Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 65
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Scope and Content: The governor is responsible for nominating and appointing individuals to positions in the executive branch, to state boards and commissions, to county offices, and to local authorities. The Governor’s Personnel Office receives and responds to requests and recommendations for appointments, as documented in this series. –Early files, maintained by the state secretary as secretary for the governor, include the gubernatorial terms of Caleb Strong (1800-1807) through John Clifford (1853-1854). Series also currently includes files from terms of Endicott Peabody (1963-1965), John Volpe (1965-1969), Francis Sargent (1969-1975), Michael Dukakis (1975-1979), Edward King (1979-1983), Michael Dukakis (1983-1991), William Weld (1991-1997), Argeo Paul Cellucci (1997-2001), Jane Swift (2001-2003), and Mitt Romney (2003-2007). Volpe and Sargent files are interfiled. Volpe files include some judicial appointments. For others see: Massachusetts. Judicial nominating Council. Judicial appointment application files ((M-Ar)587). Romney files may contain materials found for earlier periods in series of: Massachusetts. Commissions Section. For appointment recommendations, 1853-1893, see: Massachusetts. Governor. Executive department letters ((M-Ar)567X) –For a listing of related commissions series see: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Records of commissions, proclamations, pardons, and other official documents, 1713-1945 (bulk 1747-1936) ((M-Ar)161X)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term, thereunder by office
Restrictions: Personal/evaluative information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Formerly part of state secretary’s: Miscellaneous collection, boxes 82, 86. Some removed; some transferred from: Administrative files ((M-Ar)612X), Apr. 1992. Scheduled as: Appointments file
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Press Office is responsible for publicizing events of the governor’s administration. In fulfilling this function, it disseminates biographical information on the governor and spouse to the media, as documented in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term
Notes: Probably derived from scheduled series: Press releases
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Scope and Content: As the unit responsible for managing the governor’s scheduled time, the Governor’s Scheduling Office prepares these daily briefing packets for the governor, developed from an automated system.
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Scope and Content: As the unit responsible for managing the governor’s mail, the Governor’s Correspondence Office gathered information to assist the governor in preparing the state budget, as maintained in this series.
Arrangement: Arranged by agency
Notes: Also known as: MSD 1/501
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Scope and Content: The governor’s chief of operations, known at least in the first term (1975-1979) of Michael Dukakis as the governor’s cabinet coordinator, oversees and coordinates the work of the secretariats comprising the governor’s cabinet. This responsibility includes preparation of cabinet meeting agendas. –Series currently includes files from term of Michael Dukakis (1975-1979). Dukakis (1975-1979) files include minutes, memorandums, and reports, unless otherwise indicated on finding aid; executive sessions are separately designated and filed.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by term, thereunder chronologically. Arranged chronologically in reverse order
Notes: MSD 3/101, 201 previously subseries (1): Cabinet meeting minutes in: Administrative files (now disbanded); MSD 3/303-304 previously part of subseries (2): Subject files: in Administrative files
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Scope and Content: The Governor’s Office of Human Resources was established by Gov. Michael Dukakis in 1983 to act as a liaison between the governor and human service agencies in Massachusetts in the public and private sectors. A Governor’s Commission on Child Support was established by the governor in 1984 pursuant to a federal statute (PL 98-378) that required states to develop guidelines for setting amounts of child support and ensuring its delivery; the commission’s work resulted in passage of the Child Welfare Reform Act (St 1986, c 310). While administered largely through the Governor’s Office of Human Resources, the commission included representatives of all constituencies interested in child support enforcement process. Series was created by the office to carry out the federal mandate.
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Governor’s External Relations (formerly Correspondence) Office prepares gubernatorial citations to persons or organizations in recognition of outstanding service or deeds, for retirements, for birthdays of sixty-five or more years, and for wedding anniversaries of fifty or more years. Series documents formation of the citation from a request form (name, occasion, date, mailing address, requestor–e.g. state legislator) and in some cases correspondence, to a photocopy of the citation itself, signed by the governor. –Series currently includes files from terms of Argeo Paul Cellucci (1997-2001) and Jane Swift (2001-2003). For files from term of Mitt Romney (2003-2007) see: Proclamation files ((M-Ar)2414)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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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 by subject or locality
Notes: Also known as: Local project files
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Scope and Content: The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed a Court Monitor in 1979 to administer court consent decrees relating to five state schools for the mentally retarded. In 1986 the responsibility was transferred to the gubernatorially established Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees. In 1993 oversight was transferred to a Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, while specific quality assurance functions were placed under an Office of Quality Enhancement, Office of Quality Management, Dept. of Mental Retardation, which had taken over responsibility for the mentally retarded from the Dept. of Mental Health in 1986.
Notes: From the records of the Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation, transferred to Archives, 1994-2008. For details consult the Massachusetts Archives series control file
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