Title:
Preliminary Board minutes, 1892-1893.
Creator:
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Park Commission
Description:
Per Massachusetts St 1892, c 342 (June 2, 1892), a Preliminary Board of a Metropolitan Park Commission was established for one year. It was authorized to consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public, in the towns and cities in the vicinity of Boston. The members of the board were appointed in July 1892, and it was organized that August. Sylvester Baxter (1850-1927) was appointed Secretary. The other members of the board included Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915), Chairman; William B. de las Casas (1857-1930); and Philip A. Chase (1834-1903); also Charles Eliot (1859-1897), its landscape architect consultant. The board issued its report in Jan. 1893 as H150. Per St 1893, c 407 (June 3, 1893), the Metropolitan Park Commission was established.Series is the record of handwritten minutes maintained by the board from the first meeting of Aug. 23, 1892, to the last meeting of Jan. 16, 1893. Discussion relates to tours of the metropolitan parks conducted by the board members to examine potential open spaces.There are also a typed transcript of the minutes and copies of newsclippings relating to Boston parks from the Boston Herald, 1892-1893.
Digital Origin:
Preliminary Board minutes, 1892-1893 was digitized in June, 2018 by the Internet Archive. Originals located at the Massachusetts Archives.
Date:
1892-1893
Type of Resource:
Text
Format:
minutes
Extent:
Originals: 0.17 cubic feet (1 volume and 1 file folder in 1 document box) ; Digital surrogates: 11 MB (1 file)
Subject:
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area
Subject:
Parks--Government policy--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area
Subject:
Massachusetts--Politics and government--1865-1950
Subject:
State government records
Subject:
Minutes
Collection Information:
Part of Collection: Records Group EN4.10 (Metropolitan Park Commission)
Language:
en
Preferred Citation:
Preliminary Board minutes, 1892-1893 (EN4.10 / 2787X) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYY]. [insert URL of resource].
