Scope and Contents note Following rather close on the heels of the '66 campaign for U.S. Congress, yet another Thornburgh campaign got underway despite some advice from friends to the contrary. Newly elected Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer made constitutional reform a priority for his administration and voters were asked in the May 1967 primary to call a limited Constitutional Convention. Thornburgh's long standing interest in judicial reform and his then developing concerns about local government tempted him to run in his own Forty-third District, although heavily Democratic. Thornburgh's successful campaign for delegate and subsequent participation at the Constitutional Convention are well documented here as well as the workings of the convention, which the press quickly dubbed "Con Con." To date this remains Pennsylvania's most recent Constitutional Convention.
There were four specific areas for which constitutional amendments were to be considered: finance and taxation, the judiciary, legislative reapportionment, and local government. The Convention opened on December 1, 1967 and continued for three months during which time Thornburgh commuted back and forth between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Following the convention's closing on February 28, 1968, he participated in efforts to enact the resultant four proposals in the May 6 primary, particularly the judicial article, and embarked on a vigorous speaking tour to solicit voter support. Although all four were successfully passed in the primary, unfortunately the next year the watered-down judicial merit selection plan was defeated in a separate referendum. Thornburgh has continued to date to be an active proponent of merit-selection as evidenced in ongoing articles and op-eds (available here online).
Home Rule is a topic somewhat surprisingly very well documented here, a topic with which Thornburgh has maintained continuous interest up to and including the passage in 1998 of Pittsburgh's home rule charter. His 1969 article "Blueprint for Modern Government: A Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh" is a "package of recommendations - some of which, years, later, were actually included in the Pittsburgh charter - [which] received a good deal of publicity and editorial approval" (Evidence, p. 36).
"All of us who participated in this historic gathering took great satisfaction in our accomplishments ... For me, it was a truly exhilarating experience. After years of only talking about the political process, I had finally been able to be a central participant in the 'nuts and bolts' of a significant government effort ... I arrived home ... anxious to seek out the next challenge" ("Evidence" draft, p. 126).
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."
Subseries 1. Background Reports and Articles Scope and Contents note These records include background reports regarding constitutional revision in Pennsylvania over the years 1959-1967. There also are reports and drafts prepared by the Pennsylvania Bar Association and National Municipal League on subjects to be considered at the convention. The Pennsylvania Senate Bill "providing for a constitutional convention" is included as well as articles about judicial reform and other relevant constitutional issues.
Background Reports and Booklets Regarding Constitutional Revision in Pennsylvania , 1959-1967 Containers box 26 , folder 1 Major reports and drafts submitted by PA Bar Assn (annotated), and National Municipal League , 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 2 State Constitutional Reform and Home Rule issues and background accompanying draft of paper entitled "The State Constitution as Symbol and as Instrument" by Harry Woodruff Turner , undated Containers box 26 , folder 3 PA Senate Bill No. 1 "providing for a constitutional convention" , 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 4 "Proposals of the Pennsylvania Bar Association" and Statement regarding proposed Judiciary Article , July 31, 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 5 "Judicial Reform in Pennsylvania" by Mercer D. Tate -Reprinted from Villanova Law Review Vol. 10, No. 2 (Winter 1965) , 1965 Containers box 26 , folder 6 "Proceedings of the Seminar On Constitutional Issues" (annotated): Council for a More Effective Constitutional Convention," Penn State University , October 6, 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 7 Subseries 2. Campaign for and Delegate to the Constitutional Convention Scope and Contents note In typical fashion, Dick Thornburgh meticulously maintained records both of his campaign and his participation at the convention. Much of the material is annotated and many drafts of proposals and articles are included. The news releases from his delegate campaign are particularly interesting background on the prospective work and goals of the convention and are available here online. His delegate news releases (also available online) and mailings further document the ongoing news from the convention. Delegate lists, programs and ephemera are here as well as the "Convention Reporter" news bulletins. Although convention proposals no doubt are available elsewhere, Thornburgh's individual delegate participation and personal delegate records from the convention in progress appear to be unique and especially of interest.
