), Griggs Swimming Pool, August 17, 1951
 5Drowning:  Fred Smith - Death - Fair Park Pool, June 6, 1948
 6Drowning:  Padilla Accident, 1948 June
 7Drowning:  Max D Fields  - Drowned Lake Cliff
 8Edgemere park site (Preston Hollow)
 9Elmwood, 1934-1951
 10Employees Retirement Fund
 11Exall Park, 1950
 12Exall and Exline, 1939-1943
 13Exline Community House and Stevens Comfort Station
41Feasibility study - A Dallas Recreation Center for the Handicapped, 1978
 2Ferris Plaza (USO) and Fretz Park
 3Fleet insurance, 1950-51
 4Fleet insurance, 1951-52
 5Forest High Property
 6Forest Hills
 7Garrett Park
 8Garrett and Greiner 
 9Gilliam Estate (proposed park site), 1950
 10Golf Courses, 1945-1949
 11Golf Courses for Negroes (parks)
 12Grauwyler Park, 1938-1949
51Hare and Hare, landscape architects 1, 1937-1944
 2Hare and Hare, landscape architects 2, 1937-1944
 3Herndon
 4Hines Boulevard (kindergarten property)
 5Inwood Road
 6General Subject Files "J"
 7General Subject Files "K"
 8George E. Kessler, 1911
 9Kidd Springs Park, 1945-1952
 10Kidd Springs (Square Dances), 1948-1951
 11Kidd Springs Petition - Additional Land 1
 12Kidd Springs Petition - Additional Land 2
 13Kidd Springs Purchase
61General Subject Files "L", 1945-1950
 2Lagow Community Center - Spec
 3Lake Cliff
 4Lake Cliff Pool Alterations and Addition Specification - Contract 1
 5Lake Cliff Pool Alterations and Addition Specification - Contract 2
 6Lake Cliff Lighting System
 7Lake Cliff Boat Concession
 8Lake Cliff Glider Boats, 1946-47
 9Lanier School Pool - Construction
 10Lanier School and Lisbon Playgrounds
71Lincoln Negro High School
 2Lisbon Pool
 3Marsalis Park, 1920-1936
 4Marsalis Park, 1942-1948
 5Marsalis Park, R. J. Stinnett, 1948-1951
 6Marsalis Park Zoo Reports, 1945-1950
 7Master plan, (1946 Hare and Hare)
 8Mayor and Commissioners (includes sale of 1/2 acre at Stevens Park to Water Department and other correspondence), 1920-1930
 9McClellan Will (drinking fountains construction)
 10Monument Plaza (Munger Park and Boulevard (Dumes Street Park)
 11Moore Park (golf course for Negroes - 8th St. Park, officially named, 6/29/40), 1938-1942
 12Moore Negro Park (8th Street Park) Original Purchase and Expansion
 13Moss Park (Oak Cliff - reservoirs, etc.)
 14Moss Park (Salvation Army) at Ervay and Holmes, 1938-1944
 15Motion Pictures
 16Music Commission, 1921-1922
 17National Board Office report prepared by L. B. Houston and V. A. Kormerer, Superintendent of Austin Park and Recreation Department, 1943-1944
 18National Recreation Association, 1932-1942
 19National Recreation Association, 1940-1947
81National Recreation Association, 1943-1950
 2National Recreation Association, 1950-1951
 3National Recreation Association Civil Defense Project, 1951-52
 4National Youth Administration, 1938-1943
 5North American Aviation, Inc. Recreation and Welfare Annual Report, 1942
 6General Subject Files "O", 1926-1935
 7Oak Cliff Negro Park [Eloise Lundy], 1939-1949
 8Oak Grove Golf Course (Capitol, Haskell, Fitzhugh: Leased Land), 1923-1939
 9Oak Lawn Park, 1917-1936
 10Park and Recreation Board Orientation Retreat, 3/1972
 11Park Board Correspondence, 1938-1943
91Parks and Open Space - Pilot Study - A Master Plan, 1965
 2Pike - Bids on Retaining Wall - (Turney St./Summit Play Park), 1925 
 3Playpark supervisor, 1930-1934
 4Photographic prints
Unidentified land clearing (2), undated
Concrete amphitheater seating, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, October 1941
Glider boat, ca. 1947
Unidentified man beside automobile, undated
Mrs WV Champion and George F. Walford, Brother and Sister, undated
Officer Parker, Sullivan Park, and Mr. Rhone - Park Director (with group of children), undated
 5Pool and Golf Passes, 1924-1943
 6General Subject Files "R" Including Randall Park, 1938-1943
 7Randall Memorial Grove, 1924-1944
 8Randall Federation Membership Cards
 9Relief Labor (Texas Relief Commission), 1933-1935
 10Reverchon Park Ball Diamond, 1939-1948
101Reverchon Park Expansion, 1940-1951
 2Roosevelt Park, 1929-37
 3Ruthmeade Park, 1921-1925
 4SMU Students
 5Southeast Dallas recreation facilities, undated
 6Stevens Park, 1924-1941
 7Stevens Park Clubhouse and Ground Improvements, 1939-1949
 8Stevens Park Golf Course - General, 1944-1952
 9Stevens Park Housing Project (Easements), 1943-44
 10Stevens - Tenison
 11Sullivan Park [City Park], 1931-1938
 12Swimming Pools Junior 1945 - Brown, Peeler, Henderson Terry
 13Swimming Pools, 1940-1943
111Swimming Pools, 1943-1952
 1Swiss Avenue, 1919-1929
 2Tenison General, 1942-45
 3Tenison General, 1946-1951
 4Tenison Clubhouse - Bids and Contract, 1940
 5Tenison Golf Course, 1923-1937
 6Tennis Courts - Concrete - Henderson Plans, Specs, Bids, Contract, 1944-1946
 7Texas ​Recreation Association 1, 1942-1945
 8Texas Recreation Association 2, 1942-1945
 9Texas Recreation Association, Texas Beach and Pool Association conference, 1944
121Thomas Hill Park, 1930-1935
 2Thomas Hill - Purchase, 1944-1953
 3Tietze Park, 1923-1942
 4Tietze Park, 1946-48
 5Tietze Park Expansion, 1944-1945
 6Tietze Park - Improvements: Swimming Pool - Paving Shelter
 7Turf Maintenance A&M College, 1944-1950
 8Turf Maintenance A&M College, 1946-1948
 9Turf Maintenance A&M College, 1952
 10Mrs. E. P. [Adelia] Turner Plaza, 1912-1940
 11General Subject Files "V", 1923-1933
 12General Subject Files "W", 1918-1943
131Wahoo Club Property, 1923-1936
 2Wahoo Park, 1937-1943
 3Wahoo Park, 1944-1950
 4Walford Park, 1930-1933
 5Walnut Hill Petition for Park, May 24, 1951
 6West Dallas Picnic Area, 1941-1944
 7Wheatley Park, 1919-1933
 8The White Rocker News, 11/14/1968
 9Winnetka Park, 1926-1934
 10Winslett Plaza, 1924-1935
 11WPA Payroll, 1938
 12General Subject Files "Y", 1935-1944
 13Zang Boulevard, 1911
 14Zang Boulevard, 1941-1945
 15Zoo Report, 1923-1930
 16Zoological Society - Dallas Zoo Commission, 1924-1940

