Ralph Whitney Johnson papers, 1957-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Johnson, Ralph Whitney, 1923-
Title
Ralph Whitney Johnson papers
Dates
1957-1981 (inclusive)
Quantity
23.84 cubic feet (25 boxes)
Collection Number
2320
Summary
Correspondence, minutes, speeches, writings, conference and convention materials, reports, and curriculum records, relating to Johnson's teaching, his professional association activities, and his interest in environmental law and Indian rights. Includes papers relating to American Bar Association, National American Indian Court Judges Association, and University of Washington Sea Grant Planning Committee for Coastal Zone Management.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Professor of Law, University of Washington. For forty-four years, Professor Ralph W. Johnson taught at the UW Law School and provided direct assistance to the tribes in Washington State and across the nation. Professor Johnson's scholarly work in the field of Indian Law is nationally known, his writings have been cited more than 300 times by the United States Supreme Court as well as by lower federal and state court judges. Professor Johnson created the Native American Law Center to carry on his life's work.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, minutes, speeches, writings, conference and convention materials, reports, and curriculum records, relating to Johnson's teaching, his professional association activities, and his interest in environmental law and Indian rights. Includes papers relating to American Bar Association, National American Indian Court Judges Association, and University of Washington Sea Grant Planning Committee for Coastal Zone Management.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Preservation Note

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2320-001: Ralph Johnson papers, 1957-1981Return to Top

13 cubic feet (13 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, project files, conferences and conventions, subject series; 1957-1981.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: No source given., 1983-10-01

