Lon Johnson Papers, 1912-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Johnson, William Lon
Title
Lon Johnson Papers
Dates
1912-1967 (inclusive)
Quantity
232 containers., (98 linear feet of shelf space.), (71, 300 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 195
Summary
Correspondence, business records, professional papers, working papers, legal instruments, clippings and miscellany, relating to personal affairs, Johnson's political career and public service, his law practice, the Superior Court of Stevens County, the Consolidated Mining and Smelting of Trail, British Columbia, the Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company, and the International Joint Commission (of Canada and the United States).
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 for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers in this collection are those accruing from more than fifty years of private, public, and professional services, consisting of:

  • Correspondence, working papers, newspaper clippings, and miscellany related to Mr. Johnson's public service and political career, arranged alphabetically and by subject;
  • Personal and office correspondence interfiled with business records, arranged alphabetically by year;
  • Professional papers, materials, and legal instruments used in litigation and other services composing the practice of law, - claims, estate probate, wills, guardianships, counsel, and miscellaneous matters interfiled and arranged in a single alphabet; and,
  • Correspondence and official and legal papers from the Bench of the Superior Court of Stevens County.

The correspondence contains letters to and from Herbert Hoover, Miles Poindexter, Wesley Livsey Jones, Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, Clarence Daniel Martin, Roland Hill Hartley, J. Edgar Hoover, Ernest O. Holland, Fred Thomas Dubois; to and from a long list of national and state politicians and persons of regional importance.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The literary rights in the unpublished writings of Mr. Johnson in these papers have been dedicated to the public, except that these rights are reserved to Mr Johnson's daughters Mrs. Doris Johnson Edwards and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson Hawes during their lifetimes.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 195, Lon Johnson Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The papers of William Lon Johnson, Attorney, Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Superior Court Judge, were given to the Washington State University Library over the period 1963-1966 by Mr. Johnson. A further set of papers was donated after Mr. Johnson's death in 1967, and was added as an extension at the end of this collection.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Political and Public ServiceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Autobiography (1963), portraits, certificates, and miscellany.
2
Senate campaigns
 1918; 1921
Lieutenant Governor campaign: Correspondence and miscellany
 1924
Box
3
A-J
4
K-Z
Lieutenant Governor
 1925-1928
Correspondence
Box
5
A-F
6
G-K
7
L-O
8
P-Z
Box
9
Senate business, Committees
10
Salary and expenditures
11-12
Scrapbooks (microfilm), newspaper clippings, speeches, rosters, roll-calls, and miscellany
Box
13
Republican Party business and affairs Political campaigns
 1927-1936

Series 2: Correspondence and Business RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
14
1912-1914
15
1915-1916
1919
Box
16
A-G
17
H-M
18
N-Z
1920
Box
19
A-L
20
M-Z
Box
21
American Legion and Veteran's Affairs
 1920-1922
22
1921
23
Columbia Basin Project (gravity plan)
 1921-1928
24
1922
25
1923
26
1924
27
1925
1926-1928
Box
28
A-C
29
D-Q
30
R-Z
1929
Box
31
A-F
32
G-Z
Box
33
Farm and city residence
 1929-1939
1930
Box
34
A-F
35
G-Z
1931
Box
36
A-H
37
I-Z
1932
Box
38
A-I
39
K-Z
Box
40
1933
41
1934
1935
Box
42
A-S
43
T-Z
1936
Box
44
A-L
45
M-Z
Box
46
1937
47
1938
48
1939
49
1958

