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Records of the Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade, 2014-2018 (bulk 2014-2017). Accession 52175, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Transferred on 11 January 2018 by the Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe, Secretary of Commerce and Trade, 1111 East Broad Street, 4th Floor, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.
Original folder titles and physical order have been retained. Intellectual control and arrangement however, applied by processing archivist.
The office of the Secretary of Commerce and Resources was established in 1972 and was responsible for the areas of economic development and natural resources. In 1986 this secretariat was dissolved and split into two separate offices, the Secretary of Economic Development and the Secretary of Natural Resources. The name of the office was changed in 1993 from the Secretary of Economic Development to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade. Appointed by the governor as a member of their cabinet, the Secretariat's chief responsibility is to manage the direction of several state agencies concerned with the development of commerce and economic development throughout the Commonwealth. Maurice Jones served as Secretary of Commerce and Trade from 2014 through 2016, and Todd Haymore from 2016 through 2018 during Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration (2014-2018).
Some of the agencies reporting to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade include: The Board of Accountancy; The Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; The Department of Housing and Community Development; The Department of Labor and Industry; The Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy; The Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; The Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; The Virginia Economic Development Partnership; The Virginia Employment Commission; The Virginia Housing Development Authority; The Virginia Resources Authority; and The Virginia Tourism Corporation.
See: Governor Terry McAuliffe Administration Web Archive Collection, 2014-2018 for more on the administration, and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade page specifically for more on the Secretariat and Assigned Agencies.
The collection is housed in 6 boxes and includes agendas, meeting briefings, brochures, calendars, clippings, correspondence, itineraries, notes, programs, publications, reports, and other documents that chronicle the work of the secretariat, agency heads, and the governor related to Virginia's commerce and trade during the McAuliffe administration.
Material concerning the state's Economic Development and Tourism efforts, and the Public Relation Series (V) make up the bulk of this collection. The former documents the secratariat's involvement with economic development and tourism projects, initiatives, and events, such as international trade missions and rural infrastructure projects. Th Public Relations series is comprised mostly of meeting briefs leading up to public relation events, marketing trips, and tourism initiatives documented in the other series.
This collection is arranged into six series:
Series I: Correspondence: Assigned State Agencies, 2014-2018 (bulk 2014-2017); Series II: Correspondence and Subject Files: Secretariat, 2014-2018 (bulk 2014-2017); Series III: Economic Development and Tourism, 2014-2018 (bulk 2014-2017); Series IV: Planning and Budget, 2014-2018 (bulk 2014-2017); Series V: Public Relations, 2016-2018; Series VI: Special Projects and Studies, 2014-2018 (bulk 2014-2017)This series is housed in one box and arranged alphabetically by folder title (typically the name of a specific agency). This series also includes non correspondence material such as 2016 Labor Market Information Community Profiles from the Virginia Employment Commission. Some of the agency directors and commissioners during the McAuliffe Administration include: Jay W. DeBoer - Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR); Ellen Marie Hess - Virginia Employment Commission (VEC); William P. Burge and C. Ray Davenport - Labor and Industry; Rita McCLenny - Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC).
This series is housed in one box and is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of Secretaries Jones and Haymore, and from Governor McAuliffe.
This series is housed in two boxes and is arranged alphabetically by folder title. The series documents the Secretary's involvement with economic development and tourism projects, initiatives, and events, as well as interactions with outside economic development and tourism businesses, organizations, boards, and commissions. This series may include, but is not limited to: correspondence, fast facts, itineraries, briefings, and reports. A large portion of this series includes various marketing and trade mission trips to countries such as Cuba, Mexico, South Africa, and throughout Asia. Other topics include rural economic and energy development.
This series is housed in one box and arranged alphabetically by folder title. This series documents the interactions between the Secretary and the Governor's staff, assigned state agencies, and the Department of Planning and Budget regarding the development and modification of the Commonwealth's budget.
This series is housed in three boxes and arranged chronologically. This series includes correspondence , event briefings, memos, brochures, but primarily meeting briefs related to public facing and relation initiatives, as well as those found in other series (i.e. foreign marketing and trade missions).
2016
2017
2018
This series is housed in three hollinger boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. This series documents the Secretariat's interaction with and oversight of projects and studies related to the Governor's initiatives, as well as other projects not identified in this or any other series. This includes, but not limited to: notes, briefs, reports, and correspondence.