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Between June 12th<\/sup> and September 10th<\/sup> of 1947 (a deadline of September 13th<\/sup> for close of the Committee Hearings was set ahead of time and met), the Delegates produced a final draft of the newly updated State Constitution. This document was ultimately ratified via a majority vote on the referendum presented to the citizens of New Jersey during the Election of 1947 held on November 4th<\/sup> of that year. (\u201cConvention Proceedings Record,\u201d State of New Jersey Constitutional Convention of 1947, v.1, 923)<\/p>\n During the 1940s-60s, Students in New Jersey Were Presented With a Copy of the volume \u2013 \u201cOur Great State Documents\u201d as part of their study on Citizenship<\/p>\n There are numerous study prospects for both the United States and New Jersey Constitutions and user friendly access points available through the Seton Hall University Libraries including the following leads and links highlighted below . . .<\/p>\n United States Constitution \u2013 SetonCat Holdings (Print and E-Book) .https:\/\/setonhall.on.worldcat.org\/search?queryString=%22United%20States%20Constitution%22&clusterResults=true&groupVariantRecords=false<\/a><\/p>\n United States Constitution – SetonCat Holdings (Articles)<\/p>\n https:\/\/eds.s.ebscohost.com\/eds\/results?vid=0&sid=fa910d90-4058-4ec2-956a-d04961218093%40redis&bquery=%2522United%2BStates%2BConstitution%2522&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXNzbyZ0eXBlPTAmc2VhcmNoTW9kZT1BbmQmc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d<\/a><\/p>\n United States Constitution \u2013 Hathi Trust<\/p>\n https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/ls?q1=%22united+states+constitution%22&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft<\/a><\/p>\n United States Constitution \u2013 National Archives Site<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/constitution-transcript<\/a><\/p>\n New Jersey Constitution \u2013 SetonCat Holdings (Print and E-Book)<\/p>\n https:\/\/setonhall.on.worldcat.org\/search?clusterResults=off&queryString=New+Jersey+Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n New Jersey Constitution of 1947 – SetonCat Post-Committee and Ratification Produced Holdings (Articles)<\/p>\n https:\/\/eds.s.ebscohost.com\/eds\/results?vid=0&sid=66f892a3-3084-451d-bef5-39fc389ea6da%40redis&bquery=%2522new%2Bjersey%2Bconstitution%2522%2Band%2B%25221947%2522&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXNzbyZ0eXBlPTAmc2VhcmNoTW9kZT1BbmQmc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d<\/a><\/p>\n New Jersey Constitution of 1947, A Retrospective \u2013 Seton Hall Legislative Journal, <\/em>7:3, 1997<\/p>\n https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/Page?handle=hein.journals\/shclj7&id=829&collection=journals&index=<\/a><\/p>\n New Jersey Constitution of 1947 \u2013 Hathi Trust<\/p>\n https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/ls?q1=%22new+jersey+constitution%22+and+1947&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft<\/a><\/p>\n New Jersey Constitution of 1947 \u2013 Full-Text Site<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/state\/archives\/docconst47.html<\/a><\/p>\n For more information on the history of constitutions please feel free to contact Alan Delozier, Humanities Librarian at Alan.Delozier@shu.edu<\/a> or by phone at: (973) 275-2378<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alan Delozier,\u00a0Humanities Librarian This September marks the diamond anniversary of the New Jersey Constitution Committee (1947) and 235 years since the creation of the United States Constitution. The story behind each text carries a deep historical legacy combined with outlining the goals associated with the ideal functions of national and state governments alike. 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