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 case no
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 State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, established in 1877, opened in 1878 as Danvers Lunatic Hospital. It was renamed Danvers Insane Hospital in 1898 and Danvers State Hospital in 1909. It was closed in 1992.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Charity had jurisdiction over the settlement or non-settlement of the state poor under the control of the institutions supervised by the board or by the State Board of Insanity, and administration of the laws of settlement relating to the support of the state’s sane poor by cities and towns (St 1898, c 433).  Series consists of volumes detailing accounts of the State Board of Charity, including amounts received from treasury allocations and receipts, as well as advances made to individuals and departments, including for the adult poor, children, infants, transport, and the board itself.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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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 State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing after its closing until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders.  St 1855, c 366 required an annual report of deaths by the institution superintendent (in lieu of the town clerk) to the state secretary, based on: Death register, 1854-1895 ((M-Ar)413X), which is in turn is derived from these certificates, surviving only from the period after the almshouse closing.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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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 State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing after its closing until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders.  St 1855, c 366 required an annual report of deaths by the institution superintendent (in lieu of the town clerk) to the state secretary, based on this series, continued after the almshouse closed.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts General Court, early in the state’s constitutional period, reaffirmed the sheriff’s traditional role as keeper of the county jail (St 1783, c 44; MGLA c 126, s 16). He was mandated to keep a calendar of prisoners (St 1784, c 41; MGLA c 127, s 5) and to house debtors separately from those charged with crime (St 1784, c 41; MGLA c 127, c 22), presumably leading to the practice, at least in Suffolk County, of keeping separate calendars for the two groups until 1943.  Series lists those in the debtors category.
Notes: Vols. 1-2 have cover title: Sheriffs kalendar. Vol. for Sept. 1820-June 1823 lacking. Vol. 1-3, 1799-1812, also include: Criminal calendar, 1799-June 1814 (for later vols. see series (M-Ar)409X)
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Scope and Content: The Civil Service Commission was established in 1884.  It was abolished in 1919 and its functions transferred to the Division of Civil Service.  It was revived as a separate body in 1939 and reconstituted in the Executive Office for Administration and Finance in 1974.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Appendix: Boston appointments, 1910-1930 (2 v.). St 1909, c 486, s 10 provided for the commission to pass on certain Boston municipal mayoral appointments, a provision renewed by St 1919, c 350, s 66 (GL 1921 c 31, s 2) but rescinded by St 1930, c 167, s 2. –Appendix: Regulations, 1917-1937, with index. Other rulings may be found among the decision volumes.

Appendix: Album of commissioners–photographic portraits, 1884-1940; listings, 1884-1987.

Appendix: Carl Russell Fish. Political patronage in the United States. Thesis (Ph.D.) –Harvard University, 1900.

Appendix: President’s Committee on Civil Service Improvement. Report. Feb. 1941. With original signatures. Copy of Kenneth C. Vipond, staff assistant.
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration was established in 1886; until 1902 it was known as the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation or the State Board of Arbitration.  It was succeeded in 1919 by the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, part of the Department of Labor and Industries.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of decision
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Scope and Content: The Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission was created for the purpose of extending and increasing the water supply to the Massachusetts metropolitan water system (St 1926, c 375).  The commission was authorized to purchase or take land in the watersheds of the Swift and Ware rivers to develop the Quabbin Reservoir.  This included disinterment, transfer, and reburial from cemeteries in the areas to be flooded to the Quabbin Park Cemetery and other locations.  Deeds of release are the legal transfer of cemetery plots by the owners to the commission, and the authorization for removal and transfer to the new location.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name of representative of deceased
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Scope and Content: Commissioners appointed pursuant to Resolves 1811, c 34 to review surrendered claims and determine compensatory grants to nonresident proprietors in Lincoln County, District of Maine, met in late 1811 and 1812 to receive testimony of proprietors and town settlers, submission, and deeds of release.  Deeds of release transferred title from nonresident proprietors to the Commonwealth.
Notes: Formerly part of state secretary’s: Miscellaneous collection, box 26
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