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1985-2002
HAV-01-401; Collection between 48-OO and 49-PP
GUSN-329488
This collection consists of reference files, photographs and other materials belonging to the former Massachusetts Film Office (MFO) and directors. The files and images were once used for location scouting, to aid out of town film producers and artists in finding the proper settings necessary for their films. In 2007, members of the MFO catalogued each of the 38 boxes in the collection based on their value to current film productions. Historic New England has largely maintained this organization. The collection is arranged into three series: towns and cities, subjects, and schools. The photographs are arranged aphetically within these series, with a few exceptions. The collection was processed following the tenants of More Product, Less Process and therefore has been minimally described.
airports
aquariums (institutions)
armories (military buildings)
banks (financial institutions)
parks (recreation areas)
battleships
beaches
castles (fortifications)
camps (recreation areas)
bridges (built works)
graveyards
churches (buildings)
country clubs
convents (nunneries)
courthouses
delicatessens
fairgrounds
farms
ferries
harbors
health clubs
health facilities
golf courses
housing projects
inns
ponds (water)
lakes (bodies of water)
law firms
marinas
libraries (buildings)
lighthouses
airfields
museums (buildings)
hotels (public accommodations)
office buildings
orchards
quarries (extracting complexes)
jails (buildings)
power plants
police stations
playgrounds
horse racetracks
reservoirs (water distribution structures)
resorts
restaurants
roads
capitols
stadiums
retirement homes
high schools (buildings)
educational complexes
shipyards
theaters (buildings)
zoos (institutions)
yacht clubs (buliding complexes)
waterfalls (natural bodies of water)
railroad stations
trailer camps
warehouses
state parks
auditoriums
military bases
naval air bases
wildlife refuges
locker rooms
subway stations
derelict buildings
abbeys (monasteries)
parking garages
photographs
38 linear feet (38 records cartons)
An electronic finding aid is available through Historic New England's Collections Access Portal. A paper finding aid is available in the Library & Archives.
This collection was donated to Historic New England by the Massachusetts Film Office in 2007
CC017
Massachusetts Film Office Archives
2007
CC017
This collection contains reference files, photographs, and other materials of the Massachusetts Film Office, which operated from 1979 to 2002.
Gift
Gift of Massachusetts Film Office, 2007.
Abington (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Acton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Adams (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Alford (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Amesbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Arlington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Ashburnham (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Ashby (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Athol (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Ashfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Ayer (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Barnstable county (Massachusetts) [county]
Osterville (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Hyannis (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Barre (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Belchertown (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Bellingham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Berlin (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Bernardston (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Beverly (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Billerica (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Blackstone (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Bolton (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Boxford (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Boylston (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Brimfield (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Brockton Reservoir (Norfolk county, Massachusetts) [reservoir]
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Canton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Carlisle (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Chatham (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Chelmsford (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Chelsea (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Chester (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Chicopee Falls (Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Chilmark (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)
Clinton (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Concord (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Conway (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Dalton (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Dartmouth (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Dedham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Dennis (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Douglas (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Dracut (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Duxbury (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Eastham (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Easthampton (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Easton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Chappaquiddick Island (Dukes county, Massachusetts) [island]
Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)
Egremont Plain (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Farley (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Essex county (Massachusetts) [county]
Everett (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Fall River (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Falmouth (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Woods Hole (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Fitchburg (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Framingham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Franklin (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Assonet Neck (Bristol county, Massachusetts) [cape]
Gardner (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Georgetown (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Gill (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Gloucester (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Annisquam (Gloucester, Essex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Hudson (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Hopkinton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Hubbardston (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Hopedale (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Holyoke (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Hinsdale (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Haverhill (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Hatfield (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Harvard (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Hanover (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Hardwick (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Hamilton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Halifax (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Hadley (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Greenfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Great Barrington (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Grafton (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Hull (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Huntington (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Ipswich (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Kingston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Lancaster (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Lanesborough (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Lawrence (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Lee (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Lenox (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Lincoln (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Longmeadow (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Ludlow (Worcester, Worcester county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Lynn (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Lunenburg (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Malden (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Manchester (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Marblehead (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Mansfield (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Marion (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Marlboro (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Marshfield (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Mashpee (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Randolph (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Reading (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Norfolk county (Massachusetts) [county]
