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Mark A. Matthews papers, 1884-1978
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940
- Title
- Mark A. Matthews papers
- Dates
- 1884-1978 (inclusive)18841978
- Quantity
- 13.38 cubic feet (36 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 0097, 2757
- Summary
- Papers of a Presbyterian minister who was active in Seattle, Washington, 1902-1940.
- 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
-
No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Mark Matthews was minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Seattle from 1902 until his death in 1940. During that time he had a significant role in Seattle's history.
Matthews's life reflects many of the currents and tensions that prevailed in America from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Second World War. He was deeply aware of the change in America from a rural orientation to an urban and industrialized one. Involved with the progressive movement, he found the implications of the First World War and the radical labor movement in Seattle threatening. In this context Matthews fought to make the Church a moving force within society and preserve his concept of religious orthodoxy. This led him to become a proponent of fundamentalism and an opponent of modernism within the Presbyterian church.
Born in Calhoun, Georgia, on September 24, 1867, Matthews received his formal education at the town's local academy. He was ordained there in 1887, and after brief ministries in Calhoun and Dalton, Georgia, he accepted a ministry in Jackson, Tennessee. Clearly part of the social gospel movement, Matthews attempted to adapt the church to urban conditions. During his years in Jackson, 1896-1901, he was instrumental in building a hospital, organizing a night school, and founding a local humane society. His work as an organizer and preacher earned him an honorary doctorate from Tennessee Normal University and soon after, a call to become minister to Seattle's First Presbyterian Church.
Matthews viewed himself as a progressive with the dual mission of expanding his church and rooting out the corruption prevalent in Seattle at that time. Membership in his congregation grew to ten thousand, the largest Presbyterian church in the world. At the same time, he waged active campaigns against Seattle mayors, police chiefs, business leaders, saloon keepers, and others whom he perceived as evil.
By 1912 Matthews had been elected moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. This led to a close association with Woodrow Wilson, and Matthews became a frequent guest at the White House. As Wilson's devoted follower, Matthews began to consider opponents of Wilson as well as Seattle's radical labor leaders in the International Woodworkers of the World grave threats to the security of the nation. Consequently he became increasingly conservative, calling for restriction of immigration and repressive measures in the context of the red scare of the 1920s, and increasingly strident in his support for such issues as Prohibition, fundamentalism, and William Jennings Bryan's crusade against the teaching of evolution. Strongly opinionated, Matthews made many enemies, but he also had thousands of devoted followers. While his theology was relatively simple, his life reveals the complexity of forces working in America as this Southerner in the Pacific Northwest attempted to lead Seattle to his own particular vision of righteousness.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers include correspondence, sermons, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical materials, and reports. Correspondence includes Matthews's extensive correspondence with Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1921, materials documenting Matthews's use of the Burns Detective Agency in ascertaining the "moral condition" of Seattle during the years 1911 to 1916, and his correspondence with William Short relating to unions. Also included is Matthews's correspondence with his son, Mark Matthews, Jr., from 1924 to 1940. Matthews's writings include an almost complete collection of his sermonettes and a miscellaneous assortment of sermons, sermon notes, speeches, and other writings. The Presbyterian Hospital papers contain limited documentation of Matthews's years as president of the Presbyterian Hospital and Sanitarium in Jackson, Tennessee.
Additional correspondents include Wesley Livsey Jones, James Theodore Ronald, William Gibbs McAdoo, Clarence C. Dill, J. Edgar Hoover, Clarence D. Martin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Organizations represented in the papers include the First Presbyterian Church of Seattle; the Presbyterian Hospital of Jackson, Tennessee; and the King County Medical Society Hospital Committee.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Two volumes of the scrapbooks included in Accession No. 0097-002 have been copied to 1 microfilm reel (negative). The microfilm forms Accession No. 2757-001.
Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 accessions:
- Accession No. 0097-002
- Accession No. 0097-003
- Accession No. 0097-004
- Accession No. 2757-001
Custodial History
After his death, many of Matthews's files were destroyed. Those that were kept were moved to California by his family. Most of the bound sermons were deposited at the University of California by Mrs. James Rice in April 1960. In 1979 the papers were transferred from California to the University of Washington Library's Special Collections Division.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 0097-002: Mark A. Matthews papers, 1901-1938Return to Top
- Personal papers
- Presbyterian Hospital records
Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, sermons, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, and related papers, 1901-1938.
Matthews's writings include an almost complete collection of his sermonettes (45 bound volumes for the years 1902 to 1939) and a miscellaneous assortment of sermons, sermon notes, speeches, and other writings.
