7 containers. (5 linear feet of shelf space.) (1968 items.)
Collection Number:
Cage
515
Summary:
Material on the Nez Percé Indian Tribe
of Idaho concerning court cases, tribal constitutions, Indian matters, some
microfilm included. Also court case materials from his work as Asotin Port
district attorney, research papers, correspondence, and proposals concerning
the Clarkston area and the Lower Granite Dam.
Repository:
Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
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.
Content Description
The papers of Theodore Little span the years of 1936 through 1984.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation :
[Item Description]. Cage
515, Theodore Little
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The papers of Theodore Little are arranged in three series. 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 folders are ordered by
importance and amount of each category, with the largest starting out the
series.
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 folders are ordered the same as folders in the first
series.
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.
Acquisition Information :
The papers of Theodore Little, 1936-1984 (MS85-17), were donated to
the Washington State University Libraries by Eve Rockwell Little of Clarkston,
Washington.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Nez Perce Indian
Matters
Container(s)
Description
Columbia River Indians - Hunting
and Fishing Rights and Cases
Box
Folder
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.
Columbia River Fishing
Council
Box
Folder
2
8
1965-1968
27
items.
2
9
1947-1959
34
items.
2
10
1960-1968
37
items.
Box
Folder
2
11
Nez Perce Tribal Resolutions and
Decisons, 1959-1969
6
items.
2
12
Nez Perce Tribal Meeting
Notes, 1962-1968
12
items.
2
13
Nez Perce Legal Court
Documents, 1953-1958
7
items.
2
14
Nez Perce Investments,
Grants, 1963
3
items.
2
15
Nez Perce Indian Land
Cases, 1964-1968
21
items.
2
17
Nez Perce Discrimination
Case, 1965
3
items.
2
18
Nez Perce CAP Program, 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
Appraisal of Nez Perce
Reservation Land ceded to U.S.A., Valuation Reports
Box
Folder
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
Box
Folder
6
79
Volume I, 1963
6
80
Volume II, 1963
Box
Folder
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
Box
Folder
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
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.
Personal Names :
Little, Eve Rockwell. waps
(
donor)
Little, Theodore --Archives
(
creator)
Corporate Names :
Nez Percé Indians--Government relations
Geographical Names :
Lower Granite Dam (Wash.)
Subject Terms :
Indians of
North America--Idaho--Government relations
Occupations :
Lawyers--Washington
(State)--Clarkston--Records and correspondence
