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Chief of Staff Records of Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder, 1983-1994 (bulk 1990-1994). Accession 35539. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Transferred by Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder on October 31, 1996.
Original folder titles have been retained.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born in Richmond, Va., on January 17, 1931. He graduated from Virginia Union University in 1951 and afterwards was drafted into the Army, where he served in the Korean War from 1952-1953 and received a bronze star. He then attended the Howard University School of Law and graduated in 1959. Douglas Wilder was elected to the Virginia Senate in 1969 as the first African American member since Reconstruction and served in the Senate for five terms. In 1985, he was elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor as the first African American to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. L. Douglas Wilder won the election for Governor of Virginia in 1989 and served from January 13, 1990 to January 14, 1994. He was the first African American to be elected as Governor in United States.
The Executive Office is a division of the Office of the Governor in the Executive Branch of Virginia state government. Members of the Executive Office include the Governor, Chief of Staff, Counselor to the Governor and their assistants. The Chief of Staff is the chief operating officer of state government, responsible for all aspects of service to citizens. The Chief oversees the Cabinet members and agency heads in the administration of state government and is also responsible for the operations of the Governor's Office. The Chief is assisted in these responsibilities by a Deputy Chief of Staff and an Executive Assistant.
Records, 1990-1994, of the Chief of Staff during the administration of Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder. The collection is housed in 24 boxes and includes correspondence, financial and budget reports, memorandum, minutes, newsletters, progress reports, publications, schedules, and other documents. The collection is arranged into three series, Series I: Correspondence and Subject Files, Series II: Secretariat Records, and Series III: Governor's General Correspondence.
This collection is arranged into the following series: Series I: Correspondence and Subject Files, Series II: Secretariat Records, and Series III: Governor's General Correspondence.
The Correspondence and Subject Files series is housed in 8 boxes, and is arranged into two (2) subseries. Subseries have been designated for: A. Correspondence and B. Subject Files. The series consists of correspondence, financial reports, memorandum, minutes, newsletters, programs, publications, reports, schedules, and other documents.
This subseries is housed in 4 boxes and includes correspondence, budgets, clippings, memorandum, and reports. The bulk of the letters were written to and from Jorman Granger, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Jay T. Shropshire, Chief of Staff, who resigned in November 1993.
This subseries is housed in 5 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Includes administrative records, clippings, correspondence, memorandum, minutes, publications, reports, and schedules.
Major topics incude an African trade and cultural summit, including a trip by the governor to several African countries; the Total Quality Management system; the U.S. Senate Productivity Award for Virginia, created in 1983 to honor organizations that significantly improved productivity and performance (now the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award); and the Governor's Commission on Violent Crime, including numerous publications and reports on the juvenile court and youth violence. The Governor's Commission on Violet Crime was created by Governor Wilder in 1992 by Executive Order 92, and given the duty of advising the Governor on how the Commonwealth could address and reduce the frequency and impact of violent crime, including the causes of and offenders responsible and the role of firearms and firearms trafficking in violent crime.
The Secretariat Records series, 1991-1994, consists of 13 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by secretariat and then by folder title. The collection includes materials such as briefings, budget and financial records, correspondence, memorandum, publications, reports, weekly activity reports, and other documents.
The office of the Secretary of Commerce and Resources, established in 1972, was responsible for the areas of economic development and natural resources; it was split into two separate offices in 1986. In 1993, the name of the Secretary of Economic Development was changed ot the Secretary of Commerce and Trade. The records from this secretariat includes weekly activity reports discussing projects of interest within the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and an African Summit trip. Lawrence H. Framme III served as Secretary of Economic Development from 1990-1992. Cate Magennis served as secretary from 1992-1994, during the renaming of the secretariat.
The Secretariat of Education submitted a report on the preparation for educating the Virginia work force for the 21st century. James W. Dyke Jr served as Secretary of Education from 1990 to 1993; Karen J. Petersen served as Secretary of Education from 1993 to 1994.
Records from the Secretary of Finance, Paul Timmreck (1990-1996), include audit reports, biennial budgets and forecast for future appropriations for the Commonwealth during the Wilder administration, as well as reports discussing compensation for the state work force. There is correspondence from Secretariat Timmreck to President Clinton regarding federal budget elimination of the Small Business Development Center that would result in adverse affect on the state small business development in Virginia. A copy of the 1993 Virginia Acts of the Assembly Chapter 994 is included with this collection. Budgetary items such as funding for capital outlay projects are discussed. Weekly reports outline the secretariat's activities and a memo outlines the secretary's various meetings and attendance outside of the office.
The Secretary of Natural Resources, Elizabeth Haskell (1990-1994) provides background information on the implementation of the Department of Environmental Quality. The effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay is also documented in the Chesapeake Executive Council records.
The Secretary of Public Safety, O. Randolph Rollins (1992-1994), provides weekly reports documenting activities of the various departments within Public Safety. There is information concerning jail overcrowding and the possible construction of new prisons.
The Governor's General Correspondence, 1990-1993, consists of 3 boxes and is arranged chronologically. The collection consists of items sent to or from Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder, and includes materials such as awards, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, reports, and other documents. Notable correspondents include Bill Clinton, first as governor and then as president, George Bush, Rita Mae Brown, Al Sharpton, Edward M. Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, Frank R. Wolf, Terry Sanford, Alan Cranston, and John Warner, among others.