The 21 bound scrapbooks, possibly compiled by Matthews, contain mostly newspaper clippings (primarily articles about Matthews) together with some memorabilia and photographs.
Matthews's extensive correspondence with Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1921 on both public and private matters is well documented in the papers. Also of interest is the correspondence documenting Matthews's use of the Burns Detective Agency in ascertaining the "moral condition" of Seattle during the years 1911 to 1916 and his correspondence with William Short relative to the arbitration of differences between unions and laundry owners.
The Presbyterian Hospital series contains limited documentation of Matthews's years as president of the Presbyterian Hospital and Sanitarium in Jackson, Tennessee. Papers include general correspondence, financial records, stock certificates, legal documents and reports for the years 1897-1899. This series is the only documentation of Matthews's years prior to his arrival in Seattle in 1902.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Acquisition Info: Gift of Mrs. James Rice on April 26, 1960; Mrs. Mark Matthews, Jr. in April 1979; and Mrs. Edwin N. (Gwladys Matthews) Scott in June 1979.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Personal papers
Arrangement:
Arranged by type of document.
|
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| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1-2 | 0097-002 | Biographical or historical
information |
undated |
General
correspondence |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/3 | 0097-002 | Aa-Al,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 1/4 | 0097-002 | American Asiatic
Association |
1914 |
| 1/5 | 0097-002 | Am-Az,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 1/6 | 0097-002 | Baker, George |
1919 |
| 1/7 | 0097-002 | Beck, Dave |
1932, 1938-1939 |
| 1/8-10 | 0097-002 | Ba-Bul,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 1/11 | 0097-002 | Burke, Thomas |
1919, 1924, 1926 |
| 1/12-18 | 0097-002 | Burns Detective
Agency |
1911-1912, 1916 |
| 1/19-27 | 0097-002 | Ca-Gt,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 1/28 | 0097-002 | Guthrie, Charles
E. |
1920, 1931 |
| 1/29-30 | 0097-002 | Ha-Ho,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 1/31 | 0097-002 | Hursey, Reverend Lawrence
L. |
1935, 1938, 1939 |
| 1/32 | 0097-002 | Hu-Hy,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/1 | 0097-002 | Johnson, Albert |
1922-1923 |
| 2/2-4 | 0097-002 | Jones, Wesley |
1918-1928 |
| 2/5 | 0097-002 | J, miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/6 | 0097-002 | King County |
1909, 1917, 1936, 1938 |
| 2/7 | 0097-002 | K, miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/8 | 0097-002 | Lawler, James |
1937 |
| 2/9 | 0097-002 | Ll-Lo,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/10 | 0097-002 | MacFarlane, Peter
Clark |
1913-1914 |
| 2/11 | 0097-002 | Matthews |
undated |
| 2/12-14 | 0097-002 | McAdoo, William |
1914-1919, 1923 |
| 2/15 | 0097-002 | McClure, Walter |
1914, 1938 |
| 2/16-23 | 0097-002 | McC-O,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/24-26 | 0097-002 | Parry, William |
1915 |
| 2/27-28 | 0097-002 | Pa-Ph,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/29 | 0097-002 | Pi Gamma Mu |
1928 |
| 2/30 | 0097-002 | Pi-Po,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2/31 | 0097-002 | Presbyterian Church Board of
Pensions |
1939 |
| 2/32 | 0097-002 | Rickles, Allen |
1939-1940 |
| 2/33-34 | 0097-002 | Ronald, James T. |
1916, 1924, 1927 |
| 2/35-3/1 | 0097-002 | R-Sc,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 3/2 | 0097-002 |
Seattle Daily and Sunday
Times
|
1905 |
| 3/3-4 | 0097-002 | Seattle Lighting
Department |
1920-1921, 1924, 1928 |
| 3/5 | 0097-002 | Seattle mayor |
1918, 1933 |
| 3/6 | 0097-002 | Seattle Police
Department |
1938 |
| 3/7 | 0097-002 | Seattle Public
Schools |
1937-1938 |
| 3/8 | 0097-002 | Seattle,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 3/9 | 0097-002 | Seeley & Co. |
1931 |
| 3/10 | 0097-002 | Shepard, Helen |
1929-1936 |
| 3/11-13 | 0097-002 | Sh-Spe,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 3/14 | 0097-002 | Speer, Robert E. |
1933, 1937-1940 |
| 3/15 | 0097-002 | Spi-St,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 3/16 | 0097-002 | Suffel, Ewart |
1936-1939 |
| 3/17-18 | 0097-002 | Su-T,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 3/19-21 | 0097-002 | United States Interior
Department Secretary |
1915-1916, 1919 |
| 3/22 | 0097-002 | United States (government),
miscellaneous departments |
undated |
| 3/23 | 0097-002 | United States
Penitentiary |
1928 |
| 3/24-5/10 | 0097-002 | United States President
(Woodrow Wilson) |
1913-1921, undated |
| 5/11 | 0097-002 | United States Vice-President
(Thomas R. Marshall) |
1917-1918 |
| 5/12 | 0097-002 | V, miscellaneous |
undated |
| 5/13 | 0097-002 | Wallace, H. |
1914-1915 |
| 5/14-15 | 0097-002 | Wa-Washington,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 5/16 | 0097-002 | Washington
governor |
1912, 1915, 1917, 1934, 1937 |
| 5/17 | 0097-002 | Washington, miscellaneous
departments |
undated |
| 5/18-20 | 0097-002 | We-Y,
miscellaneous |
undated |
