Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 684
Mallery, Joseph A., 1896-1982
Joseph A. Mallery Papers
1924-1960
1.25 Linear feet of shelf space
1 Boxes
Includes correspondence, election
campaign items, newsclippings, legal and personal documents, etc. of Joseph A. Mallery.
Collection materials are in English
Joseph A. Mallery was born near Winlock, Washington, on April 27, 1896. Before
attending college he worked as a teacher, principal, and janitor for Scantygrease
Grade School. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, for one year and
completed his degree at the University of Washington. He received his LL.B. from the
law school in 1926. That fall he was elected and served as the prosecuting attorney
for Cowlitz County until 1928. In 1928 Mallery became an assistant U.S. district
attorney in Tacoma. He worked as an assistant attorney until 1934 when he became a
justice of the peace. Shortly thereafter he also served as a police judge in Tacoma.
In 1940 he was elected Superior Court judge in Pierce County. Two years later he
became a candidate for the state Supreme Court. He won election and served on the
bench until 1962. He died twenty years later, March 2, 1982.
The papers of Washington State Supreme Court Justice Joseph A. Mallery consist of
correspondence, election campaign materials, news clippings, pamphlets, personal
writings, and legal documents, most concerning legal and judicial matters in
Washington. A large portion of the papers concern several legal cases during the
years from about 1946 to 1948. Other papers concern Justice Mallery's election
campaigns.
The papers are arranged in informal subject or topical files and simply continue practices used by Justice Mallery.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Joseph A. Mallery Papers, 1924-1960 (Cage 684)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Charles H. Sheldon had acquired the papers from Justice Mallery about 1980 while doing research on judges and courts in Washington.
The papers of Joseph A. Mallery (MS 2000-10) were gifted to the Washington State
University Libraries with the Charles Sheldon papers in March of 2000 by Patricia
Sheldon.
Preliminary Guide to the Charles “Chuck” Sheldon Papers, 1947-1997 (MS 2000.08)
Additional Washington State Supreme Court Justices papers held by Washington State University MASC:
Orris Lee Hamilton Papers, 1953-1978 (Cage 495)
Robert Thomas Hunter, 1959-1976 (Cage 25)
Warren W. Tolman Papers, 1898-1938 (Cage 4619)
John Stanley Webster Papers, 1901-1963 (Cage 459)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Mallery, Joseph A., 1896-1982 -- Archives
Millard, William J. -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Archives
Feak, J. W. (Jack W.) -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Archives
Berger, George H. -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Archives
Belknap, Clark R. -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Archives
Washington (State). Supreme Court -- History
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Archives
Judges -- Washington (State) -- Archives
Reverse discrimination -- Washington (State) -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Archives
Civil Procedure and Courts
Washington (State)
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1
Election campaign material
1940-1960
1
2
Correspondence re: election
campaigns
1948, 1950
1
3
Newspaper clippings--elections
1948-1960
1
4
Correspondence regarding Price v. Evergreen
Cemetery Co. decision
1960
1
5
Newspaper clippings re: Price v. Evergreen
Cemetery Co. decision
1960
1
6
P.U.D. case--legal forms and
decisions
1946
1
7
Correspondence re: P.U.D. case and resulting
Millard probe
1947-48
1
8
Newspaper clippings re: P.U.D.
case
1947
1
9
Newspaper clippings re: Justice Millard
probe
1947
1
10
Newspapers re: Justice Millard
probe
1947-1948
1
11
Special reports re: the Feak case
1948
1
12
Correspondence on the Feak case to and from
Clark R. Belknap, Attorney
1948-1949
1
13
Correspondence to and from Justice Mallery,
re: Feak case
1948-1954
1
14
Correspondence to Jack Feak re: Feak
case
1949
1
15
Handwritten and typescript notes on the Feak
case
1948
1
16
Legal documents related to the Feak
case
1948-1949
1
17
Legal documents related to the Feak
case
1950-1954
1
18
Newspaper clippings re: Feak case
1948-1950
1
19
Financial statements including checks, bank
statements, and correspondence
1945-1945
1
20
Marriage licenses, Justice of the Peace court,
Tacoma
1939- 1943
1
21
Newspaper clippings, misc.
1947-1953
1
22
Writings--economic essays
1933, 1936, undated
1
23
Writings--literary efforts, plays, fictional
stories, and poems
1924, undated
1
24
Personal correspondence
1944-1948, 1950,
1959
1
25
Programs for speaking engagements
1947-1951
1
26
Decisions of the Supreme Court of Washington
(publication)
1960
1
27
Annual Reports of the Prosecuting Attorney of
Cowlitz County
1927-1928
1
28
Washington State Bar News
August-October 1947, April
1948
1
29
Fraternal Order of Eagles--newspaper clippings
and flyers
1946, undated