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John W. Sears Papers

1952-2005

Offsite Storage Inventory

The John W. Sears papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

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Collection Summary

Acquisition Information

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Summary Description of the Collection

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Collection Summary

Creator:Sears, John Winthrop, 1930-
Title:John W. Sears papers
Dates:1952-2005
Physical Description:41 record cartons
Call Number:OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This collection consists of the professional papers of John W. Sears, Massachusetts States representative, Suffolk County sheriff, and chairman of the Finance Commission of Boston, Metropolitan District Commission, and the Massachusetts Republican Party, 1952-2005. Collection contains papers related to Sears's involvement with Massachusetts and Boston politics as well as work with the Republican State Committee, Republican City Committee of Boston, Gerald Ford's presidental campaign, and metropolitan parks.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of John W. Sears, Jan. 2004.

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Restrictions on Access

The John W. Sears papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.

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Restrictions on Use

The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim ownership to the literary rights (copyright) of letters and manuscripts written by individuals other than John W. Sears in this collection. The Massachusetts Historical Society cannot give permission to publish or quote from documents by individuals for whom it does not hold copyright. Use of these materials does not imply permission to publish. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish or quote from documents in this collection.

Photocopies are for personal use only. Personal use photocopies may not be donated or deposited in other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers without the written permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Summary Description of the Collection

