Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.06

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series VI. Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.06
Extent
8.75 Linear Feet
Date
1967-1968
Abstract
Governor Raymond P. Shafer made constitutional reform a priority and voters were asked in the May 1967 primary to call a limited Constitutional Convention (Con Con). Dick Thornburgh's successful campaign for delegate and subsequent participation at the Constitutional Convention are well documented here. The four areas for which constitutional amendments were considered were: finance and taxation, the judiciary, legislative reapportionment, and local government. Thornburgh has continued to be an active proponent of merit-selection and home rule. The files are in twelve sections: Background reports and articles; Campaign for and delegate to Con Con; Convention opening and procedures; Convention Committees; Judiciary Committee working files; Judiciary Committee Subcommittees; Delegate Thornburgh's Files; Clippings, Editorials and Bulletins; Home Rule; Efforts to Implement Judiciary Article; Thornburgh's working copies of manuals, proposals and hearings; and Hardcover publications of Con Con. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series VI. Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968
Author
Nancy Watson
Sponsor
This finding aid is available on line as result of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant to the University of Pittsburgh and with collaboration of the Archives Service Center and the Digital Research Library.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dick Thornburgh, February 27, 1998

Previous Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Nancy Watson, Curator of the Thornburgh Papers, Holly Mengel, Project Archivist, and a team of graduate students. Processing was made possible by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Holly Mengel in 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 3608599

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention (1967-1968)
    • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
    • Pittsburgh (Pa.). Home Rule Charter Advisory Committee

    Personal Names

    • Thornburgh, Dick

    Geographic Names

    • Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1951-
    • Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Politics and government

    Other Subjects

    • Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States
    • Home rule -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Personal papers
    • Government
    • Politics

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