Note:  This is a partial listing of government publications on microform in the Boston Public Library. Much of the material listed here is complemented by a hardcopy that either duplicates the microcopy and/or fills in the gaps.  A search for government publications in the Boston Public Library usually should begin in the Government Documents Department, where many of the indexes are located.   All microforms are in the Microtext Department, unless marked GOV.

Table of Contents:

• Foreign Government Publications

 

• International Intergovernmental Publications
  

• US Government Publications- 
  Section I (Miscellaneous)
  Section II (arranged by issuing agency)
  

• State Government Publications
  

• Local Government Publications
  

• Microfiche in the Government Documents Reading Room

Foreign Government Publications

Canada
* Canadian Patents
o #816,353-1,217,893 (1970-1987): GOV microfilm(basement) 

European Patents
* #1-631,463 (1978-1994): GOV microfilm (basement)

France
* Transcripts and files of the Paris peace talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973 
microfilm DS559.7.T73 1982x
o Guide: microtext DS559.7.T732 1982x

Germany
* German Foreign Ministry Archives
o 1920 – 1945: microfilm CD1216.R4 (in storage?)
* Reports of the military government for Germany U.S. zone 1945-1953 
microform DD257.G72 1983x
o Guide: RL Stacks Z1245.G845 1983x

Great Britian
* British Patents
o #1,156,551-2,275,190 (1969-1994): GOV (basement)T257.B28

* House Of Commons
o Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates
* 1066 to date: microprint J301.H5
* Index at end of each volume

o Journals
* 1547 to 1900: microprint J301.K3
* Early years index in GOV, later at end of each volume

o Sessional Papers
* 1731 to date: microprint J301.K613
* (most current in fiche)
* Index in GOV?

* House of Lords
o Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates
* 1901 to date: microprint J302.J22
* Index at end of each volume

o Sessional Papers
* 1806 – 1859: microfilm J301.J63
* 1940 to date: microprint 301.J613
* Index through 1870 in GOV

o Statutes in Force: microfiche KD123.1972a


Vietnam
* Transcripts and files of the Paris peace talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973 
microfilm DS559.7.T73 1982x
o Guide: microtext DS559.7.T732 1982x


Miscellaneous

* Annual Report of the World’s Central Banks: microfiche HG1811.A55x

* Social and Economic Development Plans/National Development Plan
o 1929 to date? (most post-WWII): GOV HC10.I68
o Arranged alphabetically

International Intergovernmental Publications

Index to International Statistics 
* 1983 to date: GOV HA214.I23

League of Nations
* Documents (1919 – 1946): microfilm JX1975.A19
* Serial Publications (1910 – 1945): microfilm JX1975.A1

Organization of American States
* Documents
o 1948-1964: microcard F1402.A1665
o 1965 to date: microfiche F1402.A1665
* OEA Technical Documents (1974 to date): microfiche F1402.A173
(Organizaticion de los Estados Americanos)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
* Annual Review and Record (1967-1973): microfilm HD9560.1.O63
* Annual Statistical Bulletin (1966-1973): microfilm HD9560.4.O735a
* Resolutions Adopted at the Conference
o 1st-39th (1960-1974): microfilm HD9560.1.O636
* Selected Documents (1966-1971): microfilm HD9560.1.S44

Permanent Court of International Justice
* Hague: microfilm JX1971.5 A6
o Series A Judgements 1-24 (1923-1930) +Guide
o Series B Advisory Opinions 1-18 (1922-1930)
o Series A/B Judgments, Orders, and Advisory Opinions 40-80 (1931-1940)
o Series C & D Documents, Annual Reports 1-16

United Nations
* Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm (1972):
o The Human Environment Microlibrary: microfiche GF3.U45
o Documents microfilm GF3.U5
* Documents and Official Records
o Excludes Secretariat (includes many Limited documents)
* 1946 to date/1981: readex microprint on UNDOC #
* 1982 to date: GOV JX1977.A155 on UNDOC #
o Includes Secretariat (“ST” documents) and World Peace Foundation (WPF)
* 1946-c.a.1965: microfilm JX1977.A155
* International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva
o 1955: microprint QC770.I53 1955

* U.N. Documents on the Situation in the Middle East (and index)
o 1947-1973: microfiche Z3013.U45x

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
* Patent Corporation Treaty (PCT): 
o WO 1979 #1-1995 #5620: GOV microfilm (basement)

