A Guide to the Administrative files of the Virginia Dept. of Motor Vehicles, 1941-1972
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 30469
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Preferred Citation
Virginia Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Records, 1941-1972. Accession 30469. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, 30 June 1979.
Processing Information
This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards. The original arrangement has been maintained, the container list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.
Biographical Information
On March 17, 1906, the General Assembly passed an act of giving the secretary of the commonwealth responsibility for motor vehicle registration and the issuance of drivers' licenses. The office of commissioner of motor vehicles was created by an act of the General Assembly passed on March 4, 1924, and assumed the duties concerning motor vehicles earlier undertaken by the secretary of the commonwealth, including the enforcement of motor vehicle laws.
The Division of Motor Vehicles was created within the Department of Taxation by the state government reorganization act passed on April 18, 1927. The General Assembly passed an act on March 26, 1932, that consolidated all existing motor vehicle laws and placed the Division of Motor Vehicles under the Department of Finance (which existed only on paper). The division yielded its law enforcement duties to the Department of State Police when that agency was created on March 14, 1942. The reorganization of state government authorized by the General Assembly on March 30, 1948, established the Division of Motor Vehicles as an independent state agency.
The division was placed under the secretary of transportation and public safety on April 8, 1972. The General Assembly created separate secretariats for transportation and for public safety on April 12, 1976, and placed the division under the secretary of transportation. Effective July 1, 1984, the secretariats of transportation and public safety again were combined.
The Division of Motor Vehicles exercises authority over motor vehicle registration as well as the licensing of motor vehicle operators. The division also licenses motor vehicle dealers, collects taxes on gasoline and other fuels, and promotes motor vehicle safety. Departments that function under the administration of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles are the Bureau of Registration and Title Records, Contracts and Real Estate Administration, Fiscal Affairs, Management Information Systems, and Physical Plant. Genre
Scope and Content
Administrative files, 1941-1972, of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. The collection is housed in 197 boxes and includes administrative files, building files, clippings, correspondence, and general ledgers. The collection is arranged into six series, Series I: Papers of G.W. James, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner and Publicity Director; Series II: General Ledgers; Series III: Correspondence of the Commissioner of the D.M.V.; Records of Buildings, Operations and Maintenance; Papers of W.B. Henshaw, Director of the Bureau of Registration and Title Records; and Papers of the Commissioner of D.M.V.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
Series I: Papers of G.W. James, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner and Publicity Director, ca. 1941-1960; Series II: General Ledgers, 1949-1964; Series III: Correspondence of the Commissioner of the D.M.V., 1963-1969; Series IV: Records of Buildings, Operations and Maintenance, 1950-1964; Series V: Papers of W.B. Henshaw, Director of the Bureau of Registration and Title Records, 1960-1972; Series VI: Papers of the Commissioner of D.M.V., 1941-1962.Contents List
- Box 1-17
Correspondence and Information Files, 1943-1959
- Box 18-19
History, 1936-1952
- Box 20
Clippings, 1952
- Box 21
Clippings, 1953
- Box 22
Clippings, 1953-1954
- Box 23
Clippings, 1954
- Box 24
Clippings, 1955
- Box 25
Clippings, 1956
- Box 26
Clippings, 1957-1958
- Box 27
Clippings, 1959
- Box 28-29
Press Relations & Publications, 1942-1947
- Box 30
Correspondence and Information Files, 1941-1953
- Box 31
Correspondence, 1943-1949
- Box 32
Correspondence, 1948-1949
- Box 33
Correspondence and Annual Reports, 1943-1949
- Box 34
General Ledgers, 1958-1959
- Box 35
General Ledgers, 1963
- Box 36
General Ledgers, 1962
- Box 37
General Ledgers, 1961
- Box 38
General Ledgers, 1960
- Box 39
General Ledgers, 1959
- Box 40
General Ledgers, 1958
- Box 41
General Ledgers, Revenue Ledgers, 1963
- Box 42
General Ledgers, Revenue Ledgers, 1958-1962
- Box 43
General Ledgers, Classified Ledgers, 1964
