Scope and Content: The Government Land Bank was established in 1975 as an independent Massachusetts state agency to finance development of blighted areas and land surplus to state and federal uses.  Its mandate had its origins in the work of a twenty-one member Joint Commission on Federal Base Conversion consisting of legislators and gubernatorial appointees established per Resolves 1973, c 19, to investigate long-term use of facilities and lands associated with federal installations at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Chelsea Naval Hospital, Otis Air Force Base, and Westover Air Force Base, in the event of their phase down or termination.  The commission was revived and continued by Resolves 1974, c 2; Resolves 1975, c 1; and Resolves 1976, c 1; its final report was issued in Jan. 1976.  The Government Land Bank established in the meantime was authorized to make use of commission staff (St 1975, c 212, s 16).  Series records the work of the commission as preserved and utilized by the Land Bank.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Notes: Sample non-Massachusetts materials submitted by firms not retained
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Scope and Content: In 1955 the Massachusetts correctional system was reorganized, so that the State Farm at Bridgewater became the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater, commonly called MCI Bridgewater. With this change, Bridgewater’s admittance of misdemeanor convicts (since 1866), state charges (i.e., almshouse paupers, since 1872), and aged or infirm state prisoners (since 1890) was terminated, leaving the prison population (i.e., aside from Bridgewater State Hospital) almost entirely those with alcohol or drug-related convictions. In 1958, a specialized unit serving the whole state corrections system, the Massachusetts Treatment Center of the Sexually Dangerous, was added. The population of MCI Bridgewater changed again with St 1971 c 1076, which abolished the crime of public intoxication, limiting drug and alcohol admissions to civil commitments, voluntary or otherwise; also abolished was the then-controversial unit for defective delinquents (since 1922). The Bridgewater State Hospital serving the insane was placed under separate administration in 1987, the Old Colony Correctional Center opened in 1987, and in 1990 the MCI addiction center was placed under the Southeastern Correctional Center, which had opened in 1976. Since by 1990 the Treatment Center of the Sexually Dangerous had also become a separate unit, at that point the existence of MCI Bridgewater as an administrative entity ended. After SECC’s closing in 2002, addiction treatment was provided at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center. A Massachusetts Boot Camp for youthful offenders was located at Bridgewater from 1992 until after 2000.
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Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without residence in the Commonwealth from 1854 until 1872.  The institution managed an annual budget to sustain its operations.  Attendant financial records include bills received for purchased goods and services, including transportation charges.
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Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872.  The institution managed an annual budget to sustain its operations.  Attendant financial records include bills and correspondence between almshouse and municipalities relating to medical expenses incurred in caring for and transporting sick paupers.
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Press Office is responsible for publicizing events of the governor’s administration.  In fulfilling this function, it disseminates biographical information on the governor and spouse to the media, as documented in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term
Notes: Probably derived from scheduled series: Press releases
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Scope and Content: Eugene N. Foss, active in manufacturing and Democratic politics during the Progressive Era, was governor of Massachusetts, 1911-1914.
Notes: Biographical materials pertaining to Eugene N. Foss were created for use in Foss’s political campaigns. The series contains handwritten and typewritten biographical sketches, newspaper and magazine articles, and genealogical materials on the Foss family
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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).
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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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 State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872.  Per St 1872, c 45, s 3, a few adult paupers (nearly all women) were allowed to remain or be admitted after its closing as inmates of the State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing until 1895.  St 1855, c 366 required an annual report of births by the institution superintendent (in lieu of the town clerk) to the state secretary, based on this series, continued after the almshouse closed.
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Scope and Content: The lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth serves on the Council, chairing it in the governor’s absence, and serves as acting governor as required.  Other duties are performed at the governor’s discretion, including direction of the Blueprint 2000 project, created during the last term of Michael Dukakis (1987-1991) under Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, to identify future Commonwealth problems and to propose solutions to them through analysis of data collected from a variety of citizens.  Administration subject files were created to coordinate collection and analysis of such data by various subcommittees.
Arrangement: In five subseries: (1) Economic issues  (2) Education  (3) Human support  (4) Physical environment; (5) Administration. Arranged within each subseries alphabetically by subject
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