Strong Family papers, 1832-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Strong family
Title
Strong Family papers
Dates
1832-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.09 cubic feet
Collection Number
0958
Summary
Correspondence, writing, clippings, diaries, legal documents, ephemera, and photographs of the Strong family, including social and political activists Lyman W. Strong, Arthur Tappan Strong, John Stoughton Strong, Sydney Dix Strong, Anna Louise Strong, and Tracy Strong, Jr.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Family of social and political activists.

Lyman W. Strong was a merchant who lived in Seville, Ohio. He was an opponent of slavery. His oldest son, Arthur Tappan Strong, died of "camp dysentery" in a Union army hospital at Ashland, Kentucky on February 28, 1862. Strongsville, Ohio was founded by John Stoughton Strong in 1816. Sydney Dix Strong moved to Seattle, Washington; the rest of the family are his direct descendants.

Tracy Strong, Jr., great nephew of Anna Louise Strong, was a youth educator in Germany for the U.S. military during and after World War II.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, writing, clippings, diaries, legal documents, ephemera, and photographs of the Strong family.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 3 accessions.

  • Accession No. 0958-002, Strong family papers, 1918-1980
  • Accession No. 0958-004, Strong family papers, 1832-1994
  • Accession No. 0958-005, Strong family papers, 1944-1988

Related Materials

Additional Strong family materials can be found in the Anna Louise Strong Papers (Manuscript Collections 1309 and 1444) in the repository.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 0958-002: Strong family papers, 1918-1980 (bulk 1930-1970)Return to Top

.83 linear feet

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writing, clippings.

Bulk of the accession is letters received by Tracy and Edith Strong from their children, Robbins, Tracy Jr. and Ruth. Robbins was in Shansi, China from 1934-1937 as a recipient of an Oberlin-Shansi Teaching Fellowship and in China again late 1940s and 1950s working for the YMCA. His letters give his impressions of China before and during the Communist revolution. Later papers are Tracy Strong Jr.'s file on Anna Louise Strong's papers and research on Anna Louise.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Tracy Strong, 11/14/1985, 1/16/1986.

Accession No. 0958-004: Strong family papers, 1832-1994 (bulk 1861-1862)Return to Top

.63 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Letters, typed transcriptions, photographs, diaries, legal documents and related items. Bulk is papers of Lyman Whitney Strong and Ruth Maria Strong, his wife. Includes letters to Lyman from his son, Arthur Tappan Strong, a soldier in the 42nd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Jeanne R. Strong, 7/22/1968.

Other Descriptive Information

  • A.L.S. = Authograph Letter Signed : Ts. = Typescript

Container(s) Description Dates
Personal Papers
Genealogy - Strong Family History Update (vol. IV), Four
Descendants of Elder John Strong His Sister and a Cousin
1994
General Correspondence
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 0958-004
E. L. Baldwin & Co. to E. M. Stiger (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1879
Marian Brown to ____ (cousin) (A.L.S.)
1858
Armeda Gibbs to Female Benevolent Society (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1847
James Patton to Jonas Whitney Jr. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1826
John Sherman to Chas S. Strong (A.L.S.)
1895
C. R. Strong to ____ Strong (brothers) (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1854
J. C. Strong to ____ (brothers) (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
Sidney Strong to ____ (uncle) (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1858
Dewey Whitney to Jonas Whitney (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1826
Milton ____ to Whitney ____ (cousins) (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1864
Eliza ____ to Susan ____ (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1849
____ to Henry Clay (Ts.)
1848
Box/Folder Accession
1/2 0958-004
Legal Documents
1862-63, undated
1/3 0958-004
Speeches And Writings
Haynes, Tamzen E. (Ts.)
1916
re. Charles Sumner Strong (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
box:oversize
Misc oversized box 10 0958-004
Land Grants (oversized)
1837
Box/Folder
1/4 0958-004
Notes
undated
1/5 0958-004
Clippings
undated
1/6 0958-004
Ephemera
1909, 1916, undated
1/7 0958-004
Miscellany
undated
John Stoughton Strong
Box/Folder Accession
1/8 0958-004
Incoming Letters
Joseph Ritchey (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1844
Rev. T. Williston (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1859
1/9 0958-004
Speeches & Writings
1916
1/10 0958-004
Financial Records
1863
1/11 0958-004
Bills Of Sale
1845
box:oversize
Misc oversized box 10 0958-004
Bills Of Sale (oversized)
1853
Box/Folder
1/12 0958-004
Wills
1857, 1863
Box/Folder Accession
1/13 0958-004
John Stoughton Strong Jr.
undated
Lyman Whitney Strong
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/17 0958-004
Amidon, G. E. S. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
1/17 0958-004
Dix, Chas H. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1869
1/14 0958-004
Garfield, James A. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
1/17 0958-004
House, E. J. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1870
1/15 0958-004
Lyon, James M. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862-63
1/17 0958-004
Lyon, William C. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1863
1/17 0958-004
Stiles, H. Linworth (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
1/16 0958-004
Strong, Arthur Tappan (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861-62
1/17 0958-004
Strong, David (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
Strong, Timothy Dowd (A.L.S.)
1868
____, Herbert (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
____, Lovina (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1832
____, Sylvia (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1865
Box/Folder Accession
1/18 0958-004
Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1848
1/19 0958-004
Legal Documents
1846
1/20 0958-004
Guardian’s Letters
1866
1/21 0958-004
Executor’s Letters
1881
1/22 0958-004
Will
1881-1882
box:oversize
Misc oversized box 10 0958-004
Bills Of Sale (oversized)
1846-1863
Box/Folder
1/23 0958-004
Pew Plate
1882
1/24 0958-004
Clippings
1881
Ruth Maria Strong (dix)
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/25 0958-004
Brown, A (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1841
Brown, Mary Anne (Ts.)
undated
Brown, Rockwell (Ts.)
1843, undated
Clark, Frances (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1964
Cramer, Mary Ann Harris (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1859
Dix, Susan F. E. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1848
Dix, William (Ts.)
1840
Douglass, U. R. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1852
Dyer, Shepard L. (Ts.)
1842
Gray, J. J. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1864
Olds, C. N. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1852
Russell, A. F. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1864
Southworth, Mary Ann B. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1846
Spencer, Harriet (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1854
Box/Folder Accession
1/26 0958-004
Stiles, M. E. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
Strong, Arthur Tappan (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861
Strong, Lyman Whitney (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1843-62
Taylor, Fanny (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1841, 1848
Warren, Jemima (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1839
____, Ben O. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1848
____, Eliza (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1848
____, Julia (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1834, 1854, 1861
____, Milton (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
____, Nara (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1858
____, Nell (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
____, Sidney (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1860?
____, Sylvia (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
____, ____ (Ts.)
1854
Box/Folder Accession
1/27 0958-004
Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1849
1/28 0958-004
Miscellany
undated
Arthur Tappan Strong
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
2/3 0958-004
Dix, Clara C. B. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
Harris, Egbert (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861
Harris, Joseph (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861
Powers, J. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861
Russell, Mary S. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
Russell, Permelia (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
Box/Folder Accession
2/3 0958-004
Strong, Dewey (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
2/1 0958-004
Strong, Lyman Whitney (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861-62
2/2 0958-004
Strong, Lyman Whitney (Jr.) (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
2/3 0958-004
Strong (Dix), Ruth Maria (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862, undated
Strong, Timothy (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
____, Robert (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1862
Box/Folder Accession
2/4 0958-004
Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1861, undated
2/5 0958-004
Diary
1862
2/6 0958-004
Legal Documents
1861
2/7 0958-004
Account Book
1834-1850
2/8 0958-004
Photographs
undated
2/9 0958-004
Miscellany
undated
Lyman Whitney Strong (Jr.)
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
2/10 0958-004
Chamberlain, U. T. (A.L.S.)
1856
2/11 0958-004
Strong, Sarah Elizabeth (A.L.S.)
1865-1872
Box/Folder Accession
2/12 0958-004
Report Cards
1878-1879
Timothy Dowd Strong
Box/Folder Accession
2/13 0958-004
Incoming Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1869
2/14 0958-004
Outgoing Letters (A.L.S.)
1865
2/15 0958-004
Diary
1858-1876
Sydney Dix Strong
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
2/16 0958-004
Blake, Henry
1916
Dix, John F.
1916
Gray, I. J.
1916
Institute of American Genealogy
1934
Strong, Dewey
1916
Strong, Fred
1898
Strong, Sarah
undated
Tracy, Russell, L.
1916
Box/Folder Accession
2/17 0958-004
Ben O. Strong
1848
Hattie Strong (Snyder)
Box/Folder Accession
2/18 0958-004
Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1885, undated
2/19 0958-004
Speeches & Writings
undated
Fanny L. Taylor
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
2/20 0958-004
Strong, Ben O. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1849
Strong, S. B. (A.L.S. & Ts.)
undated
Box/Folder Accession
2/21 0958-004
Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)
1848

