Office of the Secretary of State: Administrative files of the Constitutional Convention of 1917
Administrative files of the Constitutional Convention of 1917, 1917-1919.
Call no.: SC1/54X
Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1916, c 98, the voters of Massachusetts approved a proposal for a constitutional convention, which, meeting in a three sessions, 1917-1919, resulted in proposal and ratification of twenty-two amendments to the Constitution (Const Amend Arts 45-66). (Approval was also given to an arrangement–later nullified–of the original text of the Constitution and all subsequent amendments in a unified form; see: Rejected rearrangement of the state constitution ((M-Ar)36X)). Administrative files of the convention include resolutions relating to amendments and orders relating to business matters of the convention.
Arrangement: In five subseries
Notes: In keeping with traditions established in the colonial period, the state secretary is custodian of foundation records of the Commonwealth, including this series. Box 1: Subseries (1). Box 2: Subseries (2)–no. 3-304. Box 3: Subseries (2)–no. 305-433; subseries (3) June-Oct. 1917. Box 4: Subseries (3)–Oct. 1917-Aug. 1919; subseries (4-5)
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