[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 11] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 11]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business. Indexes start after page 600.
Date: 1946/1953
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Missed Phone Call Message to Major Wood] (open access)

[Missed Phone Call Message to Major Wood]

Phone message given to Major Wood with the box checked to call Mr. Ford.
Date: October 13, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

City of Dallas, Texas Water Consumption 1907-1946

Line graph showing the amount of water consumed in billion gallons per year from 1907-1946; the trend of the graph is positive, meaning the city is consuming more and more water per year.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1949]

Photograph of the 1949 confirmation class of at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are four girls in white dresses, holding bouquets and standing in a line. One boy stands at the center in the front row in a dark suit and tie. The teachers, Helen Levenson and Charlotte Siegel, and Rabbi Charles Blumenthal and Rabbi Isadore Garsek are standing behind them. The group is posed on the bimah (altar) at the synagogue. The students are Sandra Zaetler, Pearl Katz, David Rubin, Barbara Walensky, and Lillian Sankary.
Date: May 29, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas Report 3: Past and Probable Future Population (open access)

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas Report 3: Past and Probable Future Population

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing Dallas' population history and expected growth up until approximately 1970; the report looks at factors that could effect the distribution of population, where the future growth may occur, etc.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 8: Land Use (open access)

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 8: Land Use

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing current and future land use as well as current and future zoning districts. According to an "Errata" insert, tables 1, 2, and 3, were made using the "wrong acreage for the Dallas parks...use the revised tables in studying this report."
Date: October 1944
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Your Dallas of Tomorrow: A Master Plan for a Greater Dallas (open access)

Your Dallas of Tomorrow: A Master Plan for a Greater Dallas

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. It is presented in two parts: the character of the city (background information on the history, geography, economy, employment, zoning, etc.) and the scope of the city plan, which has specific details for a plan to improve land use, water supplies, transportation, recreational facilities, and other aspects of city administration.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works] (open access)

[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works]

Rough draft of a plan created by Dallas City Waterworks attempting to improve the "water and sanitary sewer utilities serving the Dallas Metropolitan Area." There are charts and graphs throughout the document, including five tables in the back.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Dallas City Waterworks
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Outline of the Dallas Master Plan (open access)

An Outline of the Dallas Master Plan

Outline of the Dallas Master Plan compiled by the Dallas City Plan Commission discussing the fourteen previous reports made by Harland Bartholomew. The report also contains maps showing the city's streets, water distribution, parks, etc. Included in the back is a handwritten list made by Mayor J. Woodall Rodgers listing members of the various boards and committees involved in the planning.
Date: 1946
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). City Plan Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. L. Crimmins to Mrs. Herff - May 20 1946] (open access)

[Letter from M. L. Crimmins to Mrs. Herff - May 20 1946]

Handwritten letter from Col. M. L. Crimmins to Mrs. Herff discussing a paper that he is sending about cannibalism and information about materials lent to the University of Texas by the Herff family.
Date: May 20, 1946
Creator: Crimmins, M. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program (open access)

The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes details concerning a capital expenditure program, such as the allocation of funds, selection of projects and a "[p]roposed 25 Year Program of General Fund Public Improvements. The second part of the report details an improvement program for the water and sanitary sewer systems. The appendix at the end of the report includes 17 tables providing empirical data about the proposed plans.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas: Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities (open access)

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas: Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes graphs, charts, and maps concerning the development of an improved water and sanitary sewer system; at the back of the report there are maps showing predicted urban development and the Dallas water distribution system.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recollections of Boerne and Kendall County (open access)

Recollections of Boerne and Kendall County

A book of histories, stories, documents, images, letters, and lists relevant to Kendall County's growth and development. The contents focus on the people, geography, and topography of the area. The book also features accounts from eyewitnesses and experts.
Date: 1949/1999
Creator: Gray, Edith A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 1, Number 4, October 1947 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 1, Number 4, October 1947

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 2, Number 1, July 1948 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 2, Number 1, July 1948

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1949 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1949

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History