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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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
ArrangementEach series is arranged alphabetically.
OrganizationOrganized 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
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]
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
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
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