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Complaint register
Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0200.003
Scope and Contents
Register recording complaints made to the Mayor's Office from 1885-1888. Includes date, name of person, complaint and disposition.
Dates:
1885-1888
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Complaints against dogs
Series — Box: SB - 016
Identifier: 0301.030
Scope and Contents
Complaints against dangerous dogs filed with the City Clerk's Office.
Dates:
1886-1903
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Concerts on the Common files
Collection
Identifier: 0700.021
Dates:
circa 1979-1982
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Consent decree files of the court-appointed master
Series
Identifier: 9000.010
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. Consent decree files of the court-appointed master were created and maintained by the master in carrying out...
Dates:
1976-1979
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Contract and lease index
Series
Identifier: 2200.015
Scope and Contents note
Index to contracts, 1865-1895 and leases, 1865-1904. Contracts section lists contractors, object and date completed.
Dates:
1865-1904
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Contracts
Series
Identifier: 2200.014
Scope and Contents
Includes select contracts retained for historical purposes. Includes contracts for school buildings, public works and other significant projects.
Dates:
1923-1967
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Contracts and leases
Collection
Identifier: 0301.012
Scope and Contents note
The City Contracts collection consists of records from 1852-1869, with the bulk of materials from 1862-1869. There is a small amount of leases for apartment buldings, but the majority of the records deal with either the construction of public buildings or the maintenance of Boston. There are numerous contracts for New City Hall, City Hospital, Public Garden, and school houses. These have been grouped together into a subseries for each prospective year (i.e., records for school houses in 1862...
Dates:
1852-1869
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Contracts and specifications
Series
Identifier: 0430.002
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of a set of bound volumes of contracts and specifications for school buildings, 1902-1938 with gaps. The set is numbered volumes I-XVLI. Volumes VI, VII and X are missing.
Dates:
1902-1938 with gaps
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Copley High School yearbook
Item — Publications: 1
Identifier: 0420.078
Scope and Contents
Yearbook for Copley High School from 1980.
Dates:
1980
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Correspondence files of the court-appointed master
Series
Identifier: 9000.012
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. Correspondence files of the court-appointed master were created and maintained as a result of orders issued...
Dates:
1979-1980
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Coughlin et al. v. Election Commissioners et al. case files (Election case)
Collection
Identifier: 0700.025
Dates:
1993
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Councilor Michael Ross news clippings and campaign ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 0120.004
Dates:
1999-2011
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
County drafts of the Municipal Court
Series — Volumes: 1-5
Identifier: 2430.014
Scope and Contents
Includes County drafts for Police Court, 1864-1867; County drafts for Municipal Court for criminal business, 1867-1879; and County drafts for Municipal Court for Civil business, 1867-1879. Includes record of bills for charges and expenses arising in said court.
Dates:
1864-1879
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Court-appointed master's draft report to Housing Court of the City of Boston
Series
Identifier: 9000.008
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. The master's draft report to the court was prepared pursuant to an order dated May 22, 1975, stipulating...
Dates:
1975-1976
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study
Series
Identifier: 0400.003
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of courses of study and curriculum guides for the Boston Public Schools. Courses of study and curriculum guides may also be found in the School Committee Annual Reports and Documents series.
Dates:
1943-1991
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Debt records
Series
Identifier: 2200.006
Scope and Contents
The Debt records document all the debt of the City of Boston. This includes the City Debt, the Water Debt, and any additional bonds or notes issued by the City. Also included are records for the City’s Sinking Fund; the Sinking Fund serves as a means by which the City pays down its debt.
Dates:
circa 1842-1938
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Declarations of Trust
Series
Identifier: 0301.002
Scope and Contents note
The Declarations of Trust are filed chronologically by date of filing in City Clerk's Office. Entries for the Declarations of Trust filed between 1909-1983 are included in the indexes to the Business Certificates. For the index from 1984-2011, contact the City Clerk's Office.
Dates:
1909-2015
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Deeds relating to sewers
Series
Identifier: 5040.006
Scope and Contents
Includes deeds, releases, agreements, contracts, plans, and correspondence relating to sewers.
Dates:
circa 1866-1914
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Deeds to city property, etc.
Collection
Identifier: 2200.003
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes records of deeds of property to the City of Boston, etc. that were filed with the City Auditor's Office. The types of instruments included are street deeds, quitclaim deeds, agreements, easements, partial releases of mortgages, release of damages, warranty deeds, etc. The records relate primarily to properties taken or purchased for school, police and fire purposes, laying out and widening streets, and other city departments and functions. The collection includes...
Dates:
1803-1968; Majority of material found within Bulk, 1823-1938
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Demolished building permit files ("Takedowns")
Series
Identifier: 5410.001
Scope and Contents
Building permit files of demolished buildings, also called "Takedowns." File jacket usually includes original building permit, permits for repair or renovation, violation notices, correspondence and permit to repair or raze (Takedown permit).
Dates:
circa 1880s-1990s
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Demolished building (takedowns) photographs
Series
Identifier: 5410.002
Scope and Contents
Photograph files of buildings ordered razed by the City of Boston. Photographs document condition of building just prior to demolition and usually include photograph of lot after demolition.
Dates:
circa 1950-1990
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Demolition delay files
Series
Identifier: 5210.002
Scope and Contents
Includes Demolition delay review files #1-#2055 from 1995-2016.
Dates:
1995-2016
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department of Implementation records
Series
Identifier: 0450.001
Dates:
1952-2002 (bulk, 1975-2000)
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department of Neighborhood Development adminstrative files
Collection
Identifier: 7600.006
Scope and Contents
Administrative records of the Department of Neighborhood Development from 1979-2008
Dates:
1979-2008
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department of School Buildings annual reports
Series
Identifier: 0430.003
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of the annual reports of the Schoolhouse Department/Department of School Buildings for the years 1901-1915, 1918-1919, 1921, 1925, 1928, 1934-1935, 1943-1946, 1948-1949, 1951, and 1963-1965. Annual reports can also be found in the City Documents series.
Dates:
1901-1965 with gaps
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department of School Health Services subject files
Collection
Identifier: 0431.001
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Department of School Health services include subject files on a variety of topics including departmental budgets, polio, immunizations, school nurses and physicians, drugs, dental issues, vision and hearing and other medical issues. There are a small number of photographs in the collection. Records have been redacted when necessary. Records that have been removed from the collection are exempt from the public records law due to personnel and medical issues.
Dates:
1925-1977
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department of Statistics records
Series
Identifier: 0450.005
Scope and Contents
The Department of Statistics collection is 2 cubic feet and contains files from 1967 to 1973 pertaining to Boston Public Schools students and teachers. The original arrangement of the collection has been maintained, they are arranged in reverse chronological order by school year. Each years files contain statistics gathered through questionaires and surveys as well as the questionaires and surveys themselves. A large portion of these statistics were used for the annual statistics report and...
Dates:
1965-1973
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department of Student Support Services records
Series
Identifier: 0432.001
Scope and Contents
Includes administrative files, correspondence and reports. This collection is unprocessed.
Dates:
1975-1987
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Department vehicle accident reports
Series
Identifier: 0500.020
Scope and Contents
Includes reports for accidents involving Fire Department vehicles from 1963-1989. Some photographs are included for major accidents.
Dates:
1963-1989
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Deputy Mayor Katherine Kane collection
Collection
Identifier: 0245.003
Scope and Contents
Records donated by former Deputy Mayor Katherine Kane who served under Mayor Kevin H. White. Includes records relating to Boston 200, Cultural Affairs and the Arts. This collection is unprocessed.
Dates:
circa 1968-1983
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
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