Archives Collections Finding Guides and Inventories
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| Repository: |
Dallas Municpal Archives, Office of the City Secretary, 1500 Marilla St., Dallas, TX 75201 |
| Creator: |
Park and Recreation Department |
| Title: |
White Rock Lake General Subject Files |
| Dates: |
1921 - 1953 |
| Quantity: |
1.7 inches linear |
| Abstract: |
Correspondence, memoranda, architectural plans and drawings, and photographic prints documenting the creation and development
of White Rock Lake and White Rock Lake Park, Dallas,Texas.
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| Identification: |
95-022 |
| Language: |
The records are in English.
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Correspondence, memoranda, architectural plans and drawings, and photographic prints documenting the creation and development
of White Rock Lake and White Rock Lake Park, Dallas,Texas.
White Rock Lake is a 1,015 acre urban lake owned by the City of Dallas. Its main entrance is located at 8300 East Lawther
Drive. and includes a variety of outdoor activities, including a 9.33 mile hike and bike trail; an Audubon Society-designated
bird watching area and wetlands site; picnic areas, and three rental facilities (Winfrey Point, the Dreyfuss Club, and Big
Thicket). The lake also includes fishing piers, sailing facilities (Corinthian Sailing Club) and a meeting and event facility,
the White Rock Bath House Cultural Center, located 521 E. Lawther Drive.
The lake is fed by nine tributaries, including White Rock Creek, and was created as a reservoir for the City of Dallas. The
City of Dallas purchased the land for White Rock Lake between 1907 and 1910; construction began in the Spring of 1910 and
was completed in the Fall of 1911. Supervision of the parkland of White Rock Lake was transferred from Dallas Water Utilities
to the Dallas Park Board in 1929 as White Rock Lake Park was created.
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White Rock Lake General Subject Files, 1921 - 1953,Dallas Municipal Archives,Offic eof the City Secretary, Dallas,TX.
Transferred from creating department
The collection was described by John Slate, City Archivist
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Parks -- Texas -- History |
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Park facilities -- Texas -- History |
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Texas -- History |
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Texas -- Description and travel |
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Letter, White Rock Lake to become a park, May 26, 1921 |
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General Subject File "A - C" |
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General Subject File "D" |
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General Subject File "E-F" |
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General Subject File "M-P" |
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General Subject File "R-W" |
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Amusement privileges, 1941 |
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Drowning: Francisco, Martha Jane, Mrs. - Drowned White Rock Beach, 7/23/50 |
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Drowning: Wm. A. King - Heart Attack @ White Rock Beach |
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Drowning: Frank DeRosa (U S Military Service) Accident - White Rock |
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Boat Houses - Municipal Boat Houses |
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Boat Houses - Private, 1942-1953 |
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Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) Camp, 1941-1948 |
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Bank Sloping and Guard Rails (CCC) |
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Camp Sites No. 2 to 29 - Removal from White Rock , 1940 |
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Camp Sites No. 30 to 59A - Removal from White Rock , 1940 |
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Camp Sites No. 60 to 108 - Removal from White Rock , 1940 |
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Camping Privileges - White Rock |
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City Farm - White Rock, Prison Labor |
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Prison Labor , 1943 - 1947 |
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Camps - General - White Rock |
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Development and Improvement , 1932 - 1936 |
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Dallas Power and Light (White Rock) and Bachman Lake |
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White Rock Dreyfuss Camp |
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White Rock Fish Hatchery Constructed , 1930 |
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Fish Hatchery, 1931-1949 |
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Gasoline use, 1936-1942 |
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Investigations - removal of fish, 1938 |
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White Rock Nature Trail, 1937-1940 |
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News Boys Club, Kiwanis Club, 1929-1936 |
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White Rock Petition - Removal Rough Fish, 1951 |
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White Rock Paving Job - N. P. Turner |
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Sailing Club (White Rock), includes Dining Hall, 1930-1943 |
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Soil Conservation, 1936-1946 |
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Fifth Ferrying Command White Rock - Winfrey Point Fire Building, 1941-1944 |
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Study for White RockLake, Texas Technical College,1959 |
Oversized Folder: Oversized Plans and Drawings