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Municipal Ledgers and Books Collection
Collection
Identifier: CHC028
Abstract
This collection consists of 23 volumes pertaining to various functions of the Cambridge municipal government. All volumes are hand-written. Included are notebooks kept by municipal employees detailing land use, sewers and drains, railroads, alcohol licenses, and parks. One item of note is the diary of T.P. O’Neill, father of 47th Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. T.P. O’Neill, Sr. was Inspector of the Parks Department and later Superintendent of Sewers.
Also included are volumes of certificates...
Dates:
1855-1941, bulk 1855-1900
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Nancy Venable Raine Papers, 1979-1983
Collection
Identifier: 164
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Nancy Venable Raine's work as poet-in-residence at the Fitzgerald School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1980-81. A portion of the collection is related to her collaboration with the Cambridge Arts Council to display student art and poetry on buses and subways as part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Arts on the Line program. It also includes a 16mm reel of the film Light Coming Through, a film portrait of Boston...
Dates:
1979-1983
Necco Sky Bar Molds
Item
Identifier: OBJ001.15
Abstract
These tin molds were used to make Sky Bar candy.
Dates:
unknown
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Henry M. Nevin Correspondence, 1942-1948
Collection
Identifier: 043
Collection Overview
The Henry M. Nevin correspondence consists of letters, postcards, and V-mail written by or to Nevin while he was serving in the military during World War II. The largest portion of the collection consists of letters and V-mail written by Nevin to his mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Frederick Nevin). Many of the letters are very detailed and provide interesting information about Nevin’s daily routines, activities, and surroundings. There are about 40 letters and V-mails written by Nevin’s mother to him...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1948
New Words Bookstore: A Women's Bookstore 10th Anniversary poster
Item — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Cambridge Ephemera Collection, Box: 7
Identifier: CHC002-.07-.1
Dates:
1984
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Padgett/Levesque Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P019
Abstract
This collection consists of thirteen black and white photographs of varying sizes relating to the life of Claire Lawrence Levesque and her affiliation with the Holy Ghost Hospital for Incurables in Cambridge, Massachusetts. All images are in good condition and date to the 1920s and 1930s.
Dates:
ca. 1920s-1930s
Found in:
Cambridge Historical Commission Archives
Lucius R. Paige Papers, 1644-1881
Collection
Identifier: 021
Collection Overview
This collection contains manuscripts, town records, and hand drawn maps relating to Cambridge's early history as collected by Lucius R. Paige. Paige maintained hadwritten mnuscript drafts, correspondence and personal notebooks throughout his research period. Series 1 contains the handwritten manuscript of Paige's book "History of Cambridge, 1630-1877". Each folder contians around 25 pages of his manuscript. The series also contains handwritten copies of county probate files, deeds,...
Dates:
1644-1881; Majority of material found in 1874-1881
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