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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Bureau of Archives and History
Pennsylvania State Archives
{series #7.116}
accession: #941
RG-7
Records of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Joint Committees, Subcommittees, and Commissions
Legislative Reapportionment Commissions
1971 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
RECORDS OF THE 1971 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, 1971-1972. (2 cartons and maps)
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1970 Census: Preliminary figures, estimates; folder 1
Reapportionment data, preliminary figures
Reapportionment 1966: Maps and Population figures; folder 2
Census counts & pamphlets form Department of Commerce,
1970-71; League of Women Voters' statements on equality
Back-up material form Attorney General's Office: Comparison of folder 3
1971 Legislative Reapportionment Plan to 1966 Plan; Supreme
Court of PA for the middle District: Robert Oravetz et al. v. PA
Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC), 1972;
Authorization to File for the 1971 Reapportionment Plan
Public Hearings before the PA Legislative Reapportionment Commission:
December 13, 1971, Harrisburg folder 4
December 14, 1971, Harrisburg folder 5
December 20, 1971, Harrisburg; Lists of Philadelphia and folder 6
Pittsburgh Hearings
A. Leo Levin's Correspondence: July 20, 1971-September 20, 1974; folder 7
Correspondence: Requests for information and maps on Preliminary
Plan, 1971; LRC Minutes from April 21, 1971- December 28, 1971
Commission Correspondence re: Preliminary and Final folder 8
Reapportionment Plans, November 15, 1971- October 26, 1972;
General Correspondence, May 12, 1971- August 20, 1974
Mail subject for Review by A. Leo Levin, (chairman of PA LRC), folder 9
December 13, 1971-May, 1972; Distribution Lists for the Press;
Evaluation of Census Bureau information regarding 1971 Reapportionment
Plans
Computer-aided Redistricting: August 25, 1970- December 21, 1971 folder 10
House of Representatives Reapportionment Maps, 1971; Log of folder 11
Exceptions and protests to Preliminary Plan, November 17-December
28, 1971; Memo of Legal Aspects of Reapportionment; 1970
Philadelphia population by wards; Press releases, October 21, 1971-
December 30, 1971
Preliminary and Final Plan: Newspaper Clippings, 1971; folder 12
Reapportionment: Notes on PA Law
Preliminary Reapportionment Plan; Filing of the Preliminary folder 13
Plan, November 17, 1971 (includes statements, fact sheet, and
notice)
Final Reapportionment Plan from the LRC; Composite listings folders 14 & 15
of Senate and House Districts
Arlen Specter v. LRC, 1972 ; Supreme Court of PA: Opinions, folder 16
May-June, 1972
Revision Notes and Statistics form U.S. Department of Commerce, folder 17
Bureau of the Census, February - April, 1972; State Supreme Court
Appeals: December, 1971- February, 1972
Correspondence of Thomas N. O'Neill. Jr., November 1, 1971- folder 18
July 23, 1973; Philadelphia Reapportionment Plan, June 24, 1971
Reapportionment Plans for Senate and House Districts folder 19
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Exceptions and Protests to LRC Reapportionment Plan, 1971
form Senatorial Districts #:
1-6 folder 20
7-38 folder 21
39-50 folder 22
Exceptions and Protests to LRC Reapportionment Plan, 1971,
from House Districts #:
5, 6, 8; 10-11 folder 23
12 folder 24
13-14; 17-43 folder 25
44-45; 59, 60 folder 26
61-87 folder 27
88-90; 92-94; 103-106; 112, 113; 116-118; 122-126 folder 28
130; 134; 137-153 folder 29
154-158 folder 30
159-175 folder 31
176-203 folder 32
Reapportionment Plan for Philadelphia; Notices of Public Hearingsfolder 33
Level 5
Reapportionment Maps
1970: Democrat and Republican Reapportionment folder 1 (oversize)
Proposals; Ward Map of Pittsburgh; Voting Districts
in Pittsburgh; Philadelphia Voting Districts; Allegheny
Region Districts
1971-1972: Philadelphia Ward Map; PA Political folder 2
Subdivisions; Proposed Legislative Districts; PA
Political Subdivision Map, by Department of Internal
Affairs; PA Senatorial Districts; Philadelphia and Trenton
Region; Revised House and Senate Districts
{series #7.118}
accession: #993
RG-7
Records of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Joint Committees, Subcommittees, and Commissions
Legislative Reapportionment Commissions
1981 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
RECORDS OF THE 1981 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, 1981-1982. (1 box, 3 cartons and maps)
14-2502 box 1
Computer generated District Deviation Analysis
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Sunshine Law; Commission Budget; Statewide Common Cause; folder 1
v. Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC),
November 12, 1981; Lists of Appeals filed with the Supreme Court
Appeals to the Final Reapportionment Plan, 1981:
Allegheny County folder 2
Butler, Cumberland, Delaware, Erie, Lehigh, Montgomery Counties folder 3
Philadelphia County folder 4
