This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Summary
The Nantucket Conservation Commission was established on 5 April 1963 as an official seven-member agency of the town of Nantucket, Mass. This collection includes records of the creation and early years of the commission and its efforts to protect the natural resources of the island, including the program proposal, meeting minutes, and correspondence concerning projects.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS75
- Title:
- Conservation Commission of Nantucket Records
- Date(s):
- 1961–1970
- Creator:
- Nantucket Conservation Commission.
- Extent:
- approximately 60 items
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Conservation Commission of Nantucket Records, Nantucket Historical Association.
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Related Collections
- MS284 Nantucket Conservation Foundation Records, Nantucket Historical Association.
Subject Headings
-
Topical Term
- Conservation of natural resources—Massachusetts—Nantucket—History—20th century.
- Environmental protection—Massachusetts—Nantucket.
- Nature conservation—Massachusetts—Nantucket.
- Land use—Massachusetts—Nantucket.
Biographical Information
In 1962, the Nantucket Conservation Committee was appointed by the Nantucket Civic League to explore forming a Municipal Conservation Commission based on the Department of Natural Resources’ Revised Manual for Municipal Conservation Commissions. The committee met with representatives of other island civic organizations to discuss the purposes, methods, and objectives of a conservation commission. With the support of those organizations, the committee submitted Articles 95 and 96 to the Town Warrant to establish and fund the Nantucket Conservation Commission. The articles were passed on 5 April 1963 and the commission was created as an official seven-member agency of the town of Nantucket, Mass. Its purpose is to promote, protect, and develop the natural resources of the island.
Scope and Content
This collection includes records of the early years of the Nantucket Conservation Commission and its efforts to protect the natural resources of Nantucket Island, including the program proposal, meeting minutes, and correspondence concerning bids, contracts, budgets, and discussion of projects such as brush removal and cattail control.
Contents
Folder 1 Nantucket Conservation Commission program proposal, 1961–1962
Includes the Department of Natural Resources’ Revised Manual for Municipal Conservation Commissions and the Nantucket Conservation Commission Program for Research and Work Planning and Articles 95 and 96 submitted to the Town Warrant.
Folder 2 Nantucket Conservation Commission minutes, 1962–1970
Folder 3 Nantucket Conservation Committee minutes, 1962, 1963
Folder 4 Correspondence, 1965–1967, 1970
Includes correspondence concerning bids, contracts, budgets, and discussion of projects such as brush removal and cattail control.
Processing Information
Finding aid by Ashley Miller, January 2023.