| 5/21-23 | 0097-002 | Regarding laundry workers and
laundry drivers strike |
1925, 1926, 1932 |
Financial records |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 6/1-2 | 0097-002 | Checks and
receipts |
undated |
| 6/3 | 0097-002 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 6/4-5 | 0097-002 | Legal documents |
undated |
| 6/6 | 0097-002 | Constitutions, articles of
incorporation, and by-laws |
undated |
| 6/7 | 0097-002 | Agreements |
undated |
Case files |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 6/8 | 0097-002 | Metlakahtla |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 6/9-13 | 0097-002 | Reports |
undated |
Speeches and
writings |
|||
Regarding
religion |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 7/1 | 0097-002 | Cainism |
undated |
| 7/2 | 0097-002 | The Church and the New
Problems |
undated |
| 7/2 | 0097-002 | Evangelism |
undated |
| 7/3 | 0097-002 | God |
undated |
| 7/3 | 0097-002 | To the Grand Commandery,
Officers and Members of the Grand Commandery, Grand Templar |
undated |
| 7/3 | 0097-002 | The Letters to the
Churches |
undated |
| 7/3 | 0097-002 | Men's Club |
undated |
| 7/3 | 0097-002 | More Astonished than
Ever |
undated |
| 7/4 | 0097-002 | The New Day in the
Presbyterian Church |
undated |
| 7/5 | 0097-002 | The Organization and
Execution of the Work of the First Presbyterian Church of Seattle |
undated |
| 7/5 | 0097-002 | The Pastor as
Evangelist |
undated |
| 7/5 | 0097-002 | The Permanent Judicial
Commission |
undated |
| 7/5 | 0097-002 | Purify and Magnify the
Session |
undated |
| 7/6 | 0097-002 | A Word of
Assurance |
undated |
| 7/6 | 0097-002 | What Is the Supreme Need of
the Church? |
undated |
Punchettes |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 7/7 | 0097-002 | Building Boom
Busted |
undated |
| 7/7 | 0097-002 | The Parlor
Bolshevik |
undated |
| 7/7 | 0097-002 | Woman's Throne |
undated |
Miscellaneous
subjects |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 7/8 | 0097-002 | The American
Committee |
undated |
| 7/8 | 0097-002 | An Attack on the
Administration |
undated |
| 7/8 | 0097-002 | The Christian College, the
Hope of the Nation's Educational System |
undated |
| 7/9 | 0097-002 | New Year |
undated |
| 7/9 | 0097-002 | Principles Established;
Progress Prophesied |
undated |
| 7/9 | 0097-002 | Robert E. Lee, the Great
Fundamentalist |
undated |
| 7/9 | 0097-002 | Tribute to Mrs. Jane Owen
Jones |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 7/10-11 | 0097-002 | Others, no author |
undated |
Sermons |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 7/12 | 0097-002 | The First Advent |
1917 April 22 |
| 7/12 | 0097-002 | The Prophecies Concerning His
Second Coming |
1917 April 22 |
| 7/12 | 0097-002 | The Manner of Christ's Second
Coming |
1917 May 6 |
| 7/12 | 0097-002 | The End of the Millennium and
the Great White Throne Judgments |
1917 May 27 |
| 7/12 | 0097-002 | The New Heavens and the New
Earth |
1917 June 3 |
| 7/13 | 0097-002 | The Kingdom of Heaven, What,
When, and Where |
1923 June 17 |
| 7/13 | 0097-002 | My Communion |
1927 June 26 |
| 7/13 | 0097-002 | The Hunger for
God |
1927 August 21 |
| 7/14 | 0097-002 | At the Funeral of Mrs. Agnes
Gilmore |
1929 January 3 |
| 7/14 | 0097-002 | Behold the Babe -- What
Next? |
1929 December 25 |
| 7/15 | 0097-002 | The Great
Foundation |
1930 February 2 |
| 7/15 | 0097-002 | Christ
Vindicated! |
1930 April 21 |
| 7/16 | 0097-002 | Will Our Friends and Loved
Ones Be There? |
1930 November 30 |
| 7/16 | 0097-002 | The Signs of the
Signs |
1930 December 21 |
| 7/17 | 0097-002 | It Is Established |
1931 December 11 |
| 7/17 | 0097-002 | The Battle to the
Finish |
1931 December 27 |
| 7/18 | 0097-002 | The Church's Reply to the
Pope's Invitation |
1932 February 14 |
| 7/18 | 0097-002 | The Absolute Sovereignty of
God |
1932 February 28 |
| 7/18 | 0097-002 | Untitled sermon |
1938 July 10 |
| 7/19 | 0097-002 | In Calvinism Is the Hope of
the Future |
undated |
| 7/20 | 0097-002 | Christ, the Sum of All
Things |
undated |
| 7/20 | 0097-002 | The Christian's
Heritage |
undated |
| 7/20 | 0097-002 | Forward March! |
undated |
| 7/20 | 0097-002 | God's Majorities |
undated |
| 7/20 | 0097-002 | The Great Missionary
Field |
undated |
| 7/21 | 0097-002 | The Infallible
Test |
undated |
| 7/21 | 0097-002 | Isaiah |
undated |
| 7/22 | 0097-002 | The Jew and his Relationship
to the Present and the Future |
undated |
| 7/22 | 0097-002 | Love in Action |
undated |
| 7/22 | 0097-002 | The Millennium
Period |
undated |
| 7/22 | 0097-002 | Our Regeneration and
Sanctification through the Blood of Jesus Christ |
undated |
| 7/23 | 0097-002 | The Revival
Assured |
undated |
| 7/23 | 0097-002 | The Root of All
Evils |
undated |
| 7/24 | 0097-002 | The
Transfiguration |
undated |
| 7/24 | 0097-002 | Untitled sermon beginning:
"Accounts of the Transfiguration are found in Matthew 17: 1-13..." |
undated |
| 7/24 | 0097-002 | A Word of
Encouragement |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 7/25-26 | 0097-002 | Sermons, partial |
undated |
| Box | |||
| 8-21 | 0097-002 | Sermonettes 45 bound
volumes
|
1902-1939 |
Sermon notes |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Abolition of
Fear |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Abundant
