Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Consumer Affairs was established in 1969 as of 1971, and renamed Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7,d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts is the Commonwealth’s chief legal officer.  The Executive Bureau, which includes the attorney general and personal staff, is responsible for the overall supervision of the legal services provided by the office, for budgetary and personnel matters, and for the development of a uniform and consistent legal policy for the state.  Series is created by the bureau to implement administration, set policy, and determine procedures office-wide.
Arrangement: Arranged by office bureau/division
Notes: Also known as: Division/bureau files
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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts is the Commonwealth’s chief legal officer.  The Executive Bureau, which includes the attorney general and personal staff, is responsible for the overall supervision of the legal services provided by the office, for budgetary and personnel matters, and for the development of a uniform and consistent legal policy for the state.  Series is created by the first assistant attorney general’s unit within that bureau to oversee operations of other bureaus/divisions of the office, with particular attention to cases, issues, and conferences attended.
Arrangement: Arranged by topic
Notes: Also known as: Division/bureau files
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Scope and Content:  The post of Supervisor of Administration was established in 1916, and succeeded by the Commission on Administration and Finance in 1922, in turn succeeded by the Executive Office for Administration and Finance in 1963.

Arrangement: Arranged by agency or subject

Notes: Incomplete. Subseries (1) includes: Jan. 1953-June 1954, 1956, 1960-1962, Jan. 1963. Subseries (2) includes: Oct. 1958-Jan. 1960, Mar. 1962-Jan. 1963.

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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts is the Commonwealth’s chief legal officer.  The Executive Bureau, which includes the attorney general and personal staff, is responsible for the overall supervision of the legal services provided by the office, for budgetary and personnel matters, and for the development of a uniform and consistent legal policy for the state.  Series is created by the bureau to provide reference material to the attorney general on public policy issues, including proposed initiative/referendum ballot questions.
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Scope and Content: The Commission on Judicial Conduct is the Massachusetts state agency responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct against state court judges and for recommending, when necessary, discipline of judges to the Supreme Judicial Court, through which it is funded.  It consists of three judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, three members of the bar appointed by the chief administrative justice of the Trial Court, and three persons appointed by the governor.  The functions of the commission are currently outlined in MGLA c 211C, added by St 1978, c 478, s 114, as amended.
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Scope and Content: The State Planning Board was established in 1935 to be responsible for a physical development master plan for the Commonwealth.  In fulfilling this function it had these municipal maps prepared by the federal Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA project no. 13684).
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Department of Public Works, 1980
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Scope and Content: The State House Building Commission was established in 1913 to oversee construction of east and west wing additions to the State House; in 1916 it was abolished and succeeded in this function by the State House Commission. Ledgers were created by these agencies to manage financial transactions of the project.
Arrangement: By type/name of account, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Has spine title: State House Building Commission. Cost of construction
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Legal opinion records document the office’s role in the process to develop, request, respond to, or present opinions on legal matters directly relating to agency programs or functions. In fact it consists primarily of advisory opinions in response to requests from individuals and a variety of corporate entities regarding various political campaign activities.  Each advisory opinion file includes original request and completed opinion, and may also contain drafts, legislative background materials, legal counsel opinions, notes, and related correspondence.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by opinion number
Notes: Box 1: 1976-1981–miscellaneous correspondence; 1982-1990: requests and competed replies only.  Box 2: 1991–full files for each request; also working papers. Box 3: 1992; also working papers. Box 4: 1993. Box 5: 1994. Boxes 6-7: 1995; instructional files
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