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RG 053, Commission to Investigate & Report on a Civil Administration Code, 1919-1921
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2007 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Connecticut. Commission to Investigate & Report on a Civil Administration Code |
| Title: | Commission to Investigate & Report on a Civil Administration Code records |
| Dates: | 1915-1921 |
| Quantity: | 2 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | The Commission was created in 1919 "to investigate and report on a civil administration code." It collected data on state government organization and expenditures, took testimony from government officials and others, held public hearings between April and May 1920, and drafted its final report. |
| Identification: | RG053 |
| Accession: | T002713 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
In 1919, the General Assembly created this Commission “to investigate and report on a civil administration code.” Five members were appointed, of whom James R. Mead was elected chairman and Frank E. Morgan secretary. The first meeting was held in June 1919. The Commission collected data on state government organization and expenditures, took testimony from government officials and others, held public hearings between April and May 1920, and drafted its final report. The report was agreed upon in September 1920 and the General Assembly received the report in the 1921 session and formed a new joint committee on the matter. Legislators recommitted the bill reported out in May 1921, and the legislation never passed.
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Scope and Content
The record group contains minutes of meetings, reports and bills from the legislature, printed reports of state agencies and administration codes of other states, working papers and drafts, organizational charts, drafts of the final report, and the report itself.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
None.
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Index Terms
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Administrative Information
Provenance
The Commission's records were found early in 1972 in the State Library's Oak Street building; they were in extreme disorder and are incomplete.
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Container List
| Records, 1915-1921 | |||||||||||
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| 1. Drafts and published copies of the report and the proposed statute, 1919-1921 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2. General file, 1919-1921 | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, drafts and working papers. The file marked, "Mr. Morgan," contains minutes of meetings and other significant papers. | |||||||||||
| Arranged partly by subject and partly by name of Commission member. | |||||||||||
| A-P | 1 | ||||||||||
| R-Z | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3. Reports and bills from General Assembly files, 1921 | |||||||||||
| Official file copies with clerks' notations of action. | |||||||||||
| 4. Reference materials, 1915-1921 | |||||||||||
| Printed reports of several state government offices and of administration codes of other states. | |||||||||||
| 5. Working papers and preliminary drafts, 1919-1921 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6. Organization charts | 4 | ||||||||||
| Drafts and blueprints of existing and proposed structure of the state government. | |||||||||||