Correspondence, memoranda, and bulletins relating to miscellaneous issues affecting Virginia ports especially the port of Newport News, 1979-1981.
- Containers:
- Box-folder 13:6
- Extent:
- 42 items.
- Scope and content:
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Items include correspondence of Newport News Mayor Joseph C. Ritchie, VPA Commissioner Robert Bray, other Port Authority officials and Congressman Paul Trible, regarding disadvantages of the Port of Newport News, proposals to enhance competitiveness, and the lease of the port terminal. Mayor Ritchie (29 March 1979) complained to Commissioner Bray of the VPA's treatment of Newport News, and to Bateman (12 April 1979) of possible conflict of interest by VPA member who was also a board member of Norfolk's Port Authority.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Parent restrictions:
- Collection is open to all researchers.
- Parent terms of access:
- Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.