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 2320-001
General Correspondence - National Water Commission
4 folders
1971-1973
1 2320-001
General Correspondence - Miscellaneous
13 folders
1965 October - 1967 September/October
2 2320-001
General Correspondence - Miscellaneous
17 folders
1967 November/December - 1969 August
3 2320-001
General Correspondence - Miscellaneous
19 folders
1969 September - 1972 March
4 2320-001
General Correspondence - Miscellaneous
9 folders
1972 April - 1972 December
4 2320-001
"American Indian Courts and Tribal Self-Government" by Johnson
1977
4 2320-001
Cleaning Up Europe's Waters by Johnson
3 folders
1977-1979
4 2320-001
Constitutional Revision in Washington: Legal Aspects (Papers by U.W. Law Students, edited by Johnson)
3 folders
1970
4 2320-001
"Indians and Equal Protection" by Johnson
1979
4 2320-001
"Indian Judges Casebook Revision" by Johnson
1977
4 2320-001
Major Interbasin Transfers by Johnson
1976
5 2320-001
Some Myths About Water Shortages (Paper delivered at Western Governors' Conference, San Francisco)
1964
5 2320-001
International Comparative Land Use Project
3 folders
1972-1974
5 2320-001
Natural Resources Law Proposal
1965-1966
5 2320-001
Water Rights Study Grant
1971
5 2320-001
Weather Modification Study
3 folders
1966-1968
5 2320-001
Weather Modification Study
3 folders
1970-1972
5 2320-001
Natural Resources Seminar - Law 587 curriculum files
3 folders
1966-1968
5 2320-001
Ocean Resources Law Seminar - Law 574 curriculum files
1966-1968
5 2320-001
Washington State vs. Port of Woodland (re: Ownership Claim of Portions of Columbia River)
1977
6 2320-001
Comprehensive Management of Effluent Charges, Valbonne, France conferences
2 folders
1977-1978
6 2320-001
The European Experience with Effluent Charges and Its Applicability for the United States - Workshop Proposal
3 folders
1977-1981
6 2320-001
Legal Implications of Weather Modification Activities, Dallas, Texas conference
1967
6 2320-001
University of Rhode Island, Law of the Sea Institutes
1966-1968
6 2320-001
Future of W.U. Fisheries College conference
6 2320-001
United States Fishing Industry, Seattle conference
2 folders
1968
6 2320-001
Clippings
6 2320-001
Alaska Land Law Research
2 folders
1967-1969
6 2320-001
The Columbia Diversion - Policy Issues
1966
6 2320-001
Columbia River Basin Accounting System (Proposed by U.S. Senate Interior Committee)
2 folders
1965
6 2320-001
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
2 folders
1981
6 2320-001
Continental Shelf Study (by U.S. Public Land Law Review Commission)
1966-1968
7 2320-001
Estuary Study
1968-1970
7 2320-001
European Trip
1973
7 2320-001
Flood Control Project
1968-1970
7 2320-001
Fur Seals
1965
7 2320-001
Hamlin (Phillip) Case
1981
7 2320-001
Hydrolics and Water Resources Seminars (Water Research Center, Pullman, Washington)
1986-1989
7 2320-001
Indian Law - General Correspondence
2 folders
1978-1980
7 2320-001
Indian Law - Speeches and Writings
2 folders
1977-1981
7 2320-001
Indian Law - Legal Documents
3 folders
1970-1980
7 2320-001
Indian Law - Clippings
1978-1979
7 2320-001
Indian Law - Miscellaneous
1977-1979
7 2320-001
The Land (KRAB-FM Radio Series)
1979
7 2320-001
Land Use Planning
1968
7 2320-001
Law and the Environment
1969
7 2320-001
Law of the Sea
1966-1968
7 2320-001
Maloney-Plager Book Review
7 2320-001
Mining Law
1965-1968
7 2320-001
Model Appellate Code
1977-1978
7 2320-001
National Security Industrial Association
1966
7 2320-001
Natural Resources
1965
7 2320-001
New York-Eastern Water Problem
1965
7-8 2320-001
Ocean and Coastal Zone Law - Casebook
3 folders
1977-1981
8 2320-001
Ocean Resources
2 folders
1963-1967
8 2320-001
Regional Water Transfers
3 folders
1965
8 2320-001
Salinity Control Project
5 folders
1975-1981
8 2320-001
Statewide Land Use Planning
4 folders
1975-1979
8 2320-001
U.S. National Research Council Water Committee
1967
9 2320-001
U.S. National Research Council Water Committee
1967
9 2320-001
U.S. Public Land Law Review Commission
2 folders
1968
9 2320-001
U.S. Senate Interior Committee
5 folders
1965-1966
9 2320-001
Washington House Program Research Office, Legislative Intern Program
3 folders
1971-1980
9 2320-001
Washington Water Research Center
1966
9 2320-001
Washington Law Review Symposium Issue (Northwest Fisheries Symposium)
2 folders
1967-1968
9 2320-001
Water Resources
2 folders
1957-1968
9 2320-001
Water Resources Planning Act
2 folders
1965-1966
9 2320-001
Water Quality Control - New System
1968-1970
10 2320-001
American Bar Association, Law of International Fisheries Committee
3 folders
10 2320-001
Association of American Law Schools, Research Committee
2 folders
1968-1970
10 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Historical Features
1975
10 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - By-Laws
undated
10 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - General Correspondence
7 folders
1976-1981
10 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Minutes and Agenda
3 folders
1976-1980
10 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Speeches and Writings
3 folders
1980-1981
10 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Financial Records
1976, 1979
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Evaluation of Training Program of NAICJA reports
1980
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Family Law/Child Welfare Training Sessions reports
1980
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Miscellaneous reports
4 folders
1977-1980
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - NAICJA, Civil Law Training Session, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1980
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - NAICJA, Indian Court Judges Training Program
1976-1977
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - NAICJA, Indian Court Judges Training Session, Reno, Nevada
6 folders
1977-1979
11 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - NAICJA, Training Sessions for Alaska Magistrates
2 folders
1979-1980
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - NAICJA, Training Sessions - Miscellaneous
2 folders
1980-1981
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Northwest Indian Judges Conference
1978-1979
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Legal Documents
1978-1979
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Grant Proposals
1978
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Notes
1976-1977
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Yakima Nation Review newsletters
2 folders
1979-1980
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Miscellaneous Newsletters
1980
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Clippings
1976-1977
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Miscellaneous
2 folders
1979-1980
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Ethics
1980-1981
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Indian Court Advisory Program
1977
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Legal Services
1979-1980
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - Long-Range Planning Program
1979
12 2320-001
National American Indian Court Judges Association - U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Evaluation Committee
2 folders
1977-1978
12-13 2320-001
W.U. Governance Committee
1971-1972
13 2320-001
W.U. Law School
4 folders
1967-1972
13 2320-001
W.U. Marine Sciences Committee
2 folders
1966-1967
13 2320-001
W.U. Sea Grant Program, Coastal Zone Management Planning Committee
2 folders
1975-1976

Accession No. 2320-005: Ralph Johnson papers, 1969-1978Return to Top

4 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, reports, speeches and writings, curriculum records; 1969-1978.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: None given, 1978-08-01

