Guide to the Orris Lee Hamilton Papers 1953-1978
Cage 495

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Hamilton, Orris Lee, 1914-1994
Title
Orris Lee Hamilton Papers
ID
Cage 495
Date [inclusive]
1953-1978
Extent
9 Linear feet of shelf space, 10 Boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Summary Reports, correspondence, and printed materials of Orris Lee Hamilton, relating to judicial conferences, court rules and committees such as the Washington State Judicial Conference.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Orris Lee Hamilton Papers, 1953-1978 (Cage 495)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Justice Orris L. Hamilton was born in Prosser, Washington, on November 10, 1914. He attended Washington College of Law at American University, and was awarded an LL.B. there in 1940. His legal career included practice with law firms in Seattle and Prosser followed by elected positions as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington, as Prosecuting Attorney for Benton County, and as Superior Court Judge for Benton and Franklin Counties. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington from 1962 until his retirement in 1978.

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Scope and Content

The Orris Lee Hamilton Papers range from 1953 to 1978, with the majority dating from the period 1969 to 1976. In general, these papers contain materials received by Justice Hamilton and retained by him for reference and information.

The papers have been arranged into four series: Judicial Conferences, Court Rules, National Center for State Courts, and Committees.

Judicial conferences, by far the largest series, contains three kinds of material: the proceedings of the conference, correspondence and other papers related directly to the conferences, and booklets, drafts, and reports evidently collected at conferences but not related directly to them. The Court Rules series contains rulings, drafts, and other papers pertaining to courtroom procedure. The National Center for State Courts series contains literature and proposals from the Center. The Committees series, subdivided by specific committees, is made up of reports, correspondence, and other papers.

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Arrangement

The papers have been arranged into four series: Judicial Conferences, Court Rules, National Center for State Courts, and Committees.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2022

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

The Orris Lee Hamilton papers were donated to Washington State University Libraries in June, 1979 (MS 79-28) by Justice Hamilton.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Additional Washington State Supreme Court Justices papers held by Washington State University MASC:

Robert Thomas Hunter, 1959-1976 (Cage 25)

Joseph A. Mallery Papers, 1924-1960 (Cage 684)

Warren W. Tolman Papers, 1898-1938 (Cage 4619)

John Stanley Webster Papers, 1901-1963 (Cage 459)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington (State). Supreme Court
  • Judicial Council of the State of Washington

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Hamilton, Orris Lee, 1914-1994 -- Archives

Subject(s)

  • Judges -- Washington (State) -- Archives
  • Courts -- Washington (State)
  • Court rules -- Washington (State)
  • Judicial councils -- Washington (State)
  • Civil Procedure and Courts
  • Politics and Politicians
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series I: Judicial Conferences 

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National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Uniform Rules of Evidence 1953  1 item.

1 1

Pacific Northwest Seminar for Trial Judges 1962  5 items.

1 2

Washington. Sixth Judicial Conference and Superior Court Judges Association 1962  2 items.

1 3

Washington. Judicial Conference (1963) 1963-1965  2 items.

1 4

Washington. Seventh Judicial Conference and Superior Court Judges Association 1963  3 items.

1 5

Washington. Judicial Conference. Summaries 1963  1 item.

1 6

Washington. Eighth Judicial Conference and Superior Court Judges Association 1964  3 items.

1 7

Washington. Judicial Conference. Advanced Reading 1964  3 items.

1 8

Washington. Ninth Judicial Conference. Report of the Special Commission to Study the Problem of Adequate Counsel for the Indigent Defendant and the Public Defender System 1965  2 items.

1 9

Washington. Ninth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1965  3 items.

1 10

Washington State Bar Association. Annual Meeting 1966  1 item.

1 11

Washington. Judicial Conference 1966  3 items.

1 12

Washington. Tenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1966  1 item.

1 13

Appellate Judges Conference. Appellate Court Opinions 1966  1 item.

