Overview of the Collection |
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Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives |
Creator: | Dallas Park and Recreation Department |
Title: | Fair Park |
Dates: | 1905 - 1918; 1930 - 1952 |
Quantity: | 5.7 linear feet |
Abstract: | Documentation of the daily operations of Fair Park from 1905 to 1952 |
Identification: | 95 - 027 |
Language: | Records are in English |
Fair Park is a 277- acre City of Dallas park located in east Dallas that is the permanent site of the annual State Fair of Texas. Acquired by the City of Dallas in 1904, it is the city's second public park and a National Historic Landmark comprising the largest collection of cultural facilities in Dallas, as well as the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the United States. The park is home to attractions such as the Cotton Bowl stadium, the State Fair of Texas, the Music Hall at Fair Park, city-owned radio station WRR-FM, the Hall of State, and features cultural events and festivals throughout the year. Fair Park was the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial and Exposition and the 1937 Pan American Exposition.
Collection consists of correspondence and memoranda, contracts, plans, maps, photographs documenting the operations history of Fair Park from 1905 to 1918 and from 1930 to 1949. The bulk of the records document the planning, construction, and operation of the 1936 Centennial and Exposition and the 1937 Pan American Exposition. The collection is organized alphabetically by subject.
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Index Terms |
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Dallas -- Texas -- History | ||
Fair Park (Dallas, Tex.) -- History | ||
Dallas (Tex.) Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936 |
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Box | Folder |
Title, Date | ||||||||||
A - Band shell: |
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1 | 1 | A - General, 1912; 1935 -1937 | ||||||||||
2 | Administration Building heating and ventilating, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Alamo - Fair Park, 1909 -1949 | |||||||||||
4 | Aquarium - pump - roof specifications, 1941-1947 | |||||||||||
5 | Architect portfolios, 1930 | |||||||||||
6 | Auditorium - landscape architects contract, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Automobile Aviation Recreation (AAR) Building, 1948 - 49 | |||||||||||
8 | Automobile Building, 1922-43 (burned 1942) | |||||||||||
9 | Band Pavilion and Shell, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
10 | Band Shell Addition request for materials, 1941 | |||||||||||
11 | Band Shell Addition, 1941 | |||||||||||
12 | Band Shell Addition receiving records, 1941 | |||||||||||
Band Shell bids - Domestic Arts Museum: | ||||||||||||
2 | 1 | Band Shell Addition payroll, 1941 | ||||||||||
2 | Benchmark record, undated | |||||||||||
3 | Bids - advertisements, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Bids - Aquarium, mechanical, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Bids - Aquarium, mechanical, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Bids - Aquarium, mechanical, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Bids - Municipal Substation, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Bids - Domestic Arts Museum and addition and competition, 1937 | |||||||||||
9 | Bids - Domestic Arts Museum (Texas Natural Resources Building), 1935 | |||||||||||
10 | Bids - Domestic Arts Museum (Texas Natural Resources Building), 1935 | |||||||||||
Bids - Centennial Exposition: | ||||||||||||
3 | 1 | Bids - WRR, municipal substations, 1935 | ||||||||||
2 | Bids - Museum of Natural History, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Bids - Museum of Natural History, 1935 | |||||||||||
4 | Bids - clearing, salvaging and grading, 1935 | |||||||||||
5 | Bids - Drinking fountains, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Bids - Horticulture Museum specifications, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Bids - Landscaping and planting, 1936 -1937 | |||||||||||
8 | C - General, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
9 | Comfort stations, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
10 | Centennial and Pan American Exposition, 1935 -1938 | |||||||||||
11 | Exposition breakdown contract, 1937 | |||||||||||
12 | Texas Centennial Central Exposition, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
13 | Pan American Exposition, 1937 | |||||||||||
14 | Contract - Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition, 1937 | |||||||||||
Centennial Exposition - Contracts: | ||||||||||||
4 | 1 | Centennial contracts, undated | ||||||||||
2 | Centennial breakdown contract, undated | |||||||||||
3 | Buildings - 26 acres - Texas Centennial construction, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Buildings - 26 acres - Texas Centennial construction, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Civic Center - Centennial, 1935 -1937 | |||||||||||
6 | Centennial contracts, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Centennial breakdown, 1935 | |||||||||||
8 | Centennial - removal of buildings, fountains, and memorials, 1935 | |||||||||||
9 | Greater Texas and Pan American contract, 1937 | |||||||||||
10 | Chattel mortgage - Centennial and Pan American Exposition, 1937 | |||||||||||
11 | Chestnut, George L. [Park Board member], 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
12 | Claims - damages to Fair Park paving by U.S.Government, 1943-46 | |||||||||||