CartonBarcodeContents
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublic City Committee, 1964-69
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican State Committee, 1980, 1984-1996
Carton 1SH 14ZG FMassachusetts Republican platforms
Carton 1SH 14ZG FWorcester Issues convention, 1967
Carton 1SH 14ZG FMassachusetts Republican conventions
Carton 1SH 14ZG FDemocratic platforms
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican State Committee, election, 1976
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican State Committee, organization
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican committees, city-town-state
Carton 1SH 14ZG FCity, ward, and town committees, by-laws
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican State Committee, members
Carton 1SH 14ZG FState campaign finances director, 1976
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican State Committee, correspondence, 1975-76
Carton 1SH 14ZG FAcknowledgements, 1975-76
Carton 1SH 14ZG FFinance, contribution laws, federal
Carton 1SH 14ZG FFinance, contribution laws, state
Carton 1SH 14ZG FGordon Nelson
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRegro
Carton 1SH 14ZG FFundraising, lists, estimates, etc.
Carton 1SH 14ZG FFundraising, key
Carton 1SH 14ZG FRepublican State Committee, budget, 1980
Carton 2SH 14ZH GFinance and budget, 1975-76
Carton 2SH 14ZH GFundraising, cities and towns
Carton 2SH 14ZH GBudget Committee, 1972-73
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRepublican State Committee, budgets, 1964-69
Carton 2SH 14ZH GAbsentee ballots
Carton 2SH 14ZH GState Committee, agendas
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCommittee on By-laws
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCommittee, task force, blacks
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCommittee on Heritage, task force
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCommittee on Issues
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCommittee, Massachusetts constitution
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCommittee on Registration
Carton 2SH 14ZH GConvention
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCounty Chairman's Association
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCredentials Committee
Carton 2SH 14ZH GCurtis Divisions
Carton 2SH 14ZH GElection law
Carton 2SH 14ZH GExecutive Committee, agenda and minutes
Carton 2SH 14ZH GJohn W. Sears committee, working papers
Carton 2SH 14ZH GJohn W. Sears, expenses
Carton 2SH 14ZH GFederation
Carton 2SH 14ZH GFinance Committee (Republican State Committee)
Carton 2SH 14ZH G50 years of service, Saltonstall dinner, June 1975
Carton 2SH 14ZH GFord dinner
Carton 2SH 14ZH GMachines and typewriters, maintenance contracts
Carton 2SH 14ZH GNewsletter, March
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRon Civins, Mills
Carton 2SH 14ZH GNewsletters, Massachusetts
Carton 2SH 14ZH GOffice
Carton 2SH 14ZH GPatronage
Carton 2SH 14ZH GPlans and reports
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRepublican State Committee, polls
Carton 2SH 14ZH GPress/ public relations
Carton 2SH 14ZH GQuotas
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRegistration
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRepublican Club of Massachusetts
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRepublican Party Council
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRepublican State Congressional Committee
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRoseborough case
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRules
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRule 29
Carton 2SH 14ZH GSargent portrait project
Carton 2SH 14ZH GSherriff Martin
Carton 2SH 14ZH GSenior task force
Carton 2SH 14ZH GSpecial elections: Bill Webb, Bob Lawson
Carton 2SH 14ZH GSpeech material, introductions
Carton 2SH 14ZH GState committees' members divisions
Carton 2SH 14ZH GYRS, youth task force
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRNC, delegations, 1977
Carton 2SH 14ZH GOrganization of delegation, 1976, national convention
Carton 2SH 14ZH GDelegates, 1976, national convention
Carton 2SH 14ZH GNational convention, 1976, delegates, caucuses and selecting
Carton 2SH 14ZH GNational convention, 1972
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRNC
Carton 2SH 14ZH GRNC, rules
Carton 2SH 14ZH GDelegate selection process, litigation
Carton 2SH 14ZH GDelegate selection, national convention
Carton 2SH 14ZH GPhone bank, RNC
Carton 2SH 14ZH GNational platform, 1968, party rules
Carton 2SH 14ZH GNational platform, 1976, party rules
Carton 3SH 14ZI HTaxes, 1961-1996
Carton 3SH 14ZI HPublic welfare in Massachusetts, 1960s
Carton 3SH 14ZI HUniversity of Massachusetts, 1960s
Carton 3SH 14ZI HRockefeller Foundation, 1965
Carton 3SH 14ZI HNeighborhood Association of the Back Bay, 1960s-1970
John Sears for Governor packets [1982]:
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Children/daycare
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Elders
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Education
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Human services
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Crime
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Energy
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Environment
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Health care
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Mental health
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Housing "homeless"
Carton 3SH 14ZI H MSD - Transportation
Carton 4SH 14ZJ I[early Republican State Committee papers], 1952-53
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IGeorge Fingold speech file, 1950s?
Carton 4SH 14ZJ ITom O'Neill, 1981-82
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IEdward King, 1978-1982
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IBoston City Committee, 1970-95
