Floyd Clark Collection

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Image of the program cover from the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department first annual awards banquet in 1992

Tarrant County Sheriff's Department Awards Banquet program,
in Scrapbook No. 8, December 11, 1992

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Floyd Clark was born in Johnson County in 1927 and died in Tarrant County in 2019. He worked as a teacher, an accountant, then a peace officer in the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department. He was with the Sheriff's Department from 1985 until his retirement in 1995. Clark had a strong interest in writing as a college student, and after retiring, he published a poem, wrote a novel based on his college thesis, and wrote his autobiography. 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The Floyd Clark Collection consists of 27 scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, letters, and other items pertaining to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department. The scrapbooks were created by Floyd Clark and cover the department's history from 1984 to 2010. Along with the scrapbooks, Clark donated the books he wrote and a few small personal items. 

Materials in the collection consist of the following:
 
Artifacts
  • 2010 pocket calendar: Holiday Greetings from Floyd's House of Bears
  • Floyd's House of Bears ball point pen
  • Floyd F. Clark, Freelance Writer business card

Books

  • Forbidden Happiness, Floyd F. Clark, toExcel, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2000
  • The Dark Days of October: Flashbacks of a Tormented Life, Floyd F. Clark, iUniverse, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, 2003

Scrapbooks

  • Scrapbook No. 1: April 9, 1984 - January 1, 1990
  • Scrapbook No. 2: February 10, 1990 - December 5, 1990
  • Scrapbook No. 3: January 25, 1991 - August 29, 1991
  • Scrapbook No. 4: September 7, 1991- February 6, 1992
  • Scrapbook No. 5: February 10, 1992 - May 16, 1992
  • Scrapbook No. 6: May 22, 1992 - July 30, 1992
  • Scrapbook No. 7: July 29, 1992 - November 16, 1992
  • Scrapbook No. 8: November 17, 1992 - November 19, 1993
    • Includes an Awards Banquet program from December 11, 1992
  • Scrapbook No. 9: March 10, 1993 - July 11, 1993
  • Scrapbook No. 10: July 12, 1993 - November 12, 1993
  • Scrapbook No. 11: November 17, 1993 - May 11, 1994 
    • Includes a memo from David Williams naming Floyd Clark as Officer of the Year; an Awards Dinner Banquet program; a photograph of Floyd Clark; a wedding napkin for Cynthia and Isaac who married on June 4, 1994
  • Scrapbook No. 12: June 14, 1994 - January 26, 1996 
    • Includes a letter from Alma Burnam; a letter from F. Clark to Ms. Burnam
  • Scrapbook No. 13: March 8, 1996 - September 18, 1997 
    • Includes a Deputy Sheriff's Association letter
  • Scrapbook No. 14: March 19, 1997 - April 9, 1998
  • Scrapbook No. 15: April 11, 1998 - August 30, 1998
  • Scrapbook No. 16: September 1, 1998 - December 5, 1998
  • Scrapbook No. 17: December 7, 1998 - April 25, 1999
  • Scrapbook No. 18: April 27, 1999 - August 28, 1999
  • Scrapbook No. 19: September 1, 1999 - January 17, 2000
  • Scrapbook No. 20: January 19, 2000 - May 2, 2000
  • Scrapbook No. 21: May 3, 2000 - October 17, 2000
  • Scrapbook No. 22: December 3, 2000 - October 17, 2001
  • Scrapbook No. 23: October 29, 2001 - October 30, 2002
  • Scrapbook No. 24: November 2, 2002 - March 22, 2004
  • Scrapbook No. 25: March 25, 2004 - October 2, 2005
  • Scrapbook No. 26: October 2, 2005 - August 14, 2007
  • Scrapbook No. 27: October 18, 2007 - March 6, 2010