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Dealey Plaza

By: Willis C. Winters,John H. Slate

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Dealey Plaza is famous for many things, both locally and nationally. Considered the front door of Dallas, the park rests on a bluff near the Trinity River, where Dallass founder, John Neely Bryan, identified a natural low-water crossing in 1841. This ford was the site of Bryans cabin and was also the site of the first ferry and bridge over the Trinity River. Home to several Dallas County buildings and other historic structures, Dealey is not just the birthplace of Dallas; it is also the site of Dallass first large-scale city planning solution, a traffic diverting triple underpass, and a beautiful downtown park built in the 1930s. The park was launched into national history when Pres. John F. Kennedy was assassinated here on November 22, 1963. Today, the site is visited by over two million annually. To preserve Dealey Plaza and its surrounding buildings, the federal government designated it a National Historic Landmark District in 1993.

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Arcadia Publishing

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ISBN 10

143964232X

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9781439642320

Historic Dallas Parks

By: John H. Slate

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Historic Dallas Parks

By: John H. Slate

Dallas, called "Big D," is the eighth largest city in the United States and rests on 343 square miles of rolling prairie. To meet the growing recreational and cultural needs of its citizens, the Dallas Park and Recreation Department maintains more than 23,018 park acres--one of the largest municipal park systems in the country. Dallas has over 400 individual parks, including community centers, swimming pools, athletic fields, and a metropolitan zoo. From such well-known places as Fair Park, home of the State Fair of Texas and the Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936, to Dealey Plaza, and to lesser-known neighborhood parks, Dallas parks have a rich history stretching from the days when Dallas was a western boom town to a 21st century metropolis. Historic Dallas Parks explores the origins and early development of this nationally recognized system with interesting background stories and facts and illustrated with photographs and historical documents from the collections of the Dallas Municipal Archives.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738578916

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9780738578910

Lost Austin

By: John H. Slate

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Lost Austin

By: John H. Slate

Known to some as "Capitol City," "River City," and "Groover's Paradise," Austin is a diverse mix of university professors, students, politicians, musicians, state employees, artists, and both blue-collar and white-collar workers. The city is also home to the main campus of the University of Texas and several other universities. As Austin has grown to become more cosmopolitan, remnants of its small-town heritage have faded away. Austin's uniqueness--both past and present --is reflected in its food, architecture, historic places, music, and businesses. Many of these beloved institutions have moved on into history. While some are far removed in the mists of time, others are more recent and generate fond memories of good times and vivid experiences. Images of America: Lost Austin explores, through the collections of the Austin History Center and others, where Austinites once shopped, ate, drank, and played.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738596132

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9780738596136

Managing Local Government Archives

By: John H. Slate,Kaye Lanning Minchew

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Managing Local Government Archives

By: John H. Slate,Kaye Lanning Minchew

Here is a comprehensive, authoritative introduction to the elements of day-to-day operations of local government archives, with special emphasis on best practices and practical solutions and strategies for establishing and improving such things as storage, environmental control, staffing, and intellectual control. It includes a chapter on general consideration for preservation of electronic archival records. Local government records are the records that most directly touch the lives of U. S. residents: deeds and property records, marriage licenses, school transcripts, law suits, and more, yet these records are often the most neglected records in the country. This guide is designed to appeal both to trained archivists as well as to those without formal training but find they are dealing with the administration of an archives program in a municipality, county, parish, township or borough, or a quasi-governmental entity such as a water district or a regional transportation authority. Managing Local Government Archives describes and prescribes the essential elements and best practices of a local government archives program. It is intended to be both a text for classroom instruction and a self-help tool for both professional and paraprofessional archivists. It is also intended to be helpful to local governments considering the planning and implementation of a formal archives program. Coverage encompasses the various domains of archival enterprise as practiced in a local government setting: acquisition, appraisal, arrangement and description, preservation, access, relationship to the records management profession, and other topics.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442263962

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9781442263963

John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort Worth

By: Mark Doty,John H. Slate

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John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort Worth

By: Mark Doty,John H. Slate

November 22, 1963, is a date that will forever live in the minds and hearts of those who were witness to or touched by the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza. Surprisingly, the majority of sites associated with events surrounding that day still stand along the streets and in the neighborhoods of the greater DallasFort Worth region. From Fort Worths Hotel Texas to the Texas Theater and the Old Municipal Building in Dallas, John F. Kennedy Sites in DallasFort Worth explores and documents the buildings, neighborhoods, and places with a direct connection to the assassination and its figures, both major and minor, in one of the darkest chapters in American and Texan history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439642389

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9781439642382

Lawmen, Crimebusters and Champions of Justice

The Men, the Institutions, the System at Work

By: John Sale,John Slate

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Lawmen, Crimebusters and Champions of Justice

The Men, the Institutions, the System at Work

By: John Sale,John Slate

Discusses famous lawmen, the law enforcement agencies for which they work, and the legal system at work.

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BDD Promotional Books Company

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0792452178

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9780792452171

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Tennessee 51st And 52nd Infantry Regiments Consolidated

By: John C. Rigdon

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Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Tennessee 51st And 52nd Infantry Regiments Consolidated

By: John C. Rigdon

The 51st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was organized at Henderson Station, Tennessee, in January, 1862. The 52nd was also organized at the same time with men from Tipton, Fayette, Shelby, Madison, and Jackson counties. A detachment of the 52nd was captured at Fort Donelson, then in October it was active in the fight at Perryville. Later the unit was assigned to D.S. Donelson's, M.J. Wright's, Vaughan's, and Palmer's Brigade. During April, 1862, it was consolidated with the 52nd Regiment and called the 51st Consolidated. However, the consolidation was declared illegal and during April, 1863, it was reorganized as the 51st and 52nd Consolidated Regiment and each unit kept separate records. It participated in many battles of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and was involved in the North Carolina Campaign.

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344

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Lulu.com

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0359550576

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9780359550579

Contributions to Michigan Archaeology

By: James E. Fitting,John R. Halsey,H. Martin Wobst

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Contributions to Michigan Archaeology

By: James E. Fitting,John R. Halsey,H. Martin Wobst

Three Michigan archaeological sites are covered in this report: the Spring Creek site, in Muskegon County; the Springwells Mound Group, in Wayne County; and the Butterfield site, near Lake Huron in Bay County, Michigan.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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194909815X

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9781949098150

Managing Local Government Archives

By: John H. Slate,Kaye Lanning Minchew

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By: John H. Slate,Kaye Lanning Minchew

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Book's by John H. Slate

Dealey Plaza

Dealey Plaza

Historic Dallas Parks

Historic Dallas Parks

Lost Austin

Lost Austin

Managing Local Government Archives

Managing Local Government Archives

John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort Worth

John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort Worth

Lawmen, Crimebusters and Champions of Justice

Lawmen, Crimebusters and Champions of Justice

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Tennessee 51st And 52nd Infantry Regiments Consolidated

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Tennessee 51st And 52nd Infantry Regiments Consolidated

Contributions to Michigan Archaeology

Contributions to Michigan Archaeology

Managing Local Government Archives

Managing Local Government Archives

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