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Walter Harris Nunn was born in Monticello, Arkansas on February 17, 1942, but grew up in Crossett, Arkansas where he attended the local public schools. Afterward, he entered Hendrix College at Conway, Arkansas where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He immediately entered graduate school at the University of Kansas where, in June 1966, he received a Master of Arts degree in Political Science. His college research interest was in constitutional revision.
During the Arkansas Constitution Convention of 1969‑70, Nunn was employed to conduct research. His papers attest to his deep and on‑going interest in constitutional revision.
In the early 1970s, Nunn established Rose Publishing Company in Little Rock. From 1974 until 1976, he was also a co‑owner of The Arkansas Advocate, a liberal monthly news- magazine.
In addition to his work with Rose Publishing Company, Nunn has held a number of jobs. He was the Executive Director of the Arkansas Institute of Politics and Government, State Printing Clerk in the office of the State Auditor, and Director of the Arkansas International Center at the University of
Arkansas at Little Rock.
Nunn is married to Gale Stewart, a Little Rock attorney. They have two children.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in two series.
Series I‑ Personal Papers and Organizations
Personal papers consisting mainly of papers/correspondence related to his college honors paper project and graduate school. Organization papers consist primarily of correspondence germane to the purpose of that organization: e.g., Arkansas Institute for Social Justice, Inc.
Series II‑ Politics and Government
Consists mainly of papers and books on the Arkansas Constitution and its amendments and revisions. Others material pertains to the various facets of state and local government; e.g., election returns, campaign data, city and county annexation, taxation and budget, etc.
Tracings
Cities and Towns ‑ Little Rock
Clubs and Associations
Colleges and Universities ‑ Hendrix
Colleges and Universities ‑ University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Constitution
Constitutional Convention ‑ 1970
Constitutional Convention ‑ 1979
Counties ‑ Pulaski
Courts ‑ Quorum
Government ‑ Local
Government ‑ State
Governors ‑ Faubus, Orval E.
Laws and Legislation
Libraries and Librarians
Politics
Taxation ‑ Local
Taxation ‑ State
Series I ‑ Personal Papers and Organizations
Box 1
File 1 ‑ Materials for Honors Project at Hendrix (Undergraduate Studies)
File 2 ‑ Honors Project ‑ Correspondence
File 3 ‑ Honors Papers: "Press Coverage of the 1963 Arkansas General Assembly by the
Arkansas Democrat and the Arkansas Gazette"
File 4 ‑ Graduate School ‑ Scholarships and Fellowships
File 5 ‑ Governmental Research Center Publications, University of Kansas
File 6 ‑ Job Applications for Foreign Service
File 7 ‑ Hendrix College Alumni Association
File 8 ‑ ULAR: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Printed Material
File 9 ‑ Norris Guinn Litigation
File 10 ‑ Personal Clients
File 11 ‑ Trip to Europe
File 12 ‑ Miscellaneous Papers
File 13 ‑ Arkansas Advocate: Correspondence and Printed Material
File 14 ‑ ACORN (Arkansas Community Organization For Reform Now) (1 of 2)
File 15 ‑ ACORN (2 of 2)
File 16 ‑ Arkansas Historical Association
File 17 ‑ HSPA Board (Human Services Provider Association of Arkansas, Inc.)
File 18 ‑ AISJ (Arkansas Institute for Social Justice, Inc.)
File 19 ‑ ANAC (Auxiliary Neighborhood Action Council)
File 20 ‑ DANCH (Department of Arkansas Natural and Cultural Heritage) 1981
File 21 ‑ Lamar Society
File 22 ‑ National Municipal League
File 23 ‑ Young Adults
File 24 ‑ Little Rock Public Library
File 25 ‑ Library ‑ Economic Development Study Commission
END OF BOX 1
Series I ‑ Personal Papers and Organizations
Box 2
File 1 ‑ Library Planning and Petition Campaign
File 2 ‑ FOCAL (Friends of the Central Arkansas Library)
File 3 ‑ C.A.P. (Community Action Program)
File 4 ‑ Child Welfare Advisory Committee
File 5 ‑ Seminar ‑ Public Information Materials
File 6 ‑ Seminars ‑ ASSIST (Arkansas Syndicated
School of Insurance and Securities
Training)
File 7 ‑ Seminars and Training Proposals
File 8 ‑ AP&L Employees Seminar on Federal and
State Government
File 9 ‑ Model Cities
File 10 ‑ Wordsworth Company
END OF BOX 2
Series II ‑ Politics and Government
Box 1
File 1 ‑ Political Readings
File 2 ‑ Lobbying
File 3 ‑ Election Research
File 4 ‑ Roll Calls and Precinct Analysis
File 5 ‑ U.S. Senate Election ‑ 1972
File 6 ‑ Campaign 1970
File 7 ‑ Campaign 1972
File 8 ‑ Presidential Campaign ‑ 1976
File 9 ‑ 1964‑1974 General Election (including ballot issues)
File 10 ‑ News Election Service (1980 Arkansas General Election Return)
File 11 ‑ 1980 Gubernatorial Campaign Contributions
File 12 ‑ Special Committee on County Government (1 of 2)
File 13 ‑ Special Committee on County Government (2 of 2)
File 14 ‑ Little Rock (Annexations, Budget, etc.)