Delegate Campaign Better Constitution Committee, Thornburgh Chairman and Treasurer , 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 8 Delegate Campaign: memos, correspondence, clippings, editorials, brochures and drafts , 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 9 Campaign News Releases , 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 10 Item 1. Thornburgh Says Democrats Show "Contempt" for Charter Reform , August 27, 1967 Item 2. Thornburgh Charges Mazzei with "Power Grab" , September 3, 1967 File 3. Thornburgh Chides Moorhead for Poverty Politics , September, 1967 File 4. No one is Closer to Operation of Law Among Ordinary Citizens than Lawyers Who Serve with Anti-Poverty Program's Neighborhood Legal Services Association , October 4, 1967 Item 5. Thornburgh to Attend Seminar on Constitutional Issues , October, 1967 Item 6. Democratic Charter Candidates "Unfit," Thornburgh Says , October, 1967 Item 7. Minor Judiciary Poll Results "Shocking," Thornburgh Says , October 19, 1967 Item 8. Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Citizens Should be Shocked by Results of Poll Concerning Operation of the Minor Judiciary , 1967 Item 9. Debate Challenge Renewed by Doyle and Thornburgh , 1967 Item 10. Thornburgh, Doyle Propose Charter Revision Debates , 1967 Item 11. Scranton Warned of Opposition to Judicial Reform , 1967 Item 12. Mazzei Blocks Constitutional Debate, Thornburgh Charges , 1967 Item 13. Constitution Needs Minor Judiciary "New Look," Thornburgh Says , 1967 Item 14. Thornburgh Hits Moorhead's 1967 Record , 1967 Item 15. Thornburgh's Statement for Radio Station WTAE , 1967 Item 16. Thornburgh Lauds Home Rule Proposals , 1967 Con Con Clips and Editorials re: Delegate Campaigns , 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 11 Letters of Congratulations on Election as Delegate to the Convention , August -December 1967 Containers box 26 , folder 12 Delegate to Con Con Delegate News Releases and Mailings , 1967-1968 Containers box 26 , folder 13 Item 1. Thornburgh's proposal paves way for elimination of antiquated elective office of coroner in Pennsylvania , December 20, 1967 Item 2. Thornburgh discloses that Mazzei wife on Public Rolls , February 7, 1968 Item 3. Thornburgh hails 'People's Fight' against Minor Judiciary , February 8, 1968 Item 4. Thornburgh hails Con Con Work; Hits "Nay-Sayers" , March 5, 1968 Item 5. Thornburgh asks Lawyers to Support Con Con Judiciary Proposal , March 13, 1968 Item 6. Don't Break Faith on Minor Judiciary Reform, Thornburgh Asks , March 20, 1968 Item 7. Thornburgh Asks Bar Association to Support Con Con Judiciary Proposal , March 22, 1968 Item 8. Con Con Bi-Partisan Effort, Thornburgh Tells G.O.P. Women , March 27, 1968 Item 9. Thornburgh Suggests Con Con Judiciary Objections are "Smokescreen" , April 16, 1968 Item 10. Thornburgh Labels Con Con Home Rule Objections "Red Herring" , March 25, 1968 Item 11. Con Con Proposals Speak to Ghetto Problems, Says Thornburgh , April 14, 1968 Item 12. Appoint Charter Commission Now, Thornburgh Asks Mayor , April 25, 1968 Item 13. Thornburgh scores Mazzei "Triple Dip" and asks Resignation , 1968 Item 14. Thornburgh hits Fleming Criticism of Judiciary Article , 1968 Item 15. Remarks of Richard L. Thornburgh, Delegate to Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention from the 43rd Senatorial District , 1968 Item 16. Thornburgh Praises Con Con Delegates; Sees Healthy Compromises , 1968 Item 17. Con Con Judiciary Article Objections Termed "Misinformed" , 1968 Item 18. Con Con Judiciary Article Objections "Unfounded," Thornburgh Says , 1968 Delegate to Con Con: programs, delegate ephemera, programs, expenses and events , 1967-1968 Containers box 26 , folder 14 Delegate Binder: includes guidebook, roster, and daily "Convention Reporter" news bulletins , 1967-1968 Containers box 26 , folder 15 Delegates to Con Con: Lists, directories, and license plate , undated Containers box 26 , folder 16 Correspondence from Thornburgh, Delegate , November 1967-April 1968 Containers box 26 , folder 17 Correspondence to Thornburgh, Delegate , December 1967-December 1968 Containers box 26 , folder 18 Correspondence from Hymen Diamond , December 1967-March 1968 Containers box 26 , folder 19 Delegate Mail/Memos from Outside Organizations , 1967-1968 Containers box 26 , folder 20 Subseries 3. Convention Opening and Procedures Scope and Contents note Opening remarks of Pennsylvania Governors Scranton and Shafer and President Broderick of the convention are included here. Thornburgh's early participation on the Temporary Committee on Rules and Organization is documented as well as his memo on proposed convention rules and procedures, much of which was taken into account in the final rules. One of his two committee appointments, here the Committee on Style and Drafting, contains agendas, drafts and edited convention proposals. "Counsels" to the convention are here, too. News releases and memoranda of the convention further document the convention in progress.
