VPRS 8378 Personal Papers of Margaret Ray, MLA

This series comprises the personal papers of Margaret Ray created when she was the member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill.Ministries FilesThese files relate to matters of Victorian Government business raised by Box Hill constituents which were referred by ms Ray to the relevant responsible Minister. Contents basically comprise inward and outward correspondence between constituents and Ms Ray and between Ms Ray and the relevant Minister.A separate file was created to hold all dealings with a particular Minister. Files are arranged alphabetically according to Ministerial titles (e.g. Education, Health, etc.).Committee FilesThese files essentially detail Ms Rays activities on a number of Government Committees. These include:Music Education Committee of Review (1989)Victorian Palliative Care Council (1988-1992)Advisory Committee on the Development of the State Plan for Intellectual Disability Services (1989), andManagement Review of Regional Residential Associations for people with Intellectual Disabilities (1987-1988).These files contain Ms Rays copies of Committee minutes, reports, submissions, correspondence or other items submitted by individuals or organisations directly or indirectly related to matters dealt with by the Committee.A separate sequence of subject or organisation based files was usually created for each Committee. These files are arranged in alphabetical order by file title.