Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Public Building Commission (1947-1953) was replaced successively by the Division of Building Construction (Commission on Administration and Finance) (1953-1962), the Bureau of Building Construction (Central Services Division, Executive Office for Administration and Finance) (1963-1981), the Division of Capital Planning and Operations (Executive Office for Administration and Finance) (1981-1998), and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (Executive Office for Administration and Finance) (1998-present).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes December 1952-January 1953 (incomplete); 1958 only
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Scope and Content: The commission was responsible for coordinating agreements with other states on matters that benefit by reciprocity or interstate standards, such as labor and commerce, law enforcement, and provision of human services.  These history materials were created for reference purposes, to assist the commission in understanding its mandate.  The file includes typescript, carbon, and photocopied materials relating to the creation, authority, and jurisdiction of the commission and its membership.
Notes: These materials were brought together after the dissolution of the commission, from records discarded by them. Collated 1988
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Scope and Content: The commission was responsible for coordinating agreements with other states on matters that benefit by reciprocity or interstate standards, such as labor and commerce, law enforcement, and provision of human services.  To fulfill this mandate, the commission held meetings and public hearings as recorded in these minutes.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Minutes from 1966 until the commission’s dissolution in 1988 were dictated by the agency
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Utilities was established in 1919, combining the functions of the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners and of the Public Service Commission, which were abolished.
Arrangement: Arranged by docket number
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Scope and Content: The post of Supervisor of Administration was established in 1916, and succeeded by the Commission on Administration and Finance in 1922, in turn succeeded by the Executive Office for Administration and Finance in 1963.

Arrangement: Arranged chiefly alphabetically by subject

Notes: Series constitutes part of the papers of William Augustus Waldron, an attorney practicing in Boston with an additional career in public administration.  He held posts with the New York State Assembly and Constitutional Convention (1937-1938), the federal Dept. of Justice (1942), and the National War Labor Board (1942-1945); and in Massachusetts served with the Special Commission on the Structure of the State Government (1950-1954, from 1952 as executive director), as special assistant attorney general (1962), as commissioner of administration (1963-1965), and as special counsel to the General Court’s House Rules Committee (1969, 1971, 1973-1974) –See also: Massachusetts. Special Commission on the Structure of the State Government. Commission files, 1950-1954 (bulk 1952-1953) ((M-Ar)2227X); Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. Committee on Rules. Cabinet and post-cabinet reorganization files, 1956-1977 ((M-Ar)2228X)

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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Health protects the health of Commonwealth residents by maintaining state health facilities, regulating private health facilities, controlling disease, and regulating food, drugs, and other consumer products.  The department is headed by the commissioner of public health, who maintains these administrative files.  Files document the functions of the department, daily activities of the commissioner, and constituent concerns.
Arrangement: In seven subseries; Arranged within each subseries by subject, partly alphabetically
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children.  Series is created for the office director (commissioner from 1987) to prepare and track annual budget requests submitted to the General Court.
Notes: Scheduled as: Budgetary testimony
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children.  Series consisting of correspondence and reports to the office director (commissioner from 1987) from components of the agency’s central office is created to develop and implement policy and to administer the activities of the office.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject. Arranged alphabetically by unit (administration, advocacy (through FY1991 only), communications, legal, licensing), thereunder chronologically
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Additional 1982-1985 files transferred to: Commissioner’s regional reportage files ((M-Ar)349)
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Scope and Content: In its statutory role (MGLA c 28A) as advocate for services to children in Massachusetts, the Office for Children coordinates such services in public and privately funded programs and regulates providers of day care and substitute care for children.  Series consisting of incoming/outgoing correspondence and memorandums of the office director (commissioner from 1987) is created to administer the office.  Typescript, photocopied, and manuscript materials relate to the development, policies, and procedures of the office, as well as planning and budgeting functions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
Restrictions: Personal information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Files salvaged from offsite storage. Files for 1976 and 1980 lacking
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Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Welfare has the responsibility to provide and administer a comprehensive public welfare financial assistance program, including financial assistance under the federal-state programs (MGLA c 18, s 2).  The department is under the direction, supervision, and control of the commissioner of public welfare (s 3).  In order to administer the department, the commissioner corresponds with federal agency staff.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Federal official correspondence
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