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 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 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 review and enable the attorney general to testify regarding legislation pending in the General Court.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term, thereunder by subject
Notes: Box [1]: Thomas Reilly, 1999-2006
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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts is the chief legal officer of the Commonwealth.  Series documents the attorney general’s answers to legal queries from the legislature, governor, state secretary, and agencies of the executive branch as provided by MGLA c 2, s 9.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Series also includes the Opinion digest, with summaries for opinions issued Mar. 1979-June 1980
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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 respond to comments and inquiries regarding the mission of the attorney general’s office.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Formerly designated as series N314. Box 1: Thomas Reilly, 1999-2002. Box 2: Thomas Reilly, 2002-2006
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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’s press unit to release information from the attorney general to the press regarding action by various office bureaus on issues of public policy or concern.  News coverage and editorials relating to policies and activities of the attorney general may also be included.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Formerly designated as series N320.Box 1: L. Scott Harshbarger, 1997; Thomas Reilly, news releases, 1999-2004. Box 2: Thomas Reilly, news releases, 2005-2006, news coverage, 1999-2004. Box 3: Thomas Reilly, news coverage, 2004-2005
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Scope and Content: The Victim and Witness Assistance Board, established by Massachusetts’s Victim Bill of Rights (St 1983, c 694, effective 1984–see currently MGLA c258B), is chaired by the state attorney general. The board governs the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance (MOVA), created in 1984 as the executive office of the board (Minutes, Aug. 28 and Oct. 24, 1984; Apr. 29, 1985).  The office and board review and approve federal and state grant funds given to programs to help victims (and witnesses) of crime, provide direct support to such victims through information, referrals, and counseling, and work in the areas of advocacy, legislation, public policy, training, education, and outreach.
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Arrangement: Arranged by material type, thereunder chiefly chronologically
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Scope and Content: In connection with a robbery and murders committed Apr. 1920 in South Braintree, Massachusetts, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were indicted Sept. 1920 and prosecuted and convicted in 1921 in Norfolk Superior Court.  After reviews of the trial and conviction by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and by an advisory committee appointed by Gov. Alvan T. Fuller and denial of petitions by defense counsel in the U.S. Supreme Court, the sentence of execution originally imposed on Sacco and Vanzetti was carried out on Aug. 23, 1927.
Arrangement: In four subseries and arranged within each subseries chronologically: (1) Reference (2) Legal records (3) Correspondence (4) Publications
Restrictions: Publications: Some originals restricted as fragile; access by permission of state archivist or curator of Massachusetts Archives only.
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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 communicate the attorney general’s position on public policy issues.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Boxes 1-2: James Shannon, 1987-1990. Box 3: Thomas Reilly, 1999-2005 (bulk 1999-2000)
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