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRepublican City Committee, by-laws, 1948-1990
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IBoston Republican platform
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRepublican party, theory, practices, ideals
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRepublican party, John W. Sears states its case
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IGOP, future, [1980s]
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRepublican party information, 1966-68
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IPress writing on Republican party, 1968-87
Carton 4SH 14ZJ ICommittee for Responsible Government
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IFreedom Republicans
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRule 10 initiative [ca. 1996]
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRipon Society, Inc., et. al. v. National Republican Party, 1975
Carton 4SH 14ZJ ICorporations, tax audits, 1971-78, annual reports
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IWard III, 1975-1990
Carton 4SH 14ZJ IRepublican State Committee, by-laws
Carton 5SH 14ZK JSt. Botolph Club
Carton 5SH 14ZK JWater pollution
Carton 5SH 14ZK JVoting behavior
Carton 5SH 14ZK JTown files, A-Z
Carton 5SH 14ZK JPeople files, B-W
Carton 5SH 14ZK JGovernor, 1986 campaign
Carton 5SH 14ZK JExecutive Office of Environmental Affairs, 1973-74, Reorganization
Carton 5SH 14ZK JGovernor's Task Force on Metropolitan Development, 1974
Carton 6SH 14ZL KGardner Crime Commission, 1965-66
Carton 6SH 14ZL KGlobe Neighborhood series, 1967 (Back Bay)
Carton 6SH 14ZL KElderly affairs to 1970
Carton 6SH 14ZL KYouth: Children, Office of, youthful offenders, to 1970
Carton 6SH 14ZL KCrime Commission, 1960s
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston budget, 1964-69
Carton 6SH 14ZL KUrban renewal
Carton 6SH 14ZL KEthnic studies, 1967
Carton 6SH 14ZL KHouse - Reduction in size
Carton 6SH 14ZL KHousing in Boston, condominium conversion
Carton 6SH 14ZL KVolpe - sales tax proposal, 1964-69
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston Redevelopment Authority, 1966-2001
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston Society of Architects
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston State College
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston's 350th birthday, 1980 (Boston's Jubilee)
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston University
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston boundaries
Carton 6SH 14ZL KBoston - Browne Fund
Carton 7SH 14ZM LLawsuits
Carton 7SH 14ZM LBack Bay Association
Carton 7SH 14ZM LNorth End waterfront project
Carton 7SH 14ZM LState Taxes
Carton 7SH 14ZM LHigher education in New England
Carton 7SH 14ZM LRedistricting/reapportionment
Carton 7SH 14ZM LRepublican State Committee: Urban progress
Carton 7SH 14ZM LJohn W. Frenning
Carton 7SH 14ZM LRepublican town (ward) committees - by-laws
Carton 7SH 14ZM LBack Bay - Policing
Carton 7SH 14ZM LBeacon Hill - complaint
Carton 7SH 14ZM LMisc. bulletins and newsletters
Carton 7SH 14ZM LRepublican City Committee of Boston
Carton 7SH 14ZM LRepublican State Committee, misc., 1965-68
Carton 7SH 14ZM LRepublican City Committee - Boston republican platform
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPlanning and design development
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPolice - Studies
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPolice - Administration
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPatronage
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPay raises
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPayroll
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPension
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPersonnel (City of Boston)
Carton 7SH 14ZM LPinball machines
Carton 7SH 14ZM LBoston Parks and Recreation Department
Carton 7SH 14ZM LBoston's health and hospitals, building program
Carton 7SH 14ZM LBoston Licensing Board
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Housing Authority - Accounts, 1964, 1966
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Housing Authority, 1969-73
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Housing Authority
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Municipal Industrial Park
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Municipal Research Bureau
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAssessments
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAuditing
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAustin Block (Charlestown)
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBack Bay parking, 1981
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBay State Road, historic district
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBeacon Chambers
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston - problems, 1966-68
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBetter Boston - quality of life, services
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBlackstone Block
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBnai Brith project, Brighton
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBooth Parenting Home
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston, monograph, 1964
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Committee, Inc.
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Development Corporation
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Foundation
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston Garden
Carton 8SH 14ZN MBoston welfare - ABCD/anti-poverty
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAffirmative action
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAgenda for Boston, 1980
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAlcohol/bars
Carton 8SH 14ZN MAnimal control
Carton 8SH 14ZN MArchitects and engineers
Carton 8SH 14ZN M2 Arlington Street
Carton 8SH 14ZN MArmory - housing
Carton 8SH 14ZN MArson
