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A Guide to the Correspondence and Subject Files of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 1972-1982 Transportation, Secretary of, Correspondence and Subject Files 31651

A Guide to the Correspondence and Subject Files of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 1972-1982

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Accession Number 31651


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
31651
Title
Correspondence and Subject Files of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 1972-1982
Extent
9.9 cu. ft. (11 boxes)
Creator
Virginia. Office of the Secretary of Transportation
Location
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Correspondence and Subject Files of the Virginia Secretary of Transportation, 1972-1974. Accession 31651, State Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accession 31651 was transfered from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation on 12 January 1983.

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.

Material found loose in the boxes was foldered and given a title determined by the archivist. In cases where folder titles were inaccurate, the titles have been corrected to more adequately describe the material.

Biographical Information

In 1970, the Governor's Management Commission Study recommended the creation of six "Deputy Governors" to assist the Chief Executive in his managerial duties. Compatible functions of government were grouped under these administrative heads, who would serve as the Governors top management team or "secretariats," as they are called now.

Governor Linwood Holton's top priority for the 1972 session of the General Assembly was a proposal for a Governor's Cabinet, reorganizing state agencies into six major departments--each headed by a secretary appointed by the governor. Transportation and public safety was one of these six departments. The office of Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety was created on April 8, 1972, by an act passed by the General Assembly. Governor Holton appointed Wayne A. Whitham, a member of the Winchester City Council, as the first Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety. When Whitham took office on July 1, 1972, he was responsible for State Highway Commission, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of State Police, Highway Safety Division, Office of Emergency Services, Department of Military Affairs, Virginia State Crime Commission and the Law Enforcement Officers Training Standards Commission. The Office has undergone a series of administrative reorganizations since. On April 12, 1976, the Legislature established separate secretariats for transportation and for public safety, effective July 1, 1976. On July 1, 1984, the offices were again combined. Most recently, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety was divided into separate secretariats on February 22, 1990. The Secretary of Transportation is a member of the Governor's Cabinet, and is appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The Secretary is responsible to the governor for the Department of Transportation, Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Department of Aviation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Virginia Port Authority and the Motor Vehicle Dealers Board.

Wayne A. Whitham, the first Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety, was reappointed by Governor-elect Miles E. Godwin, Jr., in December 1973 and by Governor-elect John N. Dalton in December 1977. Whitham suffered a heart attack in August 1978 and resigned in December 1978. On June 7, 1984, Whitham died in Richmond, Virginia. Governor Dalton named George M. Walters, a former top executive of the Reynolds Metals Corporation, to succeed Whitham as Secretary of Transportation. Walters served until the end of Dalton's term in January 1982. Governor-elect Charles S. Robb, the first Democrat to be elected governor since 1965, did not retain any of Dalton's cabinet secretaries. Robb appointed Andrew B. Fogarty, Dalton's assistant secretary for financial policy, as Secretary of Transportation. On July 1, 1984, the secretariats of transportation and public safety were combined again. As a result this partial reorganization of state government, Governor Robb appointed Fogarty Secretary of Administration and Franklin E. White, Secretary of Public Safety, assumed Fogarty's Transportation duties. White, who served as a White House liaison official under President Jimmy Carter, resigned in June 1985 to become the New York state commissioner of transportation. He was replaced by Andrew Fogarty who served until the end of the Robb administration. He later served as Governor Gerald L. Baliles chief of staff from August 1986 to October 1989 when he resigned to become a vice president with CSX Corporation.

In December 1985, Governor-elect Gerald L. Baliles, picked Vivian E. Watts, a northern Virginia legislator, as Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety. Watts served until the end of Baliles' term in 1990. In 1995 she was elected to her old seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. On February 22, 1990, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety was divided into separate secretariats. Governor L. Douglas Wilder, appointed John G. Milliken, a member of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors, as the Secretary of Transportation. Milliken resigned on December 17, 1993.

In February 1994 Governor George Allen, the first Republican elected governor since 1977, appointed Robert Martinez as Secretary of Transportation. Martinez was born in Cuba and had served as Deputy Administrator for the Marine Administration and Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation during President George H.W. Bush's administration. At the end of Governor Allen's term in January 1998, Martinez joined the Norfolk Southern Corporation. Shirley Ybarra, deputy Secretary of Transportation in the Allen administration, was named Martinez's successor by Governor-elect James Gilmore. Ybarra previously worked as a special assistant to Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole during President Ronald Reagan's administration. Ybarra served until the end of Gilmore's administration in January 2002. Whittington W. Clement, a former lawyer and long-time member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the City of Danville, was appointed Secretary of Transportation by Governor Mark R. Warner in 2002. Pierce R. Homer, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, replaced Clement in 2005.

