Primary Sources
Title Page of the Original 1857 Constitution of Oregon
- 1857 Oregon ConstitutionDigital copy of the original, handwritten, signed Oregon Constitution that is housed in the Oregon State Archives.
- Oregon ConstitutionIncludes Constitution of Oregon, the Preamble, the Index, and the Admission Acts
- Journal of the Constitutional ConventionContains a record of the official actions of delegates.
- State constitutional conventions, commissions & amendmentsAvailable on microfiche.
Secondary Sources
- Crafting the Oregon ConstitutionOregon State Archives
- A Legislative History of the Oregon Constitution of 1857 - Part 1 (Articles I & II)37 Willamette L Rev 469 (2001)
Part 1 of 3
Professor Claudia Burton - A Legislative History of the Oregon Constitution of 1857 - Part II (Frame of Government: Articles III-VII)39 Willamette L Rev 245 (2003)
Part 2 of 3
Professor Claudia Burton - A Legislative History of the Oregon Constitution of 1857 - Part III (Mostly Miscellaneous: Articles VIII-XVIII)40 Willamette L Rev 225 (2004)
Part 3 of 3
Professor Claudia Burton
- The Oregon Constitution and Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1857 byCall Number: KFO2801 1857 A2 1926bPublication Date: 1926The author collected the various newspaper accounts from the constitutional convention and combined them with entries from the Journal of the Constitutional Convention.
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