1 14

Washington. Eleventh Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1967  1 item.

1 15

Washington. Twelfth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1968  8 items.

1 16

Washington. Judicial Conference 1968  2 items.

1 17

Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. Nineteenth Annual Awards 1968  26 items.

1 18

Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. Twentieth Annual Awards 1969  17 items.

1 19

American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Report 1969  1 item.

2 20

American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Program 1969  1 item.

2 21

Washington. Judicial Conference 1969  2 items.

2 22

Washington. Thirteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1969  1 item.

2 23

Conference of Chief Justices. Twenty-first Annual Meeting. Proceedings 1969  13 items.

2 24

Conference of Chief Justices. Twenty-first Annual Meeting. Proceedings (1969) 1967-1969  5 items.

2 25

Washington. Fourteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1970  6 items.

2 26

American Judicature Society. Current Issues on the Judiciary. For the National Conference on the Judiciary 1971  5 items.

2 27

Washington. Fifteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1971  1 item.

2 28

American Judicature Society. Selected Readings on the Administration of Justice and Its Improvement 1972  2 items.

2 29

National Conference of Chief Justices. Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting 1972  1 item.

2 30

Washington. Sixteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1972  1 item.

2 31

National Conference on Criminal Justice. Working Papers 1973  13 items.

2 32

Washington. Seventeenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1973  2 items.

2 33

Washington. Eighteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1974  2 items.

2 34

Appellate Judges Seminar. General Session 1974  2 items.

2 35

Washington. Nineteenth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1975  3 items.

2 36

Washington. Twentieth Judicial Conference and Annual Meeting of the Superior Court Judges Association 1976  3 items.

2 37

National Rifle Association. Firearms Laws and Court Decisions undated  1 item.

3 38

Chief Justice's Report to Governor 1958-1972  3 items.

3 39

Lamoreaux, Steven. The Right of Privacy: A Bibliography 1890-1961; undated  1 item.

3 40

Washington State Law Enforcement Training Manual 1963  1 item.

3 41

Various Papers and Publications 1963-1971  11 items.

3 42

Citizens Conference on Washington Courts. Meeting(1972) 1966-1972  15 items.

3 43

Citizens Conference on Washington Courts. Meeting(1972) 1966-1972  13 items.

3 44

U.S. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. Task Force on the Administration of Justice. Task Force Report: The Courts 1967  1 item.

3 45

Washington. Judicial Conference. Programs 1968-1969  2 items.

3 46

American Law Institute. Forty-fifth Annual Meeting. Contracts. Tentative Draft No. 4 1968  1 item.

3 47

American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Contracts. Supplement to Tentative Draft No. 4 1969  1 item.

3 48

American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Torts. Tentative Draft No. 14 1969  1 item.

3 49

American Law Institute. Forty-sixth Annual Meeting. Torts. Tentative Draft No. 15 1969  1 item.

3 50

Washington. Office of the Administrator for the Courts. District and Justice Court Activity Report 1969  1 item.

3 51

Harris, Richard. "The Annals of Politics: Justice," New Yorker, 8 November-22 November l969 1969  1 item.

3 52

Council of State Governments. State Court Systems: A Statistical Summary 1970  1 item.

3 53

Hawaii Judicial Seminar 1970  21 items.

3 54

National Conference on the Judiciary (1971) 1970-1971  25 items.

3 55

National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Pamphlets, Articles, Resolutions, Etc. (1972) 1970-1972  11 items.

3 56

National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Pamphlets, Articles, Resolutions, Etc. 1972  2 items.

3 57

National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Correspondence (1972) 1970-1972  1 item.

3 58

National Conference of Chief Justices and Court Administrators. Correspondence (1972) 1971-1972  1 item.

4 59

Conference of Chief Justices (1971) 1968-1971  8 items.

4 60

Conference of Chief Justices 1971  26 items.

