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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.
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.
Found in:
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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...
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Coughlin et al. v. Election Commissioners et al. case files (Election case)
Collection
Identifier: 0700.025
Found in:
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Councilor Michael Ross news clippings and campaign ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 0120.004
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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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Found in:
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Deeds relating to sewers
Series
Identifier: 5040.006
Scope and Contents
Includes deeds, releases, agreements, contracts, plans, and correspondence relating to sewers.
Found in:
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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...
Found in:
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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).
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.
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City of Boston Archives
Demolition delay files
Series
Identifier: 5210.002
Scope and Contents
Includes Demolition delay review files #1-#2055 from 1995-2016.
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
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.
Found in:
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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.
Found in:
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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...
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Department of Student Support Services records
Series
Identifier: 0432.001
Scope and Contents
Includes administrative files, correspondence and reports. This collection is unprocessed.
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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.
Found in:
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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.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Deputy Superintendent's Memoranda
Series
Identifier: 0410.004
Scope and Contents
Memorandum circulated to cluster leaders, headmasters, principals and other administrative heads by the Deputy Superintendents, 1978-1990 and 1992-1999.
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Desegregation related grants
Collection
Identifier: 0450.004
Scope and Contents
The Desegregation related Grants Collection is arranged into 8 series: I. Chapter 636; II. Management Information Services Evaluation Reports; III. Office of Planning and Policy; IV. O'Connor, Thomas Evaluation Specialist; V. Gorham, Thomas Office of Chapter 636 Evaluation Specialist; VI. Hunt, Martin University Liaison, Chapter 636; VII. Horoschak, Peter Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent; and VIII. McCabe, Robert Assistant to the Deputy Superintendent.The Chapter 636...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Disbursements of State Aid to disabled soldiers and sailors
Series
Identifier: 6410.001
Scope and Contents note
Monthly payments of allowances of State Aid to disabled soldiers and sailors, and to the families of those killed in the Civil War were made by the City Treasurer at the Charity Building to persons designated by the Board of Aldermen. The Soldiers' Relief Department took over this responsibility in 1897. Includes records of disbursements of state aid from 1861-1898.
Found in:
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Division of Health Inspections records
Series
Identifier: 5430.001
Scope and Contents note
Includes copies of permits issued for milk wholesalers, funeral directors, sale of frozen desserts, massage/vapor baths, etc., circa 1977-1988; complaints of violations, circa 1978- 1986; and temporary food service applications, 1992-1994. This collection is unprocessed.
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Dorchester High School collection
Collection
Identifier: 0420.027
Scope and Contents
Records of Dorchester High School, Dorchester High School for Boys and Dorchester High School for Girls. Includes administrative records, textbooks, framed copy of the first issue of "The Shrine" 1855, student magazines, programs, framed map of Dorchester from 1930, artifacts, photographs and yearbooks. Artifacts include DHS pins and a megaphone. Photographs include Football, Baseball, Basketball, and Fencing teams from the early 1900s; various classroom and school scenes from the early 1900s;...
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Doris B. Bunte v. Mayor of Boston case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.035
Found in:
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