Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia Records, 1943-1945
2 boxes, .75 linear foot

Administrative Information

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- Processing Notes
- Copyright Information
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions: None.

User Restrictions: Library acts as “fair use” reproduction agent.

Processing Notes:

Copyright Information: Before material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permission. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.

Preferred Citation: Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia Records, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.


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HISTORICAL NOTE:

In March 1943, the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution sponsored by Governor Ellis Arnall, providing for a commission of twenty-three members to revise the state's constitution. The commission sought to create a more rational and simplified document to replace the muddled constitution of 1877. As revised by this commission, the new constitution was printed and submitted to the state General Assembly in January of 1945. The people of Georgia eventually voted to approve the constitution in a special election on 7 August 1945.

The commission members were: Ellis Gibbs Arnall, David Johnson Arnold, David Scarlett Atkinson, Thomas Slaughter Candler, James Vinson, Carmichael, James W. Culpepper, Adie Norman Durden, Frank D. Foley, Charles Latimer Gowen, Frank Cleveland Gross, Mrs. Leonard Haas, Frederick Barrow Hand, Roy Vincent Harris, Thomas Grady Head, Hamilton Tatum Holt, Hatton Lovejoy, Hugh James MacIntyre, R.E.L. Majors, James Roy McCracken, Jefferson Austin Pope, William Rufus Smith, B.E. Thrasher, Jr. The results and information gathered from these meetings was compiled in a two-volume book entitled Records of the Commission of 1943-1944 to Revise the Constitution of Georgia, and it can be located in the University of Georgia's Main Library, call number JK4325 1946.A77.

 


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SCOPE AND CONTENT:

The Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia Records consists of transcripts of the proceedings and meetings held, report and recommendation pamphlets, as well as brief biographies of each comission member. This information was used to compile a two-volume book, entitled Records of the Commission of 1943-1944 to Revise the Constitution of Georgia, edited by Dr. Albert Berry Saye in 1946.



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ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT

The records are organized in one series, Research Files and Drafts of the Records of the Commission of 1943-1944 to Revise the Constitution of Georgia, which is comprised of two sub-series: A. Introduction/Biographical Sketches and B. Proceedings.

 


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RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THIS REPOSITORY:

Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection , 1840-1978
Roy V. Harris Papers
Ellis Arnall Papers



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RELATED COLLECTIONS IN OTHER REPOSITORIES:

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS:

I. Research Files and Drafts of the Records of the Commission of 1943-1944 to Revise the Constitution of Georgia, 1943-1945
2 boxes, 0.75 linear foot

This series consists of two sub-series: A. Introduction/Biographical Sketches, which is comprised of Dr. Albert Berry Saye's book introduction and brief biographical sketches of the twenty-three member commission. Sub-series B. Proceedings is comprised of the transcripts of the proceedings that were held by the commission as well as report and recommendation pamphlets.

 


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ACCESS POINTS

Georgia. Constitution (1945)
Constitutional conventions --Georgia.
Georgia --Politics and government --1865-1950.
Georgia -- Constitution.
Proceedings.
Saye, Albert Berry.



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FOLDER LIST

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