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 carry out this responsibility.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1819, c 161, an act to provide for separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts as a state, commissioners were appointed to divide public lands and other property between the two states.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling this function.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Correspondence received (2) Working papers
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Scope and Content: Commissioners appointed pursuant to Resolves 1811, c 34 to review surrendered claims and determine compensatory grants to nonresident proprietors in Lincoln County, District of Maine, met in late 1811 and 1812 to receive testimony of proprietors and town settlers, submission, and deeds of release.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling these functions.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Working papers (2) Claims of the Commonwealth  (3) Claims of nonresident proprietors (4) Claims of settlers
Notes: Formerly part of state secretary’s: Miscellaneous collection, box 25
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Scope and Content: Three commissioners were appointed by the governor pursuant to St 1853, c 191, to superintend construction of a fire-proof addition to the State House on its north side.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling this responsibility.
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to two Massachusetts legislative initiatives (Resolves 1865, c 62; Resolves 1866, c 92), successive  commissions on the hours of labor investigated that topic as documented by the series.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Hearing transcripts (2) Questionnaires and correspondence (3) Reference materials
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Consumers’ Council was an independent state agency serving as public advocate for consumer interests from 1963 to 1981, advising on and representing consumer interests to the state government, promoting consumer education, and from 1970 overseeing the unit pricing of packaging in retail stores.  Administrative files were created by the council in carrying out its responsibilities.
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Correction is responsible for administering the state correctional system and providing custodial and rehabilitative services to persons sentenced to state correctional institutions.  Administrative files consist of subject files, grant project files, correspondence, memorandums, and reports that relate to specific correctional facilities in Massachusetts.
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Scope and Content: State oversight of treatment for drug abuse in Massachusetts was successively the responsibility of the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Board, established 1963 in the Dept. of Public Health, and of the Division of Drug Rehabilitation, established 1969 in the department of the attorney general, transferred to the Dept. of Mental Health effective 1971, and then to the Dept. of Public Health, effective 1982.  In 1986 the division was merged with that department’s Division of Alcoholism to form (as of 1989) the Division of Substance Abuse Services.
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Scope and Content: To assist the Division of Insurance of the Department of Banking and Insurance, and its predecessors, holders of the office of Insurance Commissioner (1866-1919), in their function of regulating insurance business in the Commonwealth, this series was created as a reference tool.  The smaller volume lists office expenditures and receipts, 1868-1869, and annual returns of insurance companies, 1870-1875.  The larger volume serves as a history of Massachusetts insurance regulation.
Notes: Collated: 1906?
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Scope and Content: The Division of Mental Retardation of the Department of Mental Health, under the direction of the assistant commissioner for mental retardation, was responsible for supervising, planning, and advising on all programs conducted by the department for mentally retarded persons (responsibilities since 1986 held by the Department of Mental Retardation).  Administrative files are those of the assistant commissioner of mental retardation.
Restrictions: Mental retardation client data restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17: cannot be viewed except with the permission of the commissioner of mental retardation, Research Review Committee, or institution superintendent; access by data subjects, guardians, third parties with permission and authorized department employees is not restricted. Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A
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