Opening of Con Con: Remarks by former Governor Scranton and Governor Shafer , December 1, 1967 Containers box 27 , folder 1 President Broderick Remarks and Letters , 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 2 Temporary Committee on Rules and Organization; Thornburgh Memo: Suggested Proposed Convention Rules and Procedure (annotated) , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 3 Committee on Style and Drafting: memos, agendas, drafts and edited convention proposals; Thornburgh a member , January-February 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 4 Counsel to Convention Opinions: Marvin Comisky (incomplete) , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 5 News releases and memoranda , January-March, 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 6 Subseries 4. Convention Committees Scope and Contents note Materials from four major committees of the convention appear in this small section: local government, administrative and finance, legislative apportionment, and taxation and finance. These files include information from the public hearings before these committees, frequently with Thornburgh annotations. Additionally there is a report from the committee on "arrangement and submission and address to the people."
Local Government , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 7 Administrative and Finance , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 8 Legislative Apportionment , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 9 "Committee on Arrangement, Submission and Address to the People: Recommendation No. 1" , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 10 Taxation and Finance , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 11 Subseries 5. Judiciary Committee Working Files Scope and Contents note Most of the early work of the convention was done in committee. Thornburgh was appointed to the Judiciary Committee where he served as Secretary. This rich group of files includes minutes, issues, drafts, memoranda, schedules, correspondence and proposals. There is much regarding Delegate Proposal 1000, the first proposed amendment to the constitution, which was submitted by Dick Thornburgh. This was the judicial reform plan drafted by the Pennsylvania Bar Association upon which he had worked for the previous five years. There is much here about the Judicial Committee Proposal 7 and rebutting objections to it. Attacks on the proposal focused on "merit selection" provisions designed to take judicial selection out of the political arena. The Judiciary Committee was co-chaired by former Governor Scranton and Philadelphia financier and community leader Gustave Amsterdam.
Minutes, Assignments and issues , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 12 Drafts, Memoranda. Schedules and Correspondence , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 13 Action Reports , 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 14 Judiciary Proposal, drafts , January, 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 15 Judiciary Article, Amendments (annotated) , February, 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 16 Delegate Proposal 1000, by RLT (annotated) later Judicial Proposal No.7 , 1967-1968 Containers box 27 , folder 17 Judiciary Committee Proposal No. 7 Original and amended , 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 18 Endorsement of Proposal 1000 from Allegheny Bar Association: letter (Proposal 7) , December 22, 1967 Containers box 27 , folder 19 Schedules to Supplement Proposal No. 7 , February, 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 20 Judicial Committee Report in Support Of Committee Proposal No. 7 and Supporting correspondence , February, 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 21 Proposal No. 7: Pomeroy on behalf Of Allegheny County Bar Assn rebuts Objections to Proposal 7 , April, 1968 Containers box 27 , folder 22 Subseries 6. Judiciary Subcommittees, Correspondence and Issues Scope and Contents note A number of subcommittees worked on various aspects of judicial reform: minor judiciary, tenure, retirement, and selection of judges for example. These are essentially working files and include background information, drafts, proposals from subcommittees, and in some cases votes. Also here are files from the 1969 pre primary efforts to pass judicial reform proposals, more of which appear in section 06:10.
