A Guide to the Horace H. Edwards papers, 1941-1977 M 246
A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 246
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
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Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for use without restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Box/folder, Horace H. Edwards Papers, M 246, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the Department by Mrs. Mary Edwards in November 1987.
Biographical/Historical Information
Born in 1902 in Isle of Wight, Mr. Edwards began his political career shortly after his graduation from the University of Richmond in 1926 with a degree in law. In 1928 he worked on the presidential campaign of Al Smith. When Smith was defeated, Edwards returned to the practice of law but remained active in politics. In 1933 he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and served three terms. Appointed city attorney in 1938, Edwards held the position for ten years, guiding the city's direct annexation suits against Henrico and Chesterfield counties . In this period, Edwards became an expect on annexation and taxation.Edwards was elected mayor of Richmond in 1946 and served for two years, resigning to seek the Democratic nomination for governor in the 1949 primary. During his unsuccessful campaign, Edwards spoke of more and better schools and better pay for teachers. In 1954 he accepted the position of Richmond City Manager, a capacity in which he served for thirteen years. During his tenure, Richmond began several construction projects. Although Edwards later admitted that he ran his office often without a certain amount of diplomacy, he survived three attempts by the City Council factions to oust him and became one of the city's most durable and effective administrators.Following his resignation as City Manager in 1967, Edwards was named as special counsel for the city in its annexation suit against Chesterfield County . He also continued his work with the National and Virginia Municipal Leagues and the law firm of Mays, Valentine, Davenport and Moore. Mr. Edwards suffered a stroke in 1985 and was hospitalized several times before his death on 27 January 1987.Additional information on Mr. Edwards can be found in the Pinchbeck Series, Good Government Awards 1959 materials of the Richmond First Club Archives, M238.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondences, reports, files and published materials dating from 1941 through 1977. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s through the mid 1970s and focuses on Mr. Edwards activities with the National and Virginia Municipal Leagues, the City of Richmond, the annexation of Chesterfield County .
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically within the series. Series I--Personal Information and Legal Cases (1941-1977); Series II--Holt Case (n.d., 1976)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Edwards, Horace H. (Horace Hall), 1902-
- Lawyers -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
- Local government -- Virginia.
- National Municipal League
- Politicians -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
- Richmond (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Virginia Municipal League
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Edwards, Horace H. (Horace Hall), 1902-
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Richmond (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1963
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Address of Mayor Horace Edwards - Convention of American Municipal Association1947
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1947
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Airport Study
- Mixed Materials box: 1
American Election Systems1970
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Annual Message by Horace Edwards, President to the Virginia Municipal League1966
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Argument Docket-Supreme Court of Virginia at Richmond1978-1979
- Mixed Materials box: 1
American National Red Cross-Membership and Fund Campaign
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Articles from the Times Dispatch about the Votes for Women
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Assessment of the Work and Recommendations of the Virginia Metropolitan Area Study Commission1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Babcock-Phillips (General File)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Beer vs the USA1974
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Biographical Data on William G. Colman
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1970
- Mixed Materials box: 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Central Hill Baptist Church1959
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Certificate of Incorporation of S. Bachrach Co., Incorporated1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chart Containing Tax Rate Applicable to Political Employees1977
- Mixed Materials box: 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1969
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chavis vs. Whitcomb1970
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chavis vs. Whitcomb1971
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesapeake Corporation vs. McCreery1975
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Annexation (Appraisals)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Annexation (Bill for Interrogatories)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Annexation (Burnett Statement)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Annexation (General)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Annexation-Legal Memo (Valuation)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Annexation (Rountrey Appraisal)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Chesterfield Case-Supreme Court Option1967
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1977
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1967
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1966
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1975
- Mixed Materials box: 1 1968
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1968
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1974
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1973
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Commonwealth of Virginia vs USA1974
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Correspondence (General)
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1960
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1970-1972
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1941
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1970
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1978
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Courts of the Richmond Area (A Primer)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Crime Statistics1960-1965
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Data for Speech1959
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1962