Harvest |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Abundant Life |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Acid Test |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Affirmative
Life |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | All Things
Conquered |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | America's Enemies |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Are We in a Moral Lapse or a
Complete Collapse |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Are You a
Christian? |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Are You Mourning Over
Sinners, or Are You Criticizing Saints |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Are You Ready for Christmas
-- Put Up Your Sword |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Are You Ready for
Tomorrow? |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Assembly and the World
Fire |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Backward
Glance |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Battle of the
Ages |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Battle Unto
Death |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Behold the Two
Beggars |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Blessed Family
Unity |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Blood Token |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Body Marks |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | Building the
Church |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Burdened
Mother |
undated |
| 22/1 | 0097-002 | The Burning Bush |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | The Calf versus the
Grass |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Calling and
Election |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Can the City Be Cleaned and
Saved |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Can the Standards of
Christianity Be Changed |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | The Child Reflecting the
Parent |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ and Your
Property |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ and Your
Stewardship |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Building the
Church |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Building the Church;
"The Material" |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Building the Church;
"The Purposes of the Church" |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Demands Loyalty in
Word and Deed |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Directed
Christians |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ in the
Battle |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Our Very
Gospel |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Plus All
Things |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Receiveth
Sinners |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ the Nation's Only
Hope |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christ Reporting for His
Disciples |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christians Adrift |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | Christian
Assurance |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | The Christian's
Assurance |
undated |
| 22/2 | 0097-002 | The Christian's
Foundation |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | Choosing Your God |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church Crisis |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church and Her
Task |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church Essential to
America |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church Not in Competition
but in Conflict |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church through the
Assembly |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church's
Membership |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Church's Work for 1900
Years and Her Future |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Command with
Power |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Cost of
Discipleship |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Crooked Road of a
Coward |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Cross, the Trends, and
the Conflicts |
undated |
| 22/3 | 0097-002 | The Crucified Son of
God |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Decisions |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Demonized Enemies of the
Church |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Devil's Plea |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Discharging One's
Obligations |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Disqualified Witnesses and
Jurors |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Divine
Helpers |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Do or Die |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Does God Object to Repeated
Prayers |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Does Our Christianity Include
the Details of Life |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Doom of Being Weighed and
Found Wanting |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Biography of Sarah L.
