Library of Virginia
Descriptive Summary
The Library of Virginia
House of Delegates, Speaker of the - Correspondence
1960-1980.
30670
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Speaker.
13.3 cubic feet (38 boxes)
Biographical/Historical Information
The House of Delegates' predecessor, the House of Burgesses, was modeled after the House of Commons, in Parliament. The House of Burgesses existed from 1643 to 1776. The first session of the General Assembly, which took place in 1776, established the first constitution and made the House of Delegates the most powerful branch in state government. It was not until the constitution of 1851 was adopted that a more equitable balance among the branches of government was established. In the General Assembly, members of the House of Delegates and the Senate vote on legislation entered during the legislative session. Legislative bills can originate either in the House of Delegates or in the Senate, with both chambers having the ability to establish study committees. Each serves as a check upon the other to ensure a thorough debate on the merits of each bill. Currently the House of Delegates, together with the Senate, meets as the General Assembly in annual session, alternatively during thirty to sixty days.
John Warren Cooke served in the House of Delegates from 1942-1980 and was Speaker of the House from 1968-1980 when he retired. He represented Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews and Middlesex Counties.
Scope and Content
Includes letters received and sent, and subject files of the Office of the Speaker John Warren Cooke, 1960-1980. Correspondents include constituents, lobbyists, legislators, and other public officials, and the subjects range from the Equal Rights Amendment through septic tank permits to the remodeling of the Life of Virginia Insurance building for General Assembly offices. Also includes information on appointments of House members to commissions and committees. The papers are arranged alphabetically by folder subject headings.
Also includes seven sets of architectural plans and drawing concerning the remodeling of the Life of Virginia Insurance Company building for use as a General Assembly office building and one set of plans concerning the renovation of the Richmond West Hotel for use as state offices.
There is also microfilm of correspondence, invititations, and speeches of Speaker of the House of Delegates John Warren Cooke, covering 1972-1979. The microfilm is filed with the collection.
Arranged chronologically by report date. Records have been kept in their original order.
Preferred Citation
Correspondence of the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1960-1980. Accession 30670, State records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
Accession 30670 was transferred John Warren Cooke, March 20, 1980.
Processing Information
This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards: the original arrangement has been maintained, the container list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.
Contents List
Correspondence of the Speaker of the House of Delegates,
1960-1980 (Accession 30670).
Extent: 13.3 cubic feet (38 boxes)
Administrative Assistant to the Speaker,
1973.
1
Administrative Assistant to the Speaker,
1977.
1
Appropriations Committee,
1976.
1
Audit of the General Assembly,
1979.
1
Automated Data Processing,
1972.
1
Bermuda,
1970.
1
Bicentennial Commission,
1977.
1
Bills,
1975-1979.
1
Bills - Enrolled,
1978.
1
Bills - Enrolled,
1979.
1
Bills - Prefiled,
1970.
1
Bills - Requests,
1978.
1
Budget,
1979.
1
Budget - Education requests,
1973, 1975, 1977.
1
Byrd, Harry - Memoral Commission,
1974-1976.
1
Capitol Expansion,
1973.
1
Census,
1980.
1
Chesapeake Bay - Information,
1974.
1
Civil Defense,
1967-1972.
2
Commissions,
1979.
2
Commissions - Appointments,
1970.
2
Commissions - Appointments,
1971.
2
Commissions - Appointments,
1972.
2
Commissions - Appointments,
1973.
2
Commissions - Appointments,
1973-1975.
3
Commissions - Appointments,
1974-1975.
3
Commissions - Appointments,
1976-1977.
3
Commissions - Appointments,
1977.
3
Commissions - Appointments,
1978.
3
Commissions - Appointments,
1979.
3
Commissions - House Membership of,
19.
4
Commissions - Requests,
1973-1975.
4
Commissions - Requests,
1974.
4
Commissions - Requests,
1978.
4
Committees,
undated.
4
Committees - Assignments,
1967-1972.
4
Committees - Assignments,
1973-1974.
4
Committees - Assignments,
1974-1975.
5
Committees - Assignments,
1976.
5
Committees - Assignments,
1976-1977.
5
Committees - Assignments,
1977-1978.
5
Committees - House Standing,
1972, 1774-1975.
5
Committees - Requests,
1973-1975.
5
Committees - Requests,
1975-1977.
5
Committees - Requests,
1976-1978.