Judicial Issues Judicial Issues in Philadelphia , January 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 1 Minor Judiciary Issues in Allegheny County , February, 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 2 Judicial Issues and Systems from Other States , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 3 Correspondence, Articles and Reports Correspondence to the Judiciary Committee , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 4 Judicial Selection articles, reports and correspondence , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 5 Pro/Con Judiciary speeches and article , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 6 Subcommittees Minor Judiciary , November-January, 1967-1968 Containers box 28 , folder 7 Tenure , December 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 8 Retirement , undated Containers box 28 , folder 9 Judicial Administration and Organization, Thornburgh Memo , undated Containers box 28 , folder 10 Selection of Judges Minutes and Proposals of Selection of Judges Sub Committee , December-January, 1967-1968 Containers box 28 , folder 11 Background Information , 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 12 Binder: drafts and proposals from subcommittees , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 13 Votes and Drafts , 1967-1968 Containers box 28 , folder 14 State and Local Judicial Nominating Commissions , December, 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 15 Pre Primary Actions regarding Merit Selection Merit Selection-pre primary efforts to pass judicial reform proposals , April-May, 1969 Containers box 28 , folder 16 Subseries 7. Thornburgh's Topic Files Scope and Contents note These topic files evidence Thornburgh's deep and ongoing interest in judicial and home rule topics. The materials consist of reports, articles and clippings and particularly in the case of "local government" (i.e. home rule) the files include relevant material dating prior to the convention. This material augments his actual working files of the convention.
The Courts , 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 17 Juvenile Courts , 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 18 Local Government , 1965 Containers box 28 , folder 19 Local and Municipal Taxation , 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 20 County Taxation , 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 21 State Taxation , 1967 Containers box 28 , folder 22 Subseries 8. Clippings, Editorials and Bulletins Scope and Contents note This small group of material is in effect monitoring the public response to the actions and proposals of the convention in the form of news clippings and editorials during the months of the convention. Additionally there are bulletins from the convention itself, although not complete here.
Con Con original news clippings , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 23 Con Con editorials , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 24 Con Con news bulletins (incomplete) , 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 25 Subseries 9. Home Rule Scope and Contents note These files document in detail Thornburgh's persistent interest in home rule, which was one of the two areas on which he concentrated at the convention. The local government amendment subsequently adopted was the authority for all local government units to adopt home rule charters for their governance. A sub theme as Thornburgh and other reformers saw it was the opportunity to streamline the governmental process. There was then and over subsequent years continued resistance to the changes a home rule charter would promote and any reform that threatened existing political power structures. Not only is there much material from the drafting sub-committee and home rule committees at the convention but also considerable material following the convention regarding the promotion of home rule for Pittsburgh into the 1970s. Thornburgh in fact was Chair of a Drafting Sub-Committee of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Committee in 1969. Included, too, are speeches, event files and news releases by Thornburgh during 1967-68 and a paper with drafts which he wrote and distributed in 1969 entitled "Blueprint for Modern Government: A Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh." It is interesting to note that it was not until 1998 that Pittsburgh finally passed its home rule charter. These home rule files are unique in identifying the history of this topic in Pittsburgh over subsequent years as well as during the active period of the convention.