U.S. Government Publications

Section I
(Miscellaneous)

American Statistics Index
* Non-depository
* 1974 to date, retrospective collection: GOV HA214.A587
(Need year and #)
* Guide in GOV

BioLaw
Ethical and legal issues in medicine, health care administration, and human experimentation
* 1986 to date: GOV QH332.B46x
* Index in GOV

Checklist of U.S. Public Documents (see also CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents)
* 1975 to date, retrospective collection: microfilm Z1223.Z7U52

CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
* 1789 – 1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
* Guide in GOV
* Includes documents from the Agriculture Dept., American Republics Bureau, Civil Service Comm., Commerce Dept., District of Columbia, Fish Comm., Freedman’s Savings and Trust Co., General Accounting Office, General Suppy Comm., Geographic Board, Government Printing Office, Interior Dept., Interstate Commerce Comm., Justice Dept., Labor Dept., Library of Congress, Mediation Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Capital Park and Planning Comm., National Home for Disabled Soldiers, Navy Dept., Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Personnel Classification Board, Philippine Government, Post Office Dept., Postal Savings System, President of the U.S., Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, Reserve Bank Organization Comm., Radio Comm., Railroad Labor Board, Shipping Board, Smithsonian Institution, State Dept., Tariff Commission, Treasury Dept., Veterans Administration, Veterans Bureau, Vocational Education Board, War Dept., War Trade Board

Declassified Documents
* 1975 to date, retrospective collection: GOV J83.D4
* Guide in GOV

Early American Imprints (contains many U.S. Government Publications)
* Evans (pre-1801): microprint Z1215.E92 1956
* Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819): microprint Z1215.E3

Readex Depository
* 1956 to MC #91-14138: microprint J83.A2

Readex Non-Depository
* 1953 to date: microprint J83.A3
o 1991 to date: use MC #

U.S. Reports
* Volumes 1-340 GOV (on top of fiche cabinets)

U.S. Government Publications

Section II

(Arranged under keyword of issuing agency)

Agriculture Department

* America 1935-1946 the photographs of the U.S Department of Agriculture, Farms Security Administration and the Office of War Information, arranged by region and subject. Microfiche E169.A494 1980x


Census see also National Archives, Federal Population Schedules, and CIS

* Decennial 1790-1970 microfilm HA214.U165 1975x
o (Microtext has bibliography and reel index)

* Non-Decennial up to 1967 GOV HA 214.U38 + entry #
o Indexed in Catalog of U.S. Census Pubs. 1870-1945 (Dubester)

* Enumeration district descriptions are in Microtext.


Children’s Bureau

* Records of the Children’s Bureau, 1912-1969: microfilm HV741.U528 1988x


Commerce see also National Oceanographic And Atmospheric Administration

* Commerce Today: microfilm HF1.38x

* Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 1878-1985 GOV HA202.A385



CIS (Congressional Information Service)

* 1970 Census GOV (on top of fiche cabinets) 
o Guide: “U.S. 1970 Decennial Census Publications ASI Abstracts and Guide to Microfiche”

* 1980 Census GOV HA201 1980
o Guide: “Guide to 1980 Decennial Census Publications” (2 volumes)

* 1990 Census GOV (on top of fiche cabinets)
o Guide: “Guide to 1990 U.S. Decennial Census Publications”

* U.S. Executive Branch Documents GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Guide

* RRC (Reports Required by Congress) GOV KF5101 +#
o Indexed in CIS

* American Foreign Policy Index GOV JX1417
o 1993-1999 (discontinued)
o Index in GOV


Congress

Congress/Year Conversion Guide:

* Congressional Quarterly

o Almanac, 1945-1961 microcard JK1.C66

o Weekly Report microcard JK1.C15
* Volume 6 (1948) - Volume 19 (1961)

* Committee Prints
o CIS/US Congressional Committee Prints GOV J83.A22
21st-91st (1830-1969) +CIS #
Paper in GOV for 96th to date
o CIS/Limited Edition GOV KF49.C621
92nd (1971) to date 
Non-depository prints.
o Readex
-Depository (see note at GPO entry) microprint J83.A2
-Non-depository (see note at GPO entry) microprint J83.A3
(Use Monthly Catalog #, index in Gov) 


