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Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923 [Annual Report]
Annual Report from the Dallas Park Department for the years 1921 to 1923. The report includes a sketch of the park and playground system.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report on the Completion of Garza Dam
Report describing the construction and completion of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas, resulting in the creation of Lake Dallas. It includes pages of inserted photographs and a fold-out technical drawing that shows a "Typical Section of Completed Fill Between Stas. 15 & 30."
Date:
November 12, 1927
Creator:
Hawley, John B. & Floyd, O. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 6: Transportation Facilities, Rail-Air-Highways-Water
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report is broken up into four sections: "Railroad Transportation; Air Transportation; Highway Transportation; Water Transportation," and discusses the existing conditions of each, and proposed plans to improve the transportation system. Also included are maps and a table showing transportation facilities and the "[v]olume and Direction of Passenger and Freight Train Movements - Average Normal Day."
Date:
July 1944
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 maps and tables showing the existing land uses in Dallas as well as descriptions for each type of land use; one of the maps shows the buildings erected from 1935 to 1939, the other map shows buildings erected from 1940 to 1943. Other sections discuss the existing zone ordinance and the requirements of future land use.
Date:
October 1944
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 10: Housing
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes findings on the existing housing in Dallas, the minimum standards for the housing, and a "Proposed Comprehensive Housing Plan for Dallas." Also included are maps and tables exhibiting the housing areas and population statistics in certain housing areas.
Date:
December 1944
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Origin and Destination Survey
Survey created by the Texas Highway Department in conjunction with the "City and County of Dallas" concerning the "major external routes of vehicular travel radiating from Dallas." The survey asked drivers where their trip began, which roads they traveled on, and their destination. This report includes tables and maps showing the compiled data and the various traffic movements around the city.
Date:
January 10, 1945
Creator:
Texas. Highway Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 9: Zoning
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes discussions on new zoning regulations and various land uses; the report is broken into five parts: "District Regulations; Locations of the Districts; Area of the Proposed Districts; Major Features of Text of the Proposed Ordinance; Administration of the Ordinance."
Date:
February 1945
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 11: Public Buildings
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes information regarding public buildings in the Dallas, Texas and the development of future buildings; the maps show plans for the development of a municipal center, and street improvements.
Date:
February 1945
Creator:
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Criminal Record for Robert Glenn Klauss #1]
Criminal Record from the Texas Department of Public Safety for Robert Glenn Klause. The record lists his prior arrests and charges.
Date:
June 24, 1952
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Arresting Officers' Report of Prior Arrest of Jack Ruby]
Report regarding a prior arrest of Jack Ruby, which took place in 1953. The report states that Ruby was carrying a snub nose revolver and a tear gas pen.
Date:
July 26, 1953
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Arresting Officer's Report on Suspect Jack Ruby, May 1, 1954]
Arrest report on Jack Ruby dated May 1st, 1954. The report states that Ruby was fighting with Jeremy Alkona when officers arrived at the scene.
Date:
May 1, 1954
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Officer's report on prior arrest of Jack Ruby]
Arresting officer's report on prior arrest of Jack Ruby. The report describes the details of the arrest, but the arresting officer's name is illegible.
Date:
May 1, 1954
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Case Report by D. L. Blankenship, December 8, 1954]
Case report by D. L. Blankenship regarding the arrest of Jack Leon Ruby for "permitting consumption during forbidden hours on Sunday."
Date:
December 8, 1954
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Case Report for Prior Arrest of Jack Ruby]
Case report on a prior arrest of Jack Ruby. Ruby was arrested for allowing two patrons to consume alcohol during forbidden hours.
Date:
December 8, 1954
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Criminal Record for Patrick Earl O'Donnell #1]
Photocopy of an FBI criminal record for Patrick Earl O'Donnell.
Date:
1957
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Criminal Record for Patrick Earl O'Donnell #2]
Photocopy of an FBI criminal record for Patrick Earl O'Donnell.
Date:
1957~
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
West Dallas Urban Area Survey
Report documenting the findings of a survey in the West Dallas Urban Area to determine what steps should be taken for improvement: "This survey of the West Dallas Urban Area was undertaken primarily to make an inventory o existing housing and other structures, and of existing utilities and public facilities, or the lack of them, in order that problems could be appraised and a program developed for the area's renewal" (p. 1).
Date:
January 1959
Creator:
De Leuw, Cather & Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History