Scope and Content

Contains files pertaining to Virginia transportation concerns, including but not limited to the Energy, Interstate, and Rails. This collection contains; correspondence and subject files, as well as, Committee and Commission files, Legislation, Regulations.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I. Correspondence and Subject Files

Contents List

Series I. Correspondence and Subject Files , 1972-1982 .
Boxes 1-11
Extent: 11 boxes.

This collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 1 Folder 1
    Architectural Barriers: Task Force (Rehabilitation Act of 1973), 1973 .
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    Aviation: Virginia Air Transportation Systems Study, 1977-1979 .
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    Blacksburg, Town of: Public Transportation System, 1979 .
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    Bus Transportation, 1973-1980 .
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    Cabinet: Background Papers, 1973 .
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    Cabinet: Missions and Goals, 1973 .
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., 1976 .
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    C and C: Chessie/Seaboard Merger, 1978-1979 .
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    Council of Governments: Steering Committee, 1978-1979 .
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    Craigie, Walter, Jr., 1977 .
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    Deaf, Virginia Council for the, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    Defense Depatment, U.S., 1977 .
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, 1980 .
  • Box 1 Folder 14
    Disaster Assistance, 1978 .
  • Box 1 Folder 15
    Dulles International Airport, 1977 .
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    Dynalectron Corporation, 1980 .
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Eastern Airlines, 1979 .
  • Box 1 Folder 18
    Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1973 .
  • Box 1 Folder 19
    Eastern Shore of Virginia: Seafood Festival, 1978 .
  • Box 1 Folder 20
    Electric-Powered Motor Vehicles, 1980-1981 .
  • Box 1 Folder 21
    Emergency Medical Services, 1980 .
  • Box 1 Folder 22
    Emergency Medical Services: Wachapreague Rescue Squad, 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 1
    Emergency Services, 1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 2
    Emergency Services (Personnel), 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 3
    Emergency Services: Jones, George L., 1974-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 4
    Energy: Coal - Converting, 1979-1981 .
  • Box 2 Folder 5
    Energy: Conversion of non-state owned oil heating to coal/gas, 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 6
    Energy: Conversion of state owned oil heating to coal/gas, 1979-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 7
    Energy: Dalton Statement on Energy, 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 8
    Energy: Dalton Orders, 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Energy: Emergency energy conservation act of 1979 (federal), 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 10
    Energy: Position Paper/Virginia buisness council on energy for the commonwealth, 1980-1981 .
  • Box 2 Folder 11
    Energy: Schools, hospitals, local governments/public care grants, 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 12
    Energy: U.S. department of, 1974-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 13
    Energy: Wood Project, 1979-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 14
    Executive Orders, 1978 .
  • Box 2 Folder 15
    Governor's Council on Transportation, 1978-1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 16
    House Roads and Internal Navigation Committee (Ga.), 1977 .
  • Box 2 Folder 17
    Information Committee, 1973-1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 18
    Intergovernmental Statewide Affairs, department of - Cost Allocation, 1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 19
    Intergovernmental Affairs: National Governor's Association, 1979 .
  • Box 2 Folder 20
    Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of, 1977-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 21
    Interior Department, U.S., 1975-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 22
    International Business Machines, 1974-1976 .
  • Box 2 Folder 23
    Interstate 64, 1972-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 24
    Interstate 6-64, 1977-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 25
    Interstate 66, 1977-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 26
    Interstate 81, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 27
    Inrvington, Town of, 1979-1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 28
    James River Limestone Co., 1980 .
  • Box 2 Folder 29
    joint Legislation Audit Review Commission (JLARC: Land Management), 1980 .
  • Box 3 Folder 1
    Labor, U.S. Department of, .
  • Box 3 Folder 2
    Local Government Advisory Council, .
  • Box 3 Folder 3
    Logo Signing: Highway, Travel Service, .
  • Box 3 Folder 4
    Loudon County, .
  • Box 3 Folder 5
    Dolley Madison: Birthplace Dedication, Greensboro, N.C., .
  • Box 3 Folder 6
    Management Analysis and Systems Development, Department of, .
  • Box 3 Folder 7
    Metropolitan Planning Organization: Redesignations, .
  • Box 3 Folder 8
    Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Designations, .
  • Box 3 Folder 9
    Metropolitan Planning Organizations, .
  • Box 3 Folder 10
    mileage Reports: Energy Conservation, .
  • Box 3 Folder 11
    Miscellaneous, .
  • Box 3 Folder 12
    Motor Vehicles, Division of, .
  • Box 3 Folder 13
    Norfolk, City of, .
  • Box 4 Folder 1
    Parks, State Division of, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 4 Folder 2
    Peninsula Transportation District Commission, 1977-1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 3
    Personnel: Revised Salary, 1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 4
    Piedmont Traffic Club: "Carriers Nite", 1977-1978 .
  • Box 4 Folder 5
    Pollution: State Air Pollution Control Board, 1975-1978 .
  • Box 4 Folder 6
    Population: Northern Virginia, 1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 7
    Precious metals Legislation, 1980-1981 .
  • Box 4 Folder 8
    Prince William County: Manassas, 1975-1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 9
    Printing: See: Purchases and Supplies, 1974-1977 .
  • Box 4 Folder 10
    Procurement, 1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 11
    Public Works and Transportation Committee, 1975-1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 12
    Rail: Commuter Rail Feasibility Study (House Joint Resolution 54), 1974 .
  • Box 4 Folder 13
    Rail: Commuter Rail Service (general), 1978 .
  • Box 4 Folder 14
    Rail: Federal Railroad Administration, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 15
    Rail: Legislation Railroads, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 16
    Rail: Seaboard Coastline, 1974-1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 17
    Republican Governor's Association and Republican National Committee, 1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 18
    Ridesharing, 1976-1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 19
    Richmond: Interstate 295, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 4 Folder 20
    Savings bonds: 1981 Virginia State Employees Campaign, 1981 .
  • Box 4 Folder 21
    Selective Service Systems, 1977-1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 22
    Senate Transporation Committee, 1977 .
  • Box 4 Folder 23
    Tidewater Transporation District Commission, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 4 Folder 24
    Tires: (Retread) State Vehicles, 1980 .
  • Box 4 Folder 25
    Trailways Bus, 1978-1979 .
  • Box 4 Folder 26
    Transportation: Daily Correspondence - January-December, 1980 .
  • Box 5 Folder 1
    Travel: Whitham, Wayne A., 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 2
    Transportation Saftey Department: Creation of the Department, 1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 3
    Transportation Saftey, Department of, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 4
    Transportation, Secretary of, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 5
    Travel Vouchers, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 6
    United Giver's Fund Campaign, 1980 .
  • Box 5 Folder 7
    United Nation's Day: Chairman Virginia, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 8
    United Way Finance Committee, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 9
    Urban Mass Trasportation Administration, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 10
    U.S. Congressional Correspondence, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 11
    Virginia Asphalt Association, Inc., 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 12
    Virginia Council on State Legislation, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 13
    Virginia Port Authority, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 14
    Virginia Road and Transportation Builder's Association, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 15
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State university: President, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 16
    Washington, DC: Misc., 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 17
    Williamsburg, Virginia, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 18
    Winchester, Virginia, 1973-1978 .
  • Box 5 Folder 19
    Yorktown Victory Campaign: October, 1981 .
  • Box 6 Folder 1
    Appropriations Committee, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 2
    Amendments to 1980 Appropriation Act, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 3
    Budget: General, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 4
    Budget Guidance: goals, objectives, and Policies, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 5
    Capital Outlay, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 6
    Addendum Request, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 7
    Secretary of Transportation, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 8
    Department of Aviation, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 9
    Emergency and Energy Services, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 10
    Request for Exceptions, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 6 Folder 11
    Highways and Transportation, Department of, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 1
    Budget: Department of Military Affairs, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 2
    Budget: Request for Exceptions - Department of Military Affairs, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 3
    Budget: Department of Motor Vehicles Program Proposal and Budget Exhibit, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 4
    Budget: Department of Motor Vehicles, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 5
    Budget: Department of Motor Vehicles - Request for Exceptions, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 6
    Budget: Department of Transportation Safety, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 7
    Budget: Department of Transportation Safety - Request for Exceptions, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 8
    Budget: Virginia Port Authority - Request for Exceptions, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 9
    Budget: Virginia Port Authority - Program Proposal and Budget Exhibit, 1980-1982 .
  • Box 7 Folder 10
    Budget: Appropriations Act Ammendments, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 11
    Budget: Ammendments - Appropriations Act, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 12
    Budget: Budget Bill, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 13
    Budget: Budget General, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 14
    Transportation Planning Support, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 15
    Budget, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 16
    Budget: Exhibit Work Folder, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 17
    Budget: Exhibit Work Folder, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 18
    Agency Target Appeal, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 19
