DALLAS MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
Collection Guides and Inventories
(Note: approximately one half of collections have guides. This list is periodically updated.)
| GUIDE | DESCRIPTION |
| 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) |
| Guide No. 176 | Vision Report, Department of Street and Sanitation Services, 1989 (Collection 94-049) |
| Guide No. 177 | Report of the Dallas Citizens Council Privatization Task Force, 1988 (Collection 95-008) |
| Guide No. 178 | Dallas Museum of Natural History, 1967-1981 (Collection 96-032) |
| Guide No. 179 | Examining Board of Plumbers (Collection 91-096) |
| Guide No. 180 | Petition to Abandon Claim to Alley, W.J. McCray to City of Dallas, 1919 (Collection 91-046) |
| Guide No. 181 | Oak Cliff Election Precinct Creation (91-049) |
| Guide No. 182 | T.E. Shutt – Garza Dam Contract, 1924 (91-041) |
| Guide No. 183 | Anderson (Jim) - Planning Department Collection, 1965-1996 (10-003) |
| Guide No. 184 | DART and Dallas Transit System, 1971-1987 (Collection 91-056) |
| Guide No. 185 | Gill Well Bath House Agreement, 1905 (91-030) |
| Guide No. 186 | Carrollton Dam Contract, 1912 (Collection 91-047) |
| Guide No. 187 | Elections - Historical Resources, 1968 - 2003 (Collection 92-026) |
| Guide No. 188 | Bond Financed Capital Improvement Programs, 1972-1973 (Collection 91-104) |
| Guide No. 190 | Stahl (Sid) Dallas Park Board Papers, 1975 - 1979 |
| Guide No. 191 | Acquisition in Other Texas Counties, 1903, 1924 - 1927 (Collection 91 - 040) |
| Guide No. 192 | Dallas City Council Inauguration Materials, 1993 (94-047) |
| Guide No. 193 | Exposition Park Paving Petition, 1904-1921 (91-036) |
| Guide No. 194 | Abstracts of Title (Including Samuell Estate, 1902 - 1963 (05-003) |
| Guide No. 195 | Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan (91-075) |
| Guide No. 196 | State of the City Address, 1996, 1999 (96-027) |
| Guide No. 197 | Department of Street and Sanitation Services Recycling Plan, 1990 (94-048) |
| Guide No. 198 | City of Dallas Mayor and Commissioners Property Inventory, 1909 (95-005) |
| Guide No. 199 | Dallas Zoo, 1952 - 1955, 1969 - 1980, 1991(95-035) |
| Guide No. 200 | Dallas Convention Center Master Plan Proposal, 1986 |
| Guide No. 201 | City of Dallas Public Works and Transportation Department Photographs, 1926, 1944, 1972, 1979 - 1995 |
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