{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viw_viw00042","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989.","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00042#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00042#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Papers, 1947-1989, of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin; schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials; scrapbooks; and political memorabilia.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00042#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_viw00042","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00042","_root_":"viw_viw00042","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00042","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00042.xml","title_ssm":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"title_tesim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 78 G54"],"text":["Mss. 78 G54","Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989.","College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Chlordecone.","Oysters--Virginia.","Taxation--Virginia.","Education,\n            Higher--Virginia.","ca. 42,070 items and 7\n         cartons.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","Arrangement Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Individual folders made for certain specific topics\n               have been placed at the end of the year in which they\n               occurred. For example, the role Godwin played as a\n               private citizen in connection with the Virginians for\n               the Constitution in 1970 and with the U. S. Senate\n               campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and the correspondence\n               pertaining thereto will be found filed at the end of\n               1970. Other topics arranged in the same manner are:\n               Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1962;\n               George Kostel for lieutenant-governor campaign,\n               1971-1972; and Virginians for the Re-election of the\n               President, 1972.","Other material related to Mrs. Godwin is scattered\n               throughout the entire collection, and the items\n               comprising this series constitute a small portion of the\n               total amount of her correspondence in the Godwin Papers\n               since she personally handled the bulk of her\n               correspondence.","The items listed separately below are those that have\n               been microfilmed.","This addition continues with the box numbers of the\n               larger collection that ended with Series 9. The series\n               is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged by subject.","Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at\n         Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk,\n         Virginia.","He completed public school and attended the college of\n         William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the\n         University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees\n         have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira\n         College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee\n         University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond\n         and Bridgewater College.","While awaiting a commission in the U. S. Navy in World War\n         II, he was appointed a special agent with the Federal Bureau\n         of Investigation where he served for three years prior to\n         resuming the practice of law in Suffolk until he was elected\n         governor of Virginia in 1965.","He first entered politics in 1948 when he began service in\n         the House of Delegates. From 1952 to 1962 he served in the\n         State Senate of Virginia. He was lieutenant-governor of\n         Virginia from 1962 to 1966. During the 26 years he held public\n         office, he ran seventeen times and was never defeated.","His first election as governor in November 1965, came after\n         he had received the Democratic nomination without\n         opposition.","During his administration from 1966 to 1970, he became\n         known as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" taking the lead in\n         upgrading education at every level from kindergarten through\n         graduate school. Initiated and developed during his first term\n         was the State's system of community colleges, two-year\n         colleges offering occupational-technical and liberal arts\n         training at minimum tuition. Salary increases and other\n         improved benefits were granted teachers and faculty members.\n         State aid to kindergartens, summer schools and classes for the\n         handicapped encouraged broader opportunities throughout\n         Virginia, and a number of other innovations were made in the\n         public schools and higher education. The momentum followed a\n         series of governor's conferences on education early in the\n         administration. He persuaded the General Assembly to enact the\n         Retail Sales Tax which was the first new broad-based tax\n         passed in Virginia in more than one hundred years.","He continued and enlarged the emphasis on industrial\n         development begun by his predecessor, Governor Harrison. He\n         led the first two foreign trade missions and engaged in other\n         efforts designed to attract high caliber new industry to\n         Virginia and to encourage expansion by firms already located\n         in the State. He saw industrial development and education as\n         the principal means of continuing progress in Virginia.","During his tenure, Virginia made major strides also in\n         water and air pollution control, port and park development,\n         interstate, arterial and other highway construction, highway\n         safety, mental health and other areas of State concern.","A blue ribbon commission appointed by Godwin proposed the\n         State's first constitutional revision in forty years. The\n         result was approved overwhelmingly by the voters. He also\n         proposed the first general obligation bond issue in this\n         century and led the campaign in which Virginia's voters\n         approved it by a margin of more than two to one.","As governor he served as chairman of the Southern Regional\n         Education Board, Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors\n         Conference and as a member of the Executive Committee of the\n         Democratic Governors Conference and the National Governors'\n         Conference. He also served as Chairman of the Appalachian\n         Regional Commission.","After serving as governor from 1966 to 1970, he returned\n         home and became a Director of Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk\n         and Western Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n         Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dan River, Inc. and served\n         as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of\n         Directors of Virginia National Bank. He was also on the Board\n         of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.","He resigned all of these posts after being elected governor\n         a second time in November 1973, the first man ever twice\n         elected by the people in Virginia to serve as Chief Executive.\n         He was elected as the Republican nominee after being unopposed\n         in their State Convention. He remains the only candidate in\n         the country ever to win gubernatorial elections in the same\n         state on both Democrat and Republican tickets.","During his second term as governor, he faced a series of\n         crises of major proportions. The Arab oil embargo of late 1973\n         depressed the State's economy and the State revenues. As\n         governor he ordered reduction of State spending by more than\n         $200 million to keep the budget in balance and, as the economy\n         improved later in his administration, he left a sizable\n         surplus in the budget for his successor. Godwin dealt with the\n         crises of shortages of gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil, the\n         problem of Kepone, ten major floods and seven minor ones and\n         the most serious drought in fifty years occurred in the last\n         year of his administration which caused 115 of the State's 136\n         political jurisdictions to be designated as disaster areas.\n         Despite these problems, Virginia's forward movement continued\n         during his second term with major improvements in all areas,\n         in job opportunities, and especially in our correctional\n         programs and in public and higher education. He obtained\n         approval from the General Assembly in 1977 for a Referendum on\n         a $125 million General obligation Bond Program, largely\n         earmarked for education and corrections, and again led the\n         campaign which resulted in overwhelming approval for all five\n         bond issues presented to the voters.","His leadership as governor was evidenced everywhere.\n         Virginia's noted Pulitzer Prize winner and editor, Virginius\n         Dabney, wrote that: \"His two terms combine to form a series of\n         constructive advances for the Commonwealth that are\n         unsurpassed in the long history of Virginia's governors.\"","As governor from 1974 to 1978, he was Chairman of the\n         Southern Governors Conference, a member of the Executive\n         Committees of the National Governors' Conference and the\n         Republican Governors' Conference. He was Chairman for the\n         second time of the Southern Regional Education Board and Vice\n         President of the Council of State Governments.","Godwin again returned to his home in Suffolk in January\n         1978, and served as a consultant to management and a member of\n         the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Virginia\n         National Bank. He was also a member of the Board of Directors\n         of Union Camp Corporation, Standard Brands, Inc. and the\n         Royster Company.","Married to the former Katherine Thomas Beale, Governor\n         Godwin lived in Suffolk where for many years he owned and\n         operated the 500-acre family farm. He has been active in the\n         Oakland Christian Church, where he taught the Men's Bible\n         Class for more than twenty-five years, and engaged in numerous\n         community activities. He was a 33rd degree Mason, past\n         president of Ruritan National, and a member of Omicron Delta\n         Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon.\n         He was the recipient of the Virginia State Chamber of\n         Commerce's Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia National\n         Guard's Distinguished Service Medal, the Virginia Education\n         Association's citation as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" the\n         Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service from the old\n         Dominion Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,\n         the Centennial Medal from Hampton Institute, the Virginians of\n         Maryland Medal, the FFA State Farmer Medal, also twice\n         received a First Citizen's Award from Suffolk and Nansemond\n         County, and the Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. Award from\n         Norfolk State College, an award exemplifying highest caliber\n         of statesmanship and interest in education in the\n         Commonwealth. Virginia Military Institute has given him its\n         New Market Medal, the highest award made by V.M.I.","On January 30, 1999, Mills E. Godwin Jr. died in Newport\n         News, Virginia at the age of 84.","Chronology November 19 1914 Born at \n                   Chuckatuck, Virginia, Nansemond\n                  County. Son of \n                   Otelia Darden and \n                   Mills Edwin Godwin, Sr. Sisters: \n                   Mary Lee, Mildred Elizabeth and \n                   Leah Otelia 1931 Graduated \n                   Chuckatuck High School Class President, active in Debating and\n                  Speaking 1931-32 College of William and\n                  Mary, Norfolk Division 1932-34 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg 1935-38 University of Virginia Law School Law Degree,\n                  Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa 1937 Passed State Bar Examination 1938 Entered Law Profession 1940 Married \n                   Katherine Thomas Beale of \n                   Holland, Virginia 1943-45 Special Agent, Federal Bureau of\n                  Investigation 1946 Re-entered Law Profession \n                   Involved in \n                   Nansemond County community\n                  programs 1947 Member of Virginia State Bar Association \n                   Elected to Virginia House of Delegates,\n                  representing \n                   Nansemond County and the \n                   City of Suffolk 1948-52 Member, Virginia House of Delegates \n                   Served on following committees: Insurance and\n                  Banking, Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Executive\n                  Expenditures, Game and Inland Fisheries, and\n                  Nominations and Confirmations 1948 Member Board of Directors, Bank of\n                  Whaleyville, \n                   Virginia; Member Board of\n                  Trustees, Elon College, \n                   North Carolina 1949 Active in Oakland Christian Church and civic\n                  clubs, lodge, regional and other community\n                  activities 1951 Elected in special election to Virginia State\n                  Senate, Fifth Senatorial District, representing \n                   Southampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight\n                  counties, and the cities of \n                   Suffolk and \n                   Franklin \u003e 1952 Elected President of Ruritan National 1952-62 Member, Virginia State Senate \n                   Served on following committees: Chairman, Fish\n                  and Game; Finance; Courts of Justice; Counties,\n                  Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills, and Welfare 1954 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elon College \n                   Appointed to Public School Study Commission by\n                  Thomas B. Stanley, governor of Virginia 1961 Elected lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1962-66 Served as lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1965 Elected Democratic governor of\n                  Virginia 1966-70 Served as governor of Virginia - First\n                  Administration \"Virginia's Education Governor,\"\n                  initiated Community College System and upgraded\n                  education at all levels, persuaded General Assembly\n                  to enact retail sales tax 1966 Awarded Honorary Degree by College of William\n                  and Mary in Virginia 1967 Led first European Trade Mission 1969 Played important role in projecting a revised\n                  constitution for Virginia Awarded Honorary Degree by\n                  Roanoke College, \n                   Salem, Virginia 1970-73 Private Citizen Member, Board of Directors of\n                  Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and Virginia\n                  Foundation for Independent Colleges Member, Board of\n                  Directors: Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk and Western\n                  Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n                  Real Estate Investment Trust, Dan River Mills, Inc.\n                  and Virginia National Bank (Executive\n                  Committee) 1970 Awarded Honorary Degree by Washington and Lee\n                  University Honorary chairman, Committee of Virginians\n                  for the Constitution; Advisory Committee, \n                   Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's U. S.\n                  Senate Campaign 1971 Served on the advisory committee, \n                   George J. Kostel for\n                  lieutenant-governor campaign 1972 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elmira College,\n                  Elmira, New York \n                   Advisory Committee, Re-election of \n                   President Richard M.\n                  Nixon 1973 Awarded Honorary Degree by Hampden-Sydney\n                  College \n                   Elected Republican governor of Virginia 1974-78 Served as governor of Virginia - Second\n                  Administration \n                   First person ever twice elected in Virginia to\n                  serve as Chief Executive and first in United States\n                  to be elected on both Democratic and Republican\n                  tickets 1974 Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of\n                  Richmond \n                   Awarded Honorary Degree by Bridgewater\n                  College 1976 Played important role in Bicentennial\n                  celebration 1977 Awarded Navy Public Service Citation 1978 Private citizen \n                   Returned to services as consultant and director\n                  of various boards \n                   Awarded New Market medal by Virginia Military\n                  Institute January 30, 1999 Died at \n                   Newport News, Virginia.","Related papers can be found in the faculty-alumni file\n            at the University Archive, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary.","Other related papers can be found at the Library of\n            Virginia.","Note: The College of William and Mary, Swem Library,\n            Special Collections has a copy of the inventory/finding aid\n            to this collection at the Library of Virginia. It is\n            located with the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers.\n             Executive Papers of Mills E. Godwin Jr., Library\n            of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219 USA. \n            ","The personal papers of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., dating from\n         1947 to 1978, consist of 24 boxes of correspondence, 1,100\n         copies of speeches, schedules and appointments. Also included\n         are 40 scrapbooks of news clippings and photographs, 159\n         citations and plaques, and one box of audiovisual materials,\n         all of which pertain largely to Godwin's personal involvement\n         in the government, political life, activities, organizations\n         and institutions of Virginia during the 30-year period. The\n         majority of the items comprising this collection were\n         microfilmed by the Virginia State Library.","It should be noted that all of the above referenced papers\n         are identified as \"personal\" since the official executive\n         correspondence of Godwin's two terms as governor of Virginia\n         (1966-1970 and 1974-1978) has been placed by statute in the\n         Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library. In connection\n         with the personal papers, however, and available to\n         researchers, are copies of the guide to the executive\n         correspondence. The guide is on file with the Curator of\n         Manuscripts at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William\n         and Mary.","In addition to Godwin's personal papers, the collection\n         includes a small quantity of Mrs. Godwin's correspondence and\n         papers of their daughter, Becky, who was fatally struck by\n         lightning in 1968, at the age of 15, at Virginia Beach,\n         Virginia.","Included among these papers is correspondence of, or\n         concerning, the following individuals: Watkins M. Abbitt,\n         Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton,\n         Henry E. Howell, Carter O. Lowance, Richard D. Obenshain,\n         Julian Sargeant Reynolds, A. Willis Robertson, Howard W.\n         Smith, William B. Spong, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens,\n         and William M. Tuck.","Among the many topics the papers cover are: the College of\n         William and Mary, segregation, the Democratic Party, the\n         Republican Party, higher education, taxation, the\n         contamination of the James River by kepone, the oystering\n         industry and public mental health care.","Copies of nineteenth-century Godwin family wills are\n         located among the several additions to the collection.","This series is comprised of Godwin's personal,\n               political and business correspondence. Included are\n               letters, telegrams, statements, memoranda, reports,\n               clippings, photographs, legal documents, announcements,\n               notes, invitations and other material.","This material concerns such things as personal\n               letters, news clippings and other documents relating to\n               Godwin's political career, including election to the\n               House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, lieutenant-\n               governor and his two terms as governor. Additionally,\n               the series contains a collection of correspondence and\n               other documentation relating to his personal life,\n               church and civic endeavors, as well as such items\n               relevant to critical events of his political career such\n               as the school integration crisis, revision of the State\n               Constitution and bonded indebtedness referenda.","Godwin's involvement in church and civic concerns,\n                  such as Chairman of the Board of Deacons of three\n                  area churches; Oakland Christian Church Cemetery\n                  Improvement Project; Suffolk Chapter of National\n                  Conference of Christians and Jews; Virginia State Bar\n                  Association; his involvement in political activity,\n                  including statement on various issues; election to\n                  the House of Delegates, news clippings on Godwin's\n                  House of Delegates campaign and victory.","General correspondence from constituents\n                  concerning legislation; Nansemond County bridge and\n                  road conditions; church and civic activities;\n                  speaking engagements; election to the Board of\n                  Directors, Bank of Whaleyville and Board of Trustees\n                  of Elon College; Horace Edward's candidacy for\n                  governor; political interests of Porter Hardy.","Concerns legislative matters, including Godwin's\n                  desire for more and better committee assignments.\n                  Also includes his expense report for campaign of 1948\n                  and church and civic activities.","Letters to House of Delegates members regarding\n                  General Assembly session; Porter Hardy's election to\n                  Congress; matters relating to the church, community\n                  and friends.","Godwin's request for additional committee\n                  assignments; endorsement of Judge Whittle to Supreme\n                  Court of Appeals; church and civic involvement;\n                  speaking engagements; expense account filed with the\n                  State Board of Elections following re-election to the\n                  House of Delegates; congratulatory messages from\n                  constituents; news clippings on his re-election.","Special session of the Legislature for\n                  reapportionment of legislative districts;\n                  correspondence relating to appointment to the\n                  Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee,\n                  complimentary letters on action taken on certain\n                  legislative decisions; his resignation from the House\n                  of Delegates to seek vacated Senate seat and election\n                  to same; new committee assignments sought in Senate;\n                  news clippings about the election and congratulatory\n                  messages on victory; election as President of Ruritan\n                  National.","Proposed toll road from Petersburg to north of\n                  Richmond; Virginia World War II Memorial; T. B.\n                  Sanatorium in Tidewater area; speaking engagements\n                  and church and civic involvement; letter from\n                  President Chandler of the College of William and Mary\n                  regarding the inaugural ceremonies in which President\n                  and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited.","Correspondence relating to the United States\n                  Supreme Court's decision which commenced school\n                  desegregation; appointment as a member of Public\n                  School Study Commission on Education; resolutions\n                  from localities opposing integration of public\n                  schools.","Correspondence regarding continuation of school\n                  integration crisis and massive resistance; minutes of\n                  Commission meetings and Senator Harry Byrd, Sr.'s\n                  statement supporting referendum for Constitutional\n                  Convention; public hearing with Commission on Public\n                  Education and prepared statements for meeting.","Legislative matters regarding the school crisis;\n                  meetings on preservation of public schools;\n                  activities in support of constitutional convention;\n                  acknowledgment of gifts received and sent, church and\n                  civic matters.","Correspondence and articles regarding school\n                  integration; Godwin challenging Republican candidate\n                  for governor relating to Public Assignment Plan and\n                  opposition thereto; Godwin's appearance before State\n                  Highway Commission advocating north-south route for\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters which\n                  followed as result of his stand; Godwin's letter of\n                  congratulations to Governor-elect Almond; his stated\n                  desire for appointment of Senate Finance Committee;\n                  Report on Fluoridation of Public Water supplies.","Correspondence reveals Godwin's appointment as a\n                  member of Commission on Constitutional Government,\n                  with copy of Chapter 223 creating said Commission\n                  included (legislation of which he was a patron);\n                  assignment to the Senate Finance Committee;\n                  correspondence regarding the Norfolk school closings,\n                  news clippings on same; synopsis of four bills passed\n                  relating to segregation of public schools; letters\n                  favoring Godwin's views on school situation; letters\n                  regarding his speech made November 3 on the school\n                  issue; church and civic involvement; speaking\n                  engagements; Godwin's hospitalization in\n                  February-March; his trip to Nassau; trip to New York;\n                  extension requested for filing tax return;\n                  correspondence regarding Judge Lawrence W. I'Anson's\n                  ceremony.","Correspondence covering matters relating to the\n                  Commission on Constitutional Government, its\n                  organizational set-up, Executive Committee's\n                  instructions, etc; an editorial entitled \"Campaign\n                  for the Constitution\", and correspondence with James\n                  J. Kilpatrick of the \n                   Richmond News\n                  Leader .","Many legislative matters such as the school\n                  integration issue, the sales tax issue, resolution\n                  calling for special session of Legislature with the\n                  telegrams of support; proposed bill to control\n                  outdoor advertising supported by many garden clubs\n                  throughout the State; invitations to Godwin for\n                  speaking engagements from church groups, civic groups\n                  and other functions; letter from Congressman\n                  Robertson expressing relief that no one else filed\n                  for the State Senate seat held by Senator Godwin;\n                  Godwin's correspondence transmitting his\n                  qualification fee for candidacy for Senate seat,\n                  subsequently followed by the Clerk of Court of\n                  Southampton County certifying Godwin elected as\n                  Senator for another term; news clipping regarding\n                  Godwin for governor.","Correspondence regarding the sales tax issue; a\n                  resolution regarding the removal of the additional\n                  16¢ charge on gasoline; appreciation on\n                  passage of billboard control bill and Godwin's stand\n                  opposing the current sales tax measure; article on\n                  Governor Almond's verbal attack on Godwin and others\n                  instrumental in defeating current sales tax measure;\n                  speaking engagements; church and civic involvement;\n                  gift acknowledgments; letters of condolence;\n                  correspondence regarding Katherine Godwin's operation\n                  in late 1959; letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. regarding\n                  the political scene for 1961; Godwin chosen First\n                  Citizen of Suffolk and Nansemond County;\n                  communications from citizens throughout the\n                  Commonwealth for his candidacy for\n                  lieutenant-governor on Democratic ticket for\n                  1961.","Correspondence and statements regarding the\n                  Democratic ticket \"Harrison, Godwin and Button\";\n                  signed petitions and other requirements needed for\n                  candidacy; Godwin's views on education in a copy of\n                  the \n                   Virginia Journal on\n                  Education ; statements on Education and\n                  Government, Virginia's Right to Work Act and school\n                  integration; campaign information on Booth's stand on\n                  issues, criticism of Byrd Machine; copy of a speech\n                  made by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on Right to Work law;\n                  campaign statement on \"Why You Should Vote For\n                  Harrison, Godwin and Button\" - a clear definition\n                  between conservatism and liberalism; sample ballot;\n                  Harrison's speech for ticket; Godwin's schedule\n                  during campaign (partial); letters on Primary race;\n                  news article regarding Godwin campaign; letters on\n                  the November campaign; speaking engagements and\n                  strategy; congratulatory messages following election,\n                  one of which was sent by Governor Almond.","Godwin's inauguration as lieutenant-governor\n                  (Folder 35); correspondence on the election;\n                  invitations to the inauguration and legislative\n                  matters; letters to Godwin concerning his residing\n                  over the Senate during the session; church and civic\n                  involvement; speaking engagements; correspondence on\n                  the theft of Mrs. Godwin's brooch while in Roanoke,\n                  Virginia.","News clippings; a trip to the Mediterranean\n                  (Virginia Ports sales talk); correspondence and\n                  speech to representatives of the Sigma Delta Chi at\n                  Williamsburg; letter from Godwin to Senator Walker\n                  congratulating him on successful Primary race; letter\n                  from George Kostel regarding his recent campaign.","Legislative correspondence regarding the Library\n                  Amendment; possible sales tax next year; appointment\n                  of pages; legislators to various committees; Godwin's\n                  letters to all senators, stenographers and pages\n                  expressing his appreciation for their assistance\n                  during the session; invitations; church and civic\n                  involvements; speaking engagements and condolences;\n                  article from \n                   The\n                  Dickensonian regarding Godwin and another\n                  regarding his possible candidacy for governor;\n                  letters from Virginians offering support to Godwin if\n                  candidate for governor.","Correspondence covers the period of Godwin's\n                     campaign for the Democratic Primary for governor;\n                     the possible closing of Public Health Services\n                     Hospital in Norfolk; matters relating to\n                     Washington and old Dominion Railway; campaign\n                     matters, such as support letters, news clippings;\n                     correspondence regarding his announcement of\n                     candidacy; statement released to the press\n                     announcing his candidacy; letters to and replies\n                     from legislators and others seeking support;\n                     letters acknowledging unsolicited contributions;\n                     letters seeking support from Virginia\n                     Congressional Delegation; letters pledging support\n                     of candidacy, financial contributions received and\n                     acknowledged; letter to Harry Byrd, Jr. thanking\n                     him for support; letters regarding\n                     lieutenant-governor spot and his own personal\n                     political philosophy; acknowledgments of Christmas\n                     gifts.","News articles; releases; campaign\n                     correspondence; speaking engagements; letters of\n                     appreciation to individuals; letters regarding\n                     contributions.","Congratulatory letters; letters of appreciation\n                     to campaign workers; invitations to inaugural\n                     ceremonies; correspondence regarding temporary\n                     office space and secretary for new governor; new\n                     administration; legislative assignments; state\n                     public school formula; correspondence from A.\n                     Linwood Holton and response; letter from Governor\n                     Albertis Harrison and Chief Justice Eggleston;\n                     correspondence regarding speech by governor-elect\n                     at Tidewater Rehabilitation Institute; Godwin's\n                     brief hospitalization; correspondence with Waldo\n                     Miles regarding gift of mink stole for Mrs.\n                     Miles.","Invitations; programs, copies of prayer by the\n                     Reverend Dwight W. Moore.","Church activities; letters regarding hospital\n                  visit, insurance; honorary degree awarded by the\n                  college of William and Mary; news articles regarding\n                  governor's new administration; correspondence\n                  regarding keynote of governor's Conference on\n                  Education.","Editorial in \n                   Washington\n                  Post regarding first Administration and\n                  correspondence regarding same; letters and articles\n                  regarding European Trade Mission; news articles;\n                  letter to Governor Lurleen Wallace, governor of\n                  Alabama; printed copy of address given by Godwin at\n                  Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and correspondence\n                  regarding same.","Editorials in \n                   Rural Virginia and \n                   Richmond\n                  Times-Dispatch on governor's administration;\n                  correspondence on administration; article in \n                   Virginia Poultryman on\n                  bond issue.","Research Paper; \n                      Changing Posture of the\n                     Democratic Party in Virginia As Seen in its\n                     Leadership - Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., Exemplar of\n                     the Change , by Judith Rountree\n                     Elliott.","Article, \n                   The Godwin\n                  Years appearing in \n                   Commonwealth\n                  Magazine and Virginia's European headquarters\n                  for industrial development inaugurated by Godwin.","Letters on pardon of youth involved in drug\n                     charge; letters of appreciation to Mansion staff;\n                     notes and other matters relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     letters to and from state legislators.","Correspondence regarding membership on bank\n                     boards; recognitions and invitations for speaking\n                     engagements.","Correspondence regarding naming of school in\n                     Prince William County for Godwin; speaking\n                     engagements: dedication of Henry Clay Hofheimer\n                     Library; announcement by Senator Harry F. Byrd,\n                     Jr., to run as Independent; correspondence with\n                     Mr. Carl Andrews.","Recognitions; letters regarding membership on\n                     Board of Trustees of Virginia Foundation for\n                     Independent Colleges; letters regarding\n                     Administration; speaking engagements; Congressman\n                     Watkins M. Abbitt's announced retirement.","Congratulatory messages; Fox portrait of\n                     Godwin.","Letters on appointment to Boards; further\n                     correspondence relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     honorary degree from Washington \u0026 Lee\n                     University; speaking engagements.","Honorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa at\n                     Thomas Nelson Community College; speaking\n                     engagements; letters regarding former Governor\n                     Thomas B. Stanley's death and Senatorial campaign\n                     of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Lieutenant-governor Sargent Reynolds' illness;\n                     ceremonies for Paul D. Camp Community College,\n                     Lord Fairfax Community College, and Virginia\n                     Highlands Community College.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s victory;\n                     Constitutional amendments approved by voters;\n                     letters of appreciation for copy of book of\n                     speeches - first administration.","Letters regarding possible appointment to\n                     Supreme Court and denial; article in Virginia\n                     Observer regarding President Nixon asking Godwin\n                     for aid for oil refinery at Hampton Roads; letters\n                     on future of Democratic Party in Virginia.","General Correspondence.","Campaign for lieutenant-governor, George\n                  Kostel","Correspondence, printed material and other\n                     items related to Godwin's nomination as the\n                     Republican candidate for governor; the\n                     presidential election; news articles entitled\n                     \"Godwin Draft\" and \"The Push for Godwin\"; speaking\n                     engagements; comments made by Godwin on busing of\n                     school children; statement on White House visit;\n                     plans for organizing \"Order of White Jackets\" Carl\n                     Andrews; article and letters regarding dedication\n                     of Godwin Hall at Madison College; correspondence\n                     and other matters regarding Constitutional\n                     Amendment ending tenure for federal judges; letter\n                     from Richard D. Obenshain inviting Godwin to run\n                     on Republican ticket.","General Correspondence.","Article regarding surgery scheduled for Godwin;\n                     get well messages and gifts; acknowledgments\n                     thereof; speaking engagements; receipts of\n                     Distinguished Service Award - Virginia Council on\n                     Health; invitation to attend the inauguration of\n                     President Nixon; letters encouraging Godwin to run\n                     for governor; article \"Party Label Debated\" and\n                     other similar articles.","Letters regarding announcement to run for\n                     governor in 1973; Godwin's statement declaring\n                     himself a candidate; articles regarding Godwin\n                     seeking second term; draft of invitation from\n                     Republican Party to join in campaign; letters\n                     offering support of Godwin's candidacy.","Letters regarding second term; petitions\n                     circulated for Godwin; letters reacting to\n                     announcement of candidacy; opposition material;\n                     statement by Godwin indicating he will accept\n                     Republican nomination if offered him; list of\n                     Republicans supporting Godwin; letters regarding\n                     \"Democrats for Godwin\" organization; news release\n                     naming Anne Dobie Peebles as Coordinator of\n                     Women's participation in Godwin campaign; letters\n                     offering help in campaign; acknowledgments.","Invitations; speaking engagements; petitions;\n                     article regarding Godwin seeking Republican\n                     nomination in June; opposition material; articles\n                     regarding Godwin campaign and first term; letters\n                     of support from both Democrats and Republicans;\n                     letters from individuals offering service in\n                     campaign; endorsement by educators, legislators\n                     and others.","Invitations; speaking engagements; letters\n                     regarding party affiliation for candidate; letters\n                     regarding campaign; article and letter regarding\n                     Watergate.","Honorary degree - Hampden-Sydney College;\n                     Godwin's acceptance of nomination from Republican\n                     Party (speech); vote by districts at Republican\n                     Convention; letters regarding nomination by\n                     Republican Party; resignations by Democrats from\n                     various political posts to work for Godwin's\n                     election; letters regarding campaign staff -\n                     Carter O. Lowance's participation, Matt G.\n                     Anderson, Treasurer of Campaign; statement by\n                     Godwin regarding campaign contributions and\n                     expenditures.","Article from \n                      Virginia Record\n                     Magazine - \n                      The Man for Virginia,\n                     Mills E. Godwin, Jr. ; news articles\n                     regarding campaign; letters of support; Young\n                     Virginians for Godwin; statements by Congressman\n                     David Satterfield and Mayor Thomas Bliley\n                     regarding support of Godwin.","Letters of support; editorial \"Godwin vs.\n                     Watergate\"; pari-mutuel betting in Virginia;\n                     editorial criticizing Godwin for not inviting\n                     President Nixon to Virginia during campaign;\n                     statement regarding contributions and\n                     expenditures; endorsement of Godwin by various\n                     state newspapers; article \"Howell begins 1973 Race\n                     with Attack on Godwin\".","Editorials; news articles; acknowledgments of\n                     contributions; statements by Robert Button, W. C.\n                     Battle and George Kostel supporting Godwin.","Invitations; acknowledgments of contributions;\n                     solicitation of support; campaign articles and\n                     editorials; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s statement\n                     supporting Godwin; results of mock elections at\n                     Virginia colleges.","Editorials, campaign correspondence; remarks of\n                     Howell regarding the election; letters of\n                     appreciation to those who helped in campaign.","Acknowledgments; resignations from Boards of\n                     Trustees; list of invitees to inauguration and\n                     congratulatory messages.","Campaign Material; news releases; documents;\n                     statements endorsing Godwin for governor; articles\n                     and statements on major issues; campaign victory\n                     reports numbers 1, 2, 3 \u0026 4.","Campaign Correspondence - Thank you\n                     letters.","Congratulatory Messages.","General Correspondence.","Inaugural speech, a speech to General Assembly;\n                     correspondence relating to invitations; letters\n                     regarding inauguration; list of invitees to\n                     inauguration and inaugural Ball; congratulatory\n                     messages; picture of Mrs. Godwin's inaugural gown;\n                     news clippings and articles on inauguration -\n                     Virginia Highway Bulletin.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; news\n                     clippings on inauguration; congratulatory\n                     messages; correspondence on honorary memberships\n                     in various organizations.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; get well\n                     cards and other correspondence.","General correspondence, including invitation\n                     for fishing; get well cards; etc.","Editorial, Farmville Herald regarding\n                     governor's leadership; correspondence relating to\n                     Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of\n                     Richmond and Doctor of Public Administration\n                     Degree from Bridgewater College.","Correspondence regarding Watergate with\n                     President Richard Nixon; letters and articles\n                     regarding Bicentennial.","Announcement of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd's death\n                     and information about her life; letters regarding\n                     governor's speeches.","Dedication of William F. Stone Hall-Patrick\n                     Henry Community College; participation in\n                     dedication of Eastern Shore Community College.","News article regarding gift from Pamunkey\n                     Indian Tribe; birthday greetings and other general\n                     correspondence.","General Correspondence, including Christmas\n                     messages.","Letters regarding Godwin's message to General\n                     Assembly and certificate issued governor for\n                     community leadership; honorary memberships and\n                     contributions.","Godwin's action to restrain state spending;\n                     editorial \"Mr. Godwin's leadership\"; articles\n                     relating to Godwin and the General Assembly of\n                     Virginia.","Godwin's stand on fiscal issues and other state\n                     problems; \n                      Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin for holding\n                     line on spending during recession; correspondence\n                     regarding honorary chairmanship of UGF.","Godwin's stand on restrained fiscal policies;\n                     letters of condolence; honorary chairmanships.","Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin -\n                     \"Retrenchment of Governor Godwin\"; article\n                     regarding \"A Search for Excellence Governor\n                     Godwin's Appointments\"; copy of introduction of\n                     Governor Godwin by Shirley Holland; news article\n                     dated 1962 explaining where Godwin's home was in\n                     Chuckatuck; governor's letter to President of\n                     Anheuser-Busch, regarding grand opening of Busch\n                     Gardens in Williamsburg; letter from Godwin's\n                     first grade teacher.","Letters regarding speech to Virginia Wesleyan\n                     graduates and speech at St. John's Bicentennial\n                     program; news article regarding Godwin visiting\n                     former Mansion cook, Lucille Anderson, in\n                     hospital.","Article on Godwin's stand on federal funds;\n                     radio news editorial on Godwin succeeding in\n                     having Queen of England accept invitation to visit\n                     Virginia during Bicentennial Year, contribution to\n                     Oakland Christian Church for repairs; letters on\n                     Godwin cutting state expenditures; honorary\n                     chairman, 1976 Auction, television Channel 23.","Letters regarding Administration; editorial on\n                     Godwin's stand against the Department of Health,\n                     Education and welfare trends; Congressional Record\n                     regarding HEW demands on Virginia; letter from\n                     Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; Godwin's participation\n                     in \"Bill Tuck Day\"; editorial on Godwin's second\n                     term; Bicentennial participation - news article on\n                     Woodstock Bicentennial Commission; contribution to\n                     Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Memorial Commission.","Letters regarding Administration; acknowledging\n                     gift of Sky Meadows from Paul Mellon for state\n                     part site; letters regarding coin collection;\n                     letter from President Gerald Ford thanking Godwin\n                     for endorsement; remarks on speeches;\n                     acknowledgment of Christmas messages and Sigma Phi\n                     Epsilon certificate.","Honorary chairman, Bicentennial Celebration,\n                     Munich, Germany; remarks on message to General\n                     Assembly; honorary membership for Governor and\n                     Mrs. Godwin, Rotunda and Downtown Clubs.","Article, \n                      The Virginia\n                     Republican ; remarks on governor's\n                     speeches; coin collection letters; and letters of\n                     condolence.","Installation in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;\n                     honorary membership, Virginia Association for\n                     Health, Physical Education and Recreation; letters\n                     on administration and speeches; Bicentennial\n                     Celebration participation.","Letters on delivered speeches; correspondence\n                     on Godwin appearing with Billy Graham at\n                     Bicentennial Festival of Faith, Tidewater\n                     area.","Bicentennial participation; letter on\n                     television appearances with Queen Elizabeth,\n                     President Ford and Billy Graham Crusade;\n                     condolences.","Letter relating to Queen Elizabeth's visit to\n                     Charlottesville; correspondence on Godwin's\n                     attendance at Virginia Manufacturers Association\n                     meeting, Williamsburg.","Correspondence on administration and speeches;\n                     letter regarding President Ford's visit to\n                     Virginia during presidential campaign; letter on\n                     Godwin running for U. S. Senate in 1978;\n                     Bicentennial participation, coin collection;\n                     Christmas greetings.","Certificate of Recognition, Vienna Bicentennial\n                     Commission; coin collection; letter and picture,\n                     Display of Exhibition of War Between the States,\n                     Brussels, Belgium; Charter Day, College of William\n                     and Mary, awarding honorary doctorate degree to\n                     Carter O. Lowance.","Article on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Matthews donating\n                     land for Yorktown Victory Center; editorial on\n                     Godwin vetoing certain legislation; certificate of\n                     appreciation, Richmond County Bicentennial\n                     Commission; news release announcing John Warren\n                     Cooke's seeking another term as Speaker of the\n                     House.","Resolution, Republican Party of Pulaski, on\n                     Godwin's term; certificate, World Trade luncheon;\n                     tribute to T. Edward Temple.","Article,\" What's Dulled Virginia's Penchant for\n                     Leadership\"; replies; letters on administration;\n                     letters referring to Godwin's stand on higher\n                     education and HEW guidelines; dedication of Walter\n                     Reed Memorial Hospital, Gloucester.","Letters on administration; participation in\n                     bond issue; article on new official portrait of\n                     Godwin replacing existing one; resignation from\n                     Board of Trustees, Elon College; donation of John\n                     Marshall Bible by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins,\n                     subsequently sent to the College of William and\n                     Mary.","Letters regarding bond issues; Bicentennial\n                     participation by Godwin at York, Pa.; letters of\n                     appreciation to bond issue participants; letters\n                     on administration; political ad on Godwin's and\n                     Senator Harry Byrd's participation in Dalton\n                     campaign; correspondence on Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     birthday greetings.","Letters on administration; article, \"Unique\n                     Satisfaction for Out-bound Governor\"; expression\n                     of gratitude from Governor-elect Dalton for\n                     participating in gubernatorial campaign; Navy\n                     Public Service Citation; Christmas greetings.","Numerous articles, editorials on Godwin's\n                     second term as governor, including \"Simply a Man\n                     for all Seasons\"; letters on administration;\n                     letter from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on\n                     administration; acknowledgments of gifts; letters\n                     expressing appreciation from legislators; article\n                     on Godwin's $9.12 billion State budget.","Letters to Governor and Mrs. Godwin regarding\n                     service to Virginia; correspondence on Mrs.\n                     Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     news article, \"Godwin Described as Great, Popular\"\n                     by Governor John N. Dalton; letters on\n                     administration; Republican Party of Newport News\n                     resolution expressing gratitude to Godwin.","This series begins with an article from the Virginia\n               Record of January, 1966, entitled \"First Lady of the\n               Commonwealth.\" It gives much information regarding Mrs.\n               Godwin, Governor Godwin, and their daughter, Becky.\n               Other correspondence includes certain highlights of\n               includes certain highlights of Mrs. Godwin's official,\n               personal and social activities during her husband's\n               public life.","Virginia Record article on Mrs. Godwin occupying\n                  Mansion; letters regarding invitations.","General Correspondence, invitations and visits to\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence regarding automobile accident July\n                  2, 1967, Waynesboro, Virginia, state limousine driven\n                  by Trooper Shields; correspondence regarding medical\n                  services and insurance; personal letters, confinement\n                  at University of Virginia Hospital and recovery.","Statement by Mrs. Godwin, Honorary Chairman of\n                  Library Week; invitations, letters on participation\n                  in Virginia Jaycee project - \"Apply Jelly Sunday\";\n                  news release regarding Mrs. Godwin's operation at\n                  Norfolk General Hospital; letters regarding Honorary\n                  Chairman of Lee District Junior Woman's Club;\n                  cancellations following Becky's accident;\n                  acknowledgments of cookbooks received.","Message as Honorary Chairman of Woman's Auxiliary,\n                  Richmond Academy of Medicine: information sent to\n                  Charleston, South Carolina paper; statement on work\n                  of Richmond Symphony Women's Committee; honorary\n                  chairmanships; invitation from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson;\n                  note from Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; letters on leaving\n                  Mansion.","Biographical information on Mrs. Godwin;\n                  complimentary letters on Mrs. Godwin as First Lady of\n                  Virginia; letters of appreciation by St. John's\n                  Church members regarding Mansion reception; articles\n                  and pictures on the Godwin's new home at Cedar Point;\n                  article on Mrs. Godwin and campaign; \n                   The Journal , article\n                  on Mrs. Godwin; newspaper article regarding\n                  \"Miniature First Ladies Show Of Ballgowns\"; gifts to\n                  Mrs. Godwin; acknowledgments of gifts received.","Mrs. Godwin's calendar and participation in\n                  various events; invitations, acknowledgments of\n                  cookbooks; introduction of Elizabeth Hanford Dole,\n                  wife of Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas,\n                  Williamsburg; U. S. Department of Commerce Award to\n                  Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; Garden\n                  Clubs coffee; Christmas Mansion tours and\n                  information","Invitations; participation in various events;\n                  requests and responses from organizations for\n                  donation of items for auctions; Thalhimer's\n                  appearance to autograph \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  Virginia State Chamber of Commerce information and\n                  purchases of Mrs. Godwin's book; letters regarding\n                  book.","Acknowledgments of Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  letters of appreciation for Mansion tours and gifts;\n                  correspondence regarding depletion of supply of Mrs.\n                  Godwin's book.","Chronological order of Mrs. Godwin's activities,\n                  1974-1977; dinners and receptions, 1974-1977;\n                  numerical information on number of people touring\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence and information on Frankie Welsh\n                  Scarf designed for Mrs. Godwin for use as gift;\n                  letters acknowledging receipt of scarf.","This correspondence includes letters, news articles\n               and general information relating to Becky Godwin,\n               beginning with her early school days and continuing\n               through 1968. Included among the material is her diary\n               written in March and April, 1963, covering a European\n               trip she made with her mother and father, who was then\n               lieutenant-governor.","Letter from Godwin enrolling four-year old\n                  daughter in First Baptist Church Nursery during\n                  legislative session; lieutenant-governor and Mrs.\n                  Godwin leave for Virginia Cruise of Mediterranean;\n                  news article and pictures; diary of trip personally\n                  written by Becky (March-April, 1963); Godwin's letter\n                  to bank regarding Becky's checkbook; letters relating\n                  to attendance at Camp Sequoya, Sullins College,\n                  Bristol, Virginia.","Acknowledgment of V.M.I. sweater sent to Becky;\n                  Godwin's letters to Becky at Camp; acknowledgments of\n                  gifts to Becky; letter to Becky regarding Mansion\n                  ghosts; Becky's letter requesting information for a\n                  school project.","Letter and application for Becky to return to Camp\n                  Sequoya; acknowledgments of gifts; Godwin's letter to\n                  Camp Sequoya Director enclosing Becky's spending\n                  money and other letters to Becky while at Camp;\n                  correspondence thanking Virginia Beach Hospital for\n                  assistance given Becky as result of bicycle accident;\n                  letters regarding Becky's accident and death.","Accident and Death; Condolences; Memorials.","Continuing letters of sympathy; offer of placement\n                  of wreath on Becky's grave by Meadowbrook Memorial\n                  Gardens President; presentation of trophy by\n                  Alexandria Department of Recreation in Becky's\n                  memory; letters regarding memorial fund at St.\n                  Catherine's School; acknowledgment and copy of SJR #2\n                  - \"On the Death of Becky Godwin\"; Becky Godwin\n                  Memorial Fund established at Oakland Christian Church\n                  and memorial gift by Men's Bible Class of Chuckatuck;\n                  correspondence on and acknowledgment of portrait of\n                  Becky; song written in memory of Becky by Viet Nam\n                  veteran; establishment of Becky Godwin Water Skiing\n                  Memorial at Camp Sequoya by Governor and Mrs. Godwin;\n                  poem in Becky's memory and other memorial gifts;\n                  establishment of Becky Godwin Fund, School of\n                  Nursing, Medical College of Virginia; purchase of\n                  confirmation robes, St. John's United Church, in\n                  memory of Becky; books donated in Becky's memory;\n                  correspondence regarding scholarship award to Paul D.\n                  Camp Community College in Becky's memory by the\n                  Herbert Perkinsons; Virginia Education Association\n                  Award in Becky's memory for yearly scholarships.","This series consists of official appointment and\n               engagement books compiled during Godwin's two\n               gubernatorial terms, 1966-1970 and 1974-1978. Also\n               included are his major appointments as a private citizen\n               for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.","Monthly calendars.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows daily appointments and engagements by\n                     date and hour insofar as practical.","Typed daily schedule sheets, filed monthly.\n                     Also includes advanced weekly and monthly\n                     appointments.","Appointment book, desk copy. Daily and hourly\n                     appointments and engagements reflecting late\n                     changes, adjustments, etc.","File showing invitations declined by the\n                     governor during the year.","Typed daily schedule sheets. Filed monthly as\n                     above with advanced weekly and monthly\n                     schedules.","Appointment book, desk copy, listing daily and\n                     hourly appointments and engagements where\n                     applicable.","Governor's daily (office) schedule sheets in\n                     folders by month. Shows office appointments and\n                     other engagements. Preliminary weekly and monthly\n                     schedules also included.","Appointment book - daily and hourly\n                     appointments (generally more accurate than\n                     sheets). Travel plans listed separately when\n                     applicable","This series contains Godwin's official speeches, as\n               well as other formal speeches made as a private citizen\n               from 1957 through 1977. Although Godwin was a popular\n               speaker prior to 1957, especially during his active\n               participation in Ruritan National and early days in the\n               General Assembly, no copies of speeches given during\n               that period have survived.","Prepared Statement to the State Highway Commission\n                  of Virginia advocating the North-South Route for the\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel.","Excerpts from remarks at Historic St. John's\n                  Church, Richmond, Virginia, in connection with\n                  ceremonies sponsored by American Heritage\n                  Foundation.","Remarks made to the Representatives of the Sigma\n                  Delta Chi at Williamsburg, Virginia.","This series consists of the citations presented to\n               Godwin by eight institutions of higher learning on the\n               occasions of the awarding of honorary degrees. A listing\n               of 159 citations, plaques, etc., is also included. Four\n               citations and plaques are listed for Mrs. Godwin for the\n               period 1968 through 1976. There are a number of\n               citations and plaques awarded to Godwin or his wife\n               which have been retained by them and are not presently\n               included with those transferred to The College of\n               William and Mary.","This series consists of one box of television and\n               radio tapes, films and recordings. Included are tapes of\n               the Governor's Education Conferences in 1966 and 1967\n               and a 30-minute film, The Godwin Years, presented to\n               Godwin by the Virginia Association of Electric\n               Cooperatives.","These scrapbooks cover Godwin's political activities\n               beginning in 1943, his service in Ruritan National and\n               his presidency of that organization in 1952, his\n               gubernatorial campaign of 1965, educational conferences,\n               and first and second terms as governor. These are listed\n               chronologically from 1943 through January, 1978. A\n               number of scrapbooks have been retained by Governor and\n               Mrs. Godwin and are not included with those transferred\n               to The College of William and Mary.","This series consists of one large box of 1973\n               campaign material, of which two binders have been placed\n               on microfilm, and one small box which contains\n               magazines, news clippings, and small scrapbooks\n               concerning special activities. One envelope of\n               unclassified photographs and copies of inaugural\n               programs and invitations for 1966 and 1974 are also\n               included.","Other items in this series include VEA Convention\n               edition - Godwin, Virginia's Education Governor, 1973.\n               Papers: Virginia's Future First; Howell Rejects; 88%;\n               Yes, Godwin stands for Neighborhood Schools; Yes, Godwin\n               will protect our Right to Work Law; And Where Does\n               Henry's Money Come From; Henry's Tax Scheme, Can You\n               Afford It; Virginia's Future, Let's Give it Our Best; On\n               the One Hand, But on the Other, Let's Keep Henry Honest.\n               Godwin bumper stickers and buttons. Virginia Record,\n               July, 1973, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., The Man for Virginia;\n               The New Majority Program. Posters: Mills Godwin, The\n               Clearest Choice for Virginia's Future; Virginia's\n               Future, Give it Your Best - Godwin for Governor; Dalton\n               for Lieutenant-Governor. Godwin for Governor stationery;\n               Godwin for Governor buttons; Volunteer Register,\n               September 4-November 2, 1973. Black notebook containing\n               congratulatory letters and thank you letters sent to\n               lists in notebook; blue notebook containing sample\n               letters sent to groups and individuals for support and\n               help in Godwin's inauguration.","These papers of Mills E. Godwin begin after he left\n               gubernatorial office in 1978. Godwin remained a\n               significant player in Virginia political circles, hoping\n               to maintain the power of the coalition of conservative\n               Democrats and Republicans which he headed. The papers\n               concern the U. S. Senate campaigns of 1978 (Warner v. ),\n               and 1982, the gubernatorial campaign of 1981 (Robb v.\n               Coleman), investment policies of Virginia, affirmative\n               action (quotas), public employee collective bargaining,\n               Virginia Wesleyan College, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s decision\n               to retire from the Senate, the Martin Luther King\n               holiday in Virginia (federal and state), Republican\n               Party of Virginia, General Assembly and local elections,\n               the Virginia Community College System and the city of\n               Suffolk.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, John N. Dalton, Gerald R.\n               Ford, Albertis Harrison, Charles S. Robb, D. French\n               Slaughter, and John Warner. There are also routine\n               letters written by Godwin of sympathy, get-well wishes,\n               recommendation as well as replies to requests for\n               help.","These items include newspaper clippings (1961 and\n                  1965), letters upon his election as\n                  lieutenant-governor in 1961, lists of guests to be\n                  invited to inauguration and inaugural programs of\n                  1965 and 1974.","These items include letters of sympathy, get-well\n                  letters, congratulations on retirements, help with\n                  problems, requests for contributions to various\n                  organizations, etc. Correspondents include: Albertis\n                  Harrison concerning the U. S. Senate campaign\n                  (Warner); Harry F. Byrd, Jr. concerning the city of\n                  Suffolk HUD grant; Gerald Baliles; William E. Simon;\n                  D. French Slaughter; James R Thompson (governor of\n                  Illinois); and Carter Olin Lowance.","These items include material from or about John N.\n                  Dalton (investment policies of Virginia [series of\n                  articles by David Chandler in Norfolk Ledger-Star],\n                  Division of Purchases and Supply, Warner nomination\n                  for Senate), Carter Lowance, Charles S. Robb\n                  (Virginia Forum on Education), John N. Dalton,\n                  Virginia Port Authority), Louis R. Lawson (Virginia\n                  Energy Office), Stanley C. Walker (Virginia State\n                  Crime Commission), Virginia Foundation for\n                  Independent Colleges, affirmative action (quotas),\n                  letters of commendation, and policy statement on\n                  public employer-employee relations (collective\n                  bargaining).","These items include material from or about Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr., Charles S. Robb\n                  (lieutenant-governor), Hunter Andrews, Eva F. Scott\n                  (first woman to serve in State Senate), A. L.\n                  Philpott, Herbert H. Bateman, Paul Trible, General\n                  Assembly elections of 1979, J. Marshall Coleman,\n                  Philip Crane, Republican senatorial primary of 1978\n                  (Linwood Holton, Richard Obenshain, John Warner,\n                  Nathan Miller), agreement of Virginia with HEW to\n                  institute quotas in colleges; and the campaign by\n                  Coleman for attorney-general in 1977.","These items include material from or about the U.\n                  S Senate election of 1982, the General Assembly\n                  election of 1981, the gubernatorial race of 1981,\n                  Byrd's decision to retire from U S. Senate, Herbert\n                  H. Bateman, Republican Party events, Wyatt B.\n                  Durrette, Martin Luther King holiday bill (state\n                  holiday), Paul Trible, coalition headed by Godwin\n                  described in newspaper article ( \n                   Roanoke Times and World\n                  News (November 15, 1980), Eva F. Scott (first\n                  woman to serve in State Senate), John Warner, Bob\n                  Dole, and the Richard D. Obenshain Republican\n                  Center.","Godwin's service as a member of the Board of\n                  Trustees, and as Honorary Chairman of Challenge of\n                  the 80's, decade-long campaign to raise money\n                  launched in 1980.","Items include material from or about Gerald R.\n                  Ford.","Items all concern Godwin.","Items include letters of sympathy, requests for\n                  help, requests for photographs. Items also include\n                  material from or about the Richard Obenshain\n                  Republican Center; Harry F. Byrd, Jr., concerning\n                  Colgate Darden; Richard Poff; Virginia Community\n                  College System; and the Eastern Virginia Medical\n                  School, concerning in vitro fertilization.","Godwin served as the state chair for this\n                  committee. Also includes letters from Connally.","Items include get-well letters, letters of\n                  congratulations, letters requesting help, letters of\n                  sympathy, the funeral of E. Blackburn Moore, the\n                  Advisory Committee of the Medical Alumni of the\n                  University of Virginia, Dave Satterfield's retirement\n                  from Congress and correspondence with Harry F. Byrd,\n                  Jr., and Carter O. Lowance.","Items include material from or about the National\n                  Conservative Political Action Committee; Richard J.\n                  Davis (lieutenant-governor); Gerald L. Baliles; Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr.; Charles S. Robb; the 1981 election\n                  for General Assembly; the 1981 gubernatorial election\n                  (Robb v. Coleman); Sidney S. Kellam; Bill Dudley;\n                  John W. Williams, III; Martin Luther King holiday in\n                  Virginia; John Warner, concerning federal judgeship\n                  nominations; Elmon T. Gray; J. Marshall Coleman; Kit\n                  Bond (Missouri governor); pari-mutuel wagering; John\n                  N. Dalton, concerning commission appointments; and\n                  the Virginia Community College System.","Items include material from or about Charles Robb,\n                  the naming of the life science building at ODU for\n                  Godwin, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Harry F.\n                  Byrd, Jr., the University of Virginia Medical Alumni\n                  Advisory Committee, Godwin's stamp and coin\n                  collecting hobby, the House Joint Resolution No. 24\n                  signed by A.L. Philpott and Charles Robb, and a\n                  letter listing boards of corporations on which Godwin\n                  was serving.","Items include material from or about letters of\n                  sympathy, congratulations on retirement, get-well\n                  letters, Albertis Harrison, the death of Colgate\n                  Darden, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul Trible, and Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Items include the gubernatorial election of 1981\n                  (Robb v. Coleman) and Godwin's late endorsement of\n                  Coleman.","Items concern Warner's support of Martin Luther\n                  King holiday bill; and correspondence concerning Paul\n                  Trible, the administration of Charles Robb, J.\n                  Marshall Coleman, the General Assembly and local\n                  elections of 1982-1983, D. French Slaughter, J.\n                  Kenneth Robinson's retirement from Congress,\n                  Congressman Robert Daniel, Congressman Owen B.\n                  Pickett, and Congressman Herbert H. Bateman.","Items include material from or about John W.\n                  Warner, the General Assembly election of 1983, Stan\n                  Parris, Robert Daniel (Congressman), the Senate race\n                  of 1982 (possibility of Byrd re-entering race, Davis\n                  v. Trible), the campaign of Melvin Spence for\n                  re-election to House of Delegates, Martin Luther King\n                  federal holiday, George Bush, and the law school at\n                  George Mason University.","Items include material about or concerning Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Some, not all, of the clippings directly concern\n                  Godwin. Items include material on the U. S.\n                  senatorial campaign of 1982, campaigning for\n                  Trible.","Items include thank you notes, congratulatory\n                  letters, and sympathy letters; as well as\n                  correspondence from Carter O. Lowance, and Gordon\n                  Davies, Council on Higher Education concerning the\n                  Virginia Community College System.","Items include material on Godwin's service on the\n                  Board of Associates of University of Richmond.","This addition covers committees and organizations\n               that Mills E. Godwin belonged to and/or had an vested\n               interest in from 1978 to 1900. These include the\n               Obenshain Senatorial (Republican primary) Campaign of\n               1978, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the\n               Virginia Science Museum, the City of Suffolk, the\n               Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the\n               Republican Party politics, Virginians for Reagan, the\n               John N. Dalton Oncology Clinic, the Medical College of\n               Virginia, the Virginia Wesleyan College and Godwin's\n               opposition to pledge bond amendments to Virginia\n               Constitution for transportation.","Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul\n               Trible, Wyatt Durrette, and D. French Slaughter.","Smith, Byrd, Godwin, amendment to Virginia\n                  Constitution to issue local and state pledge bonds\n                  for transportation purposes.","These papers composite a largely non-political\n               nature. Most of the letters concern personal matters,\n               invitations, get-well wishes, and letters of sympathy.\n               Political papers concern the 1992 Virginia Bond issue,\n               Godwin's contribution to Bush's 1988 and 1992\n               presidential campaigns, Chichester for\n               lieutenant-governor in 1985, the 1989 gubernatorial race\n               (Coleman v. Wilder), the Virginia Republican Party,\n               Godwin's support for Trible for Republican gubernatorial\n               candidate in 1989, the 1978-1979 HEW controversy in\n               Virginia (desegregation of higher education), and the\n               1986-87 Virginia Transportation Commission.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, Albertis S. Harrison, Charles\n               S. Robb, John Warner, Richard Short and Hunter\n               Andrews.","Items include letters to and from Mills E. Godwin\n                  about the 1992 $613 million general obligation bond\n                  issue, a report from Virginia officials arguing in\n                  favor of the bond, a copy of the report sent from\n                  state senator Hunter B. Andrews to members of the\n                  Senate, letters from the Virginians for Progress\n                  Foundation, news clippings and editorials.","Items include correspondence with Godwin regarding\n                  campaign contributions, newspaper clippings, letters\n                  from representatives of the Republican Party and Bush\n                  campaign in Virginia to Godwin, and an invitation to\n                  Bush's inauguration (1988).","Items include letters between Godwin and\n                  Chichester, a collection of clippings and information\n                  about Douglas Wilder's record, letters, memos, and\n                  editorials.","Items include a copy of the 1991 bill for 1991\n                  education general obligation issue, a list of\n                  proposed projects, letters to and from the opposition\n                  group (Citizens against . . .), editorials, and legal\n                  papers.","Items include the campaign for Governor in 1988 -\n                  editorials, newspaper articles, correspondence\n                  between Coleman and Godwin, correspondence with Harry\n                  F. Byrd, Jr., an extensive \n                   Wall Street\n                  Journal article about the race, miscellaneous\n                  letters, etc.","Items include invitations to various functions,\n                  papers concerning Camp Foundation, personal letters,\n                  correspondence between Godwin and Doug Rendleman\n                  (Godwin Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe School of\n                  Law), letters to and from Anne Dobie Peebles, Davis\n                  Paschall and Thomas Graves, letters concerning the\n                  1984 presidential search, news clippings and letters\n                  to and from Margaret Cook of Swem Library.","Items include invitations, papers concerning the\n                  planning of the Tercentenary Celebration, news\n                  clipping of Queen Elizabeth's address commemorating\n                  the Glorious Revolution, letters to and from Paul\n                  Verkuil, Tim Sullivan, Anne Dobie Peebles, and\n                  photographs.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for functions, banquets, visitations.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for parties, receptions, etc.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret concerning various banquets, parties, and\n                     gatherings.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret to various people and organizations.","Items include correspondence with Oliver North\n                     and paper from the International Churchill Society\n                     (including a letter to Justice Clarence Thomas),\n                     letters to and from Godwin about the 1991\n                     International Churchill Society Conference in\n                     Richmond, Virginia and copies of a speech and\n                     essay by Churchill).","Items include correspondence between Godwin and\n                     Tim Sullivan concerning Sullivan's inauguration as\n                     president of the College of William and Mary,\n                     letters concerning speaking engagements at Paul D.\n                     Camp Community College, Diane Russell's fourth\n                     grade class at Larchmont Elementary School, the\n                     State Council on Higher Education and letters\n                     concerning other engagements.","Items include papers, business letters and\n                  personal letters concerning affairs at Elon College\n                  in North Carolina.","Items include letters, a copy of the eulogy given\n                  by Godwin, and news clippings.","Items include personal letters, letters to and\n                     from William B. Spong, former Dean of the\n                     Marshall-Wythe Law School, and information about\n                     Festival Williamsburg.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters from Charles S.\n                     Robb, John Dalton and other friends and\n                     acquaintances.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters, and letters and\n                     papers concerning Godwin's involvement in various\n                     organizations and enterprises.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     personal commitments (e.g., Bridgewater College,\n                     Medical College of Virginia, Boy Scouts).","Items concern personal letters; correspondence\n                     concerning Hope Spivey, a gymnast from Godwin's\n                     hometown; and letters of concern relating to\n                     Godwin's hospitalization.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     business transactions, a letter regarding the\n                     Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters\n                     concerning the death of Carter Lowance.","Item include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters.","Items include information about a west Norfolk,\n                     Virginia tract of industrial property, personal\n                     letters, and letters regarding personal business\n                     transactions.","Items include an essay on the \"Reagan legacy,\"\n                     a newsletter devoted to '88 presidential election\n                     in Virginia, editorials, letters concerning\n                     campaigns, a biographical sketch of Howard Worth\n                     Smith, letters to and from Godwin regarding\n                     functions, campaign strategy, etc., roster of\n                     committee chairpersons for Virginia Republican\n                     Party (1989), and letters and papers about various\n                     other facets of Virginia Republican politics.","Items include invitations for fun raising\n                     functions, news clippings, letters to and from\n                     George Allen, a letter from Harry F. Byrd, letter\n                     to Godwin asking for his support of Pat Buchanan,\n                     letter from John Warner, and other letters dealing\n                     with GOP races in 1992.","Items include letters to and from Davis\n                     Paschall and Pat Robertson, letters and\n                     newsletters from the Suffolk Republican Party\n                     headquarters, and an article from \n                      The Sun about young\n                     Republican volunteers.","Items include fund raising letters, news\n                     clippings and editorials, a letter from Harry F.\n                     Byrd with enclosed editorial, letters from the\n                     Republican National Committee, a letter from Dan\n                     Quayle, card from George Bush, news clipping about\n                     Charles Robb, and other papers relating to GOP\n                     contests in 1992.","Items include a copy of the 1978 joint resolution\n                  about the Harry F. Byrd Memorial Commission, and\n                  letters from John Dalton and Charles Robb.","Items include financial statements from June 1981,\n                  letters (business and personal), a letter to Senator\n                  Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a report, \"Invest in America's\n                  Cities\" from U. S. Conference of Mayor's Conference\n                  in Zurich, Switzerland, and other papers.","Item include the HEW controversy: editorials, news\n                  clippings, and letters relating to Virginia\n                  desegregation efforts and HEW directives regarding\n                  such efforts.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include letters to and from Godwin about\n                     his membership on the Board of Directors,\n                     financial report from December 1985, various\n                     papers about Foundation business, and financial\n                     statements for 1986.","Items include 1989 Annual Report for\n                     Development Program for Jamestown-Yorktown\n                     Educational Trust, newsletters from\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, and other\n                     papers.","Items include letters concerning\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, letters\n                     concerning the opening of the Jamestown Settlement\n                     Galleries, and letters regarding various other\n                     functions.","Items include a list of trustees, pamphlet about\n                  the Monticello cabinet, and magazine article about\n                  the roof of Monticello.","Items include letters and copies of speeches in\n                  opposition to the proposed lottery in 1987.","Items include a program from the Boy Scout meeting\n                  of 28 April 1949, personal letters, photographs,\n                  letter from president of University of Virginia,\n                  legal papers, and a copy of the Suffolk newspaper\n                  with an article about Virginia's Community\n                  Colleges.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     invitation to the first inaugural of Ronald\n                     Reagan, correspondence regarding proposed magazine\n                     advertisement featuring Godwin, correspondence\n                     between Godwin and William and Mary College\n                     Republicans, letters concerning awards and honors,\n                     correspondence regarding Federal appointment of\n                     Godwin by President Nixon, and correspondence\n                     between Godwin and former William and Mary\n                     president Davis Paschall.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions,\n                     correspondence regarding the book \n                      Suffolk: A Pictorial\n                     History and Godwin's foreword to the\n                     text.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     newspaper editorial with reference to Godwin,\n                     correspondence between Godwin and Mrs. Pitonyak's\n                     fourth grade class, newspaper article about the\n                     Governor's Mansion, and a list of buildings in\n                     Virginia named after Godwin.","Items include letters to and from Virginia\n                     politicians, articles about Judge Willard H.\n                     Douglas, Jr., and a letter from Richard T. Short\n                     with enclosed letters to prominent politicians\n                     (e.g., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Jesse\n                     Helms.","Items include letters to and from Godwin\n                     regarding Virginia politics, including\n                     correspondence with Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Albertis\n                     Harrison, Hunter Andrews, and Davis Paschall.","Items include news clippings, editorials,\n                     photograph of President and Mrs. Bush, photograph\n                     of Teddy Roosevelt in the Panama Canal,\n                     correspondence with Richard Short, Pat Buchanan,\n                     Davis Paschall and others. Also included is the \n                      \n                     Times-Dispatch editorial on the 1992 L.A.\n                     riots and letter of reaction from Godwin.","Items include letters, official papers, and news\n                  clippings concerning the 1986-87 Governor's\n                  Commission on Transportation. Also included are\n                  comments by former Governor Albertis S. Harrison.","Items include the December 1987 Report of the\n                  Local Financing Options Subcommittee, letter of\n                  thanks to Godwin from Governor Baliles, draft of the\n                  final report, news clippings, roster of Commission\n                  members, copy of remarks made by Godwin concerning\n                  his reservations about the final report.","Items include letters written to Godwin in support\n                  of Trible, campaign newsletters, newspaper articles\n                  about Godwin's endorsement of Trible, and Godwin's\n                  letter announcing endorsement.","Items include invitations to meetings and\n                  ceremonies, and letters concerning affairs of the\n                  society.","Items include letters concerning Virginia's\n                  international trade, the State Water Authority, the\n                  Virginia State Library, an invitation to the 1990\n                  inauguration of Douglas Wilder, and a letter from the\n                  William and Mary School of Business\n                  Administration.","Items include correspondence between Governor\n                  Godwin and various state senators, a copy of speech\n                  given by Frances Hallam Hurt in support of state arts\n                  program, a letter from Lio Bourassa expressing\n                  concern about Virginia water problems, the 1991\n                  Report of the Secretary of Finance on Virginia's\n                  financial situation, and miscellaneous letters.","Items include letters pertaining to finances\n                     and business of the Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include letters pertaining to business\n                     and finances of Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include business and personal letters\n                     concerning affairs of the Foundation.","Items include business and personal\n                     letters.","Items include official papers, letters and\n                  memoranda concerning affairs of the college.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","Papers, 1947-1989, of Mills E.\n         Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the\n         Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes\n         his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine\n         Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin;\n         schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials;\n         scrapbooks; and political memorabilia.","College of William and\n                  Mary,","College of William and Mary,","Godwin family,","Godwin family.","Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Otelia Darden","Mills Edwin Godwin,","Mary Lee,","Mildred Elizabeth","Leah Otelia","Katherine Thomas Beale","Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's","George J. Kostel","President Richard M.\n                  Nixon","Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","Virginia. Governor\n            (1978-1982 : Dalton)","Godwin, Becky Katherine,\n            1953-1968.","Howell, Henry E. (Henry\n            Evans), 1920-","Lowance, Carter O. (Carter\n            Olin), 1910-1989.","Reynolds, J. Sargeant\n            (Julian Sargeant), 1936-1971.","Robertson, A. Willis\n            (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971.","Smith, Howard Worth,\n            1883-1976.","Spong, William B. (William\n            Belser), 1920-","Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas\n            Bahnson), 1890-1970.","Stephens, Allie Edwards\n            Stokes.","Tuck, William M. (William\n            Munford), 1896-1983.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 78 G54"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"collection_title_tesim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"collection_ssim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck."],"creator_ssim":["Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck."],"creator_famname_ssim":["Godwin family,"],"creators_ssim":["Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Godwin family,"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: ca. 40,000 items, \n             1978. Gift: 3 cartons, \n             1985. Gift: 4 cartons, \n             1989. Gift: ca. 2,070 items, \n             1994."],"access_subjects_ssim":["College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Chlordecone.","Oysters--Virginia.","Taxation--Virginia.","Education,\n            Higher--Virginia."],"access_subjects_ssm":["College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Chlordecone.","Oysters--Virginia.","Taxation--Virginia.","Education,\n            Higher--Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 42,070 items and 7\n         cartons."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Restrictions on Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeries 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividual folders made for certain specific topics\n               have been placed at the end of the year in which they\n               occurred. For example, the role Godwin played as a\n               private citizen in connection with the Virginians for\n               the Constitution in 1970 and with the U. S. Senate\n               campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and the correspondence\n               pertaining thereto will be found filed at the end of\n               1970. Other topics arranged in the same manner are:\n               Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1962;\n               George Kostel for lieutenant-governor campaign,\n               1971-1972; and Virginians for the Re-election of the\n               President, 1972.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther material related to Mrs. Godwin is scattered\n               throughout the entire collection, and the items\n               comprising this series constitute a small portion of the\n               total amount of her correspondence in the Godwin Papers\n               since she personally handled the bulk of her\n               correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe items listed separately below are those that have\n               been microfilmed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addition continues with the box numbers of the\n               larger collection that ended with Series 9. The series\n               is arranged primarily by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged primarily by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged by subject.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","Arrangement Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Individual folders made for certain specific topics\n               have been placed at the end of the year in which they\n               occurred. For example, the role Godwin played as a\n               private citizen in connection with the Virginians for\n               the Constitution in 1970 and with the U. S. Senate\n               campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and the correspondence\n               pertaining thereto will be found filed at the end of\n               1970. Other topics arranged in the same manner are:\n               Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1962;\n               George Kostel for lieutenant-governor campaign,\n               1971-1972; and Virginians for the Re-election of the\n               President, 1972.","Other material related to Mrs. Godwin is scattered\n               throughout the entire collection, and the items\n               comprising this series constitute a small portion of the\n               total amount of her correspondence in the Godwin Papers\n               since she personally handled the bulk of her\n               correspondence.","The items listed separately below are those that have\n               been microfilmed.","This addition continues with the box numbers of the\n               larger collection that ended with Series 9. The series\n               is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged by subject."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at\n         Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk,\n         Virginia.","He completed public school and attended the college of\n         William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the\n         University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees\n         have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira\n         College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee\n         University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond\n         and Bridgewater College.","While awaiting a commission in the U. S. Navy in World War\n         II, he was appointed a special agent with the Federal Bureau\n         of Investigation where he served for three years prior to\n         resuming the practice of law in Suffolk until he was elected\n         governor of Virginia in 1965.","He first entered politics in 1948 when he began service in\n         the House of Delegates. From 1952 to 1962 he served in the\n         State Senate of Virginia. He was lieutenant-governor of\n         Virginia from 1962 to 1966. During the 26 years he held public\n         office, he ran seventeen times and was never defeated.","His first election as governor in November 1965, came after\n         he had received the Democratic nomination without\n         opposition.","During his administration from 1966 to 1970, he became\n         known as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" taking the lead in\n         upgrading education at every level from kindergarten through\n         graduate school. Initiated and developed during his first term\n         was the State's system of community colleges, two-year\n         colleges offering occupational-technical and liberal arts\n         training at minimum tuition. Salary increases and other\n         improved benefits were granted teachers and faculty members.\n         State aid to kindergartens, summer schools and classes for the\n         handicapped encouraged broader opportunities throughout\n         Virginia, and a number of other innovations were made in the\n         public schools and higher education. The momentum followed a\n         series of governor's conferences on education early in the\n         administration. He persuaded the General Assembly to enact the\n         Retail Sales Tax which was the first new broad-based tax\n         passed in Virginia in more than one hundred years.","He continued and enlarged the emphasis on industrial\n         development begun by his predecessor, Governor Harrison. He\n         led the first two foreign trade missions and engaged in other\n         efforts designed to attract high caliber new industry to\n         Virginia and to encourage expansion by firms already located\n         in the State. He saw industrial development and education as\n         the principal means of continuing progress in Virginia.","During his tenure, Virginia made major strides also in\n         water and air pollution control, port and park development,\n         interstate, arterial and other highway construction, highway\n         safety, mental health and other areas of State concern.","A blue ribbon commission appointed by Godwin proposed the\n         State's first constitutional revision in forty years. The\n         result was approved overwhelmingly by the voters. He also\n         proposed the first general obligation bond issue in this\n         century and led the campaign in which Virginia's voters\n         approved it by a margin of more than two to one.","As governor he served as chairman of the Southern Regional\n         Education Board, Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors\n         Conference and as a member of the Executive Committee of the\n         Democratic Governors Conference and the National Governors'\n         Conference. He also served as Chairman of the Appalachian\n         Regional Commission.","After serving as governor from 1966 to 1970, he returned\n         home and became a Director of Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk\n         and Western Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n         Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dan River, Inc. and served\n         as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of\n         Directors of Virginia National Bank. He was also on the Board\n         of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.","He resigned all of these posts after being elected governor\n         a second time in November 1973, the first man ever twice\n         elected by the people in Virginia to serve as Chief Executive.\n         He was elected as the Republican nominee after being unopposed\n         in their State Convention. He remains the only candidate in\n         the country ever to win gubernatorial elections in the same\n         state on both Democrat and Republican tickets.","During his second term as governor, he faced a series of\n         crises of major proportions. The Arab oil embargo of late 1973\n         depressed the State's economy and the State revenues. As\n         governor he ordered reduction of State spending by more than\n         $200 million to keep the budget in balance and, as the economy\n         improved later in his administration, he left a sizable\n         surplus in the budget for his successor. Godwin dealt with the\n         crises of shortages of gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil, the\n         problem of Kepone, ten major floods and seven minor ones and\n         the most serious drought in fifty years occurred in the last\n         year of his administration which caused 115 of the State's 136\n         political jurisdictions to be designated as disaster areas.\n         Despite these problems, Virginia's forward movement continued\n         during his second term with major improvements in all areas,\n         in job opportunities, and especially in our correctional\n         programs and in public and higher education. He obtained\n         approval from the General Assembly in 1977 for a Referendum on\n         a $125 million General obligation Bond Program, largely\n         earmarked for education and corrections, and again led the\n         campaign which resulted in overwhelming approval for all five\n         bond issues presented to the voters.","His leadership as governor was evidenced everywhere.\n         Virginia's noted Pulitzer Prize winner and editor, Virginius\n         Dabney, wrote that: \"His two terms combine to form a series of\n         constructive advances for the Commonwealth that are\n         unsurpassed in the long history of Virginia's governors.\"","As governor from 1974 to 1978, he was Chairman of the\n         Southern Governors Conference, a member of the Executive\n         Committees of the National Governors' Conference and the\n         Republican Governors' Conference. He was Chairman for the\n         second time of the Southern Regional Education Board and Vice\n         President of the Council of State Governments.","Godwin again returned to his home in Suffolk in January\n         1978, and served as a consultant to management and a member of\n         the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Virginia\n         National Bank. He was also a member of the Board of Directors\n         of Union Camp Corporation, Standard Brands, Inc. and the\n         Royster Company.","Married to the former Katherine Thomas Beale, Governor\n         Godwin lived in Suffolk where for many years he owned and\n         operated the 500-acre family farm. He has been active in the\n         Oakland Christian Church, where he taught the Men's Bible\n         Class for more than twenty-five years, and engaged in numerous\n         community activities. He was a 33rd degree Mason, past\n         president of Ruritan National, and a member of Omicron Delta\n         Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon.\n         He was the recipient of the Virginia State Chamber of\n         Commerce's Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia National\n         Guard's Distinguished Service Medal, the Virginia Education\n         Association's citation as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" the\n         Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service from the old\n         Dominion Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,\n         the Centennial Medal from Hampton Institute, the Virginians of\n         Maryland Medal, the FFA State Farmer Medal, also twice\n         received a First Citizen's Award from Suffolk and Nansemond\n         County, and the Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. Award from\n         Norfolk State College, an award exemplifying highest caliber\n         of statesmanship and interest in education in the\n         Commonwealth. Virginia Military Institute has given him its\n         New Market Medal, the highest award made by V.M.I.","On January 30, 1999, Mills E. Godwin Jr. died in Newport\n         News, Virginia at the age of 84.","Chronology November 19 1914 Born at \n                   Chuckatuck, Virginia, Nansemond\n                  County. Son of \n                   Otelia Darden and \n                   Mills Edwin Godwin, Sr. Sisters: \n                   Mary Lee, Mildred Elizabeth and \n                   Leah Otelia 1931 Graduated \n                   Chuckatuck High School Class President, active in Debating and\n                  Speaking 1931-32 College of William and\n                  Mary, Norfolk Division 1932-34 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg 1935-38 University of Virginia Law School Law Degree,\n                  Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa 1937 Passed State Bar Examination 1938 Entered Law Profession 1940 Married \n                   Katherine Thomas Beale of \n                   Holland, Virginia 1943-45 Special Agent, Federal Bureau of\n                  Investigation 1946 Re-entered Law Profession \n                   Involved in \n                   Nansemond County community\n                  programs 1947 Member of Virginia State Bar Association \n                   Elected to Virginia House of Delegates,\n                  representing \n                   Nansemond County and the \n                   City of Suffolk 1948-52 Member, Virginia House of Delegates \n                   Served on following committees: Insurance and\n                  Banking, Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Executive\n                  Expenditures, Game and Inland Fisheries, and\n                  Nominations and Confirmations 1948 Member Board of Directors, Bank of\n                  Whaleyville, \n                   Virginia; Member Board of\n                  Trustees, Elon College, \n                   North Carolina 1949 Active in Oakland Christian Church and civic\n                  clubs, lodge, regional and other community\n                  activities 1951 Elected in special election to Virginia State\n                  Senate, Fifth Senatorial District, representing \n                   Southampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight\n                  counties, and the cities of \n                   Suffolk and \n                   Franklin \u003e 1952 Elected President of Ruritan National 1952-62 Member, Virginia State Senate \n                   Served on following committees: Chairman, Fish\n                  and Game; Finance; Courts of Justice; Counties,\n                  Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills, and Welfare 1954 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elon College \n                   Appointed to Public School Study Commission by\n                  Thomas B. Stanley, governor of Virginia 1961 Elected lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1962-66 Served as lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1965 Elected Democratic governor of\n                  Virginia 1966-70 Served as governor of Virginia - First\n                  Administration \"Virginia's Education Governor,\"\n                  initiated Community College System and upgraded\n                  education at all levels, persuaded General Assembly\n                  to enact retail sales tax 1966 Awarded Honorary Degree by College of William\n                  and Mary in Virginia 1967 Led first European Trade Mission 1969 Played important role in projecting a revised\n                  constitution for Virginia Awarded Honorary Degree by\n                  Roanoke College, \n                   Salem, Virginia 1970-73 Private Citizen Member, Board of Directors of\n                  Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and Virginia\n                  Foundation for Independent Colleges Member, Board of\n                  Directors: Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk and Western\n                  Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n                  Real Estate Investment Trust, Dan River Mills, Inc.\n                  and Virginia National Bank (Executive\n                  Committee) 1970 Awarded Honorary Degree by Washington and Lee\n                  University Honorary chairman, Committee of Virginians\n                  for the Constitution; Advisory Committee, \n                   Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's U. S.\n                  Senate Campaign 1971 Served on the advisory committee, \n                   George J. Kostel for\n                  lieutenant-governor campaign 1972 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elmira College,\n                  Elmira, New York \n                   Advisory Committee, Re-election of \n                   President Richard M.\n                  Nixon 1973 Awarded Honorary Degree by Hampden-Sydney\n                  College \n                   Elected Republican governor of Virginia 1974-78 Served as governor of Virginia - Second\n                  Administration \n                   First person ever twice elected in Virginia to\n                  serve as Chief Executive and first in United States\n                  to be elected on both Democratic and Republican\n                  tickets 1974 Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of\n                  Richmond \n                   Awarded Honorary Degree by Bridgewater\n                  College 1976 Played important role in Bicentennial\n                  celebration 1977 Awarded Navy Public Service Citation 1978 Private citizen \n                   Returned to services as consultant and director\n                  of various boards \n                   Awarded New Market medal by Virginia Military\n                  Institute January 30, 1999 Died at \n                   Newport News, Virginia."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is a card index to the main collection, Mss. 78\n            G54, which is located in the Manuscript Cataloguer's office.\n            This index catalogues people and subjects that appear in the\n            collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Card Index"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["There is a card index to the main collection, Mss. 78\n            G54, which is located in the Manuscript Cataloguer's office.\n            This index catalogues people and subjects that appear in the\n            collection."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRelated papers can be found in the faculty-alumni file\n            at the University Archive, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther related papers can be found at the Library of\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote: The College of William and Mary, Swem Library,\n            Special Collections has a copy of the inventory/finding aid\n            to this collection at the Library of Virginia. It is\n            located with the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers.\n            \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eExecutive Papers of Mills E. Godwin Jr., Library\n            of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219 USA. \n            \u003c/archref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Related papers can be found in the faculty-alumni file\n            at the University Archive, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary.","Other related papers can be found at the Library of\n            Virginia.","Note: The College of William and Mary, Swem Library,\n            Special Collections has a copy of the inventory/finding aid\n            to this collection at the Library of Virginia. It is\n            located with the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers.\n             Executive Papers of Mills E. Godwin Jr., Library\n            of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219 USA. \n            "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe personal papers of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., dating from\n         1947 to 1978, consist of 24 boxes of correspondence, 1,100\n         copies of speeches, schedules and appointments. Also included\n         are 40 scrapbooks of news clippings and photographs, 159\n         citations and plaques, and one box of audiovisual materials,\n         all of which pertain largely to Godwin's personal involvement\n         in the government, political life, activities, organizations\n         and institutions of Virginia during the 30-year period. The\n         majority of the items comprising this collection were\n         microfilmed by the Virginia State Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that all of the above referenced papers\n         are identified as \"personal\" since the official executive\n         correspondence of Godwin's two terms as governor of Virginia\n         (1966-1970 and 1974-1978) has been placed by statute in the\n         Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library. In connection\n         with the personal papers, however, and available to\n         researchers, are copies of the guide to the executive\n         correspondence. The guide is on file with the Curator of\n         Manuscripts at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William\n         and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to Godwin's personal papers, the collection\n         includes a small quantity of Mrs. Godwin's correspondence and\n         papers of their daughter, Becky, who was fatally struck by\n         lightning in 1968, at the age of 15, at Virginia Beach,\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded among these papers is correspondence of, or\n         concerning, the following individuals: Watkins M. Abbitt,\n         Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton,\n         Henry E. Howell, Carter O. Lowance, Richard D. Obenshain,\n         Julian Sargeant Reynolds, A. Willis Robertson, Howard W.\n         Smith, William B. Spong, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens,\n         and William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the many topics the papers cover are: the College of\n         William and Mary, segregation, the Democratic Party, the\n         Republican Party, higher education, taxation, the\n         contamination of the James River by kepone, the oystering\n         industry and public mental health care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of nineteenth-century Godwin family wills are\n         located among the several additions to the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is comprised of Godwin's personal,\n               political and business correspondence. Included are\n               letters, telegrams, statements, memoranda, reports,\n               clippings, photographs, legal documents, announcements,\n               notes, invitations and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material concerns such things as personal\n               letters, news clippings and other documents relating to\n               Godwin's political career, including election to the\n               House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, lieutenant-\n               governor and his two terms as governor. Additionally,\n               the series contains a collection of correspondence and\n               other documentation relating to his personal life,\n               church and civic endeavors, as well as such items\n               relevant to critical events of his political career such\n               as the school integration crisis, revision of the State\n               Constitution and bonded indebtedness referenda.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's involvement in church and civic concerns,\n                  such as Chairman of the Board of Deacons of three\n                  area churches; Oakland Christian Church Cemetery\n                  Improvement Project; Suffolk Chapter of National\n                  Conference of Christians and Jews; Virginia State Bar\n                  Association; his involvement in political activity,\n                  including statement on various issues; election to\n                  the House of Delegates, news clippings on Godwin's\n                  House of Delegates campaign and victory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence from constituents\n                  concerning legislation; Nansemond County bridge and\n                  road conditions; church and civic activities;\n                  speaking engagements; election to the Board of\n                  Directors, Bank of Whaleyville and Board of Trustees\n                  of Elon College; Horace Edward's candidacy for\n                  governor; political interests of Porter Hardy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns legislative matters, including Godwin's\n                  desire for more and better committee assignments.\n                  Also includes his expense report for campaign of 1948\n                  and church and civic activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to House of Delegates members regarding\n                  General Assembly session; Porter Hardy's election to\n                  Congress; matters relating to the church, community\n                  and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's request for additional committee\n                  assignments; endorsement of Judge Whittle to Supreme\n                  Court of Appeals; church and civic involvement;\n                  speaking engagements; expense account filed with the\n                  State Board of Elections following re-election to the\n                  House of Delegates; congratulatory messages from\n                  constituents; news clippings on his re-election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpecial session of the Legislature for\n                  reapportionment of legislative districts;\n                  correspondence relating to appointment to the\n                  Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee,\n                  complimentary letters on action taken on certain\n                  legislative decisions; his resignation from the House\n                  of Delegates to seek vacated Senate seat and election\n                  to same; new committee assignments sought in Senate;\n                  news clippings about the election and congratulatory\n                  messages on victory; election as President of Ruritan\n                  National.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed toll road from Petersburg to north of\n                  Richmond; Virginia World War II Memorial; T. B.\n                  Sanatorium in Tidewater area; speaking engagements\n                  and church and civic involvement; letter from\n                  President Chandler of the College of William and Mary\n                  regarding the inaugural ceremonies in which President\n                  and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence relating to the United States\n                  Supreme Court's decision which commenced school\n                  desegregation; appointment as a member of Public\n                  School Study Commission on Education; resolutions\n                  from localities opposing integration of public\n                  schools.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding continuation of school\n                  integration crisis and massive resistance; minutes of\n                  Commission meetings and Senator Harry Byrd, Sr.'s\n                  statement supporting referendum for Constitutional\n                  Convention; public hearing with Commission on Public\n                  Education and prepared statements for meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegislative matters regarding the school crisis;\n                  meetings on preservation of public schools;\n                  activities in support of constitutional convention;\n                  acknowledgment of gifts received and sent, church and\n                  civic matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and articles regarding school\n                  integration; Godwin challenging Republican candidate\n                  for governor relating to Public Assignment Plan and\n                  opposition thereto; Godwin's appearance before State\n                  Highway Commission advocating north-south route for\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters which\n                  followed as result of his stand; Godwin's letter of\n                  congratulations to Governor-elect Almond; his stated\n                  desire for appointment of Senate Finance Committee;\n                  Report on Fluoridation of Public Water supplies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence reveals Godwin's appointment as a\n                  member of Commission on Constitutional Government,\n                  with copy of Chapter 223 creating said Commission\n                  included (legislation of which he was a patron);\n                  assignment to the Senate Finance Committee;\n                  correspondence regarding the Norfolk school closings,\n                  news clippings on same; synopsis of four bills passed\n                  relating to segregation of public schools; letters\n                  favoring Godwin's views on school situation; letters\n                  regarding his speech made November 3 on the school\n                  issue; church and civic involvement; speaking\n                  engagements; Godwin's hospitalization in\n                  February-March; his trip to Nassau; trip to New York;\n                  extension requested for filing tax return;\n                  correspondence regarding Judge Lawrence W. I'Anson's\n                  ceremony.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covering matters relating to the\n                  Commission on Constitutional Government, its\n                  organizational set-up, Executive Committee's\n                  instructions, etc; an editorial entitled \"Campaign\n                  for the Constitution\", and correspondence with James\n                  J. Kilpatrick of the \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond News\n                  Leader\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany legislative matters such as the school\n                  integration issue, the sales tax issue, resolution\n                  calling for special session of Legislature with the\n                  telegrams of support; proposed bill to control\n                  outdoor advertising supported by many garden clubs\n                  throughout the State; invitations to Godwin for\n                  speaking engagements from church groups, civic groups\n                  and other functions; letter from Congressman\n                  Robertson expressing relief that no one else filed\n                  for the State Senate seat held by Senator Godwin;\n                  Godwin's correspondence transmitting his\n                  qualification fee for candidacy for Senate seat,\n                  subsequently followed by the Clerk of Court of\n                  Southampton County certifying Godwin elected as\n                  Senator for another term; news clipping regarding\n                  Godwin for governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding the sales tax issue; a\n                  resolution regarding the removal of the additional\n                  16¢ charge on gasoline; appreciation on\n                  passage of billboard control bill and Godwin's stand\n                  opposing the current sales tax measure; article on\n                  Governor Almond's verbal attack on Godwin and others\n                  instrumental in defeating current sales tax measure;\n                  speaking engagements; church and civic involvement;\n                  gift acknowledgments; letters of condolence;\n                  correspondence regarding Katherine Godwin's operation\n                  in late 1959; letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. regarding\n                  the political scene for 1961; Godwin chosen First\n                  Citizen of Suffolk and Nansemond County;\n                  communications from citizens throughout the\n                  Commonwealth for his candidacy for\n                  lieutenant-governor on Democratic ticket for\n                  1961.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and statements regarding the\n                  Democratic ticket \"Harrison, Godwin and Button\";\n                  signed petitions and other requirements needed for\n                  candidacy; Godwin's views on education in a copy of\n                  the \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Journal on\n                  Education\u003c/title\u003e; statements on Education and\n                  Government, Virginia's Right to Work Act and school\n                  integration; campaign information on Booth's stand on\n                  issues, criticism of Byrd Machine; copy of a speech\n                  made by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on Right to Work law;\n                  campaign statement on \"Why You Should Vote For\n                  Harrison, Godwin and Button\" - a clear definition\n                  between conservatism and liberalism; sample ballot;\n                  Harrison's speech for ticket; Godwin's schedule\n                  during campaign (partial); letters on Primary race;\n                  news article regarding Godwin campaign; letters on\n                  the November campaign; speaking engagements and\n                  strategy; congratulatory messages following election,\n                  one of which was sent by Governor Almond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's inauguration as lieutenant-governor\n                  (Folder 35); correspondence on the election;\n                  invitations to the inauguration and legislative\n                  matters; letters to Godwin concerning his residing\n                  over the Senate during the session; church and civic\n                  involvement; speaking engagements; correspondence on\n                  the theft of Mrs. Godwin's brooch while in Roanoke,\n                  Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings; a trip to the Mediterranean\n                  (Virginia Ports sales talk); correspondence and\n                  speech to representatives of the Sigma Delta Chi at\n                  Williamsburg; letter from Godwin to Senator Walker\n                  congratulating him on successful Primary race; letter\n                  from George Kostel regarding his recent campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegislative correspondence regarding the Library\n                  Amendment; possible sales tax next year; appointment\n                  of pages; legislators to various committees; Godwin's\n                  letters to all senators, stenographers and pages\n                  expressing his appreciation for their assistance\n                  during the session; invitations; church and civic\n                  involvements; speaking engagements and condolences;\n                  article from \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe\n                  Dickensonian\u003c/title\u003eregarding Godwin and another\n                  regarding his possible candidacy for governor;\n                  letters from Virginians offering support to Godwin if\n                  candidate for governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covers the period of Godwin's\n                     campaign for the Democratic Primary for governor;\n                     the possible closing of Public Health Services\n                     Hospital in Norfolk; matters relating to\n                     Washington and old Dominion Railway; campaign\n                     matters, such as support letters, news clippings;\n                     correspondence regarding his announcement of\n                     candidacy; statement released to the press\n                     announcing his candidacy; letters to and replies\n                     from legislators and others seeking support;\n                     letters acknowledging unsolicited contributions;\n                     letters seeking support from Virginia\n                     Congressional Delegation; letters pledging support\n                     of candidacy, financial contributions received and\n                     acknowledged; letter to Harry Byrd, Jr. thanking\n                     him for support; letters regarding\n                     lieutenant-governor spot and his own personal\n                     political philosophy; acknowledgments of Christmas\n                     gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews articles; releases; campaign\n                     correspondence; speaking engagements; letters of\n                     appreciation to individuals; letters regarding\n                     contributions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory letters; letters of appreciation\n                     to campaign workers; invitations to inaugural\n                     ceremonies; correspondence regarding temporary\n                     office space and secretary for new governor; new\n                     administration; legislative assignments; state\n                     public school formula; correspondence from A.\n                     Linwood Holton and response; letter from Governor\n                     Albertis Harrison and Chief Justice Eggleston;\n                     correspondence regarding speech by governor-elect\n                     at Tidewater Rehabilitation Institute; Godwin's\n                     brief hospitalization; correspondence with Waldo\n                     Miles regarding gift of mink stole for Mrs.\n                     Miles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; programs, copies of prayer by the\n                     Reverend Dwight W. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChurch activities; letters regarding hospital\n                  visit, insurance; honorary degree awarded by the\n                  college of William and Mary; news articles regarding\n                  governor's new administration; correspondence\n                  regarding keynote of governor's Conference on\n                  Education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorial in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\n                  Post\u003c/title\u003eregarding first Administration and\n                  correspondence regarding same; letters and articles\n                  regarding European Trade Mission; news articles;\n                  letter to Governor Lurleen Wallace, governor of\n                  Alabama; printed copy of address given by Godwin at\n                  Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and correspondence\n                  regarding same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorials in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRural Virginia\u003c/title\u003eand \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n                  Times-Dispatch\u003c/title\u003eon governor's administration;\n                  correspondence on administration; article in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Poultryman\u003c/title\u003eon\n                  bond issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch Paper; \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eChanging Posture of the\n                     Democratic Party in Virginia As Seen in its\n                     Leadership - Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., Exemplar of\n                     the Change\u003c/title\u003e, by Judith Rountree\n                     Elliott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Godwin\n                  Years\u003c/title\u003eappearing in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCommonwealth\n                  Magazine\u003c/title\u003eand Virginia's European headquarters\n                  for industrial development inaugurated by Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on pardon of youth involved in drug\n                     charge; letters of appreciation to Mansion staff;\n                     notes and other matters relating to \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNo Higher Honor\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     letters to and from state legislators.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding membership on bank\n                     boards; recognitions and invitations for speaking\n                     engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding naming of school in\n                     Prince William County for Godwin; speaking\n                     engagements: dedication of Henry Clay Hofheimer\n                     Library; announcement by Senator Harry F. Byrd,\n                     Jr., to run as Independent; correspondence with\n                     Mr. Carl Andrews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecognitions; letters regarding membership on\n                     Board of Trustees of Virginia Foundation for\n                     Independent Colleges; letters regarding\n                     Administration; speaking engagements; Congressman\n                     Watkins M. Abbitt's announced retirement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory messages; Fox portrait of\n                     Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on appointment to Boards; further\n                     correspondence relating to \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNo Higher Honor\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     honorary degree from Washington \u0026amp; Lee\n                     University; speaking engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHonorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa at\n                     Thomas Nelson Community College; speaking\n                     engagements; letters regarding former Governor\n                     Thomas B. Stanley's death and Senatorial campaign\n                     of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant-governor Sargent Reynolds' illness;\n                     ceremonies for Paul D. Camp Community College,\n                     Lord Fairfax Community College, and Virginia\n                     Highlands Community College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s victory;\n                     Constitutional amendments approved by voters;\n                     letters of appreciation for copy of book of\n                     speeches - first administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding possible appointment to\n                     Supreme Court and denial; article in Virginia\n                     Observer regarding President Nixon asking Godwin\n                     for aid for oil refinery at Hampton Roads; letters\n                     on future of Democratic Party in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign for lieutenant-governor, George\n                  Kostel\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, printed material and other\n                     items related to Godwin's nomination as the\n                     Republican candidate for governor; the\n                     presidential election; news articles entitled\n                     \"Godwin Draft\" and \"The Push for Godwin\"; speaking\n                     engagements; comments made by Godwin on busing of\n                     school children; statement on White House visit;\n                     plans for organizing \"Order of White Jackets\" Carl\n                     Andrews; article and letters regarding dedication\n                     of Godwin Hall at Madison College; correspondence\n                     and other matters regarding Constitutional\n                     Amendment ending tenure for federal judges; letter\n                     from Richard D. Obenshain inviting Godwin to run\n                     on Republican ticket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle regarding surgery scheduled for Godwin;\n                     get well messages and gifts; acknowledgments\n                     thereof; speaking engagements; receipts of\n                     Distinguished Service Award - Virginia Council on\n                     Health; invitation to attend the inauguration of\n                     President Nixon; letters encouraging Godwin to run\n                     for governor; article \"Party Label Debated\" and\n                     other similar articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding announcement to run for\n                     governor in 1973; Godwin's statement declaring\n                     himself a candidate; articles regarding Godwin\n                     seeking second term; draft of invitation from\n                     Republican Party to join in campaign; letters\n                     offering support of Godwin's candidacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding second term; petitions\n                     circulated for Godwin; letters reacting to\n                     announcement of candidacy; opposition material;\n                     statement by Godwin indicating he will accept\n                     Republican nomination if offered him; list of\n                     Republicans supporting Godwin; letters regarding\n                     \"Democrats for Godwin\" organization; news release\n                     naming Anne Dobie Peebles as Coordinator of\n                     Women's participation in Godwin campaign; letters\n                     offering help in campaign; acknowledgments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; speaking engagements; petitions;\n                     article regarding Godwin seeking Republican\n                     nomination in June; opposition material; articles\n                     regarding Godwin campaign and first term; letters\n                     of support from both Democrats and Republicans;\n                     letters from individuals offering service in\n                     campaign; endorsement by educators, legislators\n                     and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; speaking engagements; letters\n                     regarding party affiliation for candidate; letters\n                     regarding campaign; article and letter regarding\n                     Watergate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHonorary degree - Hampden-Sydney College;\n                     Godwin's acceptance of nomination from Republican\n                     Party (speech); vote by districts at Republican\n                     Convention; letters regarding nomination by\n                     Republican Party; resignations by Democrats from\n                     various political posts to work for Godwin's\n                     election; letters regarding campaign staff -\n                     Carter O. Lowance's participation, Matt G.\n                     Anderson, Treasurer of Campaign; statement by\n                     Godwin regarding campaign contributions and\n                     expenditures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle from \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Record\n                     Magazine\u003c/title\u003e- \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man for Virginia,\n                     Mills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/title\u003e; news articles\n                     regarding campaign; letters of support; Young\n                     Virginians for Godwin; statements by Congressman\n                     David Satterfield and Mayor Thomas Bliley\n                     regarding support of Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of support; editorial \"Godwin vs.\n                     Watergate\"; pari-mutuel betting in Virginia;\n                     editorial criticizing Godwin for not inviting\n                     President Nixon to Virginia during campaign;\n                     statement regarding contributions and\n                     expenditures; endorsement of Godwin by various\n                     state newspapers; article \"Howell begins 1973 Race\n                     with Attack on Godwin\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorials; news articles; acknowledgments of\n                     contributions; statements by Robert Button, W. C.\n                     Battle and George Kostel supporting Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; acknowledgments of contributions;\n                     solicitation of support; campaign articles and\n                     editorials; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s statement\n                     supporting Godwin; results of mock elections at\n                     Virginia colleges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorials, campaign correspondence; remarks of\n                     Howell regarding the election; letters of\n                     appreciation to those who helped in campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments; resignations from Boards of\n                     Trustees; list of invitees to inauguration and\n                     congratulatory messages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign Material; news releases; documents;\n                     statements endorsing Godwin for governor; articles\n                     and statements on major issues; campaign victory\n                     reports numbers 1, 2, 3 \u0026amp; 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign Correspondence - Thank you\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory Messages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInaugural speech, a speech to General Assembly;\n                     correspondence relating to invitations; letters\n                     regarding inauguration; list of invitees to\n                     inauguration and inaugural Ball; congratulatory\n                     messages; picture of Mrs. Godwin's inaugural gown;\n                     news clippings and articles on inauguration -\n                     Virginia Highway Bulletin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding gasoline crisis; news\n                     clippings on inauguration; congratulatory\n                     messages; correspondence on honorary memberships\n                     in various organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding gasoline crisis; get well\n                     cards and other correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence, including invitation\n                     for fishing; get well cards; etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorial, Farmville Herald regarding\n                     governor's leadership; correspondence relating to\n                     Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of\n                     Richmond and Doctor of Public Administration\n                     Degree from Bridgewater College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding Watergate with\n                     President Richard Nixon; letters and articles\n                     regarding Bicentennial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd's death\n                     and information about her life; letters regarding\n                     governor's speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDedication of William F. Stone Hall-Patrick\n                     Henry Community College; participation in\n                     dedication of Eastern Shore Community College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews article regarding gift from Pamunkey\n                     Indian Tribe; birthday greetings and other general\n                     correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, including Christmas\n                     messages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding Godwin's message to General\n                     Assembly and certificate issued governor for\n                     community leadership; honorary memberships and\n                     contributions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's action to restrain state spending;\n                     editorial \"Mr. Godwin's leadership\"; articles\n                     relating to Godwin and the General Assembly of\n                     Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's stand on fiscal issues and other state\n                     problems; \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\n                     Post\u003c/title\u003earticle criticizing Godwin for holding\n                     line on spending during recession; correspondence\n                     regarding honorary chairmanship of UGF.