Scope and Contents ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION PROJECT Narrators discuss the 1969-70 Illinois Constitutional Convention, changes made in relation to the 1870 state constitution, issues addressed, the adoption of the new constitution in 1970, and its successful and unsuccessful measures. 17 hrs., 25 mins., 4 vols., 465 pp. Interviews by Cullom Davis, Kim Hoffmann, Marilyn Huff and Timothy J. Jones, 1987 OPEN; Fay and Scott sections RESTRICTED See collateral file: participants...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Maurice Scott, a lawyer, discusses living in central Illinois and working with Illinois governors' administrations and legislators. He recalls education, farming, and community in Rochester, Illinois; Lincoln College of Law; work for the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois; Depression and WWII; Illinois politics, the General Assembly and Illinois Governors Green, Stevenson, Stratton, Kerner, Shapiro, Ogilvie, Walker, and Thompson; and the 1970 Constitutional Convention....