Quentin McGown IV Collection

Named Collections > M > McGown, Quentin

Summary: Donor is the grandson of one of the founders of Fort Worth Boat Club. Collection contains much correspondence and records concerned with the establishment and continuing events at the FWBC into the early 1980's. There are photographs as well. Donor was also actively involved as a staff member for the planning and execution teams for the Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration. This collection includes memorabilia and records from that period. Quentin McGown has contributed materials to the Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection.

Books

Album: Texas Wesleyan University: A Centennial Album, an informal history of the first one hundred years 1890-1990. Fort Worth: The Barr Company
Book: Tarrant County Historic Resources Survey: Selected Tarrant County Communities published 1990
Printed topical index of the Federal Writers' Project Research Plans

Fort Worth Boat Club Files

Minute Book, bound, November 5, 1958- October 29, 1964
Minute Book, bound, November 10, 1964- January 21, 1969
Minute Book, bound, April 22, 1969 - November 3, 1973
Plat for Lennie Jarvis Burgess Ranch at Eagle Mountain
Survey, early harbor plan
Boats -- Assembly Instructions, c.1926, list of members assembling and selling boats to Club
Boats - Sails - 1937 booklet "The Care of Sails" with sail cloth samples
Boats - Transfer ownership to Club, 1931-32,
1929 - Correspondence
1930-1934 - Organization of FWBC, Constitution, Member list, Stock
1931 - Correspondence
1931-1932 - Fort Worth ordinance regulating water craft, transfer of title of boats to Club, membership list, locker costs, trophy bills, club bulletins 1-3
1932 - List of members
Correspondence, 1932 - Mc Gown and W F Crosby
Correspondence - Racing rules
Correspondence - 1933
1934 - Map of Lake Worth club site, financial and tax records, correspondence
1934 - Racing cards, membership, correspondence
1935 - Correspondence, members, officers
1934-1935 - North American Dinghy Assoc., 2 roster books
1935 - Correspondence
1936 - Correspondence
1936 - Correspondence, Financial statements, Texas Electric service
Snipe Club - By-laws, racing cards, correspondence
Snipes - Correspondence -1936- McGown, Crosby and Boat manufacturers
1937 - Membership roster; 1941- Locker list
1937 - Officers, correspondence
1938 - Constitution, members, drawings for boats, correspondence
1939 - Correspondence @ Boat Club
1939 - Correspondence @ snipes
1939 - Fish Class - Gulf Yachting Assoc.
Correspondence - 1935-1940 - George Q McGown, mostly about sailing
1940 - Correspondence - McGown and Crosby, mainly
1940 - Correspondence - McGown and others associated with sailing
1940 - Correspondence, race programs, financial statements
1941 - Correspondence, financial
1941 - Correspondence - McGown and Crosby
1941 - Correspondence - McGown and others associated with sailing
1941 - Correspondence
1942 - Correspondence
1942 - Correspondence - McGown and Crosby
1943-44 - Club Roster -Year Book
1943 - Correspondence
1944 - Correspondence
1942-1946 - Correspondence
World War 2 correspondence
World War 2 correspondence between Harry and George McGown
1945 - Correspondence, publications
1946 - Correspondence, publications
1947-1948 - Club publications
1949 - Protest Committee, correspondence
1950-1951 - Correspondence on Falcons
1950-1954 - Correspondence - FWBC
1952 - Clippings, newsletters
1954 - news clippings, club publications, correspondence
1955 - Publicity and Announcements
1956 - Correspondence, announcements
1957 - Correspondence, announcements, minutes
1957 - Financial statements
1958 - Committee chairs
1958 - Correspondence, announcements, news clippings
1958 - Financial reports
1958 - Financial statement
1958 - Loans for harbor improvements
1958 - Membership
1959 - Constitution, By-laws, Minutes, Correspondence, Harbor Fund info
Correspondence, announcements
1959-Membership correspondence
1959 - Membership
1959 - Swimming Pool, correspondence, plans
1959-1962 - Texas Yachting Association.
1960 - Correspondence, announcements
1961 - Correspondence, announcements
1962 - Correspondence, announcements
1963 - Correspondence, announcements
1963 - Minutes, financial statements
1964 - Correspondence, announcements
1964 - Minutes, financial statements
1965 - Correspondence, announcements for auxiliary fleet
1965 - Minutes, financial statements
1966 - Correspondence, announcements for auxiliary fleet1966 - Minutes, financial statements
1967 - Correspondence, financial statements
1967 - Minutes, financial statements, correspondence
1968
1969 - Correspondence, financial statements
1969 - Minutes, tax correspondence
1970
1970 - Minutes
1970-1971 - Resolutions
1970 - Comparative Balance Sheets, 1971 - Comparative Balance Sheets
1971 - Minutes
1972 - Comparative Balance Sheets, 1973 - Comparative Balance Sheets
1972 - Minutes
1972 - Mallory Races
1972 - O'Day Semi-Finals
1972 - Texas Yachting Association
1973 - Membership
1973 - Minutes
1974 - Correspondence, announcements
1975 - Correspondence, announcements
1976 - Newsletters, races
1982 - Clippings, correspondence
Balance Sheets, 1935, 1959 - 1962
Booklet: "Helpful Hints to the Navy Recruit," 1939
Booklet: "Surface Supplies" by John B. Hawley, 1938
Boat Club
Boat correspondence, brochures, billing
Boat plans
Boats - Rhodes 19 Class
Boats - Rhodes 19 Class - Correspondence, billing, brochures
By-Laws
Cabanas
Water Control District, correspondence, accounting
Harbor facilities (proposed) 1963
William Jary, proposals for FWBC book
Maps, Charts
Races
Races, Adams Cup, 1969
Races, America's Cup
Races, Lake Worth Cup, 1937
Rainfall, annual posting
Rules for Boating
Sailing Information, Story of America's Cup, 1936 Official Outboard Racing Rules, 1973 - Texas Yachting Association
Texas Yachting Association - By-Laws
Texas Yachting Association - Correspondence
Yacht Club -Name change, effort to organize a FWYC
Fort Worth Art Center: brochure, c.1962, description of part of collection, patron list
Arts Council of Fort Worth, 1970 proposal to establish council, projected salaries for staff
Family obituaries and other news clippings
Arts Council of Fort Worth File
Church: St. Stephen Presbyterian
Trip brochures
- Vanderbilt mansion
- Marble House
- Hyde Park
- Franklin D Roosevelt Library