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Dedication Address of the Honorable Horace Edwards-Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court1964
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1969
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1969
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Department of Welfare1956
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Description of Various Cases
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1970
- Mixed Materials box: 2 1954
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Digest of the Career and Achievements of Ben R. Johns, Jr.1972
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Documents on Behalf of Defendants
- Mixed Materials box: 2
DuVal, Clive vs. Prichard, Edgar
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Edwards1971
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Edwards, Horace (Miscellaneous)1965-1968
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Edwards, Horace-Personal Information from Teaching (Political Science)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Edwards (Notes)
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Edwards-Personal File1951
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Edwards-Personal File1953
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Edwards (President)-Virginia Municipal League1966
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Election Statistics1970
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Excerpts from the Remarks of Edwards- "Civic Organizations and Municipal Government "1948
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Excerpts from the Remarks of Edwards-League of Virginia Municipalities1955
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Excerpts from the Remarks of Edwards (President)-Virginia Section ICMA1959
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Executive Director's Report1969
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Federal Mandating of State and Local Personnel Practices: The Case for Caution1977
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Federal and State Payments1960
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Figures Used for Rotary Speech1956
- Mixed Materials box: 3 1967
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Forward Thrust-Guidelines for Mobilizing Total Community Resources1968
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Garbage Award of WRVA1959
- Mixed Materials box: 3
General Correspondence-HHE1968
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Good Legislative Session for Municipal Government1966
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Hahn Commission1967
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Correspondence1969-1971
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Correspondence1972
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Correspondence and Miscellaneous1972
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Estate of Russell Tinsley (See Also "Tinsley Case ")1975
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-George Scott-Sewer Line Problem1975
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Memos1972
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Personal Correspondence1974
- Mixed Materials box: 3
HHE-Trial Notes-Chesterfield1971
- Mixed Materials box: 3
ICMA1967
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Idea and Assignment Sheet1975-1977
- Mixed Materials box: 3 1971
- Mixed Materials box: 3
The Importance of Effective Tax Collecting
- Mixed Materials box: 3 1969
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Isle of Wight1966
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Junes' Papers1979
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Junes' (Louis and Thalia) Papers1980
- Mixed Materials box: 4
- Mixed Materials box: 4
List of Legislative History Materials1977
- Mixed Materials box: 4
The Magazine of Virginia Commonwealth1983
- Mixed Materials box: 4 1971
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Manager Evaluates Modern Budget Practices1956
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Materials for an Accounting Class1961
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Material on the Internal Revenue Service1976
- Mixed Materials box: 4
McCreery Case-Chronology1976
- Mixed Materials box: 4
McCreery vs the Chesapeake Corporation1977
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Memo File1971
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Memorandum (To: Mr. Crosley From: Lang Smith)
- Mixed Materials box: 4 1969
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Memorial Resolution (John Davis)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Minutes of the Meeting of the Council of the National Municipal League1969
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Miscellaneous-HHE1971
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Municipal Annexation: The Federal Dimension1976
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Name and Address List for Lawyers in the Firm1983
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Association for Community Development vs. Hodgson1973
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Municipal League1970
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Municipal League Conference1954
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Municipal League-Financial Statements (Report of Certified Public Accountants)1967
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Municipal League-Financial Statements (Report of Certified Public Accountants)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Municipal League-Financial Statements (Report of Certified Public Accountants)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 4
National Municipal League (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Fund Balances)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Newspaper Article- "Shift Debated in Voting Rights "1971
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Notes-Edwards
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders1976
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Notes on League Speech at the Chamberlain
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Notes for Talk at ASPA Convention1956
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Oath of the Citizens of Athens
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Off-Street Parking1961
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Optimist Club of Emporia, Va1955
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Option to Purchase1977
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Paper on Thomas Jefferson
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Party Responsibility (Address at Jefferson Day)1953
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Pamphlets on the National Municipal League1968-1970
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Planning for a Greater Richmond
- Mixed Materials box: 4
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Problems of Local Government1916-1955
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Recommendations for Changes in Richmond Supplemental Retirement System