    Allotment Request and Advice, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 20
    Sum Sufficient Account, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 21
    Transportation and Public Safety, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 22
    Budget, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 7 Folder 23
    Budget: Expenditures, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 24
    Capital Outlay: General, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 25
    Capital Outlay: Progress Reports (Quarterly), 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 26
    General, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 27
    Budget: Assessment of the Commonwealth, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 7 Folder 16
    Appropriations Committee Digest, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 1
    Appropriations Committee Presentation, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 2
    Goals, Objectives, Policies and Program Priorities, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 3
    Issue Indent and Analysis, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 4
    Commonwealth Accounting, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 5
    Federal General Sharing Funds, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 6
    Governor's Budget Advising Committee, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 7
    Airport Authority, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 8
    Aviation, Department of, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 9
    Financial Information Regarding Department of Aviation, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 10
    Central Garage Carpool, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 11
    Agency Target Appeal, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 12
    Emergency Services, State Office of, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 13
    Emergency Services, State Office of Budget, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 14
    Motor Vehicles, Division of, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 15
    Highways and Transportation, Department of, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 16
    Agency Target Appeal, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 17
    Virginia Department of Highway and Transportation: $35 Million, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 18
    Military Affairs, Department of, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 19
    Agency Target Appeal: Department of Military Affairs, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 20
    Virginia Port Authority, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 8 Folder 21
    Department of Transportation and Safety, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 1
    Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 2
    Agency Target Appeal, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 3
    Washington Metro Area Transit Commission, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 4
    Other Agencies Founder, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 5
    Current Working Papers, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 6
    Appropriations and Finance Committee, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 7
    Program Budgeting Process, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 8
    Highway Construction and Maintenance, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 9
    Virginia Department of Transportation - Statement of Income and Expenditures, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 10
    Department of Planning and Budget: Memoranda, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 11
    Department of Planning and Budget: Forms - DPB 8, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 12
    Department of Planning and Budget: Forms - DPB 8A, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 13
    department of Planning and Budget: Forms - DPB 16, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 14
    Department of Planning and Budget: Forms - Advice of Allotment, 1978-1980 .
  • Box 9 Folder 15
    Biennial: Virginia Airport Authority, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 16
    Biennial: Office of Emergency Services, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 17
    Biennial: Department of Motor Vehicles, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 18
    Biennial: Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 19
    Biennial: Department of Military Affairs, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 20
    Biennial: Virginia Port Authority, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 21
    Traffic Records Committee, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 22
    Traffic Records Information Sysytem - 3, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 23
    Traffic Records Information Sysytem - 2, 1976-1978 .
  • Box 9 Folder 22
    Traffic Records Information Sysytem - 1, 1976-1978 .
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Box 10
National Transportation Study, 1972-1974 .
.45 cu. ft. (1 box)
  • Box 10 Folder 1
    General Correspondence, 1972-1973 .
  • Box 10 Folder 2
    General Correspondence, 1974 .
  • Box 10 Folder 3
    National Transit Study #1, 1974 .
  • Box 10 Folder 4
    National Transit Study #2, 1974 .
Box 11
National Transportation Study, 1972-1974 .
.45 cu. ft. (1 box)
  • Box 11 Folder 1
    National Transit Study, 1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 2
    National Transit Study Addendum, 1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 3
    Changes Agaisnt Contract, 1973-1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 4
    Contract and Budget Amendments, 1972-1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 5
    Contract Negotiation, 1972 .
  • Box 11 Folder 6
    Financial Reports (Division of State Planning and Community Affairs), 1973-1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 7
    Financial Reports (Va. Department of Highways), 1973-1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 8
    Grant Payments, 1972-1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 9
    Policy Advisory Committee, 1973-1974 .
  • Box 11 Folder 10
    Work Program, 1972-1974 .