U.S. District Court Case, March, 1982: Hispanic Coalition on folder 5
Reapportionment
Supreme Court of PA: Re-arguments, December 29, 1981-March folder 6
30, 1982; Appeals, court motions
Supreme Court of PA: Confirmation Letters folder 7
Census Data, minority undercount folder 8
Legal Actions against 1980 Census folder 9
LRC Expenses:
July 9, 1981- August 20, 1981 folder 10
September 29, 1981- December 4, 1981 folder 11
December 22, 1981-April 14, 1982 folder 12
Congressional Redistricting: News Clippings, letters, maps folder 13
LRC: Appropriations; Commission Schedule; Copy of PA folder 14
Constitution
Letters, Statistics referring to House redistricting (districts 7-41) folder 15
Correspondence on Redistricting of House Districts, 53-203 folder 16
Correspondence relating to Senatorial Redistricting (districts 15,folder 17
28, 29); House Plans for Allegheny, Berks, and Delaware Counties
Exceptions to the Preliminary Reapportionment Plan: House Districts from:
Allegheny County folder 18
Armstrong-Centre Counties folder 19
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Chester-Juniata Counties folder 20
Lackawanna-Luzerne Counties folder 21
Lycoming-Perry Counties folder 22
Philadelphia County folder 23
Schuylkill-York Counties folder 24
Exceptions to the Preliminary Reapportionment Plan: Senate Districts from:
Allegheny-Westmoreland Counties folder 25
Exceptions filed by Common Cause of PA; Correspondence after folder 26
the Final filing date for Exceptions
Common Cause alternative Plan for the House Districts; Philadelphia folder 27
elections
Signed Petitions from:
199th district folders 28-31
Lehigh, Philadelphia, Lancaster Counties folder 32
Allegheny County folders 33-34
Newspaper clippings from after the Preliminary Plan folders 35-36
Legislative Reapportionment Standards; Agenda, Minutes from folder 37
February 18, 1981-October 13, 1981
Composite Listings of Senate and House Districts folder 38
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Meeting Notices; News clippings prior to Preliminary Plan folder 39
News Clippings; Personnel information; Petitions from Butler folder 40
County
Petitions from Allegheny County folder 41
Senate Hearings on LRC: February 25, 1981, July 9, 1981 folder 42
Public Hearing of LRC: September 24, 1981, pages 1-204 folder 43
pages 205-end folder 44
Public Hearing of September 24, 1981: Testimony presented by folders 45-47
Speakers
Notices of Public Hearings; Sunshine Law information; folder 48
Reapportionment information updates: November 3, 1981-March
26, 1982; General Correspondence on Hearings; Public Hearing of
LRC, July 9, 1982
Preliminary Reapportionment Plan folder 49
Final Reapportionment Plan folder 50
Level 5
Reapportionment Maps
see first cabinet to left (getting off the
elevator)
1980: Common Cause Plan for Senate Districts folder 1 (oversize)
1980-1981: Pittsburgh House and Senate District Plans; folder 3
Allegheny County Senate Supplement; Philadelphia
Senate and House District Plans
1980: House and Senate District Plans for Philadelphia and folder 4
Southeast Region, Pittsburgh and Allegheny Region
1981: Preliminary Plans for Allegheny Region
1982: House and Senate District Plans for PA;
House and Senate Plans for Allegheny Region and
Pittsburgh; House and Senate Plans for Southeast Region
and Philadelphia
1980-1981: PA House and Senate Districts; Preliminary folder 5
Senate and House Plans for PA; Preliminary Senate and
House Plans for Pittsburgh and Allegheny Region, and
Philadelphia and Southeast Region; Final Senate and House
Plans for PA, including Final Plans for Pittsburgh, Allegheny
Region, Philadelphia, and Southeast Region
{series #7.125}
accession: #2133
RG-7
Records of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Joint Committees, Subcommittees, and Commissions
Legislative Reapportionment Commissions
1991 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
RECORDS OF THE 1991 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, 1991-1992. (2 cartons and maps)
14-2508 carton 1
1991-92 Appeals to Final Reapportionment Plan:
November 15- December 12, 1991 folder 1
December 13-16, 1991 folder 2
January 30- October 9, 1992 folder 3
Pennsylvania Place Map District Listing, Statistics for Preliminary Population
(18 and over), for 1990 Senate Districts #:
1-20, Philadelphia-Luzerne Counties folder 4
21-36, Butler-Lancaster Counties folder 5
37-50, Allegheny-Mercer Counties folder 6
Pennsylvania Place Map District Listing & Adjusted Population Totals for 1990
Senate Districts #:
1-22, Philadelphia-Lackawanna Counties folder 7
23-37, Bradford-Washington Counties folder 8
38-50, Allegheny-Mercer Counties folder 9
Pennsylvania Place Map Districts Listing & Statistics for Preliminary Population (18
and over), for 1990 House Districts #:
1-64, Erie-Venango Counties folder 10
65-136, Forest-Northampton Counties folder 11
137-203, Northampton-Philadelphia Counties folder 12
Pennsylvania Place Map District Listing & Adjusted Population Totals for 1990
House Districts #:
