Scope and Content: The Dept. of Mental Health exercised responsibility for mentally retarded persons in Massachusetts (specifically from 1966 through its Division of Mental Retardation) until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.
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Scope and Content: The Board of Higher Education was established in 1965 to guide and coordinate the growth of public higher education in Massachusetts (St 1965, c 572).  The vice chancellor for academic affairs was responsible to the board for granting approval to public colleges and universities seeking to establish new degree programs or to modify existing ones.  The vice chancellor’s institutional degree program approval files relate to institutions in the Massachusetts State College System requesting the board’s approval for new academic programs.
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Scope and Content: The Division of Academic Affairs under the Board of Regents of Higher Education is responsible for approving new degree programs and evaluating existing programs at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.  Institutional program files contain reviews of specific academic programs written and submitted by community colleges, state colleges, and state universities.  Reports contain information on the development of particular programs, their course offerings and requirements, and their interaction with local communities and businesses.
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Scope and Content: The Board of State Charities (St 1863, c 240) oversaw the state’s immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state’s charitable and correctional institutions. These included institutions for the mentally ill and retarded of Massachusetts, which were responsibility of the Board’s successors, the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (St 1879, c 291), and State Board of Lunacy and Charity (St 1886, c 101). They were then the sole responsibility successively of the State Board of Insanity (St 1898, c 433), Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases (St 1916, c 285), Dept. of Mental Diseases (St 1919, c 350, ss 79-81), and Dept. of Mental Health (St 1938, c 486)
Arrangement: Arranged by institution, thereunder by inpatient registration no.
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. 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: The Division of Academic Affairs under the Board of Regents of Higher Education is responsible for formulating, recommending, implementing, and monitoring academic affairs policy; and establishing, reviewing, and monitoring educational standards for public and private institutions of higher education in Massachusetts.  Institutional review files contain copies of self-study reports submitted by public and private institutions to the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges as part of reaccreditation requirements.
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Scope and Content: Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1783-1801) and the Land Office were the primary agencies with responsibility for the management and sale of public lands in Maine on behalf of the Commonwealth.  As part of their land management function they regularly commissioned surveys of Commonwealth land in Maine.  In commissioning survey work, they identified surveyors and provided them with detailed instructions.  Surveys variously were designed to delineate the bounds of large tracts, subdivide tracts into townships and lots, or support exploration and road building.  These instructions are agency copies of that which was prepared and placed in the hands of the surveyors.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Consumer Affairs was established in 1969 as of 1971, and renamed Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7,d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
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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)
Arrangement: Arranged by registration no./chronologically by admission date
Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Also known as: Admission files. Files for 1895-1907 incomplete; files for 1908-1912 lacking; supplementary file for 1915-1919
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Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Labor coordinates state agencies responsible for worker economic rights, health, and safety; and for labor bargaining units, collective bargaining, and settlement of labor disputes. Intergovernmental policy subject files are maintained by the secretary of labor’s office to track policies and issues in which the state administration is involved or interested that also involve other state or federal agencies.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by agency
Notes: Public documents, number 15
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Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs administers and creates policy for the departments, commissions, and authorities concerned with the natural resources of Massachusetts.  It is responsible for informing and educating the public regarding the activities and concerns of the office.  Series is maintained by its secretary to record policy and planning decisions that entail cooperation of federal, state, and city government agencies to protect the environment.
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological blocks by subject
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