Newsletters

1977 - Races, newsletters, clippings
1978 - Races, newsletters, clippings
1979 - Races, newsletters, clippings
1980 - Races, news clippings
1981 - Newsletters, description of Club history
U S Yacht Racing Union
Breeze n Fuller: 1967,1968,1970, 1971
Breeze n Fuller: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Breeze n Fuller: 1978, 1979, 1980
Breeze n Fuller: 1980

1980: IYRU World Youth Sailing Championship

Brochures
International Jury
Lists
News releases, clippings
Correspondence w/ preliminary participants
Participants info
Races
Schedules
Teams, correspondence
Logos
Mark Roundings
Miscellaneous
Newspapers list
Organizing Committee

Memorabilia From the Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration

Magazines with articles about the Texas Sesquicentennial:
- Southwest Airlines Spirit, February 1986
- Texas Highways, February 1986
- Time, March 24, 1986
- Texas Business, January 1986
- AAA World, January-February 1986
- Travel Weekly's 1985 Reference Guide to Texas
Official 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Guidebook
Texas Wagon Train Association publication, Jan.2- July 3, 1986
Texas Independence Association Handbook of Organization
Sesquicentennial Souvenir Calendars
Lone Star, a television history of Texas packet
Commemorative plaques for Texas Sesquicentennial
Cotton bale from Lamesa
Ceramic boll of cotton from Lamesa
Appointment calendars
Memorabilia: RR engineers cap, cup shaped like cowboy boot, pins and ribbons, and paper plates
Texas auto license, 1985, spelling: STAFF
Newspaper clippings
Publications and programs from various Texas cities:
- Alice Chamber of Commerce
- Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Foundation
- National Sports Festival VII, Houston '86
- Texas State Association of Letter Carriers: 88th annual state convention, 1985 Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi All Police and Open Rodeo, 1985
- Nueces County Annual Texas Country Western Music Show, 1985
South Australia: Jubilee 150, Bay to Birdwood Run, September 28, 1986
Texas Wagon Train boxed chili collection
Binder: Mailing lists for Sesquicentennial chairs
Binder: Contact correspondence with sponsors
Binder: Guides and notes for sesquicentennial
Binder: lesson plans for public schools to incorporate Texas history
Photo framed: 1st Horseback ride, Mt. Enterprise, January 13, 1986
Texas Sesquicentennial Calendar
Envelopes with memorabilia from wagon train stops: Corrigan, Fredericksburg, Hall, Gladewater, Lufkin, Luling, Tornillo, and San Angelo
Business cards: Charles M Oliver, Quentin McGown
Publication Request Forms
Messages from Office
Job Applicants
Cody Glenn
Hill Country map
Texas Wagon Train certificates
Injury or Illness report forms
Telephone logs
Bumper stickers, plastic bags, envelopes, folders : Sesquicentennial
Award certificates
History of Orla, Texas
Lamb County
Correspondence
Brochures
Maps
Press releases
Programs
Newsletter
Script for gunfight between Luke Short and Jim Courtright
Sam Bell Maxey House, family genealogy
Wagon train participants' passes to Billy Bob's
150 Years of Change
Sesquicentennial News publication
Texas State Sesquicentennial Commission minutes
Maps: Texas Sesquicentennial Press
Panhandle Plains Museum, Canyon
Major Markets Cities meeting agendas
Military and Texas Sesquicentennial
Texas Municipal League correspondence
1986 Events planned for Texas Sesquicentennial
Flags, historic flag of Texas
Miscellaneous marketing brochures, includes: Official song of Texas Sesquicentennial, fruitcakes, guns, stuffed animals, etc
