Fort Worth -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Accession 2019-038, 1948-1952; 1991-2015
Collection
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Appointment calendars, correspondence, office files, newspaper clippings, printed material, notes, audiovisual material, and scrapbooks document the life and career of Bob Bolen, Fort Worth businessman, mayor, and advisor to the TCU Chancellor, from 1991 through 2014. The bulk of the papers document his activity as senior advisor at TCU.
Dates:
1948-1952; 1991-2015
Jarvis-Van Zandt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS04
Scope and Contents
The Jarvis – Van Zandt Family papers include legal documents, land titles, photographs, personal correspondence, news clippings, genealogy notes, and ephemera covering a period of more than one hundred seventy years. Letters, diaries, and reminiscences written in the 19th and 20th centuries found in the papers offer insights on the life of Texas pioneers. Other materials, such as business, tax, and real estate records shed light on some aspects of Fort Worth’s economic history. The...
Dates:
1841-1974
Oscar Monnig Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 124
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection includes correspondence, booklets, articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, catalogues, tax receipts, leases, advertisement flyers, brochures, and minutes from the Monnig Dry Goods Company. The photographs of the building, located in news clippings, dated from 1912-1962 provided the best documentation to illustrate the various stages of growth and change of the building interior and exterior. Most of the correspondence and legal documents are dated from the late 1920s...
Dates:
1878-1978 (inclusive), 1901-1978 (bulk)
Tom B. Saunders Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 146
Abstract
Administrative records, correspondence, and memorabilia document the Tom B. Saunders Company from 1899 to 1974. The collection includes material on other notable Texas trail drivers collected by the family. The family's Fort Worth Stock Show planning material is also included.
Dates:
1899-1974; Majority of material found in 1923-1974
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