Research


Scope and Content Note

Microfilmed records include proceedings of the governing boards and other records of the village of Watertown (incorporated 1847) and the city of Watertown (chartered 1869).

Included are minutes of the village board of trustees (1847-1856) and the city common council (1869-1950); common council resolutions, petitions, by-laws and ordinances, and other filed documents (various dates); minutes of the board of water commissioners or water works (1853-1918), and other documents retained by the department of public works; minutes of the board of police commissioners, later the board of public safety (1885-1919); minutes of the board of education (1865-1934); minutes of the board of health (1883-1919) and board of charities, which supervised the local hospital (1906-1919); contracts and agreements (1913-1950); claims against the city (1894-1950); and more recent reports and assorted documents.