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A Zoning Ordinance: For the City of Dallas

Description: Text of a new ordinance for the city of Dallas, Texas outlining the zoning plans for areas of the city as part of the Kessler Plan. It includes a map that notes tentative zones for residential, business, and industry areas throughout the city.
Date: 1930
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). City Plan Commission.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

The Kessler City Plan For Dallas: A Review of the Plan and Progress on its Accomplishment

Description: This pamphlet contains the reprints of twenty-three articles from The Dallas Morning News regarding the Kessler Plan for the city of Dallas, Texas and the progress that had been made over the fifteen years since its inception. The articles in order are: Article 1--Origin of the Plan; Article 2--Early Efforts at Civic Development; Article 3--Kessler Plan for All of the City; Article 4--The Trinity River Levee Plan; Article 5--Belt Line Railway Proposal; Article 6--Pacific Avenue Track Rem… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Head, Louis P.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Letter from the Kessler Plan Association, January 19, 1926]

Description: Letter from John E. Surratt at the Kessler Plan Association to members of the Advertising League regarding ways that the special committee could help to promote the Kessler Plan Association's city plan for Dallas, Texas. The original letter included copies of maps and literature about the Kessler Plan.
Date: January 19, 1926
Creator: Kessler Plan Association
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Two Letters of Interest to Dallas Folks

Description: Two letters to John E. Surratt, secretary of the Kessler Plan Association, printed on the same page. The first is from J. C. Nichols, suggesting that the Association postpone the election for bond issues (rather than holding them during a regular municipal election). The second letter is from F. W. A. Vesper discussing reasons that bond measures did not pass in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: unknown
Creator: Nichols, J. C.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Document Outlining Details of Bond Measures in St. Louis and Kansas City]

Description: Loose document outlining various factors that may have affected the success of bonds passed in St. Louis, Missouri and the bond failure in Kansas City, which was research for similar projects in Dallas, Texas. The documentation includes a breakdown of bond costs and what they would fund; committee and campaign procedures; and voter information and city politics.
Date: 192X
Creator: [Kessler Plan Association]
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Prospects Bright for Kessler Program Cary Report Urges Action: Points Out Unity of Support and Cost of Further Delay

Description: Article describing the changes to the city of Dallas, Texas during 1925 under the supervision of the Kessler Plan Association which designed the city plan. The article includes an over view of the plan, expenses, progress, county assistance, legal issues, and opinions. A sub-section includes a breakdown of some specific projects that happened under the plan.
Date: 1926~
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Newspaper Clippings about Candy Barr]

Description: Newspaper clippings from the Dallas News about Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr. The headlines are "Candy Barr Indicted for Drug Possession", "Police Charged with Wire-Tap", "Stripper Appears, Posts $1,000 Bond", and "Lawyers Fail to Get Name of Informer Against Stripper."
Date: 1957-11-01/1958-02-08
Creator: Dallas News
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Newspaper Clippings about Candy Barr]

Description: Newspaper clippings about Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr. The headlines are "Even Judge Gets in Act", "Motion to Delay Candy Barr Trial Expected Monday", "Candy's Trial Set", and "Candy Waits for Legal Step." There is also a related Western Union telegram at the top of the page which is only partially readable.
Date: 1957-02-07/1958-02-20
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Newspaper Clippings about Candy Barr]

Description: Newspaper clippings about Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr. The headlines are "Girls' Exposure Causes Closure", "Candy Barr Freed on Bond Under Marijuana Charges", "Judge Resets Trial Hearing For Stripper", "Candy's Act Set In Justice Court", and "Man Free on Bond In Abortion Case."
Date: 1956-02-09/1958-03-04
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Newspaper Clippings about Candy Barr]

Description: Newspaper clippings about Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr. The headlines are "Jury Returns No-Bill Here For Candy Barr", "Candy Barr's Attorneys Cite 15 Errors in Her Conviction", and "Police Say Stripper Had Drug Cache."
Date: 1956-02-20/1958-10-09
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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