Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872.  Per St 1872, c 45, s 3, a few adult paupers (nearly all women) were allowed to remain or be admitted after its closing as inmates of the State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing until 1895.  St 1855, c 366 required an annual report of births by the institution superintendent (in lieu of the town clerk) to the state secretary, based on this series, continued after the almshouse closed.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth serves on the Council, chairing it in the governor’s absence, and serves as acting governor as required.  Other duties are performed at the governor’s discretion, including direction of the Blueprint 2000 project, created during the last term of Michael Dukakis (1987-1991) under Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, to identify future Commonwealth problems and to propose solutions to them through analysis of data collected from a variety of citizens.  Administration subject files were created to coordinate collection and analysis of such data by various subcommittees.
Arrangement: In five subseries: (1) Economic issues  (2) Education  (3) Human support  (4) Physical environment; (5) Administration. Arranged within each subseries alphabetically by subject
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Scope and Content: The lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth serves on the Council, chairing it in the governor’s absence, and serves as acting governor as required.  Other duties are performed at the governor’s discretion, including direction of the Blueprint 2000 project, created during the last term of Michael Dukakis (l987-1991) under Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, to identify future Commonwealth problems and to propose solutions to them through analysis of data collected from a variety of citizens.  Final report files include that analysis in the form of subcommittee reports, although no overall final report was produced.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
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Scope and Content: The lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth serves on the Council, chairing it in the governor’s absence, and serves as acting governor as required.  Other duties are performed at the governor’s discretion, including direction of the Blueprint 2000 project, created during the last term of Michael Dukakis (l987-1991) under Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, to identify future Commonwealth problems and to propose solutions to them through analysis of data collected from a variety of citizens.  Hearing files were created to collect and analyze testimony at various regional meetings.
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Scope and Content: The lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth serves on the Council, chairing it in the governor’s absence, and serves as acting governor as required.  Other duties are performed at the governor’s discretion, including direction of the Blueprint 2000 project, created during the last term of Michael Dukakis (l987-1991) under Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, to identify future Commonwealth problems and to propose solutions to them through analysis of data collected from a variety of citizens.  Municipal questionnaires constitute much of this data.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality
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Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Nurses, established in 1910 to regulate nursing practice and education in Massachusetts, was renamed the Board of Registration in Nursing in 1941.  At that time was an Approving Authority for Schools for Nurses and School for Attendants (Practical Nurses as of 1953), with overlapping membership with the board. The authority was abolished and its functions passed to the board as of 1961.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Contents: –Box 1–Approving Authority minutes, 1941-1960. Index to minutes, 1948-1960. Lists of survey and consultation visits, 1948-1960. Statistics for nursing schools (student enrollment, state board examination results), 1940-1965. Box 2–Board minutes, 1970-1979. Board meeting files, 1981-1982, 1985. Box 3–Board meeting files, 1986-1987 (Jan.-Apr.) Box 4–Board meeting files, 1987 (May-July, Sept.-Dec.), 1988. Box 5–Special files: Administrative and Legislative Committee, 1982. Complaint Committee, 1989-1991. Advisory Council on Continuing Education, 1978-1980. Nursing Education Committee, 1982. Continuing Education Advisory Council, 1982-1987. Board executive sessions, 1977-1985.  Nursing Practice Committee, 1982.  Nursing Practice Advisory Committee, 1991-1992. Task Force for Review of Regulations Governing Schools of Professional Nursing, 1978-1980. Regulation files, 1956-1980
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Scope and Content: The Commissioners of Prisons were established pursuant to St 1870, c 370.  As reconstituted under St 1879, c 294, they were also known as the Board of Commissioners of Prisons.  They were succeeded in turn by the Board of Prison Commissioners (St 1901, c 364), the Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons (St 1916, c 241), and the Dept. of Correction (St 1919, c 350, s 82)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Volume 1: May 3, 1879-Dec. 12, 1884. Volume 2: Dec. 30, 1884-Apr. 10, 1888. Volume 3: Apr. 17-June 26, 1888
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Scope and Content: The Board of Education was established in 1837.  It was replaced in 1919 by the Dept. of Education under the control of the Advisory Board of Education, which was superseded by the Board of Education (not to be confused with the earlier body of that name) in 1947.
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Agriculture (1852) was successively replaced by the State Dept. of Agriculture (1918), the Dept. of Agriculture (1919), and the Dept. of Food and Agriculture (1975)
Arrangement: 1954-1990: Arranged chronologically. Arranged in reverse chronological order
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Special Collections, Massachusetts State Library, Feb. 13, 1996. Files incomplete
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Environmental Management has general care and oversight of the natural resources of the Commonwealth and adjacent waters, develops policies for their management, and administers parks and historic sites that have come under its jurisdiction.  The Board of Environmental Management (established as the Board of Natural Resources per St 1953, c 631, s 1, and renamed by St 1975, c 706, s 36) establishes policies and approves programs to be implemented by the department (MGLA c 21, s 2).  Series is created as a record of discussions and policy decisions made by the board.
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