Container List Addition 1

Box Folder Description, Date
14
1
Akard Tree Park
 2American Institute of Park Executives, 1948-1950
 3American Institute of Park Executives, 1950
 4American Institute of Park Executives meeting, 1950
 5
Arapaho Park
 6Arcadia Park
 7Architects applications, 1964
 8Beckley-Saner Park
 9Beeman Cemetery
 10Bel - Aire Park
 11Bluff View Park
 12Bonnie View Park
 13Bucker (Samuell) Park
 14Bullington Mall
 15Bulova - Homecoming - Honey Springs
 16Bushman Park
151California Crossing
 2Campbell-Green Cemetery
 3Casa Linda
 4Cedar Crest
 5Cedar Crest Golf Course
 6Cedar Run Park
 7Celestial Park
 8Cemeteries - General
 9Central Square Park
 10Cherrywood Park
 11Cheyenne Park
 12Churchill Park
 13City Cemetery 1
 14City Cemetery (Pioneer) 2 photographs
 15City Park (Old City Park)
 16Cole Park
 17College Park
 18Colonial Park
 19Confederate Cemetery
 20Cotillion Park
 21Cottonwood Park
 22Craddock Park
 23Crawford Memorial Park (Samuell-Elam)
 24Crestline Park
 25Crown Park
 26Cummings Park
161Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - bylaws, organization and structure
 2Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - Camp and DeGolyer Howes - restoration and repair
 3Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - DeGolyer Estate - Friends of the D.E., 1980
 4Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - DeGolyer Estate History 1
 5Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - DeGolyer Estate History 2
 6Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - master plan and site design plans
 7Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society - origination studies and purpose
 8Dallas County Flood Control Central District history - Trinity River Greenbelt
 9David R. and Mayme Graham Park
 10Dealey Plaza
171Deerpath Park
 2Devon-Anderson Park
 3Dixon Branch Greenbelt
 4Donations, 1926-1942
 5Eladio R. Martinez Park (Pluto Park)
 6Elm Fork athletic complex
 7Elm Fork Golf Course - contract, 1966
 8Elm Fork Golf Course - earthwork contract, 1966
 9Elm Fork Golf Course - fencing contract, 1967
 10Elm Fork Golf Course - pumping contract, 1967
 11Elm Fork Gun Club
 12Eloise Lundy [Oak Cliff Negro]
 13Emerald Lake
 14Emma Carter Park (Pluto Park)
 15Escarpment Greenbelt
 16Exall Park
 17Exline Park
 18Exposition Plaza
 19​Fair Oaks
 20Fair Park - Dallas Historical Society
 21Fair Park - DAR House - Conoco
181Fair Park - Garden Center contracts
 2Fair Park - Grand Prix 1, 1984
 3Fair Park - Grand Prix 2, 1984
 4Fair Park - Hall of Religions building
 5Fair Park - Health and Science Museum
​ 
6Fair Park - Historic Designation - National Park Service
 7Fair Park - Implementation Plan
 8Fair Park - Improvements
 9Fair Park - Lagoon
 10Fair Park - Master Plan, 1991
 11Fair Park - Mobile Classic
191Fair Park - Museum of Natural History
 2Fair Park - Museum of Natural History - Ramses exhibit
 3Fair Park - Music Hall - concessions, 1979
 4Fair Park - Music Hall - Junior Black Academy, 1990
 5Fair Park - Old Mill Building
 6Fair Park - Olympics bid 2012
 7Fair Park - Pan American Arena roof structure investigation, 1997
 8Fair Park - Science Place
 9Fair Park - Starplex, including information on other city amphitheater locations 1
 10Fair Park - Starplex, including information on other city amphitheater​ locations 2
 11Fair Park - State Fair Capital Improvements
 12Fair Park - State Fair Contracts
 13Fair Park - State Fair History
 14Fair Park - Task Force
201Fair Park - Texas Discovery Gardens (Garden Center)
 2Fair Park - Texas Sports Hall of Fame, 1989
3Fair Park - Tower Building
4Fair Park - Transportation Management Study

