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VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Special Collections and Archives 901 Park AvenueRichmond, Virginia 23284
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Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
No restrictions on use.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Box/folder, Andrew J. Brent Papers, M 281, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell, Virginia Commonwealth University
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to the department by Mr. Brent in several installments.
Biographical / Historical
Andrew J. Brent was a Richmond attorney who was active in community affairs in the city. He was also former director, general counsel and secretary of Media General Inc., the firm that owns the Richmond Times- Dispatch and other media outlets in the southeast. "He was instrumental in the establishment [in 1969] of Media General," said J. Steward Bryan III, publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and chairman of Media General Inc. "In the mid-1960s, he was architect of the charter and by-laws of our company. The latter years of his life were devoted to metropolitan Richmond. He will be sorely missed, but his accomplishments will live on for decades to come." A native of Richmond, Brent was born in 1919. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and graduated from its law school in 1941. Brent served as a naval intelligence officer during World War II. He began his law practice in Richmond in 1946 and became partner with the firm that became Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell. He was active in community service in Richmond for four decades -- including work in the 1960s as chairman of the Greater Metropolitan Association, an organization formed to promote a Richmond-Henrico merger. In the 1970s he was a member of VCU's Board of Visitors (appointed in 1968, the year the university was founded) and president of the Downtown Development Unlimited, an organization that promoted private investment in downtown Richmond. He also served as director and president of the Metropolitan Richmond Chamber of Commerce. He was also active in his church, St. James Episcopal Church in Richmond, serving terms as vestryman and warden. He died June 8, 1996.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of documents concerning Downtown Development Unlimited and Project One, Henrico County Annexation, RPI Foundation, RMA, Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Metropolitan Committee. The collection dates from the early 1960s through the early 1980s.Eight volume bound set of court proceedings of the 1941 Annexation of Henrico by Richmond transferred to book collection.
Arrangement
The arrangement follows the donors folder endings and has been grouped according to general topic and alphabetically therein. Series I--Downtown Development Unlimited (n.d., 1975-1987) Subseries A--Project One (n.d., 1971-1982); Series II--Richmond Metropolitan Authority (n.d., 1967-1988); Series III--Annexation of Henrico (n.d., 1961-1970); Series IV--Richmond Chamber of Commerce (n.d., 1960-1976); Series V--Richmond Professional Institute Foundation (n.d., 1970-1976); Series VI--Greater Metropolitan Committee (n.d., 1960-1961)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Annexation (Municipal government) -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Civic leaders -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
- Downtown Development Unlimited (Richmond, Va.)
- Greater Metropolitan Committee (Richmond, Va.)
- Henrico County (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Lawyers -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
- Richmond Chamber of Commerce (Richmond, Va.)
- Richmond Metropolitan Authority
- Richmond Professional Institute Foundation
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Henrico County (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Container List
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Agendas (Miscellaneous)1975-1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Brochures
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Central Richmond Association
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Commission minutes1975-1976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Correspondence and General File 11975
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Correspondence and General File 21975
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Correspondence and General File 11976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Correspondence and General File 21976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Credits-Disbursements1977-1984
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Development Packaging Contracts1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Directors, Officers and Executive Committee
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Financial Advisory Committee
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1975
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1978
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1979
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1980
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1981
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
General and Correspondence1982
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
HINES1976-1978
- Mixed Materials [A11423639407] box: 1
Notices1975-1981
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Orientation Mtg., Articles of Inc., Bylaws of Central Atlanta Progress, Inc.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Oxford Group1978-1979
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Penitentiary Removal
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Penitentiary (State) Study1983-1987
- SubSeries A--Project One
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Affirmative Action1981
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Background and Description of Project One, Proposals and Plans (4 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Background information on downtown development in other cities, developers' proposals and brochures newspaper and magazine articles
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Background proposals, brochures, newspaper and magazine articles (5 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Best Products1978
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Bond Validation1978-1979
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
City Lease1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
Correspondence and General (1)1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Correspondence and General (2)1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Correspondence and General1978
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Correspondence and General1979
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Correspondence and General1980
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Correspondence and General1981-1982
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Franklin Federal Parking Garage1980
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Hilton Hotels
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Legal Documents and Memoranda
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Office Building1979-1980
