Brent, Andrew J., papers A Guide to the Andrew J. Brent papers, 1960-1988 M 281 M 281
Repository
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Identification M 281
Title Andrew J. Brent papers 1960-1988
Quantity 11.7 Linear Feet
Creator
Brent, Andrew J, 1919-1996
Language
English
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Use Restrictions
No restrictions on use.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Box/folder, Andrew J. Brent Papers, M 281, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell, Virginia Commonwealth University
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to the department by Mr. Brent in several installments.
Andrew J. Brent was a Richmond attorney who was active in community affairs in the city. He was also former director, general
counsel and secretary of Media General Inc., the firm that owns the Richmond Times- Dispatch and other media outlets in the
southeast. "He was instrumental in the establishment [in 1969] of Media General," said J. Steward Bryan III, publisher of
the Richmond Times-Dispatch and chairman of Media General Inc. "In the mid-1960s, he was architect of the charter and by-laws
of our company. The latter years of his life were devoted to metropolitan Richmond. He will be sorely missed, but his accomplishments
will live on for decades to come." A native of Richmond, Brent was born in 1919. He received his undergraduate degree from
the University of Virginia and graduated from its law school in 1941. Brent served as a naval intelligence officer during
World War II. He began his law practice in Richmond in 1946 and became partner with the firm that became Christian, Barton,
Epps, Brent & Chappell. He was active in community service in Richmond for four decades -- including work in the 1960s as
chairman of the Greater Metropolitan Association, an organization formed to promote a Richmond-Henrico merger. In the 1970s
he was a member of VCU's Board of Visitors (appointed in 1968, the year the university was founded) and president of the Downtown
Development Unlimited, an organization that promoted private investment in downtown Richmond. He also served as director and
president of the Metropolitan Richmond Chamber of Commerce. He was also active in his church, St. James Episcopal Church in
Richmond, serving terms as vestryman and warden. He died June 8, 1996.
The collection consists of documents concerning Downtown Development Unlimited and Project One, Henrico County Annexation,
RPI Foundation, RMA, Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Metropolitan Committee. The collection dates from the early
1960s through the early 1980s.Eight volume bound set of court proceedings of the 1941 Annexation of Henrico by Richmond transferred
to book collection.
The arrangement follows the donors folder endings and has been grouped according to general topic and alphabetically therein.
Series I--Downtown Development Unlimited (n.d., 1975-1987) Subseries A--Project One (n.d., 1971-1982); Series II--Richmond
Metropolitan Authority (n.d., 1967-1988); Series III--Annexation of Henrico (n.d., 1961-1970); Series IV--Richmond Chamber
of Commerce (n.d., 1960-1976); Series V--Richmond Professional Institute Foundation (n.d., 1970-1976); Series VI--Greater
Metropolitan Committee (n.d., 1960-1961)
Annexation (Municipal government) -- Virginia -- Richmond.
Brent, Andrew J. -- Archives
Civic leaders -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
Downtown Development Unlimited (Richmond, Va.)
Greater Metropolitan Committee (Richmond, Va.)
Henrico County (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Lawyers -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
Richmond Chamber of Commerce (Richmond, Va.)
Richmond Metropolitan Authority
Richmond Professional Institute Foundation
Brent, Andrew J, 1919-1996
Brent, Andrew J. -- Archives
Henrico County (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
1975-1987
Mixed Materials box: 1
Agendas (Miscellaneous)
1975-1977
Mixed Materials box: 1
Brochures
Mixed Materials box: 1
Central Richmond Association
Mixed Materials box: 1
Commission minutes
1975-1976
Mixed Materials box: 1
Correspondence and General File 1
1975
Mixed Materials box: 1
Correspondence and General File 2
1975
Mixed Materials box: 1
Correspondence and General File 1
1976
Mixed Materials box: 1
Correspondence and General File 2
1976
Mixed Materials box: 1
Credits-Disbursements
1977-1984
Mixed Materials box: 1
Development Packaging Contracts
1977
Mixed Materials box: 1
Directors, Officers and Executive Committee
Mixed Materials box: 1
Financial Advisory Committee
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1975
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1976
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1977
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1977
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1978
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1979
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1980
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1981
Mixed Materials box: 1
General and Correspondence
1982
Mixed Materials box: 1
HINES
1976-1978
Mixed Materials box: 1
Notices
1975-1981
Mixed Materials box: 2
Orientation Mtg., Articles of Inc., Bylaws of Central Atlanta Progress, Inc.
Mixed Materials box: 2
Oxford Group
1978-1979
Mixed Materials box: 2
Penitentiary Removal
Mixed Materials box: 2
Penitentiary (State) Study
1983-1987
SubSeries A--Project One
Mixed Materials box: 2
Affirmative Action
1981
Mixed Materials box: 2
Background and Description of Project One, Proposals and Plans (4 files)
Mixed Materials box: 2
Background information on downtown development in other cities, developers' proposals and brochures newspaper and magazine
articles
Mixed Materials box: 2
Background proposals, brochures, newspaper and magazine articles (5 files)
Mixed Materials box: 2
Best Products
1978
Mixed Materials box: 2
Bond Validation
1978-1979
Mixed Materials box: 2
City Lease
1977
Mixed Materials box: 2
Correspondence and General (1)
1977
Mixed Materials box: 3
Correspondence and General (2)
1977
Mixed Materials box: 3
Correspondence and General
1978
Mixed Materials box: 3
Correspondence and General
1979
Mixed Materials box: 3
Correspondence and General
1980
Mixed Materials box: 3
Correspondence and General
1981-1982
Mixed Materials box: 3
Franklin Federal Parking Garage
1980
Mixed Materials box: 3
Hilton Hotels
Mixed Materials box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
Mixed Materials box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
Mixed Materials box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
Mixed Materials box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
Mixed Materials box: 3
Office Building
1979-1980
Mixed Materials box: 3
Office Building Lease Backup, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 3
Parking
1981
Mixed Materials box: 3
Philip Morris
1979
Mixed Materials box: 3
Proposals and Plans (3 files)
Mixed Materials box: 4
Proposals and Plans (2 files)
Mixed Materials box: 4
Presentation, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 4
Annual Report
1986
Mixed Materials box: 4
Annual Report
1987
Mixed Materials box: 4
Annual Report
1988
Mixed Materials box: 4
Correspondence No. 6 (6 files)
1967-1968
Mixed Materials box: 4
Downtown Expressway No. 98
Mixed Materials box: 4
Estimated revenues Alternative Tollway Systems
1967
Mixed Materials box: 4
Finances #33 (4 files)
1967-1973
Mixed Materials box: 4
Historic Sites--National Register: James River and Kanawha Canal
Mixed Materials box: 5
Historic Sites--National Register: Treatises
Mixed Materials box: 5
James River and Kanawha Canal Co.
Mixed Materials box: 5
Acts of Assembly
Mixed Materials box: 5
C and O Plat
Mixed Materials box: 5
City Baseline Plats
Mixed Materials box: 5
Reports and Papers
Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond-Petersburg Plat
Mixed Materials box: 5
Title Notes
Mixed Materials box: 5
Land Acquisition-Applicability of SS. 8-673 to Condemnation Procedures
Mixed Materials box: 5
Landscaping Correspondence
Mixed Materials box: 5
Meadow Street Extension #72
1972-1976
Mixed Materials box: 5
Correspondence
Mixed Materials box: 5
Files 1-4
Mixed Materials box: 5
Metropolitan Richmond...Location Factors, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 5
Minutes, Notices and Agenda (4 files)
1966-1974
Mixed Materials box: 5
Official Statement 38 (2 files)
1967-1971
Mixed Materials box: 5
Original Legal Documents
Mixed Materials box: 5
Plan of Government for the Richmond Region A Survey Report
1959
Mixed Materials box: 6
Reports and Publicity #17 (4 files)
1964-1966
Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond Expressway System Biennium Inspection Report
1984, 1986, 1988
Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond First Club (2 files)
1966-1968
Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority (4 files)
1964-1970
Mixed Materials box: 6
Powhite Extension #83
1973-1977
Mixed Materials box: 6
Proposed Richmond Expressway System Traffic and Revenue s
1966
Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond Streetscape, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 6
Shuttle Bus #69
Mixed Materials box: 6
Time Schedules
Mixed Materials box: 6
Western Expressway and Belt Line River Crossing Engineering Report
1963
Mixed Materials box: 7
Active/Non-Active Workers and Volunteers
Mixed Materials box: 7
Annexation Suit
Mixed Materials box: 7
Biographies
Mixed Materials box: 7
Chamber of Commerce
Mixed Materials box: 7
City Exhibits
Mixed Materials box: 7
City Exhibits
Mixed Materials box: 7
Correspondence
Mixed Materials box: 7
Criticisms
Mixed Materials box: 7
Dawson, John Constitutional Amendment #51
1970
Mixed Materials box: 7
Editorials, merger facts
Mixed Materials box: 7
General Information
1961
Mixed Materials box: 7
Greater Metropolitan Committee
Mixed Materials box: 7
LeGrand, J.R. Testimony
Mixed Materials box: 7
Map Showing Acreage
Mixed Materials box: 7
Miscellaneous, n.d.
1963
Mixed Materials box: 7
Motion to Reconsider Metes and Bounds of Territory Pleadings
Mixed Materials box: 7
Posters, Flyers and bumper stickers
Mixed Materials box: 7
Questions asked of Mr. Browning and Mr. Dunn at Brookland Civic Center
11/1/61
Mixed Materials box: 7
Schools, John A. Testimony
Mixed Materials box: 7
Smith, John W. Testimony
Mixed Materials box: 7
State Senators, Delegates and Legislators
Mixed Materials box: 7
Suit brought by Independent Taxpayers Assn.
Mixed Materials box: 7
Tax Effect of Merger
1961
Mixed Materials box: 7
Trapnell, William H. Testimony
Mixed Materials box: 7
Witnesses (2 files)
Mixed Materials box: 7
Women's Division Citizens for Merger Research Committee
Mixed Materials box: 8
Bulletins-Notices (2 files)
Mixed Materials box: 8
Correspondence
1965-1968
Mixed Materials box: 8
Correspondence (2 files)
1968
Mixed Materials box: 8
Correspondence
1969
Mixed Materials box: 8
General (4 files)
1967
Mixed Materials box: 8
Industrial Financing Committee
1960-1961
Mixed Materials box: 8
Minutes--Executive Committee and Board
1967
Mixed Materials box: 8
Richmond Chamber of Commerce (3 files)
1969-1970
Mixed Materials box: 8
Headquarters Committee
1976-1977
Mixed Materials box: 8
Nominating Committee
1976
Mixed Materials box: 8
Post Opinion
Mixed Materials box: 8
Route 64, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 8
Transportation Committee
1973-1974
Mixed Materials box: 9
RPI Foundation (5 files)
1970-1976
Mixed Materials box: 9
Agenda
1961
Mixed Materials box: 9
Clean Up, n.d.
1962
Mixed Materials box: 9
Continuation
1961
Mixed Materials box: 9
Correspondence and Miscellaneous (3 files)
1961
Mixed Materials box: 9
General Information (2 files)
Mixed Materials box: 9
Miscellaneous (5 files)
1961
Mixed Materials box: 9
Records Volume
1961
Mixed Materials box: 9
Richmond-Henrico Merger Committee
1960-1961
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