5
Committees - Requests and assignments,
1972.
6
Community Colleges,
1972.
6
Conflict of Interest statements,
1970-1975.
6
Constituents,
1973-1974.
6
Constituents,
1975.
6
Constituents - Consumer Affairs,
1973.
6
Constituents - Corrections,
1978.
6
Constituents - Education,
1972-1976.
6
Constituents - Miscellaneous,
1974-1977.
6
Constituents - Problems,
1977-1979.
6
Constituents - Septic Tanks,
1972-1977.
6
Constituents - Welfare and Medicaid,
1973-1976.
6
Constitutional Amendment Referendum,
1970.
7
Cooke, John Warren - Account as Executor of Estate of Bessie Miller Hoskins Smith,
1973.
7
Cooke, John Warren - Biographical sketches,
1976.
7
Cooke, John Warren - Biographical sketches,
1976-1979.
7
Cooke, John Warren - Correspondence,
1974.
7
Cooke, John Warren - Correspondence,
1975.
7
Corrections, Dept. of,
1976-1978.
7
Correspondence (A-F),
1973-1974.
7
Correspondence - Democratic Party,
1973-1974.
7
Correspondence (G),
1973-1974.
8
Correspondence - Health, Dept. of,
1973-1974.
8
Correspondence - Highways, Dept. of,
1973-1974.
8
Correspondence (J-N),
1973-1974.
8
Correspondence (L-P, W),
1973-1974.
8
Correspondence (O-Z),
1973-1974.
9
Correspondence (A-B),
1975.
9
Correspondence (C-D),
1975.
9
Correspondence (E-F),
1975.
9
Correspondence (G),
1975.
9
Correspondence (H),
1975.
9
Correspondence (I-M),
1975.
10
Correspondence (N-Q),
1975.
10
Correspondence (R-S),
1975.
10
Correspondence (T-U),
1975.
10
Correspondence (V-Z),
1975.
10
Correspondence,
1976 Apr-Sept.
10
Correspondence,
1976 Oct-Dec.
10
Correspondence (A-B),
1976.
11
Correspondence (C-D),
1976.
11
Correspondence (E-F),
1976.
11
Correspondence (G-H),
1976.
11
Correspondence (I-L),
1976.
11
Correspondence (M-O),
1976.
11
Correspondence (P-R),
1976.
11
Correspondence (S),
1976.
12
Correspondence (T-Z),
1976.
12
Correspondence,
1977 Jan.
12
Correspondence,
1977 Feb.
12
Correspondence,
1977 Mar.
12
Correspondence,
1977 Apr-Aug.
12
Correspondence,
1977 Sept-Dec.
13
Correspondence - Corporation,
1977.
13
Correspondence,
1978 Jan.
13
Correspondence,
1978 Feb.
13
Correspondence,
1978 Mar.
13
Correspondence,
1978 Apr-Dec.
13
Correspondence (A),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (B),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence - Board of Supervisors,
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (C),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (D),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence - Dept. of Health, Shellfish, etc.,
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence - Dept. of Highways,
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (E),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (F),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (G),
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence - General Assembly of Virginia, Index,
1978-1979.
14
Correspondence (H),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence - House of Delegates, Clerk,
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (I-J),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence - Jamestown,
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (K),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (L),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (M),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence - Middle Peninsual Planning District Commission,
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (N),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence - National Conference of State Legislatures,
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (O),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (P),
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence - Pages,
1978-1979.
15
Correspondence (Q),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (R),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence - Rules Committee,
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (S),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (T),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (U),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (V),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (W),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence (X, Y, Z),
1978-1979.
16
Correspondence,
1979 Jan.
16
Correspondence,
1979 Feb.
16
Correspondence,
1979 Mar.
17
Council on State Governments - Committee on Suggested State Legislation,
1975.
17
Counties - Boards of Supervisors,
1973-1974.
17
County Governments,
1977-1978.
17
Democratic Caucus,
1973-1974.
17
Democratic Caucus,
1978.
17
Dress Code,
1976.
17
Elections,
1975.
17
Employment requests,
1978-1979.
17
Engineering and Buildings, Division of,
1978-1979.
17
Equal Rights Amendemnts,
1972-1974.
17
Equal Rights Amendment,
1978.
17
Equal Rigts Amendment,
1979.
17
Equal Rights Amendment - Equality Yes! E.R.A. No!,
1978.
17
Equal Rights Amendment - Extension Resolution,
1978.
17
Expenses, Delegate,
1976-1977.
18
Expenses, Delegate,
1978.
18
Exepenses, Delegate - Summary of,
1978.
18
First Continental Congress, Philadelphia, PA,
1974.
18
Forms,
1977.
18
General Assembly - Correspondence,
1971.
18
General Assembly - Correspondence,
1972 Jan.
18
General Assembly - Correspondence,
1972 Feb.
18
General Assembly - Correspondence,
19.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence - General,
1972.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence - Proposed legislation,
1972.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence (A-G),
1973.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence - General,
1973.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence,
1974.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence,
1974-1975.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence,
1975.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence - Budget request,
1975-1976.
19
General Assembly - Correspondence - Clerical,
1973-1977.
20
General Assembly - Correspondence - Legislative Summary,
1974-1976.
20
General Assembly Building,
1976.
20
General Assembly Building,
1977-1978.
20
General Assembly Building - Budget,
1977-1978.
20
General Assembly Building - Food Service contract,
1977.
20
General Assembly Building - Furnishings,
1977-1978.
20
General Assembly Building Furnishings - Complaints,
1978.
20
General Assembly Building - Furniture inventory,
undated.
20
General Assembly Building - Improvements,
1978-1979.
20
General Assembly Building - Joint Rules Committee,
1975-1976.
20
General Assembly Building - Joint Rules Committee,
1977.
21
General Assembly Building - Miscellaneous,
1977-1978.
21
General Assembly Building - Rules Committee - Change Orders,
1977-1978.
21
General Assembly Building - Security,
1978-1979.
21
General Assembly Building - Staff Interior Design,
1976-1977.
21
"The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1962-1974, [Chapters 1-3],
1976.
21
"The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1962-1974, [Chapters 4-8],
1976.
21
"The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1962-1974, [Chapters 9-11],
1976.
22
"The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1962-1974, [Chapters 12-18],
1976.
22
"General Fund Revenue Estimates for Fiscal Years 1980, 1981, and 1982",
1979.
22
Governor's Advisory Board on the Budget,
1969-1970, 1973.
22
Governor's Management Study Implementation Commission,
1971-1972.
22
Grants - Federal,
1976.
22
Grants - National Science Foundation,
1977-1978.
22
Hampton Roads Tour,
1978.
23
Health, Dept. of,
1977-1978.
23
Highways - General,
1966-1973.
23
Highways - Individual requests,
1976-1971.
23
Highways and Transportation, Dept. of,
1974-1976.
23
Historical Events,
1975-1976.
23
History,
1979.
23
Hospital - Gloucester County,
1973.
23
House of Delegates - Calendar, Bills and Resolutions Referred,
1979 Jan 10-Feb 2.
23
House of Delegates - Calendar, Bills and Resolutions Referred,
1979 Feb 5-24.
23
House of Delegates - Clerks,
1974.
24
House of Delegates - General,
1970.
24
House of Delegates - Legislation,
1969-1970.
24
Inauguration,
1974, 1978.
24
Income Tax Study Commission,
1966.
24
Interns, Virginia Legislative,
1973-1975.
24
Interstate Highway Study Commission,
1974.
24
Invitations,
1971-1972.
24
Invitations,
1973.
24
Invitations,
1976.
25
Invitations,
1977.
25
Invitations,
1978.
25
Invitations,
1979.
25
Jamestown - Corporation,
1970-1971.
25
Jamestown - Foundation,
1967-1972.
25
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission,
1978-1979.
25
Judges,
1975-1979.
25
Legis 50,
1973-1976.
25
Legis 50,
1976-1979.
25
Legislation,
1973.
26
Legislation,
1975 Dec-1976 Jan.
26
Legislation,
1976 Feb.
26
Legislation,
1976 Mar.
26
Legislation,
1977.
26
Legislative - Analyst, Guide for,
1971.
27
Legislative - Budget,
1976-1978.
27
Legislative - Budget,
1978-1980.
27
Legislative - Compensation Questionaires,
1973.
27
Legislative - Department Expenditures,
1968-1976.
27
Legislative - Efficiency,
1973, 1975-1976.
27
Legislative - Intern Program,
1977-1980.
27
Legislative - Proceedings,
undated.
27
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1968.
27
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1969.
27
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1970-1971.
28
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1971-1972.
28
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1972.
28
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1972-1973.
28
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1973-1974.
28
Legislative - Process, Commission on,
1974-1975.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Auditing,
1973.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Consultant Fees,
1973-1974.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Reports,
1975-1976.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Report of the Commission on Legislative Process to the General Assembly of Virginia,
1973.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Report of the Commission on Legislative Process to the General Assembly of Virginia,
1974.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Report to the Commission on the Legislative Process,
1973.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Computers,
1972-1973.
29
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Computers,
1973.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Computers,
1974-1975.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Facilities,
1971-1973.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Facilities,
1974-1975.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Joint Legislative Audit and Review,
1974.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Miscellaneous matters,
1978.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Procedures,
1972.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Procedures,
1974-1975.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Records and Documents,
1969-1970, 1972.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Staffing,
1972.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Staffing,
1974-1975.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Services, Division of,
1978-1979.
30
Legislative - Process, Commission on - Subcommittees - Summaries,
1979.
30
Library,
1978.
30
Lobbyists - Lists of,
1977-1979.
30
Lobbyists, Study Commission on,
1974-1975.
30
Lobbyists, Study Commission on,
1975-1976.
31
Mace, Day of Fasting, etc. - Notes,
1974.
31
Maison Caree,
1972.
31
Maps,
1977-1978.
31
Marinas Study,
1973-1974.
31
Marine Resources Commission,
1978-1979.
31
Mathews County - Origin of name,
undated.
31
McMurran, Lewis A., Jr.,
1978.
31
Members of the House,
1978.
31
Menhaden Information,
1975.
31
Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
1973-1976.
31
Mental Health and Mentatl Retardation, Dept. of,
1976.
31
Mental Retardation Planning Council,
1967-1968.
31
Messenger Service,
1974.
31
Mini Journal,
1976.
31
Mini Journal,
1977.
31
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1973.
31
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1974 Jan-Feb.
31
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1974 Mar-Apr.
31
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1974 May-July.
31
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1974 Aug-Dec.
32
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1975 Jan.
32
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1975 Feb.
32
Mitchell, H. Bryan - Correspondence,
1975 Mar.
32
Moore, E. Blackburn, Speaker,
1960.
32
National Conference of State Legislative Leaders,
1969-1971.
32
National Conference of State Legislative Leaders,
1972-1974.
32
National Conference of State Legislatures,
1976-1977.
32
National Conference of State Legislatures,
1978-1979.
32
Newsletter - UVA,
1975.
33
News Releases,
1977-1979.
33
Organization Chart - State Government,
1974.
33
Orientation, New Member,
1972-1973, 1977.
33
Orientation, New Member,
1979.
33
Pages - Applications,
1970.
33
Pages - Applications,
1971.
33
Pages - General,
1974.
33
Pages - General,
1975-1977.
33
Pages - Special Session,
1968.
33
Photographs,
1979.
33
Physicians - Malpractice Insurance,
1975.
33
Position Papers,
1979.
33
Post Offices,
1966-1969, 1972.
33
Potomac River Study Commission,
1968.
33
Press Releases,
1978-1979.
33
Public Defender Commission,
1973.
33
Purchases and Supply, Dept. of,
1973.
33
Questionnaires and Survey Requests,
1975.
33
Rape and Sexual Assault Statutes,
1976.
33
Recommendations,
1976-1979.
34
Redistricting,
1971.
34
Reports - Comprehensive Long Range Master Plan for Juvenile and Youthful Offender Justice Systems in the Commonwealth of Virginia,
1974.
34
Reports - Council of Higher Education,
1979.
34
Reports - Evaluation for the Commonwealth of Virginia: Salaries and Fringe Benefits Classification Plan Maintenance,
1972.
34
Reports - Financial Status of State Departments and Commission,
1972.
34
Reports - Middle Peninsula Health District,
1978.
34
Reports - National Guard,
1979.
34
Reports - State Jobs and Salaris,
1972 c..
34
Reports - Task Force on Criminal Justice Goals and Objectives,
1978.
35
Reports - Tax Limitations,
1979.
35
Report To Richmond Circuit Court, Part I, of Grand Jury Investigation Problems within the Virginia Dept. of Corrections,
1974.
35
Reports - Virginia Commission on Interstate Cooperation,
1978.
