Scope and Content: The Division of Family Health Services of the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health was established in 1969, and replaced successively by the Bureau of Parent, Child, and Adolescent Health ca. 1988 and the Bureau of Family and Community Health by 1992.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Office of Human Resources was established by Gov. Michael Dukakis in 1983 to act as a liaison between the governor and human service agencies in Massachusetts in the public and private sectors.  A Governor’s Commission on Child Support was established by the governor in 1984 pursuant to a federal statute (PL 98-378) that required states to develop guidelines for setting amounts of child support and ensuring its delivery; the commission’s work resulted in passage of the Child Welfare Reform Act (St 1986, c 310).  While administered largely through the Governor’s Office of Human Resources, the commission included representatives of all constituencies interested in child support enforcement process.  Series was created by the office to carry out the federal mandate.
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Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Tewksbury opened in 1854.  It was renamed successively the State Hospital (1900), the State Infirmary (1909), Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (1939), and Tewksbury Hospital (1959)
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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 by outpatient registration no
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files for 1964-1966 lacking
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Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583.  The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768).  It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits; works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities; provides technical assistance and facilitates financial assistance to coastal communities; and supports coastal-related scientific studies, mapping products, and citizen participation.  Series consists of outgoing correspondence; memorandums; and weekly, quarterly, and other reports providing chronological access to documentation of policy determination and other agency activities.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Governor’s External Relations (formerly Correspondence) Office prepares gubernatorial citations to persons or organizations in recognition of outstanding service or deeds, for retirements, for birthdays of sixty-five or more years, and for wedding anniversaries of fifty or more years.  Series documents formation of the citation from a request form (name, occasion, date, mailing address, requestor–e.g. state legislator) and in some cases correspondence, to a photocopy of the citation itself, signed by the governor. –Series currently includes files from terms of Argeo Paul Cellucci (1997-2001) and Jane Swift (2001-2003). For files from term of Mitt Romney (2003-2007) see: Proclamation files ((M-Ar)2414)
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Scope and Content: The Office of State Planning was formed in 1975 (along with the Management Bureau) by splitting into two units the Office of State Planning and Management of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance.  It became the Governor’s Development Office ca. 1979, was renamed Governor’s Office of Economic Development ca. 1983, and was terminated by 1991.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject or locality
Notes: Also known as: Local project files
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Scope and Content: Lakeville State Sanatorium opened in 1910.  It was renamed Lakeville Hospital in 1963, which closed in 1992.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically by date of admission
Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives, June 1992. Cases 8775-8859, 9000-9332, 9411-11798, admitted 1939-1954. Box 1: A-Car. Box 2: Cas-E. Box 3: F-He. Box 4: Hi-L. Box 5: M-N. Box 6: O-She. Box 7: Shi-Z
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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.  Beginning in 1901 inmate case files were created as a central source of information on each inmate’s personal history before, during, and after his stay at the school.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically
Restrictions: Youth services client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 120, s 21. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Includes files for case no. 7700-17915.  For earlier admissions see: Case histories of boys, 1855-1911 ((M-Ar)629X), which includes an alphabetical name index through 1916
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