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Tarrant County Historic Preservation and Archives

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Our mission: collect, preserve, and provide materials for research on Tarrant County history. Welcome to the Tarrant County Archives page! Off-topic content
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The Tarrant County Archives's mission is to collect, preserve and offer for research materials which are a record of Tarrant County history. The Archives house more than 700 named collections in a 10,000+ square foot facility located on the fifth floor of the Tarrant County Plaza Building. The Tarrant County Archivist and Archives staff stand ready to assist you with your historical research needs

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06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth!

Pictured is a page from booklet on the Convair (now Lockheed Martin) Juneteenth employee picnic held in 1958, from the Dalton Hoffman Collection.

06/15/2026

52 years ago, Elvis Presley performed in Fort Worth at the Tarrant County Convention Center, on June 15 and 16, 1974. What a lucky audience!

Did you or someone you know attend the concerts?

Photos by W. D. Smith

06/13/2026

Are you planning any cookouts this summer? What’s your favorite thing to throw on the grill? Burgers, tofu-dogs, kebabs?

We’re ready to eat!

Photo dated 1940s-1950s, from the Edith and V. W. Boswell Collection.

06/04/2026

We love this artistic photo taken at 4th and Main Streets in Fort Worth in the 1970s!

The photo was taken by Gary Blevins and is part of the Gary Blevins Collection, which you can learn more about here - https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/tarrant-county-archives/holdings/named-collections/b/blevins-gary.html

06/02/2026

Who are you researching right now?

Don't forget to reference the "Who's Who" books! They are full of biographical sketches that might just tell you something that you didn't already know.

05/29/2026

We shared this a couple of years ago but thought all our new followers might enjoy it!

Today is National Paperclip Day. We come across a lot of paper clips in the Archives, and we love the varied designs. What’s your favorite?

05/21/2026

The Tarrant County Archives has a set of Fort Worth Social Directories from 1937 through 2013 which may be helpful with your genealogy research. The Social Directories are quite exclusive, with entry requiring invitation or application with two letters of support from persons already included in the directory.

Social directories give information on socially active families, including marriages, maiden names, schools attended, memberships, children’s names and associations, and more. All of this can be great information for connecting individuals, getting full names for women, and identifying other resources that may provide additional information, like yearbooks or club archives.

Pictured is an example entry from the 1937 directory for Mr. and Mrs. Percy Faires. Going down line by line we see that Mrs. Faires name is Lillian Elizabeth nee Anderson, they live at 3136 S. Adams, and their phone number is listed.

Mr. Faires attended Willis College and is a Mason.

Mrs. Faires did not attend a higher education institution and is a member of the Woman’s Club.

Their oldest child is Veron Avon who attended Old Dominion Academy and Texas Christian University and is married to Elmira Adams.

Their second child is Knox Finley. Since he has no listings, he may be a minor at the time of publication.

This entry also states that the Faires family has a coat of arms.

05/18/2026

Anyone need a truck full of cake this Monday? We sure do!

Photo: Man with delivery truck filled with Rob Roy Cakes, circa 1913, from the Dalton Hoffman Collection.

Address

200 Taylor Street/Suite 5200
Fort Worth, TX
76196

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+18178843272

Website

https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/tarrant-county-archives.html

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