2. Project Files, 1973-1989

Project files are of special interest because they extensively document the work of the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence.  Members retained detailed paperwork on each project.  The Coalition worked against proposed "women's violent units" at Bridgewater State Hospital (Box 2, Folders 32-40), Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham (Box 2, Folders 41-50), Metropolitan State Hospital (Box 2, Folders 51-6), and Worcester Women's Unit at Worcester State Hospital (Boxes 6-8, Folders 105-55 and Box 13, Folders 281-4).  In addition to their opposition of "special units for violent women," the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence also worked against an Adult Psychiatric Unit (Box 4, Folders 85-7) and a Pediatric Psychiatric Unit (Box 5, Folders 88-93) at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester.  The Coalition documented and worked to stop regional adolescent programs (Box 3-4, Folders 57-84).  There is information on several Regional Adolescent Programs, including Centerpoint (Box 3, Folders 58-65), Medfield, Najnah (Box 4, Folders 73-5), Solomon Carter Fuller (Box 4, Folders 80-1), and Taunton.  One of the Coalition's largest projects was against the proposed Regional Adolescent Program at Worcester State Hospital (Boxes 5-6, Folders 94-104 and Box 13, Folder 280).

Records for each of these projects include advisory committee minutes; appeals against funding; articles about the proposed units; correspondence between the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence, politicians and other government officials, between the Coalition and Ten Tax Payer groups (groups of supporters, or opponents, who received information on the proposals, funding, hiring of directors, etc. regarding these units); determination of need applications (A determination of need application is a process for receiving funding; they require public hearings.); evaluation reports; information packets; lists of Ten Tax Payers groups; petitions; staff and summary reports; photographs; and testimonies.