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: Volume, p. 223: From Apr. 1, 1936, letterpress copying discontinued
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Scope and Content: As part of its function to design, construct, maintain, and operate a Metropolitan Water Works system, and specifically the Wachusett Dam, as authorized by St 1895, c 488, the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901), between 1898-1900, through its Chief Engineer, Frederic P. Stearns (1851-1919), and its engineering force, undertook a study of all masonry dams constructed and under construction throughout the world in preparation for the design of the Wachusett Dam, Clinton, for the Wachusett Reservoir. Chief Engineer Stearns collected photographic prints of many of these dams. Series includes original mounted photographic prints (26, plus one halftone) of selected masonry dams worldwide, and two internal compilations describing these dams, and other masonry and earth dams not photographically pictured in this collection. Series also includes engineering profiles of dams around the world.
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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.  This series was created under Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy (1987-1991) to enable the lieutenant governor to act as advocate for child care policy.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
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Scope and Content: The State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton was established in 1855 and opened in 1858.  It was successively renamed Northampton Lunatic Hospital in 1862, Northampton Insane Hospital in 1898, and Northampton State Hospital in 1906.
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: The Division of Family Health Services of the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health was established in 1969, and replaced successively by the Bureau of Parent, Child, and Adolescent Health ca. 1988 and the Bureau of Family and Community Health by 1992.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Office of Human Resources was established by Gov. Michael Dukakis in 1983 to act as a liaison between the governor and human service agencies in Massachusetts in the public and private sectors.  A Governor’s Commission on Child Support was established by the governor in 1984 pursuant to a federal statute (PL 98-378) that required states to develop guidelines for setting amounts of child support and ensuring its delivery; the commission’s work resulted in passage of the Child Welfare Reform Act (St 1986, c 310).  While administered largely through the Governor’s Office of Human Resources, the commission included representatives of all constituencies interested in child support enforcement process.  Series was created by the office to carry out the federal mandate.
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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)
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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 by outpatient registration no
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files for 1964-1966 lacking
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Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583.  The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768).  It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits; works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities; provides technical assistance and facilitates financial assistance to coastal communities; and supports coastal-related scientific studies, mapping products, and citizen participation.  Series consists of outgoing correspondence; memorandums; and weekly, quarterly, and other reports providing chronological access to documentation of policy determination and other agency activities.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Governor’s External Relations (formerly Correspondence) Office prepares gubernatorial citations to persons or organizations in recognition of outstanding service or deeds, for retirements, for birthdays of sixty-five or more years, and for wedding anniversaries of fifty or more years.  Series documents formation of the citation from a request form (name, occasion, date, mailing address, requestor–e.g. state legislator) and in some cases correspondence, to a photocopy of the citation itself, signed by the governor. –Series currently includes files from terms of Argeo Paul Cellucci (1997-2001) and Jane Swift (2001-2003). For files from term of Mitt Romney (2003-2007) see: Proclamation files ((M-Ar)2414)
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