This month we are celebrating North Carolina Government History!
The Government and Heritage Library has many resources relating to the history of North Carolina Government. Check them out herehttp://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/themes/january.html!
General Assembly
State Doc Pick of the Week: The Session Laws of North Carolina
Session Laws of North Carolina
The Session Laws of North Carolina, an important series of historical North Carolina state publications, have been digitized and are now available in the online North Carolina State Government Publications Collection, along with other important series such as the Public Documents, the Biennial Reports of the State’s Prison, and the Annual Reports of the Adjutant-Generals. The digitization of historical publications, funded by the Ensuring Democracy Through Digital Access Grant, is bringing North Carolina history into the 21st century.
A guide to the digital Session Laws can be found at http://150.216.68.249/ncgovdocs/guides/sessionlaws.htm, while the Session Laws themselves can be found here, where they can be viewed, downloaded, and/or printed.
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State Doc Pick of the Week: Legislator’s Guide to North Carolina Legislative and Congressional Redistricting 2011
Legislator's Guide to North Carolina Legislative and Congressional Redistricting 2011
As the preface notes, “Following each federal decennial census, the General Assembly of North Carolina engages in redistricting of congressional districts and legislative districts, as required by the U.S. and N.C. Constitutions.”
In response, the Reseach Division of the North Carolina General Assembly has published the Legislator’s Guide to North Carolina Legislative and Congressional Redistricting 2011. The publication provides an introduction to “legal principles related to redistricting law, as well as statistical information derived from the 2010 Census and information regarding the technology used in redistricting.” There is also historical information on redistricting in North Carolina and a list of useful websites. With redistricting sure to be in the news, follow the developments with this useful guidebook by your side.
The Guide can be viewed, downloaded, and/or printed at http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/RandR07/2011RedistrictingGuide.pdf.
State Doc Pick of the Week: Public Documents of North Carolina
Public Documents of North Carolina
Newly appearing in the online North Carolina State Government Publications Collection, the Public Documents of North Carolina are an invaluable digital resource for historians. The original publications grew fragile with time. Historians can now work with the digital versions without hindrance. The Public Documents can be searched. Pages can be printed for convenience.
The Collection currently contains the Public Documents, which were published biennially, from 1840 to 1919. Each volume compiles all executive and legislative documents produced for that year’s session of the General Assembly of North Carolina.
For example, the 1919 edition contains then-Governor Bickett’s message to the General Assembly and the biennial reports of the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General, the State Highway Commission, the State’s Prison, the Department of Agriculture, the State Librarian, and the state hospitals, among others.
The digitization of the Public Documents was supported by the Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access grant, a grant that is funding the creation of a digital collection of core North Carolina documents. The Public Documents can be viewed, printed, and/or downloaded at http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,76955.
