Scope and Content: Middlesex County was incorporated on May 10, 1643 (Mass Recs 2:38), continuing under successive governments of Massachusetts, most recently the Commonwealth (1780), as outlined in MGLA c 34.  Administrative powers and duties previously exercised at various times under the laws of the Commonwealth by the county courts of general sessions of the peace, county courts of common pleas, and circuit courts of common pleas, were assigned to commissioners in Middlesex and other counties, per St 1827, c 77 (1828).  The government of Middlesex County in this and other respects was abolished as of the effective date of St 1997, c 48 (approved July 11, 1997)
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Scope and Content: To establish accurate Massachusetts town boundaries, and eventually interstate boundaries as well, beginning in 1885 the Topographical Survey Commission in conjunction with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (but replaced in this function in 1901 by the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners) sent out field teams to establish and describe triangulation stations and to set monuments designating boundary lines.  These volumes, a complete listing of the stations established during the field work, are based on field notebooks of the survey teams.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by station name
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Scope and Content: The adjutant general of the Commonwealth, as executive administrator of the state’s Military Establishment, has been responsible for maintaining and reporting data concerning militia strength.  These rolls describe personnel of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the Spanish-American War period.  Prepared by unit commanders and by the Recruiting Service in Boston, they reflect the expansion of recruitment activity.
Arrangement: Arranged by military unit
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Scope and Content: All public officials in major policy-making positions within state and county government are mandated to file statements of financial disclosure with the State Ethics Commission.  The commission is responsible for inspecting all filings for failure to conform to filing rules.  This series was created to identify individuals in policy-making positions from lists compiled by designated individuals in constitutional and executive offices, the judiciary, and offices of the county commissioners and the House and Senate presidents.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year/year span (cf. finding aid), thereunder by agency
Notes: Changes/correspondence through 1998
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Scope and Content: As a residential treatment center and educational facility for mentally retarded persons in Massachusetts, the Walter E. Fernald State School is responsible for providing diagnostic services for its clients.  Diagnostic staff meetings were once held for this purpose.  At each meeting three or four incoming clients were introduced individually to the assembled diagnostic staff.  Minutes were created to diagnose clients entering the school and to communicate findings to other staff.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The Division of Parks Engineering of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was responsible for planning, engineering, and supervising construction of parkways, bridges, locks, rinks, and other recreational and park facilities under the MDC’s jurisdiction.  The 1957 diary is a daily account of the division’s activities and work assignments, probably kept by a supervisor, and filled out from August through December only.  The 1962 diary is a log of the activities of an MDC engineer, filled out only through January 22.
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Scope and Content: George H. Everett served in the Civil War as a private in Company C of the 44th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.  His diary contains observations of daily life of a Union private from camp in Readville, Mass. (Aug. 29, 1862) to duty in North Carolina (Feb. 3, 1863).
Restrictions: Originals (diary) restricted as fragile; access by permission of state archivist or curator of Massachusetts Archives only
Notes: Microfilm included with Massachusetts. Land Office. Correspondence ((M-AR)72X) Reel 2. Presented to Archives by Charles H. Ryland, Apr. 24 and June 25, 1985
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Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis.  A director of mental health and mental retardation coordinated the executive office’s responsibilities in these areas, as documented in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provison MGLA c 123B, s 36. Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Correction is responsible for administering the state correctional system and providing custodial and rehabilitative services to persons sentenced to state correctional institutions.  The Classification Office in the department performs background investigations of inmates for institutions in the system and responds to requests for family background from other states under terms of interstate compact.  In addition the office is responsible for preparing certificates of discharge for inmates upon termination of sentence.  Administrative files contain memoranda, correspondence, and reports that relate to the functions of the office.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis.  Series was created to support and document functions of the executive office’s director of federal-state relations, who testified before Congress and coordinated application and execution of federal grants.
Arrangement: Arranged by grant/hearing
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