A Guide to the Virginia Commission of Economy and Efficiency, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918 Economy and Efficiency, Commission on, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918 24960

A Guide to the Virginia Commission of Economy and Efficiency, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24960


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Accession number
24960
Title
Virginia Commission of Economy and Efficiency, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918
Physical Characteristics
1.15 cubic feet.
Physical Location
State Records Collection, Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency (Record Group 155).
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918. Accession 36121, State Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, May 18, 1959.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Commission on Economy and Efficiency was created by an Act of the General Assembly on March 16, 1916 to make a "careful and detailed study of the organization and methods of the State and local governments of the Commonwealth" and report as to the ways "State and local government can be made efficiently and economically organized and administered." The Commission was comprised of five members: P.H Drewry, George L. Browning, J. Calvin Moss, Richard Evelyn Byrd, and LeRoy Hodges. Due to lack of resources, the Commission limited its study to State government. The Commission prepared two surveys that were completed by state agencies which were assessed and evaluated. The Commission recommended: the establishment of a formalized budget system, including a proposal for a budget law (passed in 1918); increased supervision of accounts by the State Accountant; expenditures by appropriation; a fiscal year from July 1- June 30; and uniform office hours for state agencies. The Commission was dissolved in 1918.

Scope and Content Information

This collection is comprised of the administrative papers of Colonel LeRoy Hodges, Secretary of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Of particular interest are the drafts of the budget law that was eventually passed in 1918, and the state agency reports submitted to the Commission. These agency reports contain a history of the agency, the duties of the agency, an organizational chart, an accounting of annual expenditures, and a listing of personnel with salary and other information. Also contained in the collection is correspondence with other members of the Commission as well as with individuals outside the Commonwealth who were asked to give their opinions and suggestions regarding the Commission's work.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Each series is arranged alphabetically.

Organization

Organized into four (4) series: Administrative correspondence, 1916-1918; Correspondence with institutions outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1916-1917; State agency reports, 1916-1917; and Other items, 1917-1919.

Contents List

Series I: Administrative correspondence, 1916-1918

Contains correspondence among members of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency as well as with other institutions and individuals.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 1 Folder 1
    Correspondence of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency, 1916-1918
  • Box 3 Folder 1
    Correspondence, 1916-1917
  • Box 3 Folder 2
    Draft of proposed budget law and essay, n.d. [1918]
  • Box 3 Folder 3
    Payroll data by agency, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 4
    Preliminary report, n.d. [1918]
Series II: Correspondence with agency outside the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1916-1917

Contains correspondence with institutions outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Often the correspondence is soliciting assistance with the work of the Commission.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 1 Folder 2
    Census, Bureau of, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    Commerce, Dept. of, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    Dayton Bureau of Research, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    Durand, E. Dana, University of Minnesota, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    Institute for Government Research, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    Institute for Public Service, New York, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    Massachusetts, Commonwealth of, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    Moley, Raymond, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    National Municipal League, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    National Short Ballot Organization, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    New York Bureau of Municipal Research, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    United State Bureau of Efficiency, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 15
    Wisconsin, University of, 1917
Series III: State agency reports, 1916-1917

Contains reports from state agencies as requested by the Commission. Information in these reports include agency histories, lists of responsibilities, and listins of personnel employed.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 1 Folder 16
    Adjutant General of Virginia, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Agriculture and Immigration, Dept. of - Division of Markets, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 18
    Agriculture and Immigration, Dept. of - Dairy and Food Division, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 19
    Attorney General of Virginia, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 20
    Auditor of Public Accounts, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 21
    Catawba Sanatorium, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 22
    Central State Hospital, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 23
    College of William and Mary, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 5
    Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 6
    Commioner of Fisheries of Virginia, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 7
    Commissioner of Prohibition, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 24
    Convict Road Force, State, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 25
    Council of Defense, State, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 26
    Crop Commission, State, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 27
    Debt Commission, State, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 8
    Department of Agriculture and Immigration, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 9
    Eastern State Hospital, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 28
    Embalming, State Board of, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 29
    Forester, State, 1916-1917
  • Box 1 Folder 30
    Geological Survey, Virginia, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 31
    Governor's Office, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 32
    Health, State Board of, 1917
  • Box 1 Folder 33
    Highway Commission, State, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 1
    Home and Industrial School for Girls, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 10
    Home for Needy Confederate Women - Monthly reports, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 2
    Hospitals, Commissioner of State, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 3
    Industrial Home School for Colored Girls, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 4
    Instruction, Superintendent of, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 5
    Insurance, Bureau of, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 6
    Labor and Industrial Statistics, Bureau of, 1916-1917
  • Box 2 Folder 7
    Land Office, Register of the, 1916-1917
  • Box 2 Folder 8
    Laurel Industrial School, 1916-1917
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Legislative Reference Bureau, 1916-1917
  • Box 2 Folder 10
    Library, Virginia State, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 11
    Lieutenant Governor, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 11
    Medical College of Virginia, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 12
    Military Records, Dept. of Confederate, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 13
    Normal School Board, Virginia, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 14
    Normal School for Women, State - East Radford, 1916-1917
  • Box 2 Folder 15
    Normal School for Women, State - Farmville, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 16
    Normal School for Women, State - Fredericksburg, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 17
    Normal School for Women, State - Harrisonburg, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 18
    Normal and Agricultural Institute - Hampton, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 19
    Optometry, State Board of, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 20
    Penitentiary, Virginia, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 21
    Public Printing, Superintendent of, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 22
    Quarantine Officer for the Elizabeth River District, State, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 12
    Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 13
    Southwestern State Hospital, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 23
    State Agricultural High School, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 14
    State Corporation Commission, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 24
    Tax Board, State, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 25
    Treasurer, State, 1916-1917
  • Box 2 Folder 26
    Uniform State Laws, Board of Commissioners on, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 27
    University of Virginia, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 28
    Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 15
    Virginia Manual Labor School, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 16
    Virginia Military Institute, 1916-1917
  • Box 3 Folder 17
    Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 29
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 30
    Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, 1917
  • Box 3 Folder 18
    Virginia State Epileptic Colony, 1917
  • Box 2 Folder 31
    Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, 1919
  • Box 3 Folder 19
    Western State Hospital, 1917
Series IV: Other items, 1916-1919

Contains clippings and other materials, as well as correspondence to and from Colonel Hodges related to items other than the Commission.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 2 Folder 32
    Correspondence - not related to the Commission of Economy and Efficiency, 1917-1919
  • Box 2 Folder 33
    Miscellaneous, 1917-1919