Scope and Content: Three successive provincial congresses (1774-1775) served as the government of Massachusetts in opposition to the governor and council appointed by the English Crown.  Series consists of public documents relating to their affairs, as transcribed or referenced in the congresses’ journals ((M-Ar)1704X)
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Scope and Content: The Superior Court of Judicature was created by the Massachusetts General Court in 1692, having cognizance of all pleas involving real or personal property, pleas to which the English Crown was a party, and all matters relating to conservation of the peace and punishment of offenders.  Series consists of public documents created during the provincial and later Revolutionary periods (1692-1774, 1775-1780) that deal with judicial matters (i.e., testimonies, depositions, writs, warrants, and bonds) not already specifically identified with the Council in its judicial capacity or otherwise dealing with divorce petitions or matters of probate and thus identified with the General Court.
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Scope and Content: Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor was the site since 1736 of various hospital and other charitable institutions administered and funded alternately or jointly by Massachusetts and Boston.  In 1854 a hospital for sick state paupers opened there, first under the auspices of the Board of Alien Commissioners and then from 1863 under that of the Board of State Charities; it was also used as a military hospital from 1864 and closed in 1866.
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Scope and Content: Files include a history of the RCB, 1962-1972, and draft versions of this history written by Hale with 1976 updates; memorandums concerning legislation allowing the appointment of records liaison officers to assist with disposition of records; notices of destruction of records; press releases and newspaper articles promoting the RCB; a data reduction summary for 1965 with a cost benefit analysis; memorandums,  correspondence, and speeches concerning microfilming standards; and memorandums concerning destruction of records after microfilming.
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Scope and Content: The Records Conservation Board is responsible for approving the disposition of all state records except those created by the legislative and judicial branches of government.  Series is created to record the board’s decisions concerning disposition schedules and requests for destruction or transfer permission submitted by agencies and records analysts.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Box 1: 1962-1985. Box 2: 1986-2004. Box 3: 2005-2008
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Scope and Content: Responsibility for water delivery and sewer systems in the Boston metropolitan area has been successively that of the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901) and Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (1889-1901); Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); Water and Sewerage Divisions, Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985); and Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (since 1985)
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: From 1837 to 1919 the Board of Education had general supervision of public schools and normal schools (teachers colleges) in Massachusetts.  Horace Mann served as board secretary from 1837 to 1848.  Series includes board minutes (in draft–for record minutes see: Massachusetts. Dept. of Education. Board minutes ((M-Ar)1504)) recording appointment and resignation of Mann as secretary, and letters from Mann to board members and others relating to his work.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Board of State Charities had oversight of charitable and correctional institutions in Massachusetts from 1863 to 1879.  Series consists of volumes compiled in the board secretary’s office (F.B. Sanborn, secretary).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically within each volume
Notes: (1) No volumes 18, 1863-Dec. 22, 1864. (2) May 4, 1864-Sept. 7, 1864. (3) July 28, 1864-Aug. 2, 1865. (4) Oct. 1, 1864-Sept. 20, 1865
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Scope and Content: The Psychopathic Dept. of Boston State Hospital was established in 1912.  It became Boston Psychopathic Hospital in 1920; that was renamed Massachusetts Mental Health Center in 1956.
Notes: Title from transcript
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Scope and Content: The Office of State Planning was formed in 1975 (along with the Management Bureau) by splitting into two units the Office of State Planning and Management of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance.  It became the Governor’s Development Office ca. 1979, was renamed Governor’s Office of Economic Development ca. 1983, and was terminated by 1991.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term, thereunder by region
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