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Collection Overview

Title: William Wilson Papers, 1899-1993Add to your cart.
Predominant Dates: 1988-1991
ID: 02/ U0354
Extent: 4.0 Boxes
Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series, then alphabetically by subject.
Languages: English

Abstract

This collection contains the papers of former UNT History professor, William Wilson, involving his research around the historic, planned African-American community of Hamilton Park in Dallas, TX.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The papers contain Wilson's research for his book of the same name on Hamilton Park (HP), the planned African-American community in Dallas, TX. Compiled in the early 90s, the research includes his interviews of original residents and development planners--which were done in conjunction with the UNT Oral History program--journal and newspaper articles on social and racial issues at the time, the challenges of creating and maintaining such a development, obtaining financing for home owners, how the community thrived and evolved, and interracial cooperation. This is done in the context of challenges for African-American leaders in the nation at the time and the personal stories of residents and decision-makers in the community.

Collection Historical Note

William H. Wilson is an emeritus professor of History who worked at UNT from 1968-2001. He gathered the accompanying research in order to write his scholarly book, Hamilton Press (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998), on the African-American community of the same name in Dallas, TX. It's located at the southeastern corner of the US 75/1-635 interchange.

After several homes belonging to African-Americans were bombed in 1950 and in response to the need for more black housing, philanthropist Karl S. J. Hoblitzelle's foundation donated money to the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association to purchase the 233 acres for Hamilton Park. It was so named for black civic leader Dr. Richard T. Hamilton and opened in May 1954. It was almost complete by 1961 and contained single-family homes, an apartment complex, shopping center, park, school, and multiple churches. The school was desegregated in 1975, though the neighborhood is still predominantly black.

[Source: Texas State Historical Association online handbook, Hamilton Park entry by William H. Wilson]

Access Information

Access Restrictions:

This collection is not restricted, however, some interviewees of Wilson's for the Oral History Program (see Related Materials below) have restricted interviews. They are noted accordingly on their respective pages. Please refer to them for more information.

Use Restrictions:

Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Special Collections department. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Physical Access Note:

This collection is stored off-site and requires a minimum of 24 hours notice prior to use.

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Administrative Information

Repository: University Archives
Acquisition Source: William Wilson
Acquisition Method: Gift
Related Materials:

William Wilson Hamilton Park Oral History Interviews

Copies of any "open" interviews may be requested by contacting the UNT Special Collections department. Some may exist in digital form and can be accessed directly from the UNT Digital Library.

Preferred Citation: William Wilson Papers, University of North Texas Special Collections
Processing Information: The inclusive dates include the content of material that Wilson researched. As a matter of reference, based on his own notes and documents, the main portion of his research work was done in the early to mid-1990s.
Finding Aid Revision History: 4-9-2018 by Nicole Yatsonsky - processed and arranged the collection, wrote Abstract, Scope/Content, Historical Note, Access Restrictions, and Related Materials, as well as dates and series/folder descriptions - Box 4 removed due to condensing of materials

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Box and Folder Listing
Series 1: Personal NotesSeries 2: Pulled ResearchSeries 3: Print MaterialsSeries 4: Photos

  • Series 1: Personal NotesAdd to your cart.

    • Box 1Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623581

      • Folder 1: HP 1970 CaseAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 2: HP 1971 Consoildation CaseAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 3: HP 1974 CaseAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 4: HP 1975 CaseAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 5: Added NotesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 6: Bi-racial CommunityAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 7: Charles Inge Papers and Interview - Founding HPAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 8: City Council / City Secretary RecordsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 9: City Directory Info.Add to your cart.

      • Folder 10: CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 11: Correspondence - City of DallasAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 12: De-Segregation before 1970 SuitAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 13: DraftsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 14: HP United Methodist ChurchAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 15: Interviewee Contact Info. and ListsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 16: Interview QuestionsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 17: Late Corrections/Add insAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 18: Manuscript Drafts (1 of 5)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 19: Manuscript Drafts (2 of 5)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 20: Manuscript Drafts (3 of 5)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 21: Manuscript Drafts (4 of 5)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 22: Manuscript Drafts (5 of 5)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 23: Minutes - Hoblitzelle's FoundationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 24: Miscellaneous - HPAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 25: Original Notes - OriginalsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 26: Outline - HP ManuscriptAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 27: Research Notes - Tea FIlesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 28: Reuben M. Ginsberg PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 29: RISD MinutesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 30: HP Streets and Residences (1 of 4)Add to your cart.

