Scope and Content: The Office of State Planning was formed in 1975 (along with the Management Bureau) by splitting into two units the Office of State Planning and Management of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance.  It became the Governor’s Development Office ca. 1979, was renamed Governor’s Office of Economic Development ca. 1983, and was terminated by 1991.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject or locality
Notes: Also known as: Local project files
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Scope and Content: Lakeville State Sanatorium opened in 1910.  It was renamed Lakeville Hospital in 1963, which closed in 1992.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically by date of admission
Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives, June 1992. Cases 8775-8859, 9000-9332, 9411-11798, admitted 1939-1954. Box 1: A-Car. Box 2: Cas-E. Box 3: F-He. Box 4: Hi-L. Box 5: M-N. Box 6: O-She. Box 7: Shi-Z
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Scope and Content: The State Reform School was founded in 1847 and opened in 1848 at Westborough for the instruction, discipline, employment, and reform of male juvenile offenders in Massachusetts.  It was renamed the Lyman School for Boys in 1884 and closed in 1972.  Beginning in 1901 inmate case files were created as a central source of information on each inmate’s personal history before, during, and after his stay at the school.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically
Restrictions: Youth services client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 120, s 21. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Includes files for case no. 7700-17915.  For earlier admissions see: Case histories of boys, 1855-1911 ((M-Ar)629X), which includes an alphabetical name index through 1916
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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.  Inmate case files were created as a central source for each inmate’s personal and institutional history.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by inmate name
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, November 3, 1978
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Scope and Content: The Division of Academic Affairs under the Board of Regents of Higher Education is responsible for formulating and implementing policies concerning academic programs, as well as for participating in systemwide planning for state institutions of higher education and in other board functions.  College and university correspondence files contain correspondence with presidents and other officials of state-run community colleges, colleges, and universities that relates to a wide range of issues including proposed academic programs, evaluations of academic programs and institutions, admissions policies, continuing education, funding, and campus facilities.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically
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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts represented the Commonwealth before the Supreme Court of the United States regarding settlement of the estate of Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green, son of Hetty Green and deceased in 1936, specifically to recover taxes allegedly owed the Commonwealth by Green.  At issue was determination of Green’s legal residence, as he maintained domiciles not only in Massachusetts, but in Florida, New York, and Texas.  The court ruled in favor of Massachusetts.
Notes: Boxes 1-2: Exhibits, Massachusetts witnesses, miscellany. Boxes 3-4: Texas v. Florida. Boxes 5-6: Texas v. Massachusetts. Boxes 7-8: Essex County (N.Y.) Surrogate’s Court photostats
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Scope and Content: Richard Devens, a member of the Committee of Safety, was appointed commissary general by Nov. 1775 (Resolves 1775-76, c 343). A store building was built in Watertown in Feb. 1776 (Resolves 1775-76, c 679), where the state government was then located. In May 1776 the commissary’s office moved to Boston, and a store opened there, following the British evacuation of that city. The commissary general initially was occupied in the delivery of arms and provisions needed by the state for the war effort. As war activity moved outside New England in the late 1770s, and following the end of the war, the office focused on supplying state forces, including  provisioning the garrison established on Castle Island (Resolves 1785, Feb 1786 Sess, c 166)  and the troops fighting Shays’ Rebellion. It also arranged for the building of lighthouses and helped administer a program of tax payments in kind instituted subsequent to the rebellion (St 1786, c 39). Once the Board of War was disbanded in 1781, the military stores in the board’s possession were forwarded to the commissary general. The commissary office closed in June 1792 (Resolves 1792, May Sess, c 61).  Resolves 1793, May Sess, c 52 (June 22, 1793) provided the elderly Devens with one year’s compensation for his services in closing his office.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Vol. 1: Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1777; June 19, 1779-Apr. 30, 1785. Vol. 2: Apr. 1781-Aug. 16, 1792
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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 from 1785 to 1798.  The commissary general was first authorized (including retrospectively) in May 1780 by Resolves 1779-80, c 1098 to supply rations to the garrison.  (Provisioning was contracted out per Resolves 1790, Jan 1791 Sess, c 170; for bond of authorized contractor Ruggles and Smith, Mar. 29, 1791, see: Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Bonds of office holders and suppliers ((M-Ar)1665X)–miscellaneous, 1787-1803.)  Series was created to document rations requested by Castle Island officials.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
Notes: Records are for Nov. 1779-Dec. 1790; Feb., Apr.-Dec. 1786, Sept. 1787, May 1789, May-Dec. 1790 are in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v.315-316.  Jan.-Aug. 1787, Aug. 1789 lacking
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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 from 1785 to 1798.  The commissary general (Richard Devens) provided supplies and services to militia, garrison personnel, and convicts until dissolution of his office in June 1792.  Series consists of accounts submitted by contractors and others to and paid by that office.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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