Scope and Content: The State Primary School, opened at the State Almshouse at Monson in 1866 and continuing after the almshouse’s closing in 1872 until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offender.  Inmates were paid for farm work at the school and some received other financial contributions.  Series records funds received for inmates each month (amount of new check, amount received) and amount paid out to them.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by inmate, thereunder chronologically by month
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Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877.  It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24.  Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case number
Notes: Spine title: History of inmates
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Dept. of Correction is responsible for administering the state correctional system and providing custodial and rehabilitative services to persons sentenced to state correctional institutions. Inmate case files consist of records submitted to or created by the Dept. of Correction and predecessors, also the Parole Board and its predecessors, primarily concerning oversight of parole, probation, and classification.
Arrangement: In roughly chronological sequences, thereunder alphabetically
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Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877.  It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24.  Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case no
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. Boxes 7-8: Contents have been treated for mold and now specially encased; volumes in third carton originally intermixed. Should only be removed from vault for brief periods in dry weather. Protective mask strongly recommended. For conditions of access consult repository 
Notes: Spine title varies: Register; Receiving book. Registers for inmates 1-275, 900-1057, 2235-2315, 8600-8899, 15801-16100, 17301-17600, 20301-2600, 21501-21800 lacking
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Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877.  It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24.  Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, established in 1877, opened in 1878 as Danvers Lunatic Hospital. It was renamed Danvers Insane Hospital in 1898 and Danvers State Hospital in 1909. It was closed in 1992.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Female admissions  (2) Male admissions; Arranged within each subseries chronologically by admission date
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Volume 1: Female, Oct. 1903-Sept. 1909. Volume 2: Female, Oct. 1909-November 1917. Volume 3: Male, Oct. 1903-Sept. 1909. Volume 4: Male, Oct. 1909-November 1917. Reel GSU 493: volumes 1-2.  Reel GSU 494: volumes 3-4
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Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, established in 1877, opened in 1878 as Danvers Lunatic Hospital.  It was renamed Danvers Insane Hospital in 1898 and Danvers State Hospital in 1909. It was closed in 1992.
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The Temporary Asylum for the Chronic Insane (known also as the Asylum for the Chronic Insane) was established in Worcester in 1877.  It was successively renamed Worcester Insane Asylum in 1887, Worcester State Asylum in 1909, and (when moved) Grafton State Hospital in 1915.  The institution closed in 1974.
Arrangement: Arranged by inpatient registration no
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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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.
Arrangement: Arranged by registration no. (chronologically assigned)
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: Medfield Insane Asylum was established in 1892 and opened in 1896.  It was renamed Medfield State Asylum in 1909 and Medfield State Hospital in 1914.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically by inpatient registration no. (chronologically assigned) in two sequences: 1-160 (1896-1935); A1-138, A107A (1903-1948)
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Includes files for registration no. 1-8018, 34-11679. Containers labeled with obsolete series designation: 30
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