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's stand on restrained fiscal policies;\n                     letters of condolence; honorary chairmanships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\n                     Post\u003c/title\u003earticle criticizing Godwin -\n                     \"Retrenchment of Governor Godwin\"; article\n                     regarding \"A Search for Excellence Governor\n                     Godwin's Appointments\"; copy of introduction of\n                     Governor Godwin by Shirley Holland; news article\n                     dated 1962 explaining where Godwin's home was in\n                     Chuckatuck; governor's letter to President of\n                     Anheuser-Busch, regarding grand opening of Busch\n                     Gardens in Williamsburg; letter from Godwin's\n                     first grade teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding speech to Virginia Wesleyan\n                     graduates and speech at St. John's Bicentennial\n                     program; news article regarding Godwin visiting\n                     former Mansion cook, Lucille Anderson, in\n                     hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on Godwin's stand on federal funds;\n                     radio news editorial on Godwin succeeding in\n                     having Queen of England accept invitation to visit\n                     Virginia during Bicentennial Year, contribution to\n                     Oakland Christian Church for repairs; letters on\n                     Godwin cutting state expenditures; honorary\n                     chairman, 1976 Auction, television Channel 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding Administration; editorial on\n                     Godwin's stand against the Department of Health,\n                     Education and welfare trends; Congressional Record\n                     regarding HEW demands on Virginia; letter from\n                     Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; Godwin's participation\n                     in \"Bill Tuck Day\"; editorial on Godwin's second\n                     term; Bicentennial participation - news article on\n                     Woodstock Bicentennial Commission; contribution to\n                     Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Memorial Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding Administration; acknowledging\n                     gift of Sky Meadows from Paul Mellon for state\n                     part site; letters regarding coin collection;\n                     letter from President Gerald Ford thanking Godwin\n                     for endorsement; remarks on speeches;\n                     acknowledgment of Christmas messages and Sigma Phi\n                     Epsilon certificate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHonorary chairman, Bicentennial Celebration,\n                     Munich, Germany; remarks on message to General\n                     Assembly; honorary membership for Governor and\n                     Mrs. Godwin, Rotunda and Downtown Clubs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Virginia\n                     Republican\u003c/title\u003e; remarks on governor's\n                     speeches; coin collection letters; and letters of\n                     condolence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInstallation in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;\n                     honorary membership, Virginia Association for\n                     Health, Physical Education and Recreation; letters\n                     on administration and speeches; Bicentennial\n                     Celebration participation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on delivered speeches; correspondence\n                     on Godwin appearing with Billy Graham at\n                     Bicentennial Festival of Faith, Tidewater\n                     area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBicentennial participation; letter on\n                     television appearances with Queen Elizabeth,\n                     President Ford and Billy Graham Crusade;\n                     condolences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter relating to Queen Elizabeth's visit to\n                     Charlottesville; correspondence on Godwin's\n                     attendance at Virginia Manufacturers Association\n                     meeting, Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence on administration and speeches;\n                     letter regarding President Ford's visit to\n                     Virginia during presidential campaign; letter on\n                     Godwin running for U. S. Senate in 1978;\n                     Bicentennial participation, coin collection;\n                     Christmas greetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of Recognition, Vienna Bicentennial\n                     Commission; coin collection; letter and picture,\n                     Display of Exhibition of War Between the States,\n                     Brussels, Belgium; Charter Day, College of William\n                     and Mary, awarding honorary doctorate degree to\n                     Carter O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Matthews donating\n                     land for Yorktown Victory Center; editorial on\n                     Godwin vetoing certain legislation; certificate of\n                     appreciation, Richmond County Bicentennial\n                     Commission; news release announcing John Warren\n                     Cooke's seeking another term as Speaker of the\n                     House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResolution, Republican Party of Pulaski, on\n                     Godwin's term; certificate, World Trade luncheon;\n                     tribute to T. Edward Temple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle,\" What's Dulled Virginia's Penchant for\n                     Leadership\"; replies; letters on administration;\n                     letters referring to Godwin's stand on higher\n                     education and HEW guidelines; dedication of Walter\n                     Reed Memorial Hospital, Gloucester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on administration; participation in\n                     bond issue; article on new official portrait of\n                     Godwin replacing existing one; resignation from\n                     Board of Trustees, Elon College; donation of John\n                     Marshall Bible by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins,\n                     subsequently sent to the College of William and\n                     Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding bond issues; Bicentennial\n                     participation by Godwin at York, Pa.; letters of\n                     appreciation to bond issue participants; letters\n                     on administration; political ad on Godwin's and\n                     Senator Harry Byrd's participation in Dalton\n                     campaign; correspondence on Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     birthday greetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on administration; article, \"Unique\n                     Satisfaction for Out-bound Governor\"; expression\n                     of gratitude from Governor-elect Dalton for\n                     participating in gubernatorial campaign; Navy\n                     Public Service Citation; Christmas greetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerous articles, editorials on Godwin's\n                     second term as governor, including \"Simply a Man\n                     for all Seasons\"; letters on administration;\n                     letter from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on\n                     administration; acknowledgments of gifts; letters\n                     expressing appreciation from legislators; article\n                     on Godwin's $9.12 billion State budget.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Governor and Mrs. Godwin regarding\n                     service to Virginia; correspondence on Mrs.\n                     Godwin's book, \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     news article, \"Godwin Described as Great, Popular\"\n                     by Governor John N. Dalton; letters on\n                     administration; Republican Party of Newport News\n                     resolution expressing gratitude to Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series begins with an article from the Virginia\n               Record of January, 1966, entitled \"First Lady of the\n               Commonwealth.\" It gives much information regarding Mrs.\n               Godwin, Governor Godwin, and their daughter, Becky.\n               Other correspondence includes certain highlights of\n               includes certain highlights of Mrs. Godwin's official,\n               personal and social activities during her husband's\n               public life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Record article on Mrs. Godwin occupying\n                  Mansion; letters regarding invitations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, invitations and visits to\n                  Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding automobile accident July\n                  2, 1967, Waynesboro, Virginia, state limousine driven\n                  by Trooper Shields; correspondence regarding medical\n                  services and insurance; personal letters, confinement\n                  at University of Virginia Hospital and recovery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement by Mrs. Godwin, Honorary Chairman of\n                  Library Week; invitations, letters on participation\n                  in Virginia Jaycee project - \"Apply Jelly Sunday\";\n                  news release regarding Mrs. Godwin's operation at\n                  Norfolk General Hospital; letters regarding Honorary\n                  Chairman of Lee District Junior Woman's Club;\n                  cancellations following Becky's accident;\n                  acknowledgments of cookbooks received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMessage as Honorary Chairman of Woman's Auxiliary,\n                  Richmond Academy of Medicine: information sent to\n                  Charleston, South Carolina paper; statement on work\n                  of Richmond Symphony Women's Committee; honorary\n                  chairmanships; invitation from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson;\n                  note from Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; letters on leaving\n                  Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information on Mrs. Godwin;\n                  complimentary letters on Mrs. Godwin as First Lady of\n                  Virginia; letters of appreciation by St. John's\n                  Church members regarding Mansion reception; articles\n                  and pictures on the Godwin's new home at Cedar Point;\n                  article on Mrs. Godwin and campaign; \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Journal\u003c/title\u003e, article\n                  on Mrs. Godwin; newspaper article regarding\n                  \"Miniature First Ladies Show Of Ballgowns\"; gifts to\n                  Mrs. Godwin; acknowledgments of gifts received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Godwin's calendar and participation in\n                  various events; invitations, acknowledgments of\n                  cookbooks; introduction of Elizabeth Hanford Dole,\n                  wife of Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas,\n                  Williamsburg; U. S. Department of Commerce Award to\n                  Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; Garden\n                  Clubs coffee; Christmas Mansion tours and\n                  information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; participation in various events;\n                  requests and responses from organizations for\n                  donation of items for auctions; Thalhimer's\n                  appearance to autograph \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                  Virginia State Chamber of Commerce information and\n                  purchases of Mrs. Godwin's book; letters regarding\n                  book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments of Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                  letters of appreciation for Mansion tours and gifts;\n                  correspondence regarding depletion of supply of Mrs.\n                  Godwin's book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChronological order of Mrs. Godwin's activities,\n                  1974-1977; dinners and receptions, 1974-1977;\n                  numerical information on number of people touring\n                  Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and information on Frankie Welsh\n                  Scarf designed for Mrs. Godwin for use as gift;\n                  letters acknowledging receipt of scarf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis correspondence includes letters, news articles\n               and general information relating to Becky Godwin,\n               beginning with her early school days and continuing\n               through 1968. Included among the material is her diary\n               written in March and April, 1963, covering a European\n               trip she made with her mother and father, who was then\n               lieutenant-governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Godwin enrolling four-year old\n                  daughter in First Baptist Church Nursery during\n                  legislative session; lieutenant-governor and Mrs.\n                  Godwin leave for Virginia Cruise of Mediterranean;\n                  news article and pictures; diary of trip personally\n                  written by Becky (March-April, 1963); Godwin's letter\n                  to bank regarding Becky's checkbook; letters relating\n                  to attendance at Camp Sequoya, Sullins College,\n                  Bristol, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment of V.M.I. sweater sent to Becky;\n                  Godwin's letters to Becky at Camp; acknowledgments of\n                  gifts to Becky; letter to Becky regarding Mansion\n                  ghosts; Becky's letter requesting information for a\n                  school project.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter and application for Becky to return to Camp\n                  Sequoya; acknowledgments of gifts; Godwin's letter to\n                  Camp Sequoya Director enclosing Becky's spending\n                  money and other letters to Becky while at Camp;\n                  correspondence thanking Virginia Beach Hospital for\n                  assistance given Becky as result of bicycle accident;\n                  letters regarding Becky's accident and death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccident and Death; Condolences; Memorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinuing letters of sympathy; offer of placement\n                  of wreath on Becky's grave by Meadowbrook Memorial\n                  Gardens President; presentation of trophy by\n                  Alexandria Department of Recreation in Becky's\n                  memory; letters regarding memorial fund at St.\n                  Catherine's School; acknowledgment and copy of SJR #2\n                  - \"On the Death of Becky Godwin\"; Becky Godwin\n                  Memorial Fund established at Oakland Christian Church\n                  and memorial gift by Men's Bible Class of Chuckatuck;\n                  correspondence on and acknowledgment of portrait of\n                  Becky; song written in memory of Becky by Viet Nam\n                  veteran; establishment of Becky Godwin Water Skiing\n                  Memorial at Camp Sequoya by Governor and Mrs. Godwin;\n                  poem in Becky's memory and other memorial gifts;\n                  establishment of Becky Godwin Fund, School of\n                  Nursing, Medical College of Virginia; purchase of\n                  confirmation robes, St. John's United Church, in\n                  memory of Becky; books donated in Becky's memory;\n                  correspondence regarding scholarship award to Paul D.\n                  Camp Community College in Becky's memory by the\n                  Herbert Perkinsons; Virginia Education Association\n                  Award in Becky's memory for yearly scholarships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of official appointment and\n               engagement books compiled during Godwin's two\n               gubernatorial terms, 1966-1970 and 1974-1978. Also\n               included are his major appointments as a private citizen\n               for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly calendars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows major appointments and engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows major appointments and engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows major appointments and engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows daily appointments and engagements by\n                     date and hour insofar as practical.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped daily schedule sheets, filed monthly.\n                     Also includes advanced weekly and monthly\n                     appointments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment book, desk copy. Daily and hourly\n                     appointments and engagements reflecting late\n                     changes, adjustments, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile showing invitations declined by the\n                     governor during the year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped daily schedule sheets. Filed monthly as\n                     above with advanced weekly and monthly\n                     schedules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment book, desk copy, listing daily and\n                     hourly appointments and engagements where\n                     applicable.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor's daily (office) schedule sheets in\n                     folders by month. Shows office appointments and\n                     other engagements. Preliminary weekly and monthly\n                     schedules also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment book - daily and hourly\n                     appointments (generally more accurate than\n                     sheets). Travel plans listed separately when\n                     applicable\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Godwin's official speeches, as\n               well as other formal speeches made as a private citizen\n               from 1957 through 1977. Although Godwin was a popular\n               speaker prior to 1957, especially during his active\n               participation in Ruritan National and early days in the\n               General Assembly, no copies of speeches given during\n               that period have survived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepared Statement to the State Highway Commission\n                  of Virginia advocating the North-South Route for the\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from remarks at Historic St. John's\n                  Church, Richmond, Virginia, in connection with\n                  ceremonies sponsored by American Heritage\n                  Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks made to the Representatives of the Sigma\n                  Delta Chi at Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of the citations presented to\n               Godwin by eight institutions of higher learning on the\n               occasions of the awarding of honorary degrees. A listing\n               of 159 citations, plaques, etc., is also included. Four\n               citations and plaques are listed for Mrs. Godwin for the\n               period 1968 through 1976. There are a number of\n               citations and plaques awarded to Godwin or his wife\n               which have been retained by them and are not presently\n               included with those transferred to The College of\n               William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of one box of television and\n               radio tapes, films and recordings. Included are tapes of\n               the Governor's Education Conferences in 1966 and 1967\n               and a 30-minute film, The Godwin Years, presented to\n               Godwin by the Virginia Association of Electric\n               Cooperatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese scrapbooks cover Godwin's political activities\n               beginning in 1943, his service in Ruritan National and\n               his presidency of that organization in 1952, his\n               gubernatorial campaign of 1965, educational conferences,\n               and first and second terms as governor. These are listed\n               chronologically from 1943 through January, 1978. A\n               number of scrapbooks have been retained by Governor and\n               Mrs. Godwin and are not included with those transferred\n               to The College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of one large box of 1973\n               campaign material, of which two binders have been placed\n               on microfilm, and one small box which contains\n               magazines, news clippings, and small scrapbooks\n               concerning special activities. One envelope of\n               unclassified photographs and copies of inaugural\n               programs and invitations for 1966 and 1974 are also\n               included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items in this series include VEA Convention\n               edition - Godwin, Virginia's Education Governor, 1973.\n               Papers: Virginia's Future First; Howell Rejects; 88%;\n               Yes, Godwin stands for Neighborhood Schools; Yes, Godwin\n               will protect our Right to Work Law; And Where Does\n               Henry's Money Come From; Henry's Tax Scheme, Can You\n               Afford It; Virginia's Future, Let's Give it Our Best; On\n               the One Hand, But on the Other, Let's Keep Henry Honest.\n               Godwin bumper stickers and buttons. Virginia Record,\n               July, 1973, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., The Man for Virginia;\n               The New Majority Program. Posters: Mills Godwin, The\n               Clearest Choice for Virginia's Future; Virginia's\n               Future, Give it Your Best - Godwin for Governor; Dalton\n               for Lieutenant-Governor. Godwin for Governor stationery;\n               Godwin for Governor buttons; Volunteer Register,\n               September 4-November 2, 1973. Black notebook containing\n               congratulatory letters and thank you letters sent to\n               lists in notebook; blue notebook containing sample\n               letters sent to groups and individuals for support and\n               help in Godwin's inauguration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese papers of Mills E. Godwin begin after he left\n               gubernatorial office in 1978. Godwin remained a\n               significant player in Virginia political circles, hoping\n               to maintain the power of the coalition of conservative\n               Democrats and Republicans which he headed. The papers\n               concern the U. S. Senate campaigns of 1978 (Warner v. ),\n               and 1982, the gubernatorial campaign of 1981 (Robb v.\n               Coleman), investment policies of Virginia, affirmative\n               action (quotas), public employee collective bargaining,\n               Virginia Wesleyan College, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s decision\n               to retire from the Senate, the Martin Luther King\n               holiday in Virginia (federal and state), Republican\n               Party of Virginia, General Assembly and local elections,\n               the Virginia Community College System and the city of\n               Suffolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, John N. Dalton, Gerald R.\n               Ford, Albertis Harrison, Charles S. Robb, D. French\n               Slaughter, and John Warner. There are also routine\n               letters written by Godwin of sympathy, get-well wishes,\n               recommendation as well as replies to requests for\n               help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include newspaper clippings (1961 and\n                  1965), letters upon his election as\n                  lieutenant-governor in 1961, lists of guests to be\n                  invited to inauguration and inaugural programs of\n                  1965 and 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include letters of sympathy, get-well\n                  letters, congratulations on retirements, help with\n                  problems, requests for contributions to various\n                  organizations, etc. Correspondents include: Albertis\n                  Harrison concerning the U. S. Senate campaign\n                  (Warner); Harry F. Byrd, Jr. concerning the city of\n                  Suffolk HUD grant; Gerald Baliles; William E. Simon;\n                  D. French Slaughter; James R Thompson (governor of\n                  Illinois); and Carter Olin Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include material from or about John N.\n                  Dalton (investment policies of Virginia [series of\n                  articles by David Chandler in Norfolk Ledger-Star],\n                  Division of Purchases and Supply, Warner nomination\n                  for Senate), Carter Lowance, Charles S. Robb\n                  (Virginia Forum on Education), John N. Dalton,\n                  Virginia Port Authority), Louis R. Lawson (Virginia\n                  Energy Office), Stanley C. Walker (Virginia State\n                  Crime Commission), Virginia Foundation for\n                  Independent Colleges, affirmative action (quotas),\n                  letters of commendation, and policy statement on\n                  public employer-employee relations (collective\n                  bargaining).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include material from or about Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr., Charles S. Robb\n                  (lieutenant-governor), Hunter Andrews, Eva F. Scott\n                  (first woman to serve in State Senate), A. L.\n                  Philpott, Herbert H. Bateman, Paul Trible, General\n                  Assembly elections of 1979, J. Marshall Coleman,\n                  Philip Crane, Republican senatorial primary of 1978\n                  (Linwood Holton, Richard Obenshain, John Warner,\n                  Nathan Miller), agreement of Virginia with HEW to\n                  institute quotas in colleges; and the campaign by\n                  Coleman for attorney-general in 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include material from or about the U.\n                  S Senate election of 1982, the General Assembly\n                  election of 1981, the gubernatorial race of 1981,\n                  Byrd's decision to retire from U S. Senate, Herbert\n                  H. Bateman, Republican Party events, Wyatt B.\n                  Durrette, Martin Luther King holiday bill (state\n                  holiday), Paul Trible, coalition headed by Godwin\n                  described in newspaper article ( \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRoanoke Times and World\n                  News\u003c/title\u003e(November 15, 1980), Eva F. Scott (first\n                  woman to serve in State Senate), John Warner, Bob\n                  Dole, and the Richard D. Obenshain Republican\n                  Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's service as a member of the Board of\n                  Trustees, and as Honorary Chairman of Challenge of\n                  the 80's, decade-long campaign to raise money\n                  launched in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about Gerald R.\n                  Ford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems all concern Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters of sympathy, requests for\n                  help, requests for photographs. Items also include\n                  material from or about the Richard Obenshain\n                  Republican Center; Harry F. Byrd, Jr., concerning\n                  Colgate Darden; Richard Poff; Virginia Community\n                  College System; and the Eastern Virginia Medical\n                  School, concerning in vitro fertilization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin served as the state chair for this\n                  committee. Also includes letters from Connally.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include get-well letters, letters of\n                  congratulations, letters requesting help, letters of\n                  sympathy, the funeral of E. Blackburn Moore, the\n                  Advisory Committee of the Medical Alumni of the\n                  University of Virginia, Dave Satterfield's retirement\n                  from Congress and correspondence with Harry F. Byrd,\n                  Jr., and Carter O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about the National\n                  Conservative Political Action Committee; Richard J.\n                  Davis (lieutenant-governor); Gerald L. Baliles; Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr.; Charles S. Robb; the 1981 election\n                  for General Assembly; the 1981 gubernatorial election\n                  (Robb v. Coleman); Sidney S. Kellam; Bill Dudley;\n                  John W. Williams, III; Martin Luther King holiday in\n                  Virginia; John Warner, concerning federal judgeship\n                  nominations; Elmon T. Gray; J. Marshall Coleman; Kit\n                  Bond (Missouri governor); pari-mutuel wagering; John\n                  N. Dalton, concerning commission appointments; and\n                  the Virginia Community College System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about Charles Robb,\n                  the naming of the life science building at ODU for\n                  Godwin, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Harry F.\n                  Byrd, Jr., the University of Virginia Medical Alumni\n                  Advisory Committee, Godwin's stamp and coin\n                  collecting hobby, the House Joint Resolution No. 24\n                  signed by A.L. Philpott and Charles Robb, and a\n                  letter listing boards of corporations on which Godwin\n                  was serving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about letters of\n                  sympathy, congratulations on retirement, get-well\n                  letters, Albertis Harrison, the death of Colgate\n                  Darden, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul Trible, and Carter\n                  O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include the gubernatorial election of 1981\n                  (Robb v. Coleman) and Godwin's late endorsement of\n                  Coleman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern Warner's support of Martin Luther\n                  King holiday bill; and correspondence concerning Paul\n                  Trible, the administration of Charles Robb, J.\n                  Marshall Coleman, the General Assembly and local\n                  elections of 1982-1983, D. French Slaughter, J.\n                  Kenneth Robinson's retirement from Congress,\n                  Congressman Robert Daniel, Congressman Owen B.\n                  Pickett, and Congressman Herbert H. Bateman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about John W.\n                  Warner, the General Assembly election of 1983, Stan\n                  Parris, Robert Daniel (Congressman), the Senate race\n                  of 1982 (possibility of Byrd re-entering race, Davis\n                  v. Trible), the campaign of Melvin Spence for\n                  re-election to House of Delegates, Martin Luther King\n                  federal holiday, George Bush, and the law school at\n                  George Mason University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material about or concerning Carter\n                  O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome, not all, of the clippings directly concern\n                  Godwin. Items include material on the U. S.\n                  senatorial campaign of 1982, campaigning for\n                  Trible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you notes, congratulatory\n                  letters, and sympathy letters; as well as\n                  correspondence from Carter O. Lowance, and Gordon\n                  Davies, Council on Higher Education concerning the\n                  Virginia Community College System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material on Godwin's service on the\n                  Board of Associates of University of Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addition covers committees and organizations\n               that Mills E. Godwin belonged to and/or had an vested\n               interest in from 1978 to 1900. These include the\n               Obenshain Senatorial (Republican primary) Campaign of\n               1978, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the\n               Virginia Science Museum, the City of Suffolk, the\n               Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the\n               Republican Party politics, Virginians for Reagan, the\n               John N. Dalton Oncology Clinic, the Medical College of\n               Virginia, the Virginia Wesleyan College and Godwin's\n               opposition to pledge bond amendments to Virginia\n               Constitution for transportation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul\n               Trible, Wyatt Durrette, and D. French Slaughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Byrd, Godwin, amendment to Virginia\n                  Constitution to issue local and state pledge bonds\n                  for transportation purposes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese papers composite a largely non-political\n               nature. Most of the letters concern personal matters,\n               invitations, get-well wishes, and letters of sympathy.\n               Political papers concern the 1992 Virginia Bond issue,\n               Godwin's contribution to Bush's 1988 and 1992\n               presidential campaigns, Chichester for\n               lieutenant-governor in 1985, the 1989 gubernatorial race\n               (Coleman v. Wilder), the Virginia Republican Party,\n               Godwin's support for Trible for Republican gubernatorial\n               candidate in 1989, the 1978-1979 HEW controversy in\n               Virginia (desegregation of higher education), and the\n               1986-87 Virginia Transportation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, Albertis S. Harrison, Charles\n               S. Robb, John Warner, Richard Short and Hunter\n               Andrews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Mills E. Godwin\n                  about the 1992 $613 million general obligation bond\n                  issue, a report from Virginia officials arguing in\n                  favor of the bond, a copy of the report sent from\n                  state senator Hunter B. Andrews to members of the\n                  Senate, letters from the Virginians for Progress\n                  Foundation, news clippings and editorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence with Godwin regarding\n                  campaign contributions, newspaper clippings, letters\n                  from representatives of the Republican Party and Bush\n                  campaign in Virginia to Godwin, and an invitation to\n                  Bush's inauguration (1988).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters between Godwin and\n                  Chichester, a collection of clippings and information\n                  about Douglas Wilder's record, letters, memos, and\n                  editorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a copy of the 1991 bill for 1991\n                  education general obligation issue, a list of\n                  proposed projects, letters to and from the opposition\n                  group (Citizens against . . .), editorials, and legal\n                  papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include the campaign for Governor in 1988 -\n                  editorials, newspaper articles, correspondence\n                  between Coleman and Godwin, correspondence with Harry\n                  F. Byrd, Jr., an extensive \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWall Street\n                  Journal\u003c/title\u003earticle about the race, miscellaneous\n                  letters, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations to various functions,\n                  papers concerning Camp Foundation, personal letters,\n                  correspondence between Godwin and Doug Rendleman\n                  (Godwin Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe School of\n                  Law), letters to and from Anne Dobie Peebles, Davis\n                  Paschall and Thomas Graves, letters concerning the\n                  1984 presidential search, news clippings and letters\n                  to and from Margaret Cook of Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations, papers concerning the\n                  planning of the Tercentenary Celebration, news\n                  clipping of Queen Elizabeth's address commemorating\n                  the Glorious Revolution, letters to and from Paul\n                  Verkuil, Tim Sullivan, Anne Dobie Peebles, and\n                  photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for functions, banquets, visitations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for parties, receptions, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret concerning various banquets, parties, and\n                     gatherings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret to various people and organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence with Oliver North\n                     and paper from the International Churchill Society\n                     (including a letter to Justice Clarence Thomas),\n                     letters to and from Godwin about the 1991\n                     International Churchill Society Conference in\n                     Richmond, Virginia and copies of a speech and\n                     essay by Churchill).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence between Godwin and\n                     Tim Sullivan concerning Sullivan's inauguration as\n                     president of the College of William and Mary,\n                     letters concerning speaking engagements at Paul D.\n                     Camp Community College, Diane Russell's fourth\n                     grade class at Larchmont Elementary School, the\n                     State Council on Higher Education and letters\n                     concerning other engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include papers, business letters and\n                  personal letters concerning affairs at Elon College\n                  in North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters, a copy of the eulogy given\n                  by Godwin, and news clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters to and\n                     from William B. Spong, former Dean of the\n                     Marshall-Wythe Law School, and information about\n                     Festival Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters from Charles S.\n                     Robb, John Dalton and other friends and\n                     acquaintances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, and letters and\n                     papers concerning Godwin's involvement in various\n                     organizations and enterprises.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters concerning\n                     personal commitments (e.g., Bridgewater College,\n                     Medical College of Virginia, Boy Scouts).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern personal letters; correspondence\n                     concerning Hope Spivey, a gymnast from Godwin's\n                     hometown; and letters of concern relating to\n                     Godwin's hospitalization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters concerning\n                     business transactions, a letter regarding the\n                     Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters\n                     concerning the death of Carter Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include information about a west Norfolk,\n                     Virginia tract of industrial property, personal\n                     letters, and letters regarding personal business\n                     transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include an essay on the \"Reagan legacy,\"\n                     a newsletter devoted to '88 presidential election\n                     in Virginia, editorials, letters concerning\n                     campaigns, a biographical sketch of Howard Worth\n                     Smith, letters to and from Godwin regarding\n                     functions, campaign strategy, etc., roster of\n                     committee chairpersons for Virginia Republican\n                     Party (1989), and letters and papers about various\n                     other facets of Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations for fun raising\n                     functions, news clippings, letters to and from\n                     George Allen, a letter from Harry F. Byrd, letter\n                     to Godwin asking for his support of Pat Buchanan,\n                     letter from John Warner, and other letters dealing\n                     with GOP races in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Davis\n                     Paschall and Pat Robertson, letters and\n                     newsletters from the Suffolk Republican Party\n                     headquarters, and an article from \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Sun\u003c/title\u003eabout young\n                     Republican volunteers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include fund raising letters, news\n                     clippings and editorials, a letter from Harry F.\n                     Byrd with enclosed editorial, letters from the\n                     Republican National Committee, a letter from Dan\n                     Quayle, card from George Bush, news clipping about\n                     Charles Robb, and other papers relating to GOP\n                     contests in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a copy of the 1978 joint resolution\n                  about the Harry F. Byrd Memorial Commission, and\n                  letters from John Dalton and Charles Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include financial statements from June 1981,\n                  letters (business and personal), a letter to Senator\n                  Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a report, \"Invest in America's\n                  Cities\" from U. S. Conference of Mayor's Conference\n                  in Zurich, Switzerland, and other papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem include the HEW controversy: editorials, news\n                  clippings, and letters relating to Virginia\n                  desegregation efforts and HEW directives regarding\n                  such efforts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Godwin about\n                     his membership on the Board of Directors,\n                     financial report from December 1985, various\n                     papers about Foundation business, and financial\n                     statements for 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include 1989 Annual Report for\n                     Development Program for Jamestown-Yorktown\n                     Educational Trust, newsletters from\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, and other\n                     papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters concerning\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, letters\n                     concerning the opening of the Jamestown Settlement\n                     Galleries, and letters regarding various other\n                     functions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a list of trustees, pamphlet about\n                  the Monticello cabinet, and magazine article about\n                  the roof of Monticello.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters and copies of speeches in\n                  opposition to the proposed lottery in 1987.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a program from the Boy Scout meeting\n                  of 28 April 1949, personal letters, photographs,\n                  letter from president of University of Virginia,\n                  legal papers, and a copy of the Suffolk newspaper\n                  with an article about Virginia's Community\n                  Colleges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     invitation to the first inaugural of Ronald\n                     Reagan, correspondence regarding proposed magazine\n                     advertisement featuring Godwin, correspondence\n                     between Godwin and William and Mary College\n                     Republicans, letters concerning awards and honors,\n                     correspondence regarding Federal appointment of\n                     Godwin by President Nixon, and correspondence\n                     between Godwin and former William and Mary\n                     president Davis Paschall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions,\n                     correspondence regarding the book \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk: A Pictorial\n                     History\u003c/title\u003eand Godwin's foreword to the\n                     text.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     newspaper editorial with reference to Godwin,\n                     correspondence between Godwin and Mrs. Pitonyak's\n                     fourth grade class, newspaper article about the\n                     Governor's Mansion, and a list of buildings in\n                     Virginia named after Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Virginia\n                     politicians, articles about Judge Willard H.\n                     Douglas, Jr., and a letter from Richard T. Short\n                     with enclosed letters to prominent politicians\n                     (e.g., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Jesse\n                     Helms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Godwin\n                     regarding Virginia politics, including\n                     correspondence with Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Albertis\n                     Harrison, Hunter Andrews, and Davis Paschall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include news clippings, editorials,\n                     photograph of President and Mrs. Bush, photograph\n                     of Teddy Roosevelt in the Panama Canal,\n                     correspondence with Richard Short, Pat Buchanan,\n                     Davis Paschall and others. Also included is the \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003e\n                     Times-Dispatch\u003c/title\u003eeditorial on the 1992 L.A.\n                     riots and letter of reaction from Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters, official papers, and news\n                  clippings concerning the 1986-87 Governor's\n                  Commission on Transportation. Also included are\n                  comments by former Governor Albertis S. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include the December 1987 Report of the\n                  Local Financing Options Subcommittee, letter of\n                  thanks to Godwin from Governor Baliles, draft of the\n                  final report, news clippings, roster of Commission\n                  members, copy of remarks made by Godwin concerning\n                  his reservations about the final report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters written to Godwin in support\n                  of Trible, campaign newsletters, newspaper articles\n                  about Godwin's endorsement of Trible, and Godwin's\n                  letter announcing endorsement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations to meetings and\n                  ceremonies, and letters concerning affairs of the\n                  society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters concerning Virginia's\n                  international trade, the State Water Authority, the\n                  Virginia State Library, an invitation to the 1990\n                  inauguration of Douglas Wilder, and a letter from the\n                  William and Mary School of Business\n                  Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence between Governor\n                  Godwin and various state senators, a copy of speech\n                  given by Frances Hallam Hurt in support of state arts\n                  program, a letter from Lio Bourassa expressing\n                  concern about Virginia water problems, the 1991\n                  Report of the Secretary of Finance on Virginia's\n                  financial situation, and miscellaneous letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters pertaining to finances\n                     and business of the Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters pertaining to business\n                     and finances of Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include business and personal letters\n                     concerning affairs of the Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include business and personal\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include official papers, letters and\n                  memoranda concerning affairs of the college.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The personal papers of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., dating from\n         1947 to 1978, consist of 24 boxes of correspondence, 1,100\n         copies of speeches, schedules and appointments. Also included\n         are 40 scrapbooks of news clippings and photographs, 159\n         citations and plaques, and one box of audiovisual materials,\n         all of which pertain largely to Godwin's personal involvement\n         in the government, political life, activities, organizations\n         and institutions of Virginia during the 30-year period. The\n         majority of the items comprising this collection were\n         microfilmed by the Virginia State Library.","It should be noted that all of the above referenced papers\n         are identified as \"personal\" since the official executive\n         correspondence of Godwin's two terms as governor of Virginia\n         (1966-1970 and 1974-1978) has been placed by statute in the\n         Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library. In connection\n         with the personal papers, however, and available to\n         researchers, are copies of the guide to the executive\n         correspondence. The guide is on file with the Curator of\n         Manuscripts at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William\n         and Mary.","In addition to Godwin's personal papers, the collection\n         includes a small quantity of Mrs. Godwin's correspondence and\n         papers of their daughter, Becky, who was fatally struck by\n         lightning in 1968, at the age of 15, at Virginia Beach,\n         Virginia.","Included among these papers is correspondence of, or\n         concerning, the following individuals: Watkins M. Abbitt,\n         Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton,\n         Henry E. Howell, Carter O. Lowance, Richard D. Obenshain,\n         Julian Sargeant Reynolds, A. Willis Robertson, Howard W.\n         Smith, William B. Spong, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens,\n         and William M. Tuck.","Among the many topics the papers cover are: the College of\n         William and Mary, segregation, the Democratic Party, the\n         Republican Party, higher education, taxation, the\n         contamination of the James River by kepone, the oystering\n         industry and public mental health care.","Copies of nineteenth-century Godwin family wills are\n         located among the several additions to the collection.","This series is comprised of Godwin's personal,\n               political and business correspondence. Included are\n               letters, telegrams, statements, memoranda, reports,\n               clippings, photographs, legal documents, announcements,\n               notes, invitations and other material.","This material concerns such things as personal\n               letters, news clippings and other documents relating to\n               Godwin's political career, including election to the\n               House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, lieutenant-\n               governor and his two terms as governor. Additionally,\n               the series contains a collection of correspondence and\n               other documentation relating to his personal life,\n               church and civic endeavors, as well as such items\n               relevant to critical events of his political career such\n               as the school integration crisis, revision of the State\n               Constitution and bonded indebtedness referenda.","Godwin's involvement in church and civic concerns,\n                  such as Chairman of the Board of Deacons of three\n                  area churches; Oakland Christian Church Cemetery\n                  Improvement Project; Suffolk Chapter of National\n                  Conference of Christians and Jews; Virginia State Bar\n                  Association; his involvement in political activity,\n                  including statement on various issues; election to\n                  the House of Delegates, news clippings on Godwin's\n                  House of Delegates campaign and victory.","General correspondence from constituents\n                  concerning legislation; Nansemond County bridge and\n                  road conditions; church and civic activities;\n                  speaking engagements; election to the Board of\n                  Directors, Bank of Whaleyville and Board of Trustees\n                  of Elon College; Horace Edward's candidacy for\n                  governor; political interests of Porter Hardy.","Concerns legislative matters, including Godwin's\n                  desire for more and better committee assignments.\n                  Also includes his expense report for campaign of 1948\n                  and church and civic activities.","Letters to House of Delegates members regarding\n                  General Assembly session; Porter Hardy's election to\n                  Congress; matters relating to the church, community\n                  and friends.","Godwin's request for additional committee\n                  assignments; endorsement of Judge Whittle to Supreme\n                  Court of Appeals; church and civic involvement;\n                  speaking engagements; expense account filed with the\n                  State Board of Elections following re-election to the\n                  House of Delegates; congratulatory messages from\n                  constituents; news clippings on his re-election.","Special session of the Legislature for\n                  reapportionment of legislative districts;\n                  correspondence relating to appointment to the\n                  Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee,\n                  complimentary letters on action taken on certain\n                  legislative decisions; his resignation from the House\n                  of Delegates to seek vacated Senate seat and election\n                  to same; new committee assignments sought in Senate;\n                  news clippings about the election and congratulatory\n                  messages on victory; election as President of Ruritan\n                  National.","Proposed toll road from Petersburg to north of\n                  Richmond; Virginia World War II Memorial; T. B.\n                  Sanatorium in Tidewater area; speaking engagements\n                  and church and civic involvement; letter from\n                  President Chandler of the College of William and Mary\n                  regarding the inaugural ceremonies in which President\n                  and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited.","Correspondence relating to the United States\n                  Supreme Court's decision which commenced school\n                  desegregation; appointment as a member of Public\n                  School Study Commission on Education; resolutions\n                  from localities opposing integration of public\n                  schools.","Correspondence regarding continuation of school\n                  integration crisis and massive resistance; minutes of\n                  Commission meetings and Senator Harry Byrd, Sr.'s\n                  statement supporting referendum for Constitutional\n                  Convention; public hearing with Commission on Public\n                  Education and prepared statements for meeting.","Legislative matters regarding the school crisis;\n                  meetings on preservation of public schools;\n                  activities in support of constitutional convention;\n                  acknowledgment of gifts received and sent, church and\n                  civic matters.","Correspondence and articles regarding school\n                  integration; Godwin challenging Republican candidate\n                  for governor relating to Public Assignment Plan and\n                  opposition thereto; Godwin's appearance before State\n                  Highway Commission advocating north-south route for\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters which\n                  followed as result of his stand; Godwin's letter of\n                  congratulations to Governor-elect Almond; his stated\n                  desire for appointment of Senate Finance Committee;\n                  Report on Fluoridation of Public Water supplies.","Correspondence reveals Godwin's appointment as a\n                  member of Commission on Constitutional Government,\n                  with copy of Chapter 223 creating said Commission\n                  included (legislation of which he was a patron);\n                  assignment to the Senate Finance Committee;\n                  correspondence regarding the Norfolk school closings,\n                  news clippings on same; synopsis of four bills passed\n                  relating to segregation of public schools; letters\n                  favoring Godwin's views on school situation; letters\n                  regarding his speech made November 3 on the school\n                  issue; church and civic involvement; speaking\n                  engagements; Godwin's hospitalization in\n                  February-March; his trip to Nassau; trip to New York;\n                  extension requested for filing tax return;\n                  correspondence regarding Judge Lawrence W. I'Anson's\n                  ceremony.","Correspondence covering matters relating to the\n                  Commission on Constitutional Government, its\n                  organizational set-up, Executive Committee's\n                  instructions, etc; an editorial entitled \"Campaign\n                  for the Constitution\", and correspondence with James\n                  J. Kilpatrick of the \n                   Richmond News\n                  Leader .","Many legislative matters such as the school\n                  integration issue, the sales tax issue, resolution\n                  calling for special session of Legislature with the\n                  telegrams of support; proposed bill to control\n                  outdoor advertising supported by many garden clubs\n                  throughout the State; invitations to Godwin for\n                  speaking engagements from church groups, civic groups\n                  and other functions; letter from Congressman\n                  Robertson expressing relief that no one else filed\n                  for the State Senate seat held by Senator Godwin;\n                  Godwin's correspondence transmitting his\n                  qualification fee for candidacy for Senate seat,\n                  subsequently followed by the Clerk of Court of\n                  Southampton County certifying Godwin elected as\n                  Senator for another term; news clipping regarding\n                  Godwin for governor.","Correspondence regarding the sales tax issue; a\n                  resolution regarding the removal of the additional\n                  16¢ charge on gasoline; appreciation on\n                  passage of billboard control bill and Godwin's stand\n                  opposing the current sales tax measure; article on\n                  Governor Almond's verbal attack on Godwin and others\n                  instrumental in defeating current sales tax measure;\n                  speaking engagements; church and civic involvement;\n                  gift acknowledgments; letters of condolence;\n                  correspondence regarding Katherine Godwin's operation\n                  in late 1959; letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. regarding\n                  the political scene for 1961; Godwin chosen First\n                  Citizen of Suffolk and Nansemond County;\n                  communications from citizens throughout the\n                  Commonwealth for his candidacy for\n                  lieutenant-governor on Democratic ticket for\n                  1961.","Correspondence and statements regarding the\n                  Democratic ticket \"Harrison, Godwin and Button\";\n                  signed petitions and other requirements needed for\n                  candidacy; Godwin's views on education in a copy of\n                  the \n                   Virginia Journal on\n                  Education ; statements on Education and\n                  Government, Virginia's Right to Work Act and school\n                  integration; campaign information on Booth's stand on\n                  issues, criticism of Byrd Machine; copy of a speech\n                  made by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on Right to Work law;\n                  campaign statement on \"Why You Should Vote For\n                  Harrison, Godwin and Button\" - a clear definition\n                  between conservatism and liberalism; sample ballot;\n                  Harrison's speech for ticket; Godwin's schedule\n                  during campaign (partial); letters on Primary race;\n                  news article regarding Godwin campaign; letters on\n                  the November campaign; speaking engagements and\n                  strategy; congratulatory messages following election,\n                  one of which was sent by Governor Almond.","Godwin's inauguration as lieutenant-governor\n                  (Folder 35); correspondence on the election;\n                  invitations to the inauguration and legislative\n                  matters; letters to Godwin concerning his residing\n                  over the Senate during the session; church and civic\n                  involvement; speaking engagements; correspondence on\n                  the theft of Mrs. Godwin's brooch while in Roanoke,\n                  Virginia.","News clippings; a trip to the Mediterranean\n                  (Virginia Ports sales talk); correspondence and\n                  speech to representatives of the Sigma Delta Chi at\n                  Williamsburg; letter from Godwin to Senator Walker\n                  congratulating him on successful Primary race; letter\n                  from George Kostel regarding his recent campaign.","Legislative correspondence regarding the Library\n                  Amendment; possible sales tax next year; appointment\n                  of pages; legislators to various committees; Godwin's\n                  letters to all senators, stenographers and pages\n                  expressing his appreciation for their assistance\n                  during the session; invitations; church and civic\n                  involvements; speaking engagements and condolences;\n                  article from \n                   The\n                  Dickensonian regarding Godwin and another\n                  regarding his possible candidacy for governor;\n                  letters from Virginians offering support to Godwin if\n                  candidate for governor.","Correspondence covers the period of Godwin's\n                     campaign for the Democratic Primary for governor;\n                     the possible closing of Public Health Services\n                     Hospital in Norfolk; matters relating to\n                     Washington and old Dominion Railway; campaign\n                     matters, such as support letters, news clippings;\n                     correspondence regarding his announcement of\n                     candidacy; statement released to the press\n                     announcing his candidacy; letters to and replies\n                     from legislators and others seeking support;\n                     letters acknowledging unsolicited contributions;\n                     letters seeking support from Virginia\n                     Congressional Delegation; letters pledging support\n                     of candidacy, financial contributions received and\n                     acknowledged; letter to Harry Byrd, Jr. thanking\n                     him for support; letters regarding\n                     lieutenant-governor spot and his own personal\n                     political philosophy; acknowledgments of Christmas\n                     gifts.","News articles; releases; campaign\n                     correspondence; speaking engagements; letters of\n                     appreciation to individuals; letters regarding\n                     contributions.","Congratulatory letters; letters of appreciation\n                     to campaign workers; invitations to inaugural\n                     ceremonies; correspondence regarding temporary\n                     office space and secretary for new governor; new\n                     administration; legislative assignments; state\n                     public school formula; correspondence from A.\n                     Linwood Holton and response; letter from Governor\n                     Albertis Harrison and Chief Justice Eggleston;\n                     correspondence regarding speech by governor-elect\n                     at Tidewater Rehabilitation Institute; Godwin's\n                     brief hospitalization; correspondence with Waldo\n                     Miles regarding gift of mink stole for Mrs.\n                     Miles.","Invitations; programs, copies of prayer by the\n                     Reverend Dwight W. Moore.","Church activities; letters regarding hospital\n                  visit, insurance; honorary degree awarded by the\n                  college of William and Mary; news articles regarding\n                  governor's new administration; correspondence\n                  regarding keynote of governor's Conference on\n                  Education.","Editorial in \n                   Washington\n                  Post regarding first Administration and\n                  correspondence regarding same; letters and articles\n                  regarding European Trade Mission; news articles;\n                  letter to Governor Lurleen Wallace, governor of\n                  Alabama; printed copy of address given by Godwin at\n                  Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and correspondence\n                  regarding same.","Editorials in \n                   Rural Virginia and \n                   Richmond\n                  Times-Dispatch on governor's administration;\n                  correspondence on administration; article in \n                   Virginia Poultryman on\n                  bond issue.","Research Paper; \n                      Changing Posture of the\n                     Democratic Party in Virginia As Seen in its\n                     Leadership - Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., Exemplar of\n                     the Change , by Judith Rountree\n                     Elliott.","Article, \n                   The Godwin\n                  Years appearing in \n                   Commonwealth\n                  Magazine and Virginia's European headquarters\n                  for industrial development inaugurated by Godwin.","Letters on pardon of youth involved in drug\n                     charge; letters of appreciation to Mansion staff;\n                     notes and other matters relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     letters to and from state legislators.","Correspondence regarding membership on bank\n                     boards; recognitions and invitations for speaking\n                     engagements.","Correspondence regarding naming of school in\n                     Prince William County for Godwin; speaking\n                     engagements: dedication of Henry Clay Hofheimer\n                     Library; announcement by Senator Harry F. Byrd,\n                     Jr., to run as Independent; correspondence with\n                     Mr. Carl Andrews.","Recognitions; letters regarding membership on\n                     Board of Trustees of Virginia Foundation for\n                     Independent Colleges; letters regarding\n                     Administration; speaking engagements; Congressman\n                     Watkins M. Abbitt's announced retirement.","Congratulatory messages; Fox portrait of\n                     Godwin.","Letters on appointment to Boards; further\n                     correspondence relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     honorary degree from Washington \u0026 Lee\n                     University; speaking engagements.","Honorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa at\n                     Thomas Nelson Community College; speaking\n                     engagements; letters regarding former Governor\n                     Thomas B. Stanley's death and Senatorial campaign\n                     of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Lieutenant-governor Sargent Reynolds' illness;\n                     ceremonies for Paul D. Camp Community College,\n                     Lord Fairfax Community College, and Virginia\n                     Highlands Community College.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s victory;\n                     Constitutional amendments approved by voters;\n                     letters of appreciation for copy of book of\n                     speeches - first administration.","Letters regarding possible appointment to\n                     Supreme Court and denial; article in Virginia\n                     Observer regarding President Nixon asking Godwin\n                     for aid for oil refinery at Hampton Roads; letters\n                     on future of Democratic Party in Virginia.","General Correspondence.","Campaign for lieutenant-governor, George\n                  Kostel","Correspondence, printed material and other\n                     items related to Godwin's nomination as the\n                     Republican candidate for governor; the\n                     presidential election; news articles entitled\n                     \"Godwin Draft\" and \"The Push for Godwin\"; speaking\n                     engagements; comments made by Godwin on busing of\n                     school children; statement on White House visit;\n                     plans for organizing \"Order of White Jackets\" Carl\n                     Andrews; article and letters regarding dedication\n                     of Godwin Hall at Madison College; correspondence\n                     and other matters regarding Constitutional\n                     Amendment ending tenure for federal judges; letter\n                     from Richard D. Obenshain inviting Godwin to run\n                     on Republican ticket.","General Correspondence.","Article regarding surgery scheduled for Godwin;\n                     get well messages and gifts; acknowledgments\n                     thereof; speaking engagements; receipts of\n                     Distinguished Service Award - Virginia Council on\n                     Health; invitation to attend the inauguration of\n                     President Nixon; letters encouraging Godwin to run\n                     for governor; article \"Party Label Debated\" and\n                     other similar articles.","Letters regarding announcement to run for\n                     governor in 1973; Godwin's statement declaring\n                     himself a candidate; articles regarding Godwin\n                     seeking second term; draft of invitation from\n                     Republican Party to join in campaign; letters\n                     offering support of Godwin's candidacy.","Letters regarding second term; petitions\n                     circulated for Godwin; letters reacting to\n                     announcement of candidacy; opposition material;\n                     statement by Godwin indicating he will accept\n                     Republican nomination if offered him; list of\n                     Republicans supporting Godwin; letters regarding\n                     \"Democrats for Godwin\" organization; news release\n                     naming Anne Dobie Peebles as Coordinator of\n                     Women's participation in Godwin campaign; letters\n                     offering help in campaign; acknowledgments.","Invitations; speaking engagements; petitions;\n                     article regarding Godwin seeking Republican\n                     nomination in June; opposition material; articles\n                     regarding Godwin campaign and first term; letters\n                     of support from both Democrats and Republicans;\n                     letters from individuals offering service in\n                     campaign; endorsement by educators, legislators\n                     and others.","Invitations; speaking engagements; letters\n                     regarding party affiliation for candidate; letters\n                     regarding campaign; article and letter regarding\n                     Watergate.","Honorary degree - Hampden-Sydney College;\n                     Godwin's acceptance of nomination from Republican\n                     Party (speech); vote by districts at Republican\n                     Convention; letters regarding nomination by\n                     Republican Party; resignations by Democrats from\n                     various political posts to work for Godwin's\n                     election; letters regarding campaign staff -\n                     Carter O. Lowance's participation, Matt G.\n                     Anderson, Treasurer of Campaign; statement by\n                     Godwin regarding campaign contributions and\n                     expenditures.","Article from \n                      Virginia Record\n                     Magazine - \n                      The Man for Virginia,\n                     Mills E. Godwin, Jr. ; news articles\n                     regarding campaign; letters of support; Young\n                     Virginians for Godwin; statements by Congressman\n                     David Satterfield and Mayor Thomas Bliley\n                     regarding support of Godwin.","Letters of support; editorial \"Godwin vs.\n                     Watergate\"; pari-mutuel betting in Virginia;\n                     editorial criticizing Godwin for not inviting\n                     President Nixon to Virginia during campaign;\n                     statement regarding contributions and\n                     expenditures; endorsement of Godwin by various\n                     state newspapers; article \"Howell begins 1973 Race\n                     with Attack on Godwin\".","Editorials; news articles; acknowledgments of\n                     contributions; statements by Robert Button, W. C.\n                     Battle and George Kostel supporting Godwin.","Invitations; acknowledgments of contributions;\n                     solicitation of support; campaign articles and\n                     editorials; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s statement\n                     supporting Godwin; results of mock elections at\n                     Virginia colleges.","Editorials, campaign correspondence; remarks of\n                     Howell regarding the election; letters of\n                     appreciation to those who helped in campaign.","Acknowledgments; resignations from Boards of\n                     Trustees; list of invitees to inauguration and\n                     congratulatory messages.","Campaign Material; news releases; documents;\n                     statements endorsing Godwin for governor; articles\n                     and statements on major issues; campaign victory\n                     reports numbers 1, 2, 3 \u0026 4.","Campaign Correspondence - Thank you\n                     letters.","Congratulatory Messages.","General Correspondence.","Inaugural speech, a speech to General Assembly;\n                     correspondence relating to invitations; letters\n                     regarding inauguration; list of invitees to\n                     inauguration and inaugural Ball; congratulatory\n                     messages; picture of Mrs. Godwin's inaugural gown;\n                     news clippings and articles on inauguration -\n                     Virginia Highway Bulletin.