* Debates and Proceedings (Index in Gov):
o 1st-18th Congresses (to 1825), Annals of Congress: microfilm J11.A5
o 18th-25th (3/4/1825 - 3/3/1839) Register of Debates: microfilm J11.D5
o 23rd-42nd (3/4/1837 - 3/3/1873) Congressional Globe: microfilm J11.G5
o 43rd-79th (3/4/1873 - 1/3/1947) Congressional Record: microfilm J11.R5
-Paper, 79th to date (1/3/47-) GOV (stack 1, cage)
o 84th to present, Congressional Record: 
-Readex Depository microprint J83.A2
-Use Monthly Catalog #
o Congressional Record on GPO microfiche in GOV
-Daily: X1.1A.103/1:139/124 - to date
-Bound: X.95/1:123/PT.1 - X.97/2:128/PT.26
-Bound: X1.1:101/1-135 PT. 1 - X1.1:104/2-142 pt. 21 

* Hearings

o 41st - 91st, 1st session: 
CIS Microfiche of Congressional Committee Hearings GOV KF25.A3

Group 1A: Hearings, 1869-1934 (41st-73rd ) arranged by US Senate Library volume number. Senate filed first, the House (e.g. S208 or H208) 
Needed on call slip: fiche KF25.A3, group 1, House or Senate, volume no. 

Group 1B: Hearings without US Senate library volume number, i.e. "documented" hearings from 1833-1934 arranged by congress and session, then by Senate and House report number (e.g. 50 Cs. 1 sn. SED v.5 no.51)
Needed on call slip: fiche KF25.A3, group 1A, Congress no. session, House or Senate report no. 

Group 2: Hearings not found in the Senate Library 1839-1934. Supplement arranged House before Senate, alphabetically by committee abbreviation, congress no. and letter (e.g. H Pul 60 P.)
Needed on call slip: fiche KF25.A3. group 2, committee abbreviation, unique congress number

Group 3: Hearings from 1935-1969 (74th-91st) arranged by US Senate Library volume no. , Congress, House then Senate (e.g. [75th]H691 or [75th] S564) 
Needed on call slip: fiche KF25.A3, group 3, congress, House or Senate, volume no. 

Group 4: Supplemental Hearings through 1969 not found in previous groups arranged by congress, committee abbreviation and number, House then Senate (e.g. [79th] H Ag - 1)



o 84th to 101st:
Readex Depository. J83.A2 Use MC# (microfiche starts in 1981) 
o 102nd-105th (1991-1998) Readex Depository in GOV on SuDoc (stack 1) (as of 7/2002 have only received through 1995)

o 97th - to date on SUDOC fiche, depending on flood loss and donation replacement

o Available in paper in GOV on SUDOC starting with 103rd Congress, as of 7/2002.

o CIS Unpublished Hearings: Use CIS # from index in Gov)
-Senate, 18th-92nd Congresses: GOV KF40.C54
-House, 22nd-58th Congresses: GOVKF40.U5
-97th Congress to date: GOV GPO microfiche (SuDoc#) 

* House and Senate Bills:
o 1st-96th Congresses: microform (fiche 1933-) KF16.A5
o 73rd-96th Congresses GOV KF16.A5
o 97th Congress to date: GOV GPO microfiche (SuDoc #)

* Reports and Documents:
o 1st - 25th, ca., American State Papers (1789-1838) microprint J33
Guide: included in "CIS Serial Set Index"
o 15th - 96th, Readex Serial Set: microprint J66
Guide: "CIS Serial Set Index"
-Through # 13384. 
-Need to write volume number and House/Senate document/report number on call slip before sending to Microtext. 
-Paper: vol. 1-approx. 4880 at NEDL. Can be retrieved within a few days. 
Volume 5000? - 12880 at Charlestown, boxed, inaccessible. 
Volume 12881-1 in Gov Reading Room.
o 15th - 91st, US Senate Executive Documents and Reports: 
GOV KF40.S46 1987x
Guide: "US Senate Executive Documents and Reports" 2 volumes?
o 84th to 1991: Readex depository microprint J83.A2
o 96th to date: GOV GPO microfiche (SuDoc #)

* Reports Required by Congress (RRC)
o 1994 to date GOV KF5101 +#
o Guide in GOV


Congressional Research Service

* Major Studies of the Legislative Reference Service: microfilm JK1108.A48x
o 1916 - ?