Advisory Subcommittee and Drafting Subcommittee Home Rule Advisory Committee and Drafting Sub-Committee , 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 1 Clippings regarding formation of Advisory Committee and Drafting Sub-Committee , early 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 2 Richard L. Thornburgh, Chair, Drafting Sub-Committee , early 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 3 Report of Drafting Sub-Committee of Pittsburgh Home Rule Committee , June 6, 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 4 Background Information for report on Drafting Sub-Committee , March 18, 1969 - May 7, 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 5 "County Government under PA Constitution," by PA Economy League , December, 1967 Containers box 29 , folder 6 Speeches and Events Speeches , October-November, 1970 Containers box 29 , folder 7 Events regarding Home Rule , 1971-1974 Containers box 29 , folder 8 News Releases Press Releases , 1968-1972 Containers box 29 , folder 9 Thornburgh joins as co-sponsor of the proposal of the City of Pittsburgh aimed at providing its citizens with advantages of home rule, control of structure of government and personnel practices, and fiscal tools necessary to govern in years ahead , January 3, 1968 Thornburgh hits Home Rule Charter "Footdragging" , January, 1969 Thornburgh states that home rule is in trouble in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County , September 28, 1972 Statement for Hearings of Government Study Commission City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA , October 10, 1973 Thornburgh tells League of Women Voters of Mt. Lebanon that official inaction on home rule short-changes the people of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County , January 12, 1972 Correspondence, Notes, Remarks and Drafts Correspondence related to "Blueprint for a Modern Government:..." and January 16, 1969 article from "Point" , 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 10 Paper: "Blueprint for Modern Government: A Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh" by Thornburgh (with drafts) , January 10, 1969 Containers box 29 , folder 11 Speech: "Metropolitan Government...Would You Repeat the Question?" as published in Legal Journal vol. 119 No. 3, 3/1/71 , March 1, 1971 Containers box 29 , folder 12 Correspondence to Thornburgh- post draft: , June, 1969-1974 Containers box 29 , folder 13 Correspondence and notes of Thornburgh , 1968-1972 Containers box 29 , folder 14 Remarks, articles and reports by local and national officials and Thornburgh , 1970-1972 Containers box 29 , folder 15 Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Home Rule Charter- Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Discussion Drafts , 1973-1974 Containers box 29 , folder 16 Studies and Reports , 1972-1977 Containers box 29 , folder 17 Presentation to Allegheny County Government Study Commission by Committee for Progress in Allegheny County , 1977 Containers box 29 , folder 18 Pamphlets, Reports and Editorials Home Rule Editorials , 1970-1974 Containers box 29 , folder 19 League of Women Voters Home Rule Fact Sheet and Information , 1970-1974 Containers box 29 , folder 20 "Local Government Reform in Allegheny County: Can LEAA Help It Happen?" by James M. Seif under Local Government Seminar, University of Pittsburgh , December 1970 Containers box 29 , folder 21 Pamphlets and Reports on Home Rule: Local and National Articles on Home Rule , 1965-1969 Containers box 29 , folder 22 Local and National Articles on Home Rule , 1966-1970 Containers box 29 , folder 23 Subseries 10. Efforts to Implement the Judiciary Scope and Contents note These are the detailed files associated with efforts to promote and implement, in this case, the judiciary article. The news articles and files cover 1967-1968 with strong, organized efforts prior to the May 1968 primary. Thornburgh's files from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Implementation of Judiciary Article are particularly detailed, especially the Sub-Committee on Community Courts of which he was Chairman. There is additional information from the Allegheny County Bar Association as well as post Con Con speaking engagements and efforts by a Lawyers Committee for "Yes" vote. There are in depth reports pre primary and related post primary victory celebrations. Finally there are two files of historical interest, one a report by Mercer Tate from Con Con, in progress, and a "Con Con History" by George Wolf, published by the National Municipal League in 1969.
