The poorhouses of Massachusetts: a cultural and architectural history

The English heritage and early Massachusetts welfare

Poorhouse, workhouse and almshouse : 1660-1821

The town farm initiative and the town-state dance : 1822-1862

The town farm organization and experience

From almshouse to infirmary : 1863-the present

The architecture of Municipal Building for paupers

Tramps and tramp houses

The surviving almshouses, infirmaries and tramp houses erected by cities and towns

Appendix A: Surviving almshouses, infirmaries and tramp houses in Massachusetts

Appendix B: Massachusetts almshouses Before 1920

Appendix C: Number of almshouses by year

Appendix D: Place names commemorating almshouses, town farms and poorhouses.