Constitutional Conventions

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Robert E. Blake Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1945 (C0017)
2.5 cubic feet (306 folders), 1 roll of microfilm (2 volumes only)

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Papers of a St. Louis lawyer who was a Democratic delegate-at-large. He was elected president of the convention and took an active part in the campaign for adoption of the constitution drawn up by that body.

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Caldwell Township Democratic Convention Minutes, 1886 (C2261)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains minutes concerning the election of delegates to the Callaway County convention and of candidates for township offices.

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Campaign Posters, 1875-1920 (C3871)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 13 oversize items

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Posters, handbills, and newspaper advertisements for Democratic and Republican candidates running for various state offices. Also one poster advocating Champ Clark for President.

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Charles D. Drake Autobiography, 1811-1879 (C1003)
1 cubic foot (43 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)

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Autobiography of a lawyer, U.S. senator from Missouri, radical Republican, and principal author of the Missouri State Constitution of 1865, the "Draconian Code."

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Marshall E. Ford Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0018)
0.5 cubic feet (51 folders)

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Letters and papers of a Maryville, Missouri, lawyer and Democratic delegate from the 1st Senatorial District. Papers deal largely with work of various committees on which he served, especially the Committee on the Executive Department which he chaired.

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Meredith Garten Constitutional Convention Papers, 1942-1945 (C4534)
0.3 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Letters, photographs, and papers from a Republican delegate regarding the revision of the Missouri Constitution in 1943.

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A. Evan Hughes Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0019)
0.5 cubic feet (51 folders)

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Letters and papers of a St. Louis lawyer and delegate from the 25th Senatorial District. Convention work, especially the Committee on Local Government (City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Jackson County) which he chaired. He also served on Committees on Military Affairs; Miscellaneous Provisions; and Information, Submission and Address to the People.

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Alva F. Lindsay Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0020)
0.6 cubic feet (69 folders)

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Correspondence and other papers of a St. Joseph lawyer and delegate to the state constitutional convention. Papers deal primarily with convention work, especially the committee on education which he chaired and the other committees of which he was a member.

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Philip Marvel Marr Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0021)
0.5 cubic feet (20 folders)

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Convention correspondence and working papers of Marr, 6th senatorial district Democrat delegate. Marr served as chair of the Committee on Preamble, Boundaries, Bill of Rights, and Distribution of Powers and as a member of the Executive, Judicial, Education, and Highways committee.

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Franc L. McCluer Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0022)
1.5 cubic feet (150 folders)

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Correspondence and reports of 10th senatorial district delegate. McCluer was chair of the Committee on State Finance (except Taxation)--Expenditures, Public Indebtedness and Restrictions Thereon. He also served on committees for education, Congressional districting, public health and welfare, and scheduling.

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Allen McReynolds Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1944 (C0023)
2.75 cubic feet (275 folders)

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Letters and papers of a Democratic delegate-at-large and chair of the State-Wide Committee for the Revision of the Missouri Constitution. He was chair of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business, and served on the Committees on Executive Department; Legislative Department; Printing; Reporting and Publications; Convention Library, Information and Research; and Phraseology, Arrangement and Engrossment.

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Lewis E. Meador Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0895)
1.2 cubic feet (82 folders)

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Personal files of a professor of economics at Drury College who was a delegate-at-large to the convention. Meador served on the committees of education, taxation, schedule, and executive. Composed primarily of correspondence, the collection also contains drafts of articles, minutes of committees, and proposals considered by the convention.

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Missouri Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1945 (C0016)
4 cubic feet (418 folders)

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Correspondence, speeches, radio scripts, and related materials concerning the work of the Missouri Committee for the New Constitution and the Missouri Public Expenditure Survey to promote ratification of the Constitution of 1943-1944.

Missouri. Constitutional Convention Debates, 1943-1944 (C1171)
2.2 cubic feet (24 volumes)

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Certified verbatim stenotype transcription of the debates for the period 5 January-29 September 1944. The debates were not recorded for the fifty-five days the convention was in session prior to 5 January. Index to the debates included. Microfilm copy in storage.