13 | Contracts - concessions (State Fair) 1907-1914 | |||||||||||
14 | Contract drafts, 1924 -1936 | |||||||||||
15 | Contracts for construction 1905 -1913 | |||||||||||
Cotton Bowl - E: | ||||||||||||
5 | 1 | Cotton Bowl enlargement, 1948 -1949 | ||||||||||
2 | Cotton Bowl, 1930 -1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Cotton Bowl Stadium, 1935-1936 | |||||||||||
4 | D - General, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Dallas Gas Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Dallas Power and Light Company, 1935-1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Dallas Railway and Terminal Company, 1935-1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Derrick size trees, 1935 -1937 | |||||||||||
9 | Derrick size trees, 1935 -1937 | |||||||||||
10 | Derrick size trees, 1935 -1937 | |||||||||||
11 | Directors, curators, and city buildings, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
12 | Domestic Arts Museum and addition (Natural Resources Building), 1937 | |||||||||||
13 | Domestic Arts Museum - addition (Natural Resources Building), 1936-37 | |||||||||||
14 | Domestic Arts Museum - alterations and additions, 1937 | |||||||||||
15 | Domestic Arts Building - Institute of Natural Resources, 1937-1946 | |||||||||||
Electrical - Fences and basins: | ||||||||||||
6 | 1 | Electrical Communications Building [Varied Industries Building], 1935 | ||||||||||
2 | Entrance gates - general, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Entrance gates - specifications 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Entrance gates - bids, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Expenditures reports, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
6 | F - General, 1935 | |||||||||||
7 | F - Fish Hatchery, undated | |||||||||||
8 | Fences and basin contract - W. H. King Construction, 1937 | |||||||||||
9 | Fences and basin contract - Frank Parrott, 1937 | |||||||||||
10 | Fences, 1937 | |||||||||||
11 | Fences and basins, 1937 | |||||||||||
12 | Fences and basins - specifications, 1937 | |||||||||||
13 | Fences and basins, 1937 | |||||||||||
14 | Fences and basins, 1937 | |||||||||||
15 | Fences and basins, 1937 | |||||||||||
16 | Fences and basins, 1937 | |||||||||||
Fine Arts Museum: | ||||||||||||
7 | 1 | Fine Arts Museum - architects, 1935 -1938 | ||||||||||
2 | Fine Arts Museum - bids, 1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Fine Arts Museum - contracts, air conditioning and plumbing, 1936 -1942 | |||||||||||
4 | Fine Arts Museum - contracts, air conditioning and plumbing, 1936 -1942 | |||||||||||
5 | Fine Arts Museum - contracts, display cases specifications, 1939 -1940 | |||||||||||
6 | Fine Arts Museum - construction work within building - C. A. Guess and Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Fine Arts Museum - contract, 1909 -1938 | |||||||||||
8 | Fine Arts Museum - A. J. Rife Construction Company, 1936 -1937 | |||||||||||
9 | Fine Arts Museum - A. J. Rife Construction Company, 1936 -1937 | |||||||||||
10 | Fine Arts Museum bid tabulations, 1936 | |||||||||||
Fire alarm system - floodlighting: | ||||||||||||
8 | 1 | Fire alarm system, 1935 | ||||||||||
2 | Fire alarm system, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Auxiliary fire alarm systems, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Auxiliary fire alarm systems, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Floodlighting building exteriors, 1935 | |||||||||||
6 | Floodlighting building exteriors, 1935 | |||||||||||
7 | Floodlighting building exteriors, 1935 | |||||||||||
8 | Floodlighting contracts, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
Floodlighting - fountains: | ||||||||||||
9 | 1 | Floodlighting building exteriors - Eugene Asche, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Floodlighting building exteriors - N. E. Busby and Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Floodlighting building exteriors - N. E. Busby and Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Floodlighting building exteriors - Forney Engineering Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Fountains, reflecting basins and pools, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Fountains, reflecting basins and pools, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Fountains, reflecting basins and pools, 1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Fountains, reflecting basins and pools, 1936 | |||||||||||
Fountains - L: | ||||||||||||
10 | 1 | Drinking fountains - contracts, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Drinking fountains - Goodwin and Tatum, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Forest Avenue widening, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | G - General, 1935 - 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | G - Gates, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Globe Theater (Fair Park), 1937-1946 | |||||||||||
7 | Government leases, 1943 -1946 | |||||||||||
8 | H - General, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
9 | Hall of State, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
10 | Hall of State, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
11 | Horticulture Museum - General, 1936 -1937 | |||||||||||
12 | Horticulture Museum - proposal bids rejected, 1935 | |||||||||||
13 | J-L General, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
Landscaping - Q: | ||||||||||||
11 | 1 | Landscaping, 1935 -1937 | ||||||||||
2 | Landscape architect - Van Valkenburgh and Vozel, 1937 | |||||||||||
