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Dallas Government History Timeline     

Origin of the name "Dallas"

City of Dallas "FIRSTS"

History of City Officials

History of Dallas City Hall Buildings

Online Exhibits

John F. Kennedy/Dallas Police Department Records
Related to the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

JFK/DPD Photographs Now Online at Portal to Texas History NEW

1925 Trinity River Water Quality Survey at Portal to Texas History NEW

Dallas Municipal Archives Subject Guides NEW

The following guides to finding information in Dallas archives are in Acrobat pdf format. Contact the City Archivist for access to the documents. Onsite use is available by appointment.

Guide to Collections in the Dallas Municipal Archives (Organized by Department or Function)

Collection Guides/Inventories
(note: approximately one third of collections have guides. This list is periodically updated.)

 Guide No. 1: Dallas City Charter - 1871 - Current 

 Guide No. 2: Dallas City Code - 1911 - Current  

 Guide No. 3: Annual Reports of the City of Dallas - 1888 - Current  

 Guide No. 4: Annual Independent Audit Reports - 1931-1950

 Guide No. 5: Municipal Bond Certificates - 1874-1972

 Guide No. 6: JFK Collection/Dallas Police Dept Records
      Related to the Assassination of John F. Kennedy 1963-92

 Guide No. 7: Dallas Police Department - Historical Reports
       Records and Newsletters - 1930 - Current

 Guide No. 9: Health Department Historical Reports - 1954 - 1972

 Guide No. 10: WRR Municipal Radio - 1930 - 1970

 Guide No. 11: Civil Service Board Reports - 1931 - 1972

 Guide No. 12: Floodwater Control and Water Supply - 1919 - 1968

Guide No. 13: Employees' Retirement Funds & Police, Fire Pensions, 1952 - 1993 (Collection 91-023)

Guide No. 13-A: Employees' Retirement Funds & Police, Fire Pensions, 1952 - 1993 (Collection 91-023 [Addition]), Floyd Knight File)

 Guide No. 14: City of Dallas Housing Department - 1938 - 1993

 Guide No. 15: Street Paving, Widening and Improvements
       1889 - 1930

 Guide No. 16: City of Fruitdale, Texas - 1937 - 1964

 Guide No. 17: City of Kleberg, Texas - 1956 - 1978

 Guide No. 18: Fair Park - 1888 - 1930, 1972 - 1992

 Guide No. 21: Park and Recreation Board Portraits -1905-1939

 Guide No. 26: Financial Affairs: Budgets and Financial Reports, 1916 - Current

Guide No. 29-A: Dallas Water Utilities Records, 1882-1990 (Collection 91-060)

Guide No. 29-B: Dallas Water Utilities Records, 1882-1990 - Photographic Materials Series (Collection 91-060 [addition])

Guide No. 29-C: Dallas Water Utilities Records, 1882-1990 (Collection 91-060 [addition])

Guide No. 32: White Rock Lake General Subject Files, 1921 - 1953

Guide No. 33: Park and Recreation General Subject Files, 1911 - 1960

 Guide No. 35: Dallas Citizens Charter Review Commission

 Guide No. 36: Dallas Citizens Charter Review Commission
 -- Files of Ray Hutchison, Chairman

 Guide No. 38: DeGolyer Estate - 1972 - 1990

Guide No. 39: W.W. Samuell Estate, 1886 - 1977

Guide No. 40: Dealey Plaza - Park and Recreation Department Subject Files

 Guide No. 48: City Photographer - 1950 - 1997

 Guide No. 51: Kessler Plan - 1911 - 1930

Guide No. 57: City Hall and City Hall Dedication, 1976-1978

Guide No. 53: Parks - Works Progress Administration Records

Guide No. 60: State Fair of Texas – Reports and Studies, 1908-1986 (95-045)

Guide No. 61: Love Field Album and Photographs, 1918-1993

Guide No. 62: Street Paving and Construction Plats - 1931 - 1932

 Guide No. 63: Engraving of George Miffin Dallas - 1854

 Guide No. 64: Petitions and Documents Regarding Telephone Poles - 1881 - 1887

 Guide No. 65: Honey Springs - 1937 - 1947

 Guide No. 69: Redistricting Commission - 1991

Guide No. 71: Railroads and the Union Terminal Company - 1890-1917

 Guide No. 74: Boards and Commissions History - 1971-1991

 Guide No. 79: Aerial Map Photographs of Dallas, 1930, 1949, 1974, 1979

 Guide No. 80: Uniform System of Accounts for Telephone Companies
[Publication] 1913

