Cabinet and post-cabinet reorganization files, 1956-1977.

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Cabinet and post-cabinet reorganization files, 1956-1977.

St 1969, c 704 reorganized the executive branch of Massachusetts government into a cabinet system consisting of executive secretariats. Series documents the reorganization through files accumulated before, during, and after this process by William A. Waldron, who served as special counsel to the General Court's House Committee on Rules, 1969, 1971, 1973-1974--at the time when the committee played a major role in that reorganization--and was associated with other organizations listed below. Files contain correspondence, notes, memorandums, reports, and background materials including print and near-print items.

5 cubic ft. (4 record center cartons)

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