5Fair Park - The Turn at the Millennium
 6Fair Park - Vietnam Veterans Memorial
 7Fair Park - Women's Museum 1
 8Fair Park - Women's Museum 2
 9Fair Park - Woofus sculpture
​ 10Fair Park - World Cup 1, 1994
 11Fair Park - World Cup 2, 1994
 12Fair Park - WRR​
 13Ferguson Park
 14Ferris Plaza
 15Field-Frazier Park
211Fireside Park
 2Fish Trap Lake
 3Five Mile Greenbelt (between Glendale and Arden Terrace parks)
 4Forest Park
 5Forest Cliff Park
 6Forest Hills - Ferris Cemetery
 7Forest Meadows Park
 8Forest Playlot, junior pool, construction contract, 1971
 9Founders Square
 10Four-Way Place Mall
 11Fox Hollow (Emerald Lake)
 12Frances Rizo Park (aka Iroquois, Ignacio Zaragoza)
 13Frankford Park
 14Freedmen's Cemetery
 15Fretz Park
 16Friendship Park
 17Fruitdale Park
 18Gannon Park
 19Garret Park
 20Gateway Park
 21Genaro Park
 22General Subject File "R", 1918-1936
 23Glencoe Park
 24Glendale Park
 25Glover Cemetery
221Golf facilities
 2Grauwyler Park
 3Greenway Park
 4Greiner Park
 5Griffin Street Park
 6Griggs Park (Hall Street) 1
 7Griggs Park (Hall Street) 2
 8Grove Oaks Park
 9Grover C. Keeton - Golf (Gateway)
 10Hamilton Park
 11Harrell Park
 12Harry S. Moss Park 1
 13Harry S. Moss Park 2 (land donation)
231Hattie R. Moore Park
 2Helen C. Emory Park (Bayonne)
 3Herndon Park
 4Hillcrest High School athletic facility
 5Hillcrest Park
 6Hillview Park
 7Holcomb Park
 8Hulcy Park
 9Ignacio Zaragoza Recreation Center
 10Indian Ridge Park
 11J.J. Craft House 1
 12J.J. Craft House 2
 13J.J. Craft House 3
 14J.J. Lemmon Park
 15J.P. Hawn Park
 16J.W. Ray Park
241James W. Aston Park
 2Jamestown Park (Walker Park)
 3Jaycee - Zaragoza Park 1
 4Jaycee - Zaragoza Park 2
 5Joe's Creek
 6John C. Phelps Park (Magna Vista Park)
 7John Carpenter Plaza
 8Jones Playlot at K.B. Polk Park
 9Joppa Park
 10Joppa Preserve (Lemmon Lake) 1
 11Joppa Preserve (Lemmon Lake) 2
 12Jubilee Park
 13Julius Schepps Park
251K.B. Polk Park
 2Katie Jackson Park
 3Katy Trail 1
 4Katy Trail 2
 5Katy Trail 3
 6Keller Springs
 7Kensington Park
 8Kidd Springs Park
 9Kiest Park
​26
​1
​Kimble Park