Consulate General, Hong Kong

* Current Background:
o China 1950-1977: microfilm DS777.55.U576

* Extracts from China Mainland Magazines:
o 8/15/55 to date: microfilm DS777.55.U517

* Extracts from China Mainland Publications
o 4/24/62-8/31/64: microfilm DS777.55.U519

* Review of the Hong Kong Press
o 7/1/47-12/27/62: microfilm DS796.H7U52

* Survey of China Mainland Press
o 11/1/50-1977: microfilm DS777.55.U52


Educational Research Information Center

* ERIC documents (1956 to date): microfiche LB1028.U46
o Index in Social Sciences


Energy Department

* Department of Energy fiche GOV ?basement?
o Guide?


Federal Register

* 1936 - 1987: microfilm KF70.A2
o Missing Aug. 28 - Sept. 16, 1982 and Jan. 1 - Jan. 15, 1985

Federal Bureau of Investigation

* FBI Files on American Churchwomen killed in El Salvador, Atlanta child murders, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Joseph P. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, NAACP, NNC, A. Philip Randolph, Paul Robeson, Sacco and Vanzetti, Watergate, and Roy Wilkins see Microtext Dept.

* FBI Manuals of Instruction, Investigative Procedures, and Guidelines
o 1927 - 1978 microfilm: HV8141.U57 1983x

Foreign Broadcast Information Service

* Daily Reports:
o 2/24/47 - 1/3/52: (In storage at NEDL) microfilm D839.U63
o 1978-1996: GPO microfiche (SuDoc #)
PrEx 7.10: FBIS -letter/number

Government Printing Office

* Checklist of U.S. Public Documents
o GPO Shelflist, 1789- 6/72: microfilm Z1223.7U52
o Index: GOV shelved w/ monthly catalog

* Exhausted GPO Sales Publication Reference File: latest edition in GOV

* GPO Microfiche: 
o 1976 to date: GOV SuDoc#

* Readex Depository:
o 1956 to Monthly Catalog # 91-14138 (1991) microprint J83.A2
o Use Monthly Catalog #
o Microfiche starts in 1981

* Readex (replacement) fiche in GOV for 1991-1998, kept on stack 1. 
Please request on SuDoc #. (As of Aug. 2002 have received through 1994).

* Readex Non-depository:
o 1953 to date: microprint J83.A3
Use Monthly Catalog #
microfiche starts in 1981


Immigration see also National Archives, Passenger Lists

* Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Series A, Subject correspondence files. 
microfilm JV6484.R43 1994x

o (part 3) Ellis Island, 1900-1933
o (part 4) European investigations, 1898-1936


Indian Claims Commission

* Brief and Exhibit Digests microform KF8202.B75x
* Decisions microform KF8208.A554
* Expert Testimony microform KF8208.E9
* Transcripts of Oral Testimony microform KF8208.T73x



Industrial Relations, Commission on. Division of Research and Investigation

* U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, 1912-1915 unpublished records of the Division of Research and Investigation: reports, staff studies, and background research materials. microfilm HD8072.U64 1985x



Interior Department see also Library of Congress, Historic American Building Survey

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV


Internal Revenue Service

* Exempt Organizations
o Massachusetts 1971 to date: (in vault) aperture card HV97.A3E94
o Massachusetts latest year: SocSci
*issued by IRS for Foundation Center; form 990 and 990AR filed yearly by tax exempt organizations. (May now contain only 990 PF information. 1/31/97)

* Federal Individual Tax Return Data by Zip Code
o 1966: microfilm HJ4653.S7A45
o 1969: microfilm HJ4653.S7A24x


Interstate Commerce Commission

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV


Joint Publication Research Service

* JPRS Reports:
o 1958 to date: Readex non-depository microprint
o 1978 to date: GPO microfiche (SuDoc #)
* to 1979 = Y3.J66:13
* Index?

* Transdex Index
o 1975-1996: GOV AS36.U574


Justice Department

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV

* U.S. Department of Justice Current Documents
o 1988-1998: GOV KF5107.U74x
o Index in GOV


Labor Department

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV


Library of Congress 
* Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1891-1960: microtext
o Music Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1891-1976: Music Dept.

