Dana F. Perkins, Inc. Surveying Records

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The Dana F. Perkins, Inc. Surveying Records consists of surveys, notebooks, and ancillary surveying documents from firms and individual surveyors acquired by the company, as well as some surveys created by Dana F. Perkins, Inc. The majority of items were created by W.A. Mason & Son, with the next largest group of items created by Fuller & Whitney (later William H. Whitney). Other surveyors with a significant number of materials are Charles D. Elliot, Dana E. Perkins, and Dana F. Perkins. The bulk of surveys date from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries and show property boundaries, structures, owners, planning, and infrastructure such as public transit and utilities. Most surveys are for towns in eastern Massachusetts, with Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville being the most heavily represented.