02.02 WYOMING STATE CONSTITUTION
Scope and Content Note
Files include a wide range of topics involving administration, state organization, elections, appointments and criminal executive records. Administrative records include correspondence, financial records, administrative rules and orders, board and commission records, county organization, executive records, and national guard correspondence and rosters. Correspondence topics include registration of corporations, elections, appointments, resignations, session laws, legislative matters, state institutions, agency reports, Chinese massacre in Rock Springs, the Equal Rights Amendment, oil and gas lease lotteries, public lands, and economic development.
Constitutional Convention records include county delegate certificates of election, correspondence, financial records, rules of proceedings, committee reports, journal of proceedings, bill files, address calling for public election, Board of Canvassers records, the governor's statehood proclamation, and the original constitution of the state of Wyoming.
Appointment and election records include campaign receipts and disbursements, certificates of nomination, election petitions, abstracts of votes, county election returns, poll books, state election returns, electoral college minutes and certificates of nomination, State Canvassing Board records, contested elections, election complaints and investigations, an instream flow initiative, indexes and record of commissions, appointments, national guard materials, and oaths of office.
Corporation records include indexes, receiving books, inactive corporation files, list of incorporated ditch companies, railroad agreements and assignments, trade names and trademark records, oil and water conservation district applications, and securities.
Executive criminal records include extraditions and requisitions files, record of paroles, pardon and commutation records, restoration of citizenship, and discharges from the State Penitentiary and Women's Center.
Dates
- 1869-Present
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
Access to motor vehicle registrations, personnel records and juvenile institution records is restricted. Otherwise, there are no additional access restrictions on this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 1600 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov