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Resources

Primary sources, constitutional reference materials, and links to the original CAF website archive.

Founding documents

Begin with public-domain primary texts and official reference material.

U.S. Constitution ↗

Official transcript at the National Archives

Declaration of Independence ↗

Primary text and original document resources

Constitution Annotated ↗

Congressional Research Service legal commentary

Library of Congress ↗

Exhibition on the American founding

CAF historical archive

Preserved copies of the organization’s original website from 2010.

Original homepage ↗

April 20, 2010 archived homepage

Original Events page ↗

Archived initiatives, classes, and organizers

All archived snapshots ↗

Browse the Wayback Machine capture calendar

Current IOTC successor ↗

Authorized publisher’s course information

A note about historical sources

Different materials bring different perspectives.

The original Institute on the Constitution course presents a religiously informed interpretation of American founding history. For a fuller understanding, compare course claims with the constitutional text, contemporaneous documents, judicial interpretations, and academic scholarship.