The Governor is the chief executive officer of the state of Alabama (Alabama Government Manual, 1990). Governor George C. Wallace's staff created the Outgoing Letters Card Files during his second term in office from 1971 to 1975 to track particular kinds of letters sent from his office. The series consists of index cards for letters of sympathy sent by Governor Wallace, and index cards for personal letters expressing sympathy, "get well,' and congratulations. The sympathy index cards contain the actual newspaper obituary as well as the name and age of the deceased person, the name and address of the person to whom the letter of sympathy was sent, and the date the letter was sent. Index cards for other types of outgoing letters contain the name and address of the person to whom the letter was sent, the type of letter sent, and the date the letter was sent.
