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Committee on Water records

 Series
Identifier: 0140.036
Dates: 1837
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Common Council badge

 Item — Box: SB - 025
Identifier: 0100.011
Scope and Contents note Badges were issued to members of the Common Council. Includes badge of Lyman H. Bigelow who served on the Common Council in 1884.
Dates: 1884
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Common Victuallers licenses (cancelled)

 Series
Identifier: 8400.007
Dates: circa 1998-2012
Found in: City of Boston Archives

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

 Series
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

 Series
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)

 Series
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 Neighborhood Development photographs, slides and publications

 Series
Identifier: 7600.007
Content Description Includes photographs of DND events, etc., slides of images by Kit Pyne Photography for promotional materials, and brochures and publications circa 1900s-2000s. This series is unprocessed.
Dates: circa 1990-2010
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

 Series
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

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