4 61-62

Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers 1971  39 items.

4 63-64

Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers (1972) 1971-1972  60 items.

4 65-66

Washington. Court of Appeals. Conference on Opinion Writing (1972) 1971-1972 

4 67

Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers 1972  26 items.

4 68

Washington. Judicial Council. Comparative Analysis of American Bar Association Standards for Criminal Justice with Washington Law, Rules and Legal Practice 1972  2 items.

4 69

National Governors Conference Mutual Assistance Program for Criminal Justice. Sources of Information on Criminal Justice 1972  2 items.

4 70

Proceedings ... Honoring ... Charles L. Powell on ... His Attaining Senior Status as U. S. District Judge 1972  1 item.

4 71

American Bar Association. Conference 1972  3 items.

4 72

Washington. Judicial Council. Meeting 1972  13 items.

4 73-74

Appellate Judges Conference on Criminal Justice (1972) 1971-1972  26 items.

4 75

Council of State Courts Representatives Meeting 1973  21 items.

4 76

U.S. Department of Justice. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. The Community and Criminal Justice 1973  1 item.

4 77

National Conference on Criminal Justice. Program 1973  4 items.

4 78

Burger, Warren E. Report on the Federal Judicial Bench 1973  1 item.

4 79

Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Curriculum 1973  27 items.

4 80

Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Board of Visitors 1973-1974  3 items.

4 81

Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Curriculum Committee 1973-1974  9 items.

4 82

Appellate Judges Seminar 1974  16 items.

4 83

Western Regional Conference of State Court Representatives 1974  8 items.

4 84

Washington Citizens Conference on Courts 1975  2 items.

5 85

Washington. Judicial Conference. Papers 1976  7 items.

5 86

Five-State Judicial Conference 1976  4 items.

5 87

Washington. Appellate Judges Seminar 1976  15 items.

5 88

U.S. Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference 1976  8 items.

5 89

Meeting on Continuing Legal Education and Trust Account Audit Rules 1976  6 items.

5 90

Washington. Appellate Judges Seminar 1977  10 items.

5 91

Puget Sound. University. School of Law. Board of Visitors Meeting 1977  2 items.

5 92

Council of State Court Representatives. Meeting 1977  3 items.

5 93

Washington. Appellate Judges Seminar 1978  5 items.

5 94

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Series II: Court Rules 

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Proposed Rules for Judicial Information System undated  1 item.

5 95

Revised Rules on Appeal 1969  1 item.

5 96

Supreme Court Rules 1969-1977  25 items.

5 97-98

T2.03: Traffic Rule 1971  4 items.

5 99

Rules for Traffic Court 1971-1974  6 items.

5 100

Rules CAROA 33 and 34; ROA 33 and ROAI 34 1971-1972  15 items.

5 101-102

Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction 1971-1972  4 items.

5 103

Rules for Superior Court 1971-1973  5 items.

5 104

Rules of Criminal Procedure 1972-1973  3 items.

5 105

Rules for Discipline of Judges 1972-1975  5 items.

5 106

Rule APR 9: Legal Interns 1976-1977  24 items.

5 107-109

Discipline Rules for Attorneys; Proposed Rules and Regulations for Trust Account Audits 1976-1977  3 items.

5 110

CR 3, 4, 5, 55 and 82 1976-1978  13 items.

5 111

Proposed Rule Changes from Rules Committee 1977  10 items.

5 112

DRA 2.4(a)(4): Discipline Rules for Attorneys; Disciplinary Board Membership 1977  1 item.

5 113

RAP 9.7(a): Rules of Appellate Procedure; Clerk's Papers 1977  1 item.

5 114

CrR 3.6: Court Duty in Suppression Hearings 1977  3 items.

5 115

Cr 41 1977-1978  2 items.

5 116

CrR 3.3: Speedy Trial 1977-1978  12 items.

5 117

Code of Professional Responsibility: Canon 2: Advertising 1977-1978  15 items.

