Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Before serving the materials, Library reference archivists must check the files for privacy protected and confidential information.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Governor Timothy M. Kaine, Constituent Correspondence, 2001-2010 (bulk 2006-2009). Accession 44678. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Office of the Governor, Patrick Henry Building, 1111 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219, Accession 44678 transferred on 13 January 2010.

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. The original box numbers were maintained and therefore the box numbers are not in numerical order. Pay special attention to the box numbers when requesting materials.

Biographical Information

Timothy Kaine was elected 70th governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in November 2005 and inaugurated on 14 January 2006. He served until 16 January 2010.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, 2001-2010 (bulk 2006-2009), from constituents of Governor Timothy Kaine, including requests for assistance and inquiries about the Governor's stance on certain policy issues. Also included are letters from federal and state agencies, local government officials, Virginia General Assembly members, members of the U.S. Congress, and others, including the U.S. President, governors of other states and ambassadors. The Kaine administration was dominated by three issues: budget deficits, transportation funding and the 16 April 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.

Starting in late 2007, Constituent Services started using IQ, a proprietary system of Lockheed-Martin, to track correspondence. The correspondence is arranged numerically by IQ number, which is mostly chronological. Since the scanners were slowly rolled out and not every letter was scanned, Constituent Services sent the paper and electronic versions.

A sampling of the mass mailings were kept and include letters related to particular subjects such as the execution of Percy Levar Walton and Dexter Lee Vinson, mercury pollution, juvenile probation officers, trash imports, fishing, interstate waste, mountain top removal, Mattaponi River protection, offshore drilling, protection of Chesapeake Bay, prayer in school, second hand smoke, disabilty rights, coal, and others.

Included are some constituent correspondence left over from Governor Mark Warner's term 2002-2006. Also included are papers relating to the Governor's Fellows and Intern Program and Proclamations and Certificates of Recognition. Throughout and also at the end of the collection are boxes with various IQ numbers for a range of time that were not interfiled.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by IQ number, with miscellaneous materials arranged to the rear. RESEARCHERS SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION to the box numbers as they are not in box number order [box numbers were kept as originally numbered]. There is also some overlap among boxes so several boxes may need to be examined.

Related Material

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-TIM KAINE

A Guide to the Governor Timothy M. Kaine Administration Electronic Files, Email, 2002-2010 (bulk 2006-2009). The Constituent Services Office Electronic Files series documents the electronic communication of the office during the Kaine administration. This series contains 9480 emails in fifteen (15) subseries. Subseries have been designated for: A. Marc Cheatham Email, B. Amber Amato Email, C. Chris Bast Email, D. Aaron Larrimore Email, E. Ninette Linkous Email, F. Danielle Garrett Email, G. Jeff Reczek Email, H. Dustin Engels Email, I. Ryan Newcomb Email, J. Sasha Scott Email, K. Megan Hershiser Email, L. Katie Francis Email, M. Lusia Soaterna Email, N. Ryan Lodata Email, and O. Jose Guevara Email. There are 36 protected and confidential emails that are restricted from public access per Code of Virginia, 42-1-78. Types of restricted information may include, but are not limited to: attorney-client communications, personal information (health, social services, unemployment cases and worker's compensation claims) and judicial applications. The Library of Virginia Email Project - Governor Tim Kaine Portal provides access to the Kaine email collection and includes guides to other Kaine administration records.

The Governor Tim Kaine Administration Web Archive Collection, 2006-2010 contains archived versions of websites for the Governor's Office, his initiative sites, and the sites of his cabinet secretaries. Also included are the related sites for the First Lady (Anne Holton), as well as the Lt. Governor (Bill Bolling), and Attorney General (Bob McDonnell and William C. Mims), two statewide officials elected in the same cycle as Governor Kaine.

The Timothy M. Kaine Administration (2006-2010) Cabinet Weekly Reports Digital Collection contains the weekly reports submitted to the Governor and Chief of Staff by the Governor's Cabinet, including the Secretaries of Administration (Viola Baskerville), Agriculture and Forestry (Robert S. Bloxom), Commerce and Trade (Patrick O. Gottschalk), Commonwealth (Daniel C. LeBlanc, Jan-Mar. 2006 and Katherine K. Hanley (Mar. 2006-2010), Education (Dr. Thomas R. Morris), Finance (Jody Wagner, 2006-2008 and Richard D. Brown, 2008-2010), Health and Human Resources (Marilyn Tavenner), Natural Resources (Preston Bryant), Public Safety (John W. Marshall), Technology (Aneesh Chopra, 2006-2009 and Leonard M. Pomata, 2009-2010), and Transportation (Pierce Homer). Also included are reports by the Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness (Robert Crouch), Office of Constituent Services (Marc Cheatham, 2006-2007 and Amber Amato, 2007-2010), Press Office, Policy Office and Virginia Liaison Office. Reports were submitted each Thursday and placed in a binder for the Governor that he took with him at the end of the day on Friday. A second copy of the report was made for the Chief of Staff. The level of detail varied for each cabinet officer and items of importance were highlighted by staff for the Governor. Each report contains information on legislation, Governor's initiatives/special projects, agency matters/operations, events/agency visits, audits/investigations/compliance, stakeholder issues and pending decisions. Governor Kaine wrote handwritten notes and/or marked-up some reports with post-it notes and requested follow up information from the person submitting the report. Those questions and answers are included in this series. This series provides a weekly account of the issues and policy decisions of the Kaine Administration.