Elmer C. Huntley Papers, 1940-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Huntley, Elmer C., 1915-1994
Title
Elmer C. Huntley Papers
Dates
1940-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
20 Linear feet of shelf space, (43 Boxes)
Collection Number
Cage 312 (collection)
Summary
The papers of Washington State Senator Elmer C. Huntley are mostly from his service in the State Senate, during the years 1966-1972. They include notices, contracts, and letters, concerning the Washington State Highway Commission and other state highway departments.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Elmer Chester Huntley, 1915-1994, served as Washington State Representative from the 9th District for five terms from 1956 to 1966. During that period he served as Chairman of the State Highway Commission. In 1966 he was elected to the State Senate and served there until 1972. During that time he was a member of the committees of Agriculture and Horticulture, Highways, Ways and Means (Appropriations), Higher Education and Libraries, and Commerce and Regulatory Agencies. In 1970 he was appointed to the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee by President Nixon. He was actively involved in local affairs, including being the Grand Master of Masons in Washington and Alaska.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Washington State Senator Elmer C. Huntley consist of subject files, constituent correspondence, various reports, and enclosures, as well as personal financial papers. The majority of the papers are from Huntley's service in the State Senate, during the years 1966-1972, and include notices, contracts, letters, concerning the Washington State Highway Commission and other state highway departments. Materials related to the legislative terms prior to 1965 are in the first series; 1965 to 1967 in the second; 1967 to 1969 in the third; 1969 to 1971 the forth; and 1971 to 1973, plus a few government related papers dated after 1973, are in the fifth series. Series six consists of personal financial records.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Elmer C. Huntley Papers, 1940-1985 (Cage 312)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The papers follow their original filing scheme. The first five series are organized by legislative terms, and personal papers make up the final series. Some unfiled items were placed in logical places in the filing arrangement.

Acquisition Information

The papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1989 and 1994 by Elmer Huntley.

Related Materials

For a more complete biography, see: Elmer C. Huntley, An Oral History. Interviewed by Sharon Boswell, Washington State Oral History Program, Office of the Secretary of State, 1996.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1. Legislative Files, 1940-1965Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Correspondence
1959
1 2
Farmer's Pocket Ledger & War Ration Books
1940 - 1951
1 3
General Telephone
1961
1 4
Highway Commission
1955-1963
1 5
Highway Commission Report on Management
1965
1 6
Highway Personnel Board, Civil Service Rule
1961
2 7
Hume Road
1955
2 8
Joint Committee on Highways
1959-1960
2 9
Joint Committee on Highways
1962-1963
2 10
Joint Committee on Highways
1963-1965
2 11
Joint Fact-finding Committee on Highways
1960-1962
2 12
Legislation and Responses
1957
3 13
Legislative Digest, Association of Washington Industries
1958
3 14
Legislative Digest, Association of Washington Industries
1959
3 15
Legislative Digest, Association of Washington Industries
1961
3 16
Legislative Digest, Association of Washington Industries
1963
3 17
Legislative Digest, Association of Washington Industries
1965
3 18
Letters I
1957
4 19
Letters II
1957
4 20
Miscellaneous Papers
1957-1964
4 21
Miscellaneous
1958-1961
4 22
Pullman Railway Merger
1961-1964
4 23
Reciprocity Commission Meeting
1963
4 24
State Parks and Recreation Commission
1957-1960
4 25
Summary of the 1963 Legislative Session
1963
4 26
U-Haul Truck Rental fleet, Report
1963
4 27
Washington Association of Wheat Growers
1954-1956

