Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Scope and Content: The Industrial School for Boys at Shirley provided instruction and reformatory treatment for delinquent boys in Massachusetts aged fifteen or older, from 1909 to 1972.  Cash account book shows funds received for and disbursed to school inmates.  Information includes date, inmate name, amounts of receipt and disbursement.  There are also periodic totals of money spent for newspapers and candy.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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 on Rules is generally in charge of procedural matters for the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts General Court, and considers all matters referred to it.  In 1906 the committee was responsible for investigating and adjudicating charges affecting the integrity of House members, after bribery charges were made in connection with votes on an amendment to the “Bucket Shop Bill” relating to gambling places.  Series, which documents the committee’s investigation, contains draft reports, statements, motions, letters, memorandums, notes, and newsclippings.
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Scope and Content: The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge.  Series was created to plan actual bridge construction.
Arrangement: Arranged by bridge part
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Scope and Content: The Division of Legal Medicine was established in 1956 to provide psychiatric services to courts and correctional institutions and to ensure that persons who came into contact with the criminal justice system received needed mental health care.  St 1967, c 620 established special procedures whereby persons confined at Bridgewater State Hospital pursuant to then MGLA c 123, ss 51, 103-105 (cf. since 1970, ss 5-6, 18), could petition for hearings relative to their confinement.  Bridgewater judicial transfer files were created by the Division of Legal Medicine in the course of carrying out its responsibility for coordinating the transfer of those who, as a result of a judicial hearing, were to be transferred from Bridgewater, a maximum security facility, to other state hospitals for the mentally ill.
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: As the unit responsible for managing the governor’s scheduled time, the Governor’s Scheduling Office prepares these daily briefing packets for the governor, developed from an automated system.
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Scope and Content: Bristol County Hospital, formerly known as Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital, one of the Massachusetts county institutions established for the treatment of tuberculosis in accordance with MGLA c 111, ss 78-90, was closed pursuant to St 1968, c 487, which abolished the hospital trustees and the Bristol County Hospital District, and authorized the sale of the hospital’s assets.   Client case files were transferred to Lakeville Hospital, a state institution for the treatment of tuberculosis and chronic diseases.  Bristol County Hospital had treated not only tuberculosis patients, but also those with emphysema, cancer, heart disease, and other chronic disorders.  Case files contain personal and medical data on patients from admission to discharge.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by surname
Restrictions: Personal medical information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Lakeville Hospital, June 1992
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Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis.  MGLA c 6A, s 4 rquires the office to review and act on budgetary and other fiscal matters for its agencies.  Series was created to aid in carrying out this responsibility.
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Scope and Content: Pondville Hospital was operated by the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health from 1927 to 1981 as a state facility to conduct cancer research and to treat cancer patients.  Its superintendent prepared a budget annually to be submitted to the Dept. of Public Health.  Budget files include materials submitted to the superintendent by various staff, preliminary requests, and a listing of items requested in various categories such as staff, equipment, building maintenance, and construction.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives, Feb. 1982
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Scope and Content: As the unit responsible for managing the governor’s mail, the Governor’s Correspondence Office gathered information to assist the governor in preparing the state budget, as maintained in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged by agency
Notes: Also known as: MSD 1/501
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