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Sweater vest

Description: Sweater vest in pullover style of cream cashmere patterned on the front with diagonal stripes of brown cashmere with alternating rectangles of brown and cream. Ribbed at V-neckline, armholes, and 3 ¼" hem. Combined designer/retailer label: 100% Pure Cashmere / Neiman-Marcus / Made in Scotland / by Ballantyne Maker's label a bottom right seam: This is an Original / Ballantyne Intarsia Retailer's label at back inside neck: "100% Pure Cashmere / Nemian-Marcus / Made in Scotland / by Ballantyne"
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: Ballantyne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Art Deco-style handbag

Description: Handbag of black quilted/ribbed silk in art deco style with black enameled gold flip top bar frame trimmed in red bezel set cabochons. Contoured handle of matching black quilted/ribbed silk. Lined in black silk with two side pockets edged in gold thread. Stamped designer's label: "Charles Blair / 374 R. St. Honoré / Paris" Stamped retailer's label: "Made in France / for / Neiman Marcus Co."
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: Blair, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Fire Station #17]

Description: Photograph of Fire Station #17. Two fire engines are partially pulled into the two open bays. An article about the station is also included.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

An Outline of the Dallas Master Plan

Description: Outline of the Dallas Master Plan compiled by the Dallas City Plan Commission discussing the fourteen previous reports made by Harland Bartholomew. The report also contains maps showing the city's streets, water distribution, parks, etc. Included in the back is a handwritten list made by Mayor J. Woodall Rodgers listing members of the various boards and committees involved in the planning.
Date: 1946
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). City Plan Commission.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Pegasus, Volume 3, Number 2, Winter 2015

Description: Biannual publication containing articles about genealogical research and genealogical information about families in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area, including family histories, lists of records (births, deaths, registration, etc.), correspondence, and and other documentation.
Date: Winter 2015
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Dallas Genealogical Society

West Dallas Urban Area Survey

Description: Report documenting the findings of a survey in the West Dallas Urban Area to determine what steps should be taken for improvement: "This survey of the West Dallas Urban Area was undertaken primarily to make an inventory o existing housing and other structures, and of existing utilities and public facilities, or the lack of them, in order that problems could be appraised and a program developed for the area's renewal" (p. 1).
Date: January 1959
Creator: De Leuw, Cather & Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Location: None
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1914 to 1928, Delinquent Rolls]

Description: Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1914 to 1928, including the name of each property's owner, each property's description and assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number. This volume contains information for property owners who owe delinquent taxes.
Date: 1914/1928
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Grand Prairie Genealogical Society

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1925 to 1930]

Description: Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1925 to 1930, including the name of each property's owner, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number. This volume contains information for property owners with names starting with "A" through "Y".
Date: 1925/1930
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Grand Prairie Genealogical Society

The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program

Description: Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes details concerning a capital expenditure program, such as the allocation of funds, selection of projects and a "[p]roposed 25 Year Program of General Fund Public Improvements. The second part of the report details an improvement program for the water and sanitary sewer systems. The appendix at the end of the report includes 17 tables providing empiric… more
Date: February 1945
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Speech by Sarah T. Hughes on being a female lawyer]

Description: Typescript of undated speech by Sarah T. Hughes discussing her experiences and people's expectations of her as a woman in the legal profession while practicing in Dallas. She gives her views on different aspects of the legal profession, including specialization, civil and criminal practice, winning and losing cases, and her enjoyment of appellate work and research in preparing cases on appeal. Before concluding the speech, Ms. Hughes describes her enjoyment of political participation via the le… more
Date: [1928..1930]
Creator: Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

State Fair Food: Big Bites in Big D, Sept. 26-Oct. 19, or Moveable Feast: Walk around and eat at the State Fair of Texas, Sept. 26-Oct. 19, or Howdy Folks. Let's Eat!...at the State Fair of Texas, Sept. 26-Oct. 19

Description: Draft of an article about Texas State Fair food that was published in the October 2003 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2003-10~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 32.774698 -96.762150
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Evening gown

Description: Long evening gown of black silk chiffon with shirred bust and trim around bustline. Pleated flared skirt of multiple layers of chiffon. Detachable shawl collar trimmed in black ostrich feathers around shoulders/bust.
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: Neiman-Marcus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Pink nightgown

Description: Nightgown of light pink or peach bias cut silk charmeuse, sleeveless, deep v neckline, v-shaped waistline with gathers to add fullness at bust, floral lace motifs inserted following neckline creating asymmetrical detail, full skirt with inserts to complete circular shape. Label: Made Expressly for Neiman Marcus Co.
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: Neiman-Marcus Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Sailor Hat

Description: Sailor style hat of rust colored straw with yellow and white daisy-like flowers on flat brim. Olive green satin ribbon as hatband ties at bow in back. Unlined with black grosgrain inner headband. Label on inside hatband: "Norma's / Creations / Dallas"
Date: 1930/1935
Creator: Norma's Creations
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Elm Fork Echoes, Volume 9, Number 1, April 1981

Description: The newsletter of the Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Dallas County, Texas and surrounding areas. Index starts on page 44.
Date: April 1981
Creator: Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Carrollton Public Library

Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999

Description: Interview with Clyde Jones, former part-owner of Kerrville's first radio station, KERV, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Jones discusses how he came to the area and his involvement with radio station, as well as some of the challenges he and his crew encountered. He also talks about his work with the Mental Health and Retardation Center at the Kerrville State Hospital. Mr. Jones briefly discusses his band, The Poverty Playboys.
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Jones, Clyde
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

What Does "Our City" Need?

Description: Printed speech about city planning that was presented to the Woman's Forum of Wichita Falls, Texas by the secretary of the Kessler Plan Association in Dallas, Texas. The address includes an overview of what city planners need to consider, including growth, parks and recreation, alleys, landscaping around highways, consultants, and funding.
Date: 1930
Creator: Surratt, John E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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