Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

Series 1. State Board of Charities contain letter books, 1883-1901, and registers of state paupers accounts that predate the board, 1809-1824 and ledgers created by the Board and subsequent agencies, 1877-1917. Series 2. Public Welfare Council contains one report to the General Assembly, 1947. Series 3. Welfare Department contains minutes of meetings of the boards through the public welfare council, 1893-1951; a secretary's diary, 1893-1922; several reports and a Master's thesis, and records of the Litchfield County Temporary Home, 1908-1915; and the New Haven County Temporary Home, 1899-1890, 1910-1916.

Series 1, Administrative Files, documents the work of the Committee. It is further arranged into subseries. Standards and Procedures includes submissions from Steven F. Reich, counsel to the Select Committee of Inquiry, Ross H. Garber, counsel to the Office of the Governor, and William F. Dow, personal counsel to Governor John G. Rowland. Reports includes copies of the draft and final report of the Committee. Committee Meetings includes agendas, minutes and transcripts. Basic Legal Documents include various motions filed on behalf of the Committee, the Office of the Governor, and other individuals and entities including: Tomasso Brothers, Inc.; TBI Construction Company, LLC; Tunxis Management Company; Tenergy Water, LLC; Michael Tomasso; William Tomasso; Peter Ellef; Cocchiola Paving and Anthony Cocchiola. Correspondence includes incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily of the Committee co-chairmen John Wayne Fox and Arhthur J. O'Neill and counsel Steven F. Reich. Included are copies of e-mails. Civil Summonses are lawsuits against the Committee by various plaintiffs including: Peter Ellef; Robert V. Matthews; TBI Construction Company, LLC; Tunxis Management Company; Tenergy Water, LLC; Michael Tomasso; William Tomasso; Cocchiola Paving, Inc.; Anthony Cocchiola; Mark Wertheim; Patrick J. Delahunty; Vincent J. DeRosa; Tunxis Plantation Country Club; and Michael H. Cicchetti. There is also one summons for suit of the Committee against the Freedom of Information Commission. Subpoenas include copies of subpoenas served to over one hundred individuals and entities. Hearing Exhibits are duplicates of Series 3. Depositions include transcripts of the five individuals deposed: Michael H. Cicchetti; Mary Ann Hanley; Jo McKenzie; David O'Leary; and Marc S. Ryan. Freedom of Information Act includes requests, hearing notices, decisions and appeals.

The records were arranged into 4 subgroups and 8 series which document the . The series include .

Probate record books, None. Contact the probate court to access original record books. See Alternative Form Available note below.

Records include minutes, directives and circulars, general files, surveys, publications, and files (correspondence, memoranda, reports, subject files, and lists) documenting the work of sections dealing with protection services, an air raid network, air raid wardens, blackouts, bomb reconnaissance, communications, fire and plant protection, training, fuel, food, manpower, radio, film and statewide evacuation

The records of Governor William A. O'Neill consist primarily of constituent and agency correspondence, 1978-1991, that are organized into a single Series called Constituent Correspondence and then arranged by topic or subject alphabetically into Sub-series. The Governor's Office received hundreds of letters every day. Staff liaisons assigned to different State agencies generally handled the correspondence related to their subject areas. Staff members whose names regularly appear include Jane Ciarleglio, Chris Cooper, Marilynn Cruz-Aponte, Ann DeNoia, Yasha Escalera, Barbara Gordon, Robert Grant, Michael Hanley, Lee Hawkins, Betty Hudson, Ann Obuchowksi, Linda Poltorak, and Joe Prevusnak. The Governor's Chief of Staff was Chad McCollam.