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Director of classification administrative files [Massachusetts Department of Correction]

Part of: Massachusetts Department of Correction

Director of classification administrative files, 1938-1977.

1 record center carton
Call no.: HS9/848X

Scope and Content: The Dept. of Correction is responsible for administering the state correctional system and providing custodial and rehabilitative services to persons sentenced to state correctional institutions.  The Classification Office in the department performs background investigations of inmates for institutions in the system and responds to requests for family background from other states under terms of interstate compact.  In addition the office is responsible for preparing certificates of discharge for inmates upon termination of sentence.  Administrative files contain memoranda, correspondence, and reports that relate to the functions of the office.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
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Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository

Director of federal-state relations testimony files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]

Part of: Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services

Director of federal-state relations testimony files, 1986-1990 (Bulk: 1988-1989).

1 record center carton
Call no.: HS1/1522X

Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis.  Series was created to support and document functions of the executive office’s director of federal-state relations, who testified before Congress and coordinated application and execution of federal grants.
Arrangement: Arranged by grant/hearing
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Director of research study proposal and report files [Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education]

Part of: Advisory Council on Education

Director of research study proposal and report files, 1968-1973.

2 record center cartons
Call no.: ED3/807X

Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education was established by St 1965, c 572, s 2 to recommend policies that would improve the performance of public education systems in the Commonwealth.  Through its director of research, the council coordinated and sponsored studies of educational issues, drawing on the expertise of individuals and organizations both inside and outside state government.  Study proposal and report files relate to topics being considered by the council as well as draft and final reports of studies completed under its sponsorship.
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Director of research subject files [Massachusetts Division of Drug Rehabilitation]

Part of: Massachusetts Division of Drug Rehabilitation

Director of research subject files, 1965-1974.

4 record center cartons
Call no.: HS6.19/1169X

Scope and Content: State oversight of treatment for drug abuse in Massachusetts was successively the responsibility of the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Board, established 1963 in the Dept. of Public Health, and of the Division of Drug Rehabilitation, established 1969 in the department of the attorney general, transferred to the Dept. of Mental Health effective 1971, and then to the Dept. of Public Health, effective 1982.  In 1986 the division was merged with that department’s Division of Alcoholism to form (as of 1989) the Division of Substance Abuse Services.
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Director’s administrative files [Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Division of Legal Medicine]

Part of: Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Division of Legal Medicine

Director's administrative files, 1959-1976.

2 record center cartons and 1 document box
Call no.: HS7.06/1295X

Scope and Content: The Division of Legal Medicine was established in 1956 to provide psychiatric services to courts and correctional institutions and to ensure that persons who came into contact with the criminal justice system received needed mental health care.  Director’s administrative files, consisting of correspondence, minutes, memorandums, drafts, and legal files, were created in the course of carrying out these responsibilities and reflect the director’s activities in this area as well as participation in broader departmental activities.
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. Mental retardation client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123B, s 17. For conditions of access consult repository
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Director’s correspondence [Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission Water Division]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission Water Division

Director's correspondence, 1983-1985.

1 document box
Call no.: EN4.05/569X

Scope and Content: The Water Division of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was responsible for both the adequacy of supply and the purity of water provided to the Metropolitan Water District (Boston and surrounding communities).  For this purpose, the division was empowered to contract, operate, and maintain reservoirs, aqueducts, and other waterworks (GL 1932 (Ter Ed) c 92, s 10 et seq.).  This series was created to assist the director in the oversight of the Water Division.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Correspondence was part of an administrative file that was selectively retained by the Archives.  See also series (M-Ar)570X, (M-Ar)894X, and (M-Ar)895X
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Director’s correspondence files [Massachusetts Office of State Planning]

Part of: Governor’s Office of Economic Development

Director's correspondence files, 1975-1978.

3 record center cartons
Call no.: GO15/501X

Scope and Content: The Office of State Planning was formed in 1975 (along with the Management Bureau) by splitting into two units the Office of State Planning and Management of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance.  It became the Governor’s Development Office ca. 1979, was renamed Governor’s Office of Economic Development ca. 1983, and was terminated by 1991.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled under (DS6/79) and transferred from Division of Capital Planning and Operations. Also known as: Director’s chronological file; and in part as: MSD 4/101-102
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Director’s policy files [Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Economic Development]

Part of: Governor's Office of Economic Development

Director's policy files, 1983-1989.

28 record center cartons
Call no.: GO15/1368X

Scope and Content: The Office of State Planning was formed in 1975 (along with the Management Bureau) by splitting into two units the Office of State Planning and Management of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance.  It became the Governor’s Development Office ca. 1979, was renamed Governor’s Office of Economic Development ca. 1983, and was terminated by 1991.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term, thereunder by subject
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Director’s subject files [Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Community Services]

Part of: Governor's Office of Community Services

Director's subject files, 1983-1989.

7 record center cartons and 2 document boxes
Call no.: GO14/1361X

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Director’s subject files [Massachusetts Governor’s Office of Educational Affairs]

Part of: Massachusetts Governor's Office of Educational Affairs

Director's subject files, 1983-1989.

3 record center cartons and 3 document boxes
Call no.: GO36/1374X

Scope and Content: The Governor’s Office of Educational Affairs, established by Gov. Michael Dukakis in 1983, was intended to serve during his second administration as an official link to all public and private educational constituencies, and to support gubernatorial commitment to improving the quality of public education and delivery of all educational services.  Series was created to advise the governor on educational issues and to represent the governor to the community.
Arrangement: Arranged in three alphabetical sequences, 1983-1988 (box 1), 1986-1989 (boxes 2-4), 1984-1989 (boxes 5-6)
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