Program

Research Programs: Scholarly Editions and Translations

Period of Performance

10/1/2018 - 9/30/2022

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$500,000.00 (approved)
$500,000.00 (awarded)


The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Adoption of the Bill of Rights

FAIN: RQ-260688-18

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
John Kaminski (Project Director: November 2017 to present)

Preparation for publication of two volumes on the ratification of the United States Constitution in North Carolina, three supplemental volumes, and three volumes on the ratification of the Bill of Rights. (36 months)

Preparation and publication of two volumes on the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in North Carolina, three volumes on the origins of the Bill of Rights, and three volumes of supplemental ratification documents.





Associated Products

The documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution and the bill of rights Volume 37 Bill of Rights Vol. 1 Origins (Book)
Title: The documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution and the bill of rights Volume 37 Bill of Rights Vol. 1 Origins
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Editor: Thomas H. Lienley
Editor: Elizabeth M. Schoenleber
Editor: Timothy D. Moore
Editor: Dustin M. Cohan
Editor: Oindrila Chattopadhyay
Editor: Anna M. Biermeier
Editor: Christopher S. Berry
Editor: Sarah K. Danforth
Editor: Daniel J. Hoefs
Abstract: The first in a planned six-volume series examining the intense debate over the drafting and ratification of the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution. The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series is a reference collection that aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1237357364
Primary URL Description: World Cat
Secondary URL: https://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/the-documentary-history-of-the-ratification-of-the-constitution-volume-37-bill-of-rights-volume-1
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's site
Access Model: Book with website that is open access PDF
Publisher: Madison Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780870209444
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 30: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina (Volume 30) (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 30: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina (Volume 30)
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Editor: Jonathan Reid
Editor: Charles H. Schoenleber
Editor: Gaspare J. Saladino
Editor: Margaret R. Flamingo
Editor: David P. Fields
Editor: Timothy D. Moore
Editor: Dustin M. Cohan
Editor: Thomas H. Linley
Abstract: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina (Volumes 30-31) are the latest volumes in the Society Press's 34-plus volume Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series, praised as "the most important editorial project in the nation" by constitutional historian Leonard Levy. They detail public and private ratification debates between North Carolina's opponents and proponents of the Constitution. The series aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution. It is an unrivalled reference work on the US Constitution. Each volume is encyclopaedic, consisting of manuscripts and published documents compiled from thousands of sources, carefully transcribed, thoroughly annotated, comprehensively indexed and often accompanied by a variety of supplemental documents.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://charge.wisc.edu/csac/
Secondary URL: https://worldcat.org/title/1135831883
Secondary URL Description: WorldCat
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 0870209205
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 31: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina, No. 2 (Volume 31) (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 31: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina, No. 2 (Volume 31)
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Abstract: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: North Carolina (Volumes 30-31) are the latest volumes in the Society Press's 34-plus volume Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series, praised as "the most important editorial project in the nation" by constitutional historian Leonard Levy. They detail public and private ratification debates between North Carolina's opponents and proponents of the Constitution. The series aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution. It is an unrivalled reference work on the US Constitution. Each volume is encyclopaedic, consisting of manuscripts and published documents compiled from thousands of sources, carefully transcribed, thoroughly annotated, comprehensively indexed and often accompanied by a variety of supplemental documents.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://charge.wisc.edu/csac/
Primary URL Description: Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Press Website
Secondary URL: https://worldcat.org/title/1176459641
Secondary URL Description: WorldCat
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 0870209213
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 32: Ratification of the Constitution by the States Pennsylvania Supplemental Documents, No. 1 (Volume 32) (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 32: Ratification of the Constitution by the States Pennsylvania Supplemental Documents, No. 1 (Volume 32)
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Abstract: A volume in the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series documenting Pennsylvania's public and private debates about the Constitution. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://worldcat.org/title/1088905762
Primary URL Description: WorldCat
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 0870208683
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 33: Ratification of the Constitution by the States Pennsylvania Supplemental Documents, No. 2 (Volume 33) (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 33: Ratification of the Constitution by the States Pennsylvania Supplemental Documents, No. 2 (Volume 33)
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Abstract: A volume in the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series documenting Pennsylvania's public and private debates about the Constitution. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://worldcat.org/title/1197840524
Primary URL Description: WorldCat
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 0870208691
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 34: Ratification of the Constitution by the States Pennsylvania Supplemental Documents, No. 3 (Volume 34) (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 34: Ratification of the Constitution by the States Pennsylvania Supplemental Documents, No. 3 (Volume 34)
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Abstract: A volume in the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series documenting Pennsylvania's public and private debates about the Constitution. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://worldcat.org/title/1088903405
Primary URL Description: WorldCat
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 0870208705
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes