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Guide No. 37:
Park Board Annual Reports,
1911 - 1995, 2002 - 2003

Overview of the Collection

Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201

Creator: Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Title: Park Board Annual Reports
Dates: 1911 - 1995, 2002 - 2003
Quantity: 2 linear feet
Abstract: Reports, printed, typescript and bound
Identification: 95 - 025
Language: Records are in English and Spanish

Scope and Contents

Collection contains statistical and narrative reports by the Dallas Park Board, the semi-autonomous body that governs the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. The bulk of the collection is composed of park board annual reports.

The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department provides leisure, recreational and cultural activities for the citizens of Dallas and the general public and maintains more than 21,000 park acres including 4,400 surface acres of water at 17 park sites, 17,196 acres of greenbelt/park land, and 61.6 miles of jogging and bike trails at 24 locations. There are over 400 individual parks, including recreational facilities such as community centers, swimming pools, athletic fields, and a metropolitan zoo. The City's first two parks, City Park (purchased in 1876) and Fair Park (purchased in 1904) predate the organization of the Park and Recreation Department.

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Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- History
Park facilities -- Texas -- History
Dallas Park and Recreation Department -- City Government -- Texas -- History 
Parks -- Texas -- Dallas

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Box Folder
Title, Date
1 1 A City Plan for Dallas - prepared by George E. Kessler, Landscape Architect of St. Louis and Kansas City - Report of Park Board, 1911
2 Park Board of the City of Dallas, Report for the year 1914-1915 (photocopy)
3 Park Board of the City of Dallas, Report for the year 1914-1915 (2 copies)
4 Park Board of the City of Dallas, Report for the year 1914-1915
  5 Administration Report, 1920
  6 Report by Emil Fretz, Park Board President - A history of the Parks and Playgrounds 1876-1921, undated
  7 Monthly Reports for May through September, 1921
  8 Monthly Reports for May through September, 1922
  9 Parks and Playgrounds Annual Report, 1921 - 1922
  10 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923
11 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923
12 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923
13 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923
14 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923
15 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923 (2 copies)
16 Report, Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923 (2 copies and original envelopes)
2 1 Monthly Reports for June through August, 1923
2

Monthly Reports for June through December, 1924

3 Monthly Reports for January through August, 1925
4 Monthly Reports for June through September, 1926
5 Monthly Reports for June through September, 1927
6 Park Board Report to Mayor and Board of Commissioners, May 1, 1927 through December 31, 1927
7 Park Board Annual Report, 1926 - 1927
8 Park Board Report to Mayor and Board of Commissioners, May 1, 1927 through March  31, 1928
9 Annual Report, 1927 - 1928
10 Memberships - Texas Museum of Natural History, circa 1928
11 Monthly Reports for June through October, 1928
12 Annual Report, 1928 - 1929
13 Park Board Reports, May 1 to July 31, 1928; May 1 to July 31, 1929
14 Reports, Playground and Recreation Department, May 1 to October 31, 1928; May 1 to October 31, 1929
15 Monthly Reports for June through August, 1929
16 Forestry Annual Report, May 1, 1926 to April 30, 1927
17 Forestry Annual Report, May 1, 1927 to April 30, 1928
18 Forestry Progress Report, August to October 1928
19 Forestry Annual Report, May 1, 1928 to April 30, 1929
20 Annual Report of Park Department, 1929 - 1930
21 Park Board Report to Mayor and Board of Commissioners, May 1, 1930 through July 1930
22 Report, Park Board, May 1, 1930 to October 31, 1930
23 Monthly Report for June 1930
24 Report of Recreation Department, May 1, 1928 to January 31, 1929
25 Report, Playground and Recreation Department, May 1, 1929 to January 31, 1930
26 Report of Park Board, May 1, 1930 to January 31, 1931
27 Annual Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, 1930 - 1931
28 Report, Park Board, May 1, 1931 to July 31, 1931
29 Monthly Reports for June through August, 1931
30 Park Board Report, May through September, 1931
31 Quarterly Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, October through December, 1931
32 Zoo Food Report, October through December, 1931
33 Annual Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, 1931 - 1932
34 Park Board Report, October 1, 1931 through March 31, 1932
35 Park Board Report, October 1, 1931 through June 30, 1932
36 Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, October 1, 1932 through December 31, 1932
37 Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, October 1, 1932 through March 31, 1933
38 Park and Playground Report, October 1, 1932 through June 30, 1933
3 1 Park Board Annual Report, 1932 - 1933
2 Report, Park and Playground Department, October 1 through December 31, 1933
3 Park Board Report, October 1, 1933 to March 31, 1934
4 Park and Playground Report, October 1, 1933 through June 30, 1934
5 Park Board Annual Report, 1933 - 1934
6 Park and Playground Report, October 1, 1934 through December 31, 1934
7 Park and Playground Report, October 1, 1934 through March 31, 1935
8 Park and Playground Report, October 1, 1934 through June 30, 1935
9 Park Board Annual Report, 1934 - 1935
10 Quarterly Park and Playground Report, October 1 - December 31, 1935
11 Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, October 1, 1935 through March 31, 1936
12 Report, Department of Parks and Playgrounds, October 1, 1935 through June 30, 1936
13 Park Board Annual Report, 1935 - 1936
14 Park Board Quarterly Report, October 1 through December 31, 1936
15 Park Board Quarterly Report, October 1, 1936 through March 31, 1937
16 Park Board Quarterly Report, October 1, 1936 through June 30, 1937
17 Park Board Annual Report, 1936 - 1937
18 Park Board Report, October 1 through December 31, 1937
19 Park Board Report, October 1, 1937 through March 31, 1938
20 Parks and Playgrounds Report, October 1, 1937 to June 30, 1938
21 Park Board Report, October 1, 1937 through September 30, 1938
22 Park Board Annual Report, 1937 - 1938
23 Park Board Report, October 1, 1938 through December 31, 1938
24 Parks and Playgrounds Report, October 1, 1938 through March 31, 1939
25 Parks and Playgrounds Report, October 1, 1938 to March 31, 1939
26 Parks and Playgrounds Report, October 1, 1938 to March 31, 1939
27 Parks and Playgrounds Report, October 1, 1938 to March 31, 1939
  28 Parks and Playgrounds Report, October 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939
4 1 Biennial Report, 1960 - 1962 (original and photocopy)
  2

Dallas Parks and Recreation Department 1953-1963 10 Year Improvement Program, August 12, 1963

3 Park Department Annual Report, 1965 -1966
4 Park Department Annual Report, 1966
5 Park Department Annual Report, 1966 -1967
6 Park Department Annual Report, 1972 -1973
  7 Dallas, Texas Park and Recreation Department Annual Report, 1973 -1974 (3 photocopies)
  8 Dallas, Texas Park and Recreation Department Annual Report, 1973 -1974
  9 Participation Report, 1975
  10 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1975 - 1976 (2 copies)
  11 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1975 - 1976 (2 copies)
  12 Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1976 -1977 (2 copies)
  13 Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1976 -1977 (2 copies)
5 1 Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1977 -1978
  2 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1978 -1979 (3 copies)
  3 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1979 -1980
  4 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1980 -1981 (2 copies)
  5 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1980 -1981
  6 City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1981 -1982 (photocopy)
6 1 Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1993 -1994
  2 Dallas Park and Recreation Board Annual Report, 1994 -1995
  3 "Rostros de Fair Park", Fair Park Annual Report, 2002 (3 copies, Spanish)
  4 "Reflecting the Past, Moving Forward", Fair Park Annual Report, 2003 (2 copies)

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