Series 2. Legislative Files, 1965-1967Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 28
Astoria Bridge, Dedication
1966
5 29
Budget Allocation Planning
1965-1979
5 30
Bureau of Public Roads
1965-1966
5 31
Call for Bids (1)
1965-1966
5 32
Call for Bids (2)
1965-1966
5 33
Cheney College Road
1965-1967
5 34
Columbia River Crossing - number 205
1965
5 35
Commission Meeting Notices
1965-1966
5 36
Commission Membership and Rules
1962-1967
5 37
Construction Progress
1965-1966
6 38
Contract Awards
1965-1967
6 39
County Gas Tax allocation
1966
6 40
Cross Sound
1965-1966
6 41
Federal Interstate
1966
6 42
Federal Safety Highway Act
1966
6 43
Ferry System
1965-1966
6 44
Ferry System
1965-1968
6 45
Fiscal Agency Law and Tax Reform
1965-1967
6 46
Gasoline Taxes
1966
6 47
Good Roads Association
1966
6 48
Governor
1965-1967
6 49
Health Insurance for Employees
1965
6 50
Highway Beautification
1965-1966
6 51
Highway Building
1965-1966
6 52
Highway Commission
1965-1966
7 53
Highway Department Reorganization
1965-1966
7 54
Highway #82, Ellensburg - Yakima
7 55
Highway Finance
1966
7 56
Highway Location and Maps
1966
7 57
Interim Highway Committee
1965-1966
7 58
Interstate System
1966
7 59
Kenite Corporation
1966
7 60
Kent Valley
1966
7 61
Lake Washington Bridge
1966
7 62
Legislature
1965-1967
7 63
Limited Access Hearing
1965
7 64
Meeting Notices
1965-1966
7 65
Miscellaneous
1965-1967
7 66
Miscellaneous Papers
1964-1968
7 67
North Crass State Highway
1966
7 68
North Division One-way Traffic
1965-1967
7 69
Oregon Freeway #205
1965
8 70
Out of State Travel
1966
8 71
Parks
1966
8 72
Peace Arch
1965
8 73
Personnel Board
1965-1967
8 74
Personnel Problems
1965-1966
8 75
Priority Programming
1966
8 76
Property Sales
1965-1966
8 77
Puget Sound Transportation Study
1965-1966
8 78
Pullman Chamber of Commerce
1965-1966
8 79
Rapid Transit
1966
8 80
Reciprocity
1966
8 81
Rights of Way
1965-1966
8 82
Roadside Rest Areas
1966
8 83
Rosalia By-pass
1965-1966
8 84
Seattle Streets and Connections
1965-1966
9 85
Signing
1966
9 86
Speeches
1966
9 87
Spokane Freeway
1965-1966
9 88
Sprague By-pass
1966
9 89
State Patrol
1965-1967
9 90
Steptoe Canyon
1966
9 91
Toll Bridge
1965-1967
9 92
U.S. Highway #12
1966
9 93
Vancouver FAI 205
1965
9 94
Weights and Measures
1966
9 95
Western Association of State Highway Officials
1966
9 96
Agriculture
1968-1969

Series 3. Legislative Files, 1967-1969Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 97
Appointment
1968
9 98
Comprehensive Plan for the Port of Whitman County
1967
9 99
Correspondence
1966-1970
10 100
Data Processing, Report
1968-1969
10 101
Department of Institution
1967-1968
10 102
Education
1967-1968
10 103
Education, Interim Committee
1967-1968
10 104
Education, Joint Committee
1968
10 105
General Telephone
1967
10 106
Governor
1968
10 107
Highway and Ferries
1966-1967
11 108
Highway Commission
1968
11 109
Highway Interim Committee
1968
11 110
Highway Planning
1967
11 111
Highway Planning
1968
12 112
Highways
1967-1968
12 113
House Bill 191, Senate Resolution no.1969 Ex.73
1969
12 114
Interim Committees
1967-1969
12 115
Interim Education Committee
1967-1969
12 116
Klemgard, E Neal
1968
12 117
Legislation
1967-1968
12 118
Legislative Digest
1967
12 119
Legislative Expense
1966-1968
12 120
Letters of Appreciation and others
1969
12 121
Meetings
1969
12 122
Migrant Housing Regulation
1960; 1968
12 123
Miscellaneous (1)
1967-1969
13 124
Miscellaneous (2)
1967-1969
13 125
Patrol, Washington State
1968
13 126
Personal Papers
1965-1970
13 127
Political
1968
13 128
Population of Whitman County
1968
13 129
Pullman Radio Station KPUL
1967
13 130
Radio, TV, Press Release
1969
13 131
Schools
13 132
Senate Comparing
1968
13 133
Senate Election
1968
13 134
Senate Resolutions
1969
14 135
Steptoe Canyon Highway
1967-1969
14 136
Tax
1967-1968
14 137
Telephone Company
1967-1969
14 138
Toll Bridge
1967-1969
14 139
Washington State University
1968

