Alice Marie Shannon Lewis Collection

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alice Marie Shannon Lewis was a life-long resident of north Fort Worth and member of the Tarrant County Historical Commission. She discovered and helped preserve the first public building in north Fort Worth, the 1870s Marine Schoolhouse, which became a part of Log Cabin Village in 2003. Her collection reflects the history of north Fort Worth.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection contains materials about Fort Worth and Texas people, places, and general subjects. It includes photographs, maps, books, publications, programs, documents, obituaries, and newspaper clippings. The collection is dated from about 1900 to the 1990s and has some undated materials.

 

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Niles City Police, undated

Pictured: Niles City Police, 1914. (Niles City was incorporated in 1911 and annexed by Fort Worth, after much debate, in 1923.)

Materials in this collection consist of the following:

Books

  • ’76 The World Turns Upside Down, by Sid Moody, Associated Press, 1975
  • Big Spring: The Casual Biography of a Prairie Town, by Shine Phillips, Prentice-Hall, Inc. New York, 1942
  • Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, 1917-1918, An Illustrated History of the 36th Division in the First World War, edited by William E. Jary, Jr., Bernice B. Maxfield, publisher, 1975
  • Cowtown Moderne: Art Deco Architecture of Fort Worth, Texas, by Judith Singer Cohen, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 1988
  • Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws, by William MacLeod Raine, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1929
  • Fort Worth, Outpost on the Trinity, by Oliver Knight, with an essay on the twentieth century by Cissy Stewart Lale, Texas Christian University Press, Fort Worth, Texas, 1990
  • History of Texas, Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, edited by Capt. B. B. Paddock, Volume I, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1922
  • Jasbo, by Wayne Ingram and Jane Pattie, The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas, 1959. (Biography of Ralph Clayburn Fulkerson (1904-1949) He was a rodeo clown who initiated the use of the barrel in clown acts and was a member of Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs.)
  • Seeing Texas: A Children’s Travelog of Texas, by Ileta Kerr Ladd, Van Nort and Company, Dallas, Texas, 1943
  • Tandy's Money Machine: How Charles Tandy Built Radio Shack… Into the World’s Largest Electronics Chain, by Irvin Farman, The Mobium Press, Chicago, 1992
  • Texas Graveyards: A Cultural Legacy, by Terry G. Jordan, University of Texas Press, 1982
  • Texas, In Color, by Evelyn Oppenheimer, Hastings House Publisher, New York, 1971
  • The WPA Guide to Texas, with a new introduction by Don Graham, The Federal Writers’ Project Guide to Texas, Texas Monthly Press, 1986
  • Where the West Begins: Fort Worth and Tarrant County, by Janet Schmelzer, picture research by Carol Roark, sponsored by the Historic Preservation Council of Tarrant County, Windsor Publications, Northridge, California, 1985
  • Who’s Who in Texas: A Biographical Cyclopedia of Interesting Personalities With a Genealogical Study of Historical Family Records, compiled, edited, and published by Who’s Who Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas, circa 1935
  • Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 9th Edition, Marquis Publications, Chicago, 1952
  • Why Stop? A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers, by Claude Dooley, Betty Dooley, and the Texas Historical Commission, 2nd Edition, Lone Star Books, Houston, Texas, 1985
  • You Can’t Hit the Ball with the Bat on Your Shoulder: The Baseball Life and Times of Bobby Bragan, by Bobby Bragan, as told to Jeff Guinn, The Summit Group, Fort Worth, Texas 1992
  • Masters Thesis: History of Fort Worth Lodge, No. 148, A.F. and A.M., 1855-1955, by Charles R. Perkins, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, August 1957 

Correspondence

  • Alice Marie Shannon Lewis personal letters and greeting cards, 1973-1991, undated

Documents

  • Alice Marie Shannon Lewis creative writing assignments, Tarrant County Junior College, 1970s

Land Abstracts

  • Assabranner, G. J. Survey A7, Eastwood Addition, Lot 23-R in Block 3
  • Hartzog, G. W. Survey A697, Morningside Park Addition, Lot 20 in Block 11, Lot 34 in Block 10
  • Inman, Jackson Survey A825, Chamberlin Arlington Heights, First Filing, Lots 7 and 8 in Block 160 
  • McLemore, Atkin Survey A1056, Blandford Addition, Lot 3 in Block 1
  • Thomas, Isaac Survey A1526, North Fort Worth, Lot 8 in Block 163
  • Thornhill, John Survey A1519, South Side Addition, Lot 39 in Block 9
  • Wallace, Isham Survey A1677, Scotland Hills Addition, Lot 2 in Block 5
  • Wallace, Isham Survey A1677, Holder Estates Addition, Lot 8 in Block 6
  • Wallace, William Survey A1606, Richaven Subdivision to the City of North Richland Hills, Lot 1-R in Block 2

Maps

  • Map of Fort Worth, Texas, Centennial Edition 1949, Volumes I and II, compiled from Deed Records and actual Surveys, compiled and published by Brookes Baker Surveyors (made up of S.J. Baker, Brookes Baker, John F. Baker), Fort Worth, Texas, 1949, lithographed in Fort Worth by Anchor Printing and Lithography Co., Limited Edition (#206). All platted additions and subdivisions in Fort Worth (to 1949) are included.

