Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates was established in 1889 and opened in Foxborough in 1893.  It was renamed Foxborough State Hospital in 1905.  Norfolk State Hospital was established in 1912 as a colony of Foxborough State Hospital.  It acquired its own board of trustees in 1914, receiving Foxborough inebriate patients.  The Norfolk facility was not used as a state hospital after 1919.
Arrangement: In  two subseries: (1) Case files (2) Postcards, 1906-1919; Arranged within each subseries alphabetically by patient
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Postcards separated from case files, Mar. 1993
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