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Boston Business School records

 Series
Identifier: 0420.012
Scope and Contents

Includes administrative files, scrapbook, photographs and graduation programs of the Boston Business School formerly called Boston Clerical School.

Dates: 1890-1996

Boston Technical High School records

 Collection
Identifier: 0420.015
Scope and Contents

Includes administrative files, scrapbooks of news clippings, photographs, and student newsletters. Also includes Mechanic Arts High School yearbooks for 1940-1941 and 1943-1944 and Boston Technical High School yearbooks for 1946-1969, 1972, 1975-1985, and 1987-1991.

Dates: 1893-1991

Boston Tercentenary Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: 0200.002
Scope and Contents note This collection includes records relating to the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Boston. Mayor James M. Curley served as the honorary chairman of the Boston Tercentenary Committee. Included in the collection is a time capsule that was created by the city government for the bicentennial celebration with instructions to be opened by the Mayor on September 17, 1930. The materials in the time capsule document the 200th anniversary celebration. Also included is a letter...
Dates: 1829-1830, 1928-1930 (bulk, 1930)

Cemetery Department scrapbook

 Series
Identifier: 4410.005
Dates: 1902-1903

Earl Hamilton collection

 Collection
Identifier: 9800.031
Scope and Contents Includes scrapbooks, framed memorabilia and plaques compiled and kept by Earl Hamilton who worked at the Suffolk County House of Correction on Deer Island and at South Bay from 1970-1993. Scrapbooks in Box 1 and 2 includes news clippings, photographs, correspondence, etc. Scrapbooks in Box 3 include personal and work correspondence, photographs and other items relating to work at House of Corrections. Also includes a diary writted by Earl Hamilton detailing his experiences. Diary is...
Dates: circa 1901-2002

Election Department scrapbook

 Item — Oversize: 1
Identifier: 4700.009
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of forms used by the Election Commissioners. Includes registration forms, nomination papers, ballots, ward map, instructions, certificates of Election, polling location posters, etc.

Dates: 1895-1897, 1908

Election scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 0300.014
Scope and Contents note

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings documenting election results, 1867-1901.

Dates: 1867-1908

Engineering Department scrapbook and badge

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5020.003
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of H.G. Botsford containing photographs documenting work with the Engineering Department of the City of Boston, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. Also includes City of Boston Engineering Department badge.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Horace Mann School for the Deaf records

 Collection
Identifier: 0420.047
Scope and Contents note

The Horace Mann School for the Deaf records range in date from 1847-1995, with the bulk of the dates ranging from 1870-1994. The records have been arranged into six series: Series I – Administrative; Series II – Sarah Fuller; Series III – Memorabilia; Series IV – Boston Educational Association for Deaf Children; Series V – Reference Files; Series VI – Photographs.

Dates: 1867-1995

Licensing Division records

 Series
Identifier: 0241.002
Scope and Contents

This series documents the correspondence of Mayor Maurice J. Tobin's Licensing Division. Correspondence from between 1940 and 1945. The correspondence is both loose and pasted into a scrapbook. Mayor Tobin's Licensing Division's correspondence primarily pertains to the use of public space by organizations. Organizations include the United States Coast Guard and the Boston Socialist Labor Party.

Dates: 1940-1945

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 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 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...
Dates: 1937-1943 with gaps

Printing Department scrapbooks

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3100.004
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of forms, etc. printed by the City Printing Department, circa 1960s-1970s and large scrapbook of posters, brocures, invitations, etc. printed during the 1970s.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s

Public Works Department scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 5000.005
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks kept in the Public Works Department library. Includes scrapbooks of the City Engineer, scrapbooks on the subway, real estate transactions, and miscellaneous topics.

Dates: 1871-1919

Scrapbook of advertisements of property auctions and sales

 Series — Volume: 1
Identifier: 2100.014
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of George A. Comins, Real Estate and Mortgage Broker of news clippings of property auctions and sales. Includes some mentions of the "Burnt District".

Dates: 1872

Scrapbook of fires

 Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0500.006
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook and log of fires in Boston and other towns, 1841-1847.

Dates: 1841-1847

Scrapbook of school forms

 Item — Volume: 1-2
Identifier: 0400.006
Scope and Contents note

Scrapbook of forms used by the School Department, circa 1940. Includes samples of office record cards, attendance and scholarship records, transfer cards, report cards, monthly reports, teacher record cards, etc.

Dates: circa 1940

Washington Irving School scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0420.075
Dates: 1932-1937