Bar Associations "Project Constitution": Pennsylvania Bar Association , 1962-1966 Containers box 30 , folder 1 Revision Committee: Allegheny Bar Association , 1967, 1970-1971 Containers box 30 , folder 2-3 PA Bar Association Committee on Implementation of Judiciary Article, Part I , 1968-1969 Containers box 30 , folder 4 PA Bar Association Committee on Implementation of Judiciary Article, Part I: Sub-Committee on Community Courts, Thornburgh Chairman , 1963-1969 Containers box 30 , folder 5-7 PA Bar Association Committee on Implementation of Judiciary Article, Part II , 1968-1969 Containers box 30 , folder 8-9 Clippings regarding judiciary matters , 1968-1969 Containers box 30 , folder 10 PA Bar Association Committee on Implementation of Judiciary Article, "Report of the Subcommittee on Community Courts," Richard L. Thornburgh, Chairman , September 27, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 11 Pre and Post Primary 1968 Actions and Results Post Con Con Speaking Engagements and Lawyers Committee for "Yes" vote (pre-primary and including election results) , March-May, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 12 "A Review of Judiciary Article Proposed by PA Constitutional Committee," Thornnburgh speech to PA Bar Association House of Delegates , March 22, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 13 Pre Primary Promotions to Vote from various political and business people , March-May, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 14 In depth committee reports (pre-primary) (4) , April, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 15 Con Con Proposals Passed: Primary , May, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 16 Memos post primary; victory celebration , May-June, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 17 Statement of RLT before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate of PA , October 23, 1968 Containers box 30 , folder 18 Con Con History Reports from Con Con by Mercer Tate , 1967-1968 Containers box 30 , folder 19 "Constitutional Revision in Pennsylvania: The Dual Tactic of Amendment and Limited Convention," by George D. Wolf, published by National Municipal League , 1969 Containers box 30 , folder 20 Subseries 11. Working Copies of Manuals, Proposals and Hearings Scope and Contents note This section documents delegate proposals, and history of proposals, including Thornburgh's working manuals. There is much material from public hearings before various committees, including especially the presentations before the Judiciary Committee, some with Thornburgh annotations. The public hearings before the Committee on Legislative Apportionment also contain his annotations.
Delegate Proposals 1000-1209: including 1000 and 1138 by Thornburgh , 1967-1968 Containers box 31 , folder 1 Convention Calendar and History of Proposals, with indexes to proposals and resolutions , February 29, 1968 Containers box 31 , folder 2 Thornburgh's reference manuals (1-9) annotated , 1967-1968 Containers box 31 , folder 3 Thornburgh's Proposals Adopted: working manuals, history and indexes , 1967-1968 Containers box 31 , folder 4 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Public Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary , December 27,1967 Containers box 31 , folder 5 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Public Hearings Before the Committee on Local Government , December 28, 1967 Containers box 31 , folder 6 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Public Hearings Before the Committee on Taxation and State Finance , December 29, 1967 Containers box 31 , folder 7 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Public Hearings Before the Committee on Legislative Apportionment (annotated) , December 29, 1967 Containers box 31 , folder 8 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Presentation Before the Committee on the Judiciary (annotated) , January 4, 1968 and January 5, 1968 Containers box 31 , folder 9 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Presentation Before the Committee on the Judiciary , January 9, 1968 and January 11, 1968 Containers box 31 , folder 10 Subseries 12. Constitutional Convention Publications Scope and Contents note These volumes are official and inclusive accounts of the convention: debates and journals of the convention, reference manuals, and proposals adopted by the convention.
Debates of the Constitutional Convention: Vol. I "Supplemental Information Relating to the Convention and Journals of the Convention" , December 1, 1967-February 9, 1968 Containers box 32 , folder 1 Debates of the Constitutional Convention: Vol. II "Journals of the Constitution" , February 12-29, 1968 Containers box 32 , folder 2 "Journals of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention" , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 3 Reference Manual #1: The Convention , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 4 Reference Manual #2: Constitutions of Pennsylvania and the United States , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 5 Reference Manual #3: A History of Pennsylvania Constitutions , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 6 Reference Manual #4: Local Government , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 7 Reference Manual #5: The Judiciary , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 8 Reference Manual #6: Legislative Apportionment , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 9 Reference Manual #7: Taxation and State Finance , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 10 Reference Manuals #8 and #9: Bibliography and Index , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 11 Constitutional Proposals Adopted by the Convention , 1967-1968 Containers box 32 , folder 12