Scope and Content: The Special Commission on Unequal Educational Opportunity was established pursuant to Resolves 1973 c 157 to investigate and study laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to elementary and secondary education, its school systems, and the educational laws, programs, and school systems of other states in order to determine the existence and extent of unequal educational opportunity services in the Commonwealth.  Series was created to administer its functions and document its investigation, studies, and recommendations for providing equal educational opportunity.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Rep. James G. Collins, commission member
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Scope and Content: A special commission consisting of members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Massachusetts General Court and gubernatorial appointees was established per Resolves 1967, c 162, for making an investigation and study of the entire area of taxation within the Commonwealth, including state, local, special district, and county taxation, and assessment, collection, ands distribution of taxes and revenue with the purpose of developing a master taxation planning program for Massachusetts for the period 1969-1979.  Series was created to administer the commissions’s work.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: The State House Construction Commission, established in 1889, oversaw construction of an addition to the State House (completed 1895) and subsequent preservation and restoration of the State House generally until 1905.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling these responsibilities.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Minutes (v. 1-2: 1889-1905)  (2) Contract documents (v.3: 1892-1901 (bulk 1892-1897)); Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Spine title: Commissioners’ records
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Scope and Content: The administrative files of the Valley Forge Military Monument Commission document its activity in organizing a memorial to Massachusetts Revolutionary War heroes who served at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1777-1778.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Preliminary reports (2) Photographs and maps (3) Correspondence (4) Newspaper clippings
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Scope and Content: In 1983 the Joint Committee on Education conducted a six-month study on the quality of elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts.  The committee held statewide public hearings, sponsored seminars, reported its findings to the legislature and educators, and made recommendations for modernizing and improving the public educational system.  It also drafted legislation leading to St 1985, c 188, “An Act improving the public schools of the Commonwealth.”  Administrative files contain records relating to the initial six-month study and its aftermath.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Project files  (2) Media files (3) Study hearing files  (4) Hearing files; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities was established to maintain a continuing study of the cultural resources of the Commonwealth and was responsible for initiating, publicizing, and allocating grant funds to arts programs.  Its Task Force on Public Financing of the Arts and Humanities was formed in 1978 to develop plans for expanding public aid to the arts and humanities in Massachusetts, to be embodied in legislative proposals.  Series was created to administer affairs of the task force.
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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.  Administrative files were created by these agencies to fulfill the responsibility.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject or document type
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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 agency, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Administrative files (A) A few scattered items may predate stated series span dates
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Scope and Content: The State Office of Affirmative Action is responsible for enforcing the Governor’s Code of Fair Practices as it pertains to employment within the Executive Department without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, language, sex, age, or handicap, and related equal opportunity and affirmative action policies. Executive offices and their constituent agencies are required annually to report related employment statistics for their staffs as documented by this series (Exec Order 227, Feb 25, 1983) Files contain agency complaint profile and summary, goal setting worksheet, and statistical breakdown of employees by job category overall and by hires, promotions, transfers, and terminations; also by salary range. Copies of the state office’s enabling executive orders and annual reports are also included
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by executive office, thereunder chronologically by year, and then by constituent agency
Notes: Scheduled as: Annual reports.
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Scope and Content: The Board of Tax Appeals established in 1930 within the Department of the State Treasurer, was replaced in 1937 by the Appellate Tax Board within the Department of Corporations and Taxations (Department of Revenue from 1978).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, number 148. Report for 1941-1945, 1964 missing
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