Records, 1892-1984 (bulk 1892-1951).

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Records, 1892-1984 (bulk 1892-1951).

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City Council orders concerning park maintenance and upkeep and Dept. financial and other matters (1892-1900; 1932-1939 and 1946-1951). Preservation copies of scrapbooks (brittle originals discarded) containing newspaper clippings of Recreation Division activities (ca. 1956-1966; ca. 1973-1976 and ca. 1977-1981).

3 boxes.

Cambridge Historical Commission

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SNAC Resource ID: 8062807

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Cambridge (Mass.). Recreation Commission

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Cambridge (Mass.). Recreation Division

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Cambridge Park Commission (also known as the Cambridge Park Dept.) was established in 1892, with a Board of Park Commissioners. It was formed to construct and maintain city parks. Around 1905, recreation activities were added to the responsibilities of the Park Commission. It hired landscape architect Charles Eliot and his firm Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot to improve existing parks and plan new ones in poorer neighborhoods. The city acquired Donnelly Field in East Cambridge, Rindge Field in North...

Cambridge Park Commission

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Cambridge (Mass.). City Council

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