Scope and Contents note
The Robert Day Lytle papers include a few personal files, but the bulk is selected case files representative of a Lytle’s varied practice in law. Among the more interesting cases are those involving water rights, particularly suits against the Owyee Ditch Company in 1931. Miscellaneous files include correspondence in political matters, Oregon State Bar Association, Japanese-Americans in Malheur County, and Oregon State Bar vs. Weinstein. Files with confidential attorney-client information have been destroyed.
Dates
- 1917-1963
Creator
- Lytle, Robert Day (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
Robert Lytle was born in Watertown, South Dakota and received a high school education in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He studied law in LaCrosse and elsewhere, coming to Oregon via South Dakota and Montana in 1915. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1916, and commenced his practice in Vale. From 1920-1925, Lytle was Malheur County District Attorney, and served as city attorney for Vale, 1922-1967. A Republican, Lytle was moderately active in politics.
Extent
25.5 linear feet (17 containers)
3 Unprocessed linear feet (2 rsbs)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Robert Lytle came from the Midwest to Oregon, where he began a law practice in Vale, Oregon in 1916. From 1920-1925, Lytle was Malheur County District Attorney, and served as city attorney for Vale, 1922-1967. The collection includes a few personal files, but most of the collection consists of selected case files representative of a varied practice, including cases regarding water rights. Miscellaneous files include correspondence in political matters, Oregon State Bar Association, Japanese-Americans in Malheur County, and Oregon State Bar v. Weinstein.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series: Personal Materials: Organizations, etc; Contracts; Criminal; Homestead; Irrigation Districts; Mining; Property - general; Taxes; Tort; Trusts and Estates; Water Rights; Miscellaneous.
- City attorneys -- Oregon -- Vale Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Irrigation Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Malheur County (Or.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon State Bar
- Politics and Politicians Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Practice of law -- Oregon -- Malheur County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public prosecutors -- Oregon -- Malheur County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water rights -- Oregon -- Malheur County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Day Lytle Papers
- Status
- Revise Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