- Box 44
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1963
- Box 45
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1962
- Box 46
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1961
- Box 47
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1960
- Box 48
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1959
- Box 49
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1958
- Box 50
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1965
- Box 51
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1965
- Box 52
General Ledgers, Interstate Bus Lines Accounts, 1960
- Box 53
General Ledgers, Classified Ledgers, 1965
- Box 54
General Ledgers, Interstate Bus Lines Accounts, 1964
- Box 55
General Ledgers, Interstate Bus Lines Accounts, 1963
- Box 56
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable, 1964
- Box 57
General Ledgers, Accounts Receivable,
- Box 58
General Ledgers, Expense Ledgers, 1955-1958
- Box 59
General Ledgers, Expense Ledgers, 1953-1955
- Box 60
General Ledgers, Expense Ledgers, 1951-1953
- Box 61
General Ledgers, Expense Ledgers, 1949-1951
- Box 62
Correspondence, 1963-1966
- Box 63
Correspondence, 1966-1968
- Box 64
Correspondence, 1968-1969
- Box 65
Correspondence, 1960-1964
- Box 66
Highway Study Commission, Continuous Files, 1962
- Box 67
Physical Plant Files, 1950-1964
- Box 68
Physical Plant Files, 1957-1964
- Box 69
Physical Plant Files, 1946-1957
- Box 70
Physical Plant Files, 1948-1949
- Box 71
Physical Plant Files, Audit Files, 1958-1969
- Box 72
Audit Files - Administration Files (A), 1968-1970
- Box 73
Administration Files (A), 1969-1972
- Box 74
Audit Files - Administration Files (B), 1965-1969
- Box 75
Administration Files (B), 1965-1969
- Box 76
Administration Files (Budget Requests), 1968-1970
- Box 77
Administration Files (B), 1968-1972
- Box 78
Administration Files (B-C), 1966-1970
- Box 79
Administration Files (C), 1968-1970
- Box 80
Administration Files (C-D), 1965-1969
- Box 81
Administration Files (D-I), 1968-1970
- Box 82
Administration Files (I), 1954-1970
- Box 83
Administration Files (I-L), 1964-1968
- Box 84
Administration Files (M-S), 1968-1970
- Box 85
Administration Files (S-W), 1968-1970
- Box 86
MVSR Act, 1944-1951
- Box 87
Correspondence, 1953
- Box 88
Correspondence, 1944-1953
- Box 89
Correspondence, 1953
- Box 90
Correspondence, 1952-1953
- Box 91
Correspondence, 1942-1953
- Box 92
Correspondence, 1941-1953
- Box 93
Correspondence, 1943, 1953
- Box 94
Correspondence, 1953
- Box 95
Correspondence, 1945, 1954
- Box 96
Correspondence, 1946, 1954
- Box 97
Correspondence, 1953-1954
- Box 98
Correspondence, 1940-1953
- Box 99
Correspondence, 1953
- Box 100
Correspondence, 1953
- Box 101
Correspondence, 1953
- Box 102-104
Manuals, 1960-1969
- Box 105-110
Correspondence, 1954
- Box 111-113
Correspondence, 1954-1955
- Box 114-119
Correspondence, 1955
- Box 120
Correspondence, 1955-1956
- Box 121-122
Correspondence, 1956
- Box 123
Correspondence, 1956-1957
- Box 124-127
Correspondence, 1956-1958
- Box 128-129
Correspondence, 1958-1959
- Box 130
Correspondence, 1958
- Box 131-135
Correspondence, 1959
- Box 136
Correspondence, 1943-1944, 1952, 1959
- Box 137
Correspondence, 1942, 1948
- Box 138
Correspondence, 1941, 1959
- Box 139-140
Correspondence, 1959
- Box 141
Correspondence, 1945-1951
- Box 142
Correspondence, 1945-1950
- Box 143-145
Correspondence, 1951
- Box 146-148
Correspondence, 1951, 1962
- Box 149
Correspondence, 1962
- Box 150
Correspondence, 1960-1963
- Box 151
Correspondence, 1952, 1962
- Box 152
Correspondence, 1952
- Box 153
Correspondence, 1943, 1952, 1962
- Box 154
Correspondence, 1941, 1948, 1952
- Box 155
Correspondence, 1942-1948
- Box 156
Correspondence, 1943-1952
- Box 157
Correspondence, 1941-1948
- Box 158
Correspondence, 1945-1959
- Box 159
Correspondence, 1948-1952
- Box 160
Correspondence, 1941-1952
- Box 161
Correspondence, 1957
- Box 162
Correspondence, 1944, 1957
- Box 163
Correspondence, 1952
- Box 164-168
Correspondence, 1952, 1957
- Box 169
Correspondence, 1957
- Box 170-171
Correspondence, 1952, 1957
- Box 172-173
Correspondence, 1957
- Box 174-175
Correspondence, 1960
- Box 176
Correspondence, 1958-1960
- Box 177
Correspondence, 1951, 1958
- Box 178-180
Correspondence, 1958, 1960
- Box 181
Correspondence, 1958
- Box 182
Correspondence, 1958, 1960
- Box 183
Correspondence, 1960
- Box 184
Correspondence, 1951, 1960
- Box 185
Correspondence, 1951, 1960-1961
- Box 186
Correspondence, 1950-1951, 1961
- Box 187
Correspondence, 1951, 1961
- Box 188
Correspondence, 1961
- Box 189-192
Correspondence, 1951, 1961
- Box 193
Correspondence, 1961-1962
- Box 194
Correspondence, 1951, 1961
- Box 195
Correspondence, 1951, 1961-1962
- Box 196-197
Correspondence, 1962