Accession No. 0958-005: Strong family papers, 1944-1988Return to Top

0.63 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Accession consists mainly of materials belonging to Tracy Strong, Jr. relating to his work as a youth educator in Occupied Germany, and his aunt, Anna Louise Strong. Included are commission reports, correspondence, printed ephemera, and some photographs. There is a series of family correspondence and documents relating to the death of Anna Louise Strong and the settlement of her estate. Included are lists of books which belonged to Anna Louise Strong and correspondence related to her collections.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Strong, Tracy, 2005-07-25

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Tracy Strong, Jr.
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 0958-005
Correspondence
1948
1/2 0958-005
School Essay on Berlin's Health Problems in the American Sector
1949
1/3 0958-005
Report on Youth Activities
1946-1948
1/4 0958-005
HCOG (High Commission for Occupied Germany) Youth Program
1951
1/5 0958-005
Report on Commission on Curriculum Office of Military Government, United States
1947
1/6 0958-005
Report on the United States Social Studies Committee Office of Military Government for Germany, United States
1947
1/7 0958-005
Study of the Vocational Education Program in the US Zone of Germany
1947
1/8 0958-005
Report on Higher Education in Occupied Germany
1947
1/9 0958-005
Adult Education in the US Zone of Germany
1947
1/10 0958-005
Memo: Former Special Prisoners of War
1947
1/11 0958-005
School Wall Newspaper
1948
1/12 0958-005
Printed Ephemera, Menus, Briefs
1946-4949
1/13 0958-005
Clippings
1947-1949
1/14 0958-005
Photographs of Occupations for Amputees
undated
Series 2: Strong Family
Box/Folder Accession
1/15 0958-005
Correspondence, Clippings, Will - Anna Louise Strong
1944-1972
1/16 0958-005
Book Lists - Anna Louise Strong's Library
1972
1/17 0958-005
Correspondence, Notes, Lists - UW Libraries, Other Libraries
1968-1969
1/18 0958-005
Correspondence, Notes, Lists - UW Libraries, Other Libraries
1970-1978
1/19 0958-005
Clippings, Correspondence, Programs - Anna Louise Strong
1970-1984
1/20 0958-005
Correspondence, Clippings, Printed Ephemera - Libraries
1966-1970
1/21 0958-005
Clippings, Correspondence - Tracy Strong and University of Washington
1980-1988
1/22 0958-005
Tracy Strong Sr. Finding Aid
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • China--History--Republic, 1912-1949--Sources

Personal Names

  • Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970

Corporate Names

  • United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 42nd (1861-1864)
  • Young Men's Christian Association

Family Names

  • Strong family--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Strongsville (Ohio)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Harmon, Ruth Strong (creator)
    • Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970 (creator)
    • Strong, Arthur Tappan--Correspondence (creator)
    • Strong, Edith Adelaide Robbins (creator)
    • Strong, John (creator)
    • Strong, Lyman Whitney--Correspondence (creator)
    • Strong, Robbins--Correspondence (creator)
    • Strong, Ruth Maria, 1862-1903--Correspondence (creator)
    • Strong, Tracy, 1887-1968--Correspondence (creator)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)