Series 4. Legislative Files, 1969-1971Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 140
Abandoned Vehicles (Judicial)
1969
14 141
Abortion, SB.286 (1)
1969
14 142
Abortion, SB.286 (2)
1969
15 143
Abortion, SB.68, HB.67
1970
15 144
Aeronautics
1969-1970
15 145
Agriculture
1969-1970
15 146
Air Transportation (Short Haul) for the West Region
1969
15 147
Air Transportation Program (Short Haul), Western Region
1970
15 148
Air Transportation Program (Short Haul)
1968-1970
15 149
Allinson Inc.
1970
15 150
Appellate Court
1969
15 151
Applications, Correspondence
1969-1970
15 152
Appointments
1969-1970
15 153
Appropriations (Ways and Means)
1969-1970
15 154
Attorney General Opinion
1969-1970
16 155
Beef Commission Bill, SB 382, HB 346
1969
16 156
Bills for 1971-72 Session
1970
16 157
Books for Private Schools, SB 625,
1969
16 158
Campus Unrest
1970-1971
16 159
Cities
1969-1970
16 160
Code of Ethics Financial Statement
1970
16 161
Committee Lists
1969
16 162
Community College, Funding
1970
16 163
Community College, Vocational Education HB 739
1969
16 164
Concurrent Resolution no. 15, House
1969
16 165
Concurrent Resolution no. 15, Senate
1969
16 166
Correspondence
1969-1971
16 167
Correspondence (general)
1970
16 168
Counties Association
1970
16 169
Data Processing Advisory Committee (meetings 12-20, 23-24) Minutes, Memoranda, Reports and other Papers
1968-1970
17 170
Deaconess Hospital
1969-1970
17 171
Delinquent Tax Interest Proceeds SB 374; SB 542 Clerk for County Commission
1969
17 172
Education
1969-1970
17 173
Education, Private and Necessary School District Fund
1969-1970
17 174
18-year-old Votes
1970
17 175
Employment
1969
17 176
Environmental Improvement
1970
17 177
Forced School Consolidation, SB 423, 574
1969
17 178
40-Mill Tax Limit Committee
1969
17 179
Game Department
1969
17 180
General Correspondence
1969
17 181
General Telephone
1969-1973
18 182
Governor
1969-1971
18 183
Group Tours
1969
18 184
Higher Education
1970
18 185
Higher Education Committee
1970
18 186
Higher Education and Libraries
1969
18 187
Highway Correspondence
1969-1970
18 188
Highway Expenditures in East Washington
1970
18 189
Highway Planning Study
1967-1968
19 190
Highway Planning, Sub-committee
1969-1970
19 191
House Bill 325, 389 (Senator W.C. Raugust)
1969
19 192
Hunting License Fee Increase
1970
19 193
Industrial Insurance
1968-1970
19 194
In Lieu of Taxes -Pullman Schools (SB 308)
1969
19 195
Institutions (SB 67)
1969
19 196
Interim Committee
1969-1971
19 197
Interim Highway Planning Sub-committee
1970
19 198
Inventory Tax B and O (SB 747) etc.
1969
20 199
Joint Committee on Highways
1969-1971
20 200
Joint Committee on Highways
1970
20 201
Justice Court
1969
20 202
Klemgard - Whitman Port
1969-1970
20 203
Labor and Industries
1969-1970
20 204
Landscape Architects, SB 217
1969
20 205
League of Women Voters of Pullman
1969
20 206
Legislative
1970
20 207
Legislative Digest, association of Washington Industries
1969
20 208
Letters Re Specific Bills
1969
20 209
Liquor Board
1970
20 210
Lobbying by State Agency
1969
20 211
Miscellaneous
1969-1971
21 212
Mutual Savings, SB162, HB131
1969
21 213
National Highway Safety Advisory Committee
1968-1971
21 214
National Highway Safety advisory Committee
1970-1971
21 215
National Highway Safety Bureau
1970
21 216
News Release (Huntley)
21 217
Nurses
1969
21 218
Nursing Home
1969
21 219
Open Space, House Bill 22, Senate Bill 5
21 220
Parks
1960-1970
21 221
Patrol And Drivers License
1969-1970
21 222
Planning and Community Affairs
1969-1970
21 223
Proposed Legislation on Highway
1970
21 224
Public Assistance, Health
1970
21 225
Public Assistance Institution
1969-1970
21 226
Public Health
1969
21 227
Pullman By-pass
1970
21 228
Recommendations and Congratulations
1970
21 229
Remote and Necessary Schools
1970
21 230
Request for Bills
1969
21 231
Retired State Employees, SB316
1970
21 232
Retirement
1969-1970
22 233
Retirement, SB763
1969
22 234
Retirement system Cost
1970-1971
22 235
Revenue (Taxes),
1970
22 236
Schools
1969
22 237
Senate Bill 190, Basic Science Law
1969
22 238
Short Haul
1970
22 239
Short Haul Air Transportation Study
1970
22 240
Special Levy Study Committee
1970
22 241
State Boards and Commissions, Governor's Appointment
1969
22 242
State Legislative Sessions (News Release)
1970
22 243
Students
1969
22 244
Taxation Correspondence
1969
22 245
Taxes
1969-1970
22 246
Tax on Health Insurance, SB601, HB696
1969
23 247
Toll Bridge
1969-1970
23 248
Tool Bridge Authority
1970
23 249
Toll Bridge Authority, Minutes
1968-1970
23 250
Transportation Department
1969-1971
24 251
Unemployment Compensation
1970
24 252
Uniform Traffic Code
1969
24 253
Washington State Patrol
1969
24 254
Washington State University
1969
24 255
Water Resources
1969-1970
24 256
Wine Bill, HB100
1969