Carton 8SH 14ZN MArt
Carton 8SH 14ZN MPolice
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLeague of Women Voters
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLegal services
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLegislation
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLibraries
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLicensing Board
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLights
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLinkage
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLiquidator - Dorchester Bay pollution
Carton 8SH 14ZN MMayor Menino
Carton 8SH 14ZN MMinimum wage law
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLiquid natural gas - transport
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLiteracy - "Read Boston"
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLiterary park
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLitter
Carton 8SH 14ZN MLong Island Hospital
Carton 8SH 14ZN MManagement - Boston
Carton 8SH 14ZN MMaps of Boston
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMassachusetts General Hospital - resident physician's house
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMedical Area Total Energy Plant
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMattapan Hospital
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMaxwell's Plum
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMayor Collins
Carton 9SH 14ZP O1980 - Mayor's reorganization
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMayor White
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMayor Flynn
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMinorities
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMission Hill - Medical center area
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMission Main tenants' task force
Carton 9SH 14ZP OModel cities
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMosque
Carton 9SH 14ZP OMunicipal Research Bureau
Carton 9SH 14ZP ONeighborhood development
Carton 9SH 14ZP OOffice of Neighborhood Improvement
Carton 9SH 14ZP ONeighborhood services
Carton 9SH 14ZP ONeighborhood youth corps
Carton 9SH 14ZP ONew England Legal Foundation
Carton 9SH 14ZP ONorth Station - UDAG
Carton 9SH 14ZP OBoston Marine Industrial Park
Carton 9SH 14ZP OParkman House
Carton 9SH 14ZP OParks - Boston
Carton 9SH 14ZP OO'Connell
Carton 9SH 14ZP O182 Tremont Street
Carton 9SH 14ZP OOrganization
Carton 9SH 14ZP OOverviews
Carton 9SH 14ZP OParking - resident parking
Carton 9SH 14ZP OParking
Carton 9SH 14ZP OParking tax
Carton 9SH 14ZP OParkman Fund
Carton 9SH 14ZP OBoston development and design
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCablevision
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCasa Maria Housing Corporation
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCemetery Division
Carton 9SH 14ZP OBoston - census/demographics
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCharlestown Navy Yard
Carton 9SH 14ZP OBoston - City charter reform
Carton 9SH 14ZP OChristopher Columbus Community Center
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCitizens' Housing and Planning Association
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCity Council
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCity Year
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCleary Square
Carton 9SH 14ZP ONeighborhood Development Program, 1981-82 (block grants)
Carton 9SH 14ZP OCommunity Development block grants
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PCommunity schools/centers
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PConservation and community
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PConstables
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PConstruction (municipal)
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PConsumers' Council
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PContinental Wingate (Kelton Street)
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PContracts and contracting
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PConvention and tourist bureau
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - condominiums
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - discrimination
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - homeless
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - infill
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - inspection, sanitary code violations
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - lodging houses
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - Chapter 121-A
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - Public housing/projects
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - rental housing
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHousing - rent control
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHub Motors, South End
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHuman rights, civil rights
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PHuman Rights Commission
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PInfrastructure
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PInspectional Services
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PIrish Social Club
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PJaywalking
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PJobs with Peace
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PL Street
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PLandmark Commission
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PLEAA
Carton 10SH 14ZQ PCopley Place
Carton 11SH 14ZR QC.O.P.E. (Coping with the Overall Pregnancy/Parenting Experience)
Carton 11SH 14ZR QVincent Corolla
Carton 11SH 14ZR QCorruption
Carton 11SH 14ZR QCorruption - Jack Williams
Carton 11SH 14ZR QCrime
Carton 11SH 14ZR QCurfew - closing parks
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDalton Street Hotel
