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Guide No. 163:

Parks - Fair Park Improvements, 1941 - 1980, and undated 

Overview of the Collection
Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator: City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Title: Parks - Fair Park Improvements
Dates: 1941 - 1980, and undated
Quantity: 0.25 linear feet
Abstract: Records relating to upkeep, maintenance, and improvements made at Fair Park between 1941 and 1980.
Identification: 97-023
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, contracts, blueprints, maps, photographic prints, reports and studies, and printed materials related to certain upkeep and maintenance issues, as well as improvements made at Fair Park between 1941 to 1980. Included in the collection are documents related to the conversion of the live stock coliseum into an ice hockey rink, the proposed installation of a heliport on park grounds, as well as legal documents relating to injuries resulting from a paddle boat accident during the 1962 State Fair of Texas.  

Fair Park, the site of the State Fair of Texas, is located in east Dallas near the downtown business district.  It is owned by the city of Dallas and managed by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department.  The 277-acre site is home to the annual State Fair of Texas, the Cotton Bowl stadium, and five museums.  Fair Park houses one of the greatest concentrations of early twentieth-century Art Deco exposition buildings in the United States.

 

Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- History
Park facilities -- Texas -- History 

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

Box Folder
 Title, Date
1 1 Live Stock Coliseum - ice hockey, 1967 - 1980
2 Live Stock Coliseum - ice hockey, 1967
3 Live Stock Coliseum - concession contracts, 1968 - 1971
4 Midway, 1962 - 1973
5 Heliport plan, 1957 - 1962
6 Ice Sports, Inc., 1941 - 1956
7 Lagoon, 1956 - 1978
8 Little Show Boat ride, black and white photographic prints, undated
9 Landscaping - Thornton entrance, 1971 - 1972
10 Landscaping - redevelopment of Esplanade and other areas, 1955 - 1960
11 Landscaping studies, 1968 - 1973