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; news\n                     clippings on inauguration; congratulatory\n                     messages; correspondence on honorary memberships\n                     in various organizations.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; get well\n                     cards and other correspondence.","General correspondence, including invitation\n                     for fishing; get well cards; etc.","Editorial, Farmville Herald regarding\n                     governor's leadership; correspondence relating to\n                     Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of\n                     Richmond and Doctor of Public Administration\n                     Degree from Bridgewater College.","Correspondence regarding Watergate with\n                     President Richard Nixon; letters and articles\n                     regarding Bicentennial.","Announcement of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd's death\n                     and information about her life; letters regarding\n                     governor's speeches.","Dedication of William F. Stone Hall-Patrick\n                     Henry Community College; participation in\n                     dedication of Eastern Shore Community College.","News article regarding gift from Pamunkey\n                     Indian Tribe; birthday greetings and other general\n                     correspondence.","General Correspondence, including Christmas\n                     messages.","Letters regarding Godwin's message to General\n                     Assembly and certificate issued governor for\n                     community leadership; honorary memberships and\n                     contributions.","Godwin's action to restrain state spending;\n                     editorial \"Mr. Godwin's leadership\"; articles\n                     relating to Godwin and the General Assembly of\n                     Virginia.","Godwin's stand on fiscal issues and other state\n                     problems; \n                      Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin for holding\n                     line on spending during recession; correspondence\n                     regarding honorary chairmanship of UGF.","Godwin's stand on restrained fiscal policies;\n                     letters of condolence; honorary chairmanships.","Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin -\n                     \"Retrenchment of Governor Godwin\"; article\n                     regarding \"A Search for Excellence Governor\n                     Godwin's Appointments\"; copy of introduction of\n                     Governor Godwin by Shirley Holland; news article\n                     dated 1962 explaining where Godwin's home was in\n                     Chuckatuck; governor's letter to President of\n                     Anheuser-Busch, regarding grand opening of Busch\n                     Gardens in Williamsburg; letter from Godwin's\n                     first grade teacher.","Letters regarding speech to Virginia Wesleyan\n                     graduates and speech at St. John's Bicentennial\n                     program; news article regarding Godwin visiting\n                     former Mansion cook, Lucille Anderson, in\n                     hospital.","Article on Godwin's stand on federal funds;\n                     radio news editorial on Godwin succeeding in\n                     having Queen of England accept invitation to visit\n                     Virginia during Bicentennial Year, contribution to\n                     Oakland Christian Church for repairs; letters on\n                     Godwin cutting state expenditures; honorary\n                     chairman, 1976 Auction, television Channel 23.","Letters regarding Administration; editorial on\n                     Godwin's stand against the Department of Health,\n                     Education and welfare trends; Congressional Record\n                     regarding HEW demands on Virginia; letter from\n                     Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; Godwin's participation\n                     in \"Bill Tuck Day\"; editorial on Godwin's second\n                     term; Bicentennial participation - news article on\n                     Woodstock Bicentennial Commission; contribution to\n                     Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Memorial Commission.","Letters regarding Administration; acknowledging\n                     gift of Sky Meadows from Paul Mellon for state\n                     part site; letters regarding coin collection;\n                     letter from President Gerald Ford thanking Godwin\n                     for endorsement; remarks on speeches;\n                     acknowledgment of Christmas messages and Sigma Phi\n                     Epsilon certificate.","Honorary chairman, Bicentennial Celebration,\n                     Munich, Germany; remarks on message to General\n                     Assembly; honorary membership for Governor and\n                     Mrs. Godwin, Rotunda and Downtown Clubs.","Article, \n                      The Virginia\n                     Republican ; remarks on governor's\n                     speeches; coin collection letters; and letters of\n                     condolence.","Installation in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;\n                     honorary membership, Virginia Association for\n                     Health, Physical Education and Recreation; letters\n                     on administration and speeches; Bicentennial\n                     Celebration participation.","Letters on delivered speeches; correspondence\n                     on Godwin appearing with Billy Graham at\n                     Bicentennial Festival of Faith, Tidewater\n                     area.","Bicentennial participation; letter on\n                     television appearances with Queen Elizabeth,\n                     President Ford and Billy Graham Crusade;\n                     condolences.","Letter relating to Queen Elizabeth's visit to\n                     Charlottesville; correspondence on Godwin's\n                     attendance at Virginia Manufacturers Association\n                     meeting, Williamsburg.","Correspondence on administration and speeches;\n                     letter regarding President Ford's visit to\n                     Virginia during presidential campaign; letter on\n                     Godwin running for U. S. Senate in 1978;\n                     Bicentennial participation, coin collection;\n                     Christmas greetings.","Certificate of Recognition, Vienna Bicentennial\n                     Commission; coin collection; letter and picture,\n                     Display of Exhibition of War Between the States,\n                     Brussels, Belgium; Charter Day, College of William\n                     and Mary, awarding honorary doctorate degree to\n                     Carter O. Lowance.","Article on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Matthews donating\n                     land for Yorktown Victory Center; editorial on\n                     Godwin vetoing certain legislation; certificate of\n                     appreciation, Richmond County Bicentennial\n                     Commission; news release announcing John Warren\n                     Cooke's seeking another term as Speaker of the\n                     House.","Resolution, Republican Party of Pulaski, on\n                     Godwin's term; certificate, World Trade luncheon;\n                     tribute to T. Edward Temple.","Article,\" What's Dulled Virginia's Penchant for\n                     Leadership\"; replies; letters on administration;\n                     letters referring to Godwin's stand on higher\n                     education and HEW guidelines; dedication of Walter\n                     Reed Memorial Hospital, Gloucester.","Letters on administration; participation in\n                     bond issue; article on new official portrait of\n                     Godwin replacing existing one; resignation from\n                     Board of Trustees, Elon College; donation of John\n                     Marshall Bible by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins,\n                     subsequently sent to the College of William and\n                     Mary.","Letters regarding bond issues; Bicentennial\n                     participation by Godwin at York, Pa.; letters of\n                     appreciation to bond issue participants; letters\n                     on administration; political ad on Godwin's and\n                     Senator Harry Byrd's participation in Dalton\n                     campaign; correspondence on Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     birthday greetings.","Letters on administration; article, \"Unique\n                     Satisfaction for Out-bound Governor\"; expression\n                     of gratitude from Governor-elect Dalton for\n                     participating in gubernatorial campaign; Navy\n                     Public Service Citation; Christmas greetings.","Numerous articles, editorials on Godwin's\n                     second term as governor, including \"Simply a Man\n                     for all Seasons\"; letters on administration;\n                     letter from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on\n                     administration; acknowledgments of gifts; letters\n                     expressing appreciation from legislators; article\n                     on Godwin's $9.12 billion State budget.","Letters to Governor and Mrs. Godwin regarding\n                     service to Virginia; correspondence on Mrs.\n                     Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     news article, \"Godwin Described as Great, Popular\"\n                     by Governor John N. Dalton; letters on\n                     administration; Republican Party of Newport News\n                     resolution expressing gratitude to Godwin.","This series begins with an article from the Virginia\n               Record of January, 1966, entitled \"First Lady of the\n               Commonwealth.\" It gives much information regarding Mrs.\n               Godwin, Governor Godwin, and their daughter, Becky.\n               Other correspondence includes certain highlights of\n               includes certain highlights of Mrs. Godwin's official,\n               personal and social activities during her husband's\n               public life.","Virginia Record article on Mrs. Godwin occupying\n                  Mansion; letters regarding invitations.","General Correspondence, invitations and visits to\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence regarding automobile accident July\n                  2, 1967, Waynesboro, Virginia, state limousine driven\n                  by Trooper Shields; correspondence regarding medical\n                  services and insurance; personal letters, confinement\n                  at University of Virginia Hospital and recovery.","Statement by Mrs. Godwin, Honorary Chairman of\n                  Library Week; invitations, letters on participation\n                  in Virginia Jaycee project - \"Apply Jelly Sunday\";\n                  news release regarding Mrs. Godwin's operation at\n                  Norfolk General Hospital; letters regarding Honorary\n                  Chairman of Lee District Junior Woman's Club;\n                  cancellations following Becky's accident;\n                  acknowledgments of cookbooks received.","Message as Honorary Chairman of Woman's Auxiliary,\n                  Richmond Academy of Medicine: information sent to\n                  Charleston, South Carolina paper; statement on work\n                  of Richmond Symphony Women's Committee; honorary\n                  chairmanships; invitation from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson;\n                  note from Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; letters on leaving\n                  Mansion.","Biographical information on Mrs. Godwin;\n                  complimentary letters on Mrs. Godwin as First Lady of\n                  Virginia; letters of appreciation by St. John's\n                  Church members regarding Mansion reception; articles\n                  and pictures on the Godwin's new home at Cedar Point;\n                  article on Mrs. Godwin and campaign; \n                   The Journal , article\n                  on Mrs. Godwin; newspaper article regarding\n                  \"Miniature First Ladies Show Of Ballgowns\"; gifts to\n                  Mrs. Godwin; acknowledgments of gifts received.","Mrs. Godwin's calendar and participation in\n                  various events; invitations, acknowledgments of\n                  cookbooks; introduction of Elizabeth Hanford Dole,\n                  wife of Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas,\n                  Williamsburg; U. S. Department of Commerce Award to\n                  Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; Garden\n                  Clubs coffee; Christmas Mansion tours and\n                  information","Invitations; participation in various events;\n                  requests and responses from organizations for\n                  donation of items for auctions; Thalhimer's\n                  appearance to autograph \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  Virginia State Chamber of Commerce information and\n                  purchases of Mrs. Godwin's book; letters regarding\n                  book.","Acknowledgments of Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  letters of appreciation for Mansion tours and gifts;\n                  correspondence regarding depletion of supply of Mrs.\n                  Godwin's book.","Chronological order of Mrs. Godwin's activities,\n                  1974-1977; dinners and receptions, 1974-1977;\n                  numerical information on number of people touring\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence and information on Frankie Welsh\n                  Scarf designed for Mrs. Godwin for use as gift;\n                  letters acknowledging receipt of scarf.","This correspondence includes letters, news articles\n               and general information relating to Becky Godwin,\n               beginning with her early school days and continuing\n               through 1968. Included among the material is her diary\n               written in March and April, 1963, covering a European\n               trip she made with her mother and father, who was then\n               lieutenant-governor.","Letter from Godwin enrolling four-year old\n                  daughter in First Baptist Church Nursery during\n                  legislative session; lieutenant-governor and Mrs.\n                  Godwin leave for Virginia Cruise of Mediterranean;\n                  news article and pictures; diary of trip personally\n                  written by Becky (March-April, 1963); Godwin's letter\n                  to bank regarding Becky's checkbook; letters relating\n                  to attendance at Camp Sequoya, Sullins College,\n                  Bristol, Virginia.","Acknowledgment of V.M.I. sweater sent to Becky;\n                  Godwin's letters to Becky at Camp; acknowledgments of\n                  gifts to Becky; letter to Becky regarding Mansion\n                  ghosts; Becky's letter requesting information for a\n                  school project.","Letter and application for Becky to return to Camp\n                  Sequoya; acknowledgments of gifts; Godwin's letter to\n                  Camp Sequoya Director enclosing Becky's spending\n                  money and other letters to Becky while at Camp;\n                  correspondence thanking Virginia Beach Hospital for\n                  assistance given Becky as result of bicycle accident;\n                  letters regarding Becky's accident and death.","Accident and Death; Condolences; Memorials.","Continuing letters of sympathy; offer of placement\n                  of wreath on Becky's grave by Meadowbrook Memorial\n                  Gardens President; presentation of trophy by\n                  Alexandria Department of Recreation in Becky's\n                  memory; letters regarding memorial fund at St.\n                  Catherine's School; acknowledgment and copy of SJR #2\n                  - \"On the Death of Becky Godwin\"; Becky Godwin\n                  Memorial Fund established at Oakland Christian Church\n                  and memorial gift by Men's Bible Class of Chuckatuck;\n                  correspondence on and acknowledgment of portrait of\n                  Becky; song written in memory of Becky by Viet Nam\n                  veteran; establishment of Becky Godwin Water Skiing\n                  Memorial at Camp Sequoya by Governor and Mrs. Godwin;\n                  poem in Becky's memory and other memorial gifts;\n                  establishment of Becky Godwin Fund, School of\n                  Nursing, Medical College of Virginia; purchase of\n                  confirmation robes, St. John's United Church, in\n                  memory of Becky; books donated in Becky's memory;\n                  correspondence regarding scholarship award to Paul D.\n                  Camp Community College in Becky's memory by the\n                  Herbert Perkinsons; Virginia Education Association\n                  Award in Becky's memory for yearly scholarships.","This series consists of official appointment and\n               engagement books compiled during Godwin's two\n               gubernatorial terms, 1966-1970 and 1974-1978. Also\n               included are his major appointments as a private citizen\n               for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.","Monthly calendars.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows daily appointments and engagements by\n                     date and hour insofar as practical.","Typed daily schedule sheets, filed monthly.\n                     Also includes advanced weekly and monthly\n                     appointments.","Appointment book, desk copy. Daily and hourly\n                     appointments and engagements reflecting late\n                     changes, adjustments, etc.","File showing invitations declined by the\n                     governor during the year.","Typed daily schedule sheets. Filed monthly as\n                     above with advanced weekly and monthly\n                     schedules.","Appointment book, desk copy, listing daily and\n                     hourly appointments and engagements where\n                     applicable.","Governor's daily (office) schedule sheets in\n                     folders by month. Shows office appointments and\n                     other engagements. Preliminary weekly and monthly\n                     schedules also included.","Appointment book - daily and hourly\n                     appointments (generally more accurate than\n                     sheets). Travel plans listed separately when\n                     applicable","This series contains Godwin's official speeches, as\n               well as other formal speeches made as a private citizen\n               from 1957 through 1977. Although Godwin was a popular\n               speaker prior to 1957, especially during his active\n               participation in Ruritan National and early days in the\n               General Assembly, no copies of speeches given during\n               that period have survived.","Prepared Statement to the State Highway Commission\n                  of Virginia advocating the North-South Route for the\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel.","Excerpts from remarks at Historic St. John's\n                  Church, Richmond, Virginia, in connection with\n                  ceremonies sponsored by American Heritage\n                  Foundation.","Remarks made to the Representatives of the Sigma\n                  Delta Chi at Williamsburg, Virginia.","This series consists of the citations presented to\n               Godwin by eight institutions of higher learning on the\n               occasions of the awarding of honorary degrees. A listing\n               of 159 citations, plaques, etc., is also included. Four\n               citations and plaques are listed for Mrs. Godwin for the\n               period 1968 through 1976. There are a number of\n               citations and plaques awarded to Godwin or his wife\n               which have been retained by them and are not presently\n               included with those transferred to The College of\n               William and Mary.","This series consists of one box of television and\n               radio tapes, films and recordings. Included are tapes of\n               the Governor's Education Conferences in 1966 and 1967\n               and a 30-minute film, The Godwin Years, presented to\n               Godwin by the Virginia Association of Electric\n               Cooperatives.","These scrapbooks cover Godwin's political activities\n               beginning in 1943, his service in Ruritan National and\n               his presidency of that organization in 1952, his\n               gubernatorial campaign of 1965, educational conferences,\n               and first and second terms as governor. These are listed\n               chronologically from 1943 through January, 1978. A\n               number of scrapbooks have been retained by Governor and\n               Mrs. Godwin and are not included with those transferred\n               to The College of William and Mary.","This series consists of one large box of 1973\n               campaign material, of which two binders have been placed\n               on microfilm, and one small box which contains\n               magazines, news clippings, and small scrapbooks\n               concerning special activities. One envelope of\n               unclassified photographs and copies of inaugural\n               programs and invitations for 1966 and 1974 are also\n               included.","Other items in this series include VEA Convention\n               edition - Godwin, Virginia's Education Governor, 1973.\n               Papers: Virginia's Future First; Howell Rejects; 88%;\n               Yes, Godwin stands for Neighborhood Schools; Yes, Godwin\n               will protect our Right to Work Law; And Where Does\n               Henry's Money Come From; Henry's Tax Scheme, Can You\n               Afford It; Virginia's Future, Let's Give it Our Best; On\n               the One Hand, But on the Other, Let's Keep Henry Honest.\n               Godwin bumper stickers and buttons. Virginia Record,\n               July, 1973, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., The Man for Virginia;\n               The New Majority Program. Posters: Mills Godwin, The\n               Clearest Choice for Virginia's Future; Virginia's\n               Future, Give it Your Best - Godwin for Governor; Dalton\n               for Lieutenant-Governor. Godwin for Governor stationery;\n               Godwin for Governor buttons; Volunteer Register,\n               September 4-November 2, 1973. Black notebook containing\n               congratulatory letters and thank you letters sent to\n               lists in notebook; blue notebook containing sample\n               letters sent to groups and individuals for support and\n               help in Godwin's inauguration.","These papers of Mills E. Godwin begin after he left\n               gubernatorial office in 1978. Godwin remained a\n               significant player in Virginia political circles, hoping\n               to maintain the power of the coalition of conservative\n               Democrats and Republicans which he headed. The papers\n               concern the U. S. Senate campaigns of 1978 (Warner v. ),\n               and 1982, the gubernatorial campaign of 1981 (Robb v.\n               Coleman), investment policies of Virginia, affirmative\n               action (quotas), public employee collective bargaining,\n               Virginia Wesleyan College, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s decision\n               to retire from the Senate, the Martin Luther King\n               holiday in Virginia (federal and state), Republican\n               Party of Virginia, General Assembly and local elections,\n               the Virginia Community College System and the city of\n               Suffolk.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, John N. Dalton, Gerald R.\n               Ford, Albertis Harrison, Charles S. Robb, D. French\n               Slaughter, and John Warner. There are also routine\n               letters written by Godwin of sympathy, get-well wishes,\n               recommendation as well as replies to requests for\n               help.","These items include newspaper clippings (1961 and\n                  1965), letters upon his election as\n                  lieutenant-governor in 1961, lists of guests to be\n                  invited to inauguration and inaugural programs of\n                  1965 and 1974.","These items include letters of sympathy, get-well\n                  letters, congratulations on retirements, help with\n                  problems, requests for contributions to various\n                  organizations, etc. Correspondents include: Albertis\n                  Harrison concerning the U. S. Senate campaign\n                  (Warner); Harry F. Byrd, Jr. concerning the city of\n                  Suffolk HUD grant; Gerald Baliles; William E. Simon;\n                  D. French Slaughter; James R Thompson (governor of\n                  Illinois); and Carter Olin Lowance.","These items include material from or about John N.\n                  Dalton (investment policies of Virginia [series of\n                  articles by David Chandler in Norfolk Ledger-Star],\n                  Division of Purchases and Supply, Warner nomination\n                  for Senate), Carter Lowance, Charles S. Robb\n                  (Virginia Forum on Education), John N. Dalton,\n                  Virginia Port Authority), Louis R. Lawson (Virginia\n                  Energy Office), Stanley C. Walker (Virginia State\n                  Crime Commission), Virginia Foundation for\n                  Independent Colleges, affirmative action (quotas),\n                  letters of commendation, and policy statement on\n                  public employer-employee relations (collective\n                  bargaining).","These items include material from or about Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr., Charles S. Robb\n                  (lieutenant-governor), Hunter Andrews, Eva F. Scott\n                  (first woman to serve in State Senate), A. L.\n                  Philpott, Herbert H. Bateman, Paul Trible, General\n                  Assembly elections of 1979, J. Marshall Coleman,\n                  Philip Crane, Republican senatorial primary of 1978\n                  (Linwood Holton, Richard Obenshain, John Warner,\n                  Nathan Miller), agreement of Virginia with HEW to\n                  institute quotas in colleges; and the campaign by\n                  Coleman for attorney-general in 1977.","These items include material from or about the U.\n                  S Senate election of 1982, the General Assembly\n                  election of 1981, the gubernatorial race of 1981,\n                  Byrd's decision to retire from U S. Senate, Herbert\n                  H. Bateman, Republican Party events, Wyatt B.\n                  Durrette, Martin Luther King holiday bill (state\n                  holiday), Paul Trible, coalition headed by Godwin\n                  described in newspaper article ( \n                   Roanoke Times and World\n                  News (November 15, 1980), Eva F. Scott (first\n                  woman to serve in State Senate), John Warner, Bob\n                  Dole, and the Richard D. Obenshain Republican\n                  Center.","Godwin's service as a member of the Board of\n                  Trustees, and as Honorary Chairman of Challenge of\n                  the 80's, decade-long campaign to raise money\n                  launched in 1980.","Items include material from or about Gerald R.\n                  Ford.","Items all concern Godwin.","Items include letters of sympathy, requests for\n                  help, requests for photographs. Items also include\n                  material from or about the Richard Obenshain\n                  Republican Center; Harry F. Byrd, Jr., concerning\n                  Colgate Darden; Richard Poff; Virginia Community\n                  College System; and the Eastern Virginia Medical\n                  School, concerning in vitro fertilization.","Godwin served as the state chair for this\n                  committee. Also includes letters from Connally.","Items include get-well letters, letters of\n                  congratulations, letters requesting help, letters of\n                  sympathy, the funeral of E. Blackburn Moore, the\n                  Advisory Committee of the Medical Alumni of the\n                  University of Virginia, Dave Satterfield's retirement\n                  from Congress and correspondence with Harry F. Byrd,\n                  Jr., and Carter O. Lowance.","Items include material from or about the National\n                  Conservative Political Action Committee; Richard J.\n                  Davis (lieutenant-governor); Gerald L. Baliles; Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr.; Charles S. Robb; the 1981 election\n                  for General Assembly; the 1981 gubernatorial election\n                  (Robb v. Coleman); Sidney S. Kellam; Bill Dudley;\n                  John W. Williams, III; Martin Luther King holiday in\n                  Virginia; John Warner, concerning federal judgeship\n                  nominations; Elmon T. Gray; J. Marshall Coleman; Kit\n                  Bond (Missouri governor); pari-mutuel wagering; John\n                  N. Dalton, concerning commission appointments; and\n                  the Virginia Community College System.","Items include material from or about Charles Robb,\n                  the naming of the life science building at ODU for\n                  Godwin, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Harry F.\n                  Byrd, Jr., the University of Virginia Medical Alumni\n                  Advisory Committee, Godwin's stamp and coin\n                  collecting hobby, the House Joint Resolution No. 24\n                  signed by A.L. Philpott and Charles Robb, and a\n                  letter listing boards of corporations on which Godwin\n                  was serving.","Items include material from or about letters of\n                  sympathy, congratulations on retirement, get-well\n                  letters, Albertis Harrison, the death of Colgate\n                  Darden, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul Trible, and Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Items include the gubernatorial election of 1981\n                  (Robb v. Coleman) and Godwin's late endorsement of\n                  Coleman.","Items concern Warner's support of Martin Luther\n                  King holiday bill; and correspondence concerning Paul\n                  Trible, the administration of Charles Robb, J.\n                  Marshall Coleman, the General Assembly and local\n                  elections of 1982-1983, D. French Slaughter, J.\n                  Kenneth Robinson's retirement from Congress,\n                  Congressman Robert Daniel, Congressman Owen B.\n                  Pickett, and Congressman Herbert H. Bateman.","Items include material from or about John W.\n                  Warner, the General Assembly election of 1983, Stan\n                  Parris, Robert Daniel (Congressman), the Senate race\n                  of 1982 (possibility of Byrd re-entering race, Davis\n                  v. Trible), the campaign of Melvin Spence for\n                  re-election to House of Delegates, Martin Luther King\n                  federal holiday, George Bush, and the law school at\n                  George Mason University.","Items include material about or concerning Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Some, not all, of the clippings directly concern\n                  Godwin. Items include material on the U. S.\n                  senatorial campaign of 1982, campaigning for\n                  Trible.","Items include thank you notes, congratulatory\n                  letters, and sympathy letters; as well as\n                  correspondence from Carter O. Lowance, and Gordon\n                  Davies, Council on Higher Education concerning the\n                  Virginia Community College System.","Items include material on Godwin's service on the\n                  Board of Associates of University of Richmond.","This addition covers committees and organizations\n               that Mills E. Godwin belonged to and/or had an vested\n               interest in from 1978 to 1900. These include the\n               Obenshain Senatorial (Republican primary) Campaign of\n               1978, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the\n               Virginia Science Museum, the City of Suffolk, the\n               Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the\n               Republican Party politics, Virginians for Reagan, the\n               John N. Dalton Oncology Clinic, the Medical College of\n               Virginia, the Virginia Wesleyan College and Godwin's\n               opposition to pledge bond amendments to Virginia\n               Constitution for transportation.","Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul\n               Trible, Wyatt Durrette, and D. French Slaughter.","Smith, Byrd, Godwin, amendment to Virginia\n                  Constitution to issue local and state pledge bonds\n                  for transportation purposes.","These papers composite a largely non-political\n               nature. Most of the letters concern personal matters,\n               invitations, get-well wishes, and letters of sympathy.\n               Political papers concern the 1992 Virginia Bond issue,\n               Godwin's contribution to Bush's 1988 and 1992\n               presidential campaigns, Chichester for\n               lieutenant-governor in 1985, the 1989 gubernatorial race\n               (Coleman v. Wilder), the Virginia Republican Party,\n               Godwin's support for Trible for Republican gubernatorial\n               candidate in 1989, the 1978-1979 HEW controversy in\n               Virginia (desegregation of higher education), and the\n               1986-87 Virginia Transportation Commission.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, Albertis S. Harrison, Charles\n               S. Robb, John Warner, Richard Short and Hunter\n               Andrews.","Items include letters to and from Mills E. Godwin\n                  about the 1992 $613 million general obligation bond\n                  issue, a report from Virginia officials arguing in\n                  favor of the bond, a copy of the report sent from\n                  state senator Hunter B. Andrews to members of the\n                  Senate, letters from the Virginians for Progress\n                  Foundation, news clippings and editorials.","Items include correspondence with Godwin regarding\n                  campaign contributions, newspaper clippings, letters\n                  from representatives of the Republican Party and Bush\n                  campaign in Virginia to Godwin, and an invitation to\n                  Bush's inauguration (1988).","Items include letters between Godwin and\n                  Chichester, a collection of clippings and information\n                  about Douglas Wilder's record, letters, memos, and\n                  editorials.","Items include a copy of the 1991 bill for 1991\n                  education general obligation issue, a list of\n                  proposed projects, letters to and from the opposition\n                  group (Citizens against . . .), editorials, and legal\n                  papers.","Items include the campaign for Governor in 1988 -\n                  editorials, newspaper articles, correspondence\n                  between Coleman and Godwin, correspondence with Harry\n                  F. Byrd, Jr., an extensive \n                   Wall Street\n                  Journal article about the race, miscellaneous\n                  letters, etc.","Items include invitations to various functions,\n                  papers concerning Camp Foundation, personal letters,\n                  correspondence between Godwin and Doug Rendleman\n                  (Godwin Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe School of\n                  Law), letters to and from Anne Dobie Peebles, Davis\n                  Paschall and Thomas Graves, letters concerning the\n                  1984 presidential search, news clippings and letters\n                  to and from Margaret Cook of Swem Library.","Items include invitations, papers concerning the\n                  planning of the Tercentenary Celebration, news\n                  clipping of Queen Elizabeth's address commemorating\n                  the Glorious Revolution, letters to and from Paul\n                  Verkuil, Tim Sullivan, Anne Dobie Peebles, and\n                  photographs.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for functions, banquets, visitations.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for parties, receptions, etc.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret concerning various banquets, parties, and\n                     gatherings.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret to various people and organizations.","Items include correspondence with Oliver North\n                     and paper from the International Churchill Society\n                     (including a letter to Justice Clarence Thomas),\n                     letters to and from Godwin about the 1991\n                     International Churchill Society Conference in\n                     Richmond, Virginia and copies of a speech and\n                     essay by Churchill).","Items include correspondence between Godwin and\n                     Tim Sullivan concerning Sullivan's inauguration as\n                     president of the College of William and Mary,\n                     letters concerning speaking engagements at Paul D.\n                     Camp Community College, Diane Russell's fourth\n                     grade class at Larchmont Elementary School, the\n                     State Council on Higher Education and letters\n                     concerning other engagements.","Items include papers, business letters and\n                  personal letters concerning affairs at Elon College\n                  in North Carolina.","Items include letters, a copy of the eulogy given\n                  by Godwin, and news clippings.","Items include personal letters, letters to and\n                     from William B. Spong, former Dean of the\n                     Marshall-Wythe Law School, and information about\n                     Festival Williamsburg.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters from Charles S.\n                     Robb, John Dalton and other friends and\n                     acquaintances.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters, and letters and\n                     papers concerning Godwin's involvement in various\n                     organizations and enterprises.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     personal commitments (e.g., Bridgewater College,\n                     Medical College of Virginia, Boy Scouts).","Items concern personal letters; correspondence\n                     concerning Hope Spivey, a gymnast from Godwin's\n                     hometown; and letters of concern relating to\n                     Godwin's hospitalization.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     business transactions, a letter regarding the\n                     Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters\n                     concerning the death of Carter Lowance.","Item include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters.","Items include information about a west Norfolk,\n                     Virginia tract of industrial property, personal\n                     letters, and letters regarding personal business\n                     transactions.","Items include an essay on the \"Reagan legacy,\"\n                     a newsletter devoted to '88 presidential election\n                     in Virginia, editorials, letters concerning\n                     campaigns, a biographical sketch of Howard Worth\n                     Smith, letters to and from Godwin regarding\n                     functions, campaign strategy, etc., roster of\n                     committee chairpersons for Virginia Republican\n                     Party (1989), and letters and papers about various\n                     other facets of Virginia Republican politics.","Items include invitations for fun raising\n                     functions, news clippings, letters to and from\n                     George Allen, a letter from Harry F. Byrd, letter\n                     to Godwin asking for his support of Pat Buchanan,\n                     letter from John Warner, and other letters dealing\n                     with GOP races in 1992.","Items include letters to and from Davis\n                     Paschall and Pat Robertson, letters and\n                     newsletters from the Suffolk Republican Party\n                     headquarters, and an article from \n                      The Sun about young\n                     Republican volunteers.","Items include fund raising letters, news\n                     clippings and editorials, a letter from Harry F.\n                     Byrd with enclosed editorial, letters from the\n                     Republican National Committee, a letter from Dan\n                     Quayle, card from George Bush, news clipping about\n                     Charles Robb, and other papers relating to GOP\n                     contests in 1992.","Items include a copy of the 1978 joint resolution\n                  about the Harry F. Byrd Memorial Commission, and\n                  letters from John Dalton and Charles Robb.","Items include financial statements from June 1981,\n                  letters (business and personal), a letter to Senator\n                  Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a report, \"Invest in America's\n                  Cities\" from U. S. Conference of Mayor's Conference\n                  in Zurich, Switzerland, and other papers.","Item include the HEW controversy: editorials, news\n                  clippings, and letters relating to Virginia\n                  desegregation efforts and HEW directives regarding\n                  such efforts.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include letters to and from Godwin about\n                     his membership on the Board of Directors,\n                     financial report from December 1985, various\n                     papers about Foundation business, and financial\n                     statements for 1986.","Items include 1989 Annual Report for\n                     Development Program for Jamestown-Yorktown\n                     Educational Trust, newsletters from\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, and other\n                     papers.","Items include letters concerning\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, letters\n                     concerning the opening of the Jamestown Settlement\n                     Galleries, and letters regarding various other\n                     functions.","Items include a list of trustees, pamphlet about\n                  the Monticello cabinet, and magazine article about\n                  the roof of Monticello.","Items include letters and copies of speeches in\n                  opposition to the proposed lottery in 1987.","Items include a program from the Boy Scout meeting\n                  of 28 April 1949, personal letters, photographs,\n                  letter from president of University of Virginia,\n                  legal papers, and a copy of the Suffolk newspaper\n                  with an article about Virginia's Community\n                  Colleges.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     invitation to the first inaugural of Ronald\n                     Reagan, correspondence regarding proposed magazine\n                     advertisement featuring Godwin, correspondence\n                     between Godwin and William and Mary College\n                     Republicans, letters concerning awards and honors,\n                     correspondence regarding Federal appointment of\n                     Godwin by President Nixon, and correspondence\n                     between Godwin and former William and Mary\n                     president Davis Paschall.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions,\n                     correspondence regarding the book \n                      Suffolk: A Pictorial\n                     History and Godwin's foreword to the\n                     text.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     newspaper editorial with reference to Godwin,\n                     correspondence between Godwin and Mrs. Pitonyak's\n                     fourth grade class, newspaper article about the\n                     Governor's Mansion, and a list of buildings in\n                     Virginia named after Godwin.","Items include letters to and from Virginia\n                     politicians, articles about Judge Willard H.\n                     Douglas, Jr., and a letter from Richard T. Short\n                     with enclosed letters to prominent politicians\n                     (e.g., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Jesse\n                     Helms.","Items include letters to and from Godwin\n                     regarding Virginia politics, including\n                     correspondence with Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Albertis\n                     Harrison, Hunter Andrews, and Davis Paschall.","Items include news clippings, editorials,\n                     photograph of President and Mrs. Bush, photograph\n                     of Teddy Roosevelt in the Panama Canal,\n                     correspondence with Richard Short, Pat Buchanan,\n                     Davis Paschall and others. Also included is the \n                      \n                     Times-Dispatch editorial on the 1992 L.A.\n                     riots and letter of reaction from Godwin.","Items include letters, official papers, and news\n                  clippings concerning the 1986-87 Governor's\n                  Commission on Transportation. Also included are\n                  comments by former Governor Albertis S. Harrison.","Items include the December 1987 Report of the\n                  Local Financing Options Subcommittee, letter of\n                  thanks to Godwin from Governor Baliles, draft of the\n                  final report, news clippings, roster of Commission\n                  members, copy of remarks made by Godwin concerning\n                  his reservations about the final report.","Items include letters written to Godwin in support\n                  of Trible, campaign newsletters, newspaper articles\n                  about Godwin's endorsement of Trible, and Godwin's\n                  letter announcing endorsement.","Items include invitations to meetings and\n                  ceremonies, and letters concerning affairs of the\n                  society.","Items include letters concerning Virginia's\n                  international trade, the State Water Authority, the\n                  Virginia State Library, an invitation to the 1990\n                  inauguration of Douglas Wilder, and a letter from the\n                  William and Mary School of Business\n                  Administration.","Items include correspondence between Governor\n                  Godwin and various state senators, a copy of speech\n                  given by Frances Hallam Hurt in support of state arts\n                  program, a letter from Lio Bourassa expressing\n                  concern about Virginia water problems, the 1991\n                  Report of the Secretary of Finance on Virginia's\n                  financial situation, and miscellaneous letters.","Items include letters pertaining to finances\n                     and business of the Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include letters pertaining to business\n                     and finances of Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include business and personal letters\n                     concerning affairs of the Foundation.","Items include business and personal\n                     letters.","Items include official papers, letters and\n                  memoranda concerning affairs of the college."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, 1947-1989, of Mills E.\n         Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the\n         Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes\n         his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine\n         Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin;\n         schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials;\n         scrapbooks; and political memorabilia.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, 1947-1989, of Mills E.\n         Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the\n         Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes\n         his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine\n         Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin;\n         schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials;\n         scrapbooks; and political memorabilia."],"names_ssim":["College of William and\n                  Mary,","College of William and Mary,","Godwin family,","Godwin family.","Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Otelia Darden","Mills Edwin Godwin,","Mary Lee,","Mildred Elizabeth","Leah Otelia","Katherine Thomas Beale","Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's","George J. Kostel","President Richard M.\n                  Nixon","Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","Virginia. Governor\n            (1978-1982 : Dalton)","Godwin, Becky Katherine,\n            1953-1968.","Howell, Henry E. (Henry\n            Evans), 1920-","Lowance, Carter O. (Carter\n            Olin), 1910-1989.","Reynolds, J. Sargeant\n            (Julian Sargeant), 1936-1971.","Robertson, A. Willis\n            (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971.","Smith, Howard Worth,\n            1883-1976.","Spong, William B. (William\n            Belser), 1920-","Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas\n            Bahnson), 1890-1970.","Stephens, Allie Edwards\n            Stokes.","Tuck, William M. (William\n            Munford), 1896-1983."],"corpname_ssim":["College of William and\n                  Mary,","College of William and Mary,"],"famname_ssim":["Godwin family,","Godwin family."],"persname_ssim":["Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Otelia Darden","Mills Edwin Godwin,","Mary Lee,","Mildred Elizabeth","Leah Otelia","Katherine Thomas Beale","Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's","George J. Kostel","President Richard M.\n                  Nixon","Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","Virginia. Governor\n            (1978-1982 : Dalton)","Godwin, Becky Katherine,\n            1953-1968.","Howell, Henry E. (Henry\n            Evans), 1920-","Lowance, Carter O. (Carter\n            Olin), 1910-1989.","Reynolds, J. Sargeant\n            (Julian Sargeant), 1936-1971.","Robertson, A. Willis\n            (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971.","Smith, Howard Worth,\n            1883-1976.","Spong, William B. (William\n            Belser), 1920-","Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas\n            Bahnson), 1890-1970.","Stephens, Allie Edwards\n            Stokes.","Tuck, William M. (William\n            Munford), 1896-1983."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1971,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:08:43.705Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at\n         Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk,\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe completed public school and attended the college of\n         William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the\n         University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees\n         have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira\n         College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee\n         University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond\n         and Bridgewater College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile awaiting a commission in the U. S. Navy in World War\n         II, he was appointed a special agent with the Federal Bureau\n         of Investigation where he served for three years prior to\n         resuming the practice of law in Suffolk until he was elected\n         governor of Virginia in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe first entered politics in 1948 when he began service in\n         the House of Delegates. From 1952 to 1962 he served in the\n         State Senate of Virginia. He was lieutenant-governor of\n         Virginia from 1962 to 1966. During the 26 years he held public\n         office, he ran seventeen times and was never defeated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis first election as governor in November 1965, came after\n         he had received the Democratic nomination without\n         opposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his administration from 1966 to 1970, he became\n         known as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" taking the lead in\n         upgrading education at every level from kindergarten through\n         graduate school. Initiated and developed during his first term\n         was the State's system of community colleges, two-year\n         colleges offering occupational-technical and liberal arts\n         training at minimum tuition. Salary increases and other\n         improved benefits were granted teachers and faculty members.\n         State aid to kindergartens, summer schools and classes for the\n         handicapped encouraged broader opportunities throughout\n         Virginia, and a number of other innovations were made in the\n         public schools and higher education. The momentum followed a\n         series of governor's conferences on education early in the\n         administration. He persuaded the General Assembly to enact the\n         Retail Sales Tax which was the first new broad-based tax\n         passed in Virginia in more than one hundred years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe continued and enlarged the emphasis on industrial\n         development begun by his predecessor, Governor Harrison. He\n         led the first two foreign trade missions and engaged in other\n         efforts designed to attract high caliber new industry to\n         Virginia and to encourage expansion by firms already located\n         in the State. He saw industrial development and education as\n         the principal means of continuing progress in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his tenure, Virginia made major strides also in\n         water and air pollution control, port and park development,\n         interstate, arterial and other highway construction, highway\n         safety, mental health and other areas of State concern.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blue ribbon commission appointed by Godwin proposed the\n         State's first constitutional revision in forty years. The\n         result was approved overwhelmingly by the voters. He also\n         proposed the first general obligation bond issue in this\n         century and led the campaign in which Virginia's voters\n         approved it by a margin of more than two to one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs governor he served as chairman of the Southern Regional\n         Education Board, Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors\n         Conference and as a member of the Executive Committee of the\n         Democratic Governors Conference and the National Governors'\n         Conference. He also served as Chairman of the Appalachian\n         Regional Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter serving as governor from 1966 to 1970, he returned\n         home and became a Director of Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk\n         and Western Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n         Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dan River, Inc. and served\n         as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of\n         Directors of Virginia National Bank. He was also on the Board\n         of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe resigned all of these posts after being elected governor\n         a second time in November 1973, the first man ever twice\n         elected by the people in Virginia to serve as Chief Executive.\n         He was elected as the Republican nominee after being unopposed\n         in their State Convention. He remains the only candidate in\n         the country ever to win gubernatorial elections in the same\n         state on both Democrat and Republican tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his second term as governor, he faced a series of\n         crises of major proportions. The Arab oil embargo of late 1973\n         depressed the State's economy and the State revenues. As\n         governor he ordered reduction of State spending by more than\n         $200 million to keep the budget in balance and, as the economy\n         improved later in his administration, he left a sizable\n         surplus in the budget for his successor. Godwin dealt with the\n         crises of shortages of gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil, the\n         problem of Kepone, ten major floods and seven minor ones and\n         the most serious drought in fifty years occurred in the last\n         year of his administration which caused 115 of the State's 136\n         political jurisdictions to be designated as disaster areas.\n         Despite these problems, Virginia's forward movement continued\n         during his second term with major improvements in all areas,\n         in job opportunities, and especially in our correctional\n         programs and in public and higher education. He obtained\n         approval from the General Assembly in 1977 for a Referendum on\n         a $125 million General obligation Bond Program, largely\n         earmarked for education and corrections, and again led the\n         campaign which resulted in overwhelming approval for all five\n         bond issues presented to the voters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis leadership as governor was evidenced everywhere.\n         Virginia's noted Pulitzer Prize winner and editor, Virginius\n         Dabney, wrote that: \"His two terms combine to form a series of\n         constructive advances for the Commonwealth that are\n         unsurpassed in the long history of Virginia's governors.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs governor from 1974 to 1978, he was Chairman of the\n         Southern Governors Conference, a member of the Executive\n         Committees of the National Governors' Conference and the\n         Republican Governors' Conference. He was Chairman for the\n         second time of the Southern Regional Education Board and Vice\n         President of the Council of State Governments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin again returned to his home in Suffolk in January\n         1978, and served as a consultant to management and a member of\n         the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Virginia\n         National Bank. He was also a member of the Board of Directors\n         of Union Camp Corporation, Standard Brands, Inc. and the\n         Royster Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarried to the former Katherine Thomas Beale, Governor\n         Godwin lived in Suffolk where for many years he owned and\n         operated the 500-acre family farm. He has been active in the\n         Oakland Christian Church, where he taught the Men's Bible\n         Class for more than twenty-five years, and engaged in numerous\n         community activities. He was a 33rd degree Mason, past\n         president of Ruritan National, and a member of Omicron Delta\n         Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon.\n         He was the recipient of the Virginia State Chamber of\n         Commerce's Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia National\n         Guard's Distinguished Service Medal, the Virginia Education\n         Association's citation as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" the\n         Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service from the old\n         Dominion Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,\n         the Centennial Medal from Hampton Institute, the Virginians of\n         Maryland Medal, the FFA State Farmer Medal, also twice\n         received a First Citizen's Award from Suffolk and Nansemond\n         County, and the Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. Award from\n         Norfolk State College, an award exemplifying highest caliber\n         of statesmanship and interest in education in the\n         Commonwealth. Virginia Military Institute has given him its\n         New Market Medal, the highest award made by V.M.I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn January 30, 1999, Mills E. Godwin Jr. died in Newport\n         News, Virginia at the age of 84.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003cchronlist\u003e\n          \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eNovember 19 1914\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eChuckatuck, Virginia, Nansemond\n                  County.\u003c/geogname\u003eSon of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eOtelia Darden\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eMills Edwin Godwin,\u003c/persname\u003eSr. Sisters: \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eMary Lee,\u003c/persname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMildred Elizabeth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLeah Otelia\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1931\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eGraduated \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eChuckatuck High School\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eClass President, active in Debating and\n                  Speaking\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1931-32\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of William and\n                  Mary,\u003c/corpname\u003eNorfolk Division\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1932-34\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003e\n              \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of William and Mary,\u003c/corpname\u003e\n              \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e\n            \u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1935-38\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eUniversity of Virginia Law School Law Degree,\n                  Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1937\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePassed State Bar Examination\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1938\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eEntered Law Profession\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1940\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMarried \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eKatherine Thomas Beale\u003c/persname\u003eof \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943-45\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eSpecial Agent, Federal Bureau of\n                  Investigation\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1946\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eRe-entered Law Profession \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eInvolved in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNansemond County\u003c/geogname\u003ecommunity\n                  programs\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1947\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember of Virginia State Bar Association \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eElected to Virginia House of Delegates,\n                  representing \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNansemond County\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eCity of Suffolk\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1948-52\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember, Virginia House of Delegates \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eServed on following committees: Insurance and\n                  Banking, Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Executive\n                  Expenditures, Game and Inland Fisheries, and\n                  Nominations and Confirmations\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1948\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember Board of Directors, Bank of\n                  Whaleyville, \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia;\u003c/geogname\u003eMember Board of\n                  Trustees, Elon College, \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1949\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eActive in Oakland Christian Church and civic\n                  clubs, lodge, regional and other community\n                  activities\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1951\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected in special election to Virginia State\n                  Senate, Fifth Senatorial District, representing \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSouthampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight\n                  counties,\u003c/geogname\u003eand the cities of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSuffolk\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFranklin\u003c/geogname\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1952\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected President of Ruritan National\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1952-62\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember, Virginia State Senate \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eServed on following committees: Chairman, Fish\n                  and Game; Finance; Courts of Justice; Counties,\n                  Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills, and Welfare\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1954\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Elon College \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAppointed to Public School Study Commission by\n                  Thomas B. Stanley, governor of Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1961\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1962-66\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed as lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1965\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected Democratic governor of\n                  Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1966-70\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed as governor of Virginia - First\n                  Administration \"Virginia's Education Governor,\"\n                  initiated Community College System and upgraded\n                  education at all levels, persuaded General Assembly\n                  to enact retail sales tax\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1966\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by College of William\n                  and Mary in Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1967\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eLed first European Trade Mission\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1969\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePlayed important role in projecting a revised\n                  constitution for Virginia Awarded Honorary Degree by\n                  Roanoke College, \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1970-73\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePrivate Citizen Member, Board of Directors of\n                  Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and Virginia\n                  Foundation for Independent Colleges Member, Board of\n                  Directors: Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk and Western\n                  Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n                  Real Estate Investment Trust, Dan River Mills, Inc.\n                  and Virginia National Bank (Executive\n                  Committee)\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1970\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Washington and Lee\n                  University Honorary chairman, Committee of Virginians\n                  for the Constitution; Advisory Committee, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr. 's\u003c/persname\u003eU. S.\n                  Senate Campaign\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1971\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed on the advisory committee, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge J. Kostel\u003c/persname\u003efor\n                  lieutenant-governor campaign\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1972\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Elmira College,\n                  Elmira, New York \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAdvisory Committee, Re-election of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003ePresident Richard M.\n                  Nixon\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1973\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Hampden-Sydney\n                  College \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eElected Republican governor of Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1974-78\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed as governor of Virginia - Second\n                  Administration \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFirst person ever twice elected in Virginia to\n                  serve as Chief Executive and first in United States\n                  to be elected on both Democratic and Republican\n                  tickets\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1974\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by the University of\n                  Richmond \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Bridgewater\n                  College\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1976\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePlayed important role in Bicentennial\n                  celebration\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1977\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Navy Public Service Citation\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1978\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePrivate citizen \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eReturned to services as consultant and director\n                  of various boards \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAwarded New Market medal by Virginia Military\n                  Institute\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eJanuary 30, 1999\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eDied at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNewport News, Virginia.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00042","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00042","_root_":"viw_viw00042","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00042","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00042.xml","title_ssm":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"title_tesim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 78 G54"],"text":["Mss. 78 G54","Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989.","College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Chlordecone.","Oysters--Virginia.","Taxation--Virginia.","Education,\n            Higher--Virginia.","ca. 42,070 items and 7\n         cartons.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","Arrangement Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Individual folders made for certain specific topics\n               have been placed at the end of the year in which they\n               occurred. For example, the role Godwin played as a\n               private citizen in connection with the Virginians for\n               the Constitution in 1970 and with the U. S. Senate\n               campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and the correspondence\n               pertaining thereto will be found filed at the end of\n               1970. Other topics arranged in the same manner are:\n               Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1962;\n               George Kostel for lieutenant-governor campaign,\n               1971-1972; and Virginians for the Re-election of the\n               President, 1972.","Other material related to Mrs. Godwin is scattered\n               throughout the entire collection, and the items\n               comprising this series constitute a small portion of the\n               total amount of her correspondence in the Godwin Papers\n               since she personally handled the bulk of her\n               correspondence.","The items listed separately below are those that have\n               been microfilmed.","This addition continues with the box numbers of the\n               larger collection that ended with Series 9. The series\n               is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged by subject.","Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at\n         Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk,\n         Virginia.","He completed public school and attended the college of\n         William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the\n         University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees\n         have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira\n         College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee\n         University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond\n         and Bridgewater College.","While awaiting a commission in the U. S. Navy in World War\n         II, he was appointed a special agent with the Federal Bureau\n         of Investigation where he served for three years prior to\n         resuming the practice of law in Suffolk until he was elected\n         governor of Virginia in 1965.","He first entered politics in 1948 when he began service in\n         the House of Delegates. From 1952 to 1962 he served in the\n         State Senate of Virginia. He was lieutenant-governor of\n         Virginia from 1962 to 1966. During the 26 years he held public\n         office, he ran seventeen times and was never defeated.","His first election as governor in November 1965, came after\n         he had received the Democratic nomination without\n         opposition.","During his administration from 1966 to 1970, he became\n         known as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" taking the lead in\n         upgrading education at every level from kindergarten through\n         graduate school. Initiated and developed during his first term\n         was the State's system of community colleges, two-year\n         colleges offering occupational-technical and liberal arts\n         training at minimum tuition. Salary increases and other\n         improved benefits were granted teachers and faculty members.