Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Foreign Business Council was established (Exec order 169, Aug 28, 1979) to advise the governor of Massachusetts on policies and programs to increase exports, promote foreign investment in the Commonwealth, and coordinate the official visits of potential investors and foreign dignitaries.  These administrative records reflect its activities.
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Scope and Content: The commission was established in 1983 to survey and analyze the condition of the Massachusetts manufacturing base; catalog existing and needed resources for financing, management, marketing, plant modernization, and technical assistance; profile the workforce of mature industries and analyze its retraining needs; investigate plant closings and appropriate responses to them; and develop recommendations for assistance to troubled industries, including legislation and actions by the government, private sector, and organized labor.  To fulfill this mandate, the commission met, conducted research, and held public hearings, as reflected in these administrative records.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Umemployment Compensation Commission was established in 1935 within the Dept. of Labor and Industries.  It was replaced by the Division of Unemployment Compensation in 1939, renamed the Division of Employment Security in 1941.  The division became an independent unit in the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs in 1982, and was replaced by the Dept. of Employment and Training in 1988.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Reports for: 1967-1969, 1975 missing
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Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs was established in 1969; it was informally renamed Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1975, and after a period in which it was also known as the Executive Office of Economic Development  and Manpower Affairs, its name was legislatively changed to Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1987.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Notes: Records were recovered from offsite storage; presumably portions were lost or discarded
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Scope and Content: The Unemployment Compensation Commission was established in 1935, replaced by the Division of Unemployment Compensation (Dept. of Labor and Industries) in 1939, renamed Division of Employment Security in 1941.
Arrangement: Arranged by case number (roughly chronologically)
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Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs was established in 1969; it was informally renamed Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1975, and after a period in which it was also known as the Executive Office of Economic Development  and Manpower Affairs, its name was legislatively changed to Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1987.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by administration, thereunder alphabetically by subject
Notes: Series was recovered from offsite storage; presumably portions were lost or discarded, including those for 1983-1985
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Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs was established in 1969; it was informally renamed Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1975, and after a period in which it was also known as the Executive Office of Economic Development  and Manpower Affairs, its name was legislatively changed to Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1987.
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Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs was established in 1969; it was informally renamed Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1975, and after a period in which it was also known as the Executive Office of Economic Development  and Manpower Affairs, its name was legislatively changed to Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1987.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs was established in 1969; it was informally renamed Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1975, and after a period in which it was also known as the Executive Office of Economic Development  and Manpower Affairs, its name was legislatively changed to Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1987.
Arrangement: In 3 subseries: (1) Outgoing chronological correspondence, 1975-1978  (2) Outgoing correspondence from secretary to governor, 1975-1978  (3) Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1984-1986; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Compiled from fragments of three series recovered from offsite storage; 1979-1983 files lacking
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Scope and Content: In Massachusetts the Executive Office of Manpower Affairs was established in 1969; it was informally renamed Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1975, and after a period in which it was also known as the Executive Office of Economic Development  and Manpower Affairs, its name was legislatively changed to Executive Office of Economic Affairs in 1987.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by administration, thereunder alphabetically by subject
Notes: Records were recovered from an offsite storage area; presumably portions were lost or discarded, including most files from 1980-1982
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