Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 515
Little, Theodore
Theodore Little Papers
1936-1984
5 Linear feet of shelf space
7 Boxes
Papers of Theodore Little, attorney of the Nez Perce
Tribe of Idaho, including tribal court cases, tribal constitutions, and Indian
matters. Also court case materials from his work as Asotin Port district attorney,
research papers, correspondence, and proposals concerning the Clarkston, Washington area and the
Lower Granite Dam.
Collection materials are in English
Theodore Little was born in Kettle Falls, Washington. He attended George Washington
University in Washington D.C., and while there, worked in the U.S. Department of
Commerce. He earned a master of patent law there, but municipal law became his
specialty. He moved back to Washington, and worked in Olympia in the attorney
general's office from 1938 to 1942 as an assistant. He was chief assistant from 1950
to 1953. He then moved to Clarkston, Washington, and began his career as a Clarkston
attorney. Little had been counsel for the Asotin County Port District since 1958
when it was formed. He also was the tribal attorney for the Nez Perce Indian Nation.
He also has been the past state commander of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and
their national judge advocate from 1966 to 1967. He served in combat in the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans as a commissioned naval officer in World War II.
Little also belonged to many other associations. He was the director of the Nez Perce
National Historical Park Association, and he was a past president of the Spalding
Museum Foundation. He was the past president of the Lewiston-Clarkston Kiwans Club,
the Asotin County Tuberculosis Association, chairman of the Asotin County Heart
Fund, and director of Tri-State Memorial Hospital, the Clarkston Chamber of
Commerce, and the Luna House Historical Society. He served two terms as the
Washington state chairman of the Young Men's Christian Association youth and
government legislative sessions.
The papers of attorney Theodore Little concern his work for the Nez Perce Tribe; and
his work for the Asotin County, Washington, Port District, and other commissions and
foundations he worked with in Clarkston, Washington.
The first series consists of his work when he was the Nez Perce Tribal attorney.
There is material covering Indian court cases, tribal constitutions, Indian matters,
and also papers concerning Little's work at the Nez Perce National Historical Park,
and other interests mainly concerning Indians.
The second series deals with Little's life as a Clarkston attorney. This material
consists of his work as the Asotin Port District attorney, court cases, such as the
case on John Kennedy, and the case called The County of Asotin vs. the Port of
Clarkston. Also in this series is material concerning Little's other interests
outside of work, such as papers about the Spalding Museum Foundation, The Lewis and
Clark Trail Commission, and even some research material used for speeches. There is
also a folder containing correspondence to Mrs. Eve Little.
The third series contains published work, mostly about Nez Perce reservation
valuation reports, supplementals and affidavits concerning the tribe, and also
economic and developmental summaries and proposals concerning the Clarkston area and
the Lower Granite Dam. The folders start with material about the Nez Perce, and
following that is material about the Clarkston area. The last items in this series
are two reels of microfilm concerning the Nez Perce.
The papers arranged in three series. For series one and two, the folders are ordered
by importance and amount of each category, with the largest starting out the
series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Theodore Little Papers, 1936-1984 (Cage 515)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Eve Rockwell Little of Clarkston, Washington (MS85-17).
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.
Little, Theodore -- Archives
Lower Granite Lake Dam (Wash.)
Lawyers -- Washington (State) -- Clarkston -- Records and correspondence
Nez Perce Indians -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Idaho -- Government relations
Native Americans
Civil Procesdure and Courts
Politics and Politicians
Washington (State)
Series 1: Nez Perce Indian Matters
Columbia River Indians - Hunting and
Fishing Rights and Cases
1
1
1947-1949
12 items.
1
2
1954-1959
41 items.
1
3
1960-1964
59 items.
1
4
1965-1966
36 items.
1
5
Jan, 1967- Jul, 1967
29 items.
1
6
Aug, 1967- Dec, 1967
38 items.
1
7
1968
32 items.
2
8
Columbia River Indian Fishing
Council
1965-1968
27 items
Nez Perce
2
9
Nez Perce Constitution and By-law
Changes
1947-1959
34 items
2
10
Nez Perce Constitution and By-law
Changes
1960-1968
37 items
2
11
Nez Perce Tribal Resolutions and
Decisions
1959-1969
62 items
2
12
Nez Perce Tribal Meeting
Notes
1962-1968
12 items
2
13
Nez Perce Legal Court
Documents
1953-1958
5 items
2
14
Nez Perce Investments,
Grants
1963
3 items
2
15
Nez Perce Land Cases
1964-1968
21 items
2
16
Nez Perce Land Selling
1967
5 items
2
17
Nez Perce Discrimination
Case
1965
3 items
2
18
Nez Perce Community Action Program
(CAP)
1966-1967
32 items
2
19
State of Washington Indian
Affairs
1963-1978
10 items
2
20
Nez Perce National Historical Park,
and others
1964-1977
36 items
2
21
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment
1981
2 items
2
22
Nez Perce: Chief Timothy
Park
1978-1981
22 items
2
23
Nez Perce: Red Wolf Crossing
Bridge
1967-1981
27 items
2
24
Nez Perce: Jackson Sundown
1967
8 items
2
25
Nez Perce: Anthropological
Studies
1941-1967
30 items
2
26
Nez Perce: Marmes
Rockshelter
1967-1969
9 items
2
27
Nez Perce: Miscellaneous
1953-1981
46 items
2
28
Nez Perce: Photographs
1960-1965
11 items
2
29
Nez Perce: Newspaper
Clippings
1940-1984
55 items
Series 2: Subject Files
Port of Clarkston
3
30
1958-1967
41 items.