\n         State aid to kindergartens, summer schools and classes for the\n         handicapped encouraged broader opportunities throughout\n         Virginia, and a number of other innovations were made in the\n         public schools and higher education. The momentum followed a\n         series of governor's conferences on education early in the\n         administration. He persuaded the General Assembly to enact the\n         Retail Sales Tax which was the first new broad-based tax\n         passed in Virginia in more than one hundred years.","He continued and enlarged the emphasis on industrial\n         development begun by his predecessor, Governor Harrison. He\n         led the first two foreign trade missions and engaged in other\n         efforts designed to attract high caliber new industry to\n         Virginia and to encourage expansion by firms already located\n         in the State. He saw industrial development and education as\n         the principal means of continuing progress in Virginia.","During his tenure, Virginia made major strides also in\n         water and air pollution control, port and park development,\n         interstate, arterial and other highway construction, highway\n         safety, mental health and other areas of State concern.","A blue ribbon commission appointed by Godwin proposed the\n         State's first constitutional revision in forty years. The\n         result was approved overwhelmingly by the voters. He also\n         proposed the first general obligation bond issue in this\n         century and led the campaign in which Virginia's voters\n         approved it by a margin of more than two to one.","As governor he served as chairman of the Southern Regional\n         Education Board, Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors\n         Conference and as a member of the Executive Committee of the\n         Democratic Governors Conference and the National Governors'\n         Conference. He also served as Chairman of the Appalachian\n         Regional Commission.","After serving as governor from 1966 to 1970, he returned\n         home and became a Director of Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk\n         and Western Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n         Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dan River, Inc. and served\n         as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of\n         Directors of Virginia National Bank. He was also on the Board\n         of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.","He resigned all of these posts after being elected governor\n         a second time in November 1973, the first man ever twice\n         elected by the people in Virginia to serve as Chief Executive.\n         He was elected as the Republican nominee after being unopposed\n         in their State Convention. He remains the only candidate in\n         the country ever to win gubernatorial elections in the same\n         state on both Democrat and Republican tickets.","During his second term as governor, he faced a series of\n         crises of major proportions. The Arab oil embargo of late 1973\n         depressed the State's economy and the State revenues. As\n         governor he ordered reduction of State spending by more than\n         $200 million to keep the budget in balance and, as the economy\n         improved later in his administration, he left a sizable\n         surplus in the budget for his successor. Godwin dealt with the\n         crises of shortages of gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil, the\n         problem of Kepone, ten major floods and seven minor ones and\n         the most serious drought in fifty years occurred in the last\n         year of his administration which caused 115 of the State's 136\n         political jurisdictions to be designated as disaster areas.\n         Despite these problems, Virginia's forward movement continued\n         during his second term with major improvements in all areas,\n         in job opportunities, and especially in our correctional\n         programs and in public and higher education. He obtained\n         approval from the General Assembly in 1977 for a Referendum on\n         a $125 million General obligation Bond Program, largely\n         earmarked for education and corrections, and again led the\n         campaign which resulted in overwhelming approval for all five\n         bond issues presented to the voters.","His leadership as governor was evidenced everywhere.\n         Virginia's noted Pulitzer Prize winner and editor, Virginius\n         Dabney, wrote that: \"His two terms combine to form a series of\n         constructive advances for the Commonwealth that are\n         unsurpassed in the long history of Virginia's governors.\"","As governor from 1974 to 1978, he was Chairman of the\n         Southern Governors Conference, a member of the Executive\n         Committees of the National Governors' Conference and the\n         Republican Governors' Conference. He was Chairman for the\n         second time of the Southern Regional Education Board and Vice\n         President of the Council of State Governments.","Godwin again returned to his home in Suffolk in January\n         1978, and served as a consultant to management and a member of\n         the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Virginia\n         National Bank. He was also a member of the Board of Directors\n         of Union Camp Corporation, Standard Brands, Inc. and the\n         Royster Company.","Married to the former Katherine Thomas Beale, Governor\n         Godwin lived in Suffolk where for many years he owned and\n         operated the 500-acre family farm. He has been active in the\n         Oakland Christian Church, where he taught the Men's Bible\n         Class for more than twenty-five years, and engaged in numerous\n         community activities. He was a 33rd degree Mason, past\n         president of Ruritan National, and a member of Omicron Delta\n         Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon.\n         He was the recipient of the Virginia State Chamber of\n         Commerce's Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia National\n         Guard's Distinguished Service Medal, the Virginia Education\n         Association's citation as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" the\n         Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service from the old\n         Dominion Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,\n         the Centennial Medal from Hampton Institute, the Virginians of\n         Maryland Medal, the FFA State Farmer Medal, also twice\n         received a First Citizen's Award from Suffolk and Nansemond\n         County, and the Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. Award from\n         Norfolk State College, an award exemplifying highest caliber\n         of statesmanship and interest in education in the\n         Commonwealth. Virginia Military Institute has given him its\n         New Market Medal, the highest award made by V.M.I.","On January 30, 1999, Mills E. Godwin Jr. died in Newport\n         News, Virginia at the age of 84.","Chronology November 19 1914 Born at \n                   Chuckatuck, Virginia, Nansemond\n                  County. Son of \n                   Otelia Darden and \n                   Mills Edwin Godwin, Sr. Sisters: \n                   Mary Lee, Mildred Elizabeth and \n                   Leah Otelia 1931 Graduated \n                   Chuckatuck High School Class President, active in Debating and\n                  Speaking 1931-32 College of William and\n                  Mary, Norfolk Division 1932-34 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg 1935-38 University of Virginia Law School Law Degree,\n                  Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa 1937 Passed State Bar Examination 1938 Entered Law Profession 1940 Married \n                   Katherine Thomas Beale of \n                   Holland, Virginia 1943-45 Special Agent, Federal Bureau of\n                  Investigation 1946 Re-entered Law Profession \n                   Involved in \n                   Nansemond County community\n                  programs 1947 Member of Virginia State Bar Association \n                   Elected to Virginia House of Delegates,\n                  representing \n                   Nansemond County and the \n                   City of Suffolk 1948-52 Member, Virginia House of Delegates \n                   Served on following committees: Insurance and\n                  Banking, Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Executive\n                  Expenditures, Game and Inland Fisheries, and\n                  Nominations and Confirmations 1948 Member Board of Directors, Bank of\n                  Whaleyville, \n                   Virginia; Member Board of\n                  Trustees, Elon College, \n                   North Carolina 1949 Active in Oakland Christian Church and civic\n                  clubs, lodge, regional and other community\n                  activities 1951 Elected in special election to Virginia State\n                  Senate, Fifth Senatorial District, representing \n                   Southampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight\n                  counties, and the cities of \n                   Suffolk and \n                   Franklin \u003e 1952 Elected President of Ruritan National 1952-62 Member, Virginia State Senate \n                   Served on following committees: Chairman, Fish\n                  and Game; Finance; Courts of Justice; Counties,\n                  Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills, and Welfare 1954 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elon College \n                   Appointed to Public School Study Commission by\n                  Thomas B. Stanley, governor of Virginia 1961 Elected lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1962-66 Served as lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1965 Elected Democratic governor of\n                  Virginia 1966-70 Served as governor of Virginia - First\n                  Administration \"Virginia's Education Governor,\"\n                  initiated Community College System and upgraded\n                  education at all levels, persuaded General Assembly\n                  to enact retail sales tax 1966 Awarded Honorary Degree by College of William\n                  and Mary in Virginia 1967 Led first European Trade Mission 1969 Played important role in projecting a revised\n                  constitution for Virginia Awarded Honorary Degree by\n                  Roanoke College, \n                   Salem, Virginia 1970-73 Private Citizen Member, Board of Directors of\n                  Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and Virginia\n                  Foundation for Independent Colleges Member, Board of\n                  Directors: Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk and Western\n                  Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n                  Real Estate Investment Trust, Dan River Mills, Inc.\n                  and Virginia National Bank (Executive\n                  Committee) 1970 Awarded Honorary Degree by Washington and Lee\n                  University Honorary chairman, Committee of Virginians\n                  for the Constitution; Advisory Committee, \n                   Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's U. S.\n                  Senate Campaign 1971 Served on the advisory committee, \n                   George J. Kostel for\n                  lieutenant-governor campaign 1972 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elmira College,\n                  Elmira, New York \n                   Advisory Committee, Re-election of \n                   President Richard M.\n                  Nixon 1973 Awarded Honorary Degree by Hampden-Sydney\n                  College \n                   Elected Republican governor of Virginia 1974-78 Served as governor of Virginia - Second\n                  Administration \n                   First person ever twice elected in Virginia to\n                  serve as Chief Executive and first in United States\n                  to be elected on both Democratic and Republican\n                  tickets 1974 Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of\n                  Richmond \n                   Awarded Honorary Degree by Bridgewater\n                  College 1976 Played important role in Bicentennial\n                  celebration 1977 Awarded Navy Public Service Citation 1978 Private citizen \n                   Returned to services as consultant and director\n                  of various boards \n                   Awarded New Market medal by Virginia Military\n                  Institute January 30, 1999 Died at \n                   Newport News, Virginia.","Related papers can be found in the faculty-alumni file\n            at the University Archive, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary.","Other related papers can be found at the Library of\n            Virginia.","Note: The College of William and Mary, Swem Library,\n            Special Collections has a copy of the inventory/finding aid\n            to this collection at the Library of Virginia. It is\n            located with the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers.\n             Executive Papers of Mills E. Godwin Jr., Library\n            of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219 USA. \n            ","The personal papers of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., dating from\n         1947 to 1978, consist of 24 boxes of correspondence, 1,100\n         copies of speeches, schedules and appointments. Also included\n         are 40 scrapbooks of news clippings and photographs, 159\n         citations and plaques, and one box of audiovisual materials,\n         all of which pertain largely to Godwin's personal involvement\n         in the government, political life, activities, organizations\n         and institutions of Virginia during the 30-year period. The\n         majority of the items comprising this collection were\n         microfilmed by the Virginia State Library.","It should be noted that all of the above referenced papers\n         are identified as \"personal\" since the official executive\n         correspondence of Godwin's two terms as governor of Virginia\n         (1966-1970 and 1974-1978) has been placed by statute in the\n         Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library. In connection\n         with the personal papers, however, and available to\n         researchers, are copies of the guide to the executive\n         correspondence. The guide is on file with the Curator of\n         Manuscripts at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William\n         and Mary.","In addition to Godwin's personal papers, the collection\n         includes a small quantity of Mrs. Godwin's correspondence and\n         papers of their daughter, Becky, who was fatally struck by\n         lightning in 1968, at the age of 15, at Virginia Beach,\n         Virginia.","Included among these papers is correspondence of, or\n         concerning, the following individuals: Watkins M. Abbitt,\n         Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton,\n         Henry E. Howell, Carter O. Lowance, Richard D. Obenshain,\n         Julian Sargeant Reynolds, A. Willis Robertson, Howard W.\n         Smith, William B. Spong, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens,\n         and William M. Tuck.","Among the many topics the papers cover are: the College of\n         William and Mary, segregation, the Democratic Party, the\n         Republican Party, higher education, taxation, the\n         contamination of the James River by kepone, the oystering\n         industry and public mental health care.","Copies of nineteenth-century Godwin family wills are\n         located among the several additions to the collection.","This series is comprised of Godwin's personal,\n               political and business correspondence. Included are\n               letters, telegrams, statements, memoranda, reports,\n               clippings, photographs, legal documents, announcements,\n               notes, invitations and other material.","This material concerns such things as personal\n               letters, news clippings and other documents relating to\n               Godwin's political career, including election to the\n               House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, lieutenant-\n               governor and his two terms as governor. Additionally,\n               the series contains a collection of correspondence and\n               other documentation relating to his personal life,\n               church and civic endeavors, as well as such items\n               relevant to critical events of his political career such\n               as the school integration crisis, revision of the State\n               Constitution and bonded indebtedness referenda.","Godwin's involvement in church and civic concerns,\n                  such as Chairman of the Board of Deacons of three\n                  area churches; Oakland Christian Church Cemetery\n                  Improvement Project; Suffolk Chapter of National\n                  Conference of Christians and Jews; Virginia State Bar\n                  Association; his involvement in political activity,\n                  including statement on various issues; election to\n                  the House of Delegates, news clippings on Godwin's\n                  House of Delegates campaign and victory.","General correspondence from constituents\n                  concerning legislation; Nansemond County bridge and\n                  road conditions; church and civic activities;\n                  speaking engagements; election to the Board of\n                  Directors, Bank of Whaleyville and Board of Trustees\n                  of Elon College; Horace Edward's candidacy for\n                  governor; political interests of Porter Hardy.","Concerns legislative matters, including Godwin's\n                  desire for more and better committee assignments.\n                  Also includes his expense report for campaign of 1948\n                  and church and civic activities.","Letters to House of Delegates members regarding\n                  General Assembly session; Porter Hardy's election to\n                  Congress; matters relating to the church, community\n                  and friends.","Godwin's request for additional committee\n                  assignments; endorsement of Judge Whittle to Supreme\n                  Court of Appeals; church and civic involvement;\n                  speaking engagements; expense account filed with the\n                  State Board of Elections following re-election to the\n                  House of Delegates; congratulatory messages from\n                  constituents; news clippings on his re-election.","Special session of the Legislature for\n                  reapportionment of legislative districts;\n                  correspondence relating to appointment to the\n                  Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee,\n                  complimentary letters on action taken on certain\n                  legislative decisions; his resignation from the House\n                  of Delegates to seek vacated Senate seat and election\n                  to same; new committee assignments sought in Senate;\n                  news clippings about the election and congratulatory\n                  messages on victory; election as President of Ruritan\n                  National.","Proposed toll road from Petersburg to north of\n                  Richmond; Virginia World War II Memorial; T. B.\n                  Sanatorium in Tidewater area; speaking engagements\n                  and church and civic involvement; letter from\n                  President Chandler of the College of William and Mary\n                  regarding the inaugural ceremonies in which President\n                  and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited.","Correspondence relating to the United States\n                  Supreme Court's decision which commenced school\n                  desegregation; appointment as a member of Public\n                  School Study Commission on Education; resolutions\n                  from localities opposing integration of public\n                  schools.","Correspondence regarding continuation of school\n                  integration crisis and massive resistance; minutes of\n                  Commission meetings and Senator Harry Byrd, Sr.'s\n                  statement supporting referendum for Constitutional\n                  Convention; public hearing with Commission on Public\n                  Education and prepared statements for meeting.","Legislative matters regarding the school crisis;\n                  meetings on preservation of public schools;\n                  activities in support of constitutional convention;\n                  acknowledgment of gifts received and sent, church and\n                  civic matters.","Correspondence and articles regarding school\n                  integration; Godwin challenging Republican candidate\n                  for governor relating to Public Assignment Plan and\n                  opposition thereto; Godwin's appearance before State\n                  Highway Commission advocating north-south route for\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters which\n                  followed as result of his stand; Godwin's letter of\n                  congratulations to Governor-elect Almond; his stated\n                  desire for appointment of Senate Finance Committee;\n                  Report on Fluoridation of Public Water supplies.","Correspondence reveals Godwin's appointment as a\n                  member of Commission on Constitutional Government,\n                  with copy of Chapter 223 creating said Commission\n                  included (legislation of which he was a patron);\n                  assignment to the Senate Finance Committee;\n                  correspondence regarding the Norfolk school closings,\n                  news clippings on same; synopsis of four bills passed\n                  relating to segregation of public schools; letters\n                  favoring Godwin's views on school situation; letters\n                  regarding his speech made November 3 on the school\n                  issue; church and civic involvement; speaking\n                  engagements; Godwin's hospitalization in\n                  February-March; his trip to Nassau; trip to New York;\n                  extension requested for filing tax return;\n                  correspondence regarding Judge Lawrence W. I'Anson's\n                  ceremony.","Correspondence covering matters relating to the\n                  Commission on Constitutional Government, its\n                  organizational set-up, Executive Committee's\n                  instructions, etc; an editorial entitled \"Campaign\n                  for the Constitution\", and correspondence with James\n                  J. Kilpatrick of the \n                   Richmond News\n                  Leader .","Many legislative matters such as the school\n                  integration issue, the sales tax issue, resolution\n                  calling for special session of Legislature with the\n                  telegrams of support; proposed bill to control\n                  outdoor advertising supported by many garden clubs\n                  throughout the State; invitations to Godwin for\n                  speaking engagements from church groups, civic groups\n                  and other functions; letter from Congressman\n                  Robertson expressing relief that no one else filed\n                  for the State Senate seat held by Senator Godwin;\n                  Godwin's correspondence transmitting his\n                  qualification fee for candidacy for Senate seat,\n                  subsequently followed by the Clerk of Court of\n                  Southampton County certifying Godwin elected as\n                  Senator for another term; news clipping regarding\n                  Godwin for governor.","Correspondence regarding the sales tax issue; a\n                  resolution regarding the removal of the additional\n                  16¢ charge on gasoline; appreciation on\n                  passage of billboard control bill and Godwin's stand\n                  opposing the current sales tax measure; article on\n                  Governor Almond's verbal attack on Godwin and others\n                  instrumental in defeating current sales tax measure;\n                  speaking engagements; church and civic involvement;\n                  gift acknowledgments; letters of condolence;\n                  correspondence regarding Katherine Godwin's operation\n                  in late 1959; letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. regarding\n                  the political scene for 1961; Godwin chosen First\n                  Citizen of Suffolk and Nansemond County;\n                  communications from citizens throughout the\n                  Commonwealth for his candidacy for\n                  lieutenant-governor on Democratic ticket for\n                  1961.","Correspondence and statements regarding the\n                  Democratic ticket \"Harrison, Godwin and Button\";\n                  signed petitions and other requirements needed for\n                  candidacy; Godwin's views on education in a copy of\n                  the \n                   Virginia Journal on\n                  Education ; statements on Education and\n                  Government, Virginia's Right to Work Act and school\n                  integration; campaign information on Booth's stand on\n                  issues, criticism of Byrd Machine; copy of a speech\n                  made by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on Right to Work law;\n                  campaign statement on \"Why You Should Vote For\n                  Harrison, Godwin and Button\" - a clear definition\n                  between conservatism and liberalism; sample ballot;\n                  Harrison's speech for ticket; Godwin's schedule\n                  during campaign (partial); letters on Primary race;\n                  news article regarding Godwin campaign; letters on\n                  the November campaign; speaking engagements and\n                  strategy; congratulatory messages following election,\n                  one of which was sent by Governor Almond.","Godwin's inauguration as lieutenant-governor\n                  (Folder 35); correspondence on the election;\n                  invitations to the inauguration and legislative\n                  matters; letters to Godwin concerning his residing\n                  over the Senate during the session; church and civic\n                  involvement; speaking engagements; correspondence on\n                  the theft of Mrs. Godwin's brooch while in Roanoke,\n                  Virginia.","News clippings; a trip to the Mediterranean\n                  (Virginia Ports sales talk); correspondence and\n                  speech to representatives of the Sigma Delta Chi at\n                  Williamsburg; letter from Godwin to Senator Walker\n                  congratulating him on successful Primary race; letter\n                  from George Kostel regarding his recent campaign.","Legislative correspondence regarding the Library\n                  Amendment; possible sales tax next year; appointment\n                  of pages; legislators to various committees; Godwin's\n                  letters to all senators, stenographers and pages\n                  expressing his appreciation for their assistance\n                  during the session; invitations; church and civic\n                  involvements; speaking engagements and condolences;\n                  article from \n                   The\n                  Dickensonian regarding Godwin and another\n                  regarding his possible candidacy for governor;\n                  letters from Virginians offering support to Godwin if\n                  candidate for governor.","Correspondence covers the period of Godwin's\n                     campaign for the Democratic Primary for governor;\n                     the possible closing of Public Health Services\n                     Hospital in Norfolk; matters relating to\n                     Washington and old Dominion Railway; campaign\n                     matters, such as support letters, news clippings;\n                     correspondence regarding his announcement of\n                     candidacy; statement released to the press\n                     announcing his candidacy; letters to and replies\n                     from legislators and others seeking support;\n                     letters acknowledging unsolicited contributions;\n                     letters seeking support from Virginia\n                     Congressional Delegation; letters pledging support\n                     of candidacy, financial contributions received and\n                     acknowledged; letter to Harry Byrd, Jr. thanking\n                     him for support; letters regarding\n                     lieutenant-governor spot and his own personal\n                     political philosophy; acknowledgments of Christmas\n                     gifts.","News articles; releases; campaign\n                     correspondence; speaking engagements; letters of\n                     appreciation to individuals; letters regarding\n                     contributions.","Congratulatory letters; letters of appreciation\n                     to campaign workers; invitations to inaugural\n                     ceremonies; correspondence regarding temporary\n                     office space and secretary for new governor; new\n                     administration; legislative assignments; state\n                     public school formula; correspondence from A.\n                     Linwood Holton and response; letter from Governor\n                     Albertis Harrison and Chief Justice Eggleston;\n                     correspondence regarding speech by governor-elect\n                     at Tidewater Rehabilitation Institute; Godwin's\n                     brief hospitalization; correspondence with Waldo\n                     Miles regarding gift of mink stole for Mrs.\n                     Miles.","Invitations; programs, copies of prayer by the\n                     Reverend Dwight W. Moore.","Church activities; letters regarding hospital\n                  visit, insurance; honorary degree awarded by the\n                  college of William and Mary; news articles regarding\n                  governor's new administration; correspondence\n                  regarding keynote of governor's Conference on\n                  Education.","Editorial in \n                   Washington\n                  Post regarding first Administration and\n                  correspondence regarding same; letters and articles\n                  regarding European Trade Mission; news articles;\n                  letter to Governor Lurleen Wallace, governor of\n                  Alabama; printed copy of address given by Godwin at\n                  Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and correspondence\n                  regarding same.","Editorials in \n                   Rural Virginia and \n                   Richmond\n                  Times-Dispatch on governor's administration;\n                  correspondence on administration; article in \n                   Virginia Poultryman on\n                  bond issue.","Research Paper; \n                      Changing Posture of the\n                     Democratic Party in Virginia As Seen in its\n                     Leadership - Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., Exemplar of\n                     the Change , by Judith Rountree\n                     Elliott.","Article, \n                   The Godwin\n                  Years appearing in \n                   Commonwealth\n                  Magazine and Virginia's European headquarters\n                  for industrial development inaugurated by Godwin.","Letters on pardon of youth involved in drug\n                     charge; letters of appreciation to Mansion staff;\n                     notes and other matters relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     letters to and from state legislators.","Correspondence regarding membership on bank\n                     boards; recognitions and invitations for speaking\n                     engagements.","Correspondence regarding naming of school in\n                     Prince William County for Godwin; speaking\n                     engagements: dedication of Henry Clay Hofheimer\n                     Library; announcement by Senator Harry F. Byrd,\n                     Jr., to run as Independent; correspondence with\n                     Mr. Carl Andrews.","Recognitions; letters regarding membership on\n                     Board of Trustees of Virginia Foundation for\n                     Independent Colleges; letters regarding\n                     Administration; speaking engagements; Congressman\n                     Watkins M. Abbitt's announced retirement.","Congratulatory messages; Fox portrait of\n                     Godwin.","Letters on appointment to Boards; further\n                     correspondence relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     honorary degree from Washington \u0026 Lee\n                     University; speaking engagements.","Honorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa at\n                     Thomas Nelson Community College; speaking\n                     engagements; letters regarding former Governor\n                     Thomas B. Stanley's death and Senatorial campaign\n                     of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Lieutenant-governor Sargent Reynolds' illness;\n                     ceremonies for Paul D. Camp Community College,\n                     Lord Fairfax Community College, and Virginia\n                     Highlands Community College.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s victory;\n                     Constitutional amendments approved by voters;\n                     letters of appreciation for copy of book of\n                     speeches - first administration.","Letters regarding possible appointment to\n                     Supreme Court and denial; article in Virginia\n                     Observer regarding President Nixon asking Godwin\n                     for aid for oil refinery at Hampton Roads; letters\n                     on future of Democratic Party in Virginia.","General Correspondence.","Campaign for lieutenant-governor, George\n                  Kostel","Correspondence, printed material and other\n                     items related to Godwin's nomination as the\n                     Republican candidate for governor; the\n                     presidential election; news articles entitled\n                     \"Godwin Draft\" and \"The Push for Godwin\"; speaking\n                     engagements; comments made by Godwin on busing of\n                     school children; statement on White House visit;\n                     plans for organizing \"Order of White Jackets\" Carl\n                     Andrews; article and letters regarding dedication\n                     of Godwin Hall at Madison College; correspondence\n                     and other matters regarding Constitutional\n                     Amendment ending tenure for federal judges; letter\n                     from Richard D. Obenshain inviting Godwin to run\n                     on Republican ticket.","General Correspondence.","Article regarding surgery scheduled for Godwin;\n                     get well messages and gifts; acknowledgments\n                     thereof; speaking engagements; receipts of\n                     Distinguished Service Award - Virginia Council on\n                     Health; invitation to attend the inauguration of\n                     President Nixon; letters encouraging Godwin to run\n                     for governor; article \"Party Label Debated\" and\n                     other similar articles.","Letters regarding announcement to run for\n                     governor in 1973; Godwin's statement declaring\n                     himself a candidate; articles regarding Godwin\n                     seeking second term; draft of invitation from\n                     Republican Party to join in campaign; letters\n                     offering support of Godwin's candidacy.","Letters regarding second term; petitions\n                     circulated for Godwin; letters reacting to\n                     announcement of candidacy; opposition material;\n                     statement by Godwin indicating he will accept\n                     Republican nomination if offered him; list of\n                     Republicans supporting Godwin; letters regarding\n                     \"Democrats for Godwin\" organization; news release\n                     naming Anne Dobie Peebles as Coordinator of\n                     Women's participation in Godwin campaign; letters\n                     offering help in campaign; acknowledgments.","Invitations; speaking engagements; petitions;\n                     article regarding Godwin seeking Republican\n                     nomination in June; opposition material; articles\n                     regarding Godwin campaign and first term; letters\n                     of support from both Democrats and Republicans;\n                     letters from individuals offering service in\n                     campaign; endorsement by educators, legislators\n                     and others.","Invitations; speaking engagements; letters\n                     regarding party affiliation for candidate; letters\n                     regarding campaign; article and letter regarding\n                     Watergate.","Honorary degree - Hampden-Sydney College;\n                     Godwin's acceptance of nomination from Republican\n                     Party (speech); vote by districts at Republican\n                     Convention; letters regarding nomination by\n                     Republican Party; resignations by Democrats from\n                     various political posts to work for Godwin's\n                     election; letters regarding campaign staff -\n                     Carter O. Lowance's participation, Matt G.\n                     Anderson, Treasurer of Campaign; statement by\n                     Godwin regarding campaign contributions and\n                     expenditures.","Article from \n                      Virginia Record\n                     Magazine - \n                      The Man for Virginia,\n                     Mills E. Godwin, Jr. ; news articles\n                     regarding campaign; letters of support; Young\n                     Virginians for Godwin; statements by Congressman\n                     David Satterfield and Mayor Thomas Bliley\n                     regarding support of Godwin.","Letters of support; editorial \"Godwin vs.\n                     Watergate\"; pari-mutuel betting in Virginia;\n                     editorial criticizing Godwin for not inviting\n                     President Nixon to Virginia during campaign;\n                     statement regarding contributions and\n                     expenditures; endorsement of Godwin by various\n                     state newspapers; article \"Howell begins 1973 Race\n                     with Attack on Godwin\".","Editorials; news articles; acknowledgments of\n                     contributions; statements by Robert Button, W. C.\n                     Battle and George Kostel supporting Godwin.","Invitations; acknowledgments of contributions;\n                     solicitation of support; campaign articles and\n                     editorials; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s statement\n                     supporting Godwin; results of mock elections at\n                     Virginia colleges.","Editorials, campaign correspondence; remarks of\n                     Howell regarding the election; letters of\n                     appreciation to those who helped in campaign.","Acknowledgments; resignations from Boards of\n                     Trustees; list of invitees to inauguration and\n                     congratulatory messages.","Campaign Material; news releases; documents;\n                     statements endorsing Godwin for governor; articles\n                     and statements on major issues; campaign victory\n                     reports numbers 1, 2, 3 \u0026 4.","Campaign Correspondence - Thank you\n                     letters.","Congratulatory Messages.","General Correspondence.","Inaugural speech, a speech to General Assembly;\n                     correspondence relating to invitations; letters\n                     regarding inauguration; list of invitees to\n                     inauguration and inaugural Ball; congratulatory\n                     messages; picture of Mrs. Godwin's inaugural gown;\n                     news clippings and articles on inauguration -\n                     Virginia Highway Bulletin.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; news\n                     clippings on inauguration; congratulatory\n                     messages; correspondence on honorary memberships\n                     in various organizations.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; get well\n                     cards and other correspondence.","General correspondence, including invitation\n                     for fishing; get well cards; etc.","Editorial, Farmville Herald regarding\n                     governor's leadership; correspondence relating to\n                     Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of\n                     Richmond and Doctor of Public Administration\n                     Degree from Bridgewater College.","Correspondence regarding Watergate with\n                     President Richard Nixon; letters and articles\n                     regarding Bicentennial.","Announcement of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd's death\n                     and information about her life; letters regarding\n                     governor's speeches.","Dedication of William F. Stone Hall-Patrick\n                     Henry Community College; participation in\n                     dedication of Eastern Shore Community College.","News article regarding gift from Pamunkey\n                     Indian Tribe; birthday greetings and other general\n                     correspondence.","General Correspondence, including Christmas\n                     messages.","Letters regarding Godwin's message to General\n                     Assembly and certificate issued governor for\n                     community leadership; honorary memberships and\n                     contributions.","Godwin's action to restrain state spending;\n                     editorial \"Mr. Godwin's leadership\"; articles\n                     relating to Godwin and the General Assembly of\n                     Virginia.","Godwin's stand on fiscal issues and other state\n                     problems; \n                      Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin for holding\n                     line on spending during recession; correspondence\n                     regarding honorary chairmanship of UGF.","Godwin's stand on restrained fiscal policies;\n                     letters of condolence; honorary chairmanships.","Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin -\n                     \"Retrenchment of Governor Godwin\"; article\n                     regarding \"A Search for Excellence Governor\n                     Godwin's Appointments\"; copy of introduction of\n                     Governor Godwin by Shirley Holland; news article\n                     dated 1962 explaining where Godwin's home was in\n                     Chuckatuck; governor's letter to President of\n                     Anheuser-Busch, regarding grand opening of Busch\n                     Gardens in Williamsburg; letter from Godwin's\n                     first grade teacher.","Letters regarding speech to Virginia Wesleyan\n                     graduates and speech at St. John's Bicentennial\n                     program; news article regarding Godwin visiting\n                     former Mansion cook, Lucille Anderson, in\n                     hospital.","Article on Godwin's stand on federal funds;\n                     radio news editorial on Godwin succeeding in\n                     having Queen of England accept invitation to visit\n                     Virginia during Bicentennial Year, contribution to\n                     Oakland Christian Church for repairs; letters on\n                     Godwin cutting state expenditures; honorary\n                     chairman, 1976 Auction, television Channel 23.","Letters regarding Administration; editorial on\n                     Godwin's stand against the Department of Health,\n                     Education and welfare trends; Congressional Record\n                     regarding HEW demands on Virginia; letter from\n                     Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; Godwin's participation\n                     in \"Bill Tuck Day\"; editorial on Godwin's second\n                     term; Bicentennial participation - news article on\n                     Woodstock Bicentennial Commission; contribution to\n                     Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Memorial Commission.","Letters regarding Administration; acknowledging\n                     gift of Sky Meadows from Paul Mellon for state\n                     part site; letters regarding coin collection;\n                     letter from President Gerald Ford thanking Godwin\n                     for endorsement; remarks on speeches;\n                     acknowledgment of Christmas messages and Sigma Phi\n                     Epsilon certificate.","Honorary chairman, Bicentennial Celebration,\n                     Munich, Germany; remarks on message to General\n                     Assembly; honorary membership for Governor and\n                     Mrs. Godwin, Rotunda and Downtown Clubs.","Article, \n                      The Virginia\n                     Republican ; remarks on governor's\n                     speeches; coin collection letters; and letters of\n                     condolence.","Installation in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;\n                     honorary membership, Virginia Association for\n                     Health, Physical Education and Recreation; letters\n                     on administration and speeches; Bicentennial\n                     Celebration participation.","Letters on delivered speeches; correspondence\n                     on Godwin appearing with Billy Graham at\n                     Bicentennial Festival of Faith, Tidewater\n                     area.","Bicentennial participation; letter on\n                     television appearances with Queen Elizabeth,\n                     President Ford and Billy Graham Crusade;\n                     condolences.","Letter relating to Queen Elizabeth's visit to\n                     Charlottesville; correspondence on Godwin's\n                     attendance at Virginia Manufacturers Association\n                     meeting, Williamsburg.","Correspondence on administration and speeches;\n                     letter regarding President Ford's visit to\n                     Virginia during presidential campaign; letter on\n                     Godwin running for U. S. Senate in 1978;\n                     Bicentennial participation, coin collection;\n                     Christmas greetings.","Certificate of Recognition, Vienna Bicentennial\n                     Commission; coin collection; letter and picture,\n                     Display of Exhibition of War Between the States,\n                     Brussels, Belgium; Charter Day, College of William\n                     and Mary, awarding honorary doctorate degree to\n                     Carter O. Lowance.","Article on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Matthews donating\n                     land for Yorktown Victory Center; editorial on\n                     Godwin vetoing certain legislation; certificate of\n                     appreciation, Richmond County Bicentennial\n                     Commission; news release announcing John Warren\n                     Cooke's seeking another term as Speaker of the\n                     House.","Resolution, Republican Party of Pulaski, on\n                     Godwin's term; certificate, World Trade luncheon;\n                     tribute to T. Edward Temple.","Article,\" What's Dulled Virginia's Penchant for\n                     Leadership\"; replies; letters on administration;\n                     letters referring to Godwin's stand on higher\n                     education and HEW guidelines; dedication of Walter\n                     Reed Memorial Hospital, Gloucester.","Letters on administration; participation in\n                     bond issue; article on new official portrait of\n                     Godwin replacing existing one; resignation from\n                     Board of Trustees, Elon College; donation of John\n                     Marshall Bible by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins,\n                     subsequently sent to the College of William and\n                     Mary.","Letters regarding bond issues; Bicentennial\n                     participation by Godwin at York, Pa.; letters of\n                     appreciation to bond issue participants; letters\n                     on administration; political ad on Godwin's and\n                     Senator Harry Byrd's participation in Dalton\n                     campaign; correspondence on Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     birthday greetings.","Letters on administration; article, \"Unique\n                     Satisfaction for Out-bound Governor\"; expression\n                     of gratitude from Governor-elect Dalton for\n                     participating in gubernatorial campaign; Navy\n                     Public Service Citation; Christmas greetings.","Numerous articles, editorials on Godwin's\n                     second term as governor, including \"Simply a Man\n                     for all Seasons\"; letters on administration;\n                     letter from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on\n                     administration; acknowledgments of gifts; letters\n                     expressing appreciation from legislators; article\n                     on Godwin's $9.12 billion State budget.","Letters to Governor and Mrs. Godwin regarding\n                     service to Virginia; correspondence on Mrs.\n                     Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     news article, \"Godwin Described as Great, Popular\"\n                     by Governor John N. Dalton; letters on\n                     administration; Republican Party of Newport News\n                     resolution expressing gratitude to Godwin.","This series begins with an article from the Virginia\n               Record of January, 1966, entitled \"First Lady of the\n               Commonwealth.\" It gives much information regarding Mrs.\n               Godwin, Governor Godwin, and their daughter, Becky.\n               Other correspondence includes certain highlights of\n               includes certain highlights of Mrs. Godwin's official,\n               personal and social activities during her husband's\n               public life.","Virginia Record article on Mrs. Godwin occupying\n                  Mansion; letters regarding invitations.","General Correspondence, invitations and visits to\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence regarding automobile accident July\n                  2, 1967, Waynesboro, Virginia, state limousine driven\n                  by Trooper Shields; correspondence regarding medical\n                  services and insurance; personal letters, confinement\n                  at University of Virginia Hospital and recovery.","Statement by Mrs. Godwin, Honorary Chairman of\n                  Library Week; invitations, letters on participation\n                  in Virginia Jaycee project - \"Apply Jelly Sunday\";\n                  news release regarding Mrs. Godwin's operation at\n                  Norfolk General Hospital; letters regarding Honorary\n                  Chairman of Lee District Junior Woman's Club;\n                  cancellations following Becky's accident;\n                  acknowledgments of cookbooks received.","Message as Honorary Chairman of Woman's Auxiliary,\n                  Richmond Academy of Medicine: information sent to\n                  Charleston, South Carolina paper; statement on work\n                  of Richmond Symphony Women's Committee; honorary\n                  chairmanships; invitation from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson;\n                  note from Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; letters on leaving\n                  Mansion.","Biographical information on Mrs. Godwin;\n                  complimentary letters on Mrs. Godwin as First Lady of\n                  Virginia; letters of appreciation by St. John's\n                  Church members regarding Mansion reception; articles\n                  and pictures on the Godwin's new home at Cedar Point;\n                  article on Mrs. Godwin and campaign; \n                   The Journal , article\n                  on Mrs. Godwin; newspaper article regarding\n                  \"Miniature First Ladies Show Of Ballgowns\"; gifts to\n                  Mrs. Godwin; acknowledgments of gifts received.","Mrs. Godwin's calendar and participation in\n                  various events; invitations, acknowledgments of\n                  cookbooks; introduction of Elizabeth Hanford Dole,\n                  wife of Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas,\n                  Williamsburg; U. S. Department of Commerce Award to\n                  Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; Garden\n                  Clubs coffee; Christmas Mansion tours and\n                  information","Invitations; participation in various events;\n                  requests and responses from organizations for\n                  donation of items for auctions; Thalhimer's\n                  appearance to autograph \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  Virginia State Chamber of Commerce information and\n                  purchases of Mrs. Godwin's book; letters regarding\n                  book.","Acknowledgments of Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  letters of appreciation for Mansion tours and gifts;\n                  correspondence regarding depletion of supply of Mrs.\n                  Godwin's book.","Chronological order of Mrs. Godwin's activities,\n                  1974-1977; dinners and receptions, 1974-1977;\n                  numerical information on number of people touring\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence and information on Frankie Welsh\n                  Scarf designed for Mrs. Godwin for use as gift;\n                  letters acknowledging receipt of scarf.","This correspondence includes letters, news articles\n               and general information relating to Becky Godwin,\n               beginning with her early school days and continuing\n               through 1968. Included among the material is her diary\n               written in March and April, 1963, covering a European\n               trip she made with her mother and father, who was then\n               lieutenant-governor.","Letter from Godwin enrolling four-year old\n                  daughter in First Baptist Church Nursery during\n                  legislative session; lieutenant-governor and Mrs.\n                  Godwin leave for Virginia Cruise of Mediterranean;\n                  news article and pictures; diary of trip personally\n                  written by Becky (March-April, 1963); Godwin's letter\n                  to bank regarding Becky's checkbook; letters relating\n                  to attendance at Camp Sequoya, Sullins College,\n                  Bristol, Virginia.","Acknowledgment of V.M.I. sweater sent to Becky;\n                  Godwin's letters to Becky at Camp; acknowledgments of\n                  gifts to Becky; letter to Becky regarding Mansion\n                  ghosts; Becky's letter requesting information for a\n                  school project.","Letter and application for Becky to return to Camp\n                  Sequoya; acknowledgments of gifts; Godwin's letter to\n                  Camp Sequoya Director enclosing Becky's spending\n                  money and other letters to Becky while at Camp;\n                  correspondence thanking Virginia Beach Hospital for\n                  assistance given Becky as result of bicycle accident;\n                  letters regarding Becky's accident and death.","Accident and Death; Condolences; Memorials.","Continuing letters of sympathy; offer of placement\n                  of wreath on Becky's grave by Meadowbrook Memorial\n                  Gardens President; presentation of trophy by\n                  Alexandria Department of Recreation in Becky's\n                  memory; letters regarding memorial fund at St.\n                  Catherine's School; acknowledgment and copy of SJR #2\n                  - \"On the Death of Becky Godwin\"; Becky Godwin\n                  Memorial Fund established at Oakland Christian Church\n                  and memorial gift by Men's Bible Class of Chuckatuck;\n                  correspondence on and acknowledgment of portrait of\n                  Becky; song written in memory of Becky by Viet Nam\n                  veteran; establishment of Becky Godwin Water Skiing\n                  Memorial at Camp Sequoya by Governor and Mrs. Godwin;\n                  poem in Becky's memory and other memorial gifts;\n                  establishment of Becky Godwin Fund, School of\n                  Nursing, Medical College of Virginia; purchase of\n                  confirmation robes, St. John's United Church, in\n                  memory of Becky; books donated in Becky's memory;\n                  correspondence regarding scholarship award to Paul D.\n                  Camp Community College in Becky's memory by the\n                  Herbert Perkinsons; Virginia Education Association\n                  Award in Becky's memory for yearly scholarships.","This series consists of official appointment and\n               engagement books compiled during Godwin's two\n               gubernatorial terms, 1966-1970 and 1974-1978. Also\n               included are his major appointments as a private citizen\n               for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.","Monthly calendars.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows daily appointments and engagements by\n                     date and hour insofar as practical.","Typed daily schedule sheets, filed monthly.\n                     Also includes advanced weekly and monthly\n                     appointments.","Appointment book, desk copy. Daily and hourly\n                     appointments and engagements reflecting late\n                     changes, adjustments, etc.","File showing invitations declined by the\n                     governor during the year.","Typed daily schedule sheets. Filed monthly as\n                     above with advanced weekly and monthly\n                     schedules.","Appointment book, desk copy, listing daily and\n                     hourly appointments and engagements where\n                     applicable.","Governor's daily (office) schedule sheets in\n                     folders by month. Shows office appointments and\n                     other engagements. Preliminary weekly and monthly\n                     schedules also included.","Appointment book - daily and hourly\n                     appointments (generally more accurate than\n                     sheets). Travel plans listed separately when\n                     applicable","This series contains Godwin's official speeches, as\n               well as other formal speeches made as a private citizen\n               from 1957 through 1977. Although Godwin was a popular\n               speaker prior to 1957, especially during his active\n               participation in Ruritan National and early days in the\n               General Assembly, no copies of speeches given during\n               that period have survived.","Prepared Statement to the State Highway Commission\n                  of Virginia advocating the North-South Route for the\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel.","Excerpts from remarks at Historic St. John's\n                  Church, Richmond, Virginia, in connection with\n                  ceremonies sponsored by American Heritage\n                  Foundation.","Remarks made to the Representatives of the Sigma\n                  Delta Chi at Williamsburg, Virginia.","This series consists of the citations presented to\n               Godwin by eight institutions of higher learning on the\n               occasions of the awarding of honorary degrees. A listing\n               of 159 citations, plaques, etc., is also included. Four\n               citations and plaques are listed for Mrs. Godwin for the\n               period 1968 through 1976. There are a number of\n               citations and plaques awarded to Godwin or his wife\n               which have been retained by them and are not presently\n               included with those transferred to The College of\n               William and Mary.","This series consists of one box of television and\n               radio tapes, films and recordings. Included are tapes of\n               the Governor's Education Conferences in 1966 and 1967\n               and a 30-minute film, The Godwin Years, presented to\n               Godwin by the Virginia Association of Electric\n               Cooperatives.","These scrapbooks cover Godwin's political activities\n               beginning in 1943, his service in Ruritan National and\n               his presidency of that organization in 1952, his\n               gubernatorial campaign of 1965, educational conferences,\n               and first and second terms as governor. These are listed\n               chronologically from 1943 through January, 1978. A\n               number of scrapbooks have been retained by Governor and\n               Mrs. Godwin and are not included with those transferred\n               to The College of William and Mary.","This series consists of one large box of 1973\n               campaign material, of which two binders have been placed\n               on microfilm, and one small box which contains\n               magazines, news clippings, and small scrapbooks\n               concerning special activities. One envelope of\n               unclassified photographs and copies of inaugural\n               programs and invitations for 1966 and 1974 are also\n               included.","Other items in this series include VEA Convention\n               edition - Godwin, Virginia's Education Governor, 1973.\n               Papers: Virginia's Future First; Howell Rejects; 88%;\n               Yes, Godwin stands for Neighborhood Schools; Yes, Godwin\n               will protect our Right to Work Law; And Where Does\n               Henry's Money Come From; Henry's Tax Scheme, Can You\n               Afford It; Virginia's Future, Let's Give it Our Best; On\n               the One Hand, But on the Other, Let's Keep Henry Honest.\n               Godwin bumper stickers and buttons. Virginia Record,\n               July, 1973, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., The Man for Virginia;\n               The New Majority Program. Posters: Mills Godwin, The\n               Clearest Choice for Virginia's Future; Virginia's\n               Future, Give it Your Best - Godwin for Governor; Dalton\n               for Lieutenant-Governor. Godwin for Governor stationery;\n               Godwin for Governor buttons; Volunteer Register,\n               September 4-November 2, 1973. Black notebook containing\n               congratulatory letters and thank you letters sent to\n               lists in notebook; blue notebook containing sample\n               letters sent to groups and individuals for support and\n               help in Godwin's inauguration.","These papers of Mills E. Godwin begin after he left\n               gubernatorial office in 1978. Godwin remained a\n               significant player in Virginia political circles, hoping\n               to maintain the power of the coalition of conservative\n               Democrats and Republicans which he headed. The papers\n               concern the U. S. Senate campaigns of 1978 (Warner v. ),\n               and 1982, the gubernatorial campaign of 1981 (Robb v.\n               Coleman), investment policies of Virginia, affirmative\n               action (quotas), public employee collective bargaining,\n               Virginia Wesleyan College, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s decision\n               to retire from the Senate, the Martin Luther King\n               holiday in Virginia (federal and state), Republican\n               Party of Virginia, General Assembly and local elections,\n               the Virginia Community College System and the city of\n               Suffolk.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, John N. Dalton, Gerald R.\n               Ford, Albertis Harrison, Charles S. Robb, D. French\n               Slaughter, and John Warner. There are also routine\n               letters written by Godwin of sympathy, get-well wishes,\n               recommendation as well as replies to requests for\n               help.","These items include newspaper clippings (1961 and\n                  1965), letters upon his election as\n                  lieutenant-governor in 1961, lists of guests to be\n                  invited to inauguration and inaugural programs of\n                  1965 and 1974.","These items include letters of sympathy, get-well\n                  letters, congratulations on retirements, help with\n                  problems, requests for contributions to various\n                  organizations, etc. Correspondents include: Albertis\n                  Harrison concerning the U. S. Senate campaign\n                  (Warner); Harry F. Byrd, Jr. concerning the city of\n                  Suffolk HUD grant; Gerald Baliles; William E. Simon;\n                  D. French Slaughter; James R Thompson (governor of\n                  Illinois); and Carter Olin Lowance.","These items include material from or about John N.\n                  Dalton (investment policies of Virginia [series of\n                  articles by David Chandler in Norfolk Ledger-Star],\n                  Division of Purchases and Supply, Warner nomination\n                  for Senate), Carter Lowance, Charles S. Robb\n                  (Virginia Forum on Education), John N. Dalton,\n                  Virginia Port Authority), Louis R. Lawson (Virginia\n                  Energy Office), Stanley C. Walker (Virginia State\n                  Crime Commission), Virginia Foundation for\n                  Independent Colleges, affirmative action (quotas),\n                  letters of commendation, and policy statement on\n                  public employer-employee relations (collective\n                  bargaining).","These items include material from or about Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr., Charles S. Robb\n                  (lieutenant-governor), Hunter Andrews, Eva F. Scott\n                  (first woman to serve in State Senate), A. L.\n                  Philpott, Herbert H. Bateman, Paul Trible, General\n                  Assembly elections of 1979, J. Marshall Coleman,\n                  Philip Crane, Republican senatorial primary of 1978\n                  (Linwood Holton, Richard Obenshain, John Warner,\n                  Nathan Miller), agreement of Virginia with HEW to\n                  institute quotas in colleges; and the campaign by\n                  Coleman for attorney-general in 1977.","These items include material from or about the U.\n                  S Senate election of 1982, the General Assembly\n                  election of 1981, the gubernatorial race of 1981,\n                  Byrd's decision to retire from U S. Senate, Herbert\n                  H. Bateman, Republican Party events, Wyatt B.\n                  Durrette, Martin Luther King holiday bill (state\n                  holiday), Paul Trible, coalition headed by Godwin\n                  described in newspaper article ( \n                   Roanoke Times and World\n                  News (November 15, 1980), Eva F. Scott (first\n                  woman to serve in State Senate), John Warner, Bob\n                  Dole, and the Richard D. Obenshain Republican\n                  Center.","Godwin's service as a member of the Board of\n                  Trustees, and as Honorary Chairman of Challenge of\n                  the 80's, decade-long campaign to raise money\n                  launched in 1980.","Items include material from or about Gerald R.\n                  Ford.","Items all concern Godwin.","Items include letters of sympathy, requests for\n                  help, requests for photographs. Items also include\n                  material from or about the Richard Obenshain\n                  Republican Center; Harry F. Byrd, Jr., concerning\n                  Colgate Darden; Richard Poff; Virginia Community\n                  College System; and the Eastern Virginia Medical\n                  School, concerning in vitro fertilization.","Godwin served as the state chair for this\n                  committee. Also includes letters from Connally.","Items include get-well letters, letters of\n                  congratulations, letters requesting help, letters of\n                  sympathy, the funeral of E. Blackburn Moore, the\n                  Advisory Committee of the Medical Alumni of the\n                  University of Virginia, Dave Satterfield's retirement\n                  from Congress and correspondence with Harry F. Byrd,\n                  Jr., and Carter O. Lowance.","Items include material from or about the National\n                  Conservative Political Action Committee; Richard J.\n                  Davis (lieutenant-governor); Gerald L. Baliles; Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr.; Charles S. Robb; the 1981 election\n                  for General Assembly; the 1981 gubernatorial election\n                  (Robb v. Coleman); Sidney S. Kellam; Bill Dudley;\n                  John W. Williams, III; Martin Luther King holiday in\n                  Virginia; John Warner, concerning federal judgeship\n                  nominations; Elmon T. Gray; J. Marshall Coleman; Kit\n                  Bond (Missouri governor); pari-mutuel wagering; John\n                  N. Dalton, concerning commission appointments; and\n                  the Virginia Community College System.","Items include material from or about Charles Robb,\n                  the naming of the life science building at ODU for\n                  Godwin, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Harry F.\n                  Byrd, Jr., the University of Virginia Medical Alumni\n                  Advisory Committee, Godwin's stamp and coin\n                  collecting hobby, the House Joint Resolution No. 24\n                  signed by A.L. Philpott and Charles Robb, and a\n                  letter listing boards of corporations on which Godwin\n                  was serving.","Items include material from or about letters of\n                  sympathy, congratulations on retirement, get-well\n                  letters, Albertis Harrison, the death of Colgate\n                  Darden, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul Trible, and Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Items include the gubernatorial election of 1981\n                  (Robb v. Coleman) and Godwin's late endorsement of\n                  Coleman.","Items concern Warner's support of Martin Luther\n                  King holiday bill; and correspondence concerning Paul\n                  Trible, the administration of Charles Robb, J.\n                  Marshall Coleman, the General Assembly and local\n                  elections of 1982-1983, D. French Slaughter, J.\n                  Kenneth Robinson's retirement from Congress,\n                  Congressman Robert Daniel, Congressman Owen B.\n                  Pickett, and Congressman Herbert H. Bateman.","Items include material from or about John W.\n                  Warner, the General Assembly election of 1983, Stan\n                  Parris, Robert Daniel (Congressman), the Senate race\n                  of 1982 (possibility of Byrd re-entering race, Davis\n                  v. Trible), the campaign of Melvin Spence for\n                  re-election to House of Delegates, Martin Luther King\n                  federal holiday, George Bush, and the law school at\n                  George Mason University.","Items include material about or concerning Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Some, not all, of the clippings directly concern\n                  Godwin. Items include material on the U. S.\n                  senatorial campaign of 1982, campaigning for\n                  Trible.","Items include thank you notes, congratulatory\n                  letters, and sympathy letters; as well as\n                  correspondence from Carter O. Lowance, and Gordon\n                  Davies, Council on Higher Education concerning the\n                  Virginia Community College System.","Items include material on Godwin's service on the\n                  Board of Associates of University of Richmond.","This addition covers committees and organizations\n               that Mills E. Godwin belonged to and/or had an vested\n               interest in from 1978 to 1900. These include the\n               Obenshain Senatorial (Republican primary) Campaign of\n               1978, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the\n               Virginia Science Museum, the City of Suffolk, the\n               Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the\n               Republican Party politics, Virginians for Reagan, the\n               John N. Dalton Oncology Clinic, the Medical College of\n               Virginia, the Virginia Wesleyan College and Godwin's\n               opposition to pledge bond amendments to Virginia\n               Constitution for transportation.","Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul\n               Trible, Wyatt Durrette, and D. French Slaughter.","Smith, Byrd, Godwin, amendment to Virginia\n                  Constitution to issue local and state pledge bonds\n                  for transportation purposes.","These papers composite a largely non-political\n               nature. Most of the letters concern personal matters,\n               invitations, get-well wishes, and letters of sympathy.\n               Political papers concern the 1992 Virginia Bond issue,\n               Godwin's contribution to Bush's 1988 and 1992\n               presidential campaigns, Chichester for\n               lieutenant-governor in 1985, the 1989 gubernatorial race\n               (Coleman v. Wilder), the Virginia Republican Party,\n               Godwin's support for Trible for Republican gubernatorial\n               candidate in 1989, the 1978-1979 HEW controversy in\n               Virginia (desegregation of higher education), and the\n               1986-87 Virginia Transportation Commission.