    • Box 2Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623582

      • Folder 1: HP Streets and Residences (2 of 4)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 2: HP Streets and Residences (3 of 4)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 3: HP Streets and Residences (4 of 4)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 4: Tax and Property Info.Add to your cart.

      • Folder 5: Tennessee ASLA State Conference, 1989Add to your cart.

      • Folder 6: TransitionAdd to your cart.

  • Series 2: Pulled ResearchAdd to your cart.

    • Box 2Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623582

      • Folder 7: 1940 Census of PopulationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 8: 1950 Census of PopulationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 9: 1950 Census of HousingAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 10: 1960 Census Block StatisticsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 11: 1960 Census HP/SV TractsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 12: 1960 Census of Population: TXAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 13: 1970 Census Block StatisticsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 14: 1970 Census of HousingAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 15: 1970 Census of Housing and Population - TractsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 16: 1970 Census of Population: TX section 1Add to your cart.

      • Folder 17: 1980 Census - General social and economic statisticsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 18: 1980 Census - General population characteristicsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 19: 1980 Census of Population and Housing: Census TractsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 20: 1980 Census of Population and Housing Block StatisticsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 21: 1990 CensusAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 22: 1990 Census - General Summary Tape File 3AAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 23: 1990 Census - SV/HP Block StatisticsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 24: Background - Books, including CensusAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 25: Background - DallasAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 26: Background - Newspapers 1945 - 1950Add to your cart.

      • Folder 27: Background - Newspapers 1950 -Add to your cart.

      • Folder 28: Bartholomew, Your Dallas of TomorrowAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 29: BibliographyAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 30: Bibliography - Hamilton ParkAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 31: Black families/individualsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 32: Black preachersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 33: Codes and StatisticsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 34: Giland Collins PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 35: CommunityAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 36: Dallas - Campbell ThesisAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 37: Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association - MinutesAdd to your cart.

    • Box 3Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623583

      • Folder 1: Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association - PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 2: Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association - Tax Returns and Related CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 3: Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association - "Toward Better Understanding"Add to your cart.

      • Folder 4: Dallas Economic and Population GrowthAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 5: Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce CollectionAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 6: Dallas - Our CityAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 7: Dallas Planning and ExpansionAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 8: Dallas Public Library MaterialsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 9: Henry L. Davis III PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 10: HP Desegregation Books/Decisions/GuidelinesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 11: DiscriminationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 12: Election ResultsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 13: Garnett Aiken MaterialsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 14: Sadye Gee PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 15: Hamilton Park School - Department of EducationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 16: Handbook of Texas - Hamilton ParkAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 17: Hoblitzelle FoundationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 18: Willie B. Johnson ScrapbookAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 19: McFarland's City Beautiful Recantation & Related MaterialsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 20: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 21: Freddie M. Nance PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 22: National Archives - Hamilton ParkAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 23: QuantificationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 24: Related HP Articles / MonographsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 25: Residential Segregation / DesegregationAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 26: Charles E. Smith PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 27: Curtis J. Smith PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 28: Smith Interview / Chisum CollectionAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 29: Social and Racial Articles (1 of 2)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 30: Social and Racial Articles (2 of 2)Add to your cart.

      • Folder 31: SWHQ - HP PaperAdd to your cart.

    • Box 5Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623585

      • Folder 1: Texas Desegregation - Magazine ArticlesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 2: Transportation Department - CBU & North Centeral ExpresswayAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 3: UNT Parking Rules and Map, 1989-1990Add to your cart.

      • Folder 4: Thelma Wells PapersAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 5: "A City Plan for Dallas", 1911Add to your cart.

      • Folder 6: Hamilton Park Civic League - MinutesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 7: Hamilton Park Street MaterialAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 8: Harrisburg -  Historical ArticlesAdd to your cart.

  • Series 3: Print MaterialsAdd to your cart.

    • Box 6Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623586

      • Folder 1: Dallas / Southern BlacksAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 2: Hamilton Park Buyout Clippings & Notes - Rec CenterAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 3: Hamilton Park - ClippingsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 4: Hamilton Clippings - GeneralAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 5: Hamilton Park School ClippingsAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 6: Zan W. HolmesAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 7: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.

      • Folder 8: Publications - HistoryAdd to your cart.

  • Series 4: PhotosAdd to your cart.

    • Box 6Add to your cart.

      Barcode: 623586

      • Folder 9: PrintsAdd to your cart.

        Includes 47 photos of the Hamilton Park area's related buildings, landscapes, and people

        There are some duplicates

      • Folder 10: NegativesAdd to your cart.

        Includes 4 sheets of negatives - 24 strips - of the included photos

        Not all prints have corresponding negatives

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