Part of: Massachusetts Reformatory for Women
Register of births, 1877-1937.
2 volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS9.06/516X
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
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Volume 1: 1877-1891. Volume 2: 1892-1937. Volume 2 includes: Register of children, 1931-1962 (see (M-Ar)517X)
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Part of: Massachusetts Reformatory for Women
Register of children, 1878-1962.
1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS9.06/517X
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
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Entries for 1931-1962 bound with: Register of births, volumes 2 ((M-Ar)561X)
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Part of: Massachusetts Reformatory Prison for Women
Register of children admitted to reformatory, 1874-1901.
1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS9.06/828X
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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Part of: Massachusetts State Board of Charity
Register of children placed out, 1869-1905.
35 volumes
Call no.: HS21/1637X
Scope and Content: The Board of State Charities from 1863 oversaw the Massachusetts state immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state’s charitable and correctional institutions. In 1866 the board appointed a visiting agent, under its secretary, to track and visit state wards sent out to indenture. The Visiting Agency was made a separate department within the board in 1869 to investigate applicants wanting to adopt or indenture children, approve placements, conduct visits of children that were adopted, indentured, or otherwise placed out, and provide ongoing follow-up. Visitation work was continued by the Dept. of Indoor Poor within the successor agencies the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity in 1879 and State Board of Lunacy and Charity in 1886 (through Division of State Minor Wards from 1898, carrying over into the State Board of Charity), and then by the State Board of Charity in 1898.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no
Notes: Contents (Volume numbers. assigned on basis of page numbering/gaps in paging): volumes 2–501-1000, volumes 3–1001-1500, volumes 4–1501-2000, volumes 6–2501-3000, volumes 7–3001-3500, volumes 8–3501-4000, volumes 10–4501-5000, volumes 11–5001-5500, volumes 13–6001-6500, volumes 16–7501-8000, volumes 17–8001-8500, volumes 19–9001-9500, volumes 22-24–10501-12000, volumes 27–13001-13500, volumes 29–14001-14500, volumes 30–14501-15000, volumes 32–15501-16000, volumes 33–16001-16500, volumes 35–17001-17500, volumes 36–17501-18000, volumes 38–18501-19000, volumes 39–19001-19500, volumes 41-44–20001-22000, volumes 46–22501-23000, volumes 48-53–23501-25500
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Part of: Bureau of State Office Buildings
Register of contracts awarded for state office furnishings, 1915-1920.
2 volumes
Call no.: AF5.01/1622X
Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1895, c 284 and RL 1902 c 10, s 17, the State House Commission approved state agency requisitions for and the sergeant-at-arms procured new furniture and fixtures for the State House and other state office buildings; they were succeeded in these functions in 1919 by the superintendent of buildings. Registers were created to record contracts awarded for procurement of such furnishings
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Volume 1, 1915-1918; Volume 2, 1918-1920
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Part of: Board of Registration in Medicine
Register of convictions for violating the Medical Practice Act, 1920-1932.
1 partial document box
Call no.: CA2.01/251X
Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Medicine, established in 1894, was placed within the Division of Registration (Dept. of Civil Service and Registration) in 1919. It was replaced by the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine as of 1976, renamed the Board of Registration in Medicine again in 1979.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Part of: Massachusetts Reformatory for Women
Register of deaths, 1908-1926.
1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS9.06/518X
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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Part of: Board of Registration in Dentistry
Register of dentists, 1887-1921.
1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: CA2.05/526
Scope and Content: The Board of Registration in Dentistry, established in 1887, was replaced by the Board of Dental Examiners in 1915, placed within the Division of Registration in 1919. It was replaced by the Board of Registration in Dentistry again in 1977.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Part of: Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity
Register of foundlings and dependent children, 1881-1884.
1 volume
Call no.: HS19/1632X
Scope and Content: The Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity, which had oversight of state charitable institutions, 1879-1886, was directed by St 1882, c 181 to receive orphaned, poor, or neglected children without local settlement committed to its care by the Massachusetts courts. Series provides summary statistics kept by Inspector of Charities F.B. Sanborn of such children served under the board. The volumes contains separate sections with information on those receiving services from the board’s Dept. of Outdoor Poor (foundlings and indigent children under the age of three, persons having children in charge) and from the Dept. of Indoor Poor (neglected and indigent children over the age of three).
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Part of: Massachusetts State Primary School (Monson, Mass.).
Register of incoming correspondence, 1879-1895.
6 volumes
Call no.: HS3.05/900X
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 offenders. Series was created to log incoming correspondence and track replies thereto.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of receipt
Notes: Spine title: Letter register
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