Collection Name	Constitution of the State of Alaska
Identifier	UAF-2004-25-4-1
Title	Preamble and Article I: Declaration of Rights
Description	In 1949 the Alaska statehood committee was established and preparation for the drafting of the state constitution began. On November 8 1955, fifty five elected delegates from all over the state met in the Constitution Hall at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The session which was led by territorial senator and first state Governor William Egan, consisted of forty nine men and six women and took seventy five days to conclude. The document was adopted on February 3, 1956, ratified on April 24, 1956 and became effective after the signing of the Alaska Statehood Act on January 3, 1959. This image shows the Preamble and Article I of the constitution. The Preamble states; "We the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land... followed by Article I, which declares the basic rights of Alaska's citizens. While it corresponds with the United States Bill of Rights, it does make several provisions not found in the former document. Section 3 bans discrimination based on " race, color, creed, sex, or national origin and section 7 extends protection to " legislative and executive investigation".
Subject.TGM	Constitutions State rights Statehood State government Writing
Region	Alaska
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	1959/01/03
Type	Document
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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