Projects that didn't occur
Computer lists of sanctioned and unsanctioned association members and chairmen
City and Community plans for celebrating event
State sponsored event forms
Philatelic projects
Film projects
State guidelines for events
Fort Worth press kits
Final report, March 31, 1987, Texas Independence express
Texas Monthly magazine, Sesquicentennial collector's edition
Automobile Rally, Australia
Sesquicentennial Texas legislation
State of Texas agencies publications
Leadership Conference, 1984. Planning for Sesquicentennial
Leadership Conference workbook
Southwestern Bell Telephone press kit for Sesquicentennial
Texas Railroad Association press kit, 1985
Texas Independence Express
Sesquicentennial appreciation certificates
Commemorative products and projects
Unpublished book: The Secrets of Silver Valley by Zeno Zeplin, 1984
Bee County: Poesta
The Texas Embassy
State Vendors and Products
Sesquicentennial Commission audit
Blank Proclamations
Preliminary Sesquicentennial guidebook proposal, February 1985
KW marketing group correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Filing system
Press releases
Employee Handbook
Office Procedures
Inter-Office communications, job application from donor
Calhoun County: LaSalle 300
State officials phone directory, 1984
Mark Taper Forum
Map of Texas and Texas Trade and Professional Associations Roster, 1983
Texas Tall Ships
Texas National Dispatch
Texas Wagon Train Benefit Auction
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Twelve Texas Immortals
resignations of Sesquicentennial staff and staff notes
reproduced news articles from 1830's
Fairs and Expositions
Bastrop projects
Texas Historical Commission quarterly meeting, July 1985, Fort Davis
Texas Association of Museums conference, Junction, September 1983
Texas Dept. of Agriculture
Wagon Train registrants and Sesquicentennial commission member roster
History of State Treasurer and Comptroller Office
Native Americans and the Military
Texas Bed and Breakfast articles
Intrepid Records: Texans against Hunger and Guarding the Wrong River
South Australia brochures and Press Kit
Sesquicentennial folders with various brochures
Don't Mess with Texas decal
Wagon Train, official souvenir magazine, 1986
Wagon Train Association records
Of Birds and Texas, limited edition book by Scott and Stuart Gentling, brochures
Sesquicentennial Handbook of Organization
Funding Information Center, TCU
Texas Historical Commission conference, Lubbock, 1984
Texas Arts Plan 1982-1983
Sesquicentennial Monument
Fort Worth Sesquicentennial events kits
Celebrating the Texas Capitol, program for 100th anniversary of State capitol
Texas, The Friendship State, State Department of Highways and Public transportation
State Fair of Texas: celebrating 100 Years of Texas
Private Sector Involvement in the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial, December 1982
Texas Main Street Conference, October 1984, Austin
Donning Company Publishers
Leader's Letters
caps and patches in various envelopes
Computer printout of Texas Sesquicentennial Guide to Events in County Order
Computer printout of Texas Sesquicentennial Guide to Events in Date Order
Corporate Sponsorship Program
Big 150 Events
The Little 150
The Eyes of Texas
Mailing Lists
Texas Independence Association Certificate
Music, Texas Our Texas
Oral History workshops
Fort Worth 150 plans
Austin plans
Cotton Bowl correspondence
Dimmit and Colleyville 150 events
Western Beginnings
"Follow that dream" review at Texas Wesleyan
Statue of Liberty celebration: July 4, 1986