6 118-119

CR 77(f): Sessions 1977-1978  15 items.

6 120

Rules of Evidence 1977-1978  6 items.

6 121

General Rules 1978  12 items.

6 122

Guidelines for Judicial Campaigns 1978  1 item.

6 123

Proposed Juvenile Court Rules 1978  9 items.

6 124

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Series III: National Center for State Courts 

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File 1 1972-1973  22 items.

6 125

File 2 1973-1975  31 items.

6 126-128

File 3 1975-1978  47 items.

6 129-131

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 20 May 1976 1976  7 items.

6 132

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 25 June 1976 1976  8 items.

6 133

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 22 July 1976 1976  94 items.

6 134

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 19 August 1976 1976  90 items.

6 135

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 10 September 1976 1976  46 items.

6 136

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 24 September 1976 1976  5 items.

6 137

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 30 September 1976 1976  5 items.

6 138

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 7 October 1976 1976  3 items.

6 139

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Papers of 10 November 1976 1976  62 items.

6 140

Washington Judicial Article Task Force. Accompanying Papers 1975-1976  11 items.

6 141

Conference (1972) 1971-1972  10 items.

7 142

Council Meeting 1974  10 items.

7 143

Washington Appellate Courts Project. Final Report 1975  1 item.

7 144

Annual Report (1975) 1975-1976  2 items.

7 145

Western Judicial Conference 1976  8 items.

7 146

Western Regional Conference 1977  20 items.

7 147-148

Conference (1978) 1977-1978  24 items.

7 149

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Series IV: Committees 

Washington Judicial Council 

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September Agenda 1969  2 items.

7 150

December Agenda 1969  1 item.

7 151

February Agenda 1970  1 item.

7 152

November Agenda 1970  1 item.

7 153

Crime, Law, and Correction ... A Report 1969  1 item.

7 154

The Small Claim: An Interim Report ... 1969  1 item.

7 155

Traffic Bail in Washington State 1969  1 item.

7 156

Agenda and Exhibits 1969  2 items.

7 157

Referral Letters 1970-1972  11 items.

7 158

Letters and Papers 1970-1972  5 items.

7 159

Proposed Amendments to Criminal Rules 1975  1 item.

7 160

Rules, Summary, Minutes 1976  1 item.

7 161

State-Federal ... Council 1971-1973  49 items.

7 162-164

1970-1971 Washington Judicial Council 1970-1971  18 items.

7 165

1970-1971 Washington Judicial Council 1970-1971  37 items.

8 166-167

1972-1973 Washington Judicial Council 1971-1975  35 items.

8 168-170

Alternate Provisions for Revision ... 1969  1 item.

8 171

Finley Memorandum 1970  2 items.

8 172

1970-1977 File 1970-1977  44 items.

8 173-175

1975 File 1974-1976  19 items.

8 176-177

Task Force Committee (1975) 1975-1976  5 items.

8 178

Task Force Committee (1976) 1976  10 items.

8 179

Revised Article. Draft 1 1976  11 items.

8 180

Court Congestion 

box folder

File 1 1977  31 items.

8 181-183

File 2 1971-1978  20 items.

8 184-185

File 3 1978  22 items.

8 186-187

Bench-Bar-Press 

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File 1 1971-1978  12 items.

8 188

File 2 1971-1978  20 items.

8 189

File 3 1971-1978  17 items.

9 190

Seminar 1973  2 items.

9 191

Continuing Legal Education 

box folder

1975-1976 Program 1975-1976  15 items.

9 192-193

1977-1978 Program 1977-1978  8 items.

9 194

Citizens' Committee on Washington Courts 

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File 1 1966-1975  27 items.

10 195-196

West Virginia File 1974-1975  42 items.

10 197-198

Wisconsin. Citizens' Study Committee on Judicial Organization. Report 1973  1 item.

10 199

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