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, Albertis S. Harrison, Charles\n               S. Robb, John Warner, Richard Short and Hunter\n               Andrews.","Items include letters to and from Mills E. Godwin\n                  about the 1992 $613 million general obligation bond\n                  issue, a report from Virginia officials arguing in\n                  favor of the bond, a copy of the report sent from\n                  state senator Hunter B. Andrews to members of the\n                  Senate, letters from the Virginians for Progress\n                  Foundation, news clippings and editorials.","Items include correspondence with Godwin regarding\n                  campaign contributions, newspaper clippings, letters\n                  from representatives of the Republican Party and Bush\n                  campaign in Virginia to Godwin, and an invitation to\n                  Bush's inauguration (1988).","Items include letters between Godwin and\n                  Chichester, a collection of clippings and information\n                  about Douglas Wilder's record, letters, memos, and\n                  editorials.","Items include a copy of the 1991 bill for 1991\n                  education general obligation issue, a list of\n                  proposed projects, letters to and from the opposition\n                  group (Citizens against . . .), editorials, and legal\n                  papers.","Items include the campaign for Governor in 1988 -\n                  editorials, newspaper articles, correspondence\n                  between Coleman and Godwin, correspondence with Harry\n                  F. Byrd, Jr., an extensive \n                   Wall Street\n                  Journal article about the race, miscellaneous\n                  letters, etc.","Items include invitations to various functions,\n                  papers concerning Camp Foundation, personal letters,\n                  correspondence between Godwin and Doug Rendleman\n                  (Godwin Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe School of\n                  Law), letters to and from Anne Dobie Peebles, Davis\n                  Paschall and Thomas Graves, letters concerning the\n                  1984 presidential search, news clippings and letters\n                  to and from Margaret Cook of Swem Library.","Items include invitations, papers concerning the\n                  planning of the Tercentenary Celebration, news\n                  clipping of Queen Elizabeth's address commemorating\n                  the Glorious Revolution, letters to and from Paul\n                  Verkuil, Tim Sullivan, Anne Dobie Peebles, and\n                  photographs.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for functions, banquets, visitations.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for parties, receptions, etc.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret concerning various banquets, parties, and\n                     gatherings.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret to various people and organizations.","Items include correspondence with Oliver North\n                     and paper from the International Churchill Society\n                     (including a letter to Justice Clarence Thomas),\n                     letters to and from Godwin about the 1991\n                     International Churchill Society Conference in\n                     Richmond, Virginia and copies of a speech and\n                     essay by Churchill).","Items include correspondence between Godwin and\n                     Tim Sullivan concerning Sullivan's inauguration as\n                     president of the College of William and Mary,\n                     letters concerning speaking engagements at Paul D.\n                     Camp Community College, Diane Russell's fourth\n                     grade class at Larchmont Elementary School, the\n                     State Council on Higher Education and letters\n                     concerning other engagements.","Items include papers, business letters and\n                  personal letters concerning affairs at Elon College\n                  in North Carolina.","Items include letters, a copy of the eulogy given\n                  by Godwin, and news clippings.","Items include personal letters, letters to and\n                     from William B. Spong, former Dean of the\n                     Marshall-Wythe Law School, and information about\n                     Festival Williamsburg.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters from Charles S.\n                     Robb, John Dalton and other friends and\n                     acquaintances.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters, and letters and\n                     papers concerning Godwin's involvement in various\n                     organizations and enterprises.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     personal commitments (e.g., Bridgewater College,\n                     Medical College of Virginia, Boy Scouts).","Items concern personal letters; correspondence\n                     concerning Hope Spivey, a gymnast from Godwin's\n                     hometown; and letters of concern relating to\n                     Godwin's hospitalization.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     business transactions, a letter regarding the\n                     Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters\n                     concerning the death of Carter Lowance.","Item include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters.","Items include information about a west Norfolk,\n                     Virginia tract of industrial property, personal\n                     letters, and letters regarding personal business\n                     transactions.","Items include an essay on the \"Reagan legacy,\"\n                     a newsletter devoted to '88 presidential election\n                     in Virginia, editorials, letters concerning\n                     campaigns, a biographical sketch of Howard Worth\n                     Smith, letters to and from Godwin regarding\n                     functions, campaign strategy, etc., roster of\n                     committee chairpersons for Virginia Republican\n                     Party (1989), and letters and papers about various\n                     other facets of Virginia Republican politics.","Items include invitations for fun raising\n                     functions, news clippings, letters to and from\n                     George Allen, a letter from Harry F. Byrd, letter\n                     to Godwin asking for his support of Pat Buchanan,\n                     letter from John Warner, and other letters dealing\n                     with GOP races in 1992.","Items include letters to and from Davis\n                     Paschall and Pat Robertson, letters and\n                     newsletters from the Suffolk Republican Party\n                     headquarters, and an article from \n                      The Sun about young\n                     Republican volunteers.","Items include fund raising letters, news\n                     clippings and editorials, a letter from Harry F.\n                     Byrd with enclosed editorial, letters from the\n                     Republican National Committee, a letter from Dan\n                     Quayle, card from George Bush, news clipping about\n                     Charles Robb, and other papers relating to GOP\n                     contests in 1992.","Items include a copy of the 1978 joint resolution\n                  about the Harry F. Byrd Memorial Commission, and\n                  letters from John Dalton and Charles Robb.","Items include financial statements from June 1981,\n                  letters (business and personal), a letter to Senator\n                  Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a report, \"Invest in America's\n                  Cities\" from U. S. Conference of Mayor's Conference\n                  in Zurich, Switzerland, and other papers.","Item include the HEW controversy: editorials, news\n                  clippings, and letters relating to Virginia\n                  desegregation efforts and HEW directives regarding\n                  such efforts.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include letters to and from Godwin about\n                     his membership on the Board of Directors,\n                     financial report from December 1985, various\n                     papers about Foundation business, and financial\n                     statements for 1986.","Items include 1989 Annual Report for\n                     Development Program for Jamestown-Yorktown\n                     Educational Trust, newsletters from\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, and other\n                     papers.","Items include letters concerning\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, letters\n                     concerning the opening of the Jamestown Settlement\n                     Galleries, and letters regarding various other\n                     functions.","Items include a list of trustees, pamphlet about\n                  the Monticello cabinet, and magazine article about\n                  the roof of Monticello.","Items include letters and copies of speeches in\n                  opposition to the proposed lottery in 1987.","Items include a program from the Boy Scout meeting\n                  of 28 April 1949, personal letters, photographs,\n                  letter from president of University of Virginia,\n                  legal papers, and a copy of the Suffolk newspaper\n                  with an article about Virginia's Community\n                  Colleges.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     invitation to the first inaugural of Ronald\n                     Reagan, correspondence regarding proposed magazine\n                     advertisement featuring Godwin, correspondence\n                     between Godwin and William and Mary College\n                     Republicans, letters concerning awards and honors,\n                     correspondence regarding Federal appointment of\n                     Godwin by President Nixon, and correspondence\n                     between Godwin and former William and Mary\n                     president Davis Paschall.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions,\n                     correspondence regarding the book \n                      Suffolk: A Pictorial\n                     History and Godwin's foreword to the\n                     text.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     newspaper editorial with reference to Godwin,\n                     correspondence between Godwin and Mrs. Pitonyak's\n                     fourth grade class, newspaper article about the\n                     Governor's Mansion, and a list of buildings in\n                     Virginia named after Godwin.","Items include letters to and from Virginia\n                     politicians, articles about Judge Willard H.\n                     Douglas, Jr., and a letter from Richard T. Short\n                     with enclosed letters to prominent politicians\n                     (e.g., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Jesse\n                     Helms.","Items include letters to and from Godwin\n                     regarding Virginia politics, including\n                     correspondence with Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Albertis\n                     Harrison, Hunter Andrews, and Davis Paschall.","Items include news clippings, editorials,\n                     photograph of President and Mrs. Bush, photograph\n                     of Teddy Roosevelt in the Panama Canal,\n                     correspondence with Richard Short, Pat Buchanan,\n                     Davis Paschall and others. Also included is the \n                      \n                     Times-Dispatch editorial on the 1992 L.A.\n                     riots and letter of reaction from Godwin.","Items include letters, official papers, and news\n                  clippings concerning the 1986-87 Governor's\n                  Commission on Transportation. Also included are\n                  comments by former Governor Albertis S. Harrison.","Items include the December 1987 Report of the\n                  Local Financing Options Subcommittee, letter of\n                  thanks to Godwin from Governor Baliles, draft of the\n                  final report, news clippings, roster of Commission\n                  members, copy of remarks made by Godwin concerning\n                  his reservations about the final report.","Items include letters written to Godwin in support\n                  of Trible, campaign newsletters, newspaper articles\n                  about Godwin's endorsement of Trible, and Godwin's\n                  letter announcing endorsement.","Items include invitations to meetings and\n                  ceremonies, and letters concerning affairs of the\n                  society.","Items include letters concerning Virginia's\n                  international trade, the State Water Authority, the\n                  Virginia State Library, an invitation to the 1990\n                  inauguration of Douglas Wilder, and a letter from the\n                  William and Mary School of Business\n                  Administration.","Items include correspondence between Governor\n                  Godwin and various state senators, a copy of speech\n                  given by Frances Hallam Hurt in support of state arts\n                  program, a letter from Lio Bourassa expressing\n                  concern about Virginia water problems, the 1991\n                  Report of the Secretary of Finance on Virginia's\n                  financial situation, and miscellaneous letters.","Items include letters pertaining to finances\n                     and business of the Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include letters pertaining to business\n                     and finances of Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include business and personal letters\n                     concerning affairs of the Foundation.","Items include business and personal\n                     letters.","Items include official papers, letters and\n                  memoranda concerning affairs of the college.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","Papers, 1947-1989, of Mills E.\n         Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the\n         Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes\n         his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine\n         Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin;\n         schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials;\n         scrapbooks; and political memorabilia.","College of William and\n                  Mary,","College of William and Mary,","Godwin family,","Godwin family.","Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Otelia Darden","Mills Edwin Godwin,","Mary Lee,","Mildred Elizabeth","Leah Otelia","Katherine Thomas Beale","Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's","George J. Kostel","President Richard M.\n                  Nixon","Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","Virginia. Governor\n            (1978-1982 : Dalton)","Godwin, Becky Katherine,\n            1953-1968.","Howell, Henry E. (Henry\n            Evans), 1920-","Lowance, Carter O. (Carter\n            Olin), 1910-1989.","Reynolds, J. Sargeant\n            (Julian Sargeant), 1936-1971.","Robertson, A. Willis\n            (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971.","Smith, Howard Worth,\n            1883-1976.","Spong, William B. (William\n            Belser), 1920-","Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas\n            Bahnson), 1890-1970.","Stephens, Allie Edwards\n            Stokes.","Tuck, William M. (William\n            Munford), 1896-1983.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 78 G54"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"collection_title_tesim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"collection_ssim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck."],"creator_ssim":["Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck."],"creator_famname_ssim":["Godwin family,"],"creators_ssim":["Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Godwin family,"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: ca. 40,000 items, \n             1978. Gift: 3 cartons, \n             1985. Gift: 4 cartons, \n             1989. Gift: ca. 2,070 items, \n             1994."],"access_subjects_ssim":["College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Chlordecone.","Oysters--Virginia.","Taxation--Virginia.","Education,\n            Higher--Virginia."],"access_subjects_ssm":["College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Chlordecone.","Oysters--Virginia.","Taxation--Virginia.","Education,\n            Higher--Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 42,070 items and 7\n         cartons."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Restrictions on Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeries 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndividual folders made for certain specific topics\n               have been placed at the end of the year in which they\n               occurred. For example, the role Godwin played as a\n               private citizen in connection with the Virginians for\n               the Constitution in 1970 and with the U. S. Senate\n               campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and the correspondence\n               pertaining thereto will be found filed at the end of\n               1970. Other topics arranged in the same manner are:\n               Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1962;\n               George Kostel for lieutenant-governor campaign,\n               1971-1972; and Virginians for the Re-election of the\n               President, 1972.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther material related to Mrs. Godwin is scattered\n               throughout the entire collection, and the items\n               comprising this series constitute a small portion of the\n               total amount of her correspondence in the Godwin Papers\n               since she personally handled the bulk of her\n               correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe items listed separately below are those that have\n               been microfilmed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addition continues with the box numbers of the\n               larger collection that ended with Series 9. The series\n               is arranged primarily by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged primarily by date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged by subject.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","The collection is organized twelve series. Series 1 is\n            correspondence of Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Series 2 is\n            correspondence of Katherine B. Godwin; Series 3 is\n            correspondence of Becky Godwin; Series 4 is schedules;\n            Series 5 is speeches; Series 6 is citations and plaques;\n            Series 7 is audiovisual; Series 8 is scrapbooks; and Series\n            9 is Political Memorabilia and Selected Material. The last\n            three series, 10-12, are additions to the collection and\n            are group into series by their accession number. Series 10\n            is accession 1985.15; Series 11 is accession 1989.29; and\n            Series 12 is accession 1994.66.","Arrangement Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Series 1-10 are generally arranged chronologically. The\n            Additions to the collection located in Series 11 and 12,\n            are also each arranged by date.","Individual folders made for certain specific topics\n               have been placed at the end of the year in which they\n               occurred. For example, the role Godwin played as a\n               private citizen in connection with the Virginians for\n               the Constitution in 1970 and with the U. S. Senate\n               campaign of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and the correspondence\n               pertaining thereto will be found filed at the end of\n               1970. Other topics arranged in the same manner are:\n               Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1962;\n               George Kostel for lieutenant-governor campaign,\n               1971-1972; and Virginians for the Re-election of the\n               President, 1972.","Other material related to Mrs. Godwin is scattered\n               throughout the entire collection, and the items\n               comprising this series constitute a small portion of the\n               total amount of her correspondence in the Godwin Papers\n               since she personally handled the bulk of her\n               correspondence.","The items listed separately below are those that have\n               been microfilmed.","This addition continues with the box numbers of the\n               larger collection that ended with Series 9. The series\n               is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged primarily by date.","This series is arranged by subject."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at\n         Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk,\n         Virginia.","He completed public school and attended the college of\n         William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the\n         University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees\n         have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira\n         College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee\n         University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond\n         and Bridgewater College.","While awaiting a commission in the U. S. Navy in World War\n         II, he was appointed a special agent with the Federal Bureau\n         of Investigation where he served for three years prior to\n         resuming the practice of law in Suffolk until he was elected\n         governor of Virginia in 1965.","He first entered politics in 1948 when he began service in\n         the House of Delegates. From 1952 to 1962 he served in the\n         State Senate of Virginia. He was lieutenant-governor of\n         Virginia from 1962 to 1966. During the 26 years he held public\n         office, he ran seventeen times and was never defeated.","His first election as governor in November 1965, came after\n         he had received the Democratic nomination without\n         opposition.","During his administration from 1966 to 1970, he became\n         known as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" taking the lead in\n         upgrading education at every level from kindergarten through\n         graduate school. Initiated and developed during his first term\n         was the State's system of community colleges, two-year\n         colleges offering occupational-technical and liberal arts\n         training at minimum tuition. Salary increases and other\n         improved benefits were granted teachers and faculty members.\n         State aid to kindergartens, summer schools and classes for the\n         handicapped encouraged broader opportunities throughout\n         Virginia, and a number of other innovations were made in the\n         public schools and higher education. The momentum followed a\n         series of governor's conferences on education early in the\n         administration. He persuaded the General Assembly to enact the\n         Retail Sales Tax which was the first new broad-based tax\n         passed in Virginia in more than one hundred years.","He continued and enlarged the emphasis on industrial\n         development begun by his predecessor, Governor Harrison. He\n         led the first two foreign trade missions and engaged in other\n         efforts designed to attract high caliber new industry to\n         Virginia and to encourage expansion by firms already located\n         in the State. He saw industrial development and education as\n         the principal means of continuing progress in Virginia.","During his tenure, Virginia made major strides also in\n         water and air pollution control, port and park development,\n         interstate, arterial and other highway construction, highway\n         safety, mental health and other areas of State concern.","A blue ribbon commission appointed by Godwin proposed the\n         State's first constitutional revision in forty years. The\n         result was approved overwhelmingly by the voters. He also\n         proposed the first general obligation bond issue in this\n         century and led the campaign in which Virginia's voters\n         approved it by a margin of more than two to one.","As governor he served as chairman of the Southern Regional\n         Education Board, Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors\n         Conference and as a member of the Executive Committee of the\n         Democratic Governors Conference and the National Governors'\n         Conference. He also served as Chairman of the Appalachian\n         Regional Commission.","After serving as governor from 1966 to 1970, he returned\n         home and became a Director of Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk\n         and Western Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n         Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dan River, Inc. and served\n         as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of\n         Directors of Virginia National Bank. He was also on the Board\n         of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.","He resigned all of these posts after being elected governor\n         a second time in November 1973, the first man ever twice\n         elected by the people in Virginia to serve as Chief Executive.\n         He was elected as the Republican nominee after being unopposed\n         in their State Convention. He remains the only candidate in\n         the country ever to win gubernatorial elections in the same\n         state on both Democrat and Republican tickets.","During his second term as governor, he faced a series of\n         crises of major proportions. The Arab oil embargo of late 1973\n         depressed the State's economy and the State revenues. As\n         governor he ordered reduction of State spending by more than\n         $200 million to keep the budget in balance and, as the economy\n         improved later in his administration, he left a sizable\n         surplus in the budget for his successor. Godwin dealt with the\n         crises of shortages of gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil, the\n         problem of Kepone, ten major floods and seven minor ones and\n         the most serious drought in fifty years occurred in the last\n         year of his administration which caused 115 of the State's 136\n         political jurisdictions to be designated as disaster areas.\n         Despite these problems, Virginia's forward movement continued\n         during his second term with major improvements in all areas,\n         in job opportunities, and especially in our correctional\n         programs and in public and higher education. He obtained\n         approval from the General Assembly in 1977 for a Referendum on\n         a $125 million General obligation Bond Program, largely\n         earmarked for education and corrections, and again led the\n         campaign which resulted in overwhelming approval for all five\n         bond issues presented to the voters.","His leadership as governor was evidenced everywhere.\n         Virginia's noted Pulitzer Prize winner and editor, Virginius\n         Dabney, wrote that: \"His two terms combine to form a series of\n         constructive advances for the Commonwealth that are\n         unsurpassed in the long history of Virginia's governors.\"","As governor from 1974 to 1978, he was Chairman of the\n         Southern Governors Conference, a member of the Executive\n         Committees of the National Governors' Conference and the\n         Republican Governors' Conference. He was Chairman for the\n         second time of the Southern Regional Education Board and Vice\n         President of the Council of State Governments.","Godwin again returned to his home in Suffolk in January\n         1978, and served as a consultant to management and a member of\n         the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Virginia\n         National Bank. He was also a member of the Board of Directors\n         of Union Camp Corporation, Standard Brands, Inc. and the\n         Royster Company.","Married to the former Katherine Thomas Beale, Governor\n         Godwin lived in Suffolk where for many years he owned and\n         operated the 500-acre family farm. He has been active in the\n         Oakland Christian Church, where he taught the Men's Bible\n         Class for more than twenty-five years, and engaged in numerous\n         community activities. He was a 33rd degree Mason, past\n         president of Ruritan National, and a member of Omicron Delta\n         Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon.\n         He was the recipient of the Virginia State Chamber of\n         Commerce's Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia National\n         Guard's Distinguished Service Medal, the Virginia Education\n         Association's citation as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" the\n         Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service from the old\n         Dominion Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,\n         the Centennial Medal from Hampton Institute, the Virginians of\n         Maryland Medal, the FFA State Farmer Medal, also twice\n         received a First Citizen's Award from Suffolk and Nansemond\n         County, and the Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. Award from\n         Norfolk State College, an award exemplifying highest caliber\n         of statesmanship and interest in education in the\n         Commonwealth. Virginia Military Institute has given him its\n         New Market Medal, the highest award made by V.M.I.","On January 30, 1999, Mills E. Godwin Jr. died in Newport\n         News, Virginia at the age of 84.","Chronology November 19 1914 Born at \n                   Chuckatuck, Virginia, Nansemond\n                  County. Son of \n                   Otelia Darden and \n                   Mills Edwin Godwin, Sr. Sisters: \n                   Mary Lee, Mildred Elizabeth and \n                   Leah Otelia 1931 Graduated \n                   Chuckatuck High School Class President, active in Debating and\n                  Speaking 1931-32 College of William and\n                  Mary, Norfolk Division 1932-34 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg 1935-38 University of Virginia Law School Law Degree,\n                  Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa 1937 Passed State Bar Examination 1938 Entered Law Profession 1940 Married \n                   Katherine Thomas Beale of \n                   Holland, Virginia 1943-45 Special Agent, Federal Bureau of\n                  Investigation 1946 Re-entered Law Profession \n                   Involved in \n                   Nansemond County community\n                  programs 1947 Member of Virginia State Bar Association \n                   Elected to Virginia House of Delegates,\n                  representing \n                   Nansemond County and the \n                   City of Suffolk 1948-52 Member, Virginia House of Delegates \n                   Served on following committees: Insurance and\n                  Banking, Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Executive\n                  Expenditures, Game and Inland Fisheries, and\n                  Nominations and Confirmations 1948 Member Board of Directors, Bank of\n                  Whaleyville, \n                   Virginia; Member Board of\n                  Trustees, Elon College, \n                   North Carolina 1949 Active in Oakland Christian Church and civic\n                  clubs, lodge, regional and other community\n                  activities 1951 Elected in special election to Virginia State\n                  Senate, Fifth Senatorial District, representing \n                   Southampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight\n                  counties, and the cities of \n                   Suffolk and \n                   Franklin \u003e 1952 Elected President of Ruritan National 1952-62 Member, Virginia State Senate \n                   Served on following committees: Chairman, Fish\n                  and Game; Finance; Courts of Justice; Counties,\n                  Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills, and Welfare 1954 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elon College \n                   Appointed to Public School Study Commission by\n                  Thomas B. Stanley, governor of Virginia 1961 Elected lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1962-66 Served as lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia 1965 Elected Democratic governor of\n                  Virginia 1966-70 Served as governor of Virginia - First\n                  Administration \"Virginia's Education Governor,\"\n                  initiated Community College System and upgraded\n                  education at all levels, persuaded General Assembly\n                  to enact retail sales tax 1966 Awarded Honorary Degree by College of William\n                  and Mary in Virginia 1967 Led first European Trade Mission 1969 Played important role in projecting a revised\n                  constitution for Virginia Awarded Honorary Degree by\n                  Roanoke College, \n                   Salem, Virginia 1970-73 Private Citizen Member, Board of Directors of\n                  Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and Virginia\n                  Foundation for Independent Colleges Member, Board of\n                  Directors: Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk and Western\n                  Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n                  Real Estate Investment Trust, Dan River Mills, Inc.\n                  and Virginia National Bank (Executive\n                  Committee) 1970 Awarded Honorary Degree by Washington and Lee\n                  University Honorary chairman, Committee of Virginians\n                  for the Constitution; Advisory Committee, \n                   Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's U. S.\n                  Senate Campaign 1971 Served on the advisory committee, \n                   George J. Kostel for\n                  lieutenant-governor campaign 1972 Awarded Honorary Degree by Elmira College,\n                  Elmira, New York \n                   Advisory Committee, Re-election of \n                   President Richard M.\n                  Nixon 1973 Awarded Honorary Degree by Hampden-Sydney\n                  College \n                   Elected Republican governor of Virginia 1974-78 Served as governor of Virginia - Second\n                  Administration \n                   First person ever twice elected in Virginia to\n                  serve as Chief Executive and first in United States\n                  to be elected on both Democratic and Republican\n                  tickets 1974 Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of\n                  Richmond \n                   Awarded Honorary Degree by Bridgewater\n                  College 1976 Played important role in Bicentennial\n                  celebration 1977 Awarded Navy Public Service Citation 1978 Private citizen \n                   Returned to services as consultant and director\n                  of various boards \n                   Awarded New Market medal by Virginia Military\n                  Institute January 30, 1999 Died at \n                   Newport News, Virginia."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is a card index to the main collection, Mss. 78\n            G54, which is located in the Manuscript Cataloguer's office.\n            This index catalogues people and subjects that appear in the\n            collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Card Index"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["There is a card index to the main collection, Mss. 78\n            G54, which is located in the Manuscript Cataloguer's office.\n            This index catalogues people and subjects that appear in the\n            collection."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRelated papers can be found in the faculty-alumni file\n            at the University Archive, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther related papers can be found at the Library of\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote: The College of William and Mary, Swem Library,\n            Special Collections has a copy of the inventory/finding aid\n            to this collection at the Library of Virginia. It is\n            located with the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers.\n            \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eExecutive Papers of Mills E. Godwin Jr., Library\n            of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219 USA. \n            \u003c/archref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Related papers can be found in the faculty-alumni file\n            at the University Archive, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary.","Other related papers can be found at the Library of\n            Virginia.","Note: The College of William and Mary, Swem Library,\n            Special Collections has a copy of the inventory/finding aid\n            to this collection at the Library of Virginia. It is\n            located with the Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers.\n             Executive Papers of Mills E. Godwin Jr., Library\n            of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219 USA. \n            "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe personal papers of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., dating from\n         1947 to 1978, consist of 24 boxes of correspondence, 1,100\n         copies of speeches, schedules and appointments. Also included\n         are 40 scrapbooks of news clippings and photographs, 159\n         citations and plaques, and one box of audiovisual materials,\n         all of which pertain largely to Godwin's personal involvement\n         in the government, political life, activities, organizations\n         and institutions of Virginia during the 30-year period. The\n         majority of the items comprising this collection were\n         microfilmed by the Virginia State Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIt should be noted that all of the above referenced papers\n         are identified as \"personal\" since the official executive\n         correspondence of Godwin's two terms as governor of Virginia\n         (1966-1970 and 1974-1978) has been placed by statute in the\n         Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library. In connection\n         with the personal papers, however, and available to\n         researchers, are copies of the guide to the executive\n         correspondence. The guide is on file with the Curator of\n         Manuscripts at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William\n         and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to Godwin's personal papers, the collection\n         includes a small quantity of Mrs. Godwin's correspondence and\n         papers of their daughter, Becky, who was fatally struck by\n         lightning in 1968, at the age of 15, at Virginia Beach,\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded among these papers is correspondence of, or\n         concerning, the following individuals: Watkins M. Abbitt,\n         Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton,\n         Henry E. Howell, Carter O. Lowance, Richard D. Obenshain,\n         Julian Sargeant Reynolds, A. Willis Robertson, Howard W.\n         Smith, William B. Spong, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens,\n         and William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the many topics the papers cover are: the College of\n         William and Mary, segregation, the Democratic Party, the\n         Republican Party, higher education, taxation, the\n         contamination of the James River by kepone, the oystering\n         industry and public mental health care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of nineteenth-century Godwin family wills are\n         located among the several additions to the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is comprised of Godwin's personal,\n               political and business correspondence. Included are\n               letters, telegrams, statements, memoranda, reports,\n               clippings, photographs, legal documents, announcements,\n               notes, invitations and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material concerns such things as personal\n               letters, news clippings and other documents relating to\n               Godwin's political career, including election to the\n               House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, lieutenant-\n               governor and his two terms as governor. Additionally,\n               the series contains a collection of correspondence and\n               other documentation relating to his personal life,\n               church and civic endeavors, as well as such items\n               relevant to critical events of his political career such\n               as the school integration crisis, revision of the State\n               Constitution and bonded indebtedness referenda.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's involvement in church and civic concerns,\n                  such as Chairman of the Board of Deacons of three\n                  area churches; Oakland Christian Church Cemetery\n                  Improvement Project; Suffolk Chapter of National\n                  Conference of Christians and Jews; Virginia State Bar\n                  Association; his involvement in political activity,\n                  including statement on various issues; election to\n                  the House of Delegates, news clippings on Godwin's\n                  House of Delegates campaign and victory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence from constituents\n                  concerning legislation; Nansemond County bridge and\n                  road conditions; church and civic activities;\n                  speaking engagements; election to the Board of\n                  Directors, Bank of Whaleyville and Board of Trustees\n                  of Elon College; Horace Edward's candidacy for\n                  governor; political interests of Porter Hardy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns legislative matters, including Godwin's\n                  desire for more and better committee assignments.\n                  Also includes his expense report for campaign of 1948\n                  and church and civic activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to House of Delegates members regarding\n                  General Assembly session; Porter Hardy's election to\n                  Congress; matters relating to the church, community\n                  and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's request for additional committee\n                  assignments; endorsement of Judge Whittle to Supreme\n                  Court of Appeals; church and civic involvement;\n                  speaking engagements; expense account filed with the\n                  State Board of Elections following re-election to the\n                  House of Delegates; congratulatory messages from\n                  constituents; news clippings on his re-election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpecial session of the Legislature for\n                  reapportionment of legislative districts;\n                  correspondence relating to appointment to the\n                  Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee,\n                  complimentary letters on action taken on certain\n                  legislative decisions; his resignation from the House\n                  of Delegates to seek vacated Senate seat and election\n                  to same; new committee assignments sought in Senate;\n                  news clippings about the election and congratulatory\n                  messages on victory; election as President of Ruritan\n                  National.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed toll road from Petersburg to north of\n                  Richmond; Virginia World War II Memorial; T. B.\n                  Sanatorium in Tidewater area; speaking engagements\n                  and church and civic involvement; letter from\n                  President Chandler of the College of William and Mary\n                  regarding the inaugural ceremonies in which President\n                  and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence relating to the United States\n                  Supreme Court's decision which commenced school\n                  desegregation; appointment as a member of Public\n                  School Study Commission on Education; resolutions\n                  from localities opposing integration of public\n                  schools.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding continuation of school\n                  integration crisis and massive resistance; minutes of\n                  Commission meetings and Senator Harry Byrd, Sr.'s\n                  statement supporting referendum for Constitutional\n                  Convention; public hearing with Commission on Public\n                  Education and prepared statements for meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegislative matters regarding the school crisis;\n                  meetings on preservation of public schools;\n                  activities in support of constitutional convention;\n                  acknowledgment of gifts received and sent, church and\n                  civic matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and articles regarding school\n                  integration; Godwin challenging Republican candidate\n                  for governor relating to Public Assignment Plan and\n                  opposition thereto; Godwin's appearance before State\n                  Highway Commission advocating north-south route for\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters which\n                  followed as result of his stand; Godwin's letter of\n                  congratulations to Governor-elect Almond; his stated\n                  desire for appointment of Senate Finance Committee;\n                  Report on Fluoridation of Public Water supplies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence reveals Godwin's appointment as a\n                  member of Commission on Constitutional Government,\n                  with copy of Chapter 223 creating said Commission\n                  included (legislation of which he was a patron);\n                  assignment to the Senate Finance Committee;\n                  correspondence regarding the Norfolk school closings,\n                  news clippings on same; synopsis of four bills passed\n                  relating to segregation of public schools; letters\n                  favoring Godwin's views on school situation; letters\n                  regarding his speech made November 3 on the school\n                  issue; church and civic involvement; speaking\n                  engagements; Godwin's hospitalization in\n                  February-March; his trip to Nassau; trip to New York;\n                  extension requested for filing tax return;\n                  correspondence regarding Judge Lawrence W. I'Anson's\n                  ceremony.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covering matters relating to the\n                  Commission on Constitutional Government, its\n                  organizational set-up, Executive Committee's\n                  instructions, etc; an editorial entitled \"Campaign\n                  for the Constitution\", and correspondence with James\n                  J. Kilpatrick of the \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond News\n                  Leader\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany legislative matters such as the school\n                  integration issue, the sales tax issue, resolution\n                  calling for special session of Legislature with the\n                  telegrams of support; proposed bill to control\n                  outdoor advertising supported by many garden clubs\n                  throughout the State; invitations to Godwin for\n                  speaking engagements from church groups, civic groups\n                  and other functions; letter from Congressman\n                  Robertson expressing relief that no one else filed\n                  for the State Senate seat held by Senator Godwin;\n                  Godwin's correspondence transmitting his\n                  qualification fee for candidacy for Senate seat,\n                  subsequently followed by the Clerk of Court of\n                  Southampton County certifying Godwin elected as\n                  Senator for another term; news clipping regarding\n                  Godwin for governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding the sales tax issue; a\n                  resolution regarding the removal of the additional\n                  16¢ charge on gasoline; appreciation on\n                  passage of billboard control bill and Godwin's stand\n                  opposing the current sales tax measure; article on\n                  Governor Almond's verbal attack on Godwin and others\n                  instrumental in defeating current sales tax measure;\n                  speaking engagements; church and civic involvement;\n                  gift acknowledgments; letters of condolence;\n                  correspondence regarding Katherine Godwin's operation\n                  in late 1959; letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. regarding\n                  the political scene for 1961; Godwin chosen First\n                  Citizen of Suffolk and Nansemond County;\n                  communications from citizens throughout the\n                  Commonwealth for his candidacy for\n                  lieutenant-governor on Democratic ticket for\n                  1961.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and statements regarding the\n                  Democratic ticket \"Harrison, Godwin and Button\";\n                  signed petitions and other requirements needed for\n                  candidacy; Godwin's views on education in a copy of\n                  the \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Journal on\n                  Education\u003c/title\u003e; statements on Education and\n                  Government, Virginia's Right to Work Act and school\n                  integration; campaign information on Booth's stand on\n                  issues, criticism of Byrd Machine; copy of a speech\n                  made by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on Right to Work law;\n                  campaign statement on \"Why You Should Vote For\n                  Harrison, Godwin and Button\" - a clear definition\n                  between conservatism and liberalism; sample ballot;\n                  Harrison's speech for ticket; Godwin's schedule\n                  during campaign (partial); letters on Primary race;\n                  news article regarding Godwin campaign; letters on\n                  the November campaign; speaking engagements and\n                  strategy; congratulatory messages following election,\n                  one of which was sent by Governor Almond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's inauguration as lieutenant-governor\n                  (Folder 35); correspondence on the election;\n                  invitations to the inauguration and legislative\n                  matters; letters to Godwin concerning his residing\n                  over the Senate during the session; church and civic\n                  involvement; speaking engagements; correspondence on\n                  the theft of Mrs. Godwin's brooch while in Roanoke,\n                  Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings; a trip to the Mediterranean\n                  (Virginia Ports sales talk); correspondence and\n                  speech to representatives of the Sigma Delta Chi at\n                  Williamsburg; letter from Godwin to Senator Walker\n                  congratulating him on successful Primary race; letter\n                  from George Kostel regarding his recent campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegislative correspondence regarding the Library\n                  Amendment; possible sales tax next year; appointment\n                  of pages; legislators to various committees; Godwin's\n                  letters to all senators, stenographers and pages\n                  expressing his appreciation for their assistance\n                  during the session; invitations; church and civic\n                  involvements; speaking engagements and condolences;\n                  article from \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe\n                  Dickensonian\u003c/title\u003eregarding Godwin and another\n                  regarding his possible candidacy for governor;\n                  letters from Virginians offering support to Godwin if\n                  candidate for governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence covers the period of Godwin's\n                     campaign for the Democratic Primary for governor;\n                     the possible closing of Public Health Services\n                     Hospital in Norfolk; matters relating to\n                     Washington and old Dominion Railway; campaign\n                     matters, such as support letters, news clippings;\n                     correspondence regarding his announcement of\n                     candidacy; statement released to the press\n                     announcing his candidacy; letters to and replies\n                     from legislators and others seeking support;\n                     letters acknowledging unsolicited contributions;\n                     letters seeking support from Virginia\n                     Congressional Delegation; letters pledging support\n                     of candidacy, financial contributions received and\n                     acknowledged; letter to Harry Byrd, Jr. thanking\n                     him for support; letters regarding\n                     lieutenant-governor spot and his own personal\n                     political philosophy; acknowledgments of Christmas\n                     gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews articles; releases; campaign\n                     correspondence; speaking engagements; letters of\n                     appreciation to individuals; letters regarding\n                     contributions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory letters; letters of appreciation\n                     to campaign workers; invitations to inaugural\n                     ceremonies; correspondence regarding temporary\n                     office space and secretary for new governor; new\n                     administration; legislative assignments; state\n                     public school formula; correspondence from A.\n                     Linwood Holton and response; letter from Governor\n                     Albertis Harrison and Chief Justice Eggleston;\n                     correspondence regarding speech by governor-elect\n                     at Tidewater Rehabilitation Institute; Godwin's\n                     brief hospitalization; correspondence with Waldo\n                     Miles regarding gift of mink stole for Mrs.\n                     Miles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; programs, copies of prayer by the\n                     Reverend Dwight W. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChurch activities; letters regarding hospital\n                  visit, insurance; honorary degree awarded by the\n                  college of William and Mary; news articles regarding\n                  governor's new administration; correspondence\n                  regarding keynote of governor's Conference on\n                  Education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorial in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\n                  Post\u003c/title\u003eregarding first Administration and\n                  correspondence regarding same; letters and articles\n                  regarding European Trade Mission; news articles;\n                  letter to Governor Lurleen Wallace, governor of\n                  Alabama; printed copy of address given by Godwin at\n                  Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and correspondence\n                  regarding same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorials in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRural Virginia\u003c/title\u003eand \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n                  Times-Dispatch\u003c/title\u003eon governor's administration;\n                  correspondence on administration; article in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Poultryman\u003c/title\u003eon\n                  bond issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch Paper; \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eChanging Posture of the\n                     Democratic Party in Virginia As Seen in its\n                     Leadership - Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., Exemplar of\n                     the Change\u003c/title\u003e, by Judith Rountree\n                     Elliott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Godwin\n                  Years\u003c/title\u003eappearing in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCommonwealth\n                  Magazine\u003c/title\u003eand Virginia's European headquarters\n                  for industrial development inaugurated by Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on pardon of youth involved in drug\n                     charge; letters of appreciation to Mansion staff;\n                     notes and other matters relating to \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNo Higher Honor\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     letters to and from state legislators.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding membership on bank\n                     boards; recognitions and invitations for speaking\n                     engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding naming of school in\n                     Prince William County for Godwin; speaking\n                     engagements: dedication of Henry Clay Hofheimer\n                     Library; announcement by Senator Harry F. Byrd,\n                     Jr., to run as Independent; correspondence with\n                     Mr. Carl Andrews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecognitions; letters regarding membership on\n                     Board of Trustees of Virginia Foundation for\n                     Independent Colleges; letters regarding\n                     Administration; speaking engagements; Congressman\n                     Watkins M. Abbitt's announced retirement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory messages; Fox portrait of\n                     Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on appointment to Boards; further\n                     correspondence relating to \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNo Higher Honor\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     honorary degree from Washington \u0026amp; Lee\n                     University; speaking engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHonorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa at\n                     Thomas Nelson Community College; speaking\n                     engagements; letters regarding former Governor\n                     Thomas B. Stanley's death and Senatorial campaign\n                     of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant-governor Sargent Reynolds' illness;\n                     ceremonies for Paul D. Camp Community College,\n                     Lord Fairfax Community College, and Virginia\n                     Highlands Community College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s victory;\n                     Constitutional amendments approved by voters;\n                     letters of appreciation for copy of book of\n                     speeches - first administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding possible appointment to\n                     Supreme Court and denial; article in Virginia\n                     Observer regarding President Nixon asking Godwin\n                     for aid for oil refinery at Hampton Roads; letters\n                     on future of Democratic Party in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign for lieutenant-governor, George\n                  Kostel\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, printed material and other\n                     items related to Godwin's nomination as the\n                     Republican candidate for governor; the\n                     presidential election; news articles entitled\n                     \"Godwin Draft\" and \"The Push for Godwin\"; speaking\n                     engagements; comments made by Godwin on busing of\n                     school children; statement on White House visit;\n                     plans for organizing \"Order of White Jackets\" Carl\n                     Andrews; article and letters regarding dedication\n                     of Godwin Hall at Madison College; correspondence\n                     and other matters regarding Constitutional\n                     Amendment ending tenure for federal judges; letter\n                     from Richard D. Obenshain inviting Godwin to run\n                     on Republican ticket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle regarding surgery scheduled for Godwin;\n                     get well messages and gifts; acknowledgments\n                     thereof; speaking engagements; receipts of\n                     Distinguished Service Award - Virginia Council on\n                     Health; invitation to attend the inauguration of\n                     President Nixon; letters encouraging Godwin to run\n                     for governor; article \"Party Label Debated\" and\n                     other similar articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding announcement to run for\n                     governor in 1973; Godwin's statement declaring\n                     himself a candidate; articles regarding Godwin\n                     seeking second term; draft of invitation from\n                     Republican Party to join in campaign; letters\n                     offering support of Godwin's candidacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding second term; petitions\n                     circulated for Godwin; letters reacting to\n                     announcement of candidacy; opposition material;\n                     statement by Godwin indicating he will accept\n                     Republican nomination if offered him; list of\n                     Republicans supporting Godwin; letters regarding\n                     \"Democrats for Godwin\" organization; news release\n                     naming Anne Dobie Peebles as Coordinator of\n                     Women's participation in Godwin campaign; letters\n                     offering help in campaign; acknowledgments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; speaking engagements; petitions;\n                     article regarding Godwin seeking Republican\n                     nomination in June; opposition material; articles\n                     regarding Godwin campaign and first term; letters\n                     of support from both Democrats and Republicans;\n                     letters from individuals offering service in\n                     campaign; endorsement by educators, legislators\n                     and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; speaking engagements; letters\n                     regarding party affiliation for candidate; letters\n                     regarding campaign; article and letter regarding\n                     Watergate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHonorary degree - Hampden-Sydney College;\n                     Godwin's acceptance of nomination from Republican\n                     Party (speech); vote by districts at Republican\n                     Convention; letters regarding nomination by\n                     Republican Party; resignations by Democrats from\n                     various political posts to work for Godwin's\n                     election; letters regarding campaign staff -\n                     Carter O. Lowance's participation, Matt G.\n                     Anderson, Treasurer of Campaign; statement by\n                     Godwin regarding campaign contributions and\n                     expenditures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle from \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Record\n                     Magazine\u003c/title\u003e- \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man for Virginia,\n                     Mills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/title\u003e; news articles\n                     regarding campaign; letters of support; Young\n                     Virginians for Godwin; statements by Congressman\n                     David Satterfield and Mayor Thomas Bliley\n                     regarding support of Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of support; editorial \"Godwin vs.\n                     Watergate\"; pari-mutuel betting in Virginia;\n                     editorial criticizing Godwin for not inviting\n                     President Nixon to Virginia during campaign;\n                     statement regarding contributions and\n                     expenditures; endorsement of Godwin by various\n                     state newspapers; article \"Howell begins 1973 Race\n                     with Attack on Godwin\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorials; news articles; acknowledgments of\n                     contributions; statements by Robert Button, W. C.\n                     Battle and George Kostel supporting Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; acknowledgments of contributions;\n                     solicitation of support; campaign articles and\n                     editorials; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s statement\n                     supporting Godwin; results of mock elections at\n                     Virginia colleges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorials, campaign correspondence; remarks of\n                     Howell regarding the election; letters of\n                     appreciation to those who helped in campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments; resignations from Boards of\n                     Trustees; list of invitees to inauguration and\n                     congratulatory messages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign Material; news releases; documents;\n                     statements endorsing Godwin for governor; articles\n                     and statements on major issues; campaign victory\n                     reports numbers 1, 2, 3 \u0026amp; 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign Correspondence - Thank you\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory Messages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInaugural speech, a speech to General Assembly;\n                     correspondence relating to invitations; letters\n                     regarding inauguration; list of invitees to\n                     inauguration and inaugural Ball; congratulatory\n                     messages; picture of Mrs. Godwin's inaugural gown;\n                     news clippings and articles on inauguration -\n                     Virginia Highway Bulletin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding gasoline crisis; news\n                     clippings on inauguration; congratulatory\n                     messages; correspondence on honorary memberships\n                     in various organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding gasoline crisis; get well\n                     cards and other correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence, including invitation\n                     for fishing; get well cards; etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorial, Farmville Herald regarding\n                     governor's leadership; correspondence relating to\n                     Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of\n                     Richmond and Doctor of Public Administration\n                     Degree from Bridgewater College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding Watergate with\n                     President Richard Nixon; letters and articles\n                     regarding Bicentennial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd's death\n                     and information about her life; letters regarding\n                     governor's speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDedication of William F. Stone Hall-Patrick\n                     Henry Community College; participation in\n                     dedication of Eastern Shore Community College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews article regarding gift from Pamunkey\n                     Indian Tribe; birthday greetings and other general\n                     correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, including Christmas\n                     messages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding Godwin's message to General\n                     Assembly and certificate issued governor for\n                     community leadership; honorary memberships and\n                     contributions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's action to restrain state spending;\n                     editorial \"Mr. Godwin's leadership\"; articles\n                     relating to Godwin and the General Assembly of\n                     Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's stand on fiscal issues and other state\n                     problems; \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\n                     Post\u003c/title\u003earticle criticizing Godwin for holding\n                     line on spending during recession; correspondence\n                     regarding honorary chairmanship of UGF.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's stand on restrained fiscal policies;\n                     letters of condolence; honorary chairmanships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\n                     Post\u003c/title\u003earticle criticizing Godwin -\n                     \"Retrenchment of Governor Godwin\"; article\n                     regarding \"A Search for Excellence Governor\n                     Godwin's Appointments\"; copy of introduction of\n                     Governor Godwin by Shirley Holland; news article\n                     dated 1962 explaining where Godwin's home was in\n                     Chuckatuck; governor's letter to President of\n                     Anheuser-Busch, regarding grand opening of Busch\n                     Gardens in Williamsburg; letter from Godwin's\n                     first grade teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding speech to Virginia Wesleyan\n                     graduates and speech at St. John's Bicentennial\n                     program; news article regarding Godwin visiting\n                     former Mansion cook, Lucille Anderson, in\n                     hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on Godwin's stand on federal funds;\n                     radio news editorial on Godwin succeeding in\n                     having Queen of England accept invitation to visit\n                     Virginia during Bicentennial Year, contribution to\n                     Oakland Christian Church for repairs; letters on\n                     Godwin cutting state expenditures; honorary\n                     chairman, 1976 Auction, television Channel 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding Administration; editorial on\n                     Godwin's stand against the Department of Health,\n                     Education and welfare trends; Congressional Record\n                     regarding HEW demands on Virginia; letter from\n                     Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; Godwin's participation\n                     in \"Bill Tuck Day\"; editorial on Godwin's second\n                     term; Bicentennial participation - news article on\n                     Woodstock Bicentennial Commission; contribution to\n                     Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Memorial Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding Administration; acknowledging\n                     gift of Sky Meadows from Paul Mellon for state\n                     part site; letters regarding coin collection;\n                     letter from President Gerald Ford thanking Godwin\n                     for endorsement; remarks on speeches;\n                     acknowledgment of Christmas messages and Sigma Phi\n                     Epsilon certificate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHonorary chairman, Bicentennial Celebration,\n                     Munich, Germany; remarks on message to General\n                     Assembly; honorary membership for Governor and\n                     Mrs. Godwin, Rotunda and Downtown Clubs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Virginia\n                     Republican\u003c/title\u003e; remarks on governor's\n                     speeches; coin collection letters; and letters of\n                     condolence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInstallation in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;\n                     honorary membership, Virginia Association for\n                     Health, Physical Education and Recreation; letters\n                     on administration and speeches; Bicentennial\n                     Celebration participation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on delivered speeches; correspondence\n                     on Godwin appearing with Billy Graham at\n                     Bicentennial Festival of Faith, Tidewater\n                     area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBicentennial participation; letter on\n                     television appearances with Queen Elizabeth,\n                     President Ford and Billy Graham Crusade;\n                     condolences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter relating to Queen Elizabeth's visit to\n                     Charlottesville; correspondence on Godwin's\n                     attendance at Virginia Manufacturers Association\n                     meeting, Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence on administration and speeches;\n                     letter regarding President Ford's visit to\n                     Virginia during presidential campaign; letter on\n                     Godwin running for U. S. Senate in 1978;\n                     Bicentennial participation, coin collection;\n                     Christmas greetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of Recognition, Vienna Bicentennial\n                     Commission; coin collection; letter and picture,\n                     Display of Exhibition of War Between the States,\n                     Brussels, Belgium; Charter Day, College of William\n                     and Mary, awarding honorary doctorate degree to\n                     Carter O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Matthews donating\n                     land for Yorktown Victory Center; editorial on\n                     Godwin vetoing certain legislation; certificate of\n                     appreciation, Richmond County Bicentennial\n                     Commission; news release announcing John Warren\n                     Cooke's seeking another term as Speaker of the\n                     House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResolution, Republican Party of Pulaski, on\n                     Godwin's term; certificate, World Trade luncheon;\n                     tribute to T. Edward Temple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle,\" What's Dulled Virginia's Penchant for\n                     Leadership\"; replies; letters on administration;\n                     letters referring to Godwin's stand on higher\n                     education and HEW guidelines; dedication of Walter\n                     Reed Memorial Hospital, Gloucester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on administration; participation in\n                     bond issue; article on new official portrait of\n                     Godwin replacing existing one; resignation from\n                     Board of Trustees, Elon College; donation of John\n                     Marshall Bible by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins,\n                     subsequently sent to the College of William and\n                     Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters regarding bond issues; Bicentennial\n                     participation by Godwin at York, Pa.; letters of\n                     appreciation to bond issue participants; letters\n                     on administration; political ad on Godwin's and\n                     Senator Harry Byrd's participation in Dalton\n                     campaign; correspondence on Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     birthday greetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters on administration; article, \"Unique\n                     Satisfaction for Out-bound Governor\"; expression\n                     of gratitude from Governor-elect Dalton for\n                     participating in gubernatorial campaign; Navy\n                     Public Service Citation; Christmas greetings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerous articles, editorials on Godwin's\n                     second term as governor, including \"Simply a Man\n                     for all Seasons\"; letters on administration;\n                     letter from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on\n                     administration; acknowledgments of gifts; letters\n                     expressing appreciation from legislators; article\n                     on Godwin's $9.12 billion State budget.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Governor and Mrs. Godwin regarding\n                     service to Virginia; correspondence on Mrs.\n                     Godwin's book, \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                     news article, \"Godwin Described as Great, Popular\"\n                     by Governor John N. Dalton; letters on\n                     administration; Republican Party of Newport News\n                     resolution expressing gratitude to Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series begins with an article from the Virginia\n               Record of January, 1966, entitled \"First Lady of the\n               Commonwealth.\" It gives much information regarding Mrs.\n               Godwin, Governor Godwin, and their daughter, Becky.\n               Other correspondence includes certain highlights of\n               includes certain highlights of Mrs. Godwin's official,\n               personal and social activities during her husband's\n               public life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Record article on Mrs. Godwin occupying\n                  Mansion; letters regarding invitations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, invitations and visits to\n                  Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence regarding automobile accident July\n                  2, 1967, Waynesboro, Virginia, state limousine driven\n                  by Trooper Shields; correspondence regarding medical\n                  services and insurance; personal letters, confinement\n                  at University of Virginia Hospital and recovery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement by Mrs. Godwin, Honorary Chairman of\n                  Library Week; invitations, letters on participation\n                  in Virginia Jaycee project - \"Apply Jelly Sunday\";\n                  news release regarding Mrs. Godwin's operation at\n                  Norfolk General Hospital; letters regarding Honorary\n                  Chairman of Lee District Junior Woman's Club;\n                  cancellations following Becky's accident;\n                  acknowledgments of cookbooks received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMessage as Honorary Chairman of Woman's Auxiliary,\n                  Richmond Academy of Medicine: information sent to\n                  Charleston, South Carolina paper; statement on work\n                  of Richmond Symphony Women's Committee; honorary\n                  chairmanships; invitation from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson;\n                  note from Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; letters on leaving\n                  Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information on Mrs. Godwin;\n                  complimentary letters on Mrs. Godwin as First Lady of\n                  Virginia; letters of appreciation by St. John's\n                  Church members regarding Mansion reception; articles\n                  and pictures on the Godwin's new home at Cedar Point;\n                  article on Mrs. Godwin and campaign; \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Journal\u003c/title\u003e, article\n                  on Mrs. Godwin; newspaper article regarding\n                  \"Miniature First Ladies Show Of Ballgowns\"; gifts to\n                  Mrs. Godwin; acknowledgments of gifts received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Godwin's calendar and participation in\n                  various events; invitations, acknowledgments of\n                  cookbooks; introduction of Elizabeth Hanford Dole,\n                  wife of Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas,\n                  Williamsburg; U. S. Department of Commerce Award to\n                  Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; Garden\n                  Clubs coffee; Christmas Mansion tours and\n                  information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations; participation in various events;\n                  requests and responses from organizations for\n                  donation of items for auctions; Thalhimer's\n                  appearance to autograph \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                  Virginia State Chamber of Commerce information and\n                  purchases of Mrs. Godwin's book; letters regarding\n                  book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments of Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiving in a Legacy\u003c/title\u003e;\n                  letters of appreciation for Mansion tours and gifts;\n                  correspondence regarding depletion of supply of Mrs.\n                  Godwin's book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChronological order of Mrs. Godwin's activities,\n                  1974-1977; dinners and receptions, 1974-1977;\n                  numerical information on number of people touring\n                  Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and information on Frankie Welsh\n                  Scarf designed for Mrs. Godwin for use as gift;\n                  letters acknowledging receipt of scarf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis correspondence includes letters, news articles\n               and general information relating to Becky Godwin,\n               beginning with her early school days and continuing\n               through 1968. Included among the material is her diary\n               written in March and April, 1963, covering a European\n               trip she made with her mother and father, who was then\n               lieutenant-governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Godwin enrolling four-year old\n                  daughter in First Baptist Church Nursery during\n                  legislative session; lieutenant-governor and Mrs.\n                  Godwin leave for Virginia Cruise of Mediterranean;\n                  news article and pictures; diary of trip personally\n                  written by Becky (March-April, 1963); Godwin's letter\n                  to bank regarding Becky's checkbook; letters relating\n                  to attendance at Camp Sequoya, Sullins College,\n                  Bristol, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment of V.M.I. sweater sent to Becky;\n                  Godwin's letters to Becky at Camp; acknowledgments of\n                  gifts to Becky; letter to Becky regarding Mansion\n                  ghosts; Becky's letter requesting information for a\n                  school project.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter and application for Becky to return to Camp\n                  Sequoya; acknowledgments of gifts; Godwin's letter to\n                  Camp Sequoya Director enclosing Becky's spending\n                  money and other letters to Becky while at Camp;\n                  correspondence thanking Virginia Beach Hospital for\n                  assistance given Becky as result of bicycle accident;\n                  letters regarding Becky's accident and death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccident and Death; Condolences; Memorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinuing letters of sympathy; offer of placement\n                  of wreath on Becky's grave by Meadowbrook Memorial\n                  Gardens President; presentation of trophy by\n                  Alexandria Department of Recreation in Becky's\n                  memory; letters regarding memorial fund at St.\n                  Catherine's School; acknowledgment and copy of SJR #2\n                  - \"On the Death of Becky Godwin\"; Becky Godwin\n                  Memorial Fund established at Oakland Christian Church\n                  and memorial gift by Men's Bible Class of Chuckatuck;\n                  correspondence on and acknowledgment of portrait of\n                  Becky; song written in memory of Becky by Viet Nam\n                  veteran; establishment of Becky Godwin Water Skiing\n                  Memorial at Camp Sequoya by Governor and Mrs. Godwin;\n                  poem in Becky's memory and other memorial gifts;\n                  establishment of Becky Godwin Fund, School of\n                  Nursing, Medical College of Virginia; purchase of\n                  confirmation robes, St. John's United Church, in\n                  memory of Becky; books donated in Becky's memory;\n                  correspondence regarding scholarship award to Paul D.\n                  Camp Community College in Becky's memory by the\n                  Herbert Perkinsons; Virginia Education Association\n                  Award in Becky's memory for yearly scholarships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of official appointment and\n               engagement books compiled during Godwin's two\n               gubernatorial terms, 1966-1970 and 1974-1978. Also\n               included are his major appointments as a private citizen\n               for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly calendars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows major appointments and engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows major appointments and engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows major appointments and engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShows daily appointments and engagements by\n                     date and hour insofar as practical.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped daily schedule sheets, filed monthly.\n                     Also includes advanced weekly and monthly\n                     appointments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment book, desk copy. Daily and hourly\n                     appointments and engagements reflecting late\n                     changes, adjustments, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile showing invitations declined by the\n                     governor during the year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped daily schedule sheets. Filed monthly as\n                     above with advanced weekly and monthly\n                     schedules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment book, desk copy, listing daily and\n                     hourly appointments and engagements where\n                     applicable.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor's daily (office) schedule sheets in\n                     folders by month. Shows office appointments and\n                     other engagements. Preliminary weekly and monthly\n                     schedules also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment book - daily and hourly\n                     appointments (generally more accurate than\n                     sheets). Travel plans listed separately when\n                     applicable\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains Godwin's official speeches, as\n               well as other formal speeches made as a private citizen\n               from 1957 through 1977. Although Godwin was a popular\n               speaker prior to 1957, especially during his active\n               participation in Ruritan National and early days in the\n               General Assembly, no copies of speeches given during\n               that period have survived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepared Statement to the State Highway Commission\n                  of Virginia advocating the North-South Route for the\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from remarks at Historic St. John's\n                  Church, Richmond, Virginia, in connection with\n                  ceremonies sponsored by American Heritage\n                  Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks made to the Representatives of the Sigma\n                  Delta Chi at Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of the citations presented to\n               Godwin by eight institutions of higher learning on the\n               occasions of the awarding of honorary degrees. A listing\n               of 159 citations, plaques, etc., is also included. Four\n               citations and plaques are listed for Mrs. Godwin for the\n               period 1968 through 1976. There are a number of\n               citations and plaques awarded to Godwin or his wife\n               which have been retained by them and are not presently\n               included with those transferred to The College of\n               William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of one box of television and\n               radio tapes, films and recordings. Included are tapes of\n               the Governor's Education Conferences in 1966 and 1967\n               and a 30-minute film, The Godwin Years, presented to\n               Godwin by the Virginia Association of Electric\n               Cooperatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese scrapbooks cover Godwin's political activities\n               beginning in 1943, his service in Ruritan National and\n               his presidency of that organization in 1952, his\n               gubernatorial campaign of 1965, educational conferences,\n               and first and second terms as governor. These are listed\n               chronologically from 1943 through January, 1978. A\n               number of scrapbooks have been retained by Governor and\n               Mrs. Godwin and are not included with those transferred\n               to The College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of one large box of 1973\n               campaign material, of which two binders have been placed\n               on microfilm, and one small box which contains\n               magazines, news clippings, and small scrapbooks\n               concerning special activities. One envelope of\n               unclassified photographs and copies of inaugural\n               programs and invitations for 1966 and 1974 are also\n               included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items in this series include VEA Convention\n               edition - Godwin, Virginia's Education Governor, 1973.\n               Papers: Virginia's Future First; Howell Rejects; 88%;\n               Yes, Godwin stands for Neighborhood Schools; Yes, Godwin\n               will protect our Right to Work Law; And Where Does\n               Henry's Money Come From; Henry's Tax Scheme, Can You\n               Afford It; Virginia's Future, Let's Give it Our Best; On\n               the One Hand, But on the Other, Let's Keep Henry Honest.\n               Godwin bumper stickers and buttons. Virginia Record,\n               July, 1973, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., The Man for Virginia;\n               The New Majority Program. Posters: Mills Godwin, The\n               Clearest Choice for Virginia's Future; Virginia's\n               Future, Give it Your Best - Godwin for Governor; Dalton\n               for Lieutenant-Governor. Godwin for Governor stationery;\n               Godwin for Governor buttons; Volunteer Register,\n               September 4-November 2, 1973. Black notebook containing\n               congratulatory letters and thank you letters sent to\n               lists in notebook; blue notebook containing sample\n               letters sent to groups and individuals for support and\n               help in Godwin's inauguration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese papers of Mills E. Godwin begin after he left\n               gubernatorial office in 1978. Godwin remained a\n               significant player in Virginia political circles, hoping\n               to maintain the power of the coalition of conservative\n               Democrats and Republicans which he headed. The papers\n               concern the U. S. Senate campaigns of 1978 (Warner v. ),\n               and 1982, the gubernatorial campaign of 1981 (Robb v.\n               Coleman), investment policies of Virginia, affirmative\n               action (quotas), public employee collective bargaining,\n               Virginia Wesleyan College, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s decision\n               to retire from the Senate, the Martin Luther King\n               holiday in Virginia (federal and state), Republican\n               Party of Virginia, General Assembly and local elections,\n               the Virginia Community College System and the city of\n               Suffolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, John N. Dalton, Gerald R.\n               Ford, Albertis Harrison, Charles S. Robb, D. French\n               Slaughter, and John Warner. There are also routine\n               letters written by Godwin of sympathy, get-well wishes,\n               recommendation as well as replies to requests for\n               help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include newspaper clippings (1961 and\n                  1965), letters upon his election as\n                  lieutenant-governor in 1961, lists of guests to be\n                  invited to inauguration and inaugural programs of\n                  1965 and 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include letters of sympathy, get-well\n                  letters, congratulations on retirements, help with\n                  problems, requests for contributions to various\n                  organizations, etc. Correspondents include: Albertis\n                  Harrison concerning the U. S. Senate campaign\n                  (Warner); Harry F. Byrd, Jr. concerning the city of\n                  Suffolk HUD grant; Gerald Baliles; William E. Simon;\n                  D. French Slaughter; James R Thompson (governor of\n                  Illinois); and Carter Olin Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include material from or about John N.\n                  Dalton (investment policies of Virginia [series of\n                  articles by David Chandler in Norfolk Ledger-Star],\n                  Division of Purchases and Supply, Warner nomination\n                  for Senate), Carter Lowance, Charles S. Robb\n                  (Virginia Forum on Education), John N. Dalton,\n                  Virginia Port Authority), Louis R. Lawson (Virginia\n                  Energy Office), Stanley C. Walker (Virginia State\n                  Crime Commission), Virginia Foundation for\n                  Independent Colleges, affirmative action (quotas),\n                  letters of commendation, and policy statement on\n                  public employer-employee relations (collective\n                  bargaining).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include material from or about Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr., Charles S. Robb\n                  (lieutenant-governor), Hunter Andrews, Eva F. Scott\n                  (first woman to serve in State Senate), A. L.\n                  Philpott, Herbert H. Bateman, Paul Trible, General\n                  Assembly elections of 1979, J. Marshall Coleman,\n                  Philip Crane, Republican senatorial primary of 1978\n                  (Linwood Holton, Richard Obenshain, John Warner,\n                  Nathan Miller), agreement of Virginia with HEW to\n                  institute quotas in colleges; and the campaign by\n                  Coleman for attorney-general in 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include material from or about the U.\n                  S Senate election of 1982, the General Assembly\n                  election of 1981, the gubernatorial race of 1981,\n                  Byrd's decision to retire from U S. Senate, Herbert\n                  H. Bateman, Republican Party events, Wyatt B.\n                  Durrette, Martin Luther King holiday bill (state\n                  holiday), Paul Trible, coalition headed by Godwin\n                  described in newspaper article ( \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRoanoke Times and World\n                  News\u003c/title\u003e(November 15, 1980), Eva F. Scott (first\n                  woman to serve in State Senate), John Warner, Bob\n                  Dole, and the Richard D. Obenshain Republican\n                  Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin's service as a member of the Board of\n                  Trustees, and as Honorary Chairman of Challenge of\n                  the 80's, decade-long campaign to raise money\n                  launched in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about Gerald R.\n                  Ford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems all concern Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters of sympathy, requests for\n                  help, requests for photographs. Items also include\n                  material from or about the Richard Obenshain\n                  Republican Center; Harry F. Byrd, Jr., concerning\n                  Colgate Darden; Richard Poff; Virginia Community\n                  College System; and the Eastern Virginia Medical\n                  School, concerning in vitro fertilization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin served as the state chair for this\n                  committee. Also includes letters from Connally.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include get-well letters, letters of\n                  congratulations, letters requesting help, letters of\n                  sympathy, the funeral of E. Blackburn Moore, the\n                  Advisory Committee of the Medical Alumni of the\n                  University of Virginia, Dave Satterfield's retirement\n                  from Congress and correspondence with Harry F. Byrd,\n                  Jr., and Carter O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about the National\n                  Conservative Political Action Committee; Richard J.\n                  Davis (lieutenant-governor); Gerald L. Baliles; Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr.; Charles S. Robb; the 1981 election\n                  for General Assembly; the 1981 gubernatorial election\n                  (Robb v. Coleman); Sidney S. Kellam; Bill Dudley;\n                  John W. Williams, III; Martin Luther King holiday in\n                  Virginia; John Warner, concerning federal judgeship\n                  nominations; Elmon T. Gray; J. Marshall Coleman; Kit\n                  Bond (Missouri governor); pari-mutuel wagering; John\n                  N. Dalton, concerning commission appointments; and\n                  the Virginia Community College System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about Charles Robb,\n                  the naming of the life science building at ODU for\n                  Godwin, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Harry F.\n                  Byrd, Jr., the University of Virginia Medical Alumni\n                  Advisory Committee, Godwin's stamp and coin\n                  collecting hobby, the House Joint Resolution No. 24\n                  signed by A.L. Philpott and Charles Robb, and a\n                  letter listing boards of corporations on which Godwin\n                  was serving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about letters of\n                  sympathy, congratulations on retirement, get-well\n                  letters, Albertis Harrison, the death of Colgate\n                  Darden, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul Trible, and Carter\n                  O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include the gubernatorial election of 1981\n                  (Robb v. Coleman) and Godwin's late endorsement of\n                  Coleman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern Warner's support of Martin Luther\n                  King holiday bill; and correspondence concerning Paul\n                  Trible, the administration of Charles Robb, J.\n                  Marshall Coleman, the General Assembly and local\n                  elections of 1982-1983, D. French Slaughter, J.\n                  Kenneth Robinson's retirement from Congress,\n                  Congressman Robert Daniel, Congressman Owen B.\n                  Pickett, and Congressman Herbert H. Bateman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material from or about John W.\n                  Warner, the General Assembly election of 1983, Stan\n                  Parris, Robert Daniel (Congressman), the Senate race\n                  of 1982 (possibility of Byrd re-entering race, Davis\n                  v. Trible), the campaign of Melvin Spence for\n                  re-election to House of Delegates, Martin Luther King\n                  federal holiday, George Bush, and the law school at\n                  George Mason University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material about or concerning Carter\n                  O. Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome, not all, of the clippings directly concern\n                  Godwin. Items include material on the U. S.\n                  senatorial campaign of 1982, campaigning for\n                  Trible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you notes, congratulatory\n                  letters, and sympathy letters; as well as\n                  correspondence from Carter O. Lowance, and Gordon\n                  Davies, Council on Higher Education concerning the\n                  Virginia Community College System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include material on Godwin's service on the\n                  Board of Associates of University of Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addition covers committees and organizations\n               that Mills E. Godwin belonged to and/or had an vested\n               interest in from 1978 to 1900. These include the\n               Obenshain Senatorial (Republican primary) Campaign of\n               1978, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the\n               Virginia Science Museum, the City of Suffolk, the\n               Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the\n               Republican Party politics, Virginians for Reagan, the\n               John N. Dalton Oncology Clinic, the Medical College of\n               Virginia, the Virginia Wesleyan College and Godwin's\n               opposition to pledge bond amendments to Virginia\n               Constitution for transportation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul\n               Trible, Wyatt Durrette, and D. French Slaughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Byrd, Godwin, amendment to Virginia\n                  Constitution to issue local and state pledge bonds\n                  for transportation purposes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese papers composite a largely non-political\n               nature. Most of the letters concern personal matters,\n               invitations, get-well wishes, and letters of sympathy.\n               Political papers concern the 1992 Virginia Bond issue,\n               Godwin's contribution to Bush's 1988 and 1992\n               presidential campaigns, Chichester for\n               lieutenant-governor in 1985, the 1989 gubernatorial race\n               (Coleman v. Wilder), the Virginia Republican Party,\n               Godwin's support for Trible for Republican gubernatorial\n               candidate in 1989, the 1978-1979 HEW controversy in\n               Virginia (desegregation of higher education), and the\n               1986-87 Virginia Transportation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, Albertis S. Harrison, Charles\n               S. Robb, John Warner, Richard Short and Hunter\n               Andrews.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Mills E. Godwin\n                  about the 1992 $613 million general obligation bond\n                  issue, a report from Virginia officials arguing in\n                  favor of the bond, a copy of the report sent from\n                  state senator Hunter B. Andrews to members of the\n                  Senate, letters from the Virginians for Progress\n                  Foundation, news clippings and editorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence with Godwin regarding\n                  campaign contributions, newspaper clippings, letters\n                  from representatives of the Republican Party and Bush\n                  campaign in Virginia to Godwin, and an invitation to\n                  Bush's inauguration (1988).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters between Godwin and\n                  Chichester, a collection of clippings and information\n                  about Douglas Wilder's record, letters, memos, and\n                  editorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a copy of the 1991 bill for 1991\n                  education general obligation issue, a list of\n                  proposed projects, letters to and from the opposition\n                  group (Citizens against . . .), editorials, and legal\n                  papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include the campaign for Governor in 1988 -\n                  editorials, newspaper articles, correspondence\n                  between Coleman and Godwin, correspondence with Harry\n                  F. Byrd, Jr., an extensive \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWall Street\n                  Journal\u003c/title\u003earticle about the race, miscellaneous\n                  letters, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations to various functions,\n                  papers concerning Camp Foundation, personal letters,\n                  correspondence between Godwin and Doug Rendleman\n                  (Godwin Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe School of\n                  Law), letters to and from Anne Dobie Peebles, Davis\n                  Paschall and Thomas Graves, letters concerning the\n                  1984 presidential search, news clippings and letters\n                  to and from Margaret Cook of Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations, papers concerning the\n                  planning of the Tercentenary Celebration, news\n                  clipping of Queen Elizabeth's address commemorating\n                  the Glorious Revolution, letters to and from Paul\n                  Verkuil, Tim Sullivan, Anne Dobie Peebles, and\n                  photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for functions, banquets, visitations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for parties, receptions, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret concerning various banquets, parties, and\n                     gatherings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret to various people and organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence with Oliver North\n                     and paper from the International Churchill Society\n                     (including a letter to Justice Clarence Thomas),\n                     letters to and from Godwin about the 1991\n                     International Churchill Society Conference in\n                     Richmond, Virginia and copies of a speech and\n                     essay by Churchill).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence between Godwin and\n                     Tim Sullivan concerning Sullivan's inauguration as\n                     president of the College of William and Mary,\n                     letters concerning speaking engagements at Paul D.\n                     Camp Community College, Diane Russell's fourth\n                     grade class at Larchmont Elementary School, the\n                     State Council on Higher Education and letters\n                     concerning other engagements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include papers, business letters and\n                  personal letters concerning affairs at Elon College\n                  in North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters, a copy of the eulogy given\n                  by Godwin, and news clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters to and\n                     from William B. Spong, former Dean of the\n                     Marshall-Wythe Law School, and information about\n                     Festival Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters from Charles S.\n                     Robb, John Dalton and other friends and\n                     acquaintances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, and letters and\n                     papers concerning Godwin's involvement in various\n                     organizations and enterprises.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters concerning\n                     personal commitments (e.g., Bridgewater College,\n                     Medical College of Virginia, Boy Scouts).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern personal letters; correspondence\n                     concerning Hope Spivey, a gymnast from Godwin's\n                     hometown; and letters of concern relating to\n                     Godwin's hospitalization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters concerning\n                     business transactions, a letter regarding the\n                     Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters\n                     concerning the death of Carter Lowance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include information about a west Norfolk,\n                     Virginia tract of industrial property, personal\n                     letters, and letters regarding personal business\n                     transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include an essay on the \"Reagan legacy,\"\n                     a newsletter devoted to '88 presidential election\n                     in Virginia, editorials, letters concerning\n                     campaigns, a biographical sketch of Howard Worth\n                     Smith, letters to and from Godwin regarding\n                     functions, campaign strategy, etc., roster of\n                     committee chairpersons for Virginia Republican\n                     Party (1989), and letters and papers about various\n                     other facets of Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations for fun raising\n                     functions, news clippings, letters to and from\n                     George Allen, a letter from Harry F. Byrd, letter\n                     to Godwin asking for his support of Pat Buchanan,\n                     letter from John Warner, and other letters dealing\n                     with GOP races in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Davis\n                     Paschall and Pat Robertson, letters and\n                     newsletters from the Suffolk Republican Party\n                     headquarters, and an article from \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Sun\u003c/title\u003eabout young\n                     Republican volunteers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include fund raising letters, news\n                     clippings and editorials, a letter from Harry F.\n                     Byrd with enclosed editorial, letters from the\n                     Republican National Committee, a letter from Dan\n                     Quayle, card from George Bush, news clipping about\n                     Charles Robb, and other papers relating to GOP\n                     contests in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a copy of the 1978 joint resolution\n                  about the Harry F. Byrd Memorial Commission, and\n                  letters from John Dalton and Charles Robb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include financial statements from June 1981,\n                  letters (business and personal), a letter to Senator\n                  Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a report, \"Invest in America's\n                  Cities\" from U. S. Conference of Mayor's Conference\n                  in Zurich, Switzerland, and other papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem include the HEW controversy: editorials, news\n                  clippings, and letters relating to Virginia\n                  desegregation efforts and HEW directives regarding\n                  such efforts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Godwin about\n                     his membership on the Board of Directors,\n                     financial report from December 1985, various\n                     papers about Foundation business, and financial\n                     statements for 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include 1989 Annual Report for\n                     Development Program for Jamestown-Yorktown\n                     Educational Trust, newsletters from\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, and other\n                     papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters concerning\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, letters\n                     concerning the opening of the Jamestown Settlement\n                     Galleries, and letters regarding various other\n                     functions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a list of trustees, pamphlet about\n                  the Monticello cabinet, and magazine article about\n                  the roof of Monticello.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters and copies of speeches in\n                  opposition to the proposed lottery in 1987.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include a program from the Boy Scout meeting\n                  of 28 April 1949, personal letters, photographs,\n                  letter from president of University of Virginia,\n                  legal papers, and a copy of the Suffolk newspaper\n                  with an article about Virginia's Community\n                  Colleges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     invitation to the first inaugural of Ronald\n                     Reagan, correspondence regarding proposed magazine\n                     advertisement featuring Godwin, correspondence\n                     between Godwin and William and Mary College\n                     Republicans, letters concerning awards and honors,\n                     correspondence regarding Federal appointment of\n                     Godwin by President Nixon, and correspondence\n                     between Godwin and former William and Mary\n                     president Davis Paschall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions,\n                     correspondence regarding the book \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk: A Pictorial\n                     History\u003c/title\u003eand Godwin's foreword to the\n                     text.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     newspaper editorial with reference to Godwin,\n                     correspondence between Godwin and Mrs. Pitonyak's\n                     fourth grade class, newspaper article about the\n                     Governor's Mansion, and a list of buildings in\n                     Virginia named after Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Virginia\n                     politicians, articles about Judge Willard H.\n                     Douglas, Jr., and a letter from Richard T. Short\n                     with enclosed letters to prominent politicians\n                     (e.g., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Jesse\n                     Helms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters to and from Godwin\n                     regarding Virginia politics, including\n                     correspondence with Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Albertis\n                     Harrison, Hunter Andrews, and Davis Paschall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include news clippings, editorials,\n                     photograph of President and Mrs. Bush, photograph\n                     of Teddy Roosevelt in the Panama Canal,\n                     correspondence with Richard Short, Pat Buchanan,\n                     Davis Paschall and others. Also included is the \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003e\n                     Times-Dispatch\u003c/title\u003eeditorial on the 1992 L.A.\n                     riots and letter of reaction from Godwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters, official papers, and news\n                  clippings concerning the 1986-87 Governor's\n                  Commission on Transportation. Also included are\n                  comments by former Governor Albertis S. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include the December 1987 Report of the\n                  Local Financing Options Subcommittee, letter of\n                  thanks to Godwin from Governor Baliles, draft of the\n                  final report, news clippings, roster of Commission\n                  members, copy of remarks made by Godwin concerning\n                  his reservations about the final report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters written to Godwin in support\n                  of Trible, campaign newsletters, newspaper articles\n                  about Godwin's endorsement of Trible, and Godwin's\n                  letter announcing endorsement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include invitations to meetings and\n                  ceremonies, and letters concerning affairs of the\n                  society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters concerning Virginia's\n                  international trade, the State Water Authority, the\n                  Virginia State Library, an invitation to the 1990\n                  inauguration of Douglas Wilder, and a letter from the\n                  William and Mary School of Business\n                  Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include correspondence between Governor\n                  Godwin and various state senators, a copy of speech\n                  given by Frances Hallam Hurt in support of state arts\n                  program, a letter from Lio Bourassa expressing\n                  concern about Virginia water problems, the 1991\n                  Report of the Secretary of Finance on Virginia's\n                  financial situation, and miscellaneous letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters pertaining to finances\n                     and business of the Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include letters pertaining to business\n                     and finances of Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include business and personal letters\n                     concerning affairs of the Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include business and personal\n                     letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include official papers, letters and\n                  memoranda concerning affairs of the college.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The personal papers of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., dating from\n         1947 to 1978, consist of 24 boxes of correspondence, 1,100\n         copies of speeches, schedules and appointments. Also included\n         are 40 scrapbooks of news clippings and photographs, 159\n         citations and plaques, and one box of audiovisual materials,\n         all of which pertain largely to Godwin's personal involvement\n         in the government, political life, activities, organizations\n         and institutions of Virginia during the 30-year period. The\n         majority of the items comprising this collection were\n         microfilmed by the Virginia State Library.","It should be noted that all of the above referenced papers\n         are identified as \"personal\" since the official executive\n         correspondence of Godwin's two terms as governor of Virginia\n         (1966-1970 and 1974-1978) has been placed by statute in the\n         Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library. In connection\n         with the personal papers, however, and available to\n         researchers, are copies of the guide to the executive\n         correspondence. The guide is on file with the Curator of\n         Manuscripts at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William\n         and Mary.","In addition to Godwin's personal papers, the collection\n         includes a small quantity of Mrs. Godwin's correspondence and\n         papers of their daughter, Becky, who was fatally struck by\n         lightning in 1968, at the age of 15, at Virginia Beach,\n         Virginia.","Included among these papers is correspondence of, or\n         concerning, the following individuals: Watkins M. Abbitt,\n         Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton,\n         Henry E. Howell, Carter O. Lowance, Richard D. Obenshain,\n         Julian Sargeant Reynolds, A. Willis Robertson, Howard W.\n         Smith, William B. Spong, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens,\n         and William M. Tuck.","Among the many topics the papers cover are: the College of\n         William and Mary, segregation, the Democratic Party, the\n         Republican Party, higher education, taxation, the\n         contamination of the James River by kepone, the oystering\n         industry and public mental health care.","Copies of nineteenth-century Godwin family wills are\n         located among the several additions to the collection.","This series is comprised of Godwin's personal,\n               political and business correspondence. Included are\n               letters, telegrams, statements, memoranda, reports,\n               clippings, photographs, legal documents, announcements,\n               notes, invitations and other material.","This material concerns such things as personal\n               letters, news clippings and other documents relating to\n               Godwin's political career, including election to the\n               House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, lieutenant-\n               governor and his two terms as governor. Additionally,\n               the series contains a collection of correspondence and\n               other documentation relating to his personal life,\n               church and civic endeavors, as well as such items\n               relevant to critical events of his political career such\n               as the school integration crisis, revision of the State\n               Constitution and bonded indebtedness referenda.","Godwin's involvement in church and civic concerns,\n                  such as Chairman of the Board of Deacons of three\n                  area churches; Oakland Christian Church Cemetery\n                  Improvement Project; Suffolk Chapter of National\n                  Conference of Christians and Jews; Virginia State Bar\n                  Association; his involvement in political activity,\n                  including statement on various issues; election to\n                  the House of Delegates, news clippings on Godwin's\n                  House of Delegates campaign and victory.","General correspondence from constituents\n                  concerning legislation; Nansemond County bridge and\n                  road conditions; church and civic activities;\n                  speaking engagements; election to the Board of\n                  Directors, Bank of Whaleyville and Board of Trustees\n                  of Elon College; Horace Edward's candidacy for\n                  governor; political interests of Porter Hardy.","Concerns legislative matters, including Godwin's\n                  desire for more and better committee assignments.\n                  Also includes his expense report for campaign of 1948\n                  and church and civic activities.","Letters to House of Delegates members regarding\n                  General Assembly session; Porter Hardy's election to\n                  Congress; matters relating to the church, community\n                  and friends.","Godwin's request for additional committee\n                  assignments; endorsement of Judge Whittle to Supreme\n                  Court of Appeals; church and civic involvement;\n                  speaking engagements; expense account filed with the\n                  State Board of Elections following re-election to the\n                  House of Delegates; congratulatory messages from\n                  constituents; news clippings on his re-election.","Special session of the Legislature for\n                  reapportionment of legislative districts;\n                  correspondence relating to appointment to the\n                  Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee,\n                  complimentary letters on action taken on certain\n                  legislative decisions; his resignation from the House\n                  of Delegates to seek vacated Senate seat and election\n                  to same; new committee assignments sought in Senate;\n                  news clippings about the election and congratulatory\n                  messages on victory; election as President of Ruritan\n                  National.","Proposed toll road from Petersburg to north of\n                  Richmond; Virginia World War II Memorial; T. B.\n                  Sanatorium in Tidewater area; speaking engagements\n                  and church and civic involvement; letter from\n                  President Chandler of the College of William and Mary\n                  regarding the inaugural ceremonies in which President\n                  and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower were invited.","Correspondence relating to the United States\n                  Supreme Court's decision which commenced school\n                  desegregation; appointment as a member of Public\n                  School Study Commission on Education; resolutions\n                  from localities opposing integration of public\n                  schools.","Correspondence regarding continuation of school\n                  integration crisis and massive resistance; minutes of\n                  Commission meetings and Senator Harry Byrd, Sr.'s\n                  statement supporting referendum for Constitutional\n                  Convention; public hearing with Commission on Public\n                  Education and prepared statements for meeting.","Legislative matters regarding the school crisis;\n                  meetings on preservation of public schools;\n                  activities in support of constitutional convention;\n                  acknowledgment of gifts received and sent, church and\n                  civic matters.","Correspondence and articles regarding school\n                  integration; Godwin challenging Republican candidate\n                  for governor relating to Public Assignment Plan and\n                  opposition thereto; Godwin's appearance before State\n                  Highway Commission advocating north-south route for\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters which\n                  followed as result of his stand; Godwin's letter of\n                  congratulations to Governor-elect Almond; his stated\n                  desire for appointment of Senate Finance Committee;\n                  Report on Fluoridation of Public Water supplies.","Correspondence reveals Godwin's appointment as a\n                  member of Commission on Constitutional Government,\n                  with copy of Chapter 223 creating said Commission\n                  included (legislation of which he was a patron);\n                  assignment to the Senate Finance Committee;\n                  correspondence regarding the Norfolk school closings,\n                  news clippings on same; synopsis of four bills passed\n                  relating to segregation of public schools; letters\n                  favoring Godwin's views on school situation; letters\n                  regarding his speech made November 3 on the school\n                  issue; church and civic involvement; speaking\n                  engagements; Godwin's hospitalization in\n                  February-March; his trip to Nassau; trip to New York;\n                  extension requested for filing tax return;\n                  correspondence regarding Judge Lawrence W. I'Anson's\n                  ceremony.","Correspondence covering matters relating to the\n                  Commission on Constitutional Government, its\n                  organizational set-up, Executive Committee's\n                  instructions, etc; an editorial entitled \"Campaign\n                  for the Constitution\", and correspondence with James\n                  J. Kilpatrick of the \n                   Richmond News\n                  Leader .","Many legislative matters such as the school\n                  integration issue, the sales tax issue, resolution\n                  calling for special session of Legislature with the\n                  telegrams of support; proposed bill to control\n                  outdoor advertising supported by many garden clubs\n                  throughout the State; invitations to Godwin for\n                  speaking engagements from church groups, civic groups\n                  and other functions; letter from Congressman\n                  Robertson expressing relief that no one else filed\n                  for the State Senate seat held by Senator Godwin;\n                  Godwin's correspondence transmitting his\n                  qualification fee for candidacy for Senate seat,\n                  subsequently followed by the Clerk of Court of\n                  Southampton County certifying Godwin elected as\n                  Senator for another term; news clipping regarding\n                  Godwin for governor.","Correspondence regarding the sales tax issue; a\n                  resolution regarding the removal of the additional\n                  16¢ charge on gasoline; appreciation on\n                  passage of billboard control bill and Godwin's stand\n                  opposing the current sales tax measure; article on\n                  Governor Almond's verbal attack on Godwin and others\n                  instrumental in defeating current sales tax measure;\n                  speaking engagements; church and civic involvement;\n                  gift acknowledgments; letters of condolence;\n                  correspondence regarding Katherine Godwin's operation\n                  in late 1959; letter to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. regarding\n                  the political scene for 1961; Godwin chosen First\n                  Citizen of Suffolk and Nansemond County;\n                  communications from citizens throughout the\n                  Commonwealth for his candidacy for\n                  lieutenant-governor on Democratic ticket for\n                  1961.","Correspondence and statements regarding the\n                  Democratic ticket \"Harrison, Godwin and Button\";\n                  signed petitions and other requirements needed for\n                  candidacy; Godwin's views on education in a copy of\n                  the \n                   Virginia Journal on\n                  Education ; statements on Education and\n                  Government, Virginia's Right to Work Act and school\n                  integration; campaign information on Booth's stand on\n                  issues, criticism of Byrd Machine; copy of a speech\n                  made by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on Right to Work law;\n                  campaign statement on \"Why You Should Vote For\n                  Harrison, Godwin and Button\" - a clear definition\n                  between conservatism and liberalism; sample ballot;\n                  Harrison's speech for ticket; Godwin's schedule\n                  during campaign (partial); letters on Primary race;\n                  news article regarding Godwin campaign; letters on\n                  the November campaign; speaking engagements and\n                  strategy; congratulatory messages following election,\n                  one of which was sent by Governor Almond.","Godwin's inauguration as lieutenant-governor\n                  (Folder 35); correspondence on the election;\n                  invitations to the inauguration and legislative\n                  matters; letters to Godwin concerning his residing\n                  over the Senate during the session; church and civic\n                  involvement; speaking engagements; correspondence on\n                  the theft of Mrs. Godwin's brooch while in Roanoke,\n                  Virginia.","News clippings; a trip to the Mediterranean\n                  (Virginia Ports sales talk); correspondence and\n                  speech to representatives of the Sigma Delta Chi at\n                  Williamsburg; letter from Godwin to Senator Walker\n                  congratulating him on successful Primary race; letter\n                  from George Kostel regarding his recent campaign.","Legislative correspondence regarding the Library\n                  Amendment; possible sales tax next year; appointment\n                  of pages; legislators to various committees; Godwin's\n                  letters to all senators, stenographers and pages\n                  expressing his appreciation for their assistance\n                  during the session; invitations; church and civic\n                  involvements; speaking engagements and condolences;\n                  article from \n                   The\n                  Dickensonian regarding Godwin and another\n                  regarding his possible candidacy for governor;\n                  letters from Virginians offering support to Godwin if\n                  candidate for governor.","Correspondence covers the period of Godwin's\n                     campaign for the Democratic Primary for governor;\n                     the possible closing of Public Health Services\n                     Hospital in Norfolk; matters relating to\n                     Washington and old Dominion Railway; campaign\n                     matters, such as support letters, news clippings;\n                     correspondence regarding his announcement of\n                     candidacy; statement released to the press\n                     announcing his candidacy; letters to and replies\n                     from legislators and others seeking support;\n                     letters acknowledging unsolicited contributions;\n                     letters seeking support from Virginia\n                     Congressional Delegation; letters pledging support\n                     of candidacy, financial contributions received and\n                     acknowledged; letter to Harry Byrd, Jr. thanking\n                     him for support; letters regarding\n                     lieutenant-governor spot and his own personal\n                     political philosophy; acknowledgments of Christmas\n                     gifts.","News articles; releases; campaign\n                     correspondence; speaking engagements; letters of\n                     appreciation to individuals; letters regarding\n                     contributions.","Congratulatory letters; letters of appreciation\n                     to campaign workers; invitations to inaugural\n                     ceremonies; correspondence regarding temporary\n                     office space and secretary for new governor; new\n                     administration; legislative assignments; state\n                     public school formula; correspondence from A.\n                     Linwood Holton and response; letter from Governor\n                     Albertis Harrison and Chief Justice Eggleston;\n                     correspondence regarding speech by governor-elect\n                     at Tidewater Rehabilitation Institute; Godwin's\n                     brief hospitalization; correspondence with Waldo\n                     Miles regarding gift of mink stole for Mrs.\n                     Miles.","Invitations; programs, copies of prayer by the\n                     Reverend Dwight W. Moore.","Church activities; letters regarding hospital\n                  visit, insurance; honorary degree awarded by the\n                  college of William and Mary; news articles regarding\n                  governor's new administration; correspondence\n                  regarding keynote of governor's Conference on\n                  Education.","Editorial in \n                   Washington\n                  Post regarding first Administration and\n                  correspondence regarding same; letters and articles\n                  regarding European Trade Mission; news articles;\n                  letter to Governor Lurleen Wallace, governor of\n                  Alabama; printed copy of address given by Godwin at\n                  Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and correspondence\n                  regarding same.","Editorials in \n                   Rural Virginia and \n                   Richmond\n                  Times-Dispatch on governor's administration;\n                  correspondence on administration; article in \n                   Virginia Poultryman on\n                  bond issue.","Research Paper; \n                      Changing Posture of the\n                     Democratic Party in Virginia As Seen in its\n                     Leadership - Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr., Exemplar of\n                     the Change , by Judith Rountree\n                     Elliott.","Article, \n                   The Godwin\n                  Years appearing in \n                   Commonwealth\n                  Magazine and Virginia's European headquarters\n                  for industrial development inaugurated by Godwin.","Letters on pardon of youth involved in drug\n                     charge; letters of appreciation to Mansion staff;\n                     notes and other matters relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     letters to and from state legislators.","Correspondence regarding membership on bank\n                     boards; recognitions and invitations for speaking\n                     engagements.","Correspondence regarding naming of school in\n                     Prince William County for Godwin; speaking\n                     engagements: dedication of Henry Clay Hofheimer\n                     Library; announcement by Senator Harry F. Byrd,\n                     Jr., to run as Independent; correspondence with\n                     Mr. Carl Andrews.","Recognitions; letters regarding membership on\n                     Board of Trustees of Virginia Foundation for\n                     Independent Colleges; letters regarding\n                     Administration; speaking engagements; Congressman\n                     Watkins M. Abbitt's announced retirement.","Congratulatory messages; Fox portrait of\n                     Godwin.","Letters on appointment to Boards; further\n                     correspondence relating to \n                      No Higher Honor ;\n                     honorary degree from Washington \u0026 Lee\n                     University; speaking engagements.","Honorary membership in Phi Theta Kappa at\n                     Thomas Nelson Community College; speaking\n                     engagements; letters regarding former Governor\n                     Thomas B. Stanley's death and Senatorial campaign\n                     of Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Lieutenant-governor Sargent Reynolds' illness;\n                     ceremonies for Paul D. Camp Community College,\n                     Lord Fairfax Community College, and Virginia\n                     Highlands Community College.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s victory;\n                     Constitutional amendments approved by voters;\n                     letters of appreciation for copy of book of\n                     speeches - first administration.","Letters regarding possible appointment to\n                     Supreme Court and denial; article in Virginia\n                     Observer regarding President Nixon asking Godwin\n                     for aid for oil refinery at Hampton Roads; letters\n                     on future of Democratic Party in Virginia.","General Correspondence.","Campaign for lieutenant-governor, George\n                  Kostel","Correspondence, printed material and other\n                     items related to Godwin's nomination as the\n                     Republican candidate for governor; the\n                     presidential election; news articles entitled\n                     \"Godwin Draft\" and \"The Push for Godwin\"; speaking\n                     engagements; comments made by Godwin on busing of\n                     school children; statement on White House visit;\n                     plans for organizing \"Order of White Jackets\" Carl\n                     Andrews; article and letters regarding dedication\n                     of Godwin Hall at Madison College; correspondence\n                     and other matters regarding Constitutional\n                     Amendment ending tenure for federal judges; letter\n                     from Richard D. Obenshain inviting Godwin to run\n                     on Republican ticket.","General Correspondence.","Article regarding surgery scheduled for Godwin;\n                     get well messages and gifts; acknowledgments\n                     thereof; speaking engagements; receipts of\n                     Distinguished Service Award - Virginia Council on\n                     Health; invitation to attend the inauguration of\n                     President Nixon; letters encouraging Godwin to run\n                     for governor; article \"Party Label Debated\" and\n                     other similar articles.","Letters regarding announcement to run for\n                     governor in 1973; Godwin's statement declaring\n                     himself a candidate; articles regarding Godwin\n                     seeking second term; draft of invitation from\n                     Republican Party to join in campaign; letters\n                     offering support of Godwin's candidacy.","Letters regarding second term; petitions\n                     circulated for Godwin; letters reacting to\n                     announcement of candidacy; opposition material;\n                     statement by Godwin indicating he will accept\n                     Republican nomination if offered him; list of\n                     Republicans supporting Godwin; letters regarding\n                     \"Democrats for Godwin\" organization; news release\n                     naming Anne Dobie Peebles as Coordinator of\n                     Women's participation in Godwin campaign; letters\n                     offering help in campaign; acknowledgments.","Invitations; speaking engagements; petitions;\n                     article regarding Godwin seeking Republican\n                     nomination in June; opposition material; articles\n                     regarding Godwin campaign and first term; letters\n                     of support from both Democrats and Republicans;\n                     letters from individuals offering service in\n                     campaign; endorsement by educators, legislators\n                     and others.","Invitations; speaking engagements; letters\n                     regarding party affiliation for candidate; letters\n                     regarding campaign; article and letter regarding\n                     Watergate.","Honorary degree - Hampden-Sydney College;\n                     Godwin's acceptance of nomination from Republican\n                     Party (speech); vote by districts at Republican\n                     Convention; letters regarding nomination by\n                     Republican Party; resignations by Democrats from\n                     various political posts to work for Godwin's\n                     election; letters regarding campaign staff -\n                     Carter O. Lowance's participation, Matt G.\n                     Anderson, Treasurer of Campaign; statement by\n                     Godwin regarding campaign contributions and\n                     expenditures.","Article from \n                      Virginia Record\n                     Magazine - \n                      The Man for Virginia,\n                     Mills E. Godwin, Jr. ; news articles\n                     regarding campaign; letters of support; Young\n                     Virginians for Godwin; statements by Congressman\n                     David Satterfield and Mayor Thomas Bliley\n                     regarding support of Godwin.","Letters of support; editorial \"Godwin vs.\n                     Watergate\"; pari-mutuel betting in Virginia;\n                     editorial criticizing Godwin for not inviting\n                     President Nixon to Virginia during campaign;\n                     statement regarding contributions and\n                     expenditures; endorsement of Godwin by various\n                     state newspapers; article \"Howell begins 1973 Race\n                     with Attack on Godwin\".","Editorials; news articles; acknowledgments of\n                     contributions; statements by Robert Button, W. C.\n                     Battle and George Kostel supporting Godwin.","Invitations; acknowledgments of contributions;\n                     solicitation of support; campaign articles and\n                     editorials; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s statement\n                     supporting Godwin; results of mock elections at\n                     Virginia colleges.","Editorials, campaign correspondence; remarks of\n                     Howell regarding the election; letters of\n                     appreciation to those who helped in campaign.","Acknowledgments; resignations from Boards of\n                     Trustees; list of invitees to inauguration and\n                     congratulatory messages.","Campaign Material; news releases; documents;\n                     statements endorsing Godwin for governor; articles\n                     and statements on major issues; campaign victory\n                     reports numbers 1, 2, 3 \u0026 4.","Campaign Correspondence - Thank you\n                     letters.","Congratulatory Messages.","General Correspondence.","Inaugural speech, a speech to General Assembly;\n                     correspondence relating to invitations; letters\n                     regarding inauguration; list of invitees to\n                     inauguration and inaugural Ball; congratulatory\n                     messages; picture of Mrs. Godwin's inaugural gown;\n                     news clippings and articles on inauguration -\n                     Virginia Highway Bulletin.