Edmunds |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Empowered
Church |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Endowed
Citizen |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Enemies of the Bible and
of the Home |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Enemy at the Door -- What
Are You Doing for Defence and Protection? |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Enemy No One |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Engagement to Meet
God |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Enoch |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | Except the Lord Rule the
Nation They Labor in Vain That Try |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Essential Doctrines --
the Ascension |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Essential Doctrines --
the Crucifixion |
undated |
| 22/4 | 0097-002 | The Essential Doctrines --
the Resurrection |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | Falling in Love with
Life |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Father's Business -- My
Enterprise |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Fifth Order |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | Filthy Hands Have Erased
"Holiness to the Lord" from the Bridles of Our National Horses |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Final Perseverance of the
Saints |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The First and Second Great
Laws |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The First Fruits |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Footprints of
God |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | For Whom Are You
Looking? |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Forgotten Honor Due
Mother |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Foundations |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Fourth
Command |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Future and Spirit's
Program |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | Glory to God -- First
Considerations |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The God Forgetting
Suicide |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | God's Blueprint; Essential
Elements of Success |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | God's Work and God's
Supply |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Gospel -- the Only
Assurance for Constitutional Liberty |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Great Living
Sacrifices |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Great
Tribulation |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | Greater Love |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | The Greatest
Monument |
undated |
| 22/5 | 0097-002 | Groups at the Cross and
Why |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Hating Without
Cause |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Healing the Land |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Hold the
Landmarks |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Home, Heaven, and
Recognition |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Home -- Father --
Children |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Homecoming Joys |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | How Big Is Your
World? |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | How May One Know You Are a
Christian |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | How to Live the Christian
Life |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | The Imperative
Necessity |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | In His Arms |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | The Increasing Heart
Failure |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | The Indestructible
Tomb |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Is the Boy Safe? |
undated |
| 22/6 | 0097-002 | Is There an Open Door for the
Young? |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | The King of Revival
Needed |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | The King Is Born This
Day |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | The Legs of the
Image |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Life Everlasting Is Because
He Lives |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Life Lifting
Vision |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Life's
Preparation |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Little Daniel at the
Window |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Little Samuel at the
Altar |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | The Living Christ |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Lot's Wife --
Today |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Love Worketh No
Ill |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Love's Message to
Peter |
undated |
| 22/7 | 0097-002 | Love's Unanswered
Call |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Man -- Christ
Jesus |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | Marching Toward
Jerusalem |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Master Calling for
Laborers |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | Mustard Seed
Faith |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Missionary Enterprise
Triumphant |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | Missionary to the
Home |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | Modernism Shall
Flee |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Modernist Shall Not
Pass |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Modernistic Program
Produces Dearth and Death |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Morning and the
Night |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | Mother, Home, and
Heaven |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | National Suicide |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The Need of the Hour Is
Men |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | The New Born King |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | New Year
Greetings |
undated |
| 22/8 | 0097-002 | No Room |
undated |
| 22/9 | 0097-002 | The Old Rugged
Cross |
undated |
| 22/9 | 0097-002 | The Only Hope for the
World |
undated |
| 22/9 | 0097-002 | Only One Standard |
undated |
| 22/9 | 0097-002 | Open the Gates |
undated |
| 22/9 | 0097-002 | Our Nations for God --
Presbyterian Only |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | The Paramount
Issue |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | The Personal Manifestations
of Christ |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | Perspective -- What
Next |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | The Positive Note |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | The Power of the
Gospel |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | Preparing for
Battle |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | Present Day
Apostasy |
undated |
| 22/10 | 0097-002 | The Program |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Raising the Roof |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Regeneration |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | The Rejected Christ Became
Judge |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Religious Conviction Molded