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 2320-005
General Correspondence
1 folder
1976-1977
1 2320-005
Interdepartmental Correspondence - W.U. Law School - Admissions and Readmissions Committee
1 folder
1973-1975
1 2320-005
Interdepartmental Correspondence - W.U. Law School - Curriculum Committee
1 folder
1974-1975
1 2320-005
Interdepartmental Correspondence - W.U. Law School - Dean
4 folders
1972-1975
1 2320-005
Interdepartmental Correspondence - W.U. Law School - Graduate Studies Committee
1 folder
1972-1973
1 2320-005
Interdepartmental Correspondence - W.U. Law School - Initial Appointments Committee
1 folder
1969-1975
1 2320-005
Interdepartmental Correspondence - W.U. Law School - Scholastic Standards, Examinations, and Student Affairs Committee
1 folder
1973-1975
1 2320-005
Minutes - W.U. Law School - Faculty
1 folder
1972-1975
1 2320-005
Minutes - W.U. Law School - Professors and Associate Professors
1 folder
1971-1973
1 2320-005
Minutes - W.U. Law School - Tenured Full Professors
1 folder
1970
1 2320-005
Reports
1 folder
1973-1974
1 2320-005
"Aspects of Limiting the Damages Award in a Suit for Biological Harm to Living Resources," by Gabrielle Elliot
1 folder
1976
1 2320-005
Miscellaneous speeches and writings by others
1 folder
1975-1976
1 2320-005
International Conference on Global Water Law Systems, Valencia
1 folder
1975
1 2320-005
International Conference on Water Law and Administration, Caracas
1 folder
1975-1976
1 2320-005
Northwest Indian Law Conference, Seattle
1 folder
1974-1975
1 2320-005
General and Interdisciplinary Studies 317, Indian Legal Problems - curriculum records
1 folder
1970-1974
2 2320-005
Law 534, Coastal Zone Management Seminar - curriculum records
1 folder
1970-1976
2 2320-005
Law 570, Legislation Workshop - curriculum records
1 folder
1968-1974
2 2320-005
Miscellaneous curriculum records
1 folder
1973-1976
2 2320-005
News Releases
1 folder
1973-1976
2 2320-005
Ephemera
1 folder
1977
2 2320-005
Clippings
1 folder
1974
2 2320-005
Indian Law - Comparative Indian Studies
1 folder
1972-1975
2 2320-005
Indian Law - Compensation for Loss of Treaty Right
1 folder
undated
2 2320-005
Indian Law - Indian Trust Counsel Authority
1 folder
1970
2 2320-005
Indian Law - Quinault Project
1 folder
1970-1972
2 2320-005
Indian Law - Miscellaneous
2 folders
1970-1978
2 2320-005
Open Public Meeting Act
1 folder
1972-1975
2 2320-005
Statewide 208 Study
1 folder
1976
2 2320-005
Student Research Assistantship
1 folder
1975
2 2320-005
American Bar Association, Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, Steering Committee
1 folder
1969
3 2320-005
National American Indian Court Judges Association
10 folders
1973-1977
4 2320-005
Practising Law Institute (Conference), Seattle, Denver, New York, 1974-1975
1 folder
1973-1975
4 2320-005
W.U. Environmental Studies Institute
1 folder
1972-1975
4 2320-005
W.U. Law School Promotion and Tenure Committee
1 folder
1973-1975
4 2320-005
W.U. Sea Grant Planning Committee for Coastal Zone Management
8 folders
1974-1977

Accession No. 2320-008: Ralph Whitney Johnson papers, 1977-1981Return to Top

0.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Correspondence regarding the "Revision of Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law".

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Ralph W. Johnson, 1985-09-25

Accession No. 2320-009: Ralph Johnson papers, 1964-1986Return to Top

6.42 cubic feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Content: Biographical features, correspondence, publications, curriculum files, consulting files; 1964-1986.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Mary Jane Young, 1988-09-20

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 2320-009
Biographical Features
1964-1969
1 2320-009
General Correspondence
1973-1979
2 2320-009
General Correspondence
1973-1979
3 2320-009
Miscellaneous Correspondence
5 folders
1971-1983
3 2320-009
Coastal Zone Management publications
1972-1973
3 2320-009
Indian Fishing Rights - Off Reservation publications
1970-1980
3 2320-009
Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights publications
2 folders
1978
4 2320-009
Sovereign Immunity in Tribal Courts publications
3 folders
1983-1984
4 2320-009
Indian legal history - curriculum files
2 folders
1985
4 2320-009
Barbara Lane - Political and Economic Aspects of Mid 19th Century, vols. 1 & 2
2 folders
1973
5 2320-009
Alaska Native Review Commission
5 folders
1984-1986
5 2320-009
Colville Condemnation
1980
5 2320-009
Eneas v. Eneas
1984-1985
5 2320-009
Indian Law
1981-1984
6 2320-009
Micronesia
1980-1981
6 2320-009
Northwest Intertribal Court System
1982-1983
6 2320-009
Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association
1982-1984
6 2320-009
Olney - Yakima Indian Tribe
1977-1978
6 2320-009
Papua, New Guinea
5 folders
1978-1984
7 2320-009
Port Susan Chapel
1984

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • Alaska Native Review Commission
  • Micronesia
  • Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association
  • Papua, New Guinea
  • Port Susan, Wash
  • U.S. National Research Council. Water Committee
  • U.S. Public Land Law Review Commission
  • U.S. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
  • University of Washington. School of Law

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Johnson, Ralph Whitney, 1923- (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • American Bar Association. Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section. Steering Committee (creator)
    • American Bar Association. Law of International Fisheries Commission (creator)
    • National American Indian Court Judges Association (creator)
    • Practising Law Institute (Conference), Seattle, Denver, New York, 1974-75 (creator)
    • University of Washington. College of Education. Policy, Governance and Administration Office (creator)
    • University of Washington. Institute for Environmental Studies (creator)
    • University of Washington. Marine Sciences Committee (creator)
    • University of Washington. School of Law. Promotion and Tenure Committee (creator)
    • University of Washington. University Archives
    • Washington Sea Grant Program. Coastal Zone Management Planning Committee (creator)