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The Horace Mann School for the Deaf records range in date from 1847-1995, with the bulk of the dates ranging from 1870-1994. The records have been arranged into six series: Series I – Administrative; Series II – Sarah Fuller; Series III – Memorabilia; Series IV – Boston Educational Association for Deaf Children; Series V – Reference Files; Series VI – Photographs.

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Records relating to the collapse of the Hotel Vendome which killed nine Boston firefighters on June 17, 1972. Includes files of permits, correspondence, etc. of the Hotel Vendome at 154-170 Commonwealth avenue that were reviewed during the investigation into the collapse; correspondence relating to the investigation; final report of the investigation; and supplemental report on the reconstruction.

Scope and Contents Station House journals of Engine 3, 1956-1972; Engine 12, 1898; Engine 13, 1962; Engine 16, 1969; Engine 28/Ladder 10, 1901-2002 with gaps; Engine 32/Ladder 9, 1913-2006 with gaps; Engine 41/Ladder 14, 1941-1968 with gaps; Engine 50, 1961-2000 with gaps; Ladder 23, 1906-1973 with gaps; Fire patrol, 1891-1955 with gaps, Maintenance Division, 1939; and Fire Investigation Unit, 1959-2011 with gaps. House journals record calls received and response, members present and other functions of...

Scope and Contents note The records for the House of Correction range in date from 1848 through 1970, with the bulk of the dates covering 1878 through 1970. Both the House of Correction at South Boston and the Deer Island House of Correction are represented. The records consist entirely of large volumes including Registers, Indexes, Log Books, various Financial Records, as well as Pardons and Permits. The Registers, in addition to an inmate register, include records of inmate personal property,...

Scope and Contents note This collection contains the registers and indexes for the inmates who were sentenced to the House of Industry on Deer Island. The registers cover January 1858 through April 1897 with four gaps. The gaps appear at June 1865 – August 1869, April 1876 –November 1879, September 1881 – August 1882, and September 1894 – August 1895. There are both male and female indexes. The female indexes cover the dates November 1881 through June 1904. The male indexes span February 1879 through July 1896 with...

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Includes administrative records, financial records, subject files, etc. Also includes records of the Urban Homesteading Program. This collection is unprocessed.

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Reports produced by the Housing Inspection Department.

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Includes administrative files, complaint case files, financial records, etc. This collection is unprocessed.

Scope and Contents Since 1935 the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) has been responsible for planning, building, and managing housing for low-income families and the elderly in Boston, Massachusetts, with financial assistance from state and federal agencies. As the result of a suit brought against BHA in the Housing Court of the City of Boston, the court in 1975 appointed a master to oversee BHA's management. Housing project files of the court-appointed master were created by the master's office to monitor BHA's...

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Proceedings of the meetings of the Human Rights Commission, 1985-1992. Includes minutes, agenda, and board papers.

Scope and Content note The collection includes records from Hyde Park High School ranging from 1886-2008 with gaps. The records include paper, volumes, yearbooks and photographs. The records reflect aspects of the school including school history, student life, teacher information and parent information. The smaller portion of the records are divided into folders that include recorts such as a coin honoring Hyde Park High School from 1967, the alumni association, correspondence, drama, information for parents,...

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Photographs of men and women, mostly identified as Hyde Park residents. All photographs were taken by photographers with studios in Hyde Park at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Includes name, residence, class, date of employment, date of discharge, cause of discharge and discharge number.

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One index volume of licenses granted for victuallers, 1878-1879. Includes date, name and address.

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Index card file for withdrawn underground/flammable permit applications for wards 1-22. Arranged alphabetically by address within each ward.

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Index card file for underground/flammable licenses and permits issued for wards 16-22 only. Arranged alphabetically by address within each ward.

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Index to notes of the Board of Survey. Arranged alphabetically by street with book and page number, date and surveyor.

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Obsolete index to plans of city buildings stored in the basement of the Probate Building (Architectural Division store room).

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"Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts from the year 1636 to and including the year 1893". These published volumes of the Probate indexes were prepared under an order passed April 3, 1893 by the Board of Aldermen acting as County Commissioners for the County of Suffolk.

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Includes copies of annual reports of the Board of Directors of Public Institutions, 1857-1886 and 1888; Commissioner of Public Institutions, 1890-1891, 1893-1894, 1897, and 1928; Institutions Registration Department, 1901, 1913-1915; and one bound volume of City Documents relating to the Lunatic Hospital, Inspectors of Prisons, Directors of Public Institutions and Rules and Regulations, 1863-1869. Annual reports can also be found in the City Documents series.

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Photographs of trip taken by administrators of the Institutions Department and Long Island Hospital to Prawl's Island, New York to take possession of the LT 462 which was renamed the James M. Curley.

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Subject files pertaining to topics such as Boston's bids for the 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Conventions, City to City Boston's Leadership Exchange, remarks and Correspondence of Mayors Flynn and Menino, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Also includes photographs and videotapes from Boston's bid for the 2000 Democratic National Convention.

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Chapter 5 of the Ordinances of 1891 required the City Clerk to keep a book recording books, pictures and articles of historic interest held in departments except for those in permanent charge of the School Board or the Trustees of the Public Library. Includes 2 copies of inventory compiled by the City Clerk.