A Guide to the Director's Correspondence of the Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1926-1933 Director's Correspondence of the Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries 40942

A Guide to the Director's Correspondence of the Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1926-1933

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 40942


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
40942
Title
Director's Correspondence of the Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries 1926-1933
Physical Characteristics
15.39 cu. ft. (36 boxes)
Creator
Virginia. Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia. Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries. Director's Correspondence, 1926-1933. Accession 40942, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Transferred

Historical Information

The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries was created by an act of the General Assembly passed March 11, 1916. The department was headed by the Commissioner of Fisheries and was charged with enforcing all laws enacted for the protection, propagation, and preservation of wild animals and birds, and fish in all inland waterways, and assisting in enforcing all dog and forestry laws. As part of his duties, the commissioner appointed county and city game wardens, fostered wildlife conservation, promoted educational programs, published and disseminated laws and regulations, served process for legal violations, and printed license forms. Hunting and fishing licenses were to be obtained from the county clerk of the circuit court and the fees collected put into the newly created Game Protection Fund. The monies in this fund were used to pay the salaries and expenses of the commissioner and wardens and for the study, propogation, preservation and restocking of game animals, birds and fish in the Commonwealth.

An act of the General Assembly passed March 24, 1926 created a Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. The commission consisted of five members appointed by the governor and the chairman of the commission was to serve as the administrative head of the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, replacing the Commissioner of Fisheries. The commissioner still appointed game wardens, subject to the approval of the commission. In 1928, the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries was officially renamed the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of the administrative records of A. Willis Robertson, Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries from 1926 until 1933 when Robertson resigned his post with the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The collection is arranged into three (3) series: Correspondence, 1926-1932; Financial Records, 1925-1932; and Oversize Materials, 1926-1932. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, maps, notes, articles, financial statements and reports, and clippings related to the operation of the Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries. Topics addressed include: fish and fishing; stocking of wildlife preserves; and wildlife conservation and wildlife management.

The collection contains correspondence from members of the Izaak Walton League, and the Virginia Co-Operative Committee on Stream Pollution. Prominent correspondents include: Harry F. Byrd, H.W. Ellerson, Allan Epes, H.B. Faris, Max Fleischer, Seth Gordon, Harry F. Guggenheim, M.D. Hart, Charles O. Handley, M.B. Mount, William S. Snow, Beverley W. Stras, and Lewis W. Tyus.

Arrangement

Arranged into two series: I. Correspondence and Subject Files; and II. Oversize materials.

Contents List

Correspondence and Subject Files
Boxes 1-33 Folder
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Series II: Oversize Materials
Boxes 35-36 Folder
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