Summary: Donor is the daughter of long-time historian and collector Janie Reid. Janie Reid was highly involved with securing the historic district status for the Fort Worth Stockyards. A native of the North Side with deep roots in its history with Niles City, she actively advocated for preserving the North Side's history and associated identity. While researching numerous sites for their consideration by the State of Texas and U.S. Department of Interior as significant places to be marked and honored, she developed this collection of materials.
Abstracts of Title
Additions - Maps, Planning, Notes, on additions to Tarrant County
Advertising
Archeology
Aviation
Biographical
Books
Bridges
Buildings
Businesses
Cemeteries
Censuses
Churches
City Directories
Civic Organizations
Communities
Correspondence
Waterways
Crime
Education
Events
Federal Writers Project
Fire Departments
Floods
Fort Worth
Fraternal Organizations
Genealogy
Government
Historical Commission
Historical Societies - North Fort Worth
Research
Houses
Police Stations
Libraries
Maps
Markers
National Register
Neighborhoods
Newspapers
Obituaries
Oral History
Parks and Post Offices
Roads and Railroads
Schools
Sports
Streetcars
Stockyards
Miscellaneous
· Fort Worth Official Pocket Guide, 1920, First Edition, copy
· Application for North Side Fort Worth Historical/ Architectural, Survey, 1979
· Directory, Fort Worth, 1923, original
· Texas Historical Commission - The Medallion, 1982 editions
· Newspaper: "North Side Theater Just Completed," newspaper unknown, date unknown, copy
· Fort Worth Power and Light, Board of Directors of the North Fort Worth Townsite Company, Resolution for the public, 1925, 1939
· Registered Voters, 1867. Copy
War
Other - Binders with hand written notes principally