Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Rockwall County, no. 199 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Rockwall County, no. 199

Creator

  • Compiler: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
    Creator Type: Organization

Contributor

  • Sponsor: University of Texas. Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Texas Historical Records Survey
    Place of Publication: San Antonio, Tex.

Date

  • Creation: 1940-02
  • Digitized: 2007

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Inventory of the records of Rockwall County housed in the Rockwall County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, and County Surveyor. References laws specifically applicable to Rockwall County. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
  • Physical Description: 73 p. : map, plans ; 27 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Archives -- Texas -- Rockwall County -- Catalogs.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Rockwall County (Tex.) -- History -- Sources.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - County Records
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - County Courthouses
  • Keyword: WPA

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Rockwall County
  • Time Period: tex-fron
  • Time Period: civ-war
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Coverage Date: 1849~/1936~

Collection

  • Name: Rare Book and Texana Collections
    Code: UNTRB
  • Name: Texas County Inventories
    Code: TXCI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Call Number: 976.4 H629c no. 199
  • OCLC: 8427605
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1253676
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth25259

Note

  • Display Note: "No. 199 Rockwall County (Rockwall)" "The Texas Historical Records Survey is a unit of the Texas State-wide Records Project sponsored by the Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences of The University of Texas, and operates under the Research and Records Section of the Division of Professional and Service Projects of the Work Projects Administration."--Preface "The records of Rockwall County were listed by workers from the Dallas office of the Survey in August and September of 1936. The Technical Supervisor made a verification check of the typed entry draft book in November 1939."--Preface Although Rockwall County was created in 1873, a courthouse fire in 1875 destroyed most of the county records existing at the time.--See p. 6
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