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Provost Marshal: Returns of southern recruits

Part of: Massachusetts Provost Marshal

Returns of southern recruits, 1864-1865.

1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: PS1.08/455X

Scope and Content: Pursuant to federal act of July 4, 1864 and state General Order 27 of July 14, 1864, Massachusetts Gov. John Andrews appointed Provost Marshal Major Joseph M. Day to oversee southern recruiting to prosecute the war against the Confederacy. His duties were to receive daily reports of recruitment activities, correspond with municipal officials regarding city and town quotas, and report to the governor on a weekly basis. Five assistant provost marshals were appointed for specific southern recruiting locations.
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Provost Marshal: Vouchers relating to recruitment services

Part of: Massachusetts Provost Marshal

Vouchers relating to recruitment services, 1864-1865.

1 volume (partial record center carton)
Call no.: PS1.08/454X

Scope and Content: Pursuant to federal act of July 4, 1864 and state General Order 27 of July 14, 1864, Massachusetts Gov. John Andrews appointed Provost Marshal Major Joseph M. Day to oversee southern recruiting to prosecute the war against the Confederacy. His duties were to receive daily reports of recruitment activities, correspond with municipal officials regarding city and town quotas, and report to the governor on a weekly basis. Five assistant provost marshals were appointed for specific southern recruiting locations.
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Psychological laboratory research and testing files [Massachusetts Mental Health Center]

Part of: Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Psychological laboratory research and testing files, 1935-1960.

4 record center cartons
Call no.: HS7.15/1071X

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.
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository

Psychometric test files [Walter E. Fernald State School]

Part of: Walter E. Fernald State School

Psychometric test files, 1913-1946.

14 record center cartons
Call no.: HS14.02/338X

Scope and Content: The Experimental School for Teaching and Training Idiotic Children conducted at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind from 1848 was incorporated by Massachusetts as the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth in 1850.  It was renamed Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in 1883 and Walter E. Fernald State School in 1925. –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.  In fulfilling this function, the school and its immediate predecessor administered psychometric tests measuring client mental age and intelligence quotient (IQ) to assist in diagnosis and treatment.  Psychometric test files, containing completed record sheets for the Stanford revision of the Binet-Simon tests (and predecessors), were created for each client tested.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by client
Restrictions: 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 retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository

Psychometric testing case files [Massachusetts Mental Health Center]

Part of: Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Psychometric testing case files, 1939-1963 (Bulk: 1954-1963).

16 record center cartons
Call no.: HS7.15/39X

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 chronologically by overlapping time span, thereunder alphabetically
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
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Psychopathic ward inpatient case files [Boston State Hospital]

Part of: Boston State Hospital

Psychopathic ward inpatient case files, 1911-1912.

3 record center cartons
Call no.: HS7.10/339X

Scope and Content: The Boston Lunatic Hospital was established as a municipal agency in 1839; it was renamed Boston Insane Hospital in 1897.  It was made a Massachusetts state agency under the name Boston State Hospital in 1908 and closed in 1981.
Arrangement: Arranged by psychiatric ward registration no. (chronologically assigned)
NotesBox 1: No. 410-568. Box 2: No. 571-725. Box 3: No. 726-869
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Psychotropic drug files [Massachusetts Bureau of Family and Community Health]

Part of: 38 record center cartons and 1 document box

Psychotropic drug files, 1979-1992 (Bulk: 1981-1992).

38 record center cartons and 1 document box
Call no.: HS6.24/2053

Scope and Content: The Division of Family Health Services of the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health was established in 1969, and replaced successively by the Bureau of Parent, Child, and Adolescent Health ca. 1988 and the Bureau of Family and Community Health by 1992.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically (1981-1987 by month, 1988-1992 by year), thereunder alphabetically by first letter of client surname
Restrictions: Personal medical information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: File dates begin 1981; through 1985 may include earlier certification for same client.
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Restrictions: Personal medical information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository

Public assistance policy statements [Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare]

Part of: Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare

Public assistance policy statements, 1953-1962.

1 document box
Call no.: HS5/560X

Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Welfare has the responsibility to provide and administer a comprehensive public welfare financial assistance program (MGLA c 18, s 2).  Decisions concerning policy and procedures of the department, largely by staff of the Division of Public Assistance, were excerpted from meeting minutes or correspondence.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically (1953-1958, 1959-1962), thereunder alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically
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Public assistance statistics [Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare Division of Statistics and Analysis]

Part of: Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare Division of Statistics and Analysis

Public assistance statistics, 1964-1972.

3 file folders (partial document box)
Call no.: HS5.12/1320X

Scope and Content: The Subdivision of Research and Statistics was established in the Division of Aid and Relief (Dept. of Public Welfare) in 1937.  By 1939 it was renamed Bureau of Research and Statistics and by 1940 was an independent unit within the department.  It was renamed successively: Division of Research and Planning (1970), Division of Statistics and Analysis (1971), Office of Research and Planning (mid-1970s), Office of Research and Evaluation (1979), and Office of Research, Evaluation, and Planning (1983)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by month
Notes: Reports for 1968 lacking
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Public health pamphlets [Massachusetts Department of Public Health]

Part of: Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Public health pamphlets, 1928-1934.

1 document box
Call no.: HS6/2620X

Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Health protects the health of Massachusetts residents by maintaining state health facilities, regulating private health facilities, controlling disease, and regulating food, drugs, and other consumer products. During the decades directly following its  establishment in 1919 as the latest in a succession of state public health agencies dating back to 1869, the Dept. of Public Health published a large number of pamphlets and leaflets designed for public distribution. Topics covered include food and nutrition, dental health, vaccination and disease prevention, and child health care. Series consists of a selection of such publications, some of which are reprints or later editions of earlier titles.
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