TARRANT COUNTY, TX
Tarrant County Archives
Series I: Birdville, 1843-2004
Image above: Boys in Birdville, 1921.
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| Location | Date Range | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Box 1 | undated, 1850-1929, 1930s-1960s | Birdville – Abstracts and Warranty Deeds – George Akers Survey |
| Box 1 | circa 1855 | Birdville – Letters – Elizabeth Young Eagle, (reproduction) |
| Box 1 | circa 1843 |
Birdville – Letters – Jonathan Bird’s letter to the Republic of Texas, (reproduction) |
| Box 1 |
undated, 1851, 1916, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1971-72, 2004 | Birdville – Maps |
| Box 1 | circa 1851, 1852 | Birdville – Wills – Elizabeth Potts, (reproduction), two copies |
| Box 1 | undated | Birdville – Churches – Birdville Baptist Church |
| Box 1 | undated, 1966, 1978 | Birdville – Churches – Birdville Church of Christ |
| Box 1 | 1930 | Birdville – Churches – Methodist |
| Box 1 | undated, 1971, 1973-74, 1976 | Birdville – History – Birdville Cemetery – General |
| Box 1 | undated, 1975 | Birdville – History – Birdville Cemetery - Inscriptions and Index |
| Box 1 | undated, 1975-1978 | Birdville – History – Birdville Museum and Historical Society |
| Box 1 | undated, 1950, 1967-68, 1970, 1974-76, 1979 | Birdville – History – Historical Markers |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Draft (1 of 4); duplicates, pages 1-10h |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Draft (2 of 4); duplicates, pages 10i-35 |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Draft (3 of 4); duplicates, pages 35a-69 |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Draft (4 of 4); duplicates, pages 70-97 |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Removed from Purple Binder (1 of 4); in original order |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Removed from Purple Binder (2 of 4); in original order |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Removed from Purple Binder (3 of 4); in original order |
| Box 1 | 1965 | Birdville – History of Birdville by Thelma Ray – Removed from Purple Binder (4 of 4); in original order |
| Box 1 | undated, 1931-1982 | Birdville – Newspaper Clippings |
| Box 1 | 1850, 1855, 1902, 1906, 1911, 1939, 1943, 1952, 1968, 1975, 1985 | Birdville – Notes and Research |
| Box 1 | undated | Birdville – Notes and Research (two folders) |
| Box 1 | undated | Birdville – Notes – Spiral Notebook |
| Box 1 | undated, 1977 | Birdville – Notes – Spiral Notebook – Loose Papers and Negative Photograph |
| Box 1 | 1975 | Birdville – Oral History – Interviews with Mr. Richard N. Melbourn |
| Box 1 | 1960, 1963-64, 1967 | Birdville –Schools – Birdville Classroom Teacher Association Directory |
| Box 1 | undated, 1982, 1983 | Birdville – Schools – Birdville Colored School, with photocopy duplicate |
| Box 1 | circa 1969 | Birdville – Schools – Educators – "W. T. Francisco: The Man and The Memorial," spiral with copy of program |
| Box 1 | 1875, 1910, 1933, 1939, 1941-42, 1947, 1951-52, 1953-54, 1957, 1959-68, 1971-73-1975-77, 1979 | Birdville – Schools – General |
| Box 1 | undated | Birdville – Schools – General |
| Box 1 | 1920, 1935, 1939 | Birdville – Schools – Sports – Photographs, contains two original photographs and one photocopy |
| Box 2 | undated, ca. 1911, ca. 1928 | Birdville – Photographs and Negatives (reproduction) |
| Box 2 | undated, 1909, 1913, 1919-21, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926-27, 1929-30, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1942-43, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1953-43, [1959-60] | Birdville – Photographs – Originals |
| Box 2 | undated | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville Map |
| Box 2 | 1911, 1928 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville |
| Box 2 | 1903 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville School |
| Box 2 | 1932 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville School |
| Box 2 | 1939 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville School |
| Box 2 | 1954, 1963-64 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville School Faculty/Staff |
| Box 2 | undated | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Birdville Superintendents |
| Box 2 | 1843 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Jonathan Bird’s Letter |
| Box 2 | 1959-60 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – O. H. Stowe/ O. H. Stowe Elementary |
| Box 2 | 1897-98 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1898-99 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1909 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1913, 1920-21 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1919-21 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1921 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1921, 1922 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1924, 1926-27 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1925 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1926-27 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | 1929-30 | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | undated | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | undated | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Students |
| Box 2 | undated | Birdville – Photographs – Reproductions – Courthouse and Snow house |
| Photobox 1995 | 1939 | One aerial photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Birdville High School, writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | May 2, 1976 | One photograph, measuring 7.5 by 8 inches, of people at Birdville Cemetery Dedication, writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | ca. 1922 | One photograph, measuring 5 by 6.5 inches, of Georgia Reeves holding Ray Portwood, writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | undated | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Birdville descendants, Richard (Dick) Melbourne, Lloyd Booth, and Guy Reeves, standing in Birdville Cemetery, writing on the back, photographed by Northeast Observer |
| Photobox 1995 | January 23, 1929 | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of first marathon dance held in Fort Worth, by Camera Craft Studio of Fort Worth, Donated to Thelma Ray by Mrs. Jack (Lucille Andrews) Eaton, writing on the front and back |
| Photobox 1995 | May 2, 1976 | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Texas Historical Marker being unveiled at dedication of marker for Birdville Cemetery, photographed by Northeast Observer, writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | 1922 | One photograph, measuring 5 by 7 inches, Birdville School class, with sheet listing students pictured |
| Photobox 1995 | undated | One matted photograph, measuring 5 by 7 inches, of Jim Heffington, name of pictured written on back |
| Photobox 1995 | undated | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Quanah Parker |
| Photobox 1995 | ca. late-nineteenth century | One posed reservation photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Quanah Parker, writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | undated | One posed reservation photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Quanah Parker and unknown man |
| Photobox 1995 | March 15, 1904 | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Quanah Parker, Chief of the Comanches, with his wives, Tawnay and Twonicey, from Dallas Semi-Weekly News |
| Photobox 1995 | undated | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, family portrait of Merrell family with Lucy Ella Merrell, (daughter of Eliza Jane Turner Merrell and Eli Franklin Merrell), born November 22, 1873, died January 1, 1940, Married Charles Huntley Andrews May 1, 1895 (born April 3, 1874, died October 3, 1911), writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | undated | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, portrait of Eliza Jane Turner, (born January 21, 1851), writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | 1933 | One photograph, measuring 8 by 10 inches, of Birdville School class, from Fort Worth Press, writing on the front and back |
| Photobox 1995 | 1964-1965 | One photograph, measuring 1.5 by 2 inches, of Verna Patton, writing on the back |
| Photobox 1995 | ca. 1959-1960 | One photograph, measuring 3.5 by 4.5 inches, of O. H. Stowe in front of O. H. Stowe Elementary School |