Series 3: Professional FileReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
50
Abbey - Alderson
51
Allen - Anderson
52
Andrews - Auto
53
Bahm - Bartol
54
Barton - Bevins
55
Bisbee - Bosworth
56
Bouch - Bozarth
57
Bradley - Brogan
58
Brown - Bunker
59
Burcham - Butler
60
Cagle - Campbell
61
Cannon - Cartwright
62
Case - Charlton
63
Chelan - Coffin
64
Cole - Columbia
65
Colville - Consolidated District
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Ltd.
Box
66-68
Correspondence
69-82
Litigation
83-86
Reports
87-89
Appraisals
Box
90
Corbett - Crowe
91
Cuff - Curry
92
Dailey - Delaney
93
Delva - Dingle
94-95
Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company
96
Domitrovich - Draper
97
Dronkers - Dyes
98
Earhart - Ehorn
99
Eldred - Elsaesser
100
Empey - Exley
101
Fager - Feulner
102
First - Fortune
103
Foster - Fuhr
104
Gagnon - Gillingham
105
Gilmore - Gleason
106
Gookey - Gottbeheut
107
Graham - Gwinnup
108
Haas - Hansen
109
Harbour - Harvey
110
Hatcher - Hauver
111
Hayden - Hays
112
Heide - Holbrook
113
Holford - Hubert
114
Huffman - Hyytiainen
115
Ickes - Ireland
116
Jackson - Janneck
117
Janni - Jett
118
Johnson
119
Jones - Juvet
120
Karasek - King
121
Kirk - Klement
122
Knapp - Kruchman
123
Laface - Lawson
124
Leader - Littleton
125
Lockhart - Lyons
126
McAvin - McCumber
127
McDonald - Mackey
128
McLoughlin - McWilliam
129
Madden - Malley
130
Marble - Mastling
131
Mathis - Meyers
132
Michaels - Mitchell
133
Mohler - Mowrey
134
Mulford - Myhr
135
Naff - Nelson
136
Netherlands-American Mortgage Bank
137
Neumann - Newton
138
Nichols - Niles
139
Noble - Norman
140-141
Northport Power and Light Company
142
Northport State Bank
143-144
Northwest Magnisite Company
145
Nugent - Nuse
146
Oakshott - Ogden
147
Old Dominion Mining and Milling Company
148
Old National - O'Toole
149
Paglini - Paulsen
150
Pearson - Penzig
151
Perkins - Peterson, Mabel
152
Peterson, Ole
153
Peterson, Otto - Pitman
154
Plantz - Prall, Lucretia
155
Prall, W.J. - Quinn
156
Rader - Reynolds
157
Rhinehart - Rioth
158
Roath - Rogers
159
Rose - Rotter
160
Rule - Ryan
161
Sacher - Sax
162
Schall - Scott
163
Seale - Shriner
164
Silke - Sophion
165
Spokane - State Highway
State of Washington
Box
166
Ayers - Guenther
167
Hartley - Prouty
168
Rapp - Westensee
Box
169
Stayner - Stensger
170
Stevens - Storkan
171
Strange - Sweezy
172
Tait - Terrio
173
Terry - Thomas
174
Thompson - Townsend
175
Traders - Twenty
176
Uderman - Union
177
United - Upton
178
Van Allen - Voss
179
Waddell - Watkins
180
Weatherlow - Weitensteiner
181
Welk - Western
182
Wheatley - Winslow
183
Wold - Wynn
184
Yaeger - Zwang

Series 4: Legal FileReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
185
Instructions to juries
Correspondence
 1938-1958
Box
186
A-B
187
C-F
188
G-I
189
J
190
Johnson: Political
191
K-M
192
N-Q
193
R-S
194
T-V
195
W
196
X-Z

Series 5: Later ExtensionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Business and Professional Correspondence A-D
 1939-1943
2
Business and Professional Correspondence E-K
 1939-1943
3
Business and Professional Correspondence L-P
 1939-1943
4
Business and Professional Correspondence Q -S
 1939-1.943
5
Business and Professional Correspondence T-Z
 1939-1943
6
Business and Professional Correspondence A-D
 1952-1967
7
Business and Professional Correspondence E-I
 1952-1967
8
Business and Professional Correspondence J
 1952-1967
9
Business and Professional Correspondence K-P
 1952-1967
10
Business and Professional Correspondence S-Z
 1952-1967
11
Business Records and Correspondence
 1920-1949
12
Business Records and Correspondence
 1925-1954
13
Business Records and Correspondence
 1937-1945
14
Business Records and Correspondence
 1937-1952
15
Business Records and Correspondence
 1949-1965
16
Professional Papers - Legal Materials
 1913-1924
17
Professional Papers - Legal Materials
 1960-1966
18
Professional Papers - Legal Materials
 1960-1966
19
Misc. Legal Record Books
20
Misc. Legal Record Books
21
Misc. Legal Record Books
22
Business Records, Publications, and Documents
 1902-1948
Dominian Silver Lead Mining Company:
Box
23
Business Records
 1949-1958
24
Misc. record Books
25
Misc. Record Books
26
Misc. Record Books
27
Misc. Record Books
28
Professional and Business Correspondence
 1947-1957
29
Professional and Business Correspondence
 1947-1957
Box
30
Misc. Personal Correspondence
 1932-1967
31
Misc. Publications and Newspaper Clippings
 1925-1967
32
Professional Books
33
Correspondence and Records Pertaining to Doris M. Johnson (daughter)
 1928-1931
34
Letters of sympathy following Lon Johnson's Death
 May, 1967
35
Misc. Photographs
 1906-1964
Certificates:
Box
36
U.S. Supreme Court Attorney
 1928
36
Attorney and Law Counselor
 1912
36
Attorney at Law
 1915
36
Lieutenant Governor
 1925
36
Superior Court Judge
 1939
36
Superior Court Judge
 1956
Photos:
Box
Oversized
Washington State Legislature
 1927
Oversized
Washington State Senate
 1921
Oversized
Washington State Senate
 1925

Finding aid prepared by Earle Connette
2012

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