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Records of First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, 2014-2017. Accession 52180, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Accession 52180 transferred from the Office of the First Lady on January 12, 2018.
Dorothy Swann McAuliffe, First Lady of Virginia from 2014-2018, is a graduate of The Catholic University of America with a B.A. in Political Science, and received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She married Terrence McAuliffe in 1988 and they have five children together.
Records of First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, 2014-2017, consist of 20 archival boxes and are divided into 4 series. Series have been designated for Correspondence (I), Initiatives (II), Scheduling Office (III), and Subject files (IV). These records document the work of the First Lady during the gubernatorial administration of her husband, Terry McAuliffe, and were created or collected, 2014-2017, though some documents in this collection pre-date this time period.
This collection is arranged into the following series:
Series I. Correspondence, 2014-2017; Series II. Initiatives, 2014-2017; Series III. Scheduling, 2014-2017; Series IV. Subject files, 2014-2017.Correspondence, 2014-2017, consists of 4 archival boxes is arranged chronologically. This series is primarily comprised of incoming correspondence, and the vast majority of the correspondence consists of notes thanking the First Lady for her appearance at events or involvement in projects. Also includes a small amount of letters of congratulations, condolences and correspondence from constituents, legislators, organizations and first ladies from other states.
Initiatives, 2014-2017, are housed in 9 archival boxes and are organized under headings for several initiatives in which the First Lady was involved. Initiatives in this series include Child Nutrition, Virginia Children's Cabinet, Executive Mansion, Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children, National Service, and Physical Evidence Recovery Kits (PERK). These records may include correspondence, agendas, aricles, background reference materials, briefings, conference materials, event files, executive orders, legislation, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, notes, plans, presentations, promotional materials, publications, reports and subject files.
As First Lady of the Commonwealth, Mrs. McAuliffe focused on the importance of childhood nutrition and combating food insecurity across the state. As part of this initiative, the First Lady chaired the Commonwealth Council on Bridging the Nutritional Divide (Executive Order 34 (2014)). This Council was tasked with creating partnerships with the Governor's cabinet, the legislature, state agencies, national, regional and local non-profits, schools and private businesses to help close the nutritional divide, end childhood hunger, and improve food access in Virginia. Three major objectives included eliminating childhood hunger in Virginia by increasing participation in nutrition assistance programs; promoting agriculture and increasing access to affordable, healthy and local foods; and facilitating efficient and effective local initiatives related to community nutrition, food access, and health strategies and programs across the Commonwealth. Council accomplishments included the creation of Virginia Food Crop Donation Tax Credit, Virginia Grocery Investment Fund, Virginia Food Access Network, and participation in the Breakfast After the Bell program, and Virginia 3-6-5 Project, and a partnership with the No Kid Hungry Virginia campaign which helped expand participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
Arranged alphabetically.
The First Lady served as a member of the Children's Cabinet, a cross-government collaboration striving to better align policies and programs that support Virginia's children. This Cabinet was dedicated to the education, health, housing, nutrition, safety and welfare of children in the Commonwealth.
Arranged alphabetically.
The First Lady was instrumental in the addition of an accessibility ramp at the Executive Mansion to ensure that those with mobility issues would have entrance on the formal reception area. Includes drawings and plans.
The First Lady served as the Governor's designee to the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children. This council worked to ensure comprehensive and consistent policies across the Commonwealth's school divisions assisting military children as they transfer in and out of Virginia schools and experience separation of deployed family members. In 2015 the Governor signed legislation to ensure that the Virginia Dept. of Education establish a process with local school divisions to identify students with an active duty military parent for the purposes of ensuring that the needs of these students are met.
Arranged alphabetically.
As First Lady, Mrs. McAuliffe supported initiatives and partnerships to encourage volunteerism and giving back to the community. In 2016, she inspired over 50 higher education institutions to sign Virginia's Compact on National Service, in which these schools committed to integrating national service opportunities on their campuses. The Commonwealth also became the nation's first Employer of National Service to encourage alumni of AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps to join state government, bringing service oriented individuals to the state workforce.
Arranged alphabetically.
In 2015. the Governor created a work group of leaders and advocates, including the First Lady, to offer solutions to enhance the services and protections Virginia offers to survivors of sexual violence, and to bring perpetrators to justice. The work group recommended a consistent process for handling and testing the backlog of untested physical evidence recovery kits in the Commonwealth.
Arranged alphabetically.
Scheduling files, 2014-2017, are housed in 2 boxes and are arranged alphabetically by record type. This series includes correspondence, event files and invitations. The event files include information related to specific events that the First Lady attended and may include briefing materials, itineraries and programs. This series is incomplete and only includes records for a small amount of events that were attended by the First Lady. Event type files may also be found within other series, but there is not complete coverage of the First Lady's events in the collection. Invitations are arranged chronologically and may include notations as to whether the invitation was accepted or declined.
Subject files, 2014-2017, are housed in 5 archival boxes and are arranged alphabetically. These records maintained by the Office of the First Lady consist of general reference files by topic and may include correspondence, conference materials, notes, photographs, publications, and reports.