 Guide No 81: Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company,
1904, 1913 - 1917

 Guide No 82: Court Services Scrapbook and Photographs, 1950 - 1957

 Guide No. 83: Continental Avenue Viaduct over Trinity River - 1930

 Guide No. 84: Ulrickson Committee Report - 1927 - 1930

Guide No. 85: Elections - Opinions of the Texas Attorney General - 1952-1953

Guide No. 86: East Dallas Water Supply Company - 1886 - 1890

Guide No 87: E. G. Bauer Petition to Mayor William L. Cabell - 1883

Guide No. 88: Letter to C. J. Beam from R. S. Druly - 1872

Guide No. 90: Songs - Official City Songs - 1961, 1970

Guide No. 91: Petition from Fire Chief Charles Kahn to Mayor and Aldermen - 1882

Guide No. 92: Letter From H. A. Dixon to City Secretary Earl Goforth - 1947

Guide No. 93: East/West Expressway Resolutions - 1955

Guide No. 95: Martinez Anti-Tuberculosis Fund - 1917

Guide No. 96: Dallas Gas Company and Lone Star Gas Company - 1910-1917

Guide No. 97: Public Works - Survey Division Cemetery Files, 1887 - 2005

Guide No. 98: Municipal Auditorium Specifications -1938

Guide No. 99: Callahan Construction Company and Garza Dam -1924 - 1926

Guide No. 100: Grauwyler Park and John and Emma Grauwyler, 1827 - 1963

Guide No. 101: Lagow Independent School District Annexation, 1919

Guide No. 102: Fairland Annex Segregated Housing Materials, 1920

Guide No. 103: Petition Protesting Baptist Memorial Sanitarium, 1920

Guide No. 104: Municipal Building and Fred A. Jones Company Bankruptcy, 1913 (Collection 91-048)

Guide No. 105: Dallas Railway Company, Interurbans, and Electric Railway 1890-1933 (Collection 91-034)

Guide No. 106: City Auditor Letter Book, 1906 (Collection 92-007)

Guide No. 107: White Rock Lake, 1909 (Collection 91-011)

Guide No. 108: Sewage Treatment and Disposal, 1912 (Collection 91-066)

Guide No. 109: Municipal News and Views Newsletter, 1946-1947 (Collection 91-081)

Guide No. 110: City Logos and Trademarks, 1972-1975 (Collection 91-078)

Guide No. 111: Dallas Park and Recreation Department - Brochures and Publications 1977-1999 (Collection 91-101)

Guide No. 112: Challenge to Municipal Bond Sales, 1927-1930 (Collection 92-014)

Guide No. 113: Municipal Utility Franchise Annual Reports, 1912 - 1922 (Collection 97-021)

Guide No. 114: Proprietary Schools Board Minute Book, 1968 - 1971(Collection 91-017)

Guide No. 115: Employees' Retirement Funds and Police and Fire Pension System, 1952 - 1993 (Collection 91-023)

Guide No. 116: Trunk Sewer Line, 1924 (Collection 91-042)

Guide No. 117: City of Dallas Personnel Rules, 1933 - 1996 (Collection 92-006)

Guide No. 118: Oak Lawn Heights and Related Annexations, 1929 - 1934 (Collection 92-015)

Guide No. 119: Dallas Water Utilities Project Documentation, 1960 - 1991(Collection 02-003)

Guide No. 120: Bartholomew Plan, 1943 - 1957 (Collection 98-004)

Guide No. 121: Grade Separations in Dallas, 1915 - 1917 (Collection 91-032)

Guide No. 123: Sanitary Sewer Construction Contracts, 1910-1915 (Collection 97-002)

Guide No. 124: White Rock Lake Improvements, 1956 - 1982 (Collection 95-044)

Guide No. 125: City-County Public Welfare Board, 1956 - 1959 (Collection 97-027)

Guide No. 126: Dallas Planning Department Publications and Related Materials, 1966 - 1990 (Collection 06-001)

Guide No. 127: Department of Aviation Policies, 1979, 1986 (Collection 95-001)

Guide No. 128: Memorials and Monuments, 1936, 1959 -1982 (Collection 95-039)

Guide No. 129: Sidewalk Paving, 1911 - 1918 (Collection 97-005)

Guide No. 130: Street Paving, Widening, and Improvements, 1889 - 1941 (Collection 91-051)

Guide No. 131: City of Dallas Telephone Directories, 1949 - 1999 (Collection 91-082)

