New York State Constitutional Convention, 1938 Summary of Proceedings

Subseries 1: Original Convention Journal; Subseries 2: Corrected Copy of the Convention Journal; Subseries 3: Printer's Page Proofs of the Final Convention Journal; Subseries 4: Printed Copy of the Proposed Revised Constitution.

Chronological by date of session.

The Convention Journal is a summary of the daily floor proceedings of the Convention from April 5 to August 26, 1938.

The journal summarizes all the activity of the delegates including motions, introduction of amendments, changes in Convention rules, reading of reports, etc. The Journal contains a roll call of delegate voting on amendments. The Journal for August 25 has the text of the proposed revised Constitution.

Subseries 1: Original Convention Journal. This is the original, handwritten copy of the Journal prepared by the Secretary of the Convention.

Subseries 2: Corrected Copy of the Convention Journal. This consists of a printed copy of the Journal with pencilled corrections used to prepare the final version of the printed Journal.

Subseries 3: Printer's Page Proofs of the Final Convention Journal. This consists of page proofs from the state printer with final pencilled corrections representing the last stage before the final Convention Journal was printed.

Subseries 4: Printed Copy of the Proposed Revised Constitution. This consists of a large type version of the proposed Constitution in 270 pages. It is not clear how this copy was used.

Published in Journal of the Constitutional Convention...1938 (Albany, NY).

A name and subject index is included in the published journal.

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