Scope and Content: Cushing Hospital in Framingham, Mass., intended for the care and custody of elderly persons, was purchased by the Commonwealth from the federal government in 1955, opened in 1957 under the Dept. of Mental Health, transferred to the Dept. of Public Health in 1984, and closed in 1991. Round the Square as a hospital staff newsletter recorded messages from the superintendent, institutional news of general concern, as well as professional and volunteer activities and personal milestones of staff members.  It was preceded/succeeded by various other similar publications, 1979 and 1990, scattered numbers of which are filed with miscellaneous publications in: Annual reports with real property records and miscellaneous publications, 1947-1991 ((M-Ar)1318S).
Notes: Transferred to Archives by the Public Health Museum, Tewksbury, Mass., Mar. 2016. From Mar. 1988 subtitle reads: a publication for the employees of Cushing Hospital.  Holdings: Feb. 1982-Oct. 1989. Somewhat irregular, chiefly published monthly. Issues for 1981, Jan. 1982, Mar. 1983, and Jan.1985 lacking
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