Tarrant County Human Resources Collection

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HISTORICAL NOTE   

The Tarrant County Human Resources Department provides county employees with leadership and volunteer opportunities that promote personal and professional growth. The department also offers county citizens a variety of ways to volunteer their services and talents to improve the community.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The Human Resources collection contains materials related to the department’s outreach initiatives and employee events. The materials include employee service pins, posters, and photographs dated from 1991 to 2022. County officials, including County Commissioners, are pictured in many of the photographs.

Commissioner Dionee Bagsby with O.D. Wyatt Choir, 2001

Commissioner Dionne Bagsby with O.D. Wyatt Choir, December 11, 2001

Materials in this collection consist of the following: 

Digital Images

  • Pen Pals, County Adopt-a-School program, images of the children who participated in the program, 2013
  • Tarrant County Employee Appreciation Day events, 2014, 2015

Documents

  • Court Visitor Program Policies and Procedures, 1994
  • Meals on Wheels appreciation for the volunteer services of Tarrant County employees, 2011, 2021
  • Event planning information for the employee picnics, 2000, 2002
  • Event planning information for the food drives benefiting the Tarrant Area Food Bank, 2000-2003
  • Event planning information for a celebration of County Judge Tom Vandergriff, December 2006
  • National Association of Counties conference reference book, 2013
  • Certificates, correspondence, newsletters, and announcements concerning Tarrant County employees' awards and recognition for their community service, 2002-2004; 2013
  • Commissioners Court communications, contracts, forms, press releases, applications, and correspondence concerning volunteer programs established by Tarrant County, 1995-2007
  • Tarrant County Water Conservation Project reference book, a program of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2007-2009

Ephemera

  • Employee and volunteer service recognition pins for 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, and 35 years of service

Photographs of the Tarrant County departments that participated in Tarrant County Area Food Bank's "Creative Can Displays" food drive, 1990s-2001

  • Information Technology, first place, for display of Sound of Music with waterfall 
  • Resource Connection, second place for display of Bass Hall
  • Sheriff's Department, third place for display of Confinement, Old Jail "U-2 can make a difference"
  • County Clerk, display of a horse-drawn food wagon
  • Transportation Department, display of "TransCan Transportation" bus driven by two monkeys with sign saying "Food Bank or Bust"
  •  Auditor's Office, display of "Chew Chew" train 
  • Probate Courts 1 and 2, display of Election 2000 with Bush and Gore
  • Budget Office, display of Debbie Schneider as Bank President
  • Budget Office, display of The Budget Bank of Tarrant County with Freida, Amanda, and Vickie
  • Budget Office, display of Paul Wood by Frontier Safe Company
  • Community Supervision and Corrections Department, display of Christmas creche with fireplace scene
  • Community Supervision and Corrections Department, employees posing as Charlie's Angels
  • District Attorney, display of "Scales of Justice"
  • Food Bank poster of the various canned food displays
  • Budget Department employees holding award, collected for most pounds of canned food collected
  • Fred Erickson, individual who raised the most money at Heart Walk
  • Sheriff's Department - Cold Springs employees holding award
  • Sheriff's Department - Green Bay officer holding second place award for most pounds collected
  • Wanda Bogus, County Clerk's office, holding award for Heart Walk Team
  • Resource Connections employees holding second place award for canned food display
  • Information Technology employees holding first place award for canned food display

Photographs of Tarrant County events and employees, 2001-2021

  • "Kick the Can" fundraiser for Tarrant Area Food Bank, 1998
  • Tarrant County employees at a hockey game, 1990s
  • Food drive award presentations, 2000-2002
  • Volunteer appreciation event,  2001
  • Tarrant County Commissioners Court decorated for the holidays, December 2001
  • Auto Theft Task Forces receives award from Finnish Insurance Association, April 2001
  • Commissioner for a day, 4th grade students from Oakhurst Elementary with commissioners, 2001
  • "Walker, Texas Ranger" filming of last episode at courthouse, Chuck Norris photographed, March 29, 2001
  • Pen Pals, County Adopt-a-School program picnic, 2001
  • Commissioner Dionne Bagsby with O. D. Wyatt High School choir, Fort Worth, on occasion choir performed a holiday program for Commissioners Court, December 11, 2001
  • Representatives from First Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, delivering 10,000 cookies to the Tarrant County Jail,  December 14, 2001
  • "Kick the Can" fundraiser for Tarrant Area Food Bank, Tarrant County Public Health Department holding winning trophy, 2001
  • "Kick the Can" fundraiser for Tarrant Area Food Bank, Tarrant County Housing Department dressed as Elvis Presley impersonators, 2001
  • National Adoption Day, 233rd District Judge Bill Harris at his bench surrounded by stuffed bears, 2001
  • National Adoption Day, 325th District Judge Judith Wells and 324th District Judge Brian Carper in courtroom surrounded by stuffed bears, 2001
  • National Adoption Day, 360th District Judge Debra Lehrmann surrounded by Family Clerk employees, 2001
  • 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay through downtown Fort Worth, December 12, 2001
  • Commissioners Court with Commissioner Dionne Bagsby, Commissioner Marti Van Ravenswaay, County Judge Tom Vandergriff, Commissioner Glen Whitley, Commissioner J. D. Johnson, December 11, 2001 
  • O. D. Wyatt High School choir singing carols in the County Administration building, December 11, 2001
  • Tarrant County Employee Appreciation Day with award ceremony and band, 2002; photographed: Judge Brent Carr, CCC No. 9, Judge Vandergriff, Emcee Michael Scott from NBC Channel 5, Lilly Newfarmer, Ambassadors of Christ Christian Academy choir
  • Tarrant County Employee Appreciation Day events, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2019, undated
  • Tarrant County Family Law Center groundbreaking ceremony, October 30, 2002
  • Pen Pals, County Adopt-a-School program event, 2003
  • Tarrant County Employee Appreciation day, Judge Tom Vandergriff reading proclamation to Mike Snyder, news anchor for NBC5, May 2, 2006
  • Photographs of Tarrant County Commissioners Court Judge Tom Vandergriff, circa 2006
  • Celebration of Tarrant County Judge Tom Vandergriff, December 2006
  • Tarrant County Courthouse night view on Main Street during the holiday season, December 2010
  • United Way campaign, 2015
  • Covid pandemic, two men and one woman standing inside courthouse wearing judges' robes and masks, 2021

Posters

  • National Association for Community and Economic Development event, Fort Worth, October 1991
  • Commissioning USS Fort Worth, 2012
  • Main St. Arts Festival, produced by Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., 2014-2022

Publications

  • Citizen's Guide to County Services, published by the Tarrant County Human Resources Department, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992-2005
  • County Line, Tarrant County employee newsletters, 1989-2006
  • Managing Volunteers for Results, published by the Public Management Institute, 1979
  • Tarrant County Government: An Informational Booklet of History, Government, and Services of Tarrant County, published by The League of Women Voters of Tarrant County, 1986