Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Henry I. Green
Papers, 1969-70.
Section A:
Background Information - Boxes 1-2
Folder 1. Personal information and correspondence: newspaper
clipping, medical record, letter of thanks.
Folder 2. Welcoming Speeches and remarks by Michael J. Hewlett,
Richard B. Ogilvie, Paul Powell, Paul Simon and Adlai
E. Stevenson III.
Folder 3. Public Information Center. Memoranda on general and
convention matters.
Folder 4. Background Information: Copies of Illinois and State
Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions.
Folder 5. Background Information: Published General Information.
13 pamphlets and other items.
Folder 6a & b. Background Information: Published Pamphlets and
Books on Issues for convention consideration.
Folder 7. Recommendations, General. 6 letters and statements on
constitutional issues.
Section B:
Committee Operations - Boxes 2-5
Folder 8. Committee Hearings: General Information on schedules
and locations (incomplete, 4 items).
Folder 9-16. Committee Considerations: The correspondence and
testimony in these folders are followed by various
forms, proposals, and drafts relative to committee
work. These folders are organized by subject.
Folder 9. Banking.
Folder 10. Education.
Folder 11. Environment and Conservation.
Folder 12. Local Government and Taxing.
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Folder 13. Pensions and Merit System.
Folder 14. Committee on Suffrage and Constitutional Amendments
(Amendments).
Folder 15. Committee on Suffrage and Constitutional Amendments
(Suffrage).
Folder 16. Miscellaneous.
Folder 17. Minutes.
Amending.
Committee on Suffrage & Constitutional
Folders 18-27. Committee Proposals and Reports.
Many of these printed items contain comments and votes by Green.
These folders are organized by Committee. A few duplicates are
included because each contains notes or comments.
Folder 18. Committee on Bill of Rights (Proposal No. 1 and
Minority Proposals li and lj).
Folder 19. Committee on Education (Proposals 1 and 2).
Folder 20. Committee on the Executive (Proposal 1).
Folder 21. General Government Committee (Proposals 1-18).
Folder 22. Committee on Local Government (report).
Folder 23. Committee on Revenue and Finance (Proposals 1, 2,
and 2c).
Folder 24. Committee on Judiciary (Proposals 1-3).
Folder 25. Committee on Legislative Article (Majority & Comm.
Reports, Minority Proposal).
Folder 26. Committee on Style, Drafting and Submission
(Proposals 1-15, Reports 1-2).
Folder 27. Committee on Suffrage and Constitution Amending
(Proposals 1, 1A, and 2).
Section C: Convention Operation - Binders 1-6 & Box 6
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Binder 1. Member’s Proposals.
Binder 2. Member’s Proposals Duplicates.
Binder 3. Journal of the Convention.
Binder 4. “ “ “ “
Binder 5. “ “ “ “
Binder 6. Drafts of the Constitution.
Folder 28. Constitutional Convention. Concluding Papers on
Drafts, implementation.
Folder 29. Official Convention Published Material: Summaries,
Rules, Blue Ballot, and final copies of the
Constitution.
Folder 30. Duplicates.