Scope and Content: The Experimental School for Teaching and Training Idiotic Children conducted at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind from 1848 was incorporated by Massachusetts as the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth in 1850.  It was renamed Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in 1883 and Walter E. Fernald State School in 1925.
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Scope and Content: An orderly book, a collection of daily orders and court martial proceedings, was kept by the adjutant or clerk of each military unit (e.g., company, regiment, brigade) of the Continental Army or Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary War.  While not normally viewed as state public records, a few of those orderly books relating to Massachusetts units of the period have been deposited at various times with the state secretary
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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(1) Orderly book of Col. Samuel Gerrish’s Regiment, Apr. 27-July 12, 1775. Camp at Cambridge. Collection of orders signed by Samuel Osgood, brigade-major to Gen. Artemus Ward, and Lieut. Christian Febiger, regimental adjutant. Located in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War ((M-Ar)57X), v. 59, p. 575-651.

(2) Orderly book of Sgt. Maj. Amos Bailey, Col. Samuel Gerrish’s Regiment, July 17-22, 1775. Camp at Cambridge. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 59, p. 551 (i.e., 8 p.).

(3) Orderly book of Capt. Abijah Wyman’s Company, Col. William Prescott’s Regiment, July 7-Dec. 30, 1775. Camp at Cambridge. Presented by Henry P. Kendall, 37 Chestnut St., Brookline, Mass., date unknown. 1 v.

(4) Orderly book of Col. Loammi Baldwin’s (formerly Gerrish’s) Regiment, Jan. 1-Apr. 12, 1776. Camp at Cambridge, Boston, and New York. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 77 (i.e., entire volume).

(5) Orderly book of Col. Ephraim Wheelock’s Regiment, Aug. 18-Nov. 26, 1776. Regiment formed part of Brig. Gen. James Brickett’s Brigade of Massachusetts Militia, camp at Ft. Ticonderoga. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 75, p. 1 – 98.

(6) Orderly book of Capt. Jonathan Houghton’s Company, Col. Jonathan Smith’s Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, Aug. 9-26, 1776 (not continuous). Regiment formed part of Brig. Gen. John Fellows’s Brigade, camp on Long Island. Book kept by Cpl. Nathan Longely. Located in: Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War, v. 55, file I, p. 1-14.

(7) Orderly book of Capt. Samuel Sawyer’s Company, Col. Jonathan Smith’s Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, Aug. 22-Nov. 27, 1776. Regiment formed part of Brig. Gen. John Fellows’s Brigade, camp on Long Island and various points around New York City. Located in: Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 293, p. 124 (i.e., 197 p.).

(8) Orderly book of Enoch Titcomb, adjutant of Brig. Gen. Jonathan Titcomb’s Brigade of Massachusetts Militia, Aug. 8-Sept. 4, 1778. Camp at Providence and Rhode Island. Located in: Massachusetts archives collection, v. 327, p. 37 (i.e., 58 p.).

(9) Orderly book of Col. Rufus Putnam’s 5th Massachusetts Regiment, July 8-Oct. 17, 1779. Camp at West Point, Constitution Island, and various places in Westchester County, N.Y. Presented by Rev. Staples, July 19, 1891. 1 v.

(10) Orderly book of Col. John Crane’s 3rd Artillery Regiment, Jan. 27-Mar. 21, 1780. Camp at Morristown, N.J. 1 v.

(11) Orderly book of Lieut. John Davis, adjutant of Col. William Shepard’s 4th Massachusetts Regiment, May 27-July 11, 1782. Camp at Newburgh, N.Y. Cover title: Garrison orders, Highlands, Newburgh. 1 v.
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Scope and Content: As part of their function to supervise the waterways of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways of the Department of Public Works and its predecessors in this function (the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, to 1916, the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, 1916-1919, and the Department of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938) conducted surveys of rivers, ponds, and harbors.  Survey notebooks contain computations needed to map rivers.
Arrangement: Arranged by name of river or section
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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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Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: Massachusetts established the State Board of Labor and Industries in 1912 (effective 1913). It was replaced in 1919 by the Dept. of Labor and Industries, which was succeeded in 1996 by the Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872.  The State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing after its closing until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders.  The institutions managed an annual budget to sustain operations.  Attendant financial records include schedules of bills, listing expenditures for goods, services, and salaries by account monthly.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Spine title:  Schedule book. Contents: Oct. 1863-Oct. 1868.  Oct. 1868-June 1873.  Oct. 1878-Sept. 1887.
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Scope and Content: As the unit responsible for managing the governor’s scheduled time, the Governor’s Scheduling Office processes requests for that time and prepares the governor’s schedule and accompanying briefing packets.  Scheduling files document these activities. –Series includes files from terms of Christian Herter (1953-1957), Endicott Peabody (1963-1965), Francis Sargent (1969-1975), and Michael Dukakis (1975-1979) only.  For files from term of John Volpe (1965-1969) and additional Sargent files see: Massachusetts. Governor. Subject files ((M-Ar)366X).  For files from term of Edward King (1979-1983) see series of other gubernatorial agencies, and: Massachusetts. Governor (1979-1983 : King). Miscellaneous papers ((M-Ar)2615X).  From 1983 see: Daily schedules ((M-Ar)511)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term
Notes: Removed as created by Commissions Section, Apr. 1992. Also known in part as: MSD 1/751-752
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Scope and Content: The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, in the event of absence, disability, or death of the governor, performs all duties incumbent upon the chief executive, and has all of the constitutional powers vested in that office. Additionally, the lieutenant governor is a voting member of the Council and is delegated other responsibilities at the governor’s discretion (Const Pt 2, C 2, S 2).  Series is created to organize the lieutenant governor’s working schedule, including office appointments, public appearances on his/her own behalf or that of the governor, and private time. –Daily schedules only.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Schedules; Arranged chronologically by term. (2) Regrets; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Restrictions: Kerry files—resumes restricted: personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A (included with: Administrative files ((M-Ar)506), box 11). For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Boxes 1-3: Kerry. Box 4: Swift.  Box 5: Healey
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Scope and Content: The Boston Lunatic Hospital was established as a municipal agency in 1839; it was renamed Boston Insane Hospital in 1897.  It was made a Massachusetts state agency under the name Boston State Hospital in 1908 and closed in 1981.
Restrictions: Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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