Research


Scope and Content Note

This series is the central file of correspondence, memoranda, and background materials maintained by the Committee in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to study and make recommendations on questions relating to reapportionment.

The series includes: 1) chronological file of copies of routine outgoing administrative correspondence; 2) minutes of Committee meetings and meetings with legislators and government officials; 3) alphabetical Committee name file consisting mainly of routine administrative correspondence to or from Committee members, Counsel, Associate Counsel, and consultants, but also containing: comments about or suggestions for the Committee's report by Committee members or state citizens; and memoranda and legal studies regarding apportionment; 4) printed U.S. Supreme Court decisions of June 15, 1964 resulting in reapportionment studies in New York and other states; 5) alphabetical state file of information on apportionment in other states containing: relevant portions of state constitutions; state and U.S. court decisions regarding apportionment in the state; correspondence with law departments and attorneys general in other states regarding court decisions on apportionment; legislative bills; apportionment and districting plans; and news clippings;

and 6) alphabetical name and subject file containing: correspondence to the Committee from citizens with suggestions for reapportionment; correspondence with government officials, lawyers, professors, politicians, and local government associations; court briefs, affidavits, and decisions in apportionment cases; League of Women Voters memoranda regarding apportionment; papers and speeches of experts; press releases and statements by or about the Committee regarding its establishment and work; mailing addresses of apportionment/districting experts; articles and news clippings; and report notes, outlines, and drafts.