Ex-Gov. turns over papers. (Updates).

After a months-long dispute (AL, Nov. 2002, p. 28), former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore turned over to the state library 228 of the remaining 242 boxes of his administration's files November 17. Since June, the library had claimed Gilmore was withholding public documents, while Gilmore maintained that the 288 boxes of papers he gave the Library of Virginia earlier this year were all he was legally obligated to turn over.

Under the mediated agreement, some of the records deposited at the library will be protected by executive privilege until 2015, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported November 19. In addition, Gilmore will keep 14 boxes of personal correspondence, which …