Part of: Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
Annual reports, 1843-1968.
7 pamphlet boxes and 80 volumes
Call no.: HS6.07/1318
Scope and Content: From 1917 the vital statistics unit of the state secertary’s office was referred to as the Division of Vital Statistics or Vital Statistics Division. In 1964 its personnel were transferred to the Department of Public Health, currently functioning as the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics (Division of Health Statistics and Research).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Published to 1916 by the Office of the Secretary of State under various titles. Published from 1917 as: Annual report on the vital statistics of Massachusetts. Published from 1964 by the Department of Public Health currently by its Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
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Part of: Massachusetts State Board of Charity
Annual reports, 1899-1919.
33 volumes
Call no.: HS21/1318
Scope and Content: In 1898 the State Board of Lunacy and Charity in Massachusetts was divided into the State Board of Insanity and the State Board of Charity. The latter was succeeded by the Dept. of Public Welfare in 1919.
Arrangement: In two sub-series: (1) Annual reports. (2) Annual reports of state institutions
Notes: Public document, no. 17
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Part of: Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity
Annual reports, 1879-1885.
6 volumes
Call no.: HS19/1318
Scope and Content: The State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity was established in Massachusetts in 1879, replacing the State Board of Health and the Board of State Charities. In 1886 the State Board of Health was reinstated as a separate agency, the remainder of the larger board now being known as the State Board of Lunacy and Charity.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 17. Holdings: 1879-1882, 1884-1885 (no. 1-4, 6-7); 1883 (no. 5) lacking. Supplementary volumes relating to public health topics are cataloged with the annual reports of the State Board of Health ((M-Ar)HS6)
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Part of: Massachusetts State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Annual reports, 1886-1898.
26 volumes
Call no.: HS20/1318
Scope and Content: The State Board of Lunacy and Charity was established in Massachusetts in 1886, the result of detaching the public health function from the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity, and reinstating the State Board of Health as a separate entity. In 1898 it was in turn divided into the State Board of Insanity and the State Board of Charity.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Annual reports. (2) Annual reports of institutions
Notes: Public document, no. 17
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Part of: Massachusetts State Industrial School for Girls (Lancaster, Mass.).
Annual reports, 1856-1878.
1 volume
Call no.: HS8.02/1318
Scope and Content: The State Reform School for Girls, established in Massachusetts in 1855, was renamed the State Industrial School for Girls in 1856 and opened at Lancaster in 1857. It was known as the Industrial School for Girls from 1911 and closed in 1973.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Part of: Massachusetts State Primary School (Monson, Mass.).
Annual reports, 1854-1878.
1 volume
Call no.: HS3.05/1318
Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the State Almshouse at Monson was opened in Massachusetts in 1854 and closed in 1872. The State Primary School opened there in 1866 and remained in operation until 1895.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Part of: Massachusetts State Prison
Annual reports, 1829-1899.
Not available
Call no.: HS9.01/1318
Scope and Content: The State Prison at charlestown, Boston, was opened in 1805 as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed, and the inmates were kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by a new facility at Walpole in the mid-1950s.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 13. Reports for 1851, 1879, 1881, 1882-1885, 1888-1898 missing. Reports to 1850 have title: Documents relating to the State Prison
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Part of: State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board
Annual reports, Not available.
1 document box
Call no.: EN2.01/1318
Scope and Content: The Drainage Board, established in 1918, was successibely renamed the State Reclamation Board in 1923 and the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Part of: Massachusetts State Reform School (Westborough, Mass.).
Annual reports, 1847-1877.
4 volumes and partial document box
Call no.: HS8.05/1318
Scope and Content: The State Reform School was opened in Massachusetts at Westborough in 1847. It was renamed the Lyman School for Boys in 1884 and closed in 1972.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Part of: Massachusetts State Sanatorium (Rutland, Mass.).
Annual reports, 1897-1909.
1 pamphlet box
Call no.: HS6.06/1318
Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptives and Tubercular Patients was established in 1895 and opened at Rutland in 1898. It was successively renamed the Massachusetts State Sanatorium in 1900, Rutland State Sanatorium in 1910, Rutland Hospital in 1963, and after the move to a new facility, Rutland Heights Hospital in 1965.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 61
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