Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.)

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St 1866, c 209 established at the State Almshouse at Monson a State Primary School for the instruction and employment of dependent and neglected children without settlement in the Commonwealth, to be under the superintendent and inspectors of the almshouse. To it were transferred by the Board of State Charities children under age sixteen from the Monson, Bridgewater, and Tewksbury almshouses, especially orphans (along with children of indigent parents, called dependent) or those who parents had abandoned them or been convicted of a crime (neglected); also certain pupils from the State Reform School at Westborough. (See also St 1872, c 68, s 6.) St 1870, c 359, s 10 (revising St 1869, c 453, s 4; see also St 1871, c 365) allowed placement in temporary custody at the school by the board of other juveniles facing criminal charges, upon court authorization at request of the board's visiting agent (Board of State Charities. Annual report. 9th, 1872 (PD 17: Jan 1873))

St 1872, c 45 closed the Monson and Bridgewater almshouses, but the Primary School continued under the Monson superintendent and inspectors. Adults not transferred to the Tewksbury Almshouse were placed for support or temporary custody as helpers at the State Primary School (along with their children under age three) (s 3), as were other adult paupers at the discretion of the Board of State Charities (annual report previously cited). St 1873, c 262, s 7 allowed court committal to the State Primary School of habitual truants, as permitted to specific municipalities by the state board.

St 1879, c 291 replaced the board with the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity--more specific responsibility for the school rested with the Trustees of the State Primary and Reform Schools (i.e., at Westborough and, for girls, the State Industrial School at Lancaster)--replacing the State Primary School inspectors and the individual reform school boards of trustees--who could transfer inmates from the State Industrial School and the State Reform School to the State Primary School (St 1880, c 208, s 2). Placement of school inmates on trial with families (often followed by indenture, previously arranged by the almshouse) by the superintendent (Gardiner Tufts, Dec. 1879-Dec.? 1884) and inspectors had been encouraged by St 1866, c 209, s 7; the power was vested in the trustees by St 1880, c 208, s 1, with additional power to board out younger or handicapped children at state expense. St 1882, c 181 allowed the state board to transfer dependent children to the school in the same manner as local overseers of the poor transferred them to the Tewksbury Almshouse (i.e., directly as well as from the almshouse) (s 2), and the courts to do so indirectly by committing neglected children to custody of the board (s 3)

The State Board of Lunacy and Charity (succeeeding the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity in 1886) had in its annual reports (Jan 1893 and Jan 1894) objected to the growing number of juvenile offenders in the State Primary School, proposing to protect the other inmates by renewed efforts at family placement--their success in this led to the passage of St 1895, c 428, which abolished the State Primary School and renamed the trustees as the Trustees of the Lyman (i.e., at Westborough) and Industrial Schools under jurisdiction of the state board, with power to recommit offenders to the reform schools and to place remaining State Primary School inmates at home or in other suitable homes.

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creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Indentures and agreements, 1854-1890. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Case histories, 1866-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Tewksbury, Mass.). Children's records, 1855-1869. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Orders of admission, 1870-1894 (bulk 1889-1894) Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Reports of visiting agents, 1880-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Transcripts of votes of Trustees of the State Primary and Reform Schools, 1879-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Farm accounts, 1887-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Board of Lunacy and Charity. Weekly reports of admissions and discharges at the State Primary School, 1866-1892. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Cash journal, 1887-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Journal of boarding out clothing bills, 1893-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Register of weekly admissions and discharges, 1876-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Invoice/voucher registers, 1870-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Financial statements, 1881-1883. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Punishment book, 1891-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Votes of Trustees of the State Primary and Reform Schools, 1879-1893. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Applications for discharge, 1866-1871. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Financial records, 1874-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Birth register, 1854-1885. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Inmate cashbook, 1893-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Letters of placement recommendation, 1854-1871. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Incoming correspondence, 1854-1894. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Placement evaluations, 1856-1871. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity. Persons supported at the State Primary School, Monson, and at the State Workhouse, Bridgewater, 1872-1882. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Outgoing correspondence, 1869-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Hospital registers, 1854-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Boarding out register, 1883-1892. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Register of incoming correspondence, 1879-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Schedules of bills, 1863-1887. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Minutes of the Board of Inspectors, 1854-1876. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Transfer lists of inmates, 1854-1883. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Annual reports, 1855-1878. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Placement registers, 1874-1890. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Admission registers, 1866-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Agency history record. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Death certificates, 1879-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). General ledgers, 1880-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Death register, 1854-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Correspondence concerning placement applications, 1882-1895. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
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