3
31
1968
50 items.
3
32
1969
35 items.
3
33
Jan, 1970- Aug, 1970
48 items.
3
34
Sept, 1970- Dec, 1970
22 items.
3
35
1971
41 items.
3
36
1972
4 items.
3
37
1972-1976
34 items.
3
38
County of Asotin vs. Port of
Clarkston
1967-1971
54 items.
3
39
Port of Clarkston Condemnation Appeal to
Supreme Court
1966-1968
26 items.
3
40
Asotin County Port District: Buying and
Selling Land
1964-1973
68 items.
Asotin County Port District vs. Clarkston
Community Corporation
3
41
1967-1973
14 items.
3
42
1970
6 items.
3
43
Clarkston Chamber of Commerce
1970-1972
6 items.
3
44
City of Clarkston
1967-1971
15 items.
3
45
Asotin County: Airports
1947-1969
36 items.
3
46
Camas Prarie Railroad Case
1962-1966
25 items.
3
47
Lower Granite Dam
1970-1972
26 items.
John Kennedy Case
3
48
1966
50 items.
3
49
1966-1971
60 items.
3
50
1967-1968
40 items.
3
51
1971
40 items.
3
52
McCarthy and Associates (Port)
1963-1968
13 items.
3
53
E.D. McCarthy (Shopping Center,
Spokane)
1966-1968
25 items.
3
54
Port of Portland
1975
27 items.
3
55
Resolutions
1966-1971
8 items.
Washington Public Port
Association
4
56
1968-1970
37 items.
4
57
Jan 1971- Apr 1971
22 items.
4
58
May 1971-1976
46 items.
4
59
Swallows Park Marina
1964-1968
3 items.
Spalding Museum Foundation
4
60
1950-1963
41 items.
4
61
1964-1982
50 items.
4
62
Asotin County Museum and Historical
Society
1973-1977
31 items.
4
63
The Lewis and Clark Trail
Commission
1975-1982
13 items.
4
64
Lewis-Clark Convention Center
Project
1970-1971
6 items.
4
65
Inland Empire Waterways
Association
1963-1970
10 items.
4
66
Department of Social and Health
Sevices
1972
4 items.
4
67
Tourism and Travel
1966-1982
14 items.
Research Material Probably Used for
Speeches
4
68
1936-1952
15 items.
4
69
1965-1971
15 items.
4
70
1973-1976
6 items.
4
71
Maharishi International
University
1971-1973
19 items.
4
72
Ted Little: Pesonal, Historical
Material
1936-1982
32 items.
4
73
Ted Little: Personal
Micellaneous
1957-1978
37 items.
4
74
Ted Little:
Postcards
1965-1981
33 items.
4
75
Mrs. Eve Little:
Correspondence
1964-1968
19 items.
Series 3: Publications, Microfilms,
Reports
Appraisal of Nez Perce Reservation Land
ceded to U.S.A., Valuation Reports
5
76
Volume I
1957
5
77
Volume II
1957
5
78
Volume III
1957
A Survey of the Recreation and Tourist
Resources in the Nez Perce Country, The Survey Report
6
79
Volume I
1963
6
80
Volume II
1963
6
81
Memorandum and Accompanying Supplement for
the Nez Perce Tribe
1960
6
82
Affidavit Concerning Claim of Nez Perce
vs. U.S. for damages for loss of fishing due to Dalles Dam
1956
6
83
Middle Snake River Project Draft;
Environmental Impact Statement
1975
6
84
Appeal: The Puyallup Indian Tribe, Inc.,
vs. the Department of Game and Fisheries of the State of
Washington
1965
6
85
Environmental Statement: Lower Granite
Dam
1971
7
86
Federal Land Acquisition Policies and
Prodecures for the Lower Granite Lock and Dam
1971
7
87
An Economic Summary and a Comprehensive
Plan for Clarkston Port District
1970
7
88
Development Plan for the Port of Wilma;
North Clarkston
1969
7
89
Snake River Proposed Multi-Purpose
Improvement Plan Asotin Dam
1960
7
90
Asotin Lock Feasibility Study
1968
7
91
Community Economic Analysis for
Lewiston-Clarkston Urban Area
1966
Nez Perce Tribe of Indians Litigation
Documents
7
92-93
Selected documents from the National
Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75 (Bureau of
Indian Affairs), collected for Washington, D.C. law firm Wilkinson,
Boyden, Cragun & Barker in 1952 as supporting documentation for
Nez Perce litigation. Dates are primarily 1855-1863. Includes
documents related to the 1855 U.S. treaty with the Yakima and
Confederated Tribes and the 1863 Nez Perce treaty, as well as
selected correspondence.
1968
Two microfilm reels.