Scope and Content: The Commonwealth Museum, located at the site of the Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point (Dorchester, Boston), opened a permanent exhibition on the history of Massachusetts in 2009. Based on facsimiles of Archives documentary and artifactual holdings, it also includes a treasurers gallery containing the first (vellum) leaves of the 1629 colonial and 1691 provincial charters and the 1780 Constitution, the vellum Massachusetts copy of the federal Bill of Rights, the Massachusetts  printed copy of the Declaration of Independence, and the Paul Revere copperplate engraving of the Boston Massacre. –In preparation for creating the display, the firm of Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc., engaged the services of Kathryn Myatt Carey, Nahant, Mass., conservator of works of art on papers, to describe exhibition requirements of the treasures and of several other original documents that at one time were considered for possible inclusion in the exhibition as originals.  Series consists of her loose-leaf compilation of condition reports, treatment proposals, and treatment cost estimates, along with correspondence relating to document encasements, and additional reports on artifacts among the Archives holdings compiled by Archaea Technica (Mimi Leveque, Waltham, Mass.). The report is heavily illustrated with color photographs of the archival objects under consideration.
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children proposes, supports, or opposes legislation that would have an impact on the welfare of children and families.  Series is maintained by the office’s communications unit (legislative liaison) to track agency actions on and progress of such legislation in the General Court.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder in part by subject
Notes: Scheduled as: Passed legislation files; Unpassed legislation files. Files for 1980 lacking
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children disseminates information to the public regarding such services, public and privately funded (MGLA c 28A, s 4(a)).  Series is maintained by the office’s communications unit (public relations) to document responses by the office director (commissioner from 1987) and other office personnel to electronic and print media reports on activities and programs supported by the office and related issues, and other informational contacts by the office with these media.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Also known as: Letters to the editor
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children disseminates information to the public regarding such services, public and privately funded (MGLA c 28A, s 4(a)).  Series is created by the office’s communications unit (public relations) to publicize activities and programs supported by the office and related issues.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Files for 1973-1974, 1986-1988 only
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children promotes the development of such programs and services (MGLA c 28A, s 4(b)) by researching and reporting on related issues.  Series is maintained by the office’s communications unit (public relations) to document research disseminated to office personnel, allied volunteer units, other state agencies, and legislators.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Psychopathic Dept. of Boston State Hospital was established in 1912.  It became Boston Psychopathic Hospital in 1920; that was renamed Massachusetts Mental Health Center in 1956.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by patient
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: Pursuant to MGLA c 19, the Dept. of Mental Health fulfills its responsibilities toward mentally ill persons in Massachusetts through a comprehensive program of services and facilities.  (It exercised a similar function for the mentally retarded until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.)  Pursuant to St 1966, Ex Sess, c 735 and St 1970, c 888, the inpatient population of state hospitals was significantly reduced by placing able inpatients in community residences.  Community residence program files were created by department staff in the course of this activity.
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by office
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Dept. of Community Affairs, established in 1968, was followed successively in 1996 by the Division of Housing and Community Development (Dept. of Economic Development) and in 1997 by the Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
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Scope and Content: As part of their function to protect, improve, and develop Boston Harbor, the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Department of Public Works and its predecessor agencies, the Directors of the Port of Boston (to 1916) and the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands (1916-1919), planned projects, entered into contracts, and supervised work of contractors.  These resulting project files contain detailed computations and studies, cost estimates, specificiations, blueprints, maps, plans, and sketches compiled by engineers for contracts supervised by the various agencies.
Notes: Photographs removed from Dry dock folder. For separate description see: Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners of Massachusetts. Photographs of marine construction ((M-Ar)662X).
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