Photographs

  • Susan Trimble, snapshot, undated
  • Washington Heights Girls Basketball Team, taken at Bryant Studio in Fort Worth, 1913-1914
  • Historic houses in North Fort Worth, 19 snapshots, 1978-1980, undated
  • Niles City Police Officers, 1914

Programs

  • Fort Worth Public Library Dedication, June 15, 1939
  • Northwest (Tarrant County) Chamber of Commerce, State of Progress report, 1970
  • International Typographical Union 83rd convention, August 19-26, 1939, Fort Worth, Texas

Publications

  • Guide to Official Texas Historical Markers, supplement to 1975 Edition, Texas Historical Commission, Austin, Texas, 1981
  • FUBIForum, published by First United Bancorporation quarterly for employees, directors and friends, Fort Worth, Texas. Fall 1981. (Lead article on Fort Worth Stockyards)
  • Fort Worth Salutes Carswell, Unofficial Guide and Directory, Boone Publications, 1970
  • Fort Worth, official monthly publication of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, 4 issues: November 1968; January 1976; June 1976; January 1981
  • Owenwood Magazine, edited by Owen A. Wood, with photogravure and articles for oil business, published at Owenwood Building, Fort Worth, Texas, April 1922
  • The Cattle Baron Legacy of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, by Thomas G. McCaskey, a study authorized by the Tarrant County Commissioners, 1973
  • Development Potentials for the Fort Worth Stockyards Area, by Economic Research Associates, Los Angeles, California, November 1975
  • A Marketing and Communications Study for the Fort Worth Stockyards, conducted by Jane Schlansker and Co. for the City of Fort Worth, December 1978

Yearbooks

  • The Lasso, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1981, published by the senior class of North Side High School, Fort Worth, Texas

Biographical Files

  • Biographical - Stetler family  
  • Biographical - Abe Harris   
  • Biographical - Alice Barkley, postmistress   
  • Biographical - Amon G. Carter family   
  • Biographical - Balch family (Alvarado)   
  • Biographical - Benge family  
  • Biographical - Byers, A. T. (Andrew Thomas)
  • Biographical - C. A. and Ruth Thompson; Thomas Thompson   
  • Biographical - E. M. (Bud) Daggett family   
  • Biographical - Esmond Scarborough
  • Biographical - Greines, Meyers
  • Biographical - H. H. Halsell  
  • Biographical - Hough, Harold
  • Biographical - Irma Cope Tucker and Sadie Cope 
  • Biographical - Lake, W. F.
  • Biographical - Jessie McCarthy 
  • Biographical - Joe T. Moore and M. H. Moore   
  • Biographical - John S. Justin Jr.   
  • Biographical - L. M. Hammond and W. M. Trimble (UTA, Arlington College)   
  • Biographical - Linda Allmand   
  • Biographical - Mack and Madeleine Williams   
  • Biographical - Martin and Richard Growald   
  • Biographical - McKee family  
  • Biographical - Miller, Jim ("Deacon")
  • Biographical - Minton, Glenn Shannon
  • Biographical - O. K. Shannon family   
  • Biographical - Ripley Arnold   
  • Biographical - Rominger family   
  • Biographical - Samuel Burk Burnett   
  • Biographical - Thelma Ray   
  • Biographical - Thomas B. Yarbrough family   
  • Biographical - Trimble family   
  • Biographical - Vivian Boswell family   
  • Biographical - W. L. and Carrie Holt   
  • Biographical - W. S. Lake family   
  • Biographical - William F (Bill) O'Conner 

Subject Files

  • Buildings -- Fort Worth - M. G. Ellis School
  • Buildings -- Tarrant County - Courthouse - 1895 - General
  • Business Organizations -- Downtown Fort Worth Inc. (Walking Tour Map)
  • Churches -- Methodist - Fort Worth - Boulevard Methodist Church
  • Communities -- North Fort Worth / North Side
  • Communities -- North Fort Worth Checho-Moravian
  • Education -- Fort Worth ISD - North Side High School
  • Education -- Pioneer Schools - M.G. Ellis School
  • Education -- Pioneer School Districts - Marine School District No. 1
  • Land -- Surveys - John Baugh Survey A115, Lot 26, Block 8, notes and copies of some survey pages
  • Neighborhoods -- Fort Worth - Diamond Hill
  • Neighborhoods -- Fort Worth - Rosen Heights
  • Preservation -- Fort Worth
    • Copy of Scenic Preservation Commission Meeting Agenda, 1995
  • Roads, Streets and Highways -- Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway)
  • Roads, Streets and Highways -- Interstate 30
  • Roads, Streets and Highways -- Southwest Freeway (Parkway) - Extension of Texas 121
  • Stockyards -- History
  • Stockyards -- Improvements