Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Theodore Little Papers
1936-1984
Cage 515
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Little, Theodore
- Title
- Theodore Little Papers
- ID
- Cage 515
- Date [inclusive]
- 1936-1984
- Extent
- 1968.0 items.
- General Physical Description note
- 5 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Material on the Nez Percé Indian Tribe of Idaho concerning court cases, tribal constitutions, Indian matters, some microfilm included. Also court case materials from his work as Asotin Port district attorney, research papers, correspondence, and proposals concerning the Clarkston area and the Lower Granite Dam.
Preferred Citation note
[Item Description]. Cage 515, Theodore Little Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biographical/Historical note
Theodore Little was born in Kettle Falls, Washington. He attended George Washington University in Washington D.C., and while there, worked in the U.S. Department of Commerce. He earned a master of patent law there, but municipal law became his specialty. He moved back to Washington, and worked in Olympia in the attorney general's office from 1938 to 1942 as an assistant. He was chief assistant from 1950 to 1953. He then moved to Clarkston, Washington, and began his career as a Clarkston attorney. Little had been counsel for the Asotin County Port District since 1958 when it was formed. He also was the tribal attorney for the Nez Perce Indian Nation. He also has been the past state commander of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and their national judge advocate from 1966 to 1967. He served in combat in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as a commissioned naval officer in World War II.
Little also belonged to many other associations. He was the director of the Nez Perce National Historical Park Association, and he was a past president of the Spalding Museum Foundation. He was the past president of the Lewiston-Clarkston Kiwans Club, the Asotin County Tuberculosis Association, chairman of the Asotin County Heart Fund, and director of Tri-State Memorial Hospital, the Clarkston Chamber of Commerce, and the Luna House Historical Society. He served two terms as the Washington state chairman of the Young Men's Christian Association youth and government legislative sessions.
Scope and Contents note
The papers of Theodore Little span the years of 1936 through 1984.
Arrangement note
The papers of Theodore Little are arranged in three series. The first series consists of his work when he was the Nez Perce Tribal attorney. There is material covering Indian court cases, tribal constitutions, Indian matters, and also papers concerning Little's work at the Nez Perce National Historical Park, and other interests mainly concerning Indians. The folders are ordered by importance and amount of each category, with the largest starting out the series.
The second series deals with Little's life as a Clarkston attorney. This material consists of his work as the Asotin Port District attorney, court cases, such as the case on John Kennedy, and the case called The County of Asotin vs. the Port of Clarkston. Also in this series is material concerning Little's other interests outside of work, such as papers about the Spalding Museum Foundation, The Lewis and Clark Trail Commission, and even some research material used for speeches. There is also a folder containing correspondence to Mrs. Eve Little. The folders are ordered the same as folders in the first series.
The third series contains published work, mostly about Nez Perce reservation valuation reports, supplementals and affidavits concerning the tribe, and also economic and developmental summaries and proposals concerning the Clarkston area and the Lower Granite Dam. The folders start with material about the Nez Perce, and following that is material about the Clarkston area. The last items in this series are two reels of microfilm concerning the Nez Perce.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 1985
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The papers of Theodore Little, 1936-1984 (MS85-17), were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Eve Rockwell Little of Clarkston, Washington.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Nez Percé Indians--Government relations
Geographic Name(s)
- Lower Granite Dam (Wash.)
Occupation(s)
- Lawyers--Washington (State)--Clarkston--Records and correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Little, Eve Rockwell. waps
- Little, Theodore --Archives
Subject(s)
- Government and Politics
- Indians of North America--Idaho--Government relations
- Native Americans
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Nez Perce Indian Matters |
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Columbia River Indians - Hunting and Fishing Rights and Cases |
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Box | Folder | |||
1947-1949 12.0 items. |
1 | 1 | ||
1954-1959 41.0 items. |
1 | 2 | ||
1960-1964 59.0 items. |
1 | 3 | ||
1965-1966 36.0 items. |
1 | 4 | ||
Jan, 1967- Jul, 1967 29.0 items. |
1 | 5 | ||
Aug, 1967- Dec, 1967 38.0 items. |
1 | 6 | ||
1968 32.0 items. |
1 | 7 | ||
Columbia River Fishing Council |
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Box | Folder | |||
1965-1968 27.0 items. |
2 | 8 | ||
1947-1959 34.0 items. |
2 | 9 | ||
1960-1968 37.0 items. |
2 | 10 | ||
Box | Folder | |||
Nez Perce Tribal Resolutions and Decisons 1959-1969 6.0 items. |
2 | 11 | ||
Nez Perce Tribal Meeting Notes 1962-1968 12.0 items. |
2 | 12 | ||
Nez Perce Legal Court Documents 1953-1958 7.0 items. |
2 | 13 | ||
Nez Perce Investments, Grants 1963 3.0 items. |
2 | 14 | ||
Nez Perce Indian Land Cases 1964-1968 21.0 items. |
2 | 15 | ||
Nez Perce Discrimination Case 1965 3.0 items. |
2 | 17 | ||
Nez Perce CAP Program 1966-1967 32.0 items. |
2 | 18 | ||
State of Washington Indian Affairs 1963-1978 10.0 items. |
2 | 19 | ||
Nez Perce National Historical Park, and others 1964-1977 36.0 items. |
2 | 20 | ||
Nez Perce National Historical Park Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment 1981 2.0 items. |
2 | 21 | ||
Nez Perce: Chief Timothy Park 1978-1981 22.0 items. |
2 | 22 | ||
Nez Perce: Red Wolf Crossing Bridge 1967-1981 27.0 items. |
2 | 23 | ||
Nez Perce: Jackson Sundown 1967 8.0 items. |
2 | 24 | ||
Nez Perce: Anthropological Studies 1941-1967 30.0 items. |
2 | 25 | ||
Nez Perce: Marmes Rockshelter 1967-1969 9.0 items. |
2 | 26 | ||
Nez Perce: Miscellaneous 1953-1981 46.0 items. |
2 | 27 | ||
Nez Perce: Photographs 1960-1965 11.0 items. |
2 | 28 | ||
Nez Perce: Indian Newspaper Clippings 1940-1984 55.0 items. |
2 | 29 | ||
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Series 2: Subject Files |
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Port of Clarkston |
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Box | Folder | |||
1958-1967 41.0 items. |
3 | 30 | ||
1968 50.0 items. |
3 | 31 | ||
1969 35.0 items. |
3 | 32 | ||
Jan, 1970- Aug, 1970 48.0 items. |
3 | 33 | ||
Sept, 1970- Dec, 1970 22.0 items. |
3 | 34 | ||
1971 41.0 items. |
3 | 35 | ||
1972 4.0 items. |
3 | 36 | ||
1972-1976 34.0 items. |
3 | 37 | ||
Box | Folder | |||
County of Asotin vs. Port of Clarkston 1967-1971 54.0 items. |
3 | 38 | ||
Port of Clarkston Condemnation Appeal to Supreme Court 1966-1968 26.0 items. |
3 | 39 | ||
Asotin County Port District: Buying and Selling Land 1964-1973 68.0 items. |
3 | 40 | ||
Asotin County Port District vs. Clarkston Community Corporation |
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Box | Folder | |||
1967-1973 14.0 items. |
3 | 41 | ||
1970 6.0 items. |
3 | 42 | ||
Box | Folder | |||
Clarkston Chamber of Commerce 1970-1972 6.0 items. |
3 | 43 | ||
City of Clarkston 1967-1971 15.0 items. |
3 | 44 | ||
Asotin County: Airports 1947-1969 36.0 items. |
3 | 45 | ||
Camas Prarie Railroad Case 1962-1966 25.0 items. |
3 | 46 | ||
Lower Granite Dam 1970-1972 26.0 items. |
3 | 47 | ||
John Kennedy Case |
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Box | Folder | |||
1966 50.0 items. |
3 | 48 | ||
1966-1971 60.0 items. |
3 | 49 | ||
1967-1968 40.0 items. |
3 | 50 | ||
1971 40.0 items. |
3 | 51 | ||
Box | Folder | |||
McCarthy and Associates (Port) 1963-1968 13.0 items. |
3 | 52 | ||
E.D. McCarthy (Shopping Center, Spokane) 1966-1968 25.0 items. |
3 | 53 | ||
Port of Portland 1975 27.0 items. |
3 | 54 | ||
Resolutions 1966-1971 8.0 items. |
3 | 55 | ||
Washington Public Port Association |
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Box | Folder | |||
1968-1970 37.0 items. |
4 | 56 | ||
Jan 1971- Apr 1971 22.0 items. |
4 | 57 | ||
May 1971-1976 46.0 items. |
4 | 58 | ||
Swallows Park Marina 1964-1968 3.0 items. |
Box 4 |
Folder 59 |
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Spalding Museum Foundation |
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Box | Folder | |||
1950-1963 41.0 items. |
4 | 60 | ||
1964-1982 50.0 items. |
4 | 61 | ||
Asotin County Museum and Historical Society 1973-1977 31.0 items. |
4 | 62 | ||
The Lewis and Clark Trail Commission 1975-1982 13.0 items. |
4 | 63 | ||
Lewis-Clark Convention Center Project 1970-1971 6.0 items. |
4 | 64 | ||
Inland Empire Waterways Association 1963-1970 10.0 items. |
4 | 65 | ||
Department of Social and Health Sevices 1972 4.0 items. |
4 | 66 | ||
Tourism and Travel 1966-1982 14.0 items. |
4 | 67 | ||
Research Material Probably Used for Speeches |
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Box | Folder | |||
1936-1952 15.0 items. |
4 | 68 | ||
1965-1971 15.0 items. |
4 | 69 | ||
1973-1976 6.0 items. |
4 | 70 | ||
Box | Folder | |||
Maharishi International University 1971-1973 19.0 items. |
4 | 71 | ||
Ted Little: Pesonal, Historical Material 1936-1982 32.0 items. |
4 | 72 | ||
Ted Little: Personal Micellaneous 1957-1978 37.0 items. |
4 | 73 | ||
Ted Little: Postcards 1965-1981 33.0 items. |
4 | 74 | ||
Mrs. Eve Little: Correspondence 1964-1968 19.0 items. |
4 | 75 | ||
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Series 3: Publications, Microfilms, Reports |
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Appraisal of Nez Perce Reservation Land ceded to U.S.A., Valuation Reports |
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Box | Folder | |||
Volume I 1957 |
5 | 76 | ||
Volume II 1957 |
5 | 77 | ||
Volume III 1957 |
5 | 78 | ||
A Survey of the Recreation and Tourist Resources in the Nez Perce Country, The Survey Report |
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Box | Folder | |||
Volume I 1963 |
6 | 79 | ||
Volume II 1963 |
6 | 80 | ||
Box | Folder | |||
Memorandum and Accompanying Supplement for the Nez Perce Tribe 1960 |
6 | 81 | ||
Affidavit Concerning Claim of Nez Perce vs. U.S. for damages for loss of fishing due to Dalles Dam 1956 |
6 | 82 | ||
Middle Snake River Project Draft; Environmental Impact Statement 1975 |
6 | 83 | ||
Appeal: The Puyallup Indian Tribe, Inc., vs. the Department of Game and Fisheries of the State of Washington 1965 |
6 | 84 | ||
Environmental Statement: Lower Granite Dam 1971 |
6 | 85 | ||
Federal Land Acquisition Policies and Prodecures for the Lower Granite Lock and Dam 1971 |
7 | 86 | ||
An Economic Summary and a Comprehensive Plan for Clarkston Port District 1970 |
7 | 87 | ||
Development Plan for the Port of Wilma; North Clarkston 1969 |
7 | 88 | ||
Snake River Proposed Multi-Purpose Improvement Plan Asotin Dam 1960 |
7 | 89 | ||
Asotin Lock Feasibility Study 1968 |
7 | 90 | ||
Community Economic Analysis for Lewiston-Clarkston Urban Area 1966 |
7 | 91 | ||
Nez Perce Tribe of Indians Litigation Documents |
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Box | Folder | |||
Selected documents from the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75 (Bureau of Indian Affairs), collected for Washington, D.C. law firm Wilkinson, Boyden, Cragun & Barker in 1952 as supporting documentation for Nez Perce litigation. Dates are primarily 1855-1863. Includes documents related to the 1855 U.S. treaty with the Yakima and Confederated Tribes and the 1863 Nez Perce treaty, as well as selected correspondence. 1968 Two microfilm reels. |
7 | 92-93 | ||
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