urn:taro:utexas.cah.02407 A Guide to the Tarrant County Scrapbook, [ca. 1910-1955] Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. March 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Tarrant County Tarrant County Scrapbook [ca. 1910-1955] Materials are written in English. 2 ft., 7 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprised of newspaper clippings and pamphlets, the Tarrant County Scrapbook, [ca. 1910-1955], documents the social and political affairs of Tarrant County’s citizens from the early to mid-20th century. Scope and Contents

Comprised of newspaper clippings and pamphlets, the Tarrant County Scrapbook, [ca. 1910-1955], documents the social and political affairs of Tarrant County’s citizens from the early to mid-20th century. Although the county as a whole is represented, the vast majority of clippings from a variety of newspapers, including the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, concern Fort Worth and its notable citizens. The collection contains alphabetized obituaries of Tarrant County’s citizenry, while also discussing local history, Fort Worth’s civic growth, and social issues. Additionally, the scrapbook includes a copy of a pamphlet entitled Frances Cooke Van Zandt Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (1931-1932) and several issues of the Woman’s Wednesday Club pamphlet (1934-1935).

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 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Frances Cooke Van Zandt Chapter (Fort Worth, Tex.) -- Sources. Subjects Newspapers -- Dallas -- Texas -- Sources. Newspapers -- Tarrant County -- Texas -- Sources. Obituaries -- Tarrant County -- Texas -- Sources. Woman’s Wednesday Club -- Sources. Places Fort Worth (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century. Tarrant County (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century. Tarrant County (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Tarrant County (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Preferred Citation

Tarrant County Scrapbook, [ca. 1910-1955], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3L403-3L409 Scrapbooks, [ca. 1910-1955]