Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (1966) and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council (1980) were abolished and succeeded in their functions by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, effective 1990.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: The Hazardous Waste Facility Site Safety Council was an independent Massachusetts state agency responsible in conjunction with the Dept. of Environmental Management and the Dept. of Environmental Protection for overseeing siting of hazardous waste treatment facilities from 1980 to 1996.  Siting process as administered by the council included receiving and reviewing developer’s proposal and facilitating negotiations among developer and affected communities prior to the reaching of a siting agreement declared operative by the council.  Series was created to administer the general mission of the agency.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Reports, 1980-1993 (2) Correspondence, 1990-1996; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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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.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically
Restrictions: Restricted as fragile. Access by permission of state archivist or curator of Massachusetts Archives only
Notes: Chronological overlap among vols.;  Files for 1933-1935, 1943-1951, 1963-1970 lacking
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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 alphabetically by correspondent
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Scope and Content: The State Reform School was founded in 1847 and opened in 1848 at Westborough for the instruction, discipline, employment, and reform of male juvenile offenders in Massachusetts. It was renamed the Lyman School for Boys in 1884 and closed in 1972. Series consists of administrative files of the Lyman School, primarily of superintendent John Borys (1956-1964).
Restrictions: Youth services client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 120, s 21. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The committee was established by Governor Edward King (Exec. Order no. 159), to research and advise the governor on the disintegration of the American Family and its effect on children, and to educate the public by publicizing related issues.  These files were created to support that research and to document actions and recommendations of the committee.
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Scope and Content: The Advisory Council on Home and Family was established to investigate and research the laws of and activities in Massachusetts that affect the home and family, program development, and outreach in the area of family disintegration.  Administrative files are the working papers of the Council.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject (boxes 1-3)
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Art Commission is responsible for advisory approval of any Commonwealth plans relating to works of art or to the artistic character of its buildings, and for custody and care of works of art in the State House.  Series is created to administer these responsibilities.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Correspondence (2) Minutes (3) Subject files (4) Photographs
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Scope and Content: The commission, established in 1981 by  Governor Edward King (Exec Order 199), was responsible for planning the distribution of federal block grant funds among state agencies.  The administrative files are the working papers of the task force.  They include notices of appointments to the task force and related advisory committees; application requirements for grants awarded; implementation agendas and reports of advisory committees’ recommendations to the task force.  Grants are in the areas of education; social service; health centers; maternal and child health care services; alcohol, drug abuse and mental health services; and preventative health and health services.
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Scope and Content: The Division of Academic Affairs under the Board of Regents of Higher Education is responsible for formulating and implementing policies concerning academic programs, as well as for participating in systemwide planning for state colleges and universities and in other board functions.  Administrative files relate to policy-making activities of the division.  They contain correspondence, minutes, and memoranda from the Division of Academic Affairs and from other offices within the Board of Regents of Higher Education.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by committee
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