Series 5. Legislative Files, 1971-1973Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
24 257
Air Transportation
1971-1972
24 258
Agricultural Research and Extension service
1971
24 259
Agriculture
1971
24 260
Allinson Inc.
1974-1975
24 261
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators 38th Annual Conference
1971
24 262
Application for Jobs
1971-1972
24 263
Appointment and Recommendations
1971-1972
24 264
Attorney General
1971
24 265
Attorney General
1972
24 266
Bank
1969-1973
24 267
Bank Board
1973-1976
25 268
Bank Board
1977-1981
25 269
Bank Board
1978-1979
25 270
Bank Board
1982-1983
25 271
Budget, Department of Highways
1970-1973
25 272
Budget, HB151
1971
25 273
Budget
1972
25 274
Cities
1971-1972
25 275
Cemetery Districts SB8
1971
25 276
Committee Assignments
1971
25 277
Community College
1971
25 278
Community College
1972
26 279
Correspondence
1971
26 280
Correspondence
1972
26 281
Correspondence
1972
26 282
Courts
1971
26 283
Data Processing
1971
26 284
Data Processing
1971-1972
26 285
Data Processing
1972
26 286
Day File
Jan-Feb 1971
27 287
Day File
March-May 1971
27 288
Deaconess Hospital
1970-1971
27 289
Deaconess Hospital
1971-1972
27 290
Deaconess Hospital Foundation
1977-1980
27 291
Department of Transportation
1972
27 292
Department of Social and Health Services, Report
1972
27 293
Director of Agriculture
1971-1973
27 294
Driver Examining Service in Davenport
1971
27 295
Ecology, Department of
1971-1972
27 296
Education
1971-1972
28 297
Education, Joint Committee
1971-1972
28 298
El Katif Temple Shrine Club
1971-1974
28 299
El Katif Temple Shrine Club
1975-1976
28 300
Ferry Food Service (1)
1972
29 301
Ferry Food Service (2)
1972
29 302
Ferry Food Service (3)
1972
29 303
Ferry Food Service (4)
1972
29 304
Ferry Food Service, Saga (1)
1972
29 305
Ferry Food Service, Saga (2)
1972
29 306
Ferry Food Service, Saga (3)
1972
29 307
Fertilizer Applicators
1971-1972
29 308
Flood Situation
1972
29 309
Game Department
1972
29 310
General Correspondence
Jan. 1971
30 311
General Correspondence
Feb. 1971
30 312
General Correspondence
March 1971
30 313
General Correspondence
April 1971
30 314
General Correspondence
May 1971
31 315
General Correspondence
Jan-Feb. 1972
31 316
Governor
1971-1972
31 317
Governor's Appointment
1971
31 318
Governor's Press Conference
1971
31 319
Grain Elevator, SB61
1971
31 320
Guns, SB141
31 321
Higher Education
1971-1972
31 322
Higher Education, Senate Resolutions
1971-1972
31 323
Highway Department
1971-1972
31 324
Highway Functional Classification
1972
31 325
Highway Safety Conference, Regional
1971
31 326
Highways, State Patrol, Toll Bridge Authority
1970-1971
32 327
House Bills 228, 47, 112; Senate Bill 438
1972
32 328
Huntley Travels
1973-1978
32 329
Huntley Used Car Bill
32 330
Industrial Insurance
1972
32 331
Intermediate School District
1972
32 332
Institution Closure
1971
32 333
Invitations
1971
32 334
Job applications
1969-1972
32 335
Job Application and Recommendations
1971
32 336
Job Application and Recommendations
1975-1988
32 337
Joint Board of Legislative Ethics