2
Kingsbridge Park
 3
Kiowa Park
 4
Kiowa Parkway
 5
Kleberg Park
 6
L. Butler Nelson
 7
L.B. Houston
 8
L.B. Houston (Elm Fork)
 9
L.B. Houston Golf Course 1
 10
L.B. Houston Golf Course 2
 11
L.B. Houston Golf Course 3 Contracts
 12
L.B. Houston Tennis
 ​
13
La Reunion - Fishtrap
 14
Lake Cliff Park
271Lake Highlands North (Skyline)
 2Lake Ray Hubbard Chalet Bay/Marina Del Ray
 3Lake Ray Hubbard City of Heath
 4Lake Ray Hubbard City of Rowlett
 5Lake Ray Hubbard City of Sunnyvale
 6Lake Ray Hubbard Cove and Rockwall Marina
 7Lake Ray Hubbard Dallas B.A.T.
 8Lake Ray Hubbard Elgin Robertson Park
 9Lake Ray Hubbard Elgin Robertson sports
 10Lake Ray Hubbard Exchange Land Johnson and May
 11Lake Ray Hubbard Garland Lease
 12Lake Ray Hubbard General
 13Lake Ray Hubbard Heritage on the Lake
 14Lake Ray Hubbard maps
 15Lake Ray Hubbard Rock wall lease
 16Lake Ray Hubbard Rush Creek Yacht Club
281Lake Ray Hubbard Site "D" Bayview Dal-Rockwall
 2Lake Ray Hubbard Site "E" Lakeside Marina
 3Lake Ray Hubbard Site "G" Beacon Harbor Marina
 4Lakeland Hills Park
 5Lakewood Park
 6Larry Johnson Recreation Center
 7Lawnview Park
 8Ledbetter-Eagle Ford Park (Hammerly Park)
 9Lee Park 1
 10Lee Park 2
 11Lee Park, 1939
 12Lee Park, 1941-1945
 13Lee Park, 01-02/1941
 14Lee Park, 01/1941-07/1941
291Lee Park, 07/1941-09/1941
 2Lee Park, 1965-1968
 3Lee Park - building alterations and additions, 1964-1965
 4Liberty Park
 5Lindsley Park
 6Lizzie Oliver Park
 7Lochwood Park
 8Lubben Plaza
 9Maham Rd. Linear Park
 10Marcus Park
 11Maria Luna Park (Maple Park)
 12Marilla, Akard, Young Triangle (Zonta)
 13Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center
301Martin Weiss Park
 2Martinez Foundation
 3Martyr's (Dealey Plaza Annex)
 4Maryland Park
 5McCommas Bluff
 6McCree Park
 7Meadowstone Park
 8Merrifield Cemetery
 9Midway Manor
 10Mildred L. Dunn Park (Lagow Park)
 11Miller Family Park (Cedardale)
 12Miller Park
 13Mini Parks
 14Monarch Park
 15Moore Park
 16Moss
 