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; news\n                     clippings on inauguration; congratulatory\n                     messages; correspondence on honorary memberships\n                     in various organizations.","Letters regarding gasoline crisis; get well\n                     cards and other correspondence.","General correspondence, including invitation\n                     for fishing; get well cards; etc.","Editorial, Farmville Herald regarding\n                     governor's leadership; correspondence relating to\n                     Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of\n                     Richmond and Doctor of Public Administration\n                     Degree from Bridgewater College.","Correspondence regarding Watergate with\n                     President Richard Nixon; letters and articles\n                     regarding Bicentennial.","Announcement of Mrs. Richard E. Byrd's death\n                     and information about her life; letters regarding\n                     governor's speeches.","Dedication of William F. Stone Hall-Patrick\n                     Henry Community College; participation in\n                     dedication of Eastern Shore Community College.","News article regarding gift from Pamunkey\n                     Indian Tribe; birthday greetings and other general\n                     correspondence.","General Correspondence, including Christmas\n                     messages.","Letters regarding Godwin's message to General\n                     Assembly and certificate issued governor for\n                     community leadership; honorary memberships and\n                     contributions.","Godwin's action to restrain state spending;\n                     editorial \"Mr. Godwin's leadership\"; articles\n                     relating to Godwin and the General Assembly of\n                     Virginia.","Godwin's stand on fiscal issues and other state\n                     problems; \n                      Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin for holding\n                     line on spending during recession; correspondence\n                     regarding honorary chairmanship of UGF.","Godwin's stand on restrained fiscal policies;\n                     letters of condolence; honorary chairmanships.","Washington\n                     Post article criticizing Godwin -\n                     \"Retrenchment of Governor Godwin\"; article\n                     regarding \"A Search for Excellence Governor\n                     Godwin's Appointments\"; copy of introduction of\n                     Governor Godwin by Shirley Holland; news article\n                     dated 1962 explaining where Godwin's home was in\n                     Chuckatuck; governor's letter to President of\n                     Anheuser-Busch, regarding grand opening of Busch\n                     Gardens in Williamsburg; letter from Godwin's\n                     first grade teacher.","Letters regarding speech to Virginia Wesleyan\n                     graduates and speech at St. John's Bicentennial\n                     program; news article regarding Godwin visiting\n                     former Mansion cook, Lucille Anderson, in\n                     hospital.","Article on Godwin's stand on federal funds;\n                     radio news editorial on Godwin succeeding in\n                     having Queen of England accept invitation to visit\n                     Virginia during Bicentennial Year, contribution to\n                     Oakland Christian Church for repairs; letters on\n                     Godwin cutting state expenditures; honorary\n                     chairman, 1976 Auction, television Channel 23.","Letters regarding Administration; editorial on\n                     Godwin's stand against the Department of Health,\n                     Education and welfare trends; Congressional Record\n                     regarding HEW demands on Virginia; letter from\n                     Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; Godwin's participation\n                     in \"Bill Tuck Day\"; editorial on Godwin's second\n                     term; Bicentennial participation - news article on\n                     Woodstock Bicentennial Commission; contribution to\n                     Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Memorial Commission.","Letters regarding Administration; acknowledging\n                     gift of Sky Meadows from Paul Mellon for state\n                     part site; letters regarding coin collection;\n                     letter from President Gerald Ford thanking Godwin\n                     for endorsement; remarks on speeches;\n                     acknowledgment of Christmas messages and Sigma Phi\n                     Epsilon certificate.","Honorary chairman, Bicentennial Celebration,\n                     Munich, Germany; remarks on message to General\n                     Assembly; honorary membership for Governor and\n                     Mrs. Godwin, Rotunda and Downtown Clubs.","Article, \n                      The Virginia\n                     Republican ; remarks on governor's\n                     speeches; coin collection letters; and letters of\n                     condolence.","Installation in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;\n                     honorary membership, Virginia Association for\n                     Health, Physical Education and Recreation; letters\n                     on administration and speeches; Bicentennial\n                     Celebration participation.","Letters on delivered speeches; correspondence\n                     on Godwin appearing with Billy Graham at\n                     Bicentennial Festival of Faith, Tidewater\n                     area.","Bicentennial participation; letter on\n                     television appearances with Queen Elizabeth,\n                     President Ford and Billy Graham Crusade;\n                     condolences.","Letter relating to Queen Elizabeth's visit to\n                     Charlottesville; correspondence on Godwin's\n                     attendance at Virginia Manufacturers Association\n                     meeting, Williamsburg.","Correspondence on administration and speeches;\n                     letter regarding President Ford's visit to\n                     Virginia during presidential campaign; letter on\n                     Godwin running for U. S. Senate in 1978;\n                     Bicentennial participation, coin collection;\n                     Christmas greetings.","Certificate of Recognition, Vienna Bicentennial\n                     Commission; coin collection; letter and picture,\n                     Display of Exhibition of War Between the States,\n                     Brussels, Belgium; Charter Day, College of William\n                     and Mary, awarding honorary doctorate degree to\n                     Carter O. Lowance.","Article on Mr. and Mrs. Nick Matthews donating\n                     land for Yorktown Victory Center; editorial on\n                     Godwin vetoing certain legislation; certificate of\n                     appreciation, Richmond County Bicentennial\n                     Commission; news release announcing John Warren\n                     Cooke's seeking another term as Speaker of the\n                     House.","Resolution, Republican Party of Pulaski, on\n                     Godwin's term; certificate, World Trade luncheon;\n                     tribute to T. Edward Temple.","Article,\" What's Dulled Virginia's Penchant for\n                     Leadership\"; replies; letters on administration;\n                     letters referring to Godwin's stand on higher\n                     education and HEW guidelines; dedication of Walter\n                     Reed Memorial Hospital, Gloucester.","Letters on administration; participation in\n                     bond issue; article on new official portrait of\n                     Godwin replacing existing one; resignation from\n                     Board of Trustees, Elon College; donation of John\n                     Marshall Bible by Mrs. Kenneth Higgins,\n                     subsequently sent to the College of William and\n                     Mary.","Letters regarding bond issues; Bicentennial\n                     participation by Godwin at York, Pa.; letters of\n                     appreciation to bond issue participants; letters\n                     on administration; political ad on Godwin's and\n                     Senator Harry Byrd's participation in Dalton\n                     campaign; correspondence on Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     birthday greetings.","Letters on administration; article, \"Unique\n                     Satisfaction for Out-bound Governor\"; expression\n                     of gratitude from Governor-elect Dalton for\n                     participating in gubernatorial campaign; Navy\n                     Public Service Citation; Christmas greetings.","Numerous articles, editorials on Godwin's\n                     second term as governor, including \"Simply a Man\n                     for all Seasons\"; letters on administration;\n                     letter from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on\n                     administration; acknowledgments of gifts; letters\n                     expressing appreciation from legislators; article\n                     on Godwin's $9.12 billion State budget.","Letters to Governor and Mrs. Godwin regarding\n                     service to Virginia; correspondence on Mrs.\n                     Godwin's book, \n                      Living in a Legacy ;\n                     news article, \"Godwin Described as Great, Popular\"\n                     by Governor John N. Dalton; letters on\n                     administration; Republican Party of Newport News\n                     resolution expressing gratitude to Godwin.","This series begins with an article from the Virginia\n               Record of January, 1966, entitled \"First Lady of the\n               Commonwealth.\" It gives much information regarding Mrs.\n               Godwin, Governor Godwin, and their daughter, Becky.\n               Other correspondence includes certain highlights of\n               includes certain highlights of Mrs. Godwin's official,\n               personal and social activities during her husband's\n               public life.","Virginia Record article on Mrs. Godwin occupying\n                  Mansion; letters regarding invitations.","General Correspondence, invitations and visits to\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence regarding automobile accident July\n                  2, 1967, Waynesboro, Virginia, state limousine driven\n                  by Trooper Shields; correspondence regarding medical\n                  services and insurance; personal letters, confinement\n                  at University of Virginia Hospital and recovery.","Statement by Mrs. Godwin, Honorary Chairman of\n                  Library Week; invitations, letters on participation\n                  in Virginia Jaycee project - \"Apply Jelly Sunday\";\n                  news release regarding Mrs. Godwin's operation at\n                  Norfolk General Hospital; letters regarding Honorary\n                  Chairman of Lee District Junior Woman's Club;\n                  cancellations following Becky's accident;\n                  acknowledgments of cookbooks received.","Message as Honorary Chairman of Woman's Auxiliary,\n                  Richmond Academy of Medicine: information sent to\n                  Charleston, South Carolina paper; statement on work\n                  of Richmond Symphony Women's Committee; honorary\n                  chairmanships; invitation from Mrs. Lyndon Johnson;\n                  note from Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; letters on leaving\n                  Mansion.","Biographical information on Mrs. Godwin;\n                  complimentary letters on Mrs. Godwin as First Lady of\n                  Virginia; letters of appreciation by St. John's\n                  Church members regarding Mansion reception; articles\n                  and pictures on the Godwin's new home at Cedar Point;\n                  article on Mrs. Godwin and campaign; \n                   The Journal , article\n                  on Mrs. Godwin; newspaper article regarding\n                  \"Miniature First Ladies Show Of Ballgowns\"; gifts to\n                  Mrs. Godwin; acknowledgments of gifts received.","Mrs. Godwin's calendar and participation in\n                  various events; invitations, acknowledgments of\n                  cookbooks; introduction of Elizabeth Hanford Dole,\n                  wife of Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas,\n                  Williamsburg; U. S. Department of Commerce Award to\n                  Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission; Garden\n                  Clubs coffee; Christmas Mansion tours and\n                  information","Invitations; participation in various events;\n                  requests and responses from organizations for\n                  donation of items for auctions; Thalhimer's\n                  appearance to autograph \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  Virginia State Chamber of Commerce information and\n                  purchases of Mrs. Godwin's book; letters regarding\n                  book.","Acknowledgments of Mrs. Godwin's book, \n                   Living in a Legacy ;\n                  letters of appreciation for Mansion tours and gifts;\n                  correspondence regarding depletion of supply of Mrs.\n                  Godwin's book.","Chronological order of Mrs. Godwin's activities,\n                  1974-1977; dinners and receptions, 1974-1977;\n                  numerical information on number of people touring\n                  Mansion.","Correspondence and information on Frankie Welsh\n                  Scarf designed for Mrs. Godwin for use as gift;\n                  letters acknowledging receipt of scarf.","This correspondence includes letters, news articles\n               and general information relating to Becky Godwin,\n               beginning with her early school days and continuing\n               through 1968. Included among the material is her diary\n               written in March and April, 1963, covering a European\n               trip she made with her mother and father, who was then\n               lieutenant-governor.","Letter from Godwin enrolling four-year old\n                  daughter in First Baptist Church Nursery during\n                  legislative session; lieutenant-governor and Mrs.\n                  Godwin leave for Virginia Cruise of Mediterranean;\n                  news article and pictures; diary of trip personally\n                  written by Becky (March-April, 1963); Godwin's letter\n                  to bank regarding Becky's checkbook; letters relating\n                  to attendance at Camp Sequoya, Sullins College,\n                  Bristol, Virginia.","Acknowledgment of V.M.I. sweater sent to Becky;\n                  Godwin's letters to Becky at Camp; acknowledgments of\n                  gifts to Becky; letter to Becky regarding Mansion\n                  ghosts; Becky's letter requesting information for a\n                  school project.","Letter and application for Becky to return to Camp\n                  Sequoya; acknowledgments of gifts; Godwin's letter to\n                  Camp Sequoya Director enclosing Becky's spending\n                  money and other letters to Becky while at Camp;\n                  correspondence thanking Virginia Beach Hospital for\n                  assistance given Becky as result of bicycle accident;\n                  letters regarding Becky's accident and death.","Accident and Death; Condolences; Memorials.","Continuing letters of sympathy; offer of placement\n                  of wreath on Becky's grave by Meadowbrook Memorial\n                  Gardens President; presentation of trophy by\n                  Alexandria Department of Recreation in Becky's\n                  memory; letters regarding memorial fund at St.\n                  Catherine's School; acknowledgment and copy of SJR #2\n                  - \"On the Death of Becky Godwin\"; Becky Godwin\n                  Memorial Fund established at Oakland Christian Church\n                  and memorial gift by Men's Bible Class of Chuckatuck;\n                  correspondence on and acknowledgment of portrait of\n                  Becky; song written in memory of Becky by Viet Nam\n                  veteran; establishment of Becky Godwin Water Skiing\n                  Memorial at Camp Sequoya by Governor and Mrs. Godwin;\n                  poem in Becky's memory and other memorial gifts;\n                  establishment of Becky Godwin Fund, School of\n                  Nursing, Medical College of Virginia; purchase of\n                  confirmation robes, St. John's United Church, in\n                  memory of Becky; books donated in Becky's memory;\n                  correspondence regarding scholarship award to Paul D.\n                  Camp Community College in Becky's memory by the\n                  Herbert Perkinsons; Virginia Education Association\n                  Award in Becky's memory for yearly scholarships.","This series consists of official appointment and\n               engagement books compiled during Godwin's two\n               gubernatorial terms, 1966-1970 and 1974-1978. Also\n               included are his major appointments as a private citizen\n               for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.","Monthly calendars.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows major appointments and engagements.","Shows daily appointments and engagements by\n                     date and hour insofar as practical.","Typed daily schedule sheets, filed monthly.\n                     Also includes advanced weekly and monthly\n                     appointments.","Appointment book, desk copy. Daily and hourly\n                     appointments and engagements reflecting late\n                     changes, adjustments, etc.","File showing invitations declined by the\n                     governor during the year.","Typed daily schedule sheets. Filed monthly as\n                     above with advanced weekly and monthly\n                     schedules.","Appointment book, desk copy, listing daily and\n                     hourly appointments and engagements where\n                     applicable.","Governor's daily (office) schedule sheets in\n                     folders by month. Shows office appointments and\n                     other engagements. Preliminary weekly and monthly\n                     schedules also included.","Appointment book - daily and hourly\n                     appointments (generally more accurate than\n                     sheets). Travel plans listed separately when\n                     applicable","This series contains Godwin's official speeches, as\n               well as other formal speeches made as a private citizen\n               from 1957 through 1977. Although Godwin was a popular\n               speaker prior to 1957, especially during his active\n               participation in Ruritan National and early days in the\n               General Assembly, no copies of speeches given during\n               that period have survived.","Prepared Statement to the State Highway Commission\n                  of Virginia advocating the North-South Route for the\n                  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel.","Excerpts from remarks at Historic St. John's\n                  Church, Richmond, Virginia, in connection with\n                  ceremonies sponsored by American Heritage\n                  Foundation.","Remarks made to the Representatives of the Sigma\n                  Delta Chi at Williamsburg, Virginia.","This series consists of the citations presented to\n               Godwin by eight institutions of higher learning on the\n               occasions of the awarding of honorary degrees. A listing\n               of 159 citations, plaques, etc., is also included. Four\n               citations and plaques are listed for Mrs. Godwin for the\n               period 1968 through 1976. There are a number of\n               citations and plaques awarded to Godwin or his wife\n               which have been retained by them and are not presently\n               included with those transferred to The College of\n               William and Mary.","This series consists of one box of television and\n               radio tapes, films and recordings. Included are tapes of\n               the Governor's Education Conferences in 1966 and 1967\n               and a 30-minute film, The Godwin Years, presented to\n               Godwin by the Virginia Association of Electric\n               Cooperatives.","These scrapbooks cover Godwin's political activities\n               beginning in 1943, his service in Ruritan National and\n               his presidency of that organization in 1952, his\n               gubernatorial campaign of 1965, educational conferences,\n               and first and second terms as governor. These are listed\n               chronologically from 1943 through January, 1978. A\n               number of scrapbooks have been retained by Governor and\n               Mrs. Godwin and are not included with those transferred\n               to The College of William and Mary.","This series consists of one large box of 1973\n               campaign material, of which two binders have been placed\n               on microfilm, and one small box which contains\n               magazines, news clippings, and small scrapbooks\n               concerning special activities. One envelope of\n               unclassified photographs and copies of inaugural\n               programs and invitations for 1966 and 1974 are also\n               included.","Other items in this series include VEA Convention\n               edition - Godwin, Virginia's Education Governor, 1973.\n               Papers: Virginia's Future First; Howell Rejects; 88%;\n               Yes, Godwin stands for Neighborhood Schools; Yes, Godwin\n               will protect our Right to Work Law; And Where Does\n               Henry's Money Come From; Henry's Tax Scheme, Can You\n               Afford It; Virginia's Future, Let's Give it Our Best; On\n               the One Hand, But on the Other, Let's Keep Henry Honest.\n               Godwin bumper stickers and buttons. Virginia Record,\n               July, 1973, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., The Man for Virginia;\n               The New Majority Program. Posters: Mills Godwin, The\n               Clearest Choice for Virginia's Future; Virginia's\n               Future, Give it Your Best - Godwin for Governor; Dalton\n               for Lieutenant-Governor. Godwin for Governor stationery;\n               Godwin for Governor buttons; Volunteer Register,\n               September 4-November 2, 1973. Black notebook containing\n               congratulatory letters and thank you letters sent to\n               lists in notebook; blue notebook containing sample\n               letters sent to groups and individuals for support and\n               help in Godwin's inauguration.","These papers of Mills E. Godwin begin after he left\n               gubernatorial office in 1978. Godwin remained a\n               significant player in Virginia political circles, hoping\n               to maintain the power of the coalition of conservative\n               Democrats and Republicans which he headed. The papers\n               concern the U. S. Senate campaigns of 1978 (Warner v. ),\n               and 1982, the gubernatorial campaign of 1981 (Robb v.\n               Coleman), investment policies of Virginia, affirmative\n               action (quotas), public employee collective bargaining,\n               Virginia Wesleyan College, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s decision\n               to retire from the Senate, the Martin Luther King\n               holiday in Virginia (federal and state), Republican\n               Party of Virginia, General Assembly and local elections,\n               the Virginia Community College System and the city of\n               Suffolk.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, John N. Dalton, Gerald R.\n               Ford, Albertis Harrison, Charles S. Robb, D. French\n               Slaughter, and John Warner. There are also routine\n               letters written by Godwin of sympathy, get-well wishes,\n               recommendation as well as replies to requests for\n               help.","These items include newspaper clippings (1961 and\n                  1965), letters upon his election as\n                  lieutenant-governor in 1961, lists of guests to be\n                  invited to inauguration and inaugural programs of\n                  1965 and 1974.","These items include letters of sympathy, get-well\n                  letters, congratulations on retirements, help with\n                  problems, requests for contributions to various\n                  organizations, etc. Correspondents include: Albertis\n                  Harrison concerning the U. S. Senate campaign\n                  (Warner); Harry F. Byrd, Jr. concerning the city of\n                  Suffolk HUD grant; Gerald Baliles; William E. Simon;\n                  D. French Slaughter; James R Thompson (governor of\n                  Illinois); and Carter Olin Lowance.","These items include material from or about John N.\n                  Dalton (investment policies of Virginia [series of\n                  articles by David Chandler in Norfolk Ledger-Star],\n                  Division of Purchases and Supply, Warner nomination\n                  for Senate), Carter Lowance, Charles S. Robb\n                  (Virginia Forum on Education), John N. Dalton,\n                  Virginia Port Authority), Louis R. Lawson (Virginia\n                  Energy Office), Stanley C. Walker (Virginia State\n                  Crime Commission), Virginia Foundation for\n                  Independent Colleges, affirmative action (quotas),\n                  letters of commendation, and policy statement on\n                  public employer-employee relations (collective\n                  bargaining).","These items include material from or about Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr., Charles S. Robb\n                  (lieutenant-governor), Hunter Andrews, Eva F. Scott\n                  (first woman to serve in State Senate), A. L.\n                  Philpott, Herbert H. Bateman, Paul Trible, General\n                  Assembly elections of 1979, J. Marshall Coleman,\n                  Philip Crane, Republican senatorial primary of 1978\n                  (Linwood Holton, Richard Obenshain, John Warner,\n                  Nathan Miller), agreement of Virginia with HEW to\n                  institute quotas in colleges; and the campaign by\n                  Coleman for attorney-general in 1977.","These items include material from or about the U.\n                  S Senate election of 1982, the General Assembly\n                  election of 1981, the gubernatorial race of 1981,\n                  Byrd's decision to retire from U S. Senate, Herbert\n                  H. Bateman, Republican Party events, Wyatt B.\n                  Durrette, Martin Luther King holiday bill (state\n                  holiday), Paul Trible, coalition headed by Godwin\n                  described in newspaper article ( \n                   Roanoke Times and World\n                  News (November 15, 1980), Eva F. Scott (first\n                  woman to serve in State Senate), John Warner, Bob\n                  Dole, and the Richard D. Obenshain Republican\n                  Center.","Godwin's service as a member of the Board of\n                  Trustees, and as Honorary Chairman of Challenge of\n                  the 80's, decade-long campaign to raise money\n                  launched in 1980.","Items include material from or about Gerald R.\n                  Ford.","Items all concern Godwin.","Items include letters of sympathy, requests for\n                  help, requests for photographs. Items also include\n                  material from or about the Richard Obenshain\n                  Republican Center; Harry F. Byrd, Jr., concerning\n                  Colgate Darden; Richard Poff; Virginia Community\n                  College System; and the Eastern Virginia Medical\n                  School, concerning in vitro fertilization.","Godwin served as the state chair for this\n                  committee. Also includes letters from Connally.","Items include get-well letters, letters of\n                  congratulations, letters requesting help, letters of\n                  sympathy, the funeral of E. Blackburn Moore, the\n                  Advisory Committee of the Medical Alumni of the\n                  University of Virginia, Dave Satterfield's retirement\n                  from Congress and correspondence with Harry F. Byrd,\n                  Jr., and Carter O. Lowance.","Items include material from or about the National\n                  Conservative Political Action Committee; Richard J.\n                  Davis (lieutenant-governor); Gerald L. Baliles; Wyatt\n                  B. Durrette, Jr.; Charles S. Robb; the 1981 election\n                  for General Assembly; the 1981 gubernatorial election\n                  (Robb v. Coleman); Sidney S. Kellam; Bill Dudley;\n                  John W. Williams, III; Martin Luther King holiday in\n                  Virginia; John Warner, concerning federal judgeship\n                  nominations; Elmon T. Gray; J. Marshall Coleman; Kit\n                  Bond (Missouri governor); pari-mutuel wagering; John\n                  N. Dalton, concerning commission appointments; and\n                  the Virginia Community College System.","Items include material from or about Charles Robb,\n                  the naming of the life science building at ODU for\n                  Godwin, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Harry F.\n                  Byrd, Jr., the University of Virginia Medical Alumni\n                  Advisory Committee, Godwin's stamp and coin\n                  collecting hobby, the House Joint Resolution No. 24\n                  signed by A.L. Philpott and Charles Robb, and a\n                  letter listing boards of corporations on which Godwin\n                  was serving.","Items include material from or about letters of\n                  sympathy, congratulations on retirement, get-well\n                  letters, Albertis Harrison, the death of Colgate\n                  Darden, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul Trible, and Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Items include the gubernatorial election of 1981\n                  (Robb v. Coleman) and Godwin's late endorsement of\n                  Coleman.","Items concern Warner's support of Martin Luther\n                  King holiday bill; and correspondence concerning Paul\n                  Trible, the administration of Charles Robb, J.\n                  Marshall Coleman, the General Assembly and local\n                  elections of 1982-1983, D. French Slaughter, J.\n                  Kenneth Robinson's retirement from Congress,\n                  Congressman Robert Daniel, Congressman Owen B.\n                  Pickett, and Congressman Herbert H. Bateman.","Items include material from or about John W.\n                  Warner, the General Assembly election of 1983, Stan\n                  Parris, Robert Daniel (Congressman), the Senate race\n                  of 1982 (possibility of Byrd re-entering race, Davis\n                  v. Trible), the campaign of Melvin Spence for\n                  re-election to House of Delegates, Martin Luther King\n                  federal holiday, George Bush, and the law school at\n                  George Mason University.","Items include material about or concerning Carter\n                  O. Lowance.","Some, not all, of the clippings directly concern\n                  Godwin. Items include material on the U. S.\n                  senatorial campaign of 1982, campaigning for\n                  Trible.","Items include thank you notes, congratulatory\n                  letters, and sympathy letters; as well as\n                  correspondence from Carter O. Lowance, and Gordon\n                  Davies, Council on Higher Education concerning the\n                  Virginia Community College System.","Items include material on Godwin's service on the\n                  Board of Associates of University of Richmond.","This addition covers committees and organizations\n               that Mills E. Godwin belonged to and/or had an vested\n               interest in from 1978 to 1900. These include the\n               Obenshain Senatorial (Republican primary) Campaign of\n               1978, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the\n               Virginia Science Museum, the City of Suffolk, the\n               Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the\n               Republican Party politics, Virginians for Reagan, the\n               John N. Dalton Oncology Clinic, the Medical College of\n               Virginia, the Virginia Wesleyan College and Godwin's\n               opposition to pledge bond amendments to Virginia\n               Constitution for transportation.","Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Paul\n               Trible, Wyatt Durrette, and D. French Slaughter.","Smith, Byrd, Godwin, amendment to Virginia\n                  Constitution to issue local and state pledge bonds\n                  for transportation purposes.","These papers composite a largely non-political\n               nature. Most of the letters concern personal matters,\n               invitations, get-well wishes, and letters of sympathy.\n               Political papers concern the 1992 Virginia Bond issue,\n               Godwin's contribution to Bush's 1988 and 1992\n               presidential campaigns, Chichester for\n               lieutenant-governor in 1985, the 1989 gubernatorial race\n               (Coleman v. Wilder), the Virginia Republican Party,\n               Godwin's support for Trible for Republican gubernatorial\n               candidate in 1989, the 1978-1979 HEW controversy in\n               Virginia (desegregation of higher education), and the\n               1986-87 Virginia Transportation Commission.","Correspondents include Gerald Baliles, Harry F. Byrd,\n               Jr., J. Marshall Coleman, Albertis S. Harrison, Charles\n               S. Robb, John Warner, Richard Short and Hunter\n               Andrews.","Items include letters to and from Mills E. Godwin\n                  about the 1992 $613 million general obligation bond\n                  issue, a report from Virginia officials arguing in\n                  favor of the bond, a copy of the report sent from\n                  state senator Hunter B. Andrews to members of the\n                  Senate, letters from the Virginians for Progress\n                  Foundation, news clippings and editorials.","Items include correspondence with Godwin regarding\n                  campaign contributions, newspaper clippings, letters\n                  from representatives of the Republican Party and Bush\n                  campaign in Virginia to Godwin, and an invitation to\n                  Bush's inauguration (1988).","Items include letters between Godwin and\n                  Chichester, a collection of clippings and information\n                  about Douglas Wilder's record, letters, memos, and\n                  editorials.","Items include a copy of the 1991 bill for 1991\n                  education general obligation issue, a list of\n                  proposed projects, letters to and from the opposition\n                  group (Citizens against . . .), editorials, and legal\n                  papers.","Items include the campaign for Governor in 1988 -\n                  editorials, newspaper articles, correspondence\n                  between Coleman and Godwin, correspondence with Harry\n                  F. Byrd, Jr., an extensive \n                   Wall Street\n                  Journal article about the race, miscellaneous\n                  letters, etc.","Items include invitations to various functions,\n                  papers concerning Camp Foundation, personal letters,\n                  correspondence between Godwin and Doug Rendleman\n                  (Godwin Professor of Law at Marshall-Wythe School of\n                  Law), letters to and from Anne Dobie Peebles, Davis\n                  Paschall and Thomas Graves, letters concerning the\n                  1984 presidential search, news clippings and letters\n                  to and from Margaret Cook of Swem Library.","Items include invitations, papers concerning the\n                  planning of the Tercentenary Celebration, news\n                  clipping of Queen Elizabeth's address commemorating\n                  the Glorious Revolution, letters to and from Paul\n                  Verkuil, Tim Sullivan, Anne Dobie Peebles, and\n                  photographs.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for functions, banquets, visitations.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret for parties, receptions, etc.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret concerning various banquets, parties, and\n                     gatherings.","Items include thank you letters and letters of\n                     regret to various people and organizations.","Items include correspondence with Oliver North\n                     and paper from the International Churchill Society\n                     (including a letter to Justice Clarence Thomas),\n                     letters to and from Godwin about the 1991\n                     International Churchill Society Conference in\n                     Richmond, Virginia and copies of a speech and\n                     essay by Churchill).","Items include correspondence between Godwin and\n                     Tim Sullivan concerning Sullivan's inauguration as\n                     president of the College of William and Mary,\n                     letters concerning speaking engagements at Paul D.\n                     Camp Community College, Diane Russell's fourth\n                     grade class at Larchmont Elementary School, the\n                     State Council on Higher Education and letters\n                     concerning other engagements.","Items include papers, business letters and\n                  personal letters concerning affairs at Elon College\n                  in North Carolina.","Items include letters, a copy of the eulogy given\n                  by Godwin, and news clippings.","Items include personal letters, letters to and\n                     from William B. Spong, former Dean of the\n                     Marshall-Wythe Law School, and information about\n                     Festival Williamsburg.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters from Charles S.\n                     Robb, John Dalton and other friends and\n                     acquaintances.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters, and letters and\n                     papers concerning Godwin's involvement in various\n                     organizations and enterprises.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     personal commitments (e.g., Bridgewater College,\n                     Medical College of Virginia, Boy Scouts).","Items concern personal letters; correspondence\n                     concerning Hope Spivey, a gymnast from Godwin's\n                     hometown; and letters of concern relating to\n                     Godwin's hospitalization.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters concerning\n                     business transactions, a letter regarding the\n                     Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, and letters\n                     concerning the death of Carter Lowance.","Item include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters, and letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions.","Items include personal letters.","Items include personal letters.","Items include information about a west Norfolk,\n                     Virginia tract of industrial property, personal\n                     letters, and letters regarding personal business\n                     transactions.","Items include an essay on the \"Reagan legacy,\"\n                     a newsletter devoted to '88 presidential election\n                     in Virginia, editorials, letters concerning\n                     campaigns, a biographical sketch of Howard Worth\n                     Smith, letters to and from Godwin regarding\n                     functions, campaign strategy, etc., roster of\n                     committee chairpersons for Virginia Republican\n                     Party (1989), and letters and papers about various\n                     other facets of Virginia Republican politics.","Items include invitations for fun raising\n                     functions, news clippings, letters to and from\n                     George Allen, a letter from Harry F. Byrd, letter\n                     to Godwin asking for his support of Pat Buchanan,\n                     letter from John Warner, and other letters dealing\n                     with GOP races in 1992.","Items include letters to and from Davis\n                     Paschall and Pat Robertson, letters and\n                     newsletters from the Suffolk Republican Party\n                     headquarters, and an article from \n                      The Sun about young\n                     Republican volunteers.","Items include fund raising letters, news\n                     clippings and editorials, a letter from Harry F.\n                     Byrd with enclosed editorial, letters from the\n                     Republican National Committee, a letter from Dan\n                     Quayle, card from George Bush, news clipping about\n                     Charles Robb, and other papers relating to GOP\n                     contests in 1992.","Items include a copy of the 1978 joint resolution\n                  about the Harry F. Byrd Memorial Commission, and\n                  letters from John Dalton and Charles Robb.","Items include financial statements from June 1981,\n                  letters (business and personal), a letter to Senator\n                  Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a report, \"Invest in America's\n                  Cities\" from U. S. Conference of Mayor's Conference\n                  in Zurich, Switzerland, and other papers.","Item include the HEW controversy: editorials, news\n                  clippings, and letters relating to Virginia\n                  desegregation efforts and HEW directives regarding\n                  such efforts.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include invitations and letters of\n                     regret.","Items include letters to and from Godwin about\n                     his membership on the Board of Directors,\n                     financial report from December 1985, various\n                     papers about Foundation business, and financial\n                     statements for 1986.","Items include 1989 Annual Report for\n                     Development Program for Jamestown-Yorktown\n                     Educational Trust, newsletters from\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, and other\n                     papers.","Items include letters concerning\n                     Jamestown-Yorktown Educational Trust, letters\n                     concerning the opening of the Jamestown Settlement\n                     Galleries, and letters regarding various other\n                     functions.","Items include a list of trustees, pamphlet about\n                  the Monticello cabinet, and magazine article about\n                  the roof of Monticello.","Items include letters and copies of speeches in\n                  opposition to the proposed lottery in 1987.","Items include a program from the Boy Scout meeting\n                  of 28 April 1949, personal letters, photographs,\n                  letter from president of University of Virginia,\n                  legal papers, and a copy of the Suffolk newspaper\n                  with an article about Virginia's Community\n                  Colleges.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     invitation to the first inaugural of Ronald\n                     Reagan, correspondence regarding proposed magazine\n                     advertisement featuring Godwin, correspondence\n                     between Godwin and William and Mary College\n                     Republicans, letters concerning awards and honors,\n                     correspondence regarding Federal appointment of\n                     Godwin by President Nixon, and correspondence\n                     between Godwin and former William and Mary\n                     president Davis Paschall.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     regarding personal business transactions,\n                     correspondence regarding the book \n                      Suffolk: A Pictorial\n                     History and Godwin's foreword to the\n                     text.","Items include personal letters, letters\n                     concerning personal business transactions,\n                     newspaper editorial with reference to Godwin,\n                     correspondence between Godwin and Mrs. Pitonyak's\n                     fourth grade class, newspaper article about the\n                     Governor's Mansion, and a list of buildings in\n                     Virginia named after Godwin.","Items include letters to and from Virginia\n                     politicians, articles about Judge Willard H.\n                     Douglas, Jr., and a letter from Richard T. Short\n                     with enclosed letters to prominent politicians\n                     (e.g., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Jesse\n                     Helms.","Items include letters to and from Godwin\n                     regarding Virginia politics, including\n                     correspondence with Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Albertis\n                     Harrison, Hunter Andrews, and Davis Paschall.","Items include news clippings, editorials,\n                     photograph of President and Mrs. Bush, photograph\n                     of Teddy Roosevelt in the Panama Canal,\n                     correspondence with Richard Short, Pat Buchanan,\n                     Davis Paschall and others. Also included is the \n                      \n                     Times-Dispatch editorial on the 1992 L.A.\n                     riots and letter of reaction from Godwin.","Items include letters, official papers, and news\n                  clippings concerning the 1986-87 Governor's\n                  Commission on Transportation. Also included are\n                  comments by former Governor Albertis S. Harrison.","Items include the December 1987 Report of the\n                  Local Financing Options Subcommittee, letter of\n                  thanks to Godwin from Governor Baliles, draft of the\n                  final report, news clippings, roster of Commission\n                  members, copy of remarks made by Godwin concerning\n                  his reservations about the final report.","Items include letters written to Godwin in support\n                  of Trible, campaign newsletters, newspaper articles\n                  about Godwin's endorsement of Trible, and Godwin's\n                  letter announcing endorsement.","Items include invitations to meetings and\n                  ceremonies, and letters concerning affairs of the\n                  society.","Items include letters concerning Virginia's\n                  international trade, the State Water Authority, the\n                  Virginia State Library, an invitation to the 1990\n                  inauguration of Douglas Wilder, and a letter from the\n                  William and Mary School of Business\n                  Administration.","Items include correspondence between Governor\n                  Godwin and various state senators, a copy of speech\n                  given by Frances Hallam Hurt in support of state arts\n                  program, a letter from Lio Bourassa expressing\n                  concern about Virginia water problems, the 1991\n                  Report of the Secretary of Finance on Virginia's\n                  financial situation, and miscellaneous letters.","Items include letters pertaining to finances\n                     and business of the Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include letters pertaining to business\n                     and finances of Foundation as well as personal\n                     letters.","Items include business and personal letters\n                     concerning affairs of the Foundation.","Items include business and personal\n                     letters.","Items include official papers, letters and\n                  memoranda concerning affairs of the college."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, 1947-1989, of Mills E.\n         Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the\n         Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes\n         his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine\n         Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin;\n         schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials;\n         scrapbooks; and political memorabilia.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, 1947-1989, of Mills E.\n         Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the\n         Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes\n         his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine\n         Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin;\n         schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials;\n         scrapbooks; and political memorabilia."],"names_ssim":["College of William and\n                  Mary,","College of William and Mary,","Godwin family,","Godwin family.","Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Otelia Darden","Mills Edwin Godwin,","Mary Lee,","Mildred Elizabeth","Leah Otelia","Katherine Thomas Beale","Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's","George J. Kostel","President Richard M.\n                  Nixon","Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","Virginia. Governor\n            (1978-1982 : Dalton)","Godwin, Becky Katherine,\n            1953-1968.","Howell, Henry E. (Henry\n            Evans), 1920-","Lowance, Carter O. (Carter\n            Olin), 1910-1989.","Reynolds, J. Sargeant\n            (Julian Sargeant), 1936-1971.","Robertson, A. Willis\n            (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971.","Smith, Howard Worth,\n            1883-1976.","Spong, William B. (William\n            Belser), 1920-","Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas\n            Bahnson), 1890-1970.","Stephens, Allie Edwards\n            Stokes.","Tuck, William M. (William\n            Munford), 1896-1983."],"corpname_ssim":["College of William and\n                  Mary,","College of William and Mary,"],"famname_ssim":["Godwin family,","Godwin family."],"persname_ssim":["Watkins Moorman Abbitt,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966,","Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- ,","Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton),","Becky Katherine Godwin,","Mills E. Godwin Jr.,","Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell,","Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds,","A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","Howard Worth Smith,","William B. (William Belser) Spong,","Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley,","Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","Otelia Darden","Mills Edwin Godwin,","Mary Lee,","Mildred Elizabeth","Leah Otelia","Katherine Thomas Beale","Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 's","George J. Kostel","President Richard M.\n                  Nixon","Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","Virginia. Governor\n            (1978-1982 : Dalton)","Godwin, Becky Katherine,\n            1953-1968.","Howell, Henry E. (Henry\n            Evans), 1920-","Lowance, Carter O. (Carter\n            Olin), 1910-1989.","Reynolds, J. Sargeant\n            (Julian Sargeant), 1936-1971.","Robertson, A. Willis\n            (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971.","Smith, Howard Worth,\n            1883-1976.","Spong, William B. (William\n            Belser), 1920-","Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas\n            Bahnson), 1890-1970.","Stephens, Allie Edwards\n            Stokes.","Tuck, William M. (William\n            Munford), 1896-1983."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1971,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:08:43.705Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMills Edwin Godwin, Jr., was born November 19, 1914, at\n         Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now the City of Suffolk,\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe completed public school and attended the college of\n         William and Mary. He obtained his degree in law from the\n         University of Virginia in 1938. Honorary doctorate degrees\n         have been awarded him by Elon College, Roanoke College, Elmira\n         College, the College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee\n         University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond\n         and Bridgewater College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile awaiting a commission in the U. S. Navy in World War\n         II, he was appointed a special agent with the Federal Bureau\n         of Investigation where he served for three years prior to\n         resuming the practice of law in Suffolk until he was elected\n         governor of Virginia in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe first entered politics in 1948 when he began service in\n         the House of Delegates. From 1952 to 1962 he served in the\n         State Senate of Virginia. He was lieutenant-governor of\n         Virginia from 1962 to 1966. During the 26 years he held public\n         office, he ran seventeen times and was never defeated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis first election as governor in November 1965, came after\n         he had received the Democratic nomination without\n         opposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his administration from 1966 to 1970, he became\n         known as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" taking the lead in\n         upgrading education at every level from kindergarten through\n         graduate school. Initiated and developed during his first term\n         was the State's system of community colleges, two-year\n         colleges offering occupational-technical and liberal arts\n         training at minimum tuition. Salary increases and other\n         improved benefits were granted teachers and faculty members.\n         State aid to kindergartens, summer schools and classes for the\n         handicapped encouraged broader opportunities throughout\n         Virginia, and a number of other innovations were made in the\n         public schools and higher education. The momentum followed a\n         series of governor's conferences on education early in the\n         administration. He persuaded the General Assembly to enact the\n         Retail Sales Tax which was the first new broad-based tax\n         passed in Virginia in more than one hundred years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe continued and enlarged the emphasis on industrial\n         development begun by his predecessor, Governor Harrison. He\n         led the first two foreign trade missions and engaged in other\n         efforts designed to attract high caliber new industry to\n         Virginia and to encourage expansion by firms already located\n         in the State. He saw industrial development and education as\n         the principal means of continuing progress in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his tenure, Virginia made major strides also in\n         water and air pollution control, port and park development,\n         interstate, arterial and other highway construction, highway\n         safety, mental health and other areas of State concern.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blue ribbon commission appointed by Godwin proposed the\n         State's first constitutional revision in forty years. The\n         result was approved overwhelmingly by the voters. He also\n         proposed the first general obligation bond issue in this\n         century and led the campaign in which Virginia's voters\n         approved it by a margin of more than two to one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs governor he served as chairman of the Southern Regional\n         Education Board, Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors\n         Conference and as a member of the Executive Committee of the\n         Democratic Governors Conference and the National Governors'\n         Conference. He also served as Chairman of the Appalachian\n         Regional Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter serving as governor from 1966 to 1970, he returned\n         home and became a Director of Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk\n         and Western Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n         Real Estate Investment Trust, and Dan River, Inc. and served\n         as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of\n         Directors of Virginia National Bank. He was also on the Board\n         of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe resigned all of these posts after being elected governor\n         a second time in November 1973, the first man ever twice\n         elected by the people in Virginia to serve as Chief Executive.\n         He was elected as the Republican nominee after being unopposed\n         in their State Convention. He remains the only candidate in\n         the country ever to win gubernatorial elections in the same\n         state on both Democrat and Republican tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his second term as governor, he faced a series of\n         crises of major proportions. The Arab oil embargo of late 1973\n         depressed the State's economy and the State revenues. As\n         governor he ordered reduction of State spending by more than\n         $200 million to keep the budget in balance and, as the economy\n         improved later in his administration, he left a sizable\n         surplus in the budget for his successor. Godwin dealt with the\n         crises of shortages of gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil, the\n         problem of Kepone, ten major floods and seven minor ones and\n         the most serious drought in fifty years occurred in the last\n         year of his administration which caused 115 of the State's 136\n         political jurisdictions to be designated as disaster areas.\n         Despite these problems, Virginia's forward movement continued\n         during his second term with major improvements in all areas,\n         in job opportunities, and especially in our correctional\n         programs and in public and higher education. He obtained\n         approval from the General Assembly in 1977 for a Referendum on\n         a $125 million General obligation Bond Program, largely\n         earmarked for education and corrections, and again led the\n         campaign which resulted in overwhelming approval for all five\n         bond issues presented to the voters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis leadership as governor was evidenced everywhere.\n         Virginia's noted Pulitzer Prize winner and editor, Virginius\n         Dabney, wrote that: \"His two terms combine to form a series of\n         constructive advances for the Commonwealth that are\n         unsurpassed in the long history of Virginia's governors.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs governor from 1974 to 1978, he was Chairman of the\n         Southern Governors Conference, a member of the Executive\n         Committees of the National Governors' Conference and the\n         Republican Governors' Conference. He was Chairman for the\n         second time of the Southern Regional Education Board and Vice\n         President of the Council of State Governments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGodwin again returned to his home in Suffolk in January\n         1978, and served as a consultant to management and a member of\n         the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Virginia\n         National Bank. He was also a member of the Board of Directors\n         of Union Camp Corporation, Standard Brands, Inc. and the\n         Royster Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarried to the former Katherine Thomas Beale, Governor\n         Godwin lived in Suffolk where for many years he owned and\n         operated the 500-acre family farm. He has been active in the\n         Oakland Christian Church, where he taught the Men's Bible\n         Class for more than twenty-five years, and engaged in numerous\n         community activities. He was a 33rd degree Mason, past\n         president of Ruritan National, and a member of Omicron Delta\n         Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the Raven Society and Sigma Phi Epsilon.\n         He was the recipient of the Virginia State Chamber of\n         Commerce's Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia National\n         Guard's Distinguished Service Medal, the Virginia Education\n         Association's citation as \"Virginia's Education Governor,\" the\n         Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service from the old\n         Dominion Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,\n         the Centennial Medal from Hampton Institute, the Virginians of\n         Maryland Medal, the FFA State Farmer Medal, also twice\n         received a First Citizen's Award from Suffolk and Nansemond\n         County, and the Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. Award from\n         Norfolk State College, an award exemplifying highest caliber\n         of statesmanship and interest in education in the\n         Commonwealth. Virginia Military Institute has given him its\n         New Market Medal, the highest award made by V.M.I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn January 30, 1999, Mills E. Godwin Jr. died in Newport\n         News, Virginia at the age of 84.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003cchronlist\u003e\n          \u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eNovember 19 1914\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eChuckatuck, Virginia, Nansemond\n                  County.\u003c/geogname\u003eSon of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eOtelia Darden\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eMills Edwin Godwin,\u003c/persname\u003eSr. Sisters: \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eMary Lee,\u003c/persname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMildred Elizabeth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLeah Otelia\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1931\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eGraduated \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eChuckatuck High School\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eClass President, active in Debating and\n                  Speaking\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1931-32\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of William and\n                  Mary,\u003c/corpname\u003eNorfolk Division\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1932-34\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003e\n              \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of William and Mary,\u003c/corpname\u003e\n              \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e\n            \u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1935-38\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eUniversity of Virginia Law School Law Degree,\n                  Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1937\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePassed State Bar Examination\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1938\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eEntered Law Profession\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1940\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMarried \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eKatherine Thomas Beale\u003c/persname\u003eof \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1943-45\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eSpecial Agent, Federal Bureau of\n                  Investigation\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1946\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eRe-entered Law Profession \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eInvolved in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNansemond County\u003c/geogname\u003ecommunity\n                  programs\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1947\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember of Virginia State Bar Association \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eElected to Virginia House of Delegates,\n                  representing \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNansemond County\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eCity of Suffolk\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1948-52\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember, Virginia House of Delegates \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eServed on following committees: Insurance and\n                  Banking, Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Executive\n                  Expenditures, Game and Inland Fisheries, and\n                  Nominations and Confirmations\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1948\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember Board of Directors, Bank of\n                  Whaleyville, \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia;\u003c/geogname\u003eMember Board of\n                  Trustees, Elon College, \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1949\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eActive in Oakland Christian Church and civic\n                  clubs, lodge, regional and other community\n                  activities\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1951\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected in special election to Virginia State\n                  Senate, Fifth Senatorial District, representing \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSouthampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight\n                  counties,\u003c/geogname\u003eand the cities of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSuffolk\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFranklin\u003c/geogname\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1952\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected President of Ruritan National\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1952-62\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eMember, Virginia State Senate \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eServed on following committees: Chairman, Fish\n                  and Game; Finance; Courts of Justice; Counties,\n                  Cities and Towns; Enrolled Bills, and Welfare\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1954\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Elon College \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAppointed to Public School Study Commission by\n                  Thomas B. Stanley, governor of Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1961\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1962-66\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed as lieutenant-governor of\n                  Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1965\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eElected Democratic governor of\n                  Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1966-70\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed as governor of Virginia - First\n                  Administration \"Virginia's Education Governor,\"\n                  initiated Community College System and upgraded\n                  education at all levels, persuaded General Assembly\n                  to enact retail sales tax\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1966\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by College of William\n                  and Mary in Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1967\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eLed first European Trade Mission\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1969\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePlayed important role in projecting a revised\n                  constitution for Virginia Awarded Honorary Degree by\n                  Roanoke College, \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSalem, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1970-73\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePrivate Citizen Member, Board of Directors of\n                  Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and Virginia\n                  Foundation for Independent Colleges Member, Board of\n                  Directors: Standard Brands, Inc., Norfolk and Western\n                  Railway Company, Union Camp Corporation, Virginia\n                  Real Estate Investment Trust, Dan River Mills, Inc.\n                  and Virginia National Bank (Executive\n                  Committee)\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1970\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Washington and Lee\n                  University Honorary chairman, Committee of Virginians\n                  for the Constitution; Advisory Committee, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr. 's\u003c/persname\u003eU. S.\n                  Senate Campaign\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1971\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed on the advisory committee, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge J. Kostel\u003c/persname\u003efor\n                  lieutenant-governor campaign\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1972\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Elmira College,\n                  Elmira, New York \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAdvisory Committee, Re-election of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003ePresident Richard M.\n                  Nixon\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1973\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Hampden-Sydney\n                  College \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eElected Republican governor of Virginia\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1974-78\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eServed as governor of Virginia - Second\n                  Administration \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eFirst person ever twice elected in Virginia to\n                  serve as Chief Executive and first in United States\n                  to be elected on both Democratic and Republican\n                  tickets\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1974\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by the University of\n                  Richmond \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAwarded Honorary Degree by Bridgewater\n                  College\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1976\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePlayed important role in Bicentennial\n                  celebration\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1977\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eAwarded Navy Public Service Citation\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1978\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003ePrivate citizen \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eReturned to services as consultant and director\n                  of various boards \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eAwarded New Market medal by Virginia Military\n                  Institute\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n          \u003cchronitem\u003e\n            \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eJanuary 30, 1999\u003c/date\u003e\n            \u003cevent\u003eDied at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNewport News, Virginia.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n          \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n        \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00042"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and Mary","value":"College of William and Mary","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989.","value":"Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, \n         \n         1947-1989.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Mills+E.+Godwin+Jr.+Papers%2C+%0A+++++++++%0A+++++++++1947-1989."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","value":"Godwin family, Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, 1887-1966, Harry Flood Byrd, 1914- , Virginia Governor (1978-1982 :\n            Dalton), Becky Katherine Godwin, Mills E. Godwin Jr., Henry E. (Henry Evans) Howell, Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance, J. Sargeant (Julian Sargeant)\n            Reynolds, A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson, Howard Worth Smith, William B. (William Belser) Spong, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson) Stanley, Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens, William M.(William Munford) Tuck.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Godwin+family%2C+Watkins+Moorman+Abbitt%2C+Harry+Flood+Byrd%2C+1887-1966%2C+Harry+Flood+Byrd%2C+1914-+%2C+Virginia+Governor+%281978-1982+%3A%0A++++++++++++Dalton%29%2C+Becky+Katherine+Godwin%2C+Mills+E.+Godwin+Jr.%2C+Henry+E.+%28Henry+Evans%29+Howell%2C+Carter+O.+%28Carter+Olin%29+Lowance%2C+J.+Sargeant+%28Julian+Sargeant%29%0A++++++++++++Reynolds%2C+A.+Willis+%28Absalom+Willis%29+Robertson%2C+Howard+Worth+Smith%2C+William+B.+%28William+Belser%29+Spong%2C+Thomas+B.+%28Thomas+Bahnson%29+Stanley%2C+Allie+Edwards+Stokes+Stephens%2C+William+M.%28William+Munford%29+Tuck."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","value":"A. Willis (Absalom Willis) Robertson,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=A.+Willis+%28Absalom+Willis%29+Robertson%2C"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","value":"Abbitt, Watkins Moorman,\n            1908-","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Abbitt%2C+Watkins+Moorman%2C%0A++++++++++++1908-"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","value":"Allie Edwards Stokes Stephens,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Allie+Edwards+Stokes+Stephens%2C"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Becky Katherine Godwin,","value":"Becky Katherine Godwin,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Becky+Katherine+Godwin%2C"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","value":"Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1887-1966.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Byrd%2C+Harry+Flood%2C%0A++++++++++++1887-1966."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","value":"Byrd, Harry Flood,\n            1914-","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Byrd%2C+Harry+Flood%2C%0A++++++++++++1914-"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","value":"Carter O. (Carter Olin) Lowance,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Carter+O.+%28Carter+Olin%29+Lowance%2C"}},{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and\n                  Mary,","value":"College of William and\n                  Mary,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and%0A++++++++++++++++++Mary%2C"}},{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and Mary,","value":"College of William and Mary,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary%2C"}},{"attributes":{"label":"George J. Kostel","value":"George J. Kostel","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=George+J.+Kostel"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Godwin family,","value":"Godwin family,","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Godwin+family%2C"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Chlordecone.","value":"Chlordecone.","hits":1},"links":{"remove":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","value":"College of William and\n            Mary--History--20th century.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and%0A++++++++++++Mary--History--20th+century."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","value":"Democratic Party\n            (U.S.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Democratic+Party%0A++++++++++++%28U.S.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Education,\n            Higher--Virginia.","value":"Education,\n            Higher--Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Education%2C%0A++++++++++++Higher--Virginia."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Oysters--Virginia.","value":"Oysters--Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Oysters--Virginia."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","value":"Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Republican+Party+%28U.S.+%3A%0A++++++++++++1854-+%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","value":"Segregation in\n            education--Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Segregation+in%0A++++++++++++education--Virginia."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Taxation--Virginia.","value":"Taxation--Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Taxation--Virginia."}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone."}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Chlordecone.\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}