America |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Resisting World |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Retrospection |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Revealing or Concealing
Christ |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Reverse the
Position |
undated |
| 22/11 | 0097-002 | Revival
Conditions |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Sanity of
Christianity |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Saviour Is
Born |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Security of the
Home |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | Service Glorified in
Testimony |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Seven Last
Words |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | Shall the Missionary Army
Surrender? |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | A Sick World -- and the
Remedy |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Sin of Cain |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Sin of
Unbelief |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Sixth
Imperative |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Song of Approaching
Angels |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Soul's Anchor |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Sovereignty of
God |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | The Starlit Years |
undated |
| 22/12 | 0097-002 | Steadfastness of Character
and Purpose |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Testimony -- Our
Church |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | Theology, the Background of
Preaching |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Third
Commandment |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | In Memoriam -- Moritz
Thomsen |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | A Tired World |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Trail of
Satan |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | Two Miles for the
Christians |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Two Thieves |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Unchanging
Christ |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Unchanging
Jesus |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Undefeatable
Citizen |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Unlimited
Field |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Unlocked
Grave |
undated |
| 22/13 | 0097-002 | The Untouched
Fields |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | Waiting Christians and
Mounting Saints |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | The Way Out of
Chaos |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | The Weeping Jesus |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Are the Orders for the
Day |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Christianity Means and
Proves to the World |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Contribution Besides
Money |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Does Christ Require of
Youth |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Does Christianity Mean
to the World? |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Does the Church Mean to
Us? |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Is the Unpardonable
Sin |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What of the New
Leaf? |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Think Ye of
Christ |
undated |
| 22/14 | 0097-002 | What Would a Christian
Do? |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Who Are the Church's
Enemies |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Who Are the
Justified |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Why Necessary to Join the
Church |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Why the Cross? |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Will He Find Faith When He
Comes |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Without Christ the Nation is
Moralless [sic] |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | The Witness of the
Spirit |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Witnessing for
Christ |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Woodrow Wilson |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Working for Jesus |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | Working Other People's
Fields |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | The World Crisis |
undated |
| 22/15 | 0097-002 | The World
Movements |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | The Years Tell |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | The Young Man's Three
Steps |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Youth at the
Crossroads |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Your Battles |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Your Choices |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Your Gardens |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Your Helpers |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Your Visions |
undated |
| 22/16 | 0097-002 | Miscellaneous
incomplete |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 22/17 | 0097-002 | Sermon title book |
1938 January 2-1940 February 25 |
| 22/18 | 0097-002 | Lists of documents, industries,
and welfare organizations |
undated |
Programs |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 22/19-23/3 | 0097-002 | First Presbyterian
Church |
1901-1915, 1927, 1937-1949, undated |
| 23/4 | 0097-002 | Other |
|
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 23/5 | 0097-002 | Book:
The Red Fog
|
1929 |
| 23/6-8 | 0097-002 | Ephemera |
undated |
| 23/9 | 0097-002 | Miscellany |
undated |
| 23/10 | 0097-002 | Memorabilia |
undated |
Clippings |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 23/11-15 | 0097-002 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 23/16 | 0097-002 | Published sermons |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 23/17-20 | 0097-002 | Photographs |
undated |
Subject series |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 24/1-2 | 0097-002 | United States Army,
Chaplain's Reserve |
1929-1931 |
Scrapbooks (mostly
clippings) |
|||
| box:oversize | Accession | ||
| 27 | 0097-002 | Number 1 |
1894-1900 |
| 27 | 0097-002 | Number 2 |
circa 1898 |
| 27 | 0097-002 | Number 3 |
1899 |
| 27 | 0097-002 | Number 4 |
1899-1900 |
| 25 | 0097-002 | Number 5 |
1901 January-1901 December |
| 25 | 0097-002 | Number 6 |
1902 October-1903 March |
| 25 | 0097-002 | Number 7 |
1903 February-1903 March |
| 25 | 0097-002 | Number 8 |
circa 1904 |
| 28 | 0097-002 | Number 9
Scope and Content:
Includes photos.
|
1905-1906 |
| 29 | 0097-002 | Number 10 |
1906 January-1906 October |
| 26 | 0097-002 | Number 11 |
1909 January-1909 April |
| 30 | 0097-002 | Number 12
Scope and Content:
Includes photos.
|
1910 |
| 30 | 0097-002 | Number 13
Scope and Content:
Includes photos.
|
1910 |
| 30 | 0097-002 | Number 14
Scope and Content:
Includes many photos.
|
1911-1944 |
| 31 | 0097-002 | Number 15 |
1912 March-1913 May |
| 32 | 0097-002 | Number 16
Scope and Content:
Includes photos.
|
1912-1925 May |
| 26 | 0097-002 | Number 17
Scope and Content:
Includes photos.
|
1918 August-1933 March |
| 26 | 0097-002 | Number 18 |
circa 1933-1939 June |
| 31 | 0097-002 | Number 19
Scope and Content:
Includes photos.
