Scope and Content: The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge.  Series was created to carry out this responsibility.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: Three commissioners were appointed by the governor pursuant to St 1853, c 191, to superintend construction of a fire-proof addition to the State House on its north side.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling this responsibility.
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to two Massachusetts legislative initiatives (Resolves 1865, c 62; Resolves 1866, c 92), successive  commissions on the hours of labor investigated that topic as documented by the series.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Hearing transcripts (2) Questionnaires and correspondence (3) Reference materials
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Scope and Content: The Special Commission Relative to Divorce (officially called Special Commission on Divorce) of legislative and gubernatorial appointees was constituted to investigate and study existing laws and practices relating to divorce and the economic and emotional impact of the divorce process and to propose necessary modifications to such laws and practices.  Administrative files were created to conduct the commission’s business.
Notes: Survey and research materials may predate file dates
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Scope and Content: Pilgrim Tercentenary Commissions were appointed in 1915 and 1916 to plan for celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.  Series was created by the second named commission to conduct its business.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Dept. of Public Works, Nov. 30, l990.  Series includes list of commission files in possession of department’s Division of Waterways, 1925, more inclusive than actual series contents
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Scope and Content: The Special Commission on Environmental Operations was established in 1987 to make management reform recommendations for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.  Series was created to administer the commission’s operations, culminating in the issuance of a final report in Jan. 1989.
Notes: Background information may predate file dates
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Scope and Content: The Special Commission on Unequal Educational Opportunity was established pursuant to Resolves 1973 c 157 to investigate and study laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to elementary and secondary education, its school systems, and the educational laws, programs, and school systems of other states in order to determine the existence and extent of unequal educational opportunity services in the Commonwealth.  Series was created to administer its functions and document its investigation, studies, and recommendations for providing equal educational opportunity.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Rep. James G. Collins, commission member
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Scope and Content: A special commission consisting of members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Massachusetts General Court and gubernatorial appointees was established per Resolves 1967, c 162, for making an investigation and study of the entire area of taxation within the Commonwealth, including state, local, special district, and county taxation, and assessment, collection, ands distribution of taxes and revenue with the purpose of developing a master taxation planning program for Massachusetts for the period 1969-1979.  Series was created to administer the commissions’s work.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: The State House Construction Commission, established in 1889, oversaw construction of an addition to the State House (completed 1895) and subsequent preservation and restoration of the State House generally until 1905.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling these responsibilities.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Minutes (v. 1-2: 1889-1905)  (2) Contract documents (v.3: 1892-1901 (bulk 1892-1897)); Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Spine title: Commissioners’ records
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Scope and Content: The administrative files of the Valley Forge Military Monument Commission document its activity in organizing a memorial to Massachusetts Revolutionary War heroes who served at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1777-1778.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Preliminary reports (2) Photographs and maps (3) Correspondence (4) Newspaper clippings
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