17Mountain Creek Lake
 18Mountain Creek Lake Lease (Grand Prairie)
 19Mountain Creek Park 
 20Mountain Creek Park Little League (Oak Cliff)
311Mountain Valley Park
 2Munger Park
 3Neighborhood Preservation in South Dallas
 4Netherland Park
 5Norbuck Park
 6North Arcadia Park
 7Northaven Park and Greenbelt
 8Northlake Park
 9Northwood Park
 10Oak Cliff Founders Park (Samuell Colorado Park)
 11Old East Dallas Work Yard
 12Old Renner Park (Starbuck Park)
 13Olive Shapiro Park
321Opportunity Park 1
 2Opportunity Park 2
 3Orbiter Park
 4Overlake Park
 5Owenwood Park
 6Pacific Plaza (Harwood St.)
 7Pacific Plaza (Pacific Ave.)
 8Pagewood Park
 9Park and Recreation publications, 1962-1975
 10Park in the Woods (Florina Danieldale)
11Parkdale Park
12
Parkvie​w Park
​​ 13Pearl Street median (t​​rees), Newsome tree and landscape contract, 1976
 14Peary Park
 15Pecan Grove Park
 16Pegasus Park
 17Pegasus Plaza
331Pemberton Hill
 2Permission to Use​
 3Pershing Square
 4Peter Pan Park
 5Pike Park 1
 6Pike Park 2
 7Pine Park
 8Pinnacle Park
 9Pioneer Cemetery
 10Pioneer Plaza
 11Pleasant Mound Cemetery
341Pleasant Oaks Park
 2Pointer Park
 3Prairie Creek Greenbelt
 4Preston Green Park
 5Preston Hollow Park
 6Preston Ridge Trail
 7Pueblo Park
 8R.P. Brooks Park (Merriman Park)
 9Rain Forest Park
 10Randall Park
 11Reagans Park
 12Renner Park
 13Reunion Park
 14Reverchon Park 1
 15Reverchon Park 2, 1922-1948
 16Rhoads Terrace
351Ricketts Branch Greenbelt
 2Ridgewood Park
 3Rochester Park 1
 4Rochester Park 2
 5Rose Haggar Park (Prestonwood West)
 6Runyon Creek Greenbelt
 7Salado Park
 8Samuell Commerce
 9Samuell Estates - Settlements
361Samuell Property - 1208 Main Street
 2Samuell Property - 1212, 1208 Main Street
 3Samuell Property - Hall Thomas Central
 4Samuell-Beaumont Park
 5Samuell-East (Farm) 1 - training manual, 1981
 6Samuell-East (Farm) 2
 7Samuell-East (Farm) 3
371Samuell-East (Farm) 4
 2Samuell-East (Farm) 5
 3Samuell-East (Farm) 6
 4Samuell-East (Farm) 7
 5Samuell-East (Farm) 8
 6Samuell-East (Farm) 9 - Concessions
 7Samuell-East (Farm) 10 - task force and advisory committee
 8Samuell-East (Farm), Samuell-New Hope Park
381Samuell-Elam Park (Crawford Memorial Park)
 2Samuell-Grand Park 1
 3Samuell-Grand Park 2
 4Samuell-Grand Park 3 - amphitheater - Shakespeare Festival
 5Samuell-Grand Park 4 - hobby field
 6Samuell-Grand Park 5 - master plan
 7Sand Springs Park
 8Santa Fe Trail
 9Santa Fe Trail - Veloway South
 10Sargent Park
 11Scotland Park
 12Scyene Trail 1
 13Scyene Trail 2
 14Scyene Trail 3
 15Seaton Park
 16Service Center District 2 - 1400 Guard Drive (Proposed)
 17Shaw Park
 18Simonds Lake Park
391Singing Hills Park
 2Sleepy Hollow Park
 3Sorcey Park
 4South Central Park
 5South Dallas Cultural Center
 6Southern Skates Roller Rink
 7St. Augustine Park
 8St. Francis Park
 9Stafford Park
 10Stemmons Park
 11Stemmons Plaza
 12Stevens Park Golf Course 1
401Stevens Park Golf Course 2
 2Stevens Park Golf Course 3
 3Stone Park
 4Stone Place Mall
 5Sugarberry Park
 6Sun Valley Park
 7Swiss Avenue Esplanade
 8Swiss Avenue medians
 9T.G. Terry Park
 10Tama Park
 11Teagarden Place Park
 12Tenison East and West - pro shop and teaching facility 1
411Tenison East and West - pro shop and teaching facility 2
 2Tenison Hereford lawsuit 1, 2003
 3Tenison Hereford lawsuit 2, 2003
 4Tenison Hereford lawsuit 3, 2003
421Tenison Hereford lawsuit 4, 2003
 2Tenison Park 1
 3Tenison Park 2
 4Tenison Park 3
 5Tenison Park West 1
 6Tenison Park West 2 - golf course naming
431Tennis (Dallas Tennis Association)
 2Texas and New Orleans Railroad at Winstead lease
 3Texas Horse Park
 
