Series Information
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
(General File)
1875-1979
S42
Series Description
Correspondence, reports, bids, contracts, legal opinions,
agreements, financial accounts, maps, plats, and drawings
relating to matters considered by the board. The files provide
background information for actions taken by the board and
document follow-up activities. Earliest files, 1875-1914,
arranged chronologically. Except for the State Industrial
Commission files, records from 1915-1927 not extant. Within
overlapping periods of time, each of the six sets of files dating
from 1928 is arranged alphabetically by government agency,
project, topic, individual, or company. Other files in [MSA
T378], not fully processed. See also Agreements and Contracts
File series [MSA S41], Bond Issues series [MSA S36], Meeting File
series [MSA S44], and Plats and Plans File [MSA S39]. Indexed in
MARYLAND INDEXES Board of Public Works Records, Index [MSA
S1473]. Described in The Maryland Board of Public Works: A
History. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1984.