Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector Collection

Summary: Donor gave 30 large volumes of Assessment Rolls of Property from 1879-1890. Each volume gives property owner name, name of survey where property is located, assessment value, tax rendered, and some listings of personal property such as wagons, buggies, horses, and mules. A few volumes give records for non-residents' ownership of county land, which includes listings for railroad companies and their local property. The donor also gave the following artifacts and books.

Artifacts

• Rubber stamp, "History Storage Data," from Thomas Rubber Stamp Company.
• Ideal 200, Premium Quality Self-Inking Stamp, "For Historical Purposes Only."

• "County of Tarrant, Texas, Report of Examination," by Dahlin and Fitch, Certified Accounts, Fort Worth, Texas. Reed Stewart, Tax Assessor, 1966-1975
• Revised Civil Statutes, Texas. Vol. I - A to H 1925 and Revised Civil Statutes, Texas. Vol. II - I to W 1925
• Commercial and Library Atlas of the World, with explanatory and descriptive articles by Frederick K. Branum, B.E., M.S., PhD, Twelfth Edition, Chicago: Geographical Publishing Company, 1948.

• "Cost Book": Cost Sheets for Taylor Building Company, for the building of the Tarrant County Jail at 200 Belknap in 1917 and 1918. This is a detailed, itemized account of all expenses involved with the contractor. The Taylor Building Company was owned by James T. Taylor and was one of the biggest contractors at the time.