Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583.  The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768).  It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits and works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities.  Series is created to review and approve development projects involving use of coastal resources, in accordance with the provisions of MGLA c 91 (Waterways), and to certify compliance with all state environmental policies.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality, thereunder by project code/year
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Scope and Content: The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed a Court Monitor in 1979 to administer court consent decrees relating to five state schools for the mentally retarded. In 1986 the responsibility was transferred to the gubernatorially established Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees. In 1993 oversight was transferred to a Governor’s Commission  on Mental Retardation, while specific quality assurance functions were placed under an Office of Quality Enhancement, Office of Quality Management, Dept. of Mental Retardation, which had taken over responsibility for the mentally retarded from the Dept. of Mental Health in 1986.
Notes: From the records of the Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, transferred to  Archives, 1994-2008. For details consult the Massachusetts Archives series control file.
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Scope and Content: Series lists names of southern recruits and the Massachusetts municipalities that received credit for them.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality
Notes: After the war, when the post of Provost Marshal had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of these records. A note ca. 1920 from Frederick W. Cross, military archivist, inside the front cover indicates that there were originally three volumes
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Scope and Content: Applications in this series were for these positions of assistant provost marshal. Most correspondence was sent to the governor or adjutant general and then forwarded to Provost Marshal Col. Joseph Day for review.  Applicants for the positions stated their qualifications and often included letters of recommendation.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically in reverse order
Notes: After the war, when the post of Provost Marshal had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of these records
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to federal act of July 4, 1864 and state General Order 27 of July 14, 1864, Massachusetts Gov. John Andrews appointed Provost Marshal Major Joseph M. Day to oversee southern recruiting to prosecute the war against the Confederacy. His duties were to receive daily reports of recruitment activities, correspond with municipal officials regarding city and town quotas, and report to the governor on a weekly basis. Five assistant provost marshals were appointed for specific southern recruiting locations.
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Scope and Content: Series describes recruits from southern states and indicates how they were to be credited towards the Massachusetts recruiting quota, apportioning them among the state’s cities and towns. FIve of the volumes are organized by recruiting location, then by enrollment date; the first is a general list of all recruits with credit assigned to particular municipalities. Information on each recruit includes name, age, physical description, occupation, date of enlistment of the recruit, and military unit to which attached.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of enlistment
Notes: After the war, when the post of Provost Marshal had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of these records
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to federal act of July 4, 1864 and state General Order 27 of July 14, 1864, Massachusetts Gov. John Andrews appointed Provost Marshal Major Joseph M. Day to oversee southern recruiting to prosecute the war against the Confederacy.  The provost marshal’s duties were to receive daily reports of recruitment activities, correspond with municipal officials regarding city and town quotas, and report to the governor on a weekly basis. The federal Draft Act of 1863 allowed the practice of employing substitutes, and provost marshals were involved in matching individuals purchasing substitutes with corresponding recruits. Five assistant provost marshals were appointed for specific southern recruiting locations.
Arrangement: Arranged by serial no
Notes: After the war, when the post of Provost Marshal had lapsed, the Adjutant’s General’s Office had custody of these records
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Scope and Content: Information for each recruit includes enlistment date and municipality that received credit towards its quota. At the back of the volume are reports of officers who commanded the various naval rendezvous vessels giving recruit information for the given time period, including names of substitutes, principals, date of enlistment, and place credited. Series should be used in conjunction with: List of representative recruits, 1864-1865 ((M-Ar)429X);  Lists of draft substitutes by district, 1863-1865 ((M-Ar)427X); and: Massachusetts. Adjutant General’s Office. Naval enlistment rolls, 1862-1865 ((M-Ar)462X).
Arrangement: Arranged by provost marshal district
Notes: After the war, when the post of Provost Marshal had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of these records. Spine title: Naval enlistments by pro. mar
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to federal act of July 4, 1864 and state General Order 27 of July 14, 1864, Massachusetts Gov. John Andrews appointed Provost Marshal Major Joseph M. Day to oversee southern recruiting to prosecute the war against the Confederacy. His duties were to receive daily reports of recruitment activities, correspond with municipal officials regarding city and town quotas, and report to the governor on a weekly basis. Five assistant provost marshals were appointed for specific southern recruiting locations.  As most soldiers recruited in the south by Massachusetts were African-Americans, they were usually assigned to United States Colored Troops regiments, especially the 21st, 37th, 38th, 43rd, 50th, 58th, 71st, 73rd, 103rd, 128th, 5th heavy artillery and 3rd cavalry.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically in reverse order
Notes: After the war, when the post of Provost Marshal had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of these records
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to federal act of July 4, 1864 and state General Order 27 of July 14, 1864, Massachusetts Gov. John Andrews appointed Provost Marshal Major Joseph M. Day to oversee southern recruiting to prosecute the war against the Confederacy. His duties were to receive daily reports of recruitment activities, correspond with municipal officials regarding city and town quotas, and report to the governor on a weekly basis. Five assistant provost marshals were appointed for specific southern recruiting locations.
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