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Proclamations [Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Constituency Services]

Part of: Massachusetts Governor's Office of Constituency Services

Proclamations, 1807-1996.

4 record center cartons, 4 document boxes, 15 boxes
Call no.: GO34/235X

Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Constituency Services acted as a liaison between the governor and constituency groups.  It also prepared statutory proclamations for observances for the most part mandated by statute (MGLA c 6, s 12-15), for recognition of significant persons, events, professions, or other socioeconomic phenomena, or for publicizing actions of the state government ; and special proclamations for unofficial observances requested by citizen groups, a role carried out by the governor’s Public Information Office from 1963-1965. In later years only statutory proclamations were retained by the issuing agency to be archived.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Provenance/issuing agency undetermined. Formerly known as: Statutory proclamations. July-Dec. 1992 mostly lacking. Oct. 19, 2001 (Massachusetts Archives Week) proclamation also included. Dec. 28, 2012 (Emancipation Proclamation Day, Jan. 1, 2013) proclamation also included; presented by Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg, Mar. 5, 2013
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