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Administrative Services Department records
Record Group
Identifier: 8000.001
Scope and Contents
The records of the Administrative Services Department cover the years 1948-1976 with the bulk of the records from 1954-1976. Series include Directors' correspondence files; files of four staff members; general files of the department; responses to City Council orders and resolutions; files of the Records Inventory Program from the 1960s; survey forms of city employees that were completed as a part of the Jacobs Study in 1962; and reports and publications.The Directors'...
Dates:
1949-1976 (bulk, 1954-1976)
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
City of Boston et al. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority et al. case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.034
Dates:
1977
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Doris B. Bunte v. Mayor of Boston case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.035
Dates:
1971-1972
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Employee indentification badge
Item
Identifier: 2100.024
Scope and Contents
Employee indentification badge of James J. Byrne, Assessing Department with photograph.
Dates:
1958
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Fire Commissioner records
Series
Identifier: 0500.016
Scope and Contents
This series includes subjects files of the Fire Commissioner with the bulk of the files from the 1990s and early 2000s. Fire Commissioners during this period include, Commissioner Martin Pierce, Commissioner Paul Christian, Acting Commissioner Dennis DiMarzio, and Commissioner Roderick Fraser. This series also includes historical files, reports, photographs, etc. kept in the Commissioner's Office for reference purposes. The subject files when transferred to the Archives were arranged in...
Dates:
circa 1940-2015; Majority of material found in , 1990-2006
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Index of discharged city employees
Series
Identifier: 2200.010
Scope and Contents
Includes name, residence, class, date of employment, date of discharge, cause of discharge and discharge number.
Dates:
1898-1902
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Law Department records
Series
Identifier: 0700.007
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes files kept by the City's Law Department on various issues, cases, questions that came before the department during the 20th century. Significant issues, etc. represented in this collection include the Cocoanut Grove Fire, West End Redevelopment, World War, City Real estate holdings, gifts to the city, bridge construction, City Hospital, City Hall construction and many others. The first series includes a numbered reference file that was kept by the Law Department from...
Dates:
1908-1997; Majority of material found within Bulk, 1915-1970
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Lists of Officials and Employees
Collection
Identifier: 2200.009
Scope and Contents
Lists of Officials and Employees include the name, address, designation (job title), compensation, date of election or appointment, and for some years the date first entered the employ of the City or County for all officials and employees of the City of Boston and Suffolk County. Volumes exist for the years 1888 and 1905-1966 excluding 1919 and 1921.
Dates:
1888, 1905-1966 with gaps
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Mayor John B. Hynes collection
Collection
Identifier: 0243.001
Scope and Contents
The Mayor John B. Hynes collection contains personal papers of the former mayor collected after his time in office. The papers include personal correspondence, employment and miltary service records, and various forms of personal memorabilia including certificates, awards, diplomas, poetry and writings, photographs, newspaper clippings, and multiple scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and articles from Hynes's early tenure as mayor in 1950 and 1951.
Dates:
1891-1893, 1915-1966, undated
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Mayor's approvals
Series
Identifier: 2200.020
Dates:
1918-1923 with gaps
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Office of the City Clerk records
Collection
Identifier: 0300.001
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes administrative files and reference files from the Office of the City Clerk. The collection is divided into 7 series - Series I: Card index, Series II: Correspondence, Series III: Opinions, Series IV: Inaugural Records, Series V: Administrative files, Series VI: Reference files, and Series VII: Reports.
Series I is a consolidation of several card indexes used in the Clerk's Office from the early to mid 1900s. The card indexes include references to...
Dates:
1829-2011 (bulk, 1900-1984)
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Payroll records
Series
Identifier: 2200.018
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous records documenting payroll for various departments. Includes Fire Department, 1829-1868 with gaps; Schools, 1833-1870 with gaps; Police, 1869-1870; Water Works, 1869-1870; Chestnut Hill Reservoir, 1868-1869; Lamps, 1869-1870; Paving, 1869-1870; Health, 1868-1869, Auditing, 1875-1885; Welfare, 1920-1923; and Institutions, 1922-1923.
Dates:
circa 1829-1923
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Personal records of Members of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council 1861-1890
Collection
Identifier: 0300.013
Scope and Contents note
The Record Commissioners during the years 1891-1894 compiled the “Personal Records” of the members of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council. The collection includes forms from members of the City Councils from 1861-1890. Gaps do exist throughout this span. The publication “A Catalogue of the city councils of Boston, Roxbury, Charlestown…” printed by order of the City Council, 1909 contains a list of all the members of the City Councils from 1822-1909 with a biographical notes number. William...
Dates:
compiled circa 1891-1894
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Police and Fire hiring cases (Castro, Fagan, Mackin)
Series
Identifier: 0700.024
Dates:
circa 1971-1991
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Public Grounds Department records
Series — Box: 1
Identifier: 4420.001
Scope and Contents
Includes time and payroll records, 1885-1890; receipt book, 1906-1907; employee cards, circa 1909; misc. employee time records and loose papers, circa 1912.
Dates:
circa 1885-1912
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Record of confirmation and removal of officeholders
Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0300.020
Scope and Contents
An ordinance passed 28 December 1854 required appointments by the Mayor and Aldermen or by the Mayor on advice and consent of the Aldermen be sent to the City Clerk to record in a book. Includes name, office, date confirmed and date removed.
Dates:
1855 January-1876 January
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Record of oaths
Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: 4700.008
Scope and Contents
Record of oaths sworn by Assistant Registrars of Voters.
Dates:
1896-1935
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Records of qualifications (oaths of office)
Collection
Identifier: 0300.002
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes records of oaths sworn by Elected Officials, Major Officers, Minor Officers and Police Officers. The volumes include the oath sworn on the conditions expressed by the Statutes of the Commonwealth and the Ordinances of the City along with the signatures of those taking the oath. The Elected Officials volumes include the Mayor and City Council members. School committee members and the Suffolk County Register of Deeds are included in the 1938-2004 Elected Officials...
Dates:
1858-2004
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Retirement Board proceedings
Series
Identifier: 2700.001
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes and hearings of the Boston Retirement Board, 1922-1932 and 1934-1962.
Dates:
1922-1932, 1934-1962
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
State Representative/City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn records
Collection
Identifier: 0246.002
Scope and Contents
Includes subject files. correspondence and campaign files of Mayor Flynn during his years as a State Representative and a Boston City Councilor. These records are unprocessed.
Dates:
1971-1983
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
William Arthur Reilly collection
Collection
Identifier: 0299.001
Dates:
1925-1969, undated
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
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