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Office Building Lease Backup, n.d.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Parking1981
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Philip Morris1979
- Mixed Materials [A11423639261] box: 3
Proposals and Plans (3 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Proposals and Plans (2 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Presentation, n.d.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639376] box: 2
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Annual Report1986
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Annual Report1987
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Annual Report1988
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Correspondence No. 6 (6 files)1967-1968
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Downtown Expressway No. 98
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Estimated revenues Alternative Tollway Systems1967
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Finances #33 (4 files)1967-1973
- Mixed Materials [A11423639287] box: 4
Historic Sites--National Register: James River and Kanawha Canal
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Historic Sites--National Register: Treatises
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
James River and Kanawha Canal Co.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Acts of Assembly
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
C and O Plat
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
City Baseline Plats
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Reports and Papers
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Richmond-Petersburg Plat
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Title Notes
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Land Acquisition-Applicability of SS. 8-673 to Condemnation Procedures
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Landscaping Correspondence
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Meadow Street Extension #721972-1976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Correspondence
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Files 1-4
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Metropolitan Richmond...Location Factors, n.d.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Minutes, Notices and Agenda (4 files)1966-1974
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Official Statement 38 (2 files)1967-1971
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Original Legal Documents
- Mixed Materials [A11423639392] box: 5
Plan of Government for the Richmond Region A Survey Report1959
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Reports and Publicity #17 (4 files)1964-1966
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Richmond Expressway System Biennium Inspection Report1984, 1986, 1988
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Richmond First Club (2 files)1966-1968
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority (4 files)1964-1970
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Powhite Extension #831973-1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Proposed Richmond Expressway System Traffic and Revenue s1966
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Richmond Streetscape, n.d.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Shuttle Bus #69
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Time Schedules
- Mixed Materials [A11423639384] box: 6
Western Expressway and Belt Line River Crossing Engineering Report1963
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Active/Non-Active Workers and Volunteers
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Annexation Suit
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Biographies
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Chamber of Commerce
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
City Exhibits
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
City Exhibits
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Correspondence
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Criticisms
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Dawson, John Constitutional Amendment #511970
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Editorials, merger facts
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
General Information1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Greater Metropolitan Committee
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
LeGrand, J.R. Testimony
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Map Showing Acreage
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Miscellaneous, n.d.1963
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Motion to Reconsider Metes and Bounds of Territory Pleadings
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Posters, Flyers and bumper stickers
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Questions asked of Mr. Browning and Mr. Dunn at Brookland Civic Center11/1/61
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Schools, John A. Testimony
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Smith, John W. Testimony
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
State Senators, Delegates and Legislators
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Suit brought by Independent Taxpayers Assn.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Tax Effect of Merger1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Trapnell, William H. Testimony
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Witnesses (2 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639295] box: 7
Women's Division Citizens for Merger Research Committee
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Bulletins-Notices (2 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Correspondence1965-1968
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Correspondence (2 files)1968
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Correspondence1969
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
General (4 files)1967
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Industrial Financing Committee1960-1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Minutes--Executive Committee and Board1967
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Richmond Chamber of Commerce (3 files)1969-1970
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Headquarters Committee1976-1977
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Nominating Committee1976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Post Opinion
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Route 64, n.d.
- Mixed Materials [A11423639253] box: 8
Transportation Committee1973-1974
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
RPI Foundation (5 files)1970-1976
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Agenda1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Clean Up, n.d.1962
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Continuation1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Correspondence and Miscellaneous (3 files)1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
General Information (2 files)
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Miscellaneous (5 files)1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Records Volume1961
- Mixed Materials [A11423639279] box: 9
Richmond-Henrico Merger Committee1960-1961