Scope and Content: The Special Commission on Unequal Educational Opportunity was established pursuant to Resolves 1973 c 157 to investigate and study laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to elementary and secondary education, its school systems, and the educational laws, programs, and school systems of other states in order to determine the existence and extent of unequal educational opportunity services in the Commonwealth.  Series was created to administer its functions and document its investigation, studies, and recommendations for providing equal educational opportunity.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Rep. James G. Collins, commission member
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Scope and Content: A special commission consisting of members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Massachusetts General Court and gubernatorial appointees was established per Resolves 1967, c 162, for making an investigation and study of the entire area of taxation within the Commonwealth, including state, local, special district, and county taxation, and assessment, collection, ands distribution of taxes and revenue with the purpose of developing a master taxation planning program for Massachusetts for the period 1969-1979.  Series was created to administer the commissions’s work.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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Scope and Content: The State House Construction Commission, established in 1889, oversaw construction of an addition to the State House (completed 1895) and subsequent preservation and restoration of the State House generally until 1905.  Administrative files were created in fulfilling these responsibilities.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Minutes (v. 1-2: 1889-1905)  (2) Contract documents (v.3: 1892-1901 (bulk 1892-1897)); Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Spine title: Commissioners’ records
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Scope and Content: The administrative files of the Valley Forge Military Monument Commission document its activity in organizing a memorial to Massachusetts Revolutionary War heroes who served at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1777-1778.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Preliminary reports (2) Photographs and maps (3) Correspondence (4) Newspaper clippings
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Scope and Content: Prior to the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, held in May 1977, states were responsible for holding conferences in which they heard testimony and prepared reports concerning their own services to the handicapped.  These administrative files were created to organize the Massachusetts Conference on Handicapped Individuals, to publicize the recommendations of the national conference, and in general to research and publicize issues concerning handicapped citizens.
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptives and Tubercular Patients was established in 1895 and opened at Rutland in 1898.  It was successively renamed the Massachusetts State Sanatorium in 1900, Rutland State Sanatorium in 1910, Rutland Hospital in 1963, and after the move to a new facility, Rutland Heights Hospital in 1965.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Laboratory reports, 1915-1936; arranged chronologically (2) Correspondence, 1936-1942; arranged chronologically by year, thereunder alphabetically by subject
Restrictions: (Correspondence) Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c), c 66A. (Laboratory reports) Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives in Feb. 1978. Box 1: 1915-1936. Box 2: 1936-1938. Box 3: 1939-1940. Box 4: 1940-1942
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Scope and Content: Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1783-1801) and the Land Office were the agencies with responsibility for the management and sale of public lands in the District of Maine, and after its separation as a state in 1819 until 1861.  From 1817 the Land Office was administered by three commissioners (Resolves 1815, c 131 (1816)), succeeded in 1820 by their clerk, George W. Coffin (Resolves 1820, c 24), who served as land agent until 1851.  Series was created to document and administer the various responsibilities of the commissioners/land agent.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Copy book/journal, 1817-1825  (2) Letterbook, 1817-1834  (3) Travel journals, 1825-1845; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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Scope and Content: In 1983 the Joint Committee on Education conducted a six-month study on the quality of elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts.  The committee held statewide public hearings, sponsored seminars, reported its findings to the legislature and educators, and made recommendations for modernizing and improving the public educational system.  It also drafted legislation leading to St 1985, c 188, “An Act improving the public schools of the Commonwealth.”  Administrative files contain records relating to the initial six-month study and its aftermath.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Project files  (2) Media files (3) Study hearing files  (4) Hearing files; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities was established to maintain a continuing study of the cultural resources of the Commonwealth and was responsible for initiating, publicizing, and allocating grant funds to arts programs.  Its Task Force on Public Financing of the Arts and Humanities was formed in 1978 to develop plans for expanding public aid to the arts and humanities in Massachusetts, to be embodied in legislative proposals.  Series was created to administer affairs of the task force.
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Scope and Content: The Executive Office of Educational Affairs was created by St 1969, c 704 to advise the governor of Massachusetts on matters relating to education, to prepare budget and capital outlay recommendations, and to perform liaison and informational functions.  Administrative files of the undersecretary of educational affairs contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes, project reports, and annual reports that document the activities of the office and cover a broad range of educational issues.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
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