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: In two subseries: (1) Discharges female (2) Discharges male; Arranged within each subseries chronologically by discharge date
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: In two subseries: (1) Female patients  (2) Male patients; Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes vols. 5, 7-8; female: 9-25; male: 9-26
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Scope and Content: Westborough Insane Hospital was established in 1884 and opened in 1886.  It was renamed Westborough State Hospital in 1909.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically by inpatient registration no. (chronologically assigned)
Notes: Volumes lettered A-I; include registration no. 1-2250
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Scope and Content: St 1877, c 214 provided that the chief of the state detective force appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings. The state detective force was replaced by the District Police by St 1879, c 305, which provided that the governor appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings from among their number. The Inspection Dept. of the District Police was established per St 1888, c 113.
Arrangement: Arranged by alphabetically by district inspector, thereunder chiefly by municipality
Notes: By drawer: (6) Brown  (7) Chadwick-Dyson  (8) Hunt-Merriam 1-10 (9) Merriam 11-end  (10) Moore 1-30  (11) Moore 31-61  (12) White
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Mental Health exercised responsibility for mentally retarded persons in Massachusetts (specifically from 1966 through its Division of Mental Retardation) until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.
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Scope and Content: The Board of Higher Education was established in 1965 to guide and coordinate the growth of public higher education in Massachusetts (St 1965, c 572).  The vice chancellor for academic affairs was responsible to the board for granting approval to public colleges and universities seeking to establish new degree programs or to modify existing ones.  The vice chancellor’s institutional degree program approval files relate to institutions in the Massachusetts State College System requesting the board’s approval for new academic programs.
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Scope and Content: The Division of Academic Affairs under the Board of Regents of Higher Education is responsible for approving new degree programs and evaluating existing programs at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.  Institutional program files contain reviews of specific academic programs written and submitted by community colleges, state colleges, and state universities.  Reports contain information on the development of particular programs, their course offerings and requirements, and their interaction with local communities and businesses.
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Scope and Content: The Board of State Charities (St 1863, c 240) oversaw the state’s immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state’s charitable and correctional institutions. These included institutions for the mentally ill and retarded of Massachusetts, which were responsibility of the Board’s successors, the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (St 1879, c 291), and State Board of Lunacy and Charity (St 1886, c 101). They were then the sole responsibility successively of the State Board of Insanity (St 1898, c 433), Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases (St 1916, c 285), Dept. of Mental Diseases (St 1919, c 350, ss 79-81), and Dept. of Mental Health (St 1938, c 486)
Arrangement: Arranged by institution, thereunder by inpatient registration no.
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, 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 Division of Academic Affairs under the Board of Regents of Higher Education is responsible for formulating, recommending, implementing, and monitoring academic affairs policy; and establishing, reviewing, and monitoring educational standards for public and private institutions of higher education in Massachusetts.  Institutional review files contain copies of self-study reports submitted by public and private institutions to the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges as part of reaccreditation requirements.
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Scope and Content: Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1783-1801) and the Land Office were the primary agencies with responsibility for the management and sale of public lands in Maine on behalf of the Commonwealth.  As part of their land management function they regularly commissioned surveys of Commonwealth land in Maine.  In commissioning survey work, they identified surveyors and provided them with detailed instructions.  Surveys variously were designed to delineate the bounds of large tracts, subdivide tracts into townships and lots, or support exploration and road building.  These instructions are agency copies of that which was prepared and placed in the hands of the surveyors.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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