Scope and Content: Metropolitan State Hospital opened in Waltham, Mass. in 1930 and was closed in 1992. Appropriations for a segregated children’s unit at the hospital were made as early as 1946 (St 1946, c 309, item 1701-13; see also St 1946, c 491). In 1954 a William C. Gaebler Children’s Unit was formally established, known some time after 1969 as the Gaebler Children’s Center. It was responsible for providing residential care and treatment to mentally ill children of Massachusetts under the age of sixteen. Psychological test data case files were created to diagnose the nature of mental illness of children who were hospital patients.
Arrangement: In two sequences: (1) 1946 (bx 1); (2) 1947-1992 (bx 2-24) Arranged within each sequence alphabetically by patient name
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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