3 | Landscaping and planting - specifications for park improvements, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Landscaping - furnish of plant materials, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Landscaping - furnish of plant materials, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Levy Plumbing Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Lighting, 1935 -1937 | |||||||||||
8 | M-Q General, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
Materials - Museum of Natural History: | ||||||||||||
12 | 1 | Materials equipment files, 1940 -1942 | ||||||||||
2 | Municipal Service Building - Police, Fire and Hospital, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Municipal Substation - WRR, Police, Fire and Hospital, 1935 | |||||||||||
4 | Municipal Substation - WRR, Police, Fire and Hospital, 1935 | |||||||||||
5 | Museum Buildings - specifications, 1935-1937 | |||||||||||
6 | Museum of Natural History - architects, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
Museum of Natural History - Softball diamond: | ||||||||||||
13 | 1 | Museum of Natural History, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Museum of Natural History - contract - R. F. Ball, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
3 | National Youth Administration, 1939 | |||||||||||
4 | Naval Resource Building - WPA Building, 1937-1948 | |||||||||||
5 | Oliensis test, 1935 | |||||||||||
6 | Property maps, 1935 | |||||||||||
7 | Department of Public Works - A. P. Rollins, director, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Race track, 1935 -1937 | |||||||||||
9 | Rest stations, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
10 | Rest stations, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
11 | Rest stations, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
12 | Salvaged materials, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
13 | Service connection, 1936 | |||||||||||
14 | Sheils, R. T., Park Board member, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
15 | Sidewalks and paved areas, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
16 | Sidney Lanier School - wading pool receiving records, 1941 | |||||||||||
17 | Sidney Lanier School - wading pool payroll, 1941 | |||||||||||
18 | Sidney Lanier School - wading pool requisition for materials, 1941 | |||||||||||
19 | Sidney Lanier School - wading pool data, 1941-42 | |||||||||||
20 | Simpson, A. L., 1936 [operations manager] | |||||||||||
21 | Softball Diamond Fence plans - specifications, bids, 1945 -1946 | |||||||||||
Soil - Wortham: | ||||||||||||
14 | 1 | Soil, 1935 | ||||||||||
2 | Starlight Operetta, 1941-1952 | |||||||||||
3 | Supervisor of Public Utilities, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Texas and Pacific Railway, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Texas and Pacific. Railway, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | U General, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
7 | W General, 1933 -1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Water mains, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
9 | Water mains, 1936 | |||||||||||
10 | Water Department - meters, 1935 | |||||||||||
11 | Water mains specifications, 1935 | |||||||||||
12 | World War I - contract with U. S. Government to use Fair Park, 1918 [Camp Dixie, also called Camp Dick ] | |||||||||||
13 | Wortham Riding Device Company contract, 1935 | |||||||||||
Sanitary and storm sewers: | ||||||||||||
15 | 1 | Sanitary sewers - bids, 1935 -1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Sanitary sewers - contract, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Sanitary sewers, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Sanitary sewers - specifications, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Storm sewer, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Storm sewers - construction, 1935 | |||||||||||
7 | Storm sewers - construction, 1935 | |||||||||||
8 | Storm sewers - construction, 1935 | |||||||||||
Storm Sewers and Street Illumination: | ||||||||||||
16 | 1 | Storm sewers specifications, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Storm sewers specifications, 1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
Street Illumination And Specifications: | ||||||||||||
17 | 1 | Street Illumination, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Street Illumination, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Specifications, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Specifications - plants, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Specifications - plants, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Specifications - plants, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
9 | Specifications - plumbing and electrical wiring, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
Specifications and Paving Proposals: | ||||||||||||
18 | 1 | General specifications - Livestock Building Unit 1 and Poultry Building Numbers 45 and 57 [George Dahl, architect] 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Specifications - grading and paving, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Specifications - walks, paved areas, walls - Central Bitulithic and Uvalde Construction Company, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Specifications - walks, paved areas - Civic Center, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Specifications - walks, paved areas - Civic Center, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Paving proposals, 1935 | |||||||||||
7 | Paving proposals, 1935 | |||||||||||
8 | Paving proposals, 1935 | |||||||||||
Paving: | ||||||||||||