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV

* Historic American Building Survey (all states): Fine Arts microfilm NA705.H54 1974x
* Presidential Papers Microfilm Program:
o Washington through Coolidge: microfilm J82

National Advisory Commission on Aeronautics (NACA)

* Technical Memoranda (36 reels) microfilm TL507.U57 1980


National Aeronautics and Space Administration

* NASA Collection (includes memorandum, republication, technical note, technical report, and technical translation): Microfiche TL521.3.N32


National Archives

* Federal Population Schedules
o New England States only 1790-18880, 1900-1920 (1930?): microfilm
o Soundex 1880-1900, 1920: microfilm
o index to U.S. Census, families with children 10 years old or younger
o Union Veterans 1890: microfilm F494.U6 1890

* Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: microfilm

* Passenger Lists:
o Ships arriving at Boston
1820-1918: microfilm JV6461.A6
Index 1848-1891, 1902-1906: microfilm JV6461.A6

o Vessels arriving at New Bedford 
7/1/1902 - 6/22/1921: microfilm JV6461.A61x

o Vessels arriving at miscellaneous ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts:
1820-1873: microfilm JV6461.A62

* Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783: microtext E203.R48 1976x


National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

* Retrospective Climatological Data:
o 1896-1983 (index in GOV): GOV QC983.57 + fiche #

* Retrospective Local Climatological Data:
o 1949-1983: GOV QC983.57 + fiche #



National Security Council

* Documents of the Security Council
o 1947-1977 and 1st through supplements microtext UA23.N249

o Indexed in "A guide to documents of the National Security Council 1947-1977" microtext UA23.G849 1980x

* Minutes of meetings of the National Security Council: microfilm UA23.N295


National Technical Information Service

* NTIS Reference File 1943-1972: microform T7.N85x


National War Labor Board

* Papers of the National War Labor Board, 1918-1919:
microfilm CD3041.N45 U6 1984x


Nuclear Regulatory Commission

? In GOV cage.


Park Service see Library of Congress, Historic American Building Survey


Patent and Trademark Office

* U.S. Patents
o 1790-1917: GOV microfilm
o 1917-1964: GOV microfilm (room with standards) 
o 1964-1999: GOV microfilm (basement)
o Early Unnumbered Patents, 1790-1836: microfilm T223.D7 R47 1980


President

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV

Publications of Presidential Papers


* George Washington microfilm J82.A1 Index in Micro: Z8950.V64

* John Adams microfilm E322.1A23 1954x

* Thomas Jefferson microfilm J82.A3
Index in Micro: Z6616.J4U5 1974

* James Madison microfilm J82.A4
Index in Micro: Z8540.U53

* James Monroe microfilm J82.A5
Index in Micro: Z8587.8.U5

* John Quincy Adams microfilm E322.1A23 1954x

* Andrew Jackson microfilm J82.A7
Index in Micro: Z8443.U53

* Martin Van Buren Papers. Library of Congress Microfilm

* William Henry Harrison microfilm J82.B1
Index in Micro: Z8387.97.U

* John Tyler microfilm J82.B2
Index in Micro: Z6616.T95U

* James K. Polk microfilm J82.B3
Index in Micro: Z8702.U5

* Zachary Taylor microfilm J82.B4
Index in Micro: Z8863.5.U5

* Franklin Pierce microfilm J82.B6
Index in Micro: Z8689.9.U5

* James Buchanan microfilm Z6616.B865B8

* Abraham Lincoln microfilm J82.B8
Index in Micro: Z8505.U53

* Andrew Johnson microfilm J82.B9
Index in Micro: Z8455.567U5

* Ulysses S. Grant microfilm J82.C1
Index in Micro: Z6616.G76U5

* Rutherford B. Hayes microfilm E682.H74 1982x

* James A. Garfield microfilm J82.C3

* Chester A. Arthur microfilm J82.C4
Index in Micro: Z8045.03.U5

* Grover Cleveland microfilm J82.C5
Index in Micro: Z6616.C6U5

* Benjamin Harrison microfilm J82.C6
Index in Micro: Z6616.h28U5

* William McKinley microfilm J82.C8
Index in Micro: Z6616.M18U5

* Theodore Roosevelt microfilm J82.C9
Index in Micro: J82.C9 (3 vol.)

* William Howard Taft microfilm J82.D1

* Woodrow Wilson microfilm J82.D2
Index in Micro: Z6616.W53U54 (3 vol.)

