Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia. Superintendent of Public Buildings. Contracts and related correspondence for maintenance of state buildings from the Virginia Land Office, 1895-1906. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 134, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.

Acquisition Information

Accession LOI 134 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.

Historical Information

The act which established the previous Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature. The office of the Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of 7 February 1867, and his duties were transferred to the register of the Land Office. The records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library, and, by Act of Assembly on 5 March 1952, the duties of the regsiter of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the state librarian.

Scope and Content

These records contain correspondence pertaining to bids and contracts for services and goods for the Capitol, Executive Mansion, and State Library building, as well as the grounds of Capitol Square. The items or services include coal, wood, and ice deliveries, plants and flowers for the grounds, telephone subscriptions, electric current, elevator mats, gas, and bookbinding. There is also an agreement between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Richmond related to renting out city building rooms for state purposes during the rebuilding and enlargement of the Capital building.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Library of Virginia.
• Virginia Executive Mansion (Richmond, Va.)
• Virginia State Capitol (Richmond, Va.)
• Virginia. Land Office.
• Virginia. Superintendent of Public Buildings.

Subjects:

• Public buildings -- Virginia.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Contracts.
• Correspondence.
• State government records.