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Bridge and Ferry Division plans
Collection
Identifier: 5010.001
Scope and Contents
Obsolete and superseded architectural and engineering drawings of the Bridge and Ferry Division for the following facilities: public ways such as bridges, streets, tunnels, navigable water bodies, ferries and ferry facilities, and miscellaneous city facilities such as cemeteries, garages, piers, sewage and rubbish facilities, parks and other open spaces, monuments, development plans, bulkheads, hospitals, penal facilities, MBTA facilities and vehicles, schools, bathhouses, Harbor islands, and...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Bridge and Ferry Division records
Collection
Identifier: 5010.006
Scope and Contents
Subject files and miscellaneous records documenting the work of the Bridge and Ferry Division of the Public Works Department. Also includes a sampling of log books for three bridges.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Bridge history cards
Series
Identifier: 5010.003
Scope and Contents note
Constitutes a historical summary of each structure at the time compiled, with the earliest and latest construction work being 1839-1922. Composed on 5"x8" cards and alphabetically arranged by geographic name, usually a street or water body associated with the structure. Base information was derived from research done in the City Documents and City Council Minutes, and annotated as alterations and repairs were made.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Bridge survey reports
Series
Identifier: 5010.002
Scope and Contents note
Bridge inspection reports completed as part of a Federal Emergency Relief project in 1935.
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Brighton High School records
Series
Identifier: 0420.019
Scope and Contents
Includes yearbooks for 1938, 1944, 1950, 1954-1956, 1960, 1970-1974, 1977-1979, 1982, 1984-1985, 1987-1988; school newsletter "Towers" from 1961; two diplomas from the class of 1915; and a framed copy print of the class of 1921.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Budget Department photographs
Series
Identifier: 2300.002
Scope and Contents
Photographs of city buildings, capital projects, etc. used in budget reports.
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City of Boston Archives
Budget Department reports and publications
Series
Identifier: 2300.001
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of annual budget recommendations, operating budgets and other reports.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Builder license applications
Series
Identifier: 5480.001
Scope and Contents
The license allows a person to perform certain types of construction work in the City. In most cases, it's illegal to perform certain types of construction work without a license. Includes applications for license and registration from circa 1940-1990 arranged alphabetically by last name.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Building Codes
Series
Identifier: 5410.006
Scope and Contents
Printed volumes of legislation relating to buildings for the years 1887, 1892, 1895, 1901, 1915, 1921, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964 and 1970.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Building Commissioner correspondence
Series
Identifier: 5410.013
Scope and Contents note
Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Building Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner. This collection is unprocessed.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Building Commissioner subject files
Series
Identifier: 5410.007
Scope and Contents
Subject files of the Building Commissioner. Includes correspondence, reports, plans, etc.
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City of Boston Archives
Building Commissioner's Bulletin
Series
Identifier: 5410.008
Scope and Contents note
Building Commissioner's Bulletins relating to approvals for use of new building products. Includes bulletins #101-#184.
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City of Boston Archives
Building Department annual reports
Series
Identifier: 5410.014
Scope and Contents
Annual report of the Building Department from 1939.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Building permit files (Microfilmed jackets)
Series
Identifier: 5410.015
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Burial permits
Series
Identifier: 7000.003
Scope and Contents
Includes the stub and section 3 endorsed by superintendent of cemetery or crematory for burial permits issued from 1988-2012.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Business certificate filings
Collection
Identifier: 0301.001
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes records of business certificate filings from 1907-2013. It is divided into two series: Indexes and Certificates. The indexes from 1907-1979 are in bound volumes. The indexes for 1980-1982 and 1983 are in card file drawers. The index covering 1984-1994 is stored in four binders and the indexes for 1995-2010 are in single volumes. The index includes date of filing, name of business, name of owner, address of business and address of owner. The indexes to the business...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Cablevision plans
Series
Identifier: 5000.006
Scope and Contents note
This series of plans for the Public Works Department illustrate where underground cable lines where laid in the early 1980s by Cablevision of Boston. Arrangement is by neighborhood and street.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Campaign expense returns
Series
Identifier: 0301.021
Scope and Contents
Includes returns of expenses filed by candidates at State and Municipal Elections and returns of expenses filed by treasurers of Political Committees.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Capital Construction project files
Collection
Identifier: 4300.001
Scope and Contents
Project files of construction, alteration and renovation projects managed by the Public Facilities Department (Property Management)/Capital Construction of city-owned buildings including schools, libraries, fire stations, police stations, municipal buildings, and Boston City Hospital. Records include contracts, plans, correspondence, memoranda, and photographs.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Case file
File — Box: SB - 017, Folder: 23
Identifier: 8503.003
Scope and Contents
Includes one case file for a child under supervision of the Office of Trustees for Children, 1899-1907.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Cemetery Department annual reports and publications
Series
Identifier: 4410.001
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of annual reports for the years 1900-1905, 1908-1910, 1912, 1914-1915; Reports on Intramural Internments, 1879 (City Documents 47, 96 and 110 of 1879); "Report of Special Committee of Common Council in Regard to South Burying-Ground on Washington Street", 1883; "Copy of Inscriptions upon the Granite Stones in the Kearsarge Avenue Cemetery, 1890; and "Historical Sketch and Matters Appertaining to the Copps Hill Burial-Ground", 1901. Annual reports can also be found in the City...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Cemetery Department correspondence
Series
Identifier: 4410.004
Scope and Contents
Four volumes of correspondence of the Cemetery Department.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Cemetery Division maps and plans
Collection
Identifier: 4410.002
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes maps and plans from the Cemetery Division headquarters at Mt. Hope Cemetery. The maps and plans span the years circa 1899-1999. Many of the maps and plans are undated. The condition of many of the plans is poor because of previous storage and water damage. The collection has been divided into 4 series: Series I - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Series II - Evergreen Cemetery, Series III - Fairview Cemetery, and Series IV - Historic Burying Grounds. The Mt. Hope Cemetery...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Cemetery Division microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 4410.008
Scope and Contents note
This series includes microfilm produced by the Cemetery Division between 1980-1981. Records filmed include interment cards, lot index cards and lot plan cards. The interment cards are filed alphabetically within each cemetery and may include name, lot #, location, proprietor, date of interment, age, date of death, place of death, cause of death and undertaker. The 19th century cards for Mt. Hope Cemetery and the Historic Burying Grounds do not provide cause of death. The cards for the Historic...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Centennial Year of Temporary Home for Women and Children
Item — Publications: PB 033
Identifier: 8720.002
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Central administrative files
Series
Identifier: 9000.002
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. Central administrative files are those of the chief administrator and staff, who were responsible for overseeing the daily operations of BHA and carrying out policies and programs approved by the authority's board of commissioners until 1980, when the authority...
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City of Boston Archives
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