Guide No. 132: Dallas Water Hearing Proceedings and Report, 1939 (Collection 91-054)

Guide No. 133: Winslett-Eldridge Company Contracts, 1910 - 1916 (Collection 91-015)

Guide No. 134: Barber Asphalt Paving Company Contracts, 1900 - 1906 (Collection 91-014)

Guide No. 135: Dallas Lime and Gravel Company Contracts, 1911 - 1917 (Collection 97-016)

Guide No. 136: Dilution of Natural Gas at Joshua Plant Report, 1935 (Collection 97-013)

Guide No. 137: Branch Library Service for Dallas Report, 1958 (Collection 97-011)

Guide No. 138: City of Dallas Program of Services, 1975 (Collection 96-013)

Guide No. 139: White Rock Lake Dredging, 1930 - 1942 (Collection 95-021)

Guide No. 140: City-County Hospital System, 1933 -1940 (Collection 91-122)

Guide No. 141: Inaugural Speech of Mayor Steve Bartlett and Farewell Address of Mayor Annette Strauss, 1991 (Collection 92-028)

Guide No. 142: Atlas of Split Voting Precincts in the City of Dallas, 1991(Collection 92-027)

Guide No. 143: Operational Survival Plan for Dallas and Dallas County, 1958 (Collection 92-033)

Guide No. 144: City of Dallas Civil Defense Administrative Files, 1958

Guide No. 145: City of Dallas Sports Commission, 1965-1971

Guide No. 146: Report on the Dallas Park System, 1934 (Collection 03-015)

Guide No. 147: Vector Control Photographs, Ca. 1935-1968 (Collection 03-014)

Guide No. 148: Dallas City Council Inauguration Photographs, 2001(Collection 03-013)

Guide No. 149: Survey of Dallas Businesses, 1987-1988 (Collection 91-055)

Guide No. 150: Economic Development Advisory Board - Dallas Data Book, 1984 (Collection 91-059)

Guide No. 151: City of Dallas Construction and Fire Codes, 1905-1997 (Collection 91-065)

Guide No. 152: Redbird Airport Development Plans, 1970-1988 (Collection 91-057)

Guide No. 153: Park and Recreation - Brochures and Publications, 1977-1999 (Collection 91-101)

Guide No. 154: Dallas Population Handbook, 1960 (Collection 91-100)

Guide No. 155: City of Dallas Sign Manuals, 1978 -1983 (Collection 91-102)

Guide No. 156: An Introduction to the Voting Rights Act for City Attorneys in Texas, 1975 (Collection 91-103)

Guide No. 157: Dallas City Council Inauguration Planning Materials, 1981, 1985 (Collection 94-042)

Guide No. 158: City Council Candidate Orientation Materials, 1991 (Collection 94-041)

Guide No. 159: Human Resources Photographs, 1988-2000 (Collection 02-008)

Guide No. 160: Park and Recreation Department General Subject Files, 1911-1960 [Addition] (Collection 95-023)

Guide No. 161: Fair Park Mural Conservation, 1999-2000 (Collection 02-007)

Guide No. 162: Advisory Public Health Board, 1947-1969, and undated (Collection 97-010)

Guide No. 163: Parks - Fair Park Improvements, 1941 - 1980, and undated (Collection 97-023)

Guide No. 164: Trinity River Flood and Levee Scrapbook, 1932-1935 (Collection 91-120)

Guide No. 165: City - County Industrial School for Boys Board of Managers Minutes, 1938 - 1960 (Collection 97-026)

Guide No. 166: Proposed Dis-annexation of Oak Cliff, 1990-1991 (Collection 94-050)

Guide No. 167: Earl Hart Family - White Rock Lake Collection, 1926 -1948 (Collection 08-002)

Guide No. 168: Friends of the Dallas Public Library - The First Forty Years, 1991 (Collection 96-026)

Guide No. 169: Dallas Public Schools Estimated Budget Reports, 1934, 1939 (Collection 94-005)

Guide No. 170: Five Mile Creek Flood Plain Management Plan, 1976 (Collection 96-016)

Guide No. 171: Analysis of the Procurement Process and Function, 1980 (Collection 94-032)

Guide No. 172: Park and Recreation Department Property History, 1959 (Collection 04-002)

Guide No. 173: Southern Methodist University Sewer Contract, 1914 (Collection 91-028)

Guide No. 174: Public Welfare, 1938 - 1946 (Collection 97-009)

Guide No. 175: Dallas Museum of Natural History, 1967 - 1981 (Collection 96-032)

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