Collection Number: MS 725
Physical Location: Archive Room Shelves
Extent: 2 archival boxes (1 ft. cubic feet)
Creators/Collectors: Treva Cromwell
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research
User Restrictions: No restrictions
Preferred Citation: Treva Cromwell Papers re Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, MS 725, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (ACHS), Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information: ACHS assumes that the collection was donated by Mrs. Cromwell.
Biographical/Historical Information:
Treva Cromwell was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1909 and graduated from Indiana State Teachers’ College. “She was an officer in AAUW, American Field Service, Council on World Affairs, Girl Scouts Regional Council and the Glendale First Presbyterian Church. In 1960, Mrs. Cromwell became active in the League of Women voters. She served as President of the Ohio League of Women Voters from 1965-1969; and from 1969-1973 she was a member of the National League of Women Voters Environmental Committee, where she researched and wrote the League’s study materials on solid waste.” (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hamilton/name/treva-cromwell-obituary?id=29120006)
In 1974, she and her husband Howard retired to Albemarle County, Virginia. In 1979, City Council appointed her as chairman of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, a position that she held until 1986. She continued to be involved with the community water issues long after that.
Mrs. Cromwell was a co-founder of the Ivy Creek Natural Area. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Senior Center, and the Piedmont Garden Club. She died July 29, 2004.
Scope and Content: This collection consists of papers related to the tenure of Mrs. Cromwell as Chairman of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. It also contains information about the Charlottesville League of Women Voters interest in water issues, and documents related to water.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Box 1
f. 1: Treva Cromwell appointments to the RWSA, newspaper clippings, and one photograph, 1978-1986
f. 2: Treva Cromwell speeches at Senior Center and Miller Center: “The Politics of Water,” 1995-1996
f. 3: Buck Mountain Reservoir – chronology, survey, memoranda, financial plan, report, Cromwell notes, 1979-1984, 1994
f. 4: Camelot Waste Water Treatment Plant – correspondence, memoranda, news-clippings, notes, 1979-1980
f. 5: Chris Greene Lake – chronological history, report, notes, 1984, 1995-1996
f. 6: County of Albemarle Water Supply Project – memorandum, categories, 2001
f. 7: Crozet Interceptor “Septic Systems” – correspondence, reports, survey, news-clippings, notes, 1974-1984
f. 8: [Albemarle County Service Authority – copies of documents related to water], 1972, 1991
f. 9: Groundwater Progress – drafts, 1996-1997
f. 10: Household Water Testing, Treatment Programs, 1993-1994
f. 11: James River as possible water source – drafts, 1982
f. 12: League of Women Voters of Charlottesville – Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, fact sheets, memo, 1974
f. 13: League of Women Voters of Charlottesville & Albemarle Co. Water Supply Study, 1977-1978
f. 14: League of Women Voters Statements re conservation of water, water supply, 1989-2001
f. 15: League of Women Voters documents re sewage handling, regulations for litter disposal, 1979-1981
f. 16: League of Women Voters National Resources Committee – Cromwell’s notes re water supply alternatives, 2001
f. 17: League of Women Voters National Resources Committee – email correspondence, 2001
f. 18: Moorman River/Sugar Hollow – memoranda re instream flow issues, 1996-2001
f. 19: North Fork Rivanna Water Treatment Plant, 1989-1994
f. 20: North Garden Water Design Concept – scope and costs, 1988
f. 21: Power Plants, Acid Rain – proposed power plants in Virginia, news-clippings, printed materials, 2000-2002
f. 22: Priddy Creek Alliance – copies of correspondence, 1994
f. 23: Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) – maps, charts, 1996, n.d.
f. 24: RWSA – Summary Report on Facilities and Operations (1988); [Paul Krebs Report] – brief history and unsolved problems, 1980
f. 25: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries – Minimum Instream Flow Standards Final Report of Subcommittee Number 5, Instream Flow Maintenance, State Water Plan Advisory Committee, Aug. 20, 1986, 1988
Box 2
f. 1: Septic Systems – correspondence, brochures, notes, 1978-1997
f. 2: Septic Systems Critical Slopes, Open Space – memoranda, Policy for the Protection of Environmentally Significant Areas (adopted in 1987); notes, 1987, 1989
f. 3: Septic Systems – notes, discussions of League of Women Voters, memoranda, 1982, 1985
f. 4: Septic Systems – notes, 1994
f. 5: Sludge – Treatment and disposal of sludge proposal (1982), memoranda and related materials, 1982-1984
f. 6: Water Conservation Pricing – correspondence, notes, 1995-1997
f. 7: Water Recommendations, memoranda, notes, 1994
f. 8: Water Resources Comprehensive Plan – notes, memoranda, 1995-1996
f. 9: Water Supply Study, 2001
f. 10: Wells (includes central wells – Public Water System Inventory Subsystem copies, notes, correspondence, brochures, news-clippings, 1978-1992
Persons: Treva Cromwell
Corporate Names:
- League of Women Voters
- Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority
Subjects:
- Albemarle County (Va.) -- History
- Albemarle County (Va.) -- Genealogy
- Albemarle County (Va.) -- Water
- Letters (Correspondence)
Geographical Names:
- Virginia – Albemarle County
- Virginia – Charlottesville
Record Types:
- Brochures
- Correspondence
- Memoranda
- News-clippings
- Notes
