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George Franklin Yantis

Biographical Sketch

George Franklin Yantis was born at Olympia, Washington, on October

28, 1885. His father's family were covered-wagon pioneers. He was

educated in public schools in Olympia and graduated from the Univer-

sity of Wisconsin Law School in 1913. He practiced law in Olympia

from that date until his death. Yantis was Prosecuting Attorney of

Thurston County, 1915-1916; city attorney for Olympia, 1932-34; attor-

ney for the Port of Olympia from 1922; and attorney for PUD #1, Thur-

ston County.

His political career includes several terms as Washington State Leg-

islator, 1931-33, 1935-37, 1945; Speaker of the House for regular and

special sessions in 1933 and 1945. He served as a member of several

governmental research organizations; Northwest chairman f or the National

Resources Committee, 1937-39; member of the National Resources Planning

Board from 1939-1943.

Mr. Yantis was a lifelong Democrat. He was a member of the State and

County Bar Associations as well as the Chamber of Commerce. Yantis

died in 1947.

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YANTIS; George Franklin• 1885-1947

. Personal Papers a (1936-1949)

I. Correspondence, Incoming.

A. Individual name folders.

Name

Asoher, Charles s. Coyle, David Cushman

Delano, Frederic A.

~liot. Charles ~ .

l'-1erriam, ~liarles :~.

Hyers, Guy c.

Neal, !,fel T.

'."1 erkim1, Frances

Roosevelt, Frarklin ~.

B. ' 'iscellaneous name folders.

J rowne, I>;. r: .

Chandler, El bert :r •

Cle 7ela~d. A. A.

~g;an, Gerald

Elofson, Abie B

Erb, :)onald :,1.

Grant, John

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

Kieli ng, Vrs. Frederick H.

Kizer, B. H.

Mathias, F. w. National r;onference of

Bar Examiners

Date

1943-44

1943-46

1943-44

1943-49

1943-45

18 July 1945

1945-46

no date

27 Feb. 1941

18 July 1944

1 Aug. 1944

24 "arch 1944

27 Sept. 1943

22 July 1947

2 3ept. 1943

1944

16 March 1946

13 Jan. 1941

l :rov. 1943

1 Aug. 1944

24 Sept. 1943

No. of letters

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7

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I. Correspondence, Incoming. cont.

B. Miscellaneous name folders. cont. (one letter unless otherwise noted)

Name

Northwest Sheriff & Police Reporter

Washington. Legislature.Interi um

Date

20 Aug. 1945

Conrn. on J uvenile Delinquency 12 July 1946

Powers, ? rancis F .

Publio Administration Servi ce

Rettie, James

Si ~p son (Rev. ) , Thomas H.

Steiner, Jess~ F.

Taft, Willard " D~~e~

Thompson, irGinia

Tugwell, Rexfo rd G.

ITohleb, Joseph H.

Nov. 1943'

16 June 1945

no date

23 Aug. 1943

9 :Jept. 1943

15 June 1 945

31 \iaroh 1947

1 Aug. 1947

1 Aug . 1944

II. Corres1,ondence, Out going . 19 42-1 947. 59 l etters.

Yantis to 1

14 Jan . 1942 Kieli ng, ., r<. rS • Frederick n. 14 A ug . 1943 , Asoher, Charles ,.) . 21 .:: .. ug . 1943 Simpson (Rev. ) , Thom.as H.

30 Se pt. 1943 Herriam, Char.las J:;-' .... . 30 Sept. l :;,i3 Anderson ~ William

7 Oct. 1943 N'a t i onal Ccmferenoe of Bar 8xruniners

16 Oc t. 1 943 Egan, Gerald

26 Oct. 1943 Merrian, Charles "i' ~-2f1 Oct. 1943 Tyler, R. G.

28 Oct. 18 43 Dela.no, Frederic A.

i II. Corres ;.ondence, Out go ing. cont.

Folder No. 1/13 28 Oot. 1943 Eliot, Charles ~1.

1 Nov. 1943 21:i ot, Charles w. 3 :J ov. 1943 Kizer, B. H.

15 ~rov. 1943 Ruml, lleard,ley

~ -21 ·;· 1943 Goy lo, David Cushman

27 Dec. 1 943 Diehl, a. c. 28 J ee. 1943 Sliot, Charles '.';l

1/14 12 J an. 1944 Roose velt, Franklin D.

28 Jan. J. 944 Denni son , He nry

2 ~eb . l 91t4 Northwest Re gi onal Council

2 Feb. 1944 Bes sey , Ii. oy T.' .. 3 ? eb. 1944 r' r escott, Samuel c. 8 J' e b. 1944 Coy le, ')avid Cushman

8 Fah . 1944 ?ferriam, Che.rles r: .

28 Feb. 1944 Cleveland, .A .• A.

8 '..taroh 1944 Raver, 1' a ul J.

15 !.larch 1944 '."'j<~ l ano, Fr ederic P. .. .

15 .' '.a rch 1944 Gro.r1t, J ohn

15 : .. '. arch 1944 Merriam, Charles ,.,. i:.l e

20 :Carch 1944 Allma n , ,, u- . D.

12 ;;,p ril 1944 Anderson, 'Nillia.m

l June 1944 Bonneville Power Administration

28 JLU1e 1944 ;;lerriam, Charles CJ .

1/15 6 July 1944 Hand, Paul " ' ·•.

21 July 1 944 Brown, Sdwin c. 31 ,July 1944 Raver, I" a.ul J.

1 5 0ept. 1944 Raver, Pa ul J.

Folder No. II. Correspondence, Out 1;oing, cont.

1/15 31 Oot. 1 944 ,, . i~,erriam, Charles }~

3 :Iov. 1944 " . merriam, Charles E

14 1-lov. 1944 Remsberg. C

1 ;;ec. 1944 Caldwell, Lynton K

29 Dec. 1944 Caldwell. Lynton K

1/16 3 ;,~a.Jr 1945 \~erriam, Charles

14 :.: a.y 1945 Fussell, :~dwa.rd

14 a.y 1945 Hans en, Julia Butl er

l P Jul y l '.? 45 J eck (Robert '") ' & Associates

19 Jc1ly 1945 Beok (Robert !) , . & 1\ssociates

24 ,\. ug; . 1845 Francis, C r~

18 .Jf? C • 1915 Offi c e of St at e Audi t or

1/17 14 Jan. 1946 N ea.l, Mel

17 Jan . 1946 !Iolcomb, Si ,,. ,.. .

24 Feb. 1946 Coy l e , Davi d Cushman •-;-·. :.-.

14 \'.arch 1946 Neal, '..!e l

18 ,July i946 bane, Fr nnk

10 Oct . 1946 1'\yers, Guy .~

1/18 24 ,h l y 1947 Eettie, James

4 \ ut:; • 1947 Tuf;well, Gexford G

14 A UE • 1947 ~lofson (~r. \ .,.r s . J Abie i3

30 ::e pt. 1947 Mayor & City -~orimissioners of City of Ol y:11p ia

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III. Genealo~ioal Data. 2 items.

A. Yantis Family genealogical infonnation.

u. Campaign for U. s. Senata leaflet.

c. See also, Correspondence. Out going. 24 Aug. 1945 Francis, C B 14 Aug. 1947 Elofson (Yrs. ) Abie B

I V. Speeches, Artioals, etc. 3 items.

5 Dec. 19~5 "Bird's ~~ye Viow of Taxation in ,Va.s hington, with Comparisom1."

l Se1 t. 1939 11 Discussion of 'fax Si t imtion in the state of '.',as llini; ton."

no da.te on i;e neral topic of t axation.

V. :.a seella.neoue. 2 i toms

A. Newspaper clipping from 1 July 1940 issue of Seattle ;>. I.

n. !iewspa.per Cl i l:' ping from 1 5 March 1943 issue of The Ghristi e.n Science :.<oni tor.

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YANTIS, Georr;e Franklin• 1885-1947.

Suh-GrouPs (oa. 1943-1947) ,---

I. Bonneville ? ower Administration. ,;n• "t,. . .,.,.; - ~.

A. :r;1scellaneous Statistics. October 194:3 Dec emoer 1943 Janua .. ry 1944

3 items.

B. 'Uscellaneous corrP.spondence. ( l944-1H45) 14 items.

BPA Advi sory Council.

A. Correspondence. (1944-1945) 8 items.

B. !Jin:.,tes of i,1eei:;ings. 3 i terns. 5-6 June 1944 28-29 Sept. 1945

c. Reports. 2 items.

II • ...:ohU:1bia Valley Authority. 1944 ( ? } 2 items.

III. 8 ouncil of State Governments. 1944-1946.

A. Miscello.n~ous corres pondence. 6 items.

B. See also: 0 er!lona.l ? ap ers. Corrsspondence, I r1 c ,1r.tn~. Caldwell, Lynt on K Bane. Frank

IV. :rA. t ur e. l Re so1.,rces De velopment '.~ommittee. l item "A :..;tudy of ••• Uti li tie s of Northwest O'Ner f' ool ••• •• 4 J a n . 1946 .

v. ·ra tiona l Re s o'.ll"ce s i 'lu.nnint; Boar n. 24 :3ept. 1943 . 1 i tern.

Bee ;, lso s T' ersono.1 ? apers. Correspondence. Incoming. Delano. Frederic A Dennison, :ienry S Merriam, Charles ., Ruml, Beardsly

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~-Groupe (ca. 1943-1947). cont.

VI. ~'. orthwest Regional Council. (July 1943-March 1944)

A. Financial :,tatement.

13 . J,!iscellaneous Correspondence.

19 items.

c. See a lso s :' ersonal Pape re. Correspondence, Incoming . Besse y, R F Cleveland, A A 1~rb, ;Jonald :1 Kizer, l3 .,,·.,.,,....,v"" IT Stei ner, Jesse F

VII. :;1:,rm1, ia ';ity " la i:nin r:, ,:ommisaion. (Sept. 1945-Jan. 1946, J ul y 8 , 1946 ) '. ' i nut e s a nd '~iscella.ne ous Corre s pondence. 10 items.

VIII. h:efri r:;e rati on ue search Fouw.:ation.. l943-l 946. 35 items.

A. \ 'iscellaneous Corres i,:·ondence.

L C. :;f;a. t tl e City : la c,nini_; Commissi01, . l i. tern. Report. Proposed '' ublic Buildings Area. i/ay 1945

X. '.,oci a l 0ci ence Research Council.19,3-1945. 9 items .

A. ~-'.isc e llaneous Correspondence .

:s. Se e a lso: Perso nal . a p e rs. Correspondence, I r:c cn.L:1-: . As cher, Charl e s S

X.I . ·:as.hington. :)t ate.

,.,.. Au<li tor. (11 lee• L H 5) 1 letter.

u. Lecislature (Peb. 1945) 2 let t ers.

c. Le r.; islature. Inte ri um Committee Ap pointments (1947.1949 ) l i tern.

D. Legisle.ture. Interium Cammi ttee Appointments. Metro. Bldg. Lease.

1. Correspondence. (1945-46) 10 letters.

2. ia nutAs of ' 1eetings. 15 items. a .. July- r: ov. l ::?45 b. Jan.- '.fo r t. 1946, Jan. 1947. (incomplete)

S. Notes. 2 items.

~. Reports. 5 it ems.

E. University. President. (25 )_.:arch 1947) l letter~