Robert Thomas Hunter Papers, 1959-1976

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, agendas, articles, proposed legislation, court and attorney's rules, and other papers of Robert Thomas Hunter, much of which is related to the Washington State Judicial Council and the Bench-Bar-Press Committee of Washington, as well as efforts to revise the judicial article of the Washington State Constitution. Principal correspondents include Court Administrator A. C. Bise, Court Clerk W. M. Lowry, Washington State Judicial Council Executive Secretary L. V. Rieke, Newspaper Editor Hu Blonk, and Fellow Justice Robert C. Finley.

The Judicial Council series concerns the activities of the Washington State Judicial Council during the period 1967 through 1970. This material includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas (1969-1970), minutes and some exhibits. The Bench-Bar-Press Committee series consists primarily of correspondence and memoranda during the period 1969-1970. The series on the revision of the Judicial Article for the Washington State Constitution includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposed revisions of the judicial article, proposed legislation and journal articles. This material covers the period from 1967 through 1970. The series on judicial conferences, 1966 through 1970, includes agendas, correspondence, reports, memoranda, papers presented at various conferences as well as proposed judicial legislation. The miscellaneous series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, personal resumes, financial material, contracts for publishing Supreme Court decisions, affidavits, proposed legislation and court rules. Although the collection covers the period from 1959 through 1976, the bulk of the material is from the period 1967 through 1970.