Miscellaneous, 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
The final series in this collection contains material which does not belong in the other three series.
In 1970 Raymon L. Smith, on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers of the state of Idaho, brought a lawsuit against Secretary of State Pete Cenarrusa to test the constitutionality of submitting the new proposed Constitution to the voters. Many of the legal briefs concerning this case are part of this series.
Also contained in this series are Governor Smylie's 1965 message to the legislature, the League of Women Voters of Idaho booklet A Look at Idaho's Constitution - Then and Now - 1889-1962, a digest of primary and general election laws dated 1970, the Constitution of the State of Idaho printed in 1963, Justice E.B. Smith's "Report of the Coordinator of the Courts" for 1966, several legislative bills from the 38th and 39th Idaho legislatures which deal with Constitutional revisions or amendments, and publications of constitutional revision committees in California, Maryland, and Washington.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository