A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor E. Lee Trinkle, 1919-1929 [bulk 1922-1926]

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Extent:
38.65 cu. ft. (103 boxes)
Creator:
Trinkle, E. Lee, Records of Virginia Governor
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Governor E. Lee Trinkle Executive Papers, 1919-1929 (bulk 1922-1926), are organized into two series. Series have been designated for I. Subject Files; and II. Extraditions, Pardons, and Prison Affairs. These papers mainly consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence during E. Lee Trinkle's four-year term as governor between 1 February 1922 and 1 February 1926. The largest and most significant series is the Subject Files Series. This series provides an in-depth look into the major concerns confronting Trinkle as governor. The Extraditions, Pardons, and Prison Affairs Series includes applications, correspondence, extraditions, pardons and requisitions.

Biographical / historical:

Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle was born in Wytheville, Virginia, in 1876. Trinkle attended Hampden-Sydney College and studied law at the University of Virginia. He returned to Wytheville in 1898 to practice law. He entered politics as Wythe County Democratic Chairman and was elected to the Virginia State Senate in 1915. Trinkle ran for governor in 1921 and easily defeated former congressman St. George Tucker in the Democratic primary and Republican Henry Watkins Anderson in the general election. He served as governor of Virginia from 1922 until 1926. After his governorship, Trinkle accepted a position as Vice-President of the Shenandoah Life Insurance of Roanoke. In 1930 Governor John Pollard appointed Trinkle chairman of the State Board of Education, a post he held until his death from a heart attack on 25 November 1939.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 18 May 1939.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series I. Subject Files, 1919-1929 [bulk 1922-1926]
  • Series II. Extraditions, Pardons, and Prison Affairs, 1922-1926