Mayors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Mayor Frederick W. Mansfield collection
Collection
Identifier: 0240.001
Scope and Contents note
This series contains 10 boxes of scrapbooks, 1 box of ephemera (in box 11), and 1 box of framed certificates (in box 12). The only notable gaps in time between scrapbooks are August 13 1934 - September 29, 1934 and September 3, 1935 and October 8, 1935. Box 11 contains a guest book ranging from February 7, 1934 to January 31, 1938, four copies of speeches (1 inauguration speech, and 3 annual addresses), 2 pages of a copied newspaper article, and a pamphlet issued to attendees of the...
Dates:
1934-1938
Mayor James M. Curley collection
Collection
Identifier: 0237.001
Scope and Contents
The Mayor James M. Curley collection includes materials created by and created about James Michael Curley during his long political career. The collection includes materials pertaining to periods during his time as Mayor of Boston as well as during his tenure as Governor of Massachusetts and as member of the United States House of Representatives. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, speeches, audiovisual materials, writings, and various forms of memorabilia. Included with the...
Dates:
1912-1977, undated
Mayor John B. Hynes collection
Collection
Identifier: 0243.001
Scope and Contents
The Mayor John B. Hynes collection contains personal papers of the former mayor collected after his time in office. The papers include personal correspondence, employment and miltary service records, and various forms of personal memorabilia including certificates, awards, diplomas, poetry and writings, photographs, newspaper clippings, and multiple scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and articles from Hynes's early tenure as mayor in 1950 and 1951.
Dates:
1891-1893, 1915-1966, undated
Mayor John F. Collins photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0244.002
Scope and Contents
Photographs documenting the administration of Mayor John F. Collins, 1960-1967.
Dates:
circa 1960-1967
Mayor John F. Collins records
Collection
Identifier: 0244.001
Scope and Contents
Records of the administration of Mayor John F. Collins, 1960-1967. Includes correspondence, subject files, reports, briefings, speeches, photographs and memorabilia.
Dates:
circa 1960-1967
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
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Mayor John F. Collins records
Mayor Joseph Wightman portrait
Item — Box 1
Identifier: 0217.001
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Mayor Joseph Wightman who served as Mayor of Boston in 1861-1862. This portrait was most likely created circa 1880-1900 as part of the set of portraits of Mayors which were hung in the Old City Hall. It is a photographic portrait on a metal plate and measures 15" x 18".
Dates:
circa 1880-1900
Mayor Kevin H. White records
Collection
Identifier: 0245.001
Scope and Contents note
When Mayor Kevin H. White left office in 1983, he gifted the records of his administration to the Boston Public Library, as at that time there was no city archives. The records were closed sometime after that by the Attorney General and research was restricted. In the early 1990s, Dick Dray, a former advisor under Mayor White, doing business as Boston Research Associates, attempted to organize and describe the records with the intention of writing a book on Mayor White. At some point, this...
Dates:
1929-1999 (bulk, 1968-1983)
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
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Mayor Kevin H. White records
Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols collection
Collection
Identifier: 0239.001
Scope and Contents note
A majority of the documents in this collection, particularly correspondences, are from the years after Nichols was city mayor. Many of the documents are speeches written by Nichols for radio addresses to the public as well as general addresses, lectures, and commencements. There are two photographs in this collection and two books. One book contains circulars, newspaper clippings, and campaign ephemera, all from 1925. The second book, titled "The Standard Diary 1933" contains...
Dates:
circa 1926-1929
Mayor Maurice J. Tobin scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: 0241.001
Scope and Contents note
The records in this series include scrapbooks containing solely newspaper clippings. Box 1 contains a black book with no visible volume number that contains newspaper clippings from Tobin's campaigning days. Boxes 1 and 2 cover the years 1940 to 1942 which is the bulk of Tobin's time as mayor and neither box contains notable gaps. Box 3 continues the timeline of prior 2 boxes but with an 8 month gap between the last two volumes and the volume before it. Box #4 is timelined from 1942 to 1944...
Dates:
1937-1943 with gaps
Mayor Raymond L. Flynn records
Collection
Identifier: 0246.001
Scope and Contents note
The Mayor Raymond L. Flynn collection includes the records of the mayoral administration of Raymond L. Flynn, the 46th Mayor of Boston, who served from 1984-1993. The collection is divided into the following series: I. Subject files; II. Briefings; III: Correspondence; IV. Issue files; V. Press Office records; VI. Reports and publications; VII. Executive orders; VIII. A/V material; and IX. Artifacts. The records of the Flynn administration document the many issues facing the City of Boston...
Dates:
1984-1993
Mayoral addresses
Series
Identifier: 0200.001
Scope and Contents
Includes two compilation volumes of addresses from 1822-1867 and printed copies of annual and inaugural addresses of the Mayor from 1824-1980 with gaps.
Dates:
1822-1980 with gaps
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
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Mayoral addresses
Mayoral portraits
Series
Identifier: XV
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Photographs and other images collected by the Boston Landmarks Commission for reference use and for publications as well as photographs taken by the Landmarks Commission documenting their work and city neighborhoods.
Dates:
circa 1880-2000s
Mayor's Office of Special Events photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0272.002
Dates:
circa 1980s-2000s
Office of the City Clerk records
Collection
Identifier: 0300.001
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes administrative files and reference files from the Office of the City Clerk. The collection is divided into 7 series - Series I: Card index, Series II: Correspondence, Series III: Opinions, Series IV: Inaugural Records, Series V: Administrative files, Series VI: Reference files, and Series VII: Reports.
Series I is a consolidation of several card indexes used in the Clerk's Office from the early to mid 1900s. The card indexes include references to...
Dates:
1829-2011 (bulk, 1900-1984)
Records of qualifications (oaths of office)
Collection
Identifier: 0300.002
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes records of oaths sworn by Elected Officials, Major Officers, Minor Officers and Police Officers. The volumes include the oath sworn on the conditions expressed by the Statutes of the Commonwealth and the Ordinances of the City along with the signatures of those taking the oath. The Elected Officials volumes include the Mayor and City Council members. School committee members and the Suffolk County Register of Deeds are included in the 1938-2004 Elected Officials...
Dates:
1858-2004
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