Scope and Content: The Dept. of Environmental Management, which has general care and oversight of the natural resources of the Commonwealth and adjacent waters, maintains series relating to these functions created by earlier agencies.  Series was created by the Division of Metropolitan Planning of the Metropolitan District Commission, an agency mandated for transportation planning, to show population trends in the Metropolitan District (Boston and surrounding communities).
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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, 1879-1911, the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, 1916-1919, the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Dept. of Public Works, 1919-1927, and the Dept. of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938), gathered, created, and maintained maps and plans.  Series includes those filed in accordance with MGLA c 91, regulating structures and activities within tidelands and waterways, as well those created or gathered in support of development and improvement projects. –Included are topographical maps, survey (including U.S. Geological Survey) maps, senatorial district maps, and detailed construction plans, of varying size and medium, including printed, hand drawn, traced, and blueprint.  Topics include harbor lines; soundings in harbors, rivers, and ponds; proposed dredging for channels; town and state boundaries and location of boundary markers; plans for terminal facilities (some including railroad yards); and dry docks, wharves, and bridges.  Information may include authorizing legislation, license or permit no. assigned by Waterways officials, title, cartographer, date, and locality.
Arrangement: In two parts: Part A (W1-574); Part B (W601-6210)
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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 at least as early as 1953 as the Division of Parks Engineering, until absorbed into the Engineering Division by 1975.
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Scope and Content: Sylvanus Thayer was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1808, served as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1817-1833, and was then U.S. Army engineer in charge of construction of fortifications at the entrance to Boston Harbor and of improvements to New England harbors generally; he retired from the Army in 1863 with the brevetted rank of  brigadier-general.  He established the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in 1867, and provided a fund for a public library in Braintree, Mass., his residence.
Notes: Pieces encapsulated. Deposited at Archives on permanent loan by Braintree Historical Society, Apr. 24, 1986
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Scope and Content: Under the direction of the state archivist, the Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing noncurrent records of the Commonwealth determined to possess archival value.  Series is created to document acquisition of such records. –includes typed transcript. (Ms. original for 1934-1973 lacking.)  Information includes accession date, record series title/dates, and receiving officer.  Photocopy (and ms. original from Oct. 1984 only) annotated with accession no. and (from 1982) agency code/series no. Additionally constitutes legal proof of transfer of each accession.  Information includes creating/transferring agencies and code; accession no./date; series title/no., disposal schedule item no., span dates, volume; signatures of transferring, receiving, and custodial officers; and comments on contents and acquisitions/processing needs/procedures.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Accessions log, 1934-1973, 1977-1985  (2) Transfer acknowledgments, 1966-2012 (bulk 1985-2012).
Notes: Arranged chronologically in reverse order: to 1990 by year/day no., thereafter by year/serial accession no
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Scope and Content: Under the direction of the state archivist, the Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing noncurrent records of the Commonwealth determined to possess archival value.  Administrative files are those of the state archivist.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Formerly part of state secretary’s: Miscellaneous collection, box 40. There are very few records for 1846-1919
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Scope and Content: Under the direction of the state archivist, the Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing noncurrent records of the Commonwealth determined to possess archival value. The reference staff assists patrons in the use of these records.  Archives researcher registers document patron use of the Archives reading room and are used for security and statistical purposes.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Visitors’ registers. Box 1: 1961-1988. Box 2: 1988-1996. Box 3: 1996-2002
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Scope and Content: Under the direction of the state archivist, the Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing noncurrent records of the Commonwealth determined to possess archival value.  The state secretary’s responsibility for such records, grounded in the Constitution (1780), was not specifically delegated until 1897, when the third clerk of the secretary’s office was designated as chief of the Archives Division (St 1897, c 351).  Series reflects administration of the secretary’s archival function after further provision for the professional post of Archivist of the Commonwealth (St 1962, c 18).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Chiefly derived from former series: Administrative files, 1846-1983 ((M-Ar)168)
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Scope and Content: Under the direction of the state archivist, the Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing noncurrent records of the Commonwealth determined to possess archival value.  The state secretary’s responsibility for such records, grounded in the Constitution (1780), was not specifically delegated until 1897, when the third clerk of the secretary’s office was designated as chief of the Archives Division (St 1897, c 351).  Series reflects administration of the secretary’s archival function after further provision for the professional post of Archivist of the Commonwealth (St 1962, c 18).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Chiefly derived from former series: Administrative files, 1846-1983 ((M-Ar)168)
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Scope and Content: Under the direction of the state archivist, the Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing noncurrent records of the Commonwealth determined to possess archival value.  The state secretary’s responsibility for such records, grounded in the Constitution (1780), was not specifically delegated until 1897, when the third clerk of the secretary’s office was designated as chief of the Archives Division (St 1897, c 351).  Series reflects administration of the secretary’s archival function after further provision for the professional post of Archivist of the Commonwealth (St 1962, c 18).
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Weekly reports, 1974-1978  (2) Annual reports, 1961-1990; arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Partly derived from former series: Administrative files, 1846-1983 ((M-Ar)168)
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