Legislative Council, 1966-1970
Content Description
Robert C. Strom's collection of papers from the Idaho Constitutional Revision Commission, of which he was a member, are contained in two file boxes. They include correspondence from the chairman of the commission and the chairman of the judiciary subcommittee, letters from state officials with suggestions for revisions, minutes of the full commission meetings in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969, and minutes of the judiciary subcommittee for 1966 and 1967. Various drafts of the proposed Constitution, many of them annotated, are included as well as a variety of publications.
Divers subcommittees of the Legislative Council also worked on revising sections of the Constitution. Scattered minutes and memoranda of these committees are contained in the collection.
Among the more interesting items included in the miscellaneous material are the legal documents of the Smith vs. Cenarrusa case, the law suit brought against the State on behalf of the taxpayers of Idaho testing the constitutionality of having the voters vote on the entire proposed constitution, rather than article by article.
The contents of this archival collection are described in more detail in the following Description of Series.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1970
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Description
Some committees of the Legislative Council also worked on the revision of the Constitution. The material found in each folder includes minutes of meetings and/or memoranda prepared by the Legislative Council Staff for the information of the committee. Although only the folder headings are listed below, the file cards maintained for this series contain a complete list of the contents. Several issues of the newsletter Monthly Matters which contain minutes of meetings and other related material are also part of this series.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository