Guide to the Lon Johnson Papers 1912-1967
Cage 195

Summary Information
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Administrative Information
Names and Subjects
Detailed Description of Collection: Series 1: Political and Public Service; Series 2: Correspondence and Business Records; Series 3: Professional File; Series 4: Legal File; Series 5: Later Extension

Summary Information

Repository: Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator: Johnson, William Lon
Title: Lon Johnson Papers
ID: Cage 195
Date [inclusive]: 1912-1967
Extent: 232 containers., 98 linear feet of shelf space., 71, 300 items.
Language: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Correspondence, business records, professional papers, working papers, legal instruments, clippings and miscellany, relating to personal affairs, Johnson's political career and public service, his law practice, the Superior Court of Stevens County, the Consolidated Mining and Smelting of Trail, British Columbia, the Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company, and the International Joint Commission (of Canada and the United States).

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 195, Lon Johnson Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

1882	Born, Spokane, Missouri
1903	Schoolteacher, Stevens County, Washington
1904	Student, Eastern Washington State College, Cheney
1907	Deputy Assessor, Stevens County
1908	Clerk of Stevens County Law student Married Iva Clara Dickey
1912	Admitted to the Washington State Bar
1913-1939	Attorney, Colville, Washington
1920-1924	Senator, Washington State Legislature
1925	Lieutenant Governor of Washington
1939	Judge of the Stevens County Superior Court
1958	Semi-retirement

Important General Retainers
1915	Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company
1920	Northwest Magnisite Company
1922	Northport Smelting and Refining Company
1926	Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Ltd. (Contains the litigation brought before the International Joint Commission that extended over a period of eleven years.)

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Scope and Content

The papers in this collection are those accruing from more than fifty years of private, public, and professional services, consisting of:

Correspondence, working papers, newspaper clippings, and miscellany related to Mr. Johnson's public service and political career, arranged alphabetically and by subject;
Personal and office correspondence interfiled with business records, arranged alphabetically by year;
Professional papers, materials, and legal instruments used in litigation and other services composing the practice of law, - claims, estate probate, wills, guardianships, counsel, and miscellaneous matters interfiled and arranged in a single alphabet; and,
Correspondence and official and legal papers from the Bench of the Superior Court of Stevens County.

The correspondence contains letters to and from Herbert Hoover, Miles Poindexter, Wesley Livsey Jones, Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, Clarence Daniel Martin, Roland Hill Hartley, J. Edgar Hoover, Ernest O. Holland, Fred Thomas Dubois; to and from a long list of national and state politicians and persons of regional importance.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

http://www.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 for research use.

Restrictions on Use

The literary rights in the unpublished writings of Mr. Johnson in these papers have been dedicated to the public, except that these rights are reserved to Mr Johnson's daughters Mrs. Doris Johnson Edwards and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson Hawes during their lifetimes.

Acquisition Information

The papers of William Lon Johnson, Attorney, Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Superior Court Judge, were given to the Washington State University Library over the period 1963-1966 by Mr. Johnson. A further set of papers was donated after Mr. Johnson's death in 1967, and was added as an extension at the end of this collection.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Ltd.
Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company
International Joint Commission
Washington (State). Superior Court (Stevens County)

Geographic Name(s)

Washington (State)--Politics and government

Occupation(s)

Legislators -- Washington (State)--Correspondence
Legislators -- Washington (State)--Archives

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :

Johnson, W. Lon, 1882-1967 --Archives

Subject(s)

Government and Politics
Mines and Mineral Resources
Irrigation
Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Political and Public Service
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Autobiography (1963), portraits, certificates, and miscellany.				1
Senate campaigns 1918 1921				2
Lieutenant Governor campaign: Correspondence and miscellany 1924
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A-J				3
K-Z				4
Lieutenant Governor 1925-1928
Correspondence
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A-F				5
G-K				6
L-O				7
P-Z				8
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Senate business, Committees				9
Salary and expenditures				10
Scrapbooks (microfilm), newspaper clippings, speeches, rosters, roll-calls, and miscellany				11-12
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Republican Party business and affairs Political campaigns 1927-1936				13
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Series 2: Correspondence and Business Records
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1912-1914				14
1915-1916				15
1919
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A-G				16
H-M				17
N-Z				18
1920
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A-L				19
M-Z				20
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American Legion and Veteran's Affairs 1920-1922				21
1921				22
Columbia Basin Project (gravity plan) 1921-1928				23
1922				24
1923				25
1924				26
1925				27
1926-1928
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A-C				28
D-Q				29
R-Z				30
1929
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A-F				31
G-Z				32
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Farm and city residence 1929-1939				33
1930
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A-F				34
G-Z				35
1931
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A-H				36
I-Z				37
1932
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A-I				38
K-Z				39
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1933				40
1934				41
1935
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A-S				42
T-Z				43
1936
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A-L				44
M-Z				45
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1937				46
1938				47
1939				48
1958				49
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Series 3: Professional File
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Abbey - Alderson				50
Allen - Anderson				51
Andrews - Auto				52
Bahm - Bartol				53
Barton - Bevins				54
Bisbee - Bosworth				55
Bouch - Bozarth				56
Bradley - Brogan				57
Brown - Bunker				58
Burcham - Butler				59
Cagle - Campbell				60
Cannon - Cartwright				61
Case - Charlton				62
Chelan - Coffin				63
Cole - Columbia				64
Colville - Consolidated District				65
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Ltd.
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Correspondence				66-68
Litigation				69-82
Reports				83-86
Appraisals				87-89
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Corbett - Crowe				90
Cuff - Curry				91
Dailey - Delaney				92
Delva - Dingle				93
Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company				94-95
Domitrovich - Draper				96
Dronkers - Dyes				97
Earhart - Ehorn				98
Eldred - Elsaesser				99
Empey - Exley				100
Fager - Feulner				101
First - Fortune				102
Foster - Fuhr				103
Gagnon - Gillingham				104
Gilmore - Gleason				105
Gookey - Gottbeheut				106
Graham - Gwinnup				107
Haas - Hansen				108
Harbour - Harvey				109
Hatcher - Hauver				110
Hayden - Hays				111
Heide - Holbrook				112
Holford - Hubert				113
Huffman - Hyytiainen				114
Ickes - Ireland				115
Jackson - Janneck				116
Janni - Jett				117
Johnson				118
Jones - Juvet				119
Karasek - King				120
Kirk - Klement				121
Knapp - Kruchman				122
Laface - Lawson				123
Leader - Littleton				124
Lockhart - Lyons				125
McAvin - McCumber				126
McDonald - Mackey				127
McLoughlin - McWilliam				128
Madden - Malley				129
Marble - Mastling				130
Mathis - Meyers				131
Michaels - Mitchell				132
Mohler - Mowrey				133
Mulford - Myhr				134
Naff - Nelson				135
Netherlands-American Mortgage Bank				136
Neumann - Newton				137
Nichols - Niles				138
Noble - Norman				139
Northport Power and Light Company				140-141
Northport State Bank				142
Northwest Magnisite Company				143-144
Nugent - Nuse				145
Oakshott - Ogden				146
Old Dominion Mining and Milling Company				147
Old National - O'Toole				148
Paglini - Paulsen				149
Pearson - Penzig				150
Perkins - Peterson, Mabel				151
Peterson, Ole				152
Peterson, Otto - Pitman				153
Plantz - Prall, Lucretia				154
Prall, W.J. - Quinn				155
Rader - Reynolds				156
Rhinehart - Rioth				157
Roath - Rogers				158
Rose - Rotter				159
Rule - Ryan				160
Sacher - Sax				161
Schall - Scott				162
Seale - Shriner				163
Silke - Sophion				164
Spokane - State Highway				165
State of Washington
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Ayers - Guenther				166
Hartley - Prouty				167
Rapp - Westensee				168
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Stayner - Stensger				169
Stevens - Storkan				170
Strange - Sweezy				171
Tait - Terrio				172
Terry - Thomas				173
Thompson - Townsend				174
Traders - Twenty				175
Uderman - Union				176
United - Upton				177
Van Allen - Voss				178
Waddell - Watkins				179
Weatherlow - Weitensteiner				180
Welk - Western				181
Wheatley - Winslow				182
Wold - Wynn				183
Yaeger - Zwang				184
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Series 4: Legal File
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Instructions to juries				185
Correspondence 1938-1958
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A-B				186
C-F				187
G-I				188
J				189
Johnson: Political				190
K-M				191
N-Q				192
R-S				193
T-V				194
W				195
X-Z				196
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Series 5: Later Extension
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Business and Professional Correspondence A-D 1939-1943				1
Business and Professional Correspondence E-K 1939-1943				2
Business and Professional Correspondence L-P 1939-1943				3
Business and Professional Correspondence Q -S 1939-1.943				4
Business and Professional Correspondence T-Z 1939-1943				5
Business and Professional Correspondence A-D 1952-1967				6
Business and Professional Correspondence E-I 1952-1967				7
Business and Professional Correspondence J 1952-1967				8
Business and Professional Correspondence K-P 1952-1967				9
Business and Professional Correspondence S-Z 1952-1967				10
Business Records and Correspondence 1920-1949				11
Business Records and Correspondence 1925-1954				12
Business Records and Correspondence 1937-1945				13
Business Records and Correspondence 1937-1952				14
Business Records and Correspondence 1949-1965				15
Professional Papers - Legal Materials 1913-1924				16
Professional Papers - Legal Materials 1960-1966				17
Professional Papers - Legal Materials 1960-1966				18
Misc. Legal Record Books				19
Misc. Legal Record Books				20
Misc. Legal Record Books				21
Business Records, Publications, and Documents 1902-1948				22
Dominian Silver Lead Mining Company:
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Business Records 1949-1958				23
Misc. record Books				24
Misc. Record Books				25
Misc. Record Books				26
Misc. Record Books				27
Professional and Business Correspondence 1947-1957				28
Professional and Business Correspondence 1947-1957				29
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Misc. Personal Correspondence 1932-1967				30
Misc. Publications and Newspaper Clippings 1925-1967				31
Professional Books				32
Correspondence and Records Pertaining to Doris M. Johnson (daughter) 1928-1931				33
Letters of sympathy following Lon Johnson's Death May, 1967				34
Misc. Photographs 1906-1964				35
Certificates:
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U.S. Supreme Court Attorney 1928				36
Attorney and Law Counselor 1912				36
Attorney at Law 1915				36
Lieutenant Governor 1925				36
Superior Court Judge 1939				36
Superior Court Judge 1956				36
Photos:
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Washington State Legislature 1927				Oversized
Washington State Senate 1921				Oversized
Washington State Senate 1925				Oversized
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Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Guide to the Lon Johnson Papers 1912-1967Cage 195

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Preferred Citation

Biography/History

Scope and Content

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Acquisition Information

Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Geographic Name(s)

Occupation(s)

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :

Subject(s)

Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: Political and Public Service

Lieutenant Governor campaign: Correspondence and miscellany 1924

Lieutenant Governor 1925-1928

Correspondence

Series 2: Correspondence and Business Records

1919

1920

1926-1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1935

1936

Series 3: Professional File

Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Ltd.

State of Washington

Series 4: Legal File

Correspondence 1938-1958

Series 5: Later Extension

Dominian Silver Lead Mining Company:

Certificates:

Photos:

Guide to the Lon Johnson Papers 1912-1967
Cage 195