4Thanksgiving Square
 5Thurgood Marshall Park/Da Hama Beach
 6Tietze Park
 7Timber Glen Park
441Tipton Park and Bernal Green Belt 1
 2Tipton Park and Bernal Green Belt 2
 3Tokalon Park
 4Tommie M. Allen Highland Hills Park 1
 5Tommie M. Allen Highland Hills Park 2
 6Trammell Crow Park
 7Triangle - Marilla/Akard/Young
 8Triangles - Circles
451Trinity Park Citizens Committee, 1989-1999
 2Trinity Park Master Plan, 1999/2000
 3Trinity River boat ramps
 4Trinity River Corridor Project
 5Trinity River Corridor Studies. 1980-2000
 6Trinity River Corridor Studies. 1980-2000
 7Trinity River Corridor Studies. 1980-2000
 8Trinity River Corridor Studies. 1980-2000
461Trinity River Greenbelt - Dallas County Flood Control District history, 1973
 2Trinity River Greenbelt - easement
 3Trinity River Greenbelt - general information
 4Trinity River Interpretive Equestrian Center 1
 5Trinity River Interpretive Equestrian Center 2
 6Turner Plaza
 7Turtle Creek 1
 8Turtle Creek 2
 9Turtle Creek 3
 10Turtle Creek 4
471Turtle Creek Boulevard - illumination and widening, 1960-1969
 2Turtle Creek Boulevard - improvements, 1962-1963
 3Turtle Creek Bridge
 4Turtle Creek Greenbelt
 5Turtle Creek Linear Park/Hike & Bike
 6Turtle Creek Pump Station/Sammons Center
 7Turtle Creek Purchases - sales and agreements
 8Turtle Creek Trail - Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. 
 9Twelve Hills property
 10Twin Falls Park
 11Twin Lakes Park
 12Umphress Park
 13Union Terminal Park
 14Urban Park
 15Urbandale Park
481Valley View Park
 2Valley View West - Hillcrest Park - Hunt property
 3Verde Valley Park/School
 4Veterans Park
 5Vietnam Memorial
 6W.W. Samuell last will and testament 1936, probate court decree 1940
 7Wahoo Playfield
 8Walford Park
 9Wallace Park (abandoned 1997)
 10Walnut Hill Park
 11Watercrest Park 1 - Lake Highlands Town Center
 12Watercrest Park 2
 13Webb Chapel Park
 14Weichsel Park
 15West Trinity Heights Park
491Western Heights Cemetery
 2Westhaven Park
 3Westmoreland Park
 4Westmount Park
 5Wheatland Park
 6Wheatley Park
 7White Rock Creek - flood control, 1950
 8White Rock Creek Greenbelt - Lower 1
 9White Rock Creek Greenbelt - Lower 2
 10White Rock Creek Greenbelt - Upper 1
 11White Rock Creek Greenbelt - Upper 2
 12White Rock Creek Hike & Bike Trail (Above lake to Valley View)
501White Rock Creek study 1
 2White Rock Creek study 2
 3White Rock Hills Recreation Center
 4White Rock Lake - Bath House
 5White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 1
 6White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 2
 7White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 3
​ 8White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 4 - Camp House history
 9White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 5 - correspondence 1
​ 10White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 6 - correspondence 2
511White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 7 - operation and use policy
​ 2White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 8 - public hearings and P.D. District Information
​ 3White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 9 - remote parking land acquisition 
4White Rock Lake - Dallas Arboretum and ​Botanical Society 10 - Trammell Crow Pavilion
5White Rock Lake - For the Love of the Lake
&6White Rock Lake - land acquisition 1
 7White Rock Lake - land acquisition 2
 8White Rock Lake - parking lots
 9White Rock Lake - sale of land - proposals, 1945  
​ 10White Rock Lake - sale of land - proposal of DPS, Drivers Licensing Station, 1979  
521White Rock Lake - shoreline tree enhancement
 2White Rock Lake - silt control, 1945-1970 
 3White Rock Lake - spillway repair, 1979
 4White Rock Lake - Sunset Bay
 5White Rock Lake - Texas Technological College Plan
 6White Rock Lake Management Plan, 1985-1987
 7White Rock Lake Master Plans 1
 8White Rock Lake Master Plans 2
 9White Rock Lake Park
 10White Rock Lake Park - armory site
 11White Rock Lake Park - capital improvement considerations
 12White Rock Lake Park - circulation studies
 13White Rock Lake Park - Dallas United Crew
 14White Rock Lake Park - dam and spillway study
531White Rock Lake Park - design guidelines
 2White Rock Lake Park - Doran's Point
 3White Rock Lake Park - Dreyfuss Club
 4White Rock Lake Park - East Lawther Drive concerns
 5White Rock Lake Park - emergency call box system
 6White Rock Lake Park - equestrian services
 7White Rock Lake Park - fish hatchery
 8White Rock Lake Park - Flag Pole Hill
 9White Rock Lake Park - foundation
 10White Rock Lake Park - history 1
 11White Rock Lake Park - history 2
 12White Rock Lake Park - history 3 - L.H. Weir
 13White Rock Lake Park - lake dredging, 1973
 14White Rock Lake Park - lake dredging, 1998
 15White Rock Lake Park - lake dredging, 1999-2000
​541White Rock Lake Park - landscaping agreement with Southern Pacific Railway
 2White Rock Lake Park - police station
 3White Rock Lake Park - spillway and dam urban design
 4White Rock Lake Park - Stone Tables area
 5William B. Dean Park 1
 6William B. Dean Park 2
 7William B. Dean Park 3
 8William B. Dean Park 4
 9William B. Dean Park 5
 10William B. Dean Park 6 - memorial resolution
 11William Blair, Jr Park - renaming of Rochester Park, 2011
 12Willie Mae Butler Park 1
551Willie Mae Butler Park 2
 2Willie Mae Butler Park 3
 3Willie Mae Butler Park 4 - Larry Johnson Recreation Center
 4
Willou​ghby Park 1
 5Willoughby Park 2
 6Willow Square Park
 7Winfrey Point Park
 8Wonderview Park
 9Woodland Springs Park - playground expansion, 2010
 10WPA, 1939-1941
 11Wynnewood Park
 12Wynnewood Parkway
 13Zoo - animal feed bid, 1966
 14Zoo - animals
 15Zoo - artwork
561Zoo - attendance
 2Zoo - buildings
 3Zoo - correspondence, 1994-1996
 4Zoo - correspondence, 1996
 5Zoo - general
 6Zoo - reptile testimony (legal matter), 1977
 7Zoological conference program, 1963

 

​Container List for Addition 2

Box
Folder
Description, Date
571
Correspondence with Mayor Folsom, 1977
 ​
2Correspondence with Sid Stahl, 1976-1977
 3Cultural Arts - Report from Lanham deal and notes, 1975-1977
 4Dallas Civic Ballet - sample programs, 1959-1970
5Dallas Park and Recreation Department - employee awards ceremony, 2002
6Fair Oaks Park - Tennis Center, 1979