Missouri. Constitutional Convention Debates and Proceedings, 1845-1846 (C0889)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Debates on qualifications of Missouri governor, representation, banks and corporations, election of auditor, and elective judiciary. Record of proceedings of Missouri Constitutional Convention in Jefferson City, November 1845-January 1846.

Missouri. Convention Resolution, 1865 (C3495)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Printed copy of resolution sent to the U.S. Congress by the Missouri State Convention approving a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery in the states and territories.

Kate S. Morrow Constitutional Convention Scrapbook, 1922-1924 (C1415)
0.5 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The Kate S. Morrow Constitutional Convention scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings of progress of the Missouri constitutional convention of 1922-1924, compiled by a delegate from the 22nd district who served on the judiciary, bill of rights and health and welfare committees.

Stratford Lee Morton Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1945 (C0024)
5.75 cubic feet (379 folders)

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Papers concerning the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1943-1944. Morton was chairman of the St. Louis and St. Louis County committee, and treasurer of the statewide committee to raise funds for the convention. He championed unicameralism and served as a delegate-at-large and chairman of the Library Committee.

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Vivian E. Phillips Constitutional Convention Papers, 1924-1967 (C2609)
0.8 cubic feet

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Letters, clippings, speeches, journals, reports, and miscellaneous papers of a delegate-at-large to the Missouri constitutional convention, 1943-1944. Pertains to the convention and the work of the Constitutional Convention Study Committee after the adoption of the 1945 Missouri constitution.

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Vivian E. Phillips Constitutional Convention Papers, 1937-1949 (C0025)
3.5 cubic feet (334 folders)

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Correspondence, notes, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings collected by a delegate-at-large to the Missouri constitutional convention of 1943-1944.

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Howard C. Potter Constitutional Convention Scrapbooks, 1944-1946 (C2411)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains clippings collected by a Republican delegate to the 1943 Missouri constitutional convention. They cover the convention, campaign for the approval of the proposed charter, and revision of statutes by the General Assembly to conform to the new constitution.

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Ethan A.H. Shepley Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0027)
2 cubic feet (209 folders)

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Letters and papers of a St. Louis lawyer and Republican delegate-at-large. Shepley was chairman of the Committee on Taxation-Levy, Assessment, and Collection, and served on the Committees on the Legislative Department, Executive Department, Judiciary Department, Military Affairs, and Miscellaneous Provisions.

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Israel A. Smith Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0026)
2.5 cubic feet (144 folders)

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Letters and papers of a Republican delegate from the 5th senatorial district. Smith was chairman of the Committee on Public Health and Public Welfare and Federal Relations with Respect Thereto, and served on the Committees on Initiative and Referendum and on Printing, Reporting and Publications.

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Louise Grant Smith Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1943 (C0028)
1 cubic foot (93 folders), 1 roll of microfilm (volume only)

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Correspondence, circulars, and bulletins maintained by Smith as the executive director of the Committee of Ten and the State-Wide Committee for the Revision of the Missouri Constitution. The collection also contains related correspondence of Chairman Allen McReynolds and Assistant Vice President Robert Kratky.

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Edward M. Stayton Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0030)
2 cubic feet (118 folders)

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Letters and papers of a Democratic delegate from the 5th senatorial district, who was chairman of the Committees on Local Government (City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Jackson County), Highways, and Agriculture and Conservation.

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E. McDonald Stevens Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0029)
1 cubic foot (84 folders)

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Letters and papers of a St. Louis lawyer and Republican delegate from the 25th senatorial district. He was chairman of the Committee on Suffrage and Elections and served on the Committees of the Judicial Department, Local Government, and Miscellaneous Provisions.

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A.G. Taubert Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1945 (C0031)
6 cubic feet (423 folders)

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Letters and papers of a Republican delegate from the 17th senatorial district, chairman of Committee on Information, Submission and Address to the People, and member of Committees on Rules and Order of Business; Miscellaneous Provisions; Accounts, Employees, Services, and Supplies; Publications; and Executive Committee which operated after sine die adjournment.