Scope and Content: The Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) (1893-1919) and its successor the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) (since 1919) have been responsible for oversight of the acquisition, maintenance, policing, and use of land for the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities).  Correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) successively from the secretaries of the MPC and MDC to the landscape architect transmits instructions for work assignments for the design and maintenance of landscaping and for preparation of plans for land taking.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Agriculture (1852) was successively replaced by the State Dept. of Agriculture (1918), the Dept. of Agriculture (1919), and the Dept. of Food and Agriculture (1975)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Removed from volumes in 1983; provenance unclear
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Scope and Content: In 1934 Massachusetts established the Milk Control Board within the Dept. of Agriculture; in 1941 the Division of Milk Control was established under the supervision and control of a reconstituted Milk Control Board, replaced by the Milk Control Commission in 1953. Both bodies were abolished in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged by marketing area
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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.  The full council met one or more times monthly to coordinate these activities; series was created to record its proceedings and votes.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes audio cassettes. Files for Sept. 1987-June 1989 lacking
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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 appointment, orientation, payment, and resignation of council members.
Restrictions: Evaluative/personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c66A. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission was created for the purpose of extending and increasing the water supply to the Massachusetts metropolitan water system (St 1926, c 375).  The commission was authorized to purchase or take land in the watersheds of the Swift and Ware rivers to develop the Quabbin Reservoir.  This included disinterment, transfer, and reburial from cemeteries in the areas to be flooded to the Quabbin Park Cemetery and other locations.  Deeds of release are the legal transfer of cemetery plots by the owners to the commission, and the authorization for removal and transfer to the new location.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name of representative of deceased
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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: To establish accurate Massachusetts town boundaries, and eventually interstate boundaries as well, beginning in 1885 the Topographical Survey Commission in conjunction with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (but replaced in this function in 1901 by the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners) sent out field teams to establish and describe triangulation stations and to set monuments designating boundary lines.  These volumes, a complete listing of the stations established during the field work, are based on field notebooks of the survey teams.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by station name
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Scope and Content: The Division of Parks Engineering of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was responsible for planning, engineering, and supervising construction of parkways, bridges, locks, rinks, and other recreational and park facilities under the MDC’s jurisdiction.  The 1957 diary is a daily account of the division’s activities and work assignments, probably kept by a supervisor, and filled out from August through December only.  The 1962 diary is a log of the activities of an MDC engineer, filled out only through January 22.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Water Division of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was responsible for both the adequacy of supply and the purity of water provided to the Metropolitan Water District (Boston and surrounding communities).  For this purpose, the division was empowered to contract, operate, and maintain reservoirs, aqueducts, and other waterworks (GL 1932 (Ter Ed) c 92, s 10 et seq.).  This series was created to assist the director in the oversight of the Water Division.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Correspondence was part of an administrative file that was selectively retained by the Archives.  See also series (M-Ar)570X, (M-Ar)894X, and (M-Ar)895X
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