35
Reports - Virginia Liaison Office,
1978.
35
Republican Party Caucus,
1978.
35
Requests for information,
1976-1977.
35
Resignations,
1978-1979.
35
Resolutions,
1973, 1975.
35
Resolutions - Creating a commission to study the feasibility of statewide public television coverage of the activities of the legislature,
1974.
35
Resolutions - Procedural,
1971.
35
Resolutions- Received from other states,
1976-1979.
35
Retirement - Announcement,
1979.
35
Retirment - Petition against,
1977.
35
Revenue Sharing,
1972.
35
Richmond, City of - Raw sewage,
1969.
35
Rules - Committee,
1972-1973.
35
Rules - Committee,
1973-1974.
35
Rules - Committee,
1974-1975.
35
Rules - Committee,
1975.
35
Rules - Committee,
1976-1979.
36
Rules - Committee,
1977.
36
Rules - Committee,
1978-1979.
36
Rules - Committee - Docket,
1978.
36
Rules - Committee - Docket,
1979.
36
Rules - Committee - Reports to,
1978.
36
Rules - Forms,
1973.
36
Rules - House,
1978.
36
Rules - House,
1979.
36
Rules - House - Study Commission,
1969-1970.
36
Rules - Senate,
1971, 1975.
36
Seating arrangements,
1975-1976, 1978-1979.
36
Septic tank permits,
1972-1973.
36
Signage,
1978-1979.
36
Social Security help,
1973-1975.
36
Southern States Speaker's Conference,
1976.
37
Speaker's Chair, Old House Chamber,
1978.
37
"Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates",
1976-1978.
37
Speeches,
1969, 1973-1975.
37
State Aid to Localities Study Commission,
1978-1979.
37
State Governmental Management, Commission on,
1977.
37
State Police, Dept. of,
1979.
37
State Water Control Board,
1975-1976.
37
Statutory Research, Appointment of the Director of,
1970.
37
Tappahannock Historic District,
1973.
37
Telephone,
1979.
37
U.S.S. Virginia, Silver Service,
1976.
37
U.S.S. Virginia, Silver Service,
1976-1977.
37
Veteran's Affairs, Commission on,
1974.
37
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council, Committee to Study Professions and Occupations - Minutes of meetings,
1972-1973.
37
Virginia Association of Counties,
undated.
37
Virginia Code Commission,
1970.
37
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers,
1967-1968.
37
Virginia Council of State Legislation,
1967.
37
Virginia Housing Study Commission,
1970.
37
Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
1976, 1978.
37
Virginia is for Lovers,
1979.
38
Virginia Metropolitan Areas Study Commission,
1968.
38
Virginia State Crime Commission,
1973-1974.
38
Virginia State Crime Commission,
1974-1976.
38
Virginia Supplemental Retirement - Act, Blue Cross, Blue Shield,
1972.
38
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System,
1976-1978.
38
Visually Handicapped, Virginia Commisison for the,
1977.
38
Water Control Board,
1973-1974.
38
Welfare Reform Act,
1977.
38
Women, House of Delegates,
1979.
38
World War II Memorial Commission,
1968.
38
York River Basin Advisory Committee,
1975.
38
Plans - Facilities for the General Assembly of Virginia [Remodeling Life of Virginia Buidling],
1969-1976 .
Design Development Phase - Architectural, plumbling, mechanical and electrical. Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 64 sheets, Blueline, 30 x 42,
1976 Jan.
1
Plumbing, HVAC, demolition, and lighting plans. Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 63 sheets, (missing sheet E-26), Blueline, 30 x 42,
1976 June.
2
Plumbing, HVAC, demolition, and lighting plans. Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 62 sheets, (missing sheets E-28 and E-29), Blueline, 30 x 42,
1976 June.
3
Ninth Floor Plan, Revised. Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 5 sheets, Blueline, 30 x 42,
1976 June.
4
Facilities for the Appropriations Committee. Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 2 sheets, Blueline, 20 x 24,
1976 Aug.
5
New Offices for Attorney General. Scale 1/4 inch to 1 foot. 3 sheets, Blueline, 30 x 42,
1976 Au.
6
Fourth Floor Plan - New Construction - Member Offices. Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 1 sheet, Blueline, 30 x 42,
1976 June.
7
Renovations to Richmond West Hotel, Floors 6-10. No scale given. 5 sheets, Blueline, 23 x 21,
1969.
8