Documents Collection

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Collection Note

The Documents Collection was created as a way to consolidate individual documents donated by different individuals. These materials were donated at various times in the history of the Archives, and as additional individual documents are donated, they will be added to this collection.

 

Scope and Contents

The Documents Collection contains various types of documents including abstracts, reports, correspondence, research papers, and more. The date range for materials in this collection is 1854-2015 and undated materials.

Materials in this collection consist of the following:

Abstracts

  • Abstract of Title to Chamberlin Arlington Heights Addition Fourth Filing, B. Hollingsworth Survey, Home Abstract and Stewart Title Companies, Fort Worth, Texas, 1875-1952
  • Abstract of Title, Trinity Heights Addition, abstracts, No. 88649, Lot 3, Block 6, Joseph W. Conner Survey, Home Abstract Co., Fort Worth, Texas, 1854-1951
  • Land Title Abstracts for various lots on Magnolia Street, William Welch Survey, Home Abstract Company, undated
  • Abstract of Title for Block 105, from the Fort Worth and Tarrant County Land Title Office, Fort Worth, Texas. no. 2209. 18th January 1890

Correspondence

  • Copies of letter from J. P. Carter to George H. McLaney, October 22, 1899
  • Transcribed letter from Florence Chalfant Peak to her niece, Bettie, April 1869

Research Papers

  • "A Brief History of Isaac Michael Darter, MD & Annie Mary Gordon Darter of Fort Worth, Texas," by Michael I. Darter, 2007
  • "Brief History of the Gieb Businesses at 15th and Jones Streets in Fort Worth, Texas, 1916-1970," by Robert J. Gieb, 2006
  • "Did Doctor Steiner Get Away With Murder?" by Kathy Misek, research paper exploring the legendary gun battle between Major Ripley A. Arnold and Dr. Josephus M. Steiner at Fort Graham, 1853, 2005
  • "DWI," prepared and organized by John B. Straight, 1986
  • "Memorable Grapevine Area Pioneers," by Mary Ann Austin Willis, July 27, 2005
  • "Tate Springs, Texas: A Cartographic Approach to Community History", by Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr., for class - History of Cartography, History, May 6, 1997

Other Documents

  • Annual Report of Harris Hospital, by The Board of Trustees of Harris Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, June 1, 1952
  • Construction Proposal for 1895 Courthouse Alterations, project architect Wyatt Hedrick, project contractor Cain & Cain, 1951-1952
  • Draft Chisholm and Great Western National Historic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment Report, National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2015
  • Motion Docket of the 96th District Court, Tarrant County, October 1945 - October 1959
  • Tarrant County Voter Registration Receipt for One of First Women to Vote, Fannie Darter, Number 44, June 26, 1918; undated
  • The original land grant certificate, Tarrant County (on Cedar Bluff Creek), for T.R. Worrall, Robertson Scrip-M-76, 1866