Scott Theater Collection

Scott Theater Log kept by Lura Elliston (red leather binder). From April 19, 1968 - November 22, 1978. Many newspaper clippings related to theater follow her log
William Charles Groom resume for technical director, Scott Theater
Stationary for William E Scott Theater
Annual Board Meetings
- November 1, 1966
- January 10, 1967
- January 16, 1968
- January 18, 1969
- January 27, 1970
- February 16, 1971
- February 15, 1972
- February 20, 1973
- February 19, 1974
- November 17, 1975
- February 17, 1976
- February 15, 1977
- February 14, 1978
- March 6, 1979
- December 8, 1980
Theater Programs, American College Theater Festivals
Financial reports: Fort Worth Art Museum and William E. Scott Theater, 1980-1986
1979, Annual report
By-Laws of Fort Worth Art Association, November 29, 1979
Financial Statements, 1985, 1986, Scott Theater
Spread Sheets, 1986
Cost Analysis, 1986
Fort Worth Art Association, meetings and budgets, 1972-1986
Study of Facility Needs for Performing Arts Groups, Fort Worth 1983
William E Scott Theater, early records
William E Scott Theater, Opening Program, January 1966
Carmean cost study of Scott Theater impact on Art Museum budget, 1987
Scott Theater Committee board minutes 1981 - 198
Financial campaigns, correspondence
Bill Garber article, 1984

Historical and Cultural Landmarks Commission

Proposed Model Ordinance, 1987. Antiquities Code of Texas
National Trust guidelines for Historic Preservation, economic incentives, 1988
Design Reviews for Historic Districts, List of Potentially Historically Significant sites, 1989
Requests for designations and requests for approved changes. Articles on architectural styles. Agendas for H and CLC meetings, 1990
Agendas, articles on preservation guidelines, requests for designations, 1991
Ordinance Drafts for historic guidelines, articles on preservation subjects, agendas, Mansfield plans and guidelines to preserve its downtown, and Our Lady of Victory demolition application. 1992
Texas Trails Network: newsletters, map, and research of upper Trinity
1993, Historic and Cultural Landmark Commission, Fort Worth: agendas
ordinances, clippings, articles on preservation, correspondence, and protests
1994, Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission, Fort Worth: agendas, ordinances, clippings, articles, Medical District projected plan, CLG, Blackstone Hotel and Electric Building plans, neighborhood community partnerships
1995, Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission, Fort Worth: agendas, ordinances, National Trust annual meeting, Fairmount Association Bylaws, Alexander Company, CLG, and Medical District Strategic Plan
Pink Binder: Historic and Cultural Landmark Commission background booklets on historic ordinances, Standards for rehabilitation, design guidelines for Nacogdoches, Hemphill/Berry Design Guidebook, and Polytechnic Main Street Plan
Gray Binder: The Tax Campaign Handbook, a Plan to save the preservation tax incentives, and a Blueprint for Lobbying
White Binder: People, Parks, and Partnerships: Our Heritage as Community Assets. Brownsville, 1992. CLG Conference
Gray Binder: Historic and Cultural Landmark Commission notebook, 1988-1990
Gray Binder: Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission notebook, 1989
Black Binder: Historic and Cultural Landmark Commission notebook, 1990
National Register Bulletin, lists of highly-endangered structures

Surveys

Perry Anderson survey, Clairmont Place, Block 13, Lot 17. Placed in H/148
William D. Conner survey. Factory Place addition, Block 37. Placed in H/29