Research Catalog

Title

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 [sound recording] / lecture by Laurence H. Tribe.

Publication

Apr. 5, 1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tribe, Laurence H.
• WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
• WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1 sound disc (58 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School, speaks about the history of ratification of the Constitution of 1787; about the differences in punctuation in prints of Sept. 17, 1787 and Sept. 18, 1787. He discusses interpreting the United States Constitution, taking into account the issues of historical context and social progress. At the end of the lecture he answers the questions from the audience. Introduced by Vartan Gregorian, former president of the New York Public Library.

Uniform Title

Voices at the New York Public Library (Radio program)

Subjects

• Constitutional history > United States
• Constitutional law > United States
• United States Constitution

Note

• This recording (recorded by WNYC for the Voices at the New York Public Library radio program) consists of the broadcast version of the original lecture.
• WNYC no. 11503.

Event (note)

• Broadcast Feb. 14, 1993. Originally recorded Apr. 5, 1988, Celeste Bartos Forum, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.

Source (note)

• WNYC;

Call Number

*LDC 43552

OCLC

379067269

Title

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 [sound recording] / lecture by Laurence H. Tribe.

Imprint

Apr. 5, 1988.

Event

Broadcast Feb. 14, 1993. Originally recorded Apr. 5, 1988, Celeste Bartos Forum, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.

Source

Gift; WNYC; NN-RHA

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Added Author

Tribe, Laurence H.

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research Call Number

*LDC 43552