1972
32 338
Joint Committee on Education
1971
32 339
Joint Committee on Higher Education
1971
32 340
Joint Committee on Higher Education, Faculty Bargaining
1972
32 341
Joint Committee on Higher Education, Various Studies
1971
33 342
Judges
1972
33 343
Klemgard, Neal
1971
33 344
Labor
1971
33 345
Liquor
1971
33 346
Legislative Ethics, Board of
1972
33 347
Legislative Ethics, Lobbying
1971
33 348
Legislative Digest (1)
1971
33 349
Legislative Digest (2)
1971
34 350
Legislative Digest (3)
1971
34 351
Legislative Transportation Committee
1971-1972
34 352
Letters of Regret, Election
1972
34 353
Library Development
1971
34 354
Meeting Notice
1971
34 355
Mental Health
1971-1972
34 356
Miscellaneous
1971-1972
35 357
Miscellaneous
1972-1979
35 358
Miscellaneous Papers
1970-1972
35 359
Motor Vehicles
1971-1972
35 360
Motor Vehicle Taxes
1972
35 361
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1973
35 362
Navy League
1981
35 363
News Release
1971
35 364
"No Fault"
1972
35 365
Noise Control
1972
35 366
Nursing Homes
1972
35 367
Open Spaces Bill
1972
35 368
Page applications
Jan. 1971
35 369
Park, Letters from Franz
1971
35 370
Parks,
1972
35 371
Patrol
1971-1972
35 372
Pension Data
1971
35 373
Personal Correspondence
1968-1973
35 374
Personal Correspondence
1974-1977
35 375
Politics
1971-1972
35 376
Port District
1971-1972
35 377
Postal Regulations
1971
35 378
Press Release
1972
35 379
Public assistance
1971-1972
35 380
Public School Employees' Wage Increase
1972
35 381
Pullman By-pass, Design Hearing
1971
35 382
Retirement
1971-1972
35 383
Retirement, SB522
1971
36 384
Road Equipment Rental
1971
36 385
Roll Call Transcript, Senate
1972
36 386
Schools
1971
36 387
School Weighting & Funding Problems
1971-1972
36 388
Senate, Republican Caucus
1969-1972
36 389
Social and Health Service Department
1971-1972
36 390
Sprague-Limited Access #23 1-90
1978
36 391
State Employees and Government Expenditure
1971
36 392
State Employees Retirement
1972
36 393
Suggested News Letters From Caucus
Jan.1972
36 394
Sunset Life Insurance Board
1973-1974
36 395
Taxes
1971
36 396
Taxes
Jan.1972
36 397
Taxes
1970-1972
36 398
Teachers Salaries Outside Formula
1971
36 399
Telephone
1971-1972
36 400
Telephone Lists, General Information
1971
36 401
Toll Bridge Authority
1971
36 402
Toll Bridge Authority (1)
1971-1972
36 403
Toll Bridge Authority (2)
1971-1972
37 404
Training Release
1972
37 405
Transportation
1972
37 406
Transportation and Utilities Commission
1973
37 407
Transportation Committee
1971-1972
37 408
Transportation Committee
1972
37 409
Transportation Committee, Legislative
1972-1973
37 410
Transportation Department
1971-1972
37 411
Unit Pricing
1972
37 412
Veto Message
1972
37 413
Voucher System for K-12 Education, SB407, Opposition to
1972
37 414
Washington State Association of Counties
1972
37 415
Washington State University
1969-1972
37 416
Water Resources Program
1972
37 417
Western States Highway Council
1970-1971
37 418
Western States Highway Council
1972
37 419
Wheat, Winter Kill (Buctrit & Bronate Wheat Case)
1973-1976

