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James F. Walsh
Administrative Information
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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restrictions.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Source of Acquisition
James W. Roberts
Method of Acquisition
Gift. Accession #A75-10
Biographical or Historical Information
James Walker Roberts was born on December 2, 1891, in Alexandria, Virginia and was educated at the Friends (High) School in Washington, D.C. Roberts served in the U.S. Army in World War I and attained the rank of Captain in the Field Artillery. He returned to uniform during World War II as a Lt. Colonel commanding a Virginia State Guard Battalion. His service earned Col. Roberts the First Citizen Award of Norfolk Cosmopolitan Club in 1943.
Roberts enjoyed a successful business career in Norfolk which saw him become president and then chairman of the board of the Henry B. Gilprin Co., wholesale drug firm. His political career was equally successful. From 1948-1968 Roberts represented Norfolk in the Virginia General Assembly where he came to occupy a powerful position on the Appropriations Committee. Roberts also served on the Norfolk City Planning Commission and was appointed to several Governor's advisory committees.
Note written by James F. Walsh
Scope and Contents
Col. James W. Roberts represented Norfolk from 1948 to 1968 in the Virginia House of Delegates. His papers consist principally of legislative correspondence for the period 1963-1964. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically according to its source. In addition there are two boxes of publications issued by agencies of state government and one box of other publications. Also included is the two-volume study, Debates Constitutional Convention 1901-1902 Virginia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Norfolk (Va.)--Politics and government--20th century
- Virginia--Politics and government
- Virginia--Politics and government--1865-1950
- Virginia. General Assembly
- Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Norfolk (Va.)--Politics and government--20th century
- Virginia--Politics and government
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
Box 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: "Reorganization of the Division of Ports," Legislative Study Commission Report1951Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, "Reorganization of the Division of Ports," Legislative Study Commission Report, 1951, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1 Folder 1
Arranged alphabetically by sender.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Box 1
Box 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: A1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, A, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: B1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, B, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: C-Part I1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, C-Part I, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: C-Part II1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, C-Part II, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: D1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, D, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: E1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, E, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: F1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, F, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: G1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, G, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10 Folder 10
Folder 10: H,I,J-Part I1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, H,I,J-Part I, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11 Folder 11
Folder 11: H,I,J-Part II1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, H,I,J-Part II, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2 Folder 2
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Box 2
Box 2
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: K,L1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, K,L, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: M1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, M, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: N,O-Part I1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, N,O-Part I, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: N,O-Part II1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, N,O-Part II, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: P,Q1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, P,Q, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: R1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, R, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Box 3
Box 3
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: S-Part I1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, S-Part I, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: S-Part II1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, S-Part II, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: T,U,V-Part I1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, T,U,V-Part I, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: T,U,V-Part II1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, T,U,V-Part II, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: W1963-1964Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, W, 1963-1964, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 4 Box 4
Box 4
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Did the Court Interpret or Amend? - A Commentary Prepared by the Commission on Constitutional GovernmentundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, Did the Court Interpret or Amend? - A Commentary Prepared by the Commission on Constitutional Government, undated, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Question and Answer - Citizens Committee for the Hoover ReportundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Question and Answer - Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report, undated, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Suggested State Legislation: Program for 1961 - Committee of State Officials on suggested State Legislation of the Council of State Governments1961Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, Suggested State Legislation: Program for 1961 - Committee of State Officials on suggested State Legislation of the Council of State Governments, 1961, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Virginia Corporation Law - Issued by the State Corporation CommissionundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, Virginia Corporation Law - Issued by the State Corporation Commission, undated, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Virginia Tax Laws: A Brief Digest for TaxpayersundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, Virginia Tax Laws: A Brief Digest for Taxpayers, undated, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: We The States: An Anthology of Historic Documents and Commentaries thereon. Expounding the State and Federal Relationship--Issued by the Virginia Commission on Constitutional GovernmentundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, We The States: An Anthology of Historic Documents and Commentaries thereon. Expounding the State and Federal Relationship--Issued by the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, undated, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 5 Box 5
Box 5
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Supplement To the Regulations of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control BoardundatedPreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Supplement To the Regulations of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, undated, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Opinions of the Attorney General and Report to the Governor of Virginia1952-1953Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Opinions of the Attorney General and Report to the Governor of Virginia, 1952-1953, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Annual Report of the Auditing Committee of the General Assembly1959Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Annual Report of the Auditing Committee of the General Assembly, 1959, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Virginia Election Laws1960Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Virginia Election Laws, 1960, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Annual Report--Virginia Department of Labor and Industry1963Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Annual Report--Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, 1963, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Motor Vehicle Laws of Virginia1952Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Motor Vehicle Laws of Virginia, 1952, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7 Folder 7
Folder 7: Manual on the Planning and Execution of State Capital Outlays1944Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Manual on the Planning and Execution of State Capital Outlays, 1944, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8 Folder 8
Folder 8: Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-19551955Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-1955, 1955, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9 Folder 9
Folder 9: Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction1951-1952Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1951-1952, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 6 Box 6
Box 6
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1 Folder 1
Folder 1: Annual Report of the State Corporation Commission--Appendix I1948Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Annual Report of the State Corporation Commission--Appendix I, 1948, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2 Folder 2
Folder 2: Virginia Traffic Crash Facts1959Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Virginia Traffic Crash Facts, 1959, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3 Folder 3
Folder 3: Department of Conservation and Development - The Board of Directors, The Director, Commissioners and Division Programs1956Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, Department of Conservation and Development - The Board of Directors, The Director, Commissioners and Division Programs, 1956, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4 Folder 4
Folder 4: Report of the Treasurer of Virginia1956Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Report of the Treasurer of Virginia, 1956, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5 Folder 5
Folder 5: Virginia Retirement Plan For Public Employees1960Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Virginia Retirement Plan For Public Employees, 1960, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6 Folder 6
Folder 6: Virginia Welfare Bulletin1953 JunePreferred Citation
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Virginia Welfare Bulletin, 1953 June, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1 Folder 1
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Box 7
Box 7
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Item 1
Debates Constitutional Convention 1901-1902 Virginia, Vol. I1906Preferred Citation
Debates Constitutional Convention 1901-1902 Virginia, Vol. I, 1906, Box 7, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Item 1
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Box 8
Box 8
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Item 1
Debates Constitutional Convention 1901-1902 Virginia, Vol. II1906Preferred Citation
Debates Constitutional Convention 1901-1902 Virginia, Vol. II, 1906, Box 8, Colonel James W. Roberts Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Item 1