Newburyport (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Newbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)
New Salem (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Mill River (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
New Marlborough (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Needham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Natick (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Mattapoisett (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Maynard (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Medway (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Mendon (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Merrimac (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Middleboro (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Milford (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Millbury (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Millville (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Monson (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Millers Falls (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Montague (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Monterey (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Montgomery (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Nahant (Essex county, Massachusetts)
North Adams (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
North Attleboro (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
North Brookfield (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Northampton (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Northborough (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Northfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Norwood (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Norton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Norwell (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Martha's Vineyard (Dukes county, Massachusetts) [island]
Oakham (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Orange (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
East Orleans (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Palmer (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Paxton (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Peabody (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Pembroke (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Pepperell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Petersham (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Phillipston (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Pittsfield (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Plymouth County (Massachusetts) [county]
Prides Crossing (Beverly, Essex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Princeton (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Revere (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Richmond (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Rockland (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Rockport (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Hayden Row (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Rowley (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Royalston (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Rutland (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Sandwich (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Stockbridge (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Stoneham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Stoughton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Stow (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
North Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)
Tolland (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Topsfield (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Townsend (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Truro (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Uxbridge (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Wakefield (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
West Ware (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Wareham Center (Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Warren (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Warwick (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Watertown (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wayland (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Wellfleet (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Wendell (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Wenham (Essex county, Massachusetts)
West Boylston (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
West Newbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)
West Stockbridge (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Westborough (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Westfield (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
Westford (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Westhampton (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Westminster (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Weston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Westport (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Whitinsville (Northbridge, Worcester county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Williamsburg (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
Williamstown (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Winthrop (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Worcester county (Massachusetts) [county]
Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts) [historical park]
The House of the Seven Gables (Salem, Essex county, Massachusetts) [historic site]
Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
North End (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Public Garden (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
South Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Nantucket Island (Nantucket county, Massachusetts) [island]
Massachusetts FIlm Office
photographs
Boston University
Bradford College (Haverhill, Mass.)
Bridgewater State College
Amherst College
Framingham State College
Harvard University
Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)
College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Tufts University
Stonehill College
Smith College
Simmons College (Boston, Mass.)
Northeastern Univeristy (Boston, Mass.)
Mount Holyoke College
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Univeristy of Massachusetts Boston
Wellesley College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wheaton College
Williams College
Worcester State University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Austin Preparatory School
Belmont Hill School
Berkshire School
Buxton School
Cambridge School of Weston
Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School
Cushing Academy
DeSisto Academy
The Fessendon School
Lawrence Academy
MacDuffie School
Thayer Academy
The Winchendon School
Williston Northampton School
Simons Rock College
St. John's Preparatory School
Northfield Mount Hermon
The Rivers School
Presentation of Mary Academy
Newton Country Day School
Middlesex School
Milton Academy
Miss Hall's School
There are no technical or physical restrictions on this collection.
The photographs were not moved to archival folders, as they were previously pasted and taped onto non-archival folders and could not be removed.
Collection
HAV-01-401; Collection between 48-OO and 49-PP
Accruals are not expected.
Materials are in English.
Item identification. Box #, folder #. Massachusetts Film Office Archives (CC017). Historic New England, Library & Archives.
Historic New England Library and Archives Staff, 2018 using MPLP.
This finding aid is Second Edition DACS-compliant
The Massachusetts Film Office was created as a part of the Office of Economic Development in 1979. The office worked to bring film productions into Massachusetts, by providing support and tax incentives. The Film Office photographed many landscapes, cities, and institutions throughout Massachusetts, as a way to help out of town film producers select Massachusetts venues for filming. The Film Office was shut down due to budget cuts in 2002, but was reopened in 2007.
Kimmel, Daniel, Paleologoes to Run Mass. Film Office. Variety. January 29, 2007.\n
The collection is arranged into three series, cities and towns, subjects, and educational institutions. Each series is then arranged alphabetically, with a few exceptions.
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
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