Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877.  It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24.  Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository 
Notes: Spine title: Admission record
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Scope and Content: Fortifications at Castle Island, Boston Harbor, used since the 1640s for military and penal purposes, were rebuilt after being burned by evacuating British forces in 1776, and then manned by various militia troops, at times under the command of Paul Revere.  A military garrison consisting of a company of men was established there in 1779; the island became the site of a prison facility for Massachusetts in 1785. The prison housed long-term inmates until 1798, when they were transferred to other jails after Castle Island was ceded to federal authorities for military purposes.  Commitment registers were created to record inmates admitted to the facility.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island.  During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord.  With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository 
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Scope and Content: The Middlesex County Truant School (renamed Middlesex County Training School per St 1908, c 103) was authorized by St 1892, c 273 and opened in 1894 for the commitment of boys in that county and from Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop between the ages of seven and sixteen adjudged habitual truants, absentees, or school offenders. The school was closed in 1973.
Arrangement: In three subseries (1) Register and information cards, 1894-1973 (1 volume and 1 box) (2) Supplementary card, 1969-1972 (partial document box) (3) Log sheets, 1966-1973 (partial document box)
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by agreement with donor and by statutory provision; for conditions of access consult repository; MGLA c 4, s 7, cl 26  (c ) and c 66A
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Middlesex County Commissioners, January 22, 1998
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Scope and Content: The Committee on International Trade and Foreign Investment was established in 1983 as a joint special committee of the Massachusetts General Court to make an investigation and study relative to the advancement of foreign trade between the Commonwealth and various underdeveloped countries, especially in the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.  Series document research and lobbying conducted by the committee .
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Outgoing correspondence (2) Subject files
Notes: Transferred to Archives from the Massachusetts State Library, March 1990
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Banks and Banking, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning banks, banking institutions, credit unions, small loans, consumer credit, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation, as documented in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: Beginning with the 1997-1998 session, the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts General Court maintained a Committee on Long-Term Debt and Capital Expenditures to review legislation providing for the giving, loaning, or pledging of the credit of the Commonwealth; to hold hearings on the status of Commonwealth notes and bonds; and to monitor the Executive branch and Treasury relative to project expenditures and the issuance and sale of bonds.  The Senate followed suit in the 2003-2004 session. For the 2005-2008 sessions a Joint (House/Senate) Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures, and State Assets assumed these functions. Beginning with the 2009-2010 session, once more, but under the most recent name, the functions reverted to separate committees of the House and Senate.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Education, Arts, and Humanities (Joint Committee on Education to 1988), a standing committee of the Massachusetts General Court, considers all matters concerning education and other matters referred.  It conducts hearings on bills, recommends actions on legislative proposals, and proposes legislation.  Committee files contain copies of proposed bills; hearing agendas, schedules of bills, transcripts of testimony, and notes taken by committee members; also correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports relating to hearings and proposed legislation.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Government Regulations, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning public utilities, gambling, registration of various trades or professions, issuance of licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation, as documented in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by subject and then by chamber/bill number
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Social Welfare was first constituted as a standing committee of the General Court as of 1968, and was renamed Joint Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs, effective 1975.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision; for conditions of access consult repository; MGLA c 4, s 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A
Notes: Files are as preserved by Jack H. Backman, Senate chair of the joint committee and its predecessor, 1971-1987.  Transferred with his personal political and legislative files and related reference materials to the College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Fall 1987, as the Backman Human Service Collection.  Presented to Archives, April 1995; transferred, May 1995
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