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDesigner selection
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDistrict representation
Carton 11SH 14ZR QD.N.A. - Committee on Recombinant DNA Technology
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDorchester Bay
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDorchester Pottery Works
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDrugs
Carton 11SH 14ZR QDebit transfers
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEconomic development
Carton 11SH 14ZR QElders
Carton 11SH 14ZR QElection
Carton 11SH 14ZR QElection commissioner
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEmergency medical services
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEmployment/jobs in Boston
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEmployees (City)
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEmployment and economic policy administration
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEmployment (CETA)
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEnergy
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEnterprize zone
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEnvironment
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEnvironment Department
Carton 11SH 14ZR QEustis Street
Carton 11SH 14ZR QExpo Boston, 1975-76
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFair Housing Commission
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFenway Park - C.A.R.D.
Carton 11SH 14ZR QExchange Building - 53 State Street
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFinancial disclosures - City officials
Carton 11SH 14ZR Q46 Beacon Street - Rev. Moon
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFire Department
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFlood control
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFranklin Fund
Carton 11SH 14ZR QFranklin Park
Carton 11SH 14ZR QPornography
Carton 11SH 14ZR QPositive Program for Boston
Carton 11SH 14ZR QPrivate Industry Council
Carton 11SH 14ZR QProperty equalization
Carton 11SH 14ZR QProposition 2 ½ -- Boston
Carton 11SH 14ZR QProstitution
Carton 11SH 14ZR QPublic facilities
Carton 11SH 14ZR QPublic works
Carton 11SH 14ZR QQuality of life - Planning and design, Boston
Carton 11SH 14ZR QThe Quincy Complex
Carton 11SH 14ZR QRat control
Carton 11SH 14ZR QReal property
Carton 11SH 14ZR QRecycling, Hyde Park
Carton 11SH 14ZR QRedistricting
Carton 11SH 14ZR QReservoir Towers
Carton 11SH 14ZR QRestrooms
Carton 11SH 14ZR QResidency
Carton 11SH 14ZR QRetirement board
Carton 11SH 14ZR QRoslindale Square
Carton 11SH 14ZR QSt. Botolph
Carton 11SH 14ZR QSt. Gabriel's, Brighton
Carton 11SH 14ZR QSalaries
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchool committee
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchool superintendent
Carton 12SH 14ZS RCitizens for the Boston Schools
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - Parents
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchool Volunteers for Boston, Inc.
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - Partnerships
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - Head Start
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - "Behind the Numbers…"
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - Plans and proposals
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - Personnel
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - Exam schools
Carton 12SH 14ZS RSchools - surveys
Carton 12SH 14ZS RHigher Education
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Banking, insurance, credit
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Education
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Riot outlook
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Welfare
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Housing
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Jobs
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Legal aid
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Medicine
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Model cities
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Police
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGhetto - Potential community violence
Carton 12SH 14ZS RFreedom Trail
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGangs
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGarvey playground - lighting
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGavin House
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGreat Cities Conference
Carton 12SH 14ZS RGuns
Carton 12SH 14ZS RHandicapped
Carton 12SH 14ZS RHastings Street parcel
Carton 12SH 14ZS RHaymarket
Carton 12SH 14ZS RHealth care and hospitals, Boston
Carton 13SH 14ZT SHigh rise
Carton 13SH 14ZT SHouse 4362
Carton 13SH 14ZT SH.P. Hood
Carton 13SH 14ZT SHope House
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSchools - various folders and topics
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSeismic Advisory Committee
Carton 13SH 14ZT S17 F information [Boston City Council]
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSewer lines
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSidewalks
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSignage
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSmoke detectors
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSmoking
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSnow removal
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSouth Station
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSouthwest Corridor
Carton 13SH 14ZT SStreet furniture
Carton 13SH 14ZT SStreet numbers
Carton 13SH 14ZT SStreets - potholes, paving, etc.
Carton 13SH 14ZT SStudent intern program
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSuffolk County costs
Carton 13SH 14ZT SSummerthing
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTaxes
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTax-exempt institutions
