Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton was established in 1855 and opened in 1858.  It was successively renamed Northampton Lunatic Hospital in 1862, Northampton Insane Hospital in 1898, and Northampton State Hospital in 1906. It was closed in 1993.
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: The Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptives and Tubercular Patients was established in 1895  and opened at Rutland in 1898.  It was successively renamed the Massachusetts State Sanatorium in 1900, Rutland State Sanatorium in 1910, Rutland Hospital in 1963, and after the move to a new facility, Rutland Heights Hospital in 1965.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by case no./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 in Feb. 1978, Apr. 1978, Oct. 1979, and Oct. 1991.Case files 1-13040, 22070-22695 lacking
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Scope and Content: Massachusetts Resolves 1846, c 117 appointed Commissioners on Idiocy to inquire on: the condition of idiots in the commonwealth and if anything can be done for them. The commission’s report, written by Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, led to the establishment by Resolves 1848, c 65 of the Experimental School for Teaching and Training Idiotic Children, located at the Perkins Institution. The school was incorporated as the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth (St 1850, c 150), located near Perkins in South Boston, with Howe serving as president until his death in 1876. It was renamed the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded by St 1883, c 239, reflecting the establishment of a separate asylum department for those beyond school age or not capable of being helped by the school’s instruction. Funds for the construction of a new facility in Waltham were provided by Resolves 1888, c 82, and occupation of the new site began in 1890, with the South Boston facility closing in 1892. St 1925, c 293 renamed the institution the Walter E. Fernald State School, in honor of the superintendent of the school, 1887-1924. A 2003 gubernatorial initiative to close the Fernald School (known as the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center since 1993) by 2007 was contested during the subsequent decade, until the institution was shut down permanently in Nov. 2014.
Restrictions: Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: Westborough Insane Hospital was established in 1884 and opened in 1886.  It was renamed Westborough State Hospital in 1909.  It was closed in 2010.
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Scope and Content: Westborough Insane Hospital was established in 1884 and opened in 1886.  It was renamed Westborough State Hospital in 1909.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Volumes numbered 1-3, 5-8: register for 1905-1910 (no. 6672-9178) lacking
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Scope and Content: The Temporary Asylum for the Chronic Insane (known also as the Asylum for the Chronic Insane) was established in Worcester in 1877.  It was successively renamed Worcester Insane Asylum in 1887, Worcester State Asylum in 1909, and (when moved) Grafton State Hospital in 1915.  The institution closed in 1974.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Male inpatients (2) Female inpatients; Arranged within each subseries alphabetically
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: The State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, established in 1877, opened in 1878 as Danvers Lunatic Hospital. It was renamed Danvers Insane Hospital in 1898 and Danvers State Hospital in 1909. It was closed in 1992.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Discharges female (2) Discharges male; Arranged within each subseries chronologically by discharge date
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: The State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, established in 1877, opened in 1878 as Danvers Lunatic Hospital.  It was renamed Danvers Insane Hospital in 1898 and Danvers State Hospital in 1909. It was closed in 1992.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Female patients  (2) Male patients; Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes vols. 5, 7-8; female: 9-25; male: 9-26
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Scope and Content: Westborough Insane Hospital was established in 1884 and opened in 1886.  It was renamed Westborough State Hospital in 1909.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically by inpatient registration no. (chronologically assigned)
Notes: Volumes lettered A-I; include registration no. 1-2250
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Scope and Content: St 1877, c 214 provided that the chief of the state detective force appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings. The state detective force was replaced by the District Police by St 1879, c 305, which provided that the governor appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings from among their number. The Inspection Dept. of the District Police was established per St 1888, c 113.
Arrangement: Arranged by alphabetically by district inspector, thereunder chiefly by municipality
Notes: By drawer: (6) Brown  (7) Chadwick-Dyson  (8) Hunt-Merriam 1-10 (9) Merriam 11-end  (10) Moore 1-30  (11) Moore 31-61  (12) White
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