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Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives |
Creator: | Office of the Mayor and Dallas City Council |
Title: | Mayor Annette Strauss, Plaques and Awards |
Dates: | 1985 - 1991 |
Quantity: | 3 linear inches |
Abstract: | Awards, plaques and media coverage of Mayor Annette Strauss |
Identification: | 92 - 001 |
Language: | Records are in English |
Collection consists of awards and plaques received by Annette Strauss, former Mayor of the City of Dallas. Collection also contains photographs and media coverage of former Mayor Strauss. Please note: oversized items are stored in flat storage cabinets.
Annette Greenfield Strauss (1924 -1998) was born in Houston, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. She moved to New York City where she received master's degrees in sociology and psychology from Columbia University, married Theodore Strauss, Sr. in 1946 and moved to Dallas in 1947. Strauss was elected to the Dallas City Council in 1983, becoming deputy mayor pro tem and then mayor pro tem in 1984. In 1987, Strauss ran for mayor of Dallas and won with 56 percent of the vote. Although Adlene Harrison served as Mayor to fill a vacated term, Strauss became the first elected female mayor of Dallas. After her single term as mayor, Strauss continued fundraising work until her death in 1998. Many things have been named for Annette Strauss, including the Annette G. Strauss Humanitarian Award, the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Annette Strauss Artists' Square, an open-air performing arts space in downtown Dallas.
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Dallas -- Texas -- History | ||
Dallas (Tex.) -- Mayors | ||
Strauss, Annette |
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1 | "Woman of the Year" - The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, February 3, 1989 | ||||||||||
2 | "Certificate for Outstanding Community Service" - National Association of Minority Veterans, June 24, 1989 | ||||||||||
3 | "In Appreciation for your Interest and Support" - Dallas United, February 14, 1991 | ||||||||||
4 | "Annual V. Alyce Foster Trailblazer Award - Woman of the Year" - South Dallas Business and Professional Women's Club Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., April 16, 1988 | ||||||||||
5 | "In Appreciation for Bringing 'American Star' to Dallas" - Department of Justice United States Marshal, September 1990 | ||||||||||
6 | Photographs (2) - Annette Strauss, undated | ||||||||||
7 | "Honorary Maitre 'D' Annual Dallas Celebrity Waiters Luncheon" - Leukemia Society of America, March 14, 1991 | ||||||||||
8 | Dallas Fire Department Award - Dallas Fire Department, April 20, 1990 | ||||||||||
9 | Resolution - Board of Directors, Dallas Chamber of Commerce - Trade Mission to Paris, France, September 20, circa 1986 | ||||||||||
10 | Drawing of Annette Strauss, undated | ||||||||||
11 | "Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions to Improvement of City Government in Texas and the Development of This Association" - Texas Municipal League, February, 1991 | ||||||||||
12 | Cover of Fortune Magazine, October 23, 1989 | ||||||||||
13 | Framed newspaper article - Hamburg, Germany, March 11, 1988 | ||||||||||
14 | "Advanced Technology Award" - Metropolitan Fiber Systems, March 1991 | ||||||||||
15 | "Humanitarian of the Year" - Bethlehem Foundation, undated | ||||||||||
16 | "Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award" - Toastmasters International District 25, November 3, 1990. | ||||||||||
17 | "Certificate of National Merit Presented for Homeless Health Care - Dallas, Texas" - National Recognition Program for Urban Development Excellence, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | ||||||||||
18 | Certificate in German -"Voor ons Burgemeester M. Vanhouttee Ms. A. Strauss Burgemeester Dallas" - Lier, Germany, April 11, 1990 | ||||||||||
19 | Trophy - "Elite News Award" - Elite News, circa 1985 | ||||||||||
20 | "Dallas-Italia" - souvenir with map of Italy - 1990/1994 World Cup Soccer - Firenze and Roma, Italy, June 8-15, 1990 | ||||||||||
21 | "Faithfulness - Continuity - Evolution" - Coville 88, Weaving New Urbanstyle Texture", Horizon, April 6, 1988 | ||||||||||
22 | Framed newspaper articles - Riyadh Daily and Saudi Gazette, June 25, 1989 | ||||||||||