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Annual reports [Northampton State Hospital (Mass.).]

Part of: Northampton State Hospital (Mass.).

Annual reports, 1856-1967.

1 document box, 2 pamphlet boxes, and 5 volumes
Call no.: HS7.08/1318

Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton was established by Massachusetts in 1855 and opened in 1858.  It was successively renamed Northampton Lunatic Hospital in 1862, Northampton Insane Hospital in 1898, and Northampton State Hospital in 1906.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 21. Reports for 1909, 1923-1925, 1942-1951, 1962 missing
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Annual reports [Paul A. Dever State School (Taunton, Mass.).]

Part of: Paul A. Dever State School (Taunton, Mass.).

Annual reports, 1953-1967.

1 document box
Call no.: HS14.05/1318

Scope and Content: The Myles Standish State School was established by Massachusetts in 1950 and opened in Taunton in 1952.  It was renamed the Paul A. Dever State School in 1959.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Report for 1963 missing
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Annual reports [Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind]

Part of: Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind

Annual reports, 1851-1924.

8 pamphlet boxes
Call no.: HS3.10/1318

Scope and Content: The New England Asylum for the Blind was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1829; it opened in Boston in 1832 as the New England Institution for the Blind.  It was successively renamed the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind in 1839, the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind in 1877, and the Perkins School for the Blind in 1955.  The institution relocated in Watertown in 1912.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
NotesPublic document, no. 27. Reports for 1852-1856, 1897-1898, 1900 missing.
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Annual reports [Taunton State Hospital (Mass.).]

Part of: Taunton State Hospital (Mass.).

Annual reports, 1854-1966.

1 document box, 2 pamphlet boxes, and 4 volumes
Call no.: HS7.09/1318

Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton was established by Massachusetts in 1853 and opened in 1854.  It was successfully renamed Taunton Lunatic Hospital in 1862, Taunton Insane Hospital in 1898, and Taunton State Hospital in 1909.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 22. Reports for 1942-1950, and 1962 are missing
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Annual reports [Temporary Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners (Dedham, Mass.).]

Part of: Temporary Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners (Dedham, Mass.).

Annual reports, 1876-1881.

partial pamphlet box
Call no.: HS9.15/1318

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Report for 1877 missing
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Annual reports [Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary]

Part of: Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary

Annual reports, 1854-1953.

1 document box, 1 pamphlet box, and 6 volumes
Call no.: HS6.11/1318

Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Tewksbury was opened by Massachusetts in 1854.  It was successively renamed the State Hospital in 1900, the State Infirmary in 1911, Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary in 1939, and Tewksbury Hospital in 1958.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 26. Reports for 1900-1901, 1937, 1940 missing
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Annual reports [Walter E. Fernald State School]

Part of: Walter E. Fernald State School

Annual reports, 1847-1973.

4 volumes and 2 document boxes
Call no.: HS14.02/1318

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 the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in 1883 and the Walter E. Fernald State School in 1925.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Volume 1: 1847, 1852-1858, 1860-1865. Volume 2: 1866-1878, 1880-1884. Volume 3: 1885-1901. Volume 4: 1902-1924.  Box 1: 1859, 1879, 1925-1941, 1952-1958, 1960. Box 2: 1961-1970, 1973. Public document, no. 28.  (1870-1940)
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Annual reports [Worcester State Hospital (Mass.).]

Part of: Worcester State Hospital (Mass.).

Annual reports, 1834-1953.

1 document box, 5 pamphlet boxes, and 5 volumes
Call no.: HS7.11/1318

Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester was established by Massachusetts in 1832 and opened in 1833.  It was successively renamed Worcester Lunatic Hospital in 1862, Worcester Insane Hospital in 1898, and Worcester State Hospital in 1909.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 23. Reports for 1863-1870, 1909, 1911-1912, 1942-1952 are missing. Duplicate copies of bound reports for 1832-1850 included
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Annual reports with real property records and miscellaneous publications [Cushing Hospital]

Part of: Cushing Hospital

Annual reports with real property records and miscellaneous publications, 1947-1991 (Bulk: 1958-1985).

2 document boxes
Call no.: HS6.20/1318

Scope and Content: Cushing Hospital in Framingham, Mass. was purchased by the Commonwealth from the federal government in 1955, opened in 1957 under the Dept. of Mental Health (DMH), transferred to the Dept. of Public Health in 1984, and closed in 1991.
Arrangement: In two subseries, each arranged chronologically
Notes: Reports for 1982 and 1985 (printed) and other items transferred to Archives by the Public Health Museum, Tewksbury, Mass., No volumes 2015 and Mar. 2016. Box 1: annual reports: 1958-1974, 1976, 1982, 1985. Box 2: real property records and miscellaneous publications
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Annual reports, [Westborough State Hospital (Mass.).]

Part of: Westborough State Hospital (Mass.).

Annual reports, 1885-1968.

1 document box, 2 pamphlet boxes, and 3 volumes
Call no.: HS7.04/1318

Scope and Content: Westborough Insane Hospital was established by Massachusetts in 1884 and opened in 1886.  It was renamed Westborough State Hospital in 1909.
Notes: Public document, no. 30. Reports for 1941-1950, 1955, 1962 are missing
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