File 15 ‑ Gloria Cabe Campaign
File 16 ‑ Pulaski County Quorum Court (Proposed Budgets, County Clerk Statistics, etc.)
File 17 ‑ Constitutional Convention
File 18 ‑ Constitutional Convention Prepatory Committee
File 19 ‑ Constitutional Amendments
File 20 ‑ State and Local Tax Issues
END OF BOX 2
Series II ‑ Politics and Government
Box 2
File 1 ‑ Constitution Campaign 1970
File 2 ‑ Constitution 1975
File 3 ‑ Constitution 1976
File 4 ‑ Constitutional Convention 1977
File 5 ‑ Constitutions of the 1970s
File 6 ‑ Amendment 55 ‑ Jim Ross, Correspondence
File 7 ‑ Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study
Commission ‑ Executive Branch Committee
File 8 ‑ Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study
Commission ‑ Legislative Branch Committee
File 9 ‑ Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study
Commission ‑ Local Government Committee
File 10 ‑ Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study
Commission ‑ General Provisions Committee
File 11 ‑ Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study
Commission‑ Revenue and Finance Committee
File 12 ‑ Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study
Commission ‑ Judicial Branch Committee
File 13 ‑ State Constitution Conventions: 1950‑1965
File 14 ‑ The Drafting of State Constitutions: Working Papers for a Manual
File 15‑ Constitutional Convention Rules ‑ National Municipal League
File 16 ‑ Audit Report, Arkansas Constitutional Convention Advisory Commission, 1969
File 17 ‑ The Constitution of 1836:A New Perspective
File 18 ‑ Constitution of the State of Arkansas With All Amendments, 1963
File 19 ‑ Constitution of the State of Arkansas with All Amendments, 1965
File 20 ‑ Constitution of the State of Arkansas with All Amendments, 1967
File 21 ‑ Proposed Arkansas Constitution of 1970 With Comments
File 22 ‑ Constitution of the State of Arkansas With All Amendments, 1976
File 23 ‑ Constitution of the State of Arkansas With All Amendments, 1979
File 24 ‑ Politics in Arkansas: The Constitutional Experience
File 25 ‑ Arkansas Taxpayer's Guide
END OF BOX 2
Series II ‑ Politics and Government
Box 3
File 1 ‑ State Constitutional Revision
File 2 ‑ Voter Registration Systems in Canada and Western Europe
File 3 ‑ A Model Election System
File 4 ‑ Constitutional Conventions ‑ The Politics of Revision
File 5 ‑ Salient Issues of Constitutional Revision
File 6 ‑ Model State Constitution
File 7 ‑ The State Constitution and Form for Our Time
File 8 ‑ The Constitutional Convention ‑ A Manual on its Planning, Organization and Operation
File 9 ‑ How to Study A State Constitution
File 10 ‑ State Constitutions: The Shape of the Document
File 11 ‑ State Constitutions: Bill of Rights
File 12 ‑ Changing Patterns of Apportionment
File 13 ‑ National Civic Review
File 14 ‑ Compacts of Antiquity: State Constitutions
File 15 ‑ Trends in State Constitution‑Making, 1966-1972
File 16 ‑ A Bibliography on State Constitutions and Constitutional Revision, 1945‑1975
File 17 ‑ Constitutions and Legislation
File 18 ‑ "What Should a Model State Constitution Contain?"
File 19 ‑ American State Constitutions: An Overview of Their Development
File 20 ‑ Patterns of Recent State Constitution ‑Making
File 21 ‑ Patterns of Recent State Constitution ‑
Making: Procedure, Substance, and Comment
File 22 ‑ Constitutional Revision: A Tool For Modernizing State Government
File 23 ‑ Thirty Years of State Constitution ‑ Making 1938‑1968
File 24 ‑ Address to the People of the State of Arkansas
File 25 ‑ The Constitution of the State of Alaska ‑1956
File 26 ‑ The Constitution of the State of Alaska ‑1974
File 27 ‑ United States and California Constitutions
File 28 ‑ Constitution of the State of Connecticut
File 29 ‑ Constitution of the State of Florida
File 30 ‑ Florida State University Law Review
File 31 ‑ With An Understanding Heart: Constitution Making in Hawaii
File 32 ‑ The Constitution of the State of Hawaii
File 33 ‑ Constitution of the State of Illinois
File 34 ‑ Revision Success: The Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention
File 35 ‑ Proposed Constitution of the State of Louisiana, 1974
File 36 ‑ Magnificent Failure: The Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1967‑1968
File 37 ‑ Constitution‑Making in Michigan, 1961 ‑ 1962
File 38 ‑ Implementing A New Constitution: The Michigan Experience
File 39 ‑ The Constitution of the State of Minnesota As Amended 1974
File 40 ‑ The Constitution of the State of Mississippi
File 41 ‑ Constitution Making In Missouri: The Convention of 1943‑1944
File 42 ‑ Constitution of the State of Montana, 1972
File 43 ‑ The Process of Constitutional Revision In New Jersey: 1940‑1947
File 44 ‑ The City and The Constitution: The 1967
New York Convention's Response to the Urban Crisis
File 45 ‑ Constitutional Revision in Pennsylvania
File 46 ‑ The Politics of the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention
File 47 ‑ Amending the Texas Constitution, 1951‑1972
File 48 ‑ Constitution of the State of Utah, 1973
File 49 ‑ Constitution of the State of Utah, 1977
END OF BOX 3
END OF COLLECTION
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