7Fine Arts Study Committee 1, 1971 
 8Fine Arts Study Committee 2, 1971 
 9Fretz Park Tennis Center, 1976-1979
 10Kiest Park Tennis Center, 1979-1980
 11Mesquite farm lands 1
 12Mesquite farm lands 2
581Mesquite farm lands 3 - including O.C. Hanby, 1938-1949
 2Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee Meeting, 08/31/1971
 3National Endowment for the Arts Application - city arts programs, 1974-1975
 4National Endowment for the Arts Application - establishment of an arts coordination service application, 1975
 5National Endowment for the Arts Application - Majestic Theater, 1975
 6National Endowment for the Arts Application - works of arts in public places, 1974-1976
 7North Central Service Center Study, 1982
 8Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1976-1977
 9Richard Huff - from Mary Bywaters, 11/06/1976
 10Ruth St. Denis, 1957
591Samuell Farm - asset transfer, 2001
 2Samuell Farm - audits, 1990-2000
 3Samuell Farm - correspondence, 1999
 4Samuell Farm - correspondence, 1999-2000
 5Samuell Farm - Dallas vs. First National Bank, 1996
 6Samuell Farm - financial, 1998
 7Samuell Farm - span of control, 2000
 8Samuell Farm - USDA Settlement, 2000
 9Samuell Farm - violations, 1999
 10Samuell Farm - water run-off, 1980-1982
 11Samuell Park - insurance fund 1, 1940-1960
 12Samuell Park - insurance fund 2, 1961-1971
601Samuell-Garland Park athletics, 1990-1995
 2Samuell-Garland Park - Eastern Avenue
 3Samuell-Garland Park - hobby park, 1991
 4Samuell-Garland Park - hobby park - model airplane correspondence
 5Samuell-Garland Park - hobby park - model airplane facilities, 1969-1972
 6Samuell-Garland Park - hobby park - model airplane facilities, 1978-1980
​ 7Samuell-Garland Park - hobby park - Southwest Model Airplane Championships, 1957
 8Samuell-Grand Tennis Center, 1979-1980
611Samuell-New Hope Farm 1, 1944-1958
 2Samuell-New ​Hope Farm 2, 1959-1980
 
3Samuell-New Hope Farm 3, 1959-1980
 4Service Centers 1
 5Service Centers 2
 6Tenison Golf Course expansion 1, 1955-1957
 7Tenison Golf Course expansion 2, 1964
 8Tenison Park - Mrs. Housewright lease, 1964
621Tenison Park - Valley Glen extension, 1965-1970
 2Tennis 1
 3Tennis 2
 4Tennis 3
 5Tennis 4
 6Tennis courts, 1976-1977
 7Tennis courts, 1978-1979
631Tennis courts - concession bids, 1975-1976
 2Tennis courts - Park Board committee, 1972
 3Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS), 1977
 4Theater in the Parks (Dallas Theater Center), 1977

​​​​
Container List for Addition 3​​

Box
Folder
Description, Date
641Arts calendar programming
 2Arts Council study - work papers, 1977
 3Cultural agencies budget requests, 1977-1978
 4Fair Park Planning Study, 1981
 5Fair Park Planning Study, 1981
 6Fine Arts Museum correspondence 
 7Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 08/31/1971
651Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 09/07/1971
 2Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription 1, 09/14/1971
 3Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription 2, 09/14/1971
 4Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 09/16/1971
 5Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 09/28/1971
 6Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 09/30/1971
 7Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 10/14/1971
 8Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 10/19/1971
661Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 10/21/1971
 2Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 10/28/1971
 3Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 11/04/1971
 4Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 11/10/1971
 5Museum of Fine Arts Study Committee meeting - transcription, 11/23/1971
 6National Endowment for the Arts conference packet, 1976
 7Park Board cultural activities coordinator files 1
 8Park Board cultural activities coordinator files 2
671Park Board cultural activities coordinator files 3
 2Richard Huff daily planner, 1976
 
3
Texas Centennial construction vendor brochure submissions
Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Company
General Electric Lighting Recommendations

Hubbell Electrical Specialties

International Cement Company 
Page Steel and Wire Company
Portland Cement Association
 4Blank Park Board contracts
 5National Youth Administration Stevens Park
 6National Youth Administration Tenison Park, see also Tenison oversized files
 7WPA bridges
 8WPA City Park (Sullivan) field house
 9WPA community center specs
681WPA Fair Park tabulation of bids for water mains, 10/21/1935
 2WPA Group A 1 bridges 
 3WPA Group A 2 curbs and gutters 
 4WPA Group A 3 paving
 5WPA Group A 4, 2/24/1937
 6WPA Group B, see also oversized files
 7WPA Group C
 8WPA Group D 1 - paving
 9WPA Group D 2 - revisions​
 10WPA Group E 1
 11WPA Group E 2 - revisions
 12WPA Group E 3 - revisions
691WPA Group E 4 - revisions
 2WPA Group​ E 5 - revisions
 3WPA Group F - revisions
 4WPA Group H 1
 5WPA Group H 2
 6WPA Group H 3 - revisions
 7WPA Group H 4 - revisions
 8WPA Group H 5 - revisions
 9WPA Group H 6 - revisions

10
WPA Group I 1
 11WPA Group I 2 - revisions
701WPA Group I 3 - revisions
 2WPA Group I 4 - revisions
 3WPA Group I 5 - revisions
 4WPA Group I 6 - revisions
 5WPA Lee Memorial, 1936
 6WPA Martin Weiss Park, see also Martin Weiss oversized files
 7WPA paving, 1935
 8WPA picnic units
 9WPA planting proposal, 1930s
 10WPA retaining walls
 11WPA roque courts, 10/1935
 12WPA shrubs and trees
 13WPA soil erosion
 14WPA steps and balustrades
 15WPA wading pools
 16WPA walks


Oversized materials


Drawer Folder Title, Date
B9 1
Dunbar Park addition (Moore Park), undated
Exline Park chain link fence, 4/7/1941
Fair Park swimming pool, 2/6/1947
Forest Park, undated
Grady Brown property development plan, undated
Hines Blvd at Brook Hollow Country Club proposed island alteration, 8/20/1946
Reverchon Park baseball field, 3/5/1941
Reverchon Park electrical estimate, 2/27/1940
Shore Crest Addition block map lots, 12/9/1938
Stevens Park picnic area proposed storm sewer, 10/5/1949
Stevens Park proposed parking area, 5/1945
Trinity Heights neighborhood plots from Davis-Johnson Lumber Company, 1938
Wahoo Area proposed rehabilitation, undated
Wahoo Lake Keepers House, undated
War Housing Project off-site utility easements, Evergreen Hills Incorporated, 10/13/1943
War Housing Project off-site water line B revised, 10/14/1943
B9
2
Alert America Exhibit, Valley Forge Foundation, undated
Carondelet Subdivision preliminary plat, 1/14/1947
Cedar Springs kindergarten property, undated
Churchill Manor preliminary plat, 6/4/1947
City of Dallas, Texas proposed and existing pools, 1944
Dallas-Fort Worth Expressway McKinney to Peak map, plate 19, undated
Dallas-Fort Worth Expressway Peak map, plate 20, undated
Exline Park community house planting plan, 10/25/1939
Grauwyler Park - Dallas County Plat Books, Abstract 52, undated
Grauwyler Park, Dallas County Plat Books Abstract 52, undated
HB Montgomery plat, 1123 Cedar Hill Avenue, 10/4/1950
Health and Welfare Agencies of the City of Dallas, Civil Defense Council, undated
Henderson School proposed tennis courts (2 sheets), 8/11/1945
Jack and Parnell Subdivision, 3/19/1946
Kidd Springs Park, City of Dallas Plat Book, 5/16/1945
Lake Cliff accident report, undated
Lake Cliff guard locations at time of Richard Padilla rescue, 6/7/1945
Lake Cliff pool lifeguard plan with some names, 7/15/1942
Lake Cliff pool lifeguard plan with some names, 7/15/1942
Lake Cliff swimming pool with possible lifeguards identified, undated
Lake Ray Hubbard development plan plate 5, undated
Mockingbird at Inwood map of Shannon Estates Additions, undated
North American Aviation, Inc., recreation site plan, 1/28/1943
North American Aviation, Inc., topographical map, undated
Plans near Ashland Street, project and date unidentified
Proposed development at Inwood Rd and Mockingbird Lane, undated
Turtle Creek drainage sections, 5/1946
Turtle Creek drainage sections, 5/1946
Unidentified building elevation, cross-section, and plan, undated
Unidentified wading pool, 2/27/1945
Wahoo Lake channel improvement and spillway change, 1/1935
Walford Park, undated
Winslett Plaza, part of block 1416, 3/1/1920
D1
3
Elm Fork Park maintenance area, Quonset huts foundation and site plan (3E10.3), 3/24/1967
​Lee Park list of plants to accompany planting plans, 9/20/1940
Lee Park preliminary plan for development, May 1940
​​Lee Park planting plan, September 1940
​Lee Park Mansion screen door, Sheet 1, 5/23/1940
Lee Park Mansion museum case, 6/13/1941
​Lee Park shelter sashes and doors, 9/12/1941
​Reverchon Park property required for Turney Street connection, undated
A2
4
Bachman Reservoir, 3/9/1944
Lake Cliff accident report, undated
Lake Cliff Park working drawing, 11/17/1919
Lisbon School proposed softball diamond, 12/15/1947
Lisbon School proposed wading pool, 3/23/1940
Right-of-way map, State Highway 15 Underpass, 11/1935
Stevens Memorial Park, 1/10/1949
Stevens Park storm sewer, undated
Thomas Tract (partial), undated
War Housing Project off-site sewer line, 11/9/1943
War Housing Project utilities, 10/11/1943
E15
5
Dallas County flood plan map [Includes correspondence], 8/22/1966
Dallas Park System map, 5/21/1958
Dallas Park System map, 10/10/1975
​I8
6
WPA founds and picnic units, 1936​
​I8
7
​National Youth Administration - Tenison Park, 1927-1937​
​I8
8
​WPA Martin Weiss Park