19 | 1 | Paving proposals, 1935 | ||||||||||
2 | Paving proposals, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Paving - Civic Center, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Specifications for grading and paving, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Paving and walks - Vilbig Brothers, 1935 | |||||||||||
Paving: | ||||||||||||
20 | 1 | Bids for walks and pavings, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Paving and grading, 1935 -1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Paving - 26 acres, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Paved areas, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | |||||||||||
6 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | |||||||||||
7 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | |||||||||||
8 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | |||||||||||
Paving: | ||||||||||||
21 | 1 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | ||||||||||
2 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | |||||||||||
3 | Park improvement proposal and specifications for the paving of roadways at Fair Park, 1935 | |||||||||||
4 | Specifications for clearing and grading, 1935 | |||||||||||
5 | Paving and grading estimates, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Paving and grading correspondence, 1936 | |||||||||||
Tests: | ||||||||||||
22 | 1 | Aquarium plaster sand tests, 1936 | ||||||||||
2 | Art Museum - concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
3 | Art Museum - cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
4 | Band Shell - concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
5 | Band Shell - crushed rock tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
6 | Band Shell - sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
7 | Band Shell - tests - steel, 1936 | |||||||||||
8 | Comfort stations - cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
9 | Comfort stations - concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
10 | Comfort stations - steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
11 | Domestic Arts Museum - concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
12 | Domestic Arts Museum - sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
13 | Domestic Arts Museum - cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
14 | Domestic Arts Museum - steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
15 | Electrical and Varied Industries Building steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
16 | Electrical and Varied Industries Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
17 | Electrical and Varied Industries Building cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
18 | Entrance gates concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
19 | Entrance gates cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
20 | Entrance gates steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
21 | Federal Exhibit steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
22 | Federal Negro Building steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
23 | Federal Negro Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
24 | Federal Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
25 | Federal Building cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
26 | Foods Building cement test, 1936 | |||||||||||
27 | Foods Building sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
28 | Foods Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
29 | Foods Building steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
30 | Gulf Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
31 | Lagoon sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
32 | Livestock Building steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
33 | Livestock Building sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
34 | Livestock Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
35 | Livestock Building cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
36 | Hall of Religion concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
37 | Hall of Religion steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
38 | Horticulture Building cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
39 | Horticulture Building concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
40 | Horticulture Building sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
41 | Horticulture Building steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
42 | Muny Substation hollow file, 1936 | |||||||||||
43 | Muny Substation steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
44 | Muny Substation sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
45 | Muny Substation concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
46 | Muny Substation cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
47 | Muny Substation steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
48 | Museum of Natural History sample of roofing asphalt tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
49 | Museum of Natural History sample of plaster sand tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
50 | Natural History Museum sand and gravel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
51 | Natural History Museum concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
52 | Natural History Museum steel tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
53 | Reflecting basins - concrete tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
54 | Reflecting basins - cement tests, 1936 | |||||||||||
55 | Test holes, 1935 |