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 the office, with particular attention to issuing opinions and reviewing legislation.
Arrangement: Arranged by alphabetically by subject
Notes: Also known as: General files
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (1966) and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council (1980) were abolished and succeeded in their functions by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, effective 1990.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge.  Series was created to carry out this responsibility.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: Three commissioners were appointed by the governor pursuant to St 1853, c 191, to superintend construction of a fire-proof addition to the State House on its north side.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling this responsibility.
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to two Massachusetts legislative initiatives (Resolves 1865, c 62; Resolves 1866, c 92), successive  commissions on the hours of labor investigated that topic as documented by the series.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Hearing transcripts (2) Questionnaires and correspondence (3) Reference materials
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Consumers’ Council was an independent state agency serving as public advocate for consumer interests from 1963 to 1981, advising on and representing consumer interests to the state government, promoting consumer education, and from 1970 overseeing the unit pricing of packaging in retail stores.  Administrative files were created by the council in carrying out its responsibilities.
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Scope and Content: To assist the Division of Insurance of the Department of Banking and Insurance, and its predecessors, holders of the office of Insurance Commissioner (1866-1919), in their function of regulating insurance business in the Commonwealth, this series was created as a reference tool.  The smaller volume lists office expenditures and receipts, 1868-1869, and annual returns of insurance companies, 1870-1875.  The larger volume serves as a history of Massachusetts insurance regulation.
Notes: Collated: 1906?
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Scope and Content: The Special Commission Relative to Divorce (officially called Special Commission on Divorce) of legislative and gubernatorial appointees was constituted to investigate and study existing laws and practices relating to divorce and the economic and emotional impact of the divorce process and to propose necessary modifications to such laws and practices.  Administrative files were created to conduct the commission’s business.
Notes: Survey and research materials may predate file dates
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Scope and Content: Pilgrim Tercentenary Commissions were appointed in 1915 and 1916 to plan for celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.  Series was created by the second named commission to conduct its business.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Dept. of Public Works, Nov. 30, l990.  Series includes list of commission files in possession of department’s Division of Waterways, 1925, more inclusive than actual series contents
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Scope and Content: The Special Commission on Environmental Operations was established in 1987 to make management reform recommendations for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.  Series was created to administer the commission’s operations, culminating in the issuance of a final report in Jan. 1989.
Notes: Background information may predate file dates
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