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTaxicabs
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTent City
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTeradyne
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTheatre district
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTourism
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTransportation/traffic
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTrash disposal
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTreasurer's office
Carton 14SH 14ZU TTrees
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUnited Shoe Machinery Building
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUniversity of Massachusetts/Boston
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUrban Development Action Grant program
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUrban gardening
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUrban renewal
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUrban wilds
Carton 14SH 14ZU TUtilities
Carton 14SH 14ZU TVacant lots
Carton 14SH 14ZU TVandalism
Carton 14SH 14ZU TVilla Victoria
Carton 14SH 14ZU TVideo games
Carton 14SH 14ZU TVolunteer projects
Carton 14SH 14ZU TWatch groups
Carton 14SH 14ZU TWater and Sewer Commission
Carton 14SH 14ZU TWelfare
Carton 14SH 14ZU TWestland Avenue apartments -- Urban Development Action Grant
Carton 14SH 14ZU TG.R. White Fund
Carton 14SH 14ZU TYouth Activities Commission
Carton 14SH 14ZU TYouth Services Board
Carton 14SH 14ZU TZoning
Alphabetical files
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAbortion
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAdoption
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAlcoholism
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAnti-aid
Carton 15SH 17A7 RArtery/tunnel project
Carton 15SH 17A7 RArts
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAttorney general
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAudit/auditor
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAuditorium
Carton 15SH 17A7 RAuto insurance
Carton 15SH 17A7 RBanks
Carton 15SH 17A7 RBicycles
Carton 15SH 17A7 RBicycles
Carton 15SH 17A7 RBottle bill
Carton 15SH 17A7 RBudget - Massachusetts
Carton 15SH 17A7 RCampaign finance
Carton 15SH 17A7 RCapital funding
Carton 15SH 17A7 RCapital Planning, Division of
Carton 15SH 17A7 RCensus
Carton 16SH 17A8 SChildren's issues
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCivil service reform
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCommercial development
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCommission Against Discrimination
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCommonwealth Service Corps
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCommunity affairs
Carton 16SH 17A8 SConstitutional reform
Carton 16SH 17A8 SConsumer projection
Carton 16SH 17A8 SContracts/bids
Carton 16SH 17A8 SConvention Center Authority
Carton 16SH 17A8 SConventions, political
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCorrections
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCorruption
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCosmetology
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCounty government
Carton 16SH 17A8 SCrime
Carton 17SH 17A9 TCrime
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDay care
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDeath penalty
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDebt
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDevelopment
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDisabled
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDNA
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDrugs
Carton 17SH 17A9 TDrunk driving
Carton 17SH 17A9 TEarthquake
Carton 17SH 17A9 TEconomic growth
Carton 17SH 17A9 TEducation
Carton 18SH 17AA UEducation
Carton 18SH 17AA UElders
Carton 18SH 17AA UElection law
Carton 18SH 17AA UEmployment
Carton 19SH 17AB VEnergy
Carton 19SH 17AB VEnvironment
Carton 19SH 17AB VEthics
Carton 19SH 17AB VFederal
Carton 19SH 17AB VFees
Carton 19SH 17AB VFenway Park
Carton 19SH 17AB VFire
Carton 19SH 17AB VFishing
Carton 20SH 17AC WFood/agriculture
Carton 20SH 17AC WGambling
Carton 20SH 17AC WGhetto
Carton 20SH 17AC WGovernor's Council
Carton 20SH 17AC WGun control
Carton 20SH 17AC WHandicapped
Carton 20SH 17AC WHarbor/cleanup
Carton 20SH 17AC WHarbor islands
Carton 20SH 17AC WHippies
Carton 20SH 17AC WHistoric
Carton 20SH 17AC WHome rule
Carton 21SH 17AD XHousing
Carton 21SH 17AD XHuman services
Carton 21SH 17AD XIndustrial accidents
Carton 21SH 17AD XInitiative
Carton 21SH 17AD XInsurance
Carton 21SH 17AD XJudicial
Carton 21SH 17AD XKnives
Carton 21SH 17AD XLabor
Carton 21SH 17AD XLand bank
Carton 21SH 17AD XLegal system
Carton 21SH 17AD XLegislature
Carton 21SH 17AD XLibraries
Carton 21SH 17AD XLiteracy
Carton 21SH 17AD XLobbying
Carton 21SH 17AD XLocal aid
Carton 21SH 17AD XLottery
Carton 21SH 17AD XMarriage
Carton 22SH 17AE YMedical
Carton 22SH 17AE YMedicare
Carton 22SH 17AE YMegaplex
Carton 22SH 17AE YMental health
Carton 22SH 17AE YMetropolitan
Carton 22SH 17AE YMetropolitan District Commission
Carton 23SH 17AF ZMilitary
Carton 23SH 17AF ZMinorities
Carton 23SH 17AF ZMobile home
Carton 23SH 17AF ZMotion pictures
Carton 23SH 17AF ZParks and recreation
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPensions
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPersonnel/public employees
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPlanning/design
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPolice
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPolls
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPornography
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPort of Boston
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPrivatization
Carton 23SH 17AF ZPublic health
Carton 24SH 17AG -Public safety
Carton 24SH 17AG -Public works
Carton 24SH 17AG -Quality
Carton 24SH 17AG -Racing
Carton 24SH 17AG -Real estate
