State Library of Massachusetts

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St 1825, c 123 (1826) provided for a library for the General Court to be kept under the care of the land agent. St 1849, c 155 provided that the librarian of the State Library be the secretary to the Board of Education; St 1850, c 182 provided for a board of trustees to be appointed by the governor; and St 1893, c 86 provided that the librarian be appointed by the governor. St 1960, c 380 officially designated the State Library as the George Fingold Library. The trustees were placed within the Executive Office of Educational Affairs by St 1969, c 704, s 14; after that body was abolished (St 1980, c 329, s 106) the trustees and library were placed administratively within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. The library's functions--to fill information and research requirements of the executive and legislative branches of state government, to be a depository for Massachusetts state and federal printed documents, and to be a principal resource for the history of Massachusetts and its local communities--are currently described in MGLA c 6, ss 33-39.

NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agency described above can be found by searching the following access point for the time period stated: 1826-present--State Library of Massachusetts.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145429643

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Annual reports, 1951-1970. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Correspondence relative to members of Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, 1917. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Massachusetts selective newspaper index : ca. 1878 to ca. 1937. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. [Records] / State Library of Massachusetts. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Correspondence of Caleb Benjamin Tillinghast, State Librarian, relative to legislative biography file, 1884-1909. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Jewish members of the General Court, 1900-1950. State Library of Massachusetts
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg, 1887-1891 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Massachusetts. Board of Education. Secretary's outgoing correspondence, 1849-1866. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Papers of Professor Henry William Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn [State Library of Massachusetts : pamphlet.]. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn McCleary, John. Diary, 1862-1864. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. List of members of the various constitutional conventions of Massachusetts, 1780-1917, [1917?]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Alphabetical list of Massachusetts senators from 1780-1904, 1904. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Agency history record. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. [Photographs, newspaper clipping, press releases, correspondence, etc. concerning the William Bradford manuscript on display at the Massachusetts State Library on April 17, 1985]. State Library of Massachusetts
referencedIn Munroe, James Frank. Notes on State Library's newspaper collection and newspaper indexing in other state libraries, [1911?]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. List of chaplains of the Massachusetts General Court, 1780-1921, [19--]. State Library of Massachusetts
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Alphabetical list of members of the constitutional conventions of 1779-1780, 1788 and 1820-21 and of the General Court 1780-1882, [19--]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. [Massachusetts on postage stamps : United States stamps honoring Massachusetts people, places and events]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf Tillinghast, Caleb Benjamin, 1843-1909. [Legislative biographical file]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Alphabetical list of members of the Massachusetts General Court and constitutional conventions from 1780-1908, 1908. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. [Photographs, press releases, correspondence, etc. concerning the passage of the Massachusetts State Documents Depository Law]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf State Library of Massachusetts. Alphabetical list of Massachusetts senators from 1780-1904, [19--]. State Library of Massachusetts
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associatedWith American Philosophical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith American Philosophical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Board of Education. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1779-1780) corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1788) corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1820-1821) corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1917-1919) corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. General Court corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. General Court. Senate corporateBody
associatedWith McCleary, John. person
associatedWith Munroe, James Frank. person
associatedWith Tillinghast, Caleb Beniamin, 1843-1909. person
associatedWith Tillinghast, Caleb Benjamin, 1843-1909. person
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
State Library of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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Chaplains
Constitutional convention
Legislators
Legislators
Libraries
Libraries
State libraries
State libraries
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Archiving state government publications

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