RG-05. Public Works Department

Scope and Contents The collection contains approximately 8,000 case files from 1870 to 1967 (only three files fall outside this range, from 1859, 1869, and 1969-1970, respectively). Each case file includes at minimum a viewers’ report, which is a standardized form listing assessments of damages and benefits. The majority of the files also include a plan of the improvement that indicates which properties are being assessed and identifies their owners. Other documents that are typically though not always...

Scope and Contents The Moore Park Pool and Bathhouse Cornerstone Collection includes project specifications and instructions to bidders; bulletins issuing revisions to the contract; and two drawings, one showing the location of the cornerstone and another showing the design of a P.W.A sign. The collection also includes a union card belonging to Edwin Hansen (superintendent of the project); a list of employees working at Moore Playground on Feb. 12, 1940; and a copy of the Feb. 12, 1940 edition of the...