Carton 24SH 17AG -Registry
Carton 24SH 17AG -Regulations, mental health
Carton 24SH 17AG -Secretary of State
Carton 24SH 17AG -Separation of power
Carton 24SH 17AG -Sex offenders
Carton 24SH 17AG -Small business
Carton 24SH 17AG -Smoking
Carton 24SH 17AG -Social Services, Department of
Carton 24SH 17AG -Social Security
Carton 24SH 17AG -Stadium/arena
Carton 24SH 17AG -State/local relations
Carton 24SH 17AG -Suicide
Carton 24SH 17AG -Taxes
Carton 24SH 17AG -Telecommunications
Carton 24SH 17AG -Term limits
Carton 24SH 17AG -Tort
Carton 24SH 17AG -Tourism
Carton 24SH 17AG -Transportation
Carton 25SH 17AH .Transportation
Carton 25SH 17AH .Treasurer
Carton 25SH 17AH .Turnpike Authority
Carton 25SH 17AH .Two and one-half, Proposition
Carton 26SH 17AIVeterans
Carton 26SH 17AIWater Supply
Carton 26SH 17AIWelfare
Carton 26SH 17AIWhistle blowers
Carton 26SH 17AIWomen's issues
Carton 26SH 17AIYear 2000
Carton 26SH 17AIYouth services
Carton 26SH 17AIZoning/land use
Carton 26SH 17AIGovernor's Conference on the Environment, 1968
Carton 26SH 17AIJohn Sears' scrapbook on employment, etc.
Neighborhood files
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Allston-Brighton
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Back Bay
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Bay Village
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Beacon Hill
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Business district
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Charlestown
Carton 27SH 17AJ $City Hall Plaza
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Columbia Point
Carton 27SH 17AJ $Combat/Cultural Zone
Carton 28SH 17AK /Dorchester
Carton 28SH 17AK /Fenway
Carton 28SH 17AK /Hyde Park
Carton 28SH 17AK /Jamaica Plain
Carton 28SH 17AK /Kenmore Square
Carton 28SH 17AK /Mattapan
Carton 28SH 17AK /Mission Hill
Carton 28SH 17AK /North End
Carton 28SH 17AK /North Station
Carton 28SH 17AK /Park Plaza
Carton 28SH 17AK /Roslindale
Carton 28SH 17AK /Roxbury
Carton 28SH 17AK /South Bay
Carton 28SH 17AK /South Boston waterfront
Carton 28SH 17AK /South Cove/Chinatown
Carton 29SH 17AL +South Cove/Chinatown
Carton 29SH 17AL +South End
Carton 29SH 17AL +Waterfront
Carton 29SH 17AL +West End
Carton 29SH 17AL +West Roxbury
Carton 29SH 17AL +Campaign files
Carton 30SH 17AM %Boston City Council files, meetings; 1980
City Council meetings, minutes, memos, correspondence, reports, etc.
Carton 31SH 17AN 0Boston City Council files, meetings; 1981
City Council meetings, minutes, memos, correspondence, reports, etc.
Carton 32SH 17AP 2Boston City Council files, budget; 1980-1981
City Council files, topics
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3City Council, 1964-1967
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3City Council, 1979
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3City councilors' conference, 1980
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Boston financial, 1978
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Boston financial, 1980
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Rules, 1980
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Press releases, Aug. 1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Press releases, Sep. 1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Council staff
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Council committees, 1980-1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Committee on government finance
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Committee on public safety
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Budgets
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Correspondence, 1980-1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3City Council, 1982
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Auditor
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Parking violations bureau
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Debit transfers
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Budget, 1980-1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Tregor Crisis, 1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3School spending crisis, 1981
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Sears better budget, 1981-1982
Carton 33SH 17AQ 3Budget, 1982-1994
City Council files, topics
Carton 34SH 17AR 4School Committee/City dispute, 1981
Carton 34SH 17AR 4Tregor Crisis, 1981
Carton 34SH 17AR 4R. Flynn
Carton 34SH 17AR 4Menino transition
Carton 34SH 17AR 4Boston City Council - comedy
Carton 34SH 17AR 4Misc. City Council papers, 1981
Carton 34SH 17AR 4Transition, 1983-84: personnel, Flynn, org., appts., mayor's office
Carton 35SH 17AS 5Reports, studies, printed matter
Carton 36SH 17AT 6Reports, studies, printed matter
Carton 37SH 17AU 7Reports, studies, printed matter
Carton 38SH 17AV 8Reports, studies, printed matter
Carton 39SH 17AW 9Reports, studies, printed matter
Carton 40SH 17AX AReports, studies, printed matter
Carton 41SH 17RN AMetropoliton District Commission
Carton 41SH 17RN AMetropoliton District Commission
Carton 41SH 17RN ANewspaper clippings

Table of Contents

Preferred Citation

John W. Sears papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-

Organizations:
Boston (Mass.). -- Finance Commission.
Boston (Mass.) -- Officials and employees.
Metropolitan District Commission (Boston, Mass.).
Republican Party (Boston, Mass.). -- City Committee.
Republican Party (Mass.). -- State Committee.
Suffolk County (Mass.). -- Sheriff.

Subjects:
Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Parks -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Politicians -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1974.
Sheriffs -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County

Table of Contents

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Prepared by Katherine H. Griffin, Mar. 2003; Jan. 2004; Mar. 2004.
Revised 23 Mar. 2005
Encoded by Aimée Primeaux, Dec. 2004


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