Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Orris Lee Hamilton Papers
1953-1978
Cage 495
Table of Contents
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.
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.
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.
Arrangement
The papers have been arranged into four series: Judicial Conferences, Court Rules, National Center for State Courts, and Committees.
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.
Related Materials
Related Material
Additional Washington State Supreme Court Justices papers held by Washington State University MASC:
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Joseph A. Mallery Papers, 1924-1960 (Cage 684)
Warren W. Tolman Papers, 1898-1938 (Cage 4619)
John Stanley Webster Papers, 1901-1963 (Cage 459)
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)
Detailed Description of Collection
Series I: Judicial Conferences |
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box | folder | |||
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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box | folder | |||
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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box | folder | |||
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 |
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Washington Judicial Council |
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box | folder | |||
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 |
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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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box | folder | |||
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 |
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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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box | folder | |||
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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