Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs administers and creates policy for the departments, commissions, and authorities concerned with the natural resources of Massachusetts.  The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) was established within the office to provide water supply services and sewerage collection, treatment, and services to areas of the Commonwealth served by MDC (St 1984, c 372, effective 1985).  Series records actions of its board of directors and finance committee from early meetings (Mar. 1985) through Dec. 1986.  Files contain agendas, minutes, memorandums, correspondence, reports, notes, and cost analysis documents.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically in reverse order
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Scope and Content: The Board of Conciliation and Arbitration is responsible for settling industrial disputes for the public and private sector pursuant to MGLA c 150.  Interest and grievance mediation case files are created by mediators attempting to resolve collective bargaining agreement or contract disputes, chiefly for municipal unions.  Decisions in these cases are not binding.  Arbitration case files are created by arbitrators interpreting collective bargaining agreements.  The arbitrator has the authority to compel adherence to these decisions.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Interest and grievance mediation case files (2) Grievance arbitration case files; Arranged within each subseries chronologically, thereunder by case number
Notes: Case files for 1974 are missing
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Scope and Content: St  1969, c 800, s 1 promulgated MGLA c 118E to administer in Massachusetts a joint state-federally funded program of medical care and assistance authorized by Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (P.L. 89-97). It was placed under the Commonwealth’s Dept. of Public Welfare (DPW), which was already responsible for various medical assistance programs for specific constituencies.  St 1993, c 161, s 17 placed the program, now commonly known as Medicaid, under a Division of Medical Assistance, Executive Office for Health and Human Services.
Restrictions: Personal medical information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111,s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
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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.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36.. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives by Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, Mass., Mar. 1999. Box 1: Annual reports, 1960-1976; monthly reports, 1962-1965. Box 2: Monthly reports, 1965-1975
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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.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. Public health hospital client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, c 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives by Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, Mass., Mar. 1999
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Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Consumer Affairs was established in 1969 as of 1971, and renamed Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Government Land Bank operated as an independent agency from 1975 to Dec. 1995, at which time it began doing business jointly with the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency as the Massachusetts Development Finace Agency.  The two agencies were officially merged under the latter name in 1998.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Minutes, 1975-1996; Arranged chronologically (2) Votes, 198- -199-; Arranged alphabetically by project
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Scope and Content: Middlesex County was incorporated on May 10, 1643 (Mass Recs 2:38), continuing under successive governments of Massachusetts, most recently the Commonwealth (1780), as outlined in MGLA c 34.  Administrative powers and duties previously exercised at various times under the laws of the Commonwealth by the county courts of general sessions of the peace, county courts of common pleas, and circuit courts of common pleas, were assigned to commissioners in Middlesex and other counties, per St 1827, c 77 (1828).  The government of Middlesex County in this and other respects was abolished as of the effective date of St 1997, c 48 (approved July 11, 1997)
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Minutes, 1910-1997  (2) Agendas, 1963-1997  (3) Agenda items, 1983-1997  (4) Sanatorium/hospital minutes, 1936-1996; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Subseries (1), 1910-1921 and subseries (4), 1936-1940, 1955-1957 extracted from: Orders ((M-Ar)2154X) Also known as: Proceedings
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Scope and Content: The task force was responsible for oversight of all energy development issues.  In performing its duties it reviewed legislation and reports, and recommended policy positions to the governor.  These meeting packets were created to document the decisions of the monthly meetings.  These were maintained by the governor’s cabinet coordinator to the task force.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The State Reform School for Girls was established in 1855 and opened in 1856 at Lancaster as the State Industrial School for Girls.  From 1911 until its closing in 1972 it was known as the Industrial School for Girls.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Deposited in the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, May 4, 1976.  Transferred to Archives, Novolumes 11, 1982
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