Matthew Kangas papers, 1950-2021

Scope and Content: Incoming letters, outgoing letters, pocket engagement calendar, slides and photographs as enclosures, and original art works (mostly on Christmas cards), 1986-1991.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, Christmas cards, 1990 and 1991 appointment books, gallery brochures, and all Seattle Weekly Kangas review proposals, 1987-1991.

Scope and Content: Draft, circa 1992, of Kangas's study of potter Richard Fairbanks and correspondence, circa 1980-1993.

Some 1989-1990 correspondence was generated and received during his fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution. Includes correspondence with and writings about Michael Lawson, circa 1989-1993; correspondence, 1983-1991, about exhibits Kangas organized for Bumbershoot, an annual Seattle arts festival; and correspondence, circa 1980-1993, some of which relates to exhibits he curated.

Scope and Content: Incoming letters (1994), appointment books (1993-1994), and writings (circa 1994).

Scope and Content: Incoming personal correspondence (1986-1996), professional correspondence with the Vancouver Art Gallery and others (1979-1996), handwritten manuscripts (undated), appointment books (1994-1995), manuscripts of others (undated), and press kits (1985-1994). Also included are childhood papers consisting of correspondence, reports, manuscripts for short stories and a play, clippings, and ephemera, 1958-1964.

Scope and Content: Incoming letters, an essay on Jay Steensma, press kits for art shows, Christmas cards, a file related to artist Kathleen Gemberling Adkison, and other related files, 1996.

Scope and Content: Incoming correspondence, a bibliography, manuscripts, manuscripts of others, a directory, and certificates, 1961-1997.

These papers primarily document Kangas's undergraduate years at Reed College in Oregon.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, diaries, appointment books, writings, gallery notices, interview transcripts, and slides, 1960-1989.

Scope and Content: Sketches (1976-1996), appointment books (1997-1999); and incoming letters (1998-1999), 1976-1999.

The sketches were made by Kangas as he viewed artworks in gallery shows for which he wrote reviews.

Scope and Content: Incoming and outgoing letters and cards, writings of Kangas, lecture notes, photographs, and related materials, 1965-2002.

Also includes notes, essays, and papers from Ballard High (1965-1967), Reed College (1967-1968), the University of Manchester (1969-1970), and Oxford University (1972-1973), in addition to several notices promoting lectures by Kangas and pocket calendars (2000-2002).

Scope and Content: Correspondence, interview notes, catalogs, reviews, articles, and essays. Files come from his central files by artist, topic, or event, his ceramics files, and his curatorial files on exhibitions.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, datebooks, drawings, and photographs. Correspondence is primarily from 2009-2011.

Scope and Content: Collection contains correspondence between Matthew Kangas and Stephen Krause between 1969 and 2013.