|
1933 May-1937 December |
| 26 | 0097-002 | Number 20 |
1940-1948 |
| 31 | 0097-002 | Number 21 |
undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 24/1-2 | 0097-002 | Presbyterian Hospital |
1897-1999 |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 24/3 | 0097-002 | General
correspondence |
1897-1999 |
| 24/4-5 | 0097-002 | Financial records |
1897-1999 |
| 24/6 | 0097-002 | Stock certificates |
1897-1999 |
| 24/7 | 0097-002 | Legal documents |
1897-1999 |
| 24/8 | 0097-002 | Reports |
1897-1999 |
Accession No. 0097-003: Mark A. Matthews papers, 1884-1948Return to Top
- Personal papers
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce Grievance Committee records
- King County Medical Society Hospital Committee records
- Washington Society for the Protection of Children records
Scope and Content: These papers include genealogical materials, correspondence, clippings, and sermons, 1884-1948.
Incoming correspondence in box 1/folders 1-2, seemingly written in response to requests from Matthews himself, provides possible genealogical information concerning Matthews's family. Matthews's other correspondence, primarily with well-known personages, is found in box 1/folders 4-36.
The subject series "Graft cases" reflects Matthews's interest in the charges of municipal graft in Seattle during 1911 and again in 1916. Included in the subject series "Metlakahtla Case" (1917-1940) is documentation of Matthews's attempts to obtain compensation for the family of the Presbyterian minister whose mission at Metlakahtla, Alaska, was confiscated by the federal government. Other series include "Speeches and writings" (1925-1940), "Funeral sermons" (1932-1933), and "Reports" (1910-1930).
The series "King County Medical Society Hospital Committee records" (correspondence and publications from1928 to 1931 regarding the building of Harborview Hospital) and "Washington Society for the Protection of Children records" provide some evidence of Matthews's social welfare activities.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Acquisition Info: Gift of Rachel Fenton Matthews (Mrs. Mark Matthews, Jr.) on July 24, 1979.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Personal papers |
|||
Biographical
materials |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1-2 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1918-1927 |
| 1/3 | 0097-003 | Genealogical
material |
undated |
Incoming letters |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/4 | 0097-003 | Bone, Homer T. |
1934, 1939 |
| 1/5 | 0097-003 | Burke, Thomas |
1922 |
| 1/6 | 0097-003 | Connally, Tom |
1937 |
| 1/7 | 0097-003 | Couzens, James |
1930 |
| 1/8 | 0097-003 | Dill, Clarence |
1928-1934 |
| 1/9 | 0097-003 | Dore, Johns F. |
undated |
| 1/10 | 0097-003 | Gill, Hiram |
1915 |
| 1/11 | 0097-003 | Hoover, J. Edgar |
1936-1939 |
| 1/12 | 0097-003 | Jones, Wesley |
1925 |
| 1/13 | 0097-003 | Letland, M. A. |
1936 |
| 1/14 | 0097-003 | Lister, Ernest |
1915, 1917 |
| 1/15 | 0097-003 | Magnuson, Warren
G. |
1938 |
| 1/16 | 0097-003 | Martin, Clarence |
1933-1939 |
| 1/17 | 0097-003 | Schwellenbach, Lewis
B. |
1939 |
| 1/18 | 0097-003 | Strong, J. A. |
1947 |
| 1/19 | 0097-003 | United States Attorney
General |
1935-1938 |
| 1/20 | 0097-003 | United States Secretary of
State |
1939 |
| 1/21 | 0097-003 | Wheeler, Burton
K. |
1937 |
| 1/22 | 0097-003 | Zioncheck, Marion
A. |
1935 |
| 1/23-28 | 0097-003 | A-Z,
miscellaneous |
1902-1942 |
| 1/29 | 0097-003 | Unidentified |
1905, undated |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/30-31 | 0097-003 | Incoming letters: condolence
letters |
1940 |
| 1/32 | 0097-003 | Outgoing letters |
1904-1932 |
General
correspondence |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/33 | 0097-003 | Cobb, Charles H. |
1934-1939 |
| 1/34 | 0097-003 | Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano |
1935-1939 |
| 1/35-36 | 0097-003 | A-W,
miscellaneous |
1905-1942 |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/37-38 | 0097-003 | Speeches and
writings |
1925-1940 |
| 1/39 | 0097-003 | Funeral sermons |
1932-1933 |
| 1/40 | 0097-003 | Reports |
1910-1930 |
| 1/41 | 0097-003 | Legal documents |
1911-1930 |
| 1/42 | 0097-003 | Financial records |
1925-1931 |
| 2/1 | 0097-003 | Programs -- First Presbyterian
Church |
1908-1940 |
| 2/2 | 0097-003 | Resolutions |
1905, 1940 |
| 2/3 | 0097-003 | Notes |
undated |
| 2/4-7 | 0097-003 | Clippings |
1884-1948 |
| 2/8 | 0097-003 | Ephemera |
1925-1943 |
| 2/9 | 0097-003 | Miscellany |
1912-1925 |
Subject series -- graft
cases |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/10 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1911 |
| 2/11-14 | 0097-003 | Reports |
1911, 1916 |
| 2/15 | 0097-003 | Miscellaneous |
1911, 1937 |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/16 | 0097-003 | Subject series -- lesson