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Remarks of the Honorable Thomas Bliley (Mayor of Richmond)1976
- Mixed Materials box: 5
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond Bar-Committee on Legislation1971
- Mixed Materials box: 5
The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority1968
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond vs. Chesterfield (Capital Budget)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond vs. Chesterfield (General Services)1971
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond vs. Chesterfield (Planning)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond vs. Chesterfield (Public Works)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond vs Chesterfield (Recreation)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1967
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1968
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond vs Chesterfield (Welfare)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond, Va1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond Urban Institute (See also search)
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Rotary Club Speech-Comparisons (Negro and White)1956
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Rotary Speech1966
- Mixed Materials box: 5
RPI-Evening College1971
- Mixed Materials box: 5
The Salvation Army (Hospital Advisory Council)
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1974
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1976
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1976-1977
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1977
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Scientific American-Magazine (September)1965
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Search-A Report from the Richmond Urban Institute1975
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Series of Poems1966
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Service Pin Awards1956
- Mixed Materials box: 5 1960
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Social Security Act of 1935: Congressional Debates
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Sound Municipal Insurance Program1960
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Speech-50 Years of Municipal Government in the US1965
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Speech Material1967
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Speech Material-Bureau of Police
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Speech Material-Urban Trends in the General Assembly
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Constitutional Conventions1968
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Constitutional Conventions1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Constitutional Conventions1970
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Legislature Progress Report1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Legislatures Project (3rd Annual Report)1968
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Legislatures Project (4th Annual Report)1969
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Legislatures Project (5th Annual Report)1970
- Mixed Materials box: 5
State Sales Tax1956
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Statistics on GNP
- Mixed Materials box: 6 1973-1977
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Stockholders in Government
- Mixed Materials box: 6 1971
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Summary of Testimonies1975
- Mixed Materials box: 6
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Tinsley Case1975
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Tuckev Club-Separation of the Church and State1959
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Unemployment Insurance Costs to Local Government in State of Va and Cost to State of Va
- Mixed Materials box: 6
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Mixed Materials box: 6
University of Richmond-Law Review
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Urban Renewal in Richmond1962
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Usher's Speech1956
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Virginia Municipal League
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults-Richmond Chapter1951
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Virginia State Bar1969
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Virginia Union University-Summer Session
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Welfare Statistics1966
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Virginia Union University-Summer Session
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Welfare Statistics1966
- Mixed Materials box: 6 1958
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Annexation of Virginia (book) by Chester W. Bain
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Briefs I of IV and II of IV
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Briefs III of IV of IV
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Briefs on Annexation Case (#1)
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Briefs on Annexation Case (#2)
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Briefs on Annexation Case (#3)
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Briefs on Annexation Case (#4)
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Briefs on Annexation Case (#5)
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Briefs on Annexation (#6)
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Briefs on Annexation (#7)
- Mixed Materials box: 8
- Mixed Materials box: 8
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Correspondence on Annexation
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Maps of Annexation and Corresponding Statistics
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Miscellaneous Materials on Annexation (#1)
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Miscellaneous Materials on Annexation (#2)
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Miscellaneous Materials on Annexation (#3)
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Miscellaneous Materials on Annexation (#4)
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Miscellaneous Materials on Annexation (#5)
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Notes on Annexation (Written by Edwards)
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Plan of Government for the Richmond Region
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Statistics of Annexation
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Transcript on Holt CaseJanuary 15, 1976
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Various Original Briefs on Holt Case (#1)
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Various Original Briefs on Holt Case (#2)
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Various Original Briefs on Holt Case (#3)
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Various Original Briefs on Holt Case (#4)
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Various Original Briefs on Holt Case (#5)