TARRANT COUNTY, TX
Tarrant County Archives
Family Service Inc. Collection
Summary: Family Service, Inc. was a volunteer agency, started in 1941, which focused on family counseling services and informative referrals for financial services. It was originally known as the Family Service Association, and it became a United Way agency in 1942. Georgia Gunkle served as Executive Director from the mid-1950s through 1966, and she helped the agency receive accreditation from the Family Service Association of America. Richard Bennett expanded services to include drug counseling and the homemaker program. Bennett also opened an Arlington Counseling office. Family Service added a 24-hour crisis hotline in the 1970s. The Hospice Program started in 1981. The organization closed on March 31, 2002, citing financial difficulties.
Madeline Carrillo with the late Mr.
Chester Daugherty at home, 1981
- Awards and Banquets, undated, 1972-2000
- Brooks House Teen Crisis Center, undated, 1991-1993
- Business Planning – Assessment and Planning Committee, 1999-2000
- Business Planning – Covenant Group Proposals and Budget Comparison, 2000
- Business Planning – Family Service – Employee Assistance Program, 1996
- Family Service – Accreditation and State License, 1988-1998
- Family Service – Agency Description Paper, circa 1998
- Family Service – Annual Reports, 1974-1991
- Family Service – Annual Reports, 1991-1997
- Family Service – Board Meetings, 1999-2000
- Family Service – History – Brochures, undated
- Family Service – History – Crisis Intervention, undated, 1964-1994
- Family Service – History – General, undated, 1941-1989
- Family Service – History – Logos, undated, 1988-1989
- Family Service – Homemaker Program, undated, 1968-1984
- Management and Incentive Plans, undated, 1987, 1990-1994
- Miscellaneous, undated, 1994, 1996
- Newsletters – The Chronicall, 1990-1993
- Newsletters – Crisis Intervention Newsletter, 1976-1985
- Newsletters – Family and Individual Services Association of Tarrant County NEWS, 1983-1993
- Newsletters – The Family Connection, 1989-1998
- Newsletters – Family Service – Within the Family, 1990-1993
- Newsletters – Family Service – Staff Newsletter, 1987-1989
- Newsletters – FSInsight, 1994-1995
- Newsletters – Miscellaneous, 1984-1995
- Photocopies – Family Service Photo Album, 1998-1999
- Photocopies – Hospice Volunteers Photo Album, undated, 1994-1995
- Photographs – Board, black and white photos, undated, 1979
- Photographs – Building, undated, 1979, 1985-1987
- Photographs – Home Health, undated, 1968, 1977, 1979-1983
- Photographs – Jim Wright, undated
- Photographs – Negatives, undated
- Photographs – President’s Weekend, June 19, 1992
- Photographs – Programs, undated
- Photographs – Slides, 1996-1997
- Photographs – Slides, Meadowbrook, undated
- Photographs – Staff, undated, 1985, 1987
- Photographs – Teddy Awards, 1994
- Photographs with Family Service Involvement Information and Contact Information, 1981
- Publications – Fort Worth, Key, February, August, September, December 1979
- Publications – Plays for Living, “Hiding on the Outside” and “Still Growing,” 1992
- Public Relations – Drake’s Cafeteria Mural, 1998-1999
- Public Relations – General, 1976-1996
- Public Relations – General, undated, 1996-2000
- Welcome House Archive, 1999 (five folders)
- Family Service 50th Anniversary, VHS, 1990
- United Way Campaign Video, “Part of the Picture,” VHS, 2000
- Scrapbook, undated, 1974-1977, 1981-1982, 1985-1990
- Hospice Volunteers Photo Album, undated, 1994-1995
- Family Service, Inc. Photo Album, 1998-1999
- Family Service, Inc. Photo Album, Proposal for Burnett Foundation, undated, 1999-2000
- Floppy Disk, Kodak Photo Disk, Vital Link Student Photos, 2000