Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically in two sequences
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: In 1885 the Topographical Survey Commission was directed to conduct a survey of town boundary lines.  Funds were appropriated by Resolves 1892, c 11, Resolves 1894, c 18, and Resolves 1895, c 41.  This journal shows how appropriated funds were expended for salaries, field supplies, and other items.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: To establish accurate Massachusetts town boundaries, beginning in 1885 the Topographical Survey Commission, in conjunction with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, sent out field teams to establish and describe triangulation stations and to set monuments designating boundary lines.  These notebooks contain data recorded by such survey teams, for the commission, for the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, which took over the survey in 1901 and completed it in 1914, and beyond that date, for agencies succeeding the board in its responsibility for state surveying: the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, in 1916; the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Department of Public Works, in 1919; the Department of Public Works as a whole, in 1927; and the department’s Division of Waterways, in 1938.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Descriptions of triangulation stations; arranged by volume number, thereunder by locality (2) Horizontal angles; arranged by survey party, thereunder by locality
Notes: Provenance of books marked duplicate unclear
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Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: The Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners and its predecessor to 1879 the Board of Harbor Commissioners had general care and supervision of harbors and tidewaters in the Commonwealth; from 1888 the later body was also responsible for great ponds, and, 1901-1914, for completion of a town boundary survey initially undertaken by the Topographical Survey Commission.  Correspondence was created to support these functions.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Incoming correspondence, 1872-1874, 1886-1889, 1898-1902; arranged chronologically in reverse order (2) Incoming correspondence, 1897, 1898-1899, 1902-1903, 1906; arranged alphabetically by correspondent (3) Miscellaneous incoming letters, 1869-1905; arranged chronologically (4) Outgoing correspondence, 1894-1902, 1907-1915; arranged chronologically
Notes: Photographs accompanying letter dated Aug. 1906 (subseries (2): G-K) removed; see: Photographs of logging on the Connecticut River ((M-Ar)353X)
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Scope and Content: To establish accurate Massachusetts town boundaries, beginning in 1885 the Topographical Survey Commission sent out field teams to establish and describe triangulation stations and to set monuments designating boundary lines.  These volumes of geographical coordinates and descriptions of the triangulation stations are based on field notebooks of the survey teams.  Computations were verified, adjusted, and prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Notes: Spine title: Massachusetts town boundary triangulation
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Scope and Content: The Hazardous Waste Facility Site Safety Council was an independent Massachusetts state agency responsible in conjunction with the Dept. of Environmental Management and the Dept. of Environmental Protection for overseeing siting of hazardous waste treatment facilities from 1980 to 1996.  Siting process as administered by the council included receiving and reviewing developer’s proposal and facilitating negotiations among developer and affected communities prior to the reaching of a siting agreement declared operative by the council.  Series was created to administer the process as it related to specific proposals, pursuant to MGLA c 21D and 990 CMR 1.00 et seq.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by applicant
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Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs administers and creates policy for the departments, commissions, and authorities concerned with the natural resources of Massachusetts.  It is responsible for informing and educating the public regarding the activities and concerns of the office.  Series is maintained by its secretary to record policy and planning decisions that entail cooperation of federal, state, and city government agencies to protect the environment.
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological blocks by subject
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