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Statehood Bibliography

Arnold and Porter. In the American tradition: an analysis of the proposed constitution of the state of New Columbia. 1986.
342.023/I35 Wash/Ref

Best, Judith. National Representation for the District of Columbia. Frederick MD: University Publications, 1984.
342.753/B561 Wash/Ref;
JK1071 .B47 1984 Library of Congress

Constitution of the State of New Columbia, May 29, 1982. 342.753/C758 Wash/Ref (also in v.1 of the DC Code; the 1987 Constitution is also in the D.C. Code)

Constitutional and Economic Issues Raised by D.C. Statehood. Hearings. House of Representatives May, June, September 1986.
342.753/U575 Wash/Ref
KF27 .D5392 1986b Library of Congress
KF27 .D5392 1986b Historical Society

D.C. statehood: a bibliography.1999.
DC Public Library.
P 2986 Historical Society

D.C. Statehood. Hearings and Markups. House of Representatives. March, April, May, June 1987.
342.753/U575dc, pt.1 and pt. 2 Wash/Ref
KF27 .D5392 1987 Library of Congress

District of Columbia--Statehood; Hearing. House of Representatives. May 22, 1985.
342.753/U575d Wash/Ref
KF27 .D5392 1985a Library of Congress

Harris, Charles Wesley. Congress and the Governance of the Nation's Capital: the Conflict of Federal and Local Interests. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1995.
320.8097/H313 Wash/Ref
JK2716 .H37 1995 Library of Congress

Marcovitz, Hal. Eleanor Holmes Norton. 2004.
E840.8.N68 M37 2004 Library of COngress

Legislative history, District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention : as transmitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session. 1985.
KFD1601 1982 .A225 1985 Library of Congress

Schrag, Philip G. Behind the Scenes: The Politics of a Constitutional Convention. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1985.
342.753/S377 Wash/Ref
JK2716 .S37 1985 Library of Congress

Statehood for New Columbia: seeking our civil rights. edited by James Forman. Washington, D.C.: UPAC Fund, 1994?
342.753/S797 Wash/Ref

Statehood for the District of Columbia : hearing and markups ... July 28, August 5, and November 3, 1993. 1994 [i.e. 1995]
KF27 .D558 1993a FT MEADE Library of Congress

Whipple, Paul W. Governing the Nation's Capital: Is Statehood the Answer? [draft testimony, 1984]
342.753/W575 Wash/Ref

Whipple, Paul W. Ten Myths of D.C. Statehood. [unpublished paper, June 1985]
342.753/W575t Wash/Ref

Vertical File (VF)

Various newspaper clippings and articles and pamphlets on the Statehood issue] request at reference desk or at file desk

D.C. Community Archives:

Personal papers and organizational records which would be useful for extended research into the subject.

Papers of Julius Hobson, 1960-1977. (Collection 1)
Records of the D.C. Statehood Commission, 1941-1994 (Collection 48)

Matthew Gilmore, December 2003 (10/2001, 3/1998)