Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr. papers regarding the Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation (5 C's)
Middleditch, Leigh B.
Toscano, David J.
MSS 16805
Archival Resource Key
/repositories/3/resources/1584
2.4 Cubic Feet
4 legal size document boxes and 1/2 width legal document box
1975-2010
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a gift from David J. Toscano to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 23 January 2023. Toscano worked at UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service from 2008 until his retirement in the late summer of 2021. Toscano served 14 years (2006-2020) in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 57th District, which includes all of Charlottesville and many parts of Albemarle County. Toscano received the boxes from former Cooper Center Director John Thomas around 2016 and became the repository/holder of the Leigh Middleditch boxes.
Biographical / Historical
Leigh B. Middleditch graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1957, and Darden Business School in 1958. He practiced law at McGuire, Woods in Charlottesville, Virginia. From 1968 to 1972 he served as UVA legal adviser during integration, coeducation and Vietnam War protests.
Middleditch taught classes on Virginia procedures at the UVA Law School and was a tenured professor of law and business. He served as a Trustee for the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation, Chair of UVA's Health Services Foundation, Virginia Health Care Foundation, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, and the ABA Board of Governors. He also served as a Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,Trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, President of the University of Virginia Alumni and Law Associations,and co-founded the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA.
In 1980 he headed up the Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation to resolve disputes between the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County regarding several issues. The primary focus was shared revenue in which he prevented the city of Charlottesville from annexing Albemarle County.
Leigh Middleditch died on October 3, 2021, just days after his 92nd birthday and shortly after he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. He was remembered as a consensus-builder and connector who took advantage of his vast network to launch nonprofits and populate boards.
Source:
Lindenfeld Hall, Sarah. "In Memoriam Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr. Civic Minded Alumnus Remembered for his service to UVA and Beyond." UVA Magazine. Winter 2021. Accessed 8/23/2023
https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/leigh_b_middleditch_jr
Preferred Citation
MSS 16805, Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr. papers regarding the Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation (5 C's), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.
Content Description
This collection features correspondence, newspaper clippings mainly from the Daily Progress, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and the Observer, notes, articles, pamphlets, memoranda and minutes, and land analyses compiled by Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr., a UVA alumnus,tenured professor, and civic leader, in his role as Chairman of the Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation, often referred to as the "5C's.
This committee encouraged constructive discourse between Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The bulk of the material dates to the 1980s. Topics include land use and urban development laws within Charlottesville and Albemarle County, the future of the Route 29 Bypass Corridor and land use in and surrounding Charlottesville, tax revenue sharing and annexation, Buck Mountain Reservoir, South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, and City/County Police departments and other local services.
Charlottesville (Va.) -- Politics and government
Toscano, David J.
Series 1. Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation: Revenue Sharing Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/244891Minutes and memosArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448921980-1981English11CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448931980-1982English12Proposals Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448941981-1982English13Stop Annexation ForEver (SAFE)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448951982English14Proposed changes to Revenue Sharing Agreement for schools and servicesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448962009-2010English15Stop Annexation ForEver (SAFE) newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448971981-1982English16Revenue Sharing newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448981981-1982English17-9Revenue Sharing Printed materials: "Virginia Issues: Tax Sharing Among Localities"Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2448991980English21Revenue Sharing Printed materials: Marcia Mashaw thesis, "Virginia's Revised Annexation Policy: An Analysis of the 1979 Compromise and Its Implications"Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449001980 AugustEnglish22Series 2. Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation: Buck Mountain ReservoirArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449011982 September-OctoberEnglishBuck Mountain ReservoirArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449021982 September-OctoberEnglish23Buck Mountain ReservoirArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449031982 October-December-1983 JanuaryEnglish24South Fork Rivanna Reservoir newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449151975-1976English26Series 3. Citizens Committee for City County Cooperations: 29 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/24490529 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449061984-1985 MayEnglish3129 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449071985 June-1986English3229 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449081986 February-AprilEnglish3329 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449091986 July-DecemberEnglish3429 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449101987 January-MarchEnglish3529 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449111987 April-JulyEnglish3629 North BypassArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449121987 August-DecemberEnglish4129 North Bypass newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449131984English4229 North Bypass newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449141986English43-4Series 4. Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation: Transfer of Development RightsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/244916EnglishTransfer of Development RightsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449172006-2007English45Transfer of Development RightsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449182008 January-AprilEnglish46Transfer of Development RightsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449192008 June-SeptemberEnglish47Transfer of Development RightsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449202009-2010English48Series 5. Citizens Committee for City County Cooperation: County Services (Police Department, International Business development and miscellaneous)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/244921Albemarle County Police DepartmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449221983English51Directory of Civic Clubs in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/244923English52International Business interest in VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449241982English53Parks and Recreation (Softball League)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2449251984English54