notes |
undated |
Subject series -- Memphis
call |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/17 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1931 |
Subject series -- Metlakahtla
case |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/18 | 0097-003 | Incoming letters |
1921-1930 |
| 2/19 | 0097-003 | Outgoing letters |
1917-1930 |
| 2/20 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1921-1940 |
| 2/21 | 0097-003 | Miscellaneous |
1930, undated |
Subject series -- Pittsburgh
call |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/22 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1910 |
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 2/23 | 0097-003 | Subject series -- Seattle's new
constructive creed |
1921 |
Subject series -- Winnipeg
call |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/1 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1914 |
Chamber of Commerce, Seattle,
Grievance Committee |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/2 | 0097-003 | Incoming letters |
1923 |
| 3/3 | 0097-003 | Minutes &
agendas |
1923 |
| 3/4 | 0097-003 | Notes |
1923 |
| 3/5 | 0097-003 | Miscellaneous |
1923 |
King County Medical Society
Hospital Committee |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/6 | 0097-003 | Incoming letters |
1928 |
| 3/7 | 0097-003 | Outgoing letters |
1927-1928 |
| 3/8 | 0097-003 | General
correspondence |
1928-1930 |
| 3/9 | 0097-003 | Publications |
undated |
| 3/10 | 0097-003 | Miscellaneous |
1914-1931 |
Washington Society for the
Protection of Children |
|||
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 3/11 | 0097-003 | Articles of incorporation and
by-laws |
1907 |
Accession No. 0097-004: Mark A. Matthews papers, 1911-1978Return to Top
Scope and Content: The bulk of these papers consists of photocopies of correspondence between Matthews and his son, Mark Matthew, Jr., from 1924 to1940. The papers also include clippings about Matthews and materials concerning the history, objectives, and ordinance creating the Milk Commission of Seattle, 1911, which inspected dairy ranches and milk. Matthews was one of five original members of the commission.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Acquisition Info: Gift of Rachel Fenton Matthews (Mrs. Mark A Matthews, Jr.) on October 31, 1979.
Processing Info: A photograph of the banquet celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese Presbyterian Church of Seattle in 1957 was relocated in 1979, probably to the Seattle File Photograph Collection, Special Collections division, University of Washington Libraries.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1 | 0097-004 | Incoming letters to Mark
Matthews, Jr. |
1949, 1957 |
| 1/2-6 | 0097-004 | General correspondence between
Matthews and his son |
1924-1940 |
| 1/7 | 0097-004 | Clippings about
Matthews |
1934, 1956-1978, undated |
| 1/8 | 0097-004 | Milk Commission of Seattle:
history, objectives, city ordinance |
1911 |
Accession No. 2757-001: Mark A. Matthews papers, Return to Top
Scope and Content: Microfilm of two volumes of the scrapbooks included in Accession No. 0097-002.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clergy--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Clergy--Washington (State)--Seattle--Correspondence
- Fundamentalists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Hospital administrators--Tennessee--Archives
- Municipal government--Corrupt practices--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Presbyterian Church--Missions--Alaska--Metlakatla
- Presbyterian Church--Tennessee--Clergy--Archives
- Presbyterian Church--United States--Clergy
- Presbyterian Church--Washington (State)--Seattle--Clergy--Archives
- Presbyterian Church--Washington (State)--Seattle--Sermons
- Presbyterians--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Presidents--United States--Correspondence
Personal Names
- Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884-
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
- Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932
- Martin, Clarence D. (Clarence Daniel), 1886-1955
- Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940--Archives
- Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940--Sermons
- McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941
- Ronald, James Theodore, 1855-
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Corporate Names
- First Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.)
- King County Medical Society (Seattle, Wash.). Hospital Committee
- Presbyterian Hospital (Jackson, Tenn.)
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--Moral conditions
- Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government--20th century
- Seattle (Wash.)--Religious life and customs
