Papers : of Fitzgerald Bemiss, 1958-1978.

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Papers : of Fitzgerald Bemiss, 1958-1978.

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The papers are divided into three segments, generated by Bemiss's service on the Virginia Tax Study Commission, 1959-1964, the Virginia Governor's Council on the Environment, 1970-1978 and the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation,1970-1978 for which Bemiss acted as chairman. The files of the Commission of Outdoor Recreation which oversaw the development and acquisition of recreational land constitute half the collection and contain minutes, correspondence, agendas, budget materials, including a bond issue to finance the Virginia Outdoors Plan and topical files. These files contain correspondence and documentary materials from conservation groups such as the Citizens Committee for the Virginia Outdoors Plan. These files also include correspondence from the Izaak Walton League of America, the Conservation Council of Virginia, and on a variety of environmental topics such as coastal wetlands, scenic rivers and roads, and state parks. Papers from the Governor's Council on the Environment contain by-laws, minutes, correspondence, reports and topical files. The Council produced a comprehensive report on the environment and worked toward an energy conservation commission and an environmental quality act. Power plant siting, water resources, and the historic Green Springs controversy were among the problems studied. This section also contains material from the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council, Land Use Policies Studies Committee as Bemiss was on the Key Geographic Areas subcommittee. The Tax Study Commission papers contain correspondence, minutes, reports, and studies from a successful effort to restructure and modernize the Virginia tax system. Correspondents include Gerald P. McCarthy, executive director of the Council on the Environment, and Elbert Cox and Robert R. Blackmore, directors of the Commission of Outdoor Recreation.

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Blackmore, Robert R.,

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McCarthy, Gerald P.,

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Virginia. Commission of Outdoor Recreation

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Cox, Elbert, 1906-1993

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Former student assistant in the University of Virginia Library. From the description of Letter [manuscript] Richmond, to Shelah Scott, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1989 July 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806231 ...

Virginia Tax Study Commission.

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Virginia. Council on the Environment

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Citizens Committee for the Virginia Outdoors Plan.

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Virginia Advisory Legislative Council

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Izaak Walton League of America

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The Izaak Walton League was founded in 1922 by sportsmen concerned over the declining wildlife populations. Named after the 17th century British naturalist, the League is devoted to protecting the resources of the natural environment for the use and benefit of both people and wildlife. As one of the earliest conservation organizations, the League set an aggressive course to defend wild America by changing public policy. From the description of Izaak Walton League records, 1902-1996, ...

Bemiss, Fitzgerald, 1922-

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Chairman of Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation, and member of Virginia Tax Study Commission and Virginia Governor's Council on the Environment. From the description of Papers : of Fitzgerald Bemiss, 1958-1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793684 State legislator from Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1952-1978. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29631119 ...

Conservation Council of Virginia

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Environmental organization. The Conservation Council of Virginia was formed in 1969 as a coalition of forty environmental groups to lobby for common state environmental goals. From the description of Papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia, 1969-1984 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833014 Environmental action coalition founded in 1969. From the description of Papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia], 1972-1996. (Univer...