Awards issued by the governor. Contains background information regarding recipients of awards. Awards include Governor's Distinguished Citation, Honorary Maryland Citizen Citation, Governor's Retirement Citation, and Governor's Citation given to communities, organizations, and individuals. Arranged alphabetically by name of recipient.

The first policy regarding the transfer of State Agency records to the Archives, apart from those required to be transferred by the original law creating the Hall of Records, was formulated by Dr. Morris Radoff in 1946-1947. It concerned Governors' Records. See the policy statement, an article on the first transfer under the policy, and the excerpt from the Annual Report for 1947, and current guidelines for those records.