1-67, Erie-Potter Counties folder 13
68-127, Bradford-Berks Counties folder 14
128-203, Berks-Philadelphia Counties folder 15
Original Transcripts:
April 3-8, 1991 folder 16
June 11-July 17, 1991 folder 17
September 5, 1991 folder 18
September 23-25, 1991 folder 19
October 9, 1991 folder 20
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Original Transcripts:
October 9, 1991 (cont.) folder 21
October 9, 1991 (end) folder 22
November 11-15, 1991 folder 23
November 15, 1991 (cont.) folder 24
November 15, 1991 (end) folder 25
Official Preliminary Reapportionment Plan Submitted folders 26-27
to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, September 25, 1991
1991 Preliminary Reapportionment House of folder 28
Representatives Key Points; Preliminary Plans; Minutes
from March 13, 1991-October 9, 1991; Resolutions
Official Final Reapportionment Plan, November 15, 1991 folder 29
Documents related to William M. Harrison et al. v. PA folder 30
Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC); U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of PA, April 13, 1992 (post-hearing brief)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA: folder 31
Plaintiff's Trial Brief, Harrison, et al. v. PA LRC, April 1, 1992
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA: folder 32
Court Orders from February 6-April 21, 1992
Supreme Court of PA, Eastern District: Reply Brief folder 33
for Petitioners, Graham D, Andrews et al. v. PA LRC
Supreme Court of PA, Middle District: Grace Laury Jarvis et al. folder 34
v. PA LRC; Brief for Appellants, Jarvis et al., 1991; Brief for
Petitioners, Joe Gambescia et al., 1991; Brief for Petitioner, Upper
Allen Township, 1991
Supreme Court of PA: Craig Lewis v. PA LRC; Brief in support folder 35
of Appeal form the Final Plan of the LRC, January, 1992; Brief for
various petitioners; Bernard Borine v. PA LRC
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PA: List of petitioners,folder 36
1992; Clifford L. Jones et al. v. Brenda K. Mitchell, March, 1992;
Pre-hearing for Middle District Court of PA: Jones v. PA LRC, March,
1992; Upper Allen Township v. PA LRC, Court Order (exhibit A),
March, 1992; Memorandum, March 30, 1992 (exhibits A-C)
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PA: Jones v. folder 37
PA LRC; Upper Allen Township v. PA LRC, Court Order (exhibits
B-D)
Russell F, Walker: Petition for Writ of Certiorari, U.S. Supreme folder 38
Court, March 13, 1992; F. Joseph Loeper et al., Petition for Writ
of Certiorari, May 22, 1992; Final Reapportionment Plan, 1991;
Summary of Petitions (Federal and State), October, 1992
Senator Frank A. Pecora's Petition for Writ of Certiorari, U.S. folder 39
Supreme Court, February 14, 1992
The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment of 1991, by
Ken Gormley
Level 5
Reapportionment Maps
Preliminary Reapportionment Plan for PA located near oversize photos
Preliminary Plans for House and Senate Districts folder 1 (oversize)
Preliminary and Final House and Senate Plans for folder 6
Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia and the South-
east Region, and Pittsburgh and the Allegheny Region
CENSUS DATA, 2001. (2 folders, 6 compact discs and 2 diskettes)
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CERTIFICATE OF COMMISSION, 2001. (1 folder)
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LEGAL NOTICES AND PRESS RELEASES, 2001. (1 folder)
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MASTER INDEX: PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT, 2001-2002. (1 folder)
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) PROPOSAL
FILES, 2001. (4 folders)
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ORAL ARGUMENT: PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT, 2001-2002. (1 folder)
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ORDERS AND OPINIONS: PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT, 2001-2002. (1 folder)
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PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT OPINION: 1991 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN,
1991-1992. (1 folders)
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PETITIONS FILED WITH THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 2001-2002. (13
folders)
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PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLANS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS, 2001. (3 folders, 2
compact discs, 3 diskettes and 1 oversize folder)
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REPORTS ON PLACES SUB-DIVIDED INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, 2001. (1 folder)
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RESOLUTIONS, 2001. (1 folder)
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SENATE GUIDLELINES FOR HANDLING MAIL, undated. (1 folder)
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TRANSCRIPTS, 1993, 2001. (15 folders)
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