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Prisoner physical description logbooks [Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole]

Part of: Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole

Prisoner physical description logbooks, 1831-1960.

14 volumes
Call no.: HS9.08/836X

Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island.  During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord.  With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository 
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository

Prisoners physical description register [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]

Part of: Massachusetts Reformatory for Women

Prisoners physical description register, 1877-1916.

1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS9.06/294X

Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877.  It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 224.  Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Spine title: Descriptive book
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Prisoners physical measurement register [Massachusetts Reformatory Prison for Women]

Part of: Massachusetts Reformatory Prison for Women

Prisoners physical measurement register, 1899-1909.

1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS9.06/297X

Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877.  It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24.  Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case number
Notes: Spine title: Measurement record
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Private facility licensing and inspection files [Massachusetts Department of Mental Health]

Part of: Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Private facility licensing and inspection files, 1917-1976.

3 record center cartons
Call no.: HS7/1316X

Scope and Content: Programs and institutions for the mentally ill and retarded of Massachusetts were among the responsibilities successively of the Board of State Charities (St 1863, c 240), 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 facility
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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Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted bt 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

Proceedings [Massachusetts Provincial Congress]

Part of: Massachusetts Provincial Congress

Proceedings, 1774-1775.

Originals 2 volumes; Copies (transcript) (2 volumes) Copies (series microfilm) 1 microfilm reel
Call no.: PC1/1704X

Scope and Content: Three successive provincial congresses served as the government of Massachusetts in opposition to the crown-appointed governor and council, before and during the outbreak of the Revolution.  Proceedings are a daily account of their activities.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Oct. 7-Dec. 10, l774 (2) Feb. 1-May 29, 1775 (3) May 31-July 19, 1775; Arranged within each subseries chronologically by date of meeting
Notes: Owned and annotated by William Lincoln, compiler of published version.  Vol. 1 (Oct. 7, 1774-Apr. 15, 1775) presented by nephew William S. Lincoln to state secretary in 1889.  Vol. 2 (Apr. 22-May 21, 1775) presented by Lincoln to American Antiquarian Society in 1875; transferred to Archives at request of State Archivist Richard Hale, 1971
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Proceedings of hearings [Massachusetts Commissioners to Investigate Disturbances in Lincoln County]

Part of: Commissioners to Investigate Disturbances in Lincoln County

Proceedings of hearings, 1811.

1 volume; Copies: 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm; 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm
Call no.: EA9/89X

Scope and Content: Commissioners appointed pursuant to a General Court order, Feb. 27, 1811, to investigate and recommend remedies for unrest over conflicting land claims in Lincoln County, District of Maine, met May 1-10 in several affected towns.  This series records proceedings of their hearings.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of hearing
Notes: Spine title: Records of commissioners on Lincoln Co. land titles
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Proceedings of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay [Massachusetts General Court]

Part of: General Court

Proceedings of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, 1629-1686.

5 volumes. Copies (series microfilm) 12 microfilm reels ; 35 mm Copies (volume 2 transcript) (1 volume) Indexes 1 volume in 1 file folder
Call no.: CT0/1700X

Scope and Content: The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England received a royal charter in England, Mar. 1629.  They sat as a General Court, from 1630 serving in the Massachusetts Bay colony as the governing body (along with an executive Council), until the revocation of the charter and imposition of a crown-appointed governor and council in 1686.  Series constitutes their proceedings.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) General Court, including Court of Assistants (volumes 1-2, 4-5)  (2) House of Deputies (volume 3); Arranged within each subseries chronologically by date of meeting.
Notes: By Thaddeus M. Harris, 1839, pursuant to agreement signed by Joseph B. Felt at request of state secretary John P. Bigelow. Bound and shelved as: Court records, volumes 1-5 (for volume list see: Massachusetts. Council. Legislative records ((M-Ar)1701X))
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Proclamation files [Massachusetts Governor’s Correspondence Office]

Part of: Governor's External Relations Office

Proclamation files, 1998-2006.

21 record center cartons
Call no.: GO5/2414

Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Governor’s External Relations (formerly Correspondence) Office prepares gubernatorial proclamations for observances for the most part mandated by statute (MGLA c 6, ss 12-15), for recognition of significant persons, events, professions, or other socioeconomic phenomena, or for publicizing actions of the state government.  Special proclamations are also issued for unofficial observances.  Series documents formation of the proclamation from initial correspondence, governor’s correspondence routing form, background material, and proclamation draft, which may be an amended version of a past proclamation, to a photocopy of the proclamation itself, signed and sealed by the governor and state secretary.  For official copies of  proclamations through 1996 see: Proclamations ((M-Ar)235X)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Proclamations [Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Constituency Services]

Part of: Massachusetts Governor's Office of Constituency Services

Proclamations, 1807-1996.

4 record center cartons, 4 document boxes, 15 boxes
Call no.: GO34/235X

Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Constituency Services acted as a liaison between the governor and constituency groups.  It also prepared statutory proclamations for observances for the most part mandated by statute (MGLA c 6, s 12-15), for recognition of significant persons, events, professions, or other socioeconomic phenomena, or for publicizing actions of the state government ; and special proclamations for unofficial observances requested by citizen groups, a role carried out by the governor’s Public Information Office from 1963-1965. In later years only statutory proclamations were retained by the issuing agency to be archived.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Provenance/issuing agency undetermined. Formerly known as: Statutory proclamations. July-Dec. 1992 mostly lacking. Oct. 19, 2001 (Massachusetts Archives Week) proclamation also included. Dec. 28, 2012 (Emancipation Proclamation Day, Jan. 1, 2013) proclamation also included; presented by Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg, Mar. 5, 2013
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Program and legislative files [Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance]

Part of: Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance

Program and legislative files, 1984-1991.

1 record center carton
Call no.: AG3/2453X

Scope and Content: The Victim and Witness Assistance Board, established by Massachusetts’s Victim Bill of Rights (St 1983, c 694, effective 1984–see currently MGLA c258B), is chaired by the state attorney general. The board governs the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance (MOVA), created in 1984 as the executive office of the board (Minutes, Aug. 28 and Oct. 24, 1984; Apr. 29, 1985).  The office and board review and approve federal and state grant funds given to programs to help victims (and witnesses) of crime, provide direct support to such victims through information, referrals, and counseling, and work in the areas of advocacy, legislation, public policy, training, education, and outreach.
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