Series 6. Personal Files, 1947-1985 Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
38 420
Farms
1973-1980
38 421
Farm Income
1974
38 422
Farm Income
1975
38 423
Farm Income
1976
38 424
Farm Income
1977
38 425
Farm Income
1978
38 426
Farm Income
1979
38 427
Farm Income
1980
38 428
Farm Income
1981
38 429
Farm Income
1982
38 430
Farm Income
1983
38 431
Farm Income
1984
38 432
Investments
1974-1982
38 433
Magee Estates
1981-1985
38 434
Personal Business, 1970 Chevrolet Truck Purchase
1972
38 435
Personal Business (Wheat)
1969-1971
39 436
Personal Expenses
1947-1948
39 437
Personal Expenses
1949
39 438
Personal Expenses
1954
39 439
Personal Expenses
1955
39 440
Personal Expenses
1966
39 441
Personal Expenses
1967
40 442
Personal Expenses
1968
40 443
Personal Expenses
1969
40 444
Personal Expenses
1970
40 445
Personal Expenses
1971
41 446
Personal Expenses
1972
41 447
Personal Expenses
1973
41 448
Personal Expenses
1974
41 449
Personal Expenses
1975
41 450
Personal Expenses
1976
41 451
Personal Expenses
1977
42 452
Personal Expenses
1978
42 453
Personal Expenses
1979
42 454
Personal Expenses
1980
42 455
Personal Expenses
1981
42 456
Personal Expenses
1982
43 457
Personal Expenses
1983
43 458
Personal Expenses
1984
43 459
Personal Income
1966
43 460
Personal Income
1967
43 461
Personal Income
1968
43 462
Personal Income
1969
43 463
Personal Income
1970
43 464
Personal Income
1971
43 465
Personal Income
1972
43 466
Personal Income
1973
43 467
Personal Matters
1969-1973
43 468
Travel Expense Voucher
1965-1972

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Legislators -- United States -- Archives
  • Roads -- Government policy -- Washington (State)

Personal Names

  • Huntley, Elmer C., 1915-1994 -- Archives

Corporate Names

  • Washington State Highway Commission

Geographical Names

  • Washington (State) -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources