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: Alphabetically by reservoir, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: The Committee on Charles River Dam was established pursuant to Resolves 1901, c 105 to consider the feasibility and desirability of constructing and maintaining a dam across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge.  Diversion of Boston sewage from the Charles River Basin above the site of such a dam was considered necessary before proceeding with dam construction.  Series was created to investigate alternative methods of diversion.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Notes and computations  (2) Finished tables, maps, and blueprints; Arranged within each subseries by subject
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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 Files for 1921-1922 lacking
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Scope and Content: As part of their function to oversee, protect, and develop the waterways of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Dept. of Public Works and its predecessors in this function (the Board of Harbor Commissioners, to 1879, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, 1879-1916, the Directors of the Port of Boston, 1911-1916, and the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, 1916-1919), issued licenses for changes or improvements to waterways, including harbors and tidewaters.  Docket books contain abstracts of decisions made at hearings to grant licenses and serve as an index by case number to: Massachusetts. Division of Waterways. Minute books, 1879-1974 ((M-Ar)633)
Arrangement: Arranged numerically by docket, thereunder by petitioner, and then chronologically by date of hearing
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Agriculture, established by Massachusetts in 1852, was replaced successively by the State Dept. of Agriculture in 1918 and the Dept. of Agriculture in 1919. That body was renamed the Dept. of Food and Agriculture in 1975.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Charles River Basin Commission was established in 1903 to make examinations and plans for and to carry out the construction of a dam across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge.  To carry out this task, engineers hired by the commission conducted surveys, took measurements, and made calculations and estimates that were used to plan and execute construction of the dam.  Engineer calculation and field notebooks contain for the most part calculations and estimates made in the office from data collected in field, although three notebooks contain more preliminary data.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: When the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was established in 1919 as a successor to the Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) and the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, the Engineering Dept. of the MDC’s Parks Division continued the functions of the Engineering Dept. of the MPC.  Known also as Park Engineering, Parks Engineering, and the Parks Engineering Dept., it was designated as early as 1953 as the Division of Parks Engineering, until absorbed into the Engineering Division by 1975.
Arrangement: Arranged by notebook number
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Scope and Content: As part of their function to oversee, protect, and develop the waterways of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways of the Dept. of Public Works and its predecessors in this function (the Board of Harbor Commissioners, to 1879, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, 1879-1916, and the Dept. of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938), employed engineers to review license and permit proposals, examine work completed under licenses, determine volume of displaced tidewater for which compensation was required, make other investigations as authorized, and submit reports such as these on their findings.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically. Arranged by license no. Arranged chronologically in reverse order. Arranged alphabetically by municipality (N-R only) Arranged chronologically in reverse order
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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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