Melvin Hill Files on the Select Committee to Revise State Constitution, 1977-1982, bulk 1980-1982

Summary

Creator:

Hill, Melvin

Date:

1977-1982, bulk 1980-1982

Extent:

3 box(es) (2.5 linear feet)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Melvin Hill Files on the Select Committee to Revise State Constitution, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

Melvin Hill's files on the Select Committee to Revise the State Constitution document the process of revising and amending the Georgia state constitution in 1983. The materials contain proposed amendments to the constitution, revisions and drafts created in the House and the Senate, as well as memos and notes about the revision and committee's work.

Biographical / historical:

Melvin Hill served as the staff director of Georgia's Select Committee on Constitutional Revision, which created the constitution of 1983 that was ratified by the people of Georgia. Hill has written many works on Georgia's constitutional history and specifically the 1983 constitution revision. His extensive knowledge of Georgia politics and legal history served him when he later became the director of the Carl Vinson Institute of the University of Georgia.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into one general series, Series I. Select Committee to Revise State Constitution.

Related

Related material:

Commission to Revise the Constitution of Georgia RecordsReflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 000-10 Carl Sanders and Norman Underwood on George BusbeeReflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 064 Carlton Colwell

Separated material:

Governor - Public Officials' Commissions - Executive Appointees Recommendations Files, 1971-2003 ID: 1/2/93, RCB 16604: Governor - Public Officials' Commissions - Executive Appointees Recommendations Files -1975-1983 - George BusbeeLegislature - House and Senate - Speaker of the House's Legislative Files, 1966-1983 ID: 37/1/69, RCB 61761: Speaker of the House's Legislative Files - Speaker Thomas B. Murphy, 1981 - 1982

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Georgia -- General Assembly -- Senate.
Georgia -- Constitution.
Georgia -- General Assembly.
Georgia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Georgia -- Politics and government.
Georgia. Constitution (1983)

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Melvin Hill Files on the Select Committee to Revise State Constitution, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.