Scope and Content: The Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands was created by the General Court to oversee the management and sale of public lands in the District of Maine.  As part of the process, the legislature commissioned a land lottery in 1786.  Once the lottery was held and the allotment of land completed, some recipients of land found their parcels scattered over a wide area.  To facilitate consolidation, the General Court acted to permit holders of prize lots to exchange their holdings for other land more suitable to their needs (St 1788, c 17).  Individuals desiring to exchange lots with the Commonwealth for other land were granted six months in which to make application.  Acting for the Commonwealth, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands was authorized to receive applications for exchange of lots.  This series comprises the applications made by lottery land holders in response to this legislative allowance.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of application
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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 Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge.  St 1898, c 467, s 10 provided for the Supreme Judicial Court to appoint commissioners to determine proportion of construction costs to be paid by the Boston Elevated Railway Company equally to Boston and Cambridge.  Series was created to prepare for and record commission hearings.
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Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Medicine, established in 1894, was placed within the Division of Registration (Dept. of Civil Service and Registration) in 1919.  It was replaced by the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine as of 1976, renamed the Board of Registration in Medicine again in 1979.
Arrangement: Arranged by application number
Notes: Series includes application numbers 1-4400
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Scope and Content: The Boston architectural firm of Freeman, Brigham, and Hussey has preserved drawings created by other architects for Bristol County (Mass.) public buildings including the County Court House, Taunton (undated); Registry of Deeds, Fall River (1930); National Guard Armory, Dwelly St., Fall River (1957); and Superior Court House and Registry of Deeds, Fall River (1968)
Notes: Presented to Archives, March 18, 1982 and June 10, 1997
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (1966) and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council (1980) were abolished and succeeded in their functions by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, effective 1990.
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to MGLA c 19, the Dept. of Mental Health fulfills its responsibilities toward mentally ill persons in Massachusetts through a comprehensive program of services and facilities.  (It exercised a similar function for the mentally retarded until 1986, when a separate Dept. of Mental Retardation was established.)  Series was created by the assistant commissioner for research, training, and planning in fulfilling responsibility for overseeing various department-wide activities on behalf of the commissioner of mental health.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject
Notes: Files for N-Z missing
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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 is created to assist in administering these office functions.
Arrangement: Arranged chiefly by chronological spans
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c), c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files for 1979-1983 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 alphabetically by subject
Notes: Records were recovered from offsite storage; presumably portions were lost or discarded
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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 is created to oversee its departments and establish policy.
Arrangement: Arranged by subject
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