Files from Michael's terms in the Virginia Senate contain correspondence, minutes, memoranda, drafts and revisions of bills, research material and reports from the committees and commissions on which he served including the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Joint Legislative Subcommittee Study of Public Utilities, and Courts of Justice Subcommittee on Probate an Administration of Wills and Estates. Also, the Commission on Interstate Cooperation, the Virginia Code Commission's revision of several sections of the Code of Virginia, particularly Title 8, Civil Remedies and Procedures, the Revenue Resources and Economic Commission studying property tax reform, and the 1969 Special Session on the Revision of the State Constitution. Constituent correspondence concerns legalized abortion, mental health services, E.R.A., state office holding by state employees, pari-mutuel betting, collective bargaining by public employees, campaign finance reform, and natural resources. The collection also contains files from Michael's campaign for the Senate in 1967 and 1971, and for Lt. Governor in 1973; files on legislation introduced by Michael, and files about the University of Virginia's budget allocations, the Governor's Advisory tour to consider the budgets of state institutions, 1973, and the 1968 bond issue for education and mental health. Files on recommendations and appointments, schedules, and subjects of interest in his 25th senatorial district such as the closing of a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad branch line complete the collection. Correspondents include many state legislators, James Kenneth Robinson and Daniel Van Clief. There are routine or form letters from Harry Byrd, Sr., and Elmo Russell Zumwalt.
