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 documents stages and methods of construction through photographic prints, including cyanotypes.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically (1-990)/chronologically (1904-1910)
Notes: lacking no. 87-93, 99, 159-160, 115-122, 181, 217, 230, 243, 265, 352, 355, 379-380, 402, 408, 433, 447, 477, 507, 512-513, 523-524, 544, 549, 556, 576-578, 588-589, 594-595, 603, 620, 625, 640, 682, 726, 751, 753, 759-760, 896, 899, 928, 971, 974
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Banks and Banking, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning banks, banking institutions, credit unions, small loans, consumer credit, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Consumer credit recodification files relate to efforts to formulate and pass a consumer credit recodification law governing consumer credit, licensing, and small loan regulations.
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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 document bridge contracting by summarizing existing commission records.
Arrangement: Arranged by bridge part
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Scope and Content: The Board to Investigate the Subject of the Unemployed inquired into the subject of the unemployed in Massachusetts and measures for their relief by the Commonwealth and its municipalities.  To further its investigations the board conducted a survey of correctional institutions and businesses in Massachusetts to determine whether convict labor interfered with manufacturing interests (St 1894, c 238, s 2), as recorded in this series.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Prison returns (2) Manufacturer returns
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Scope and Content: The Board to Investigate the Subject of the Unemployed inquired into the subject of the unemployed in Massachusetts and measures for their relief by the Commonwealth and its municipalities.  To administer its investigations and other affairs the board’s secretary conducted a variety of correspondence; outgoing mail is recorded in this series in letterpress form.
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Scope and Content: The special commission investigating the selection of an official state song was appointed in 1958 and reconstituted in 1961 and 1964.  Headed by Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the commission ultimately recommended “All hail to Massachusetts,” by Arthur J. Marsh, adopted as the state song by St 1966, c 644.  Series was created to administer the commission’s activities, including corresponding with Marsh and others.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives by Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives, from the papers of Arthur Fielder, 1983
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Scope and Content: A survey of the Commonwealth was commissioned by the governor in 1830 to prepare an accurate map of Massachusetts.  Surveyors worked separately on the trigonometrical and astronomical phases of the project, with each surveyor corresponding directly with the governor.  The correspondence in this series served as a report on the progress of survey work and informed the governor of future work plans.
Arrangement: Arranged by correspondent, thereunder chronologically
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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 manage engineering aspects of construction.
Arrangement: Arranged by correspondent, thereunder chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Geographic Board was established by the governor at the request of the United States Geographic Board to prepare an accurate listing of Massachusetts place names.  The board’s staff compiler corresponded with town officials and residents in order to determine the historical background, local usage, and correct spelling of names.  This series contains that correspondence in the form of carbon copies of the compiler’s letters and replies from the towns.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by town
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Scope and Content: A survey of the Commonwealth was commissioned by the governor in 1830 in order to prepare an accurate map of Massachusetts.  The trigonometrical phase of the survey was put in charge of Simeon Borden in 1834 and he was required to keep this daily journal of work, to be submitted quarterly to the governor (Resolves 1834, c 73).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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