Beinecke Library
Check out the Beinecke's Words for the Nation video series... the reading of the Constitution is featured below
Other Beinecke Collections include:
- The Journal of the Federal Convention of 1787, manuscript copy in the hand of James Madison of the Journal made by William Jackson as Secretary of the Convention
- Early printings of the U.S. Constitution from 1787
- The first printing of The Federalist Papers
Plays
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What the Constitution Means to Me by ISBN: 9781559369640Publication Date: 2021When she was fifteen years old, Heidi Schreck earned money for her college tuition by giving speeches about the U.S. Constitution. Decades later, she traces the effect this document has had on four generations of women in her family. Deftly examining how the United States' founding principles are inextricably linked with our personal lives, Schreck also explores the ways in which their misuse has engendered violence and inherited trauma. With passion and wit, this galvanizing new play acknowledges the ways in which our Constitution has failed us while simultaneously offering hope that we may yet steer ourselves toward a better future.
Music Library
The items identified here have been curated by Suzanne Lovejoy and Richard Boursy- many thanks.
Many of these items are on Women's Rights/Suffrage- which bridges both 2019 and 2020 Constitutional Day themes
One quite impressive provision from Suzanne Lovejoy include this bibliography of materials.
The image (which is linked to its source document) to the left is of the song American Ballot which can be paged from the Music Library's Special Collections.
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Suffragist sheet music : an illustrated catalog of published music associated with the women's rights and suffrage movement in America, 1795-1921, with complete lyricsCurrently checked out, but recently published (2015) book of suffragist sheet music
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Women's rights; the suffrage movement in America, 1848-1920Access provided through Yale Libraries
Media
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Interactive Constitution Media LibraryFrom the site:"the latest constitutional content from the National Constitution Center. Listen to our weekly We the People podcasts; watch America’s Town Hall programs held live in Philadelphia and across the country; and stay informed about Constitution issues in the news with analysis from the Constitution Daily blog."
Legal and Social Science Databases to Check Out
Free Resources
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Constitute ProjectOpen Access, includes Constitutions, Countries, and Topics, all related to the Comparative Constitutions Project Dataset
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Cornell Legal Information Institute Constitution AnnotatedHighlights and explains parts of the United States Constitution and various interpretations over time
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GlobalexOpen access including constitutional sections as well as comparative constitutional research articles
Yale Subscribed Resources
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HeinOnlineThe Law Library Recommends the World Constitutions Illustrated
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Lillian Goldman Law Library Foreign and Comparative Law GuideResearch guide made by the Law Librarians... contains free and subscription based resources
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Oxford Comparative Constitutional LawLink from the library website to the website. Recommended by the Law Library