* Warren G. Harding microfilm J82.D3

* Calvin Coolidge microfilm J82.D4
Index in Micro: Z6616.C78U5

* Franklin D. Roosevelt Map Room Messages microfilm J82.D61 1981

* Harry S. Truman Map Room Messages microfilm J82.D71 1980

* Dwight D. Eisenhower Diaries, 1953-1969 microfilm E836.A3139 1982 


Securities & Exchange Commission

* 10k Reports of Companies Listed on American and New York Stock Exchanges:
o 1967 to 1998?: microfiche HG4028.B2D548

* SEC Releases 1933-1973: microfiche KF1444.A32R4


State Department

* Confidential U.S. State Department central files. (Consult catalog)
o Germany and Italy. microtext 



Strategic Services, Office of. 
* Foreign Nationalities Branch files. 1942-1945: microfilm D769.8.U767 1988



Subversive Activities Control Board

* Records of the Subversive Activities Control Board, 1950-1972 
microfilm HX83.R42 1988x


Superintendent of Documents see Government Printing Office


Treasury Department see also Internal Revenue Service

* CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents
o 1789-1909, 1910-1932: GOV Z1223.Z7U6 1990x
o Index in GOV

* The U.S. National Economy, 1916-1981 unpublished documentary collections from the U.S. Department of the Treasury: microfilm HC103.U23 1984x


Weather Bureau see National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration


Works Projects Admin. see also Library of Congress, Historic American Building Survey

* Archives of the Work Projects Administration and Predecessors, 1933-1943
microfilm CD3041.W674 1987x

State Government Publications

Early American Imprints (contains many state government publications)
Evans (pre-1801): microprint Z1215.E92 1956
Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819): microprint Z1215.E3

Massachusetts. Bureau of Statistics of Labor
1869-1900: GOV HC107.M4A2

Massachusetts. Executive Order [Governor]
1941-Sept. 1946, 1950-Dec. 1974: microfilm KFM2434.A2 M373x

Massachusetts. General Court Documents 
(Legislative documents, House legislative documents, and Senate Legislative documents) 1967 to date: microfilm J87.M4

Massachusetts. Governor’s Press Release
Jan. 2, 1973-June 30, 1976: microfilm JK3153.P8 M37x

Massachusetts. Manual for the use of the General Court
1858 to date?: microform JK3131.M41

Massachusetts. Official Publications of the Commonwealth
July 1975 to date: microfilm J87.M4x 

Massachusetts. State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
1887-1901: GOV HD5503.M4 1970ZX 

Sources of Massachusetts Legal History (series) microfilm KFM2430.5.R47x
(v.3)Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay 
(v.4)Records of the Court of assistants of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692 
(v.6-8)The colonial laws of Massachusetts. The book of the general lawes and libertyes concerning the inhabitants of the Massachusetts collected out of the records of the General Court 
(v.9)Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusets 
(v.10)Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusets passed at several sessions of the General court, holden in Boston 1806-1808 
(v.11)Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth, 1806 
(v.12)Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court, 1804-1822 
(v.13)Massachusetts digest, a digest of the reported decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1804 to 1879, with references to earlier cases. 
(v.14-16)Massachusetts civil list for the colonial and provincial periods, 1630-1774 being a list of names and dates of appointments of all the civil officers constituted by authority of the charters, or the local government. A bibliographical sketch of the laws of the Massachusetts colony from 1630 to 1686 in which are included the Body of liberties of 1641, and the records of the Court of assistants, 1641-1644: arranged to accompany the laws of 1660 and 1672. 


State Censuses (as listed in Dubester)
Pre-1790-1945: GOV HA195.S72x

State Constitutional Conventions microfiche KF4530.A1757

State Legislative Manuals GOV JK2679.S838x

Statistical Reference Index, 1980 to date: GOV HA214.S23


Local Government Publications

Acton, Massachusetts Records (1735-1850): microfilm F74.A17A15
Bedford, Massachusetts Records (1729-ca.1878): microfilm F74.B2B18
Boston City Council Debates (1888-1967): microfilm JS615.C58x
Boston City Council Proceedings
(1868-1892, 1897-1929, 1952-1957, 1979-1980): microfilm
Boston City Documents (1834-1970): microfilm JS13.B6
*Must use film for all years prior to 1929. Index also in Micro.
Boston City Record (1898-May 1900, Aug. 1909-1983): microfilm JS1.B7
Boston City Records (1822-1914): microfilm F73.B7
Boston List of Residents 
(1861-1897, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1911-1930): microfilm JS617.A5
Boston Overseers of the Poor Records (1733-1925): microfilm HV99.B6 O83 1999x
Boston Real Estate Information (past 3 years): GOV
Boston Selectmen’s Records (1701-1822): microfilm F73.B7
Brighton Town Records (1807-1874): microfilm F73.B7
Carlisle, Massachusetts Records (1754-ca.1844): microfilm F74.C23C18
Charlestown Town Records (1629-1847): microfilm F73.B7
Concord, Massachusetts Records (ca. 1692-ca.1840): microfilm F74.C8C815
Current Urban Documents (includes U.S. and Canada): 
(Boston kept in GOV) (1971-date): microfiche JS308.U87
Dorchester Town Records (1632-1870): microfilm F73.B7
Early Massachusetts Records of the Six Concord-Lexington Towns
(1635-1830): microfilm F74.A17A15
Early American Imprints (contains many local government publications)
*Evans (pre-1801): microprint Z1215.E92 1956
*Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819): microprint Z1215.E3
Gloucester, Massachusetts Records (1642-ca.1914): microfilm F74.G5G56
Hampshire County Probate Records (1660-1820): microfilm KFM2451.9.H35
Holbrook Collection (vital statistics for some MA towns not in Vital Statistics Series)
Hyde Park Town Records (1868-1912): microfilm F73.B7
Lexington, Massachusetts Records (1635-ca.1887): microfilm F74.L67L62
Lincoln, Massachusetts Records ((1770-ca.1856): microfilm ?
Middlesex County Probate Court Records (1636-1852): microfilm F72.M743
Middlesex County Town Records (through 1830): microfilm F72.M7E47x
Norfolk County Probate Index, 1793-1900: GOV 6450.8 (2 vol.)
*Library has only the index, no the records
Roxbury Town Records (1648-1849): microfilm F73.B7
Suffolk County Probate Court Records (1636-1852): microfilm F72.S9M43
* Index (1636-1893): microform F72.S9 I53 1895ax
Tax and Valuation Lists of Massachusetts Towns Before 1776: microfilm HJ2413.A29
West Roxbury Town Records (1851-1874): microfilm F73.B7



Microfiche in the Government Documents Reading Room

Superintendent of Documents Fiche
AS36.U574 Transdex, 1974-1996
HA37.U7M4 1970ZX MA Bureau of Statistics, A Sketch of Its History
HA195.S72x State Censuses
HA202.A385 Statistical Abstracts of the United States, 1878-1998
HA214.A587 American Statistics Index, 1974 to date
HA214.I23 Index to International Statistics, 1983 to date
HA214.S23 Statistical Reference Index, 1980 to date
HC10.I68 National Development Plan
HC107.M4A2 MA Index to Reports, 1870-1889; MA Bureau of Statistics of Labor, 1869-1900.
HD5503.M4 1970ZX MA State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation, 1887-1901
HG1811.A55x Annual Report of the World’s Central Banks 
J83.A22 U.S. Congress Committee Prints
J83.D4 Declassified Documents 
JK2679.S838x State Legislative Manuals
JS301.U87 Current Urban Documents (Boston)
JX1417 American Foreign Policy, 1993-1999
JX1977.A155 United Nations, 1982 to date
KF16.A5 CIS Congressional Bills
KF25.A3 Congressional Hearings
KF25.A4 Congressional Hearings Supplement
KF40.C54 Unpublished Senate Committee Hearings
KF40.U5 Unpublished House Committee Hearings
KF40.S46 Senate Executive Documents and Reports
KF49.C621 CIS Limited
KF70.A5 Presidential Executive Orders, 1789-1983
KF4530.A17S7 State Constitutional Conventions
KF5101 Reports Required by Congress, 1994 to date
KF5107.U74 U.S. Dept. of Justice Current Documents, 1988-1998
L161 Boston School Committee Documents
QC983.C57 Climatological Data Retrospective
QC983.C57 Local Climatological Data Retrospective, through 1983
QH332.B46x BioLaw 
Y3.Eq2? Equal Employment Opportunity
Z1223.5 .I3 P83 Publications of the State of Illinois, 1957,1959-1975
Z1223.Z706 1990x CIS U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1932
Unnumbered U.S. Patents 1790-1917 (microfilm)
Unnumbered U.S. Reports Volumes 1-340 (on top of fiche cabinets)


21 May 2003