Matthew Kangas papers, 1950-2021

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kangas, Matthew
Title
Matthew Kangas papers
Dates
1950-2021 (inclusive)
Quantity
59.31 cubic feet (62 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, and 3 oversize vertical folders)
Collection Number
3058
Summary
Papers of a Seattle art critic
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

Most of the papers are open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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

Matthew Kangas was born in 1949 and attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He later studied at the University of Manchester and at Oxford University. Kangas worked in the art publishing industry in New York City until 1976, when he returned to Seattle and began writing about art. He has written for Art in America and Art Criticism, among other magazines; taught at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle; and was an art critic for KCTS-TV (PBS), Seattle.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, writings, manuscripts, diaries, lecture notes, review proposals, interview transcripts, reports, clippings, bibliography, directory, certificates, calendars, appointment books, gallery brochures and notices, publicity materials, artwork, sketches, ephemera, slides, and photographs, 1958-2009.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The creator's literary rights have been retained. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 18 accessions.

  • Accession No. 3058-009, Matthew Kangas papers, 1986-1991
  • Accession No. 3058-010, Matthew Kangas papers, 1987-1991
  • Accession No. 3058-011, Matthew Kangas correspondence and writings, 1980-1993
  • Accession No. 3058-012, Matthew Kangas papers, 1993-1994
  • Accession No. 3058-013, Matthew Kangas papers, 1958-1996
  • Accession No. 3058-014, Matthew Kangas papers, 1996
  • Accession No. 3058-015, Matthew Kangas papers, 1961-1997
  • Accession No. 3058-016, Matthew Kangas papers, 1960-1989
  • Accession No. 3058-017, Matthew Kangas papers, 1976-1999
  • Accession No. 3058-018, Matthew Kangas papers, 1965-2002
  • Accession No. 3058-019, Matthew Kangas papers, 1960-2005
  • Accession No. 3058-020, Matthew Kangas papers, circa 1980-2009
  • Accession No. 3058-021, Matthew Kangas papers, circa 1963-2011
  • Accession No. 3058-022, Matthew Kangas papers, 1980-2000
  • Accession No. 3058-023, Matthew Kangas papers, 1950-2012
  • Accession No. 3058-024, Matthew Kangas papers, 1969-2013
  • Accession No. 3058-025, Matthew Kangas papers, 1970-2017
  • Accession No. 3058-026, Matthew Kangas papers, 1959-2021

Processing Note

Processing levels vary. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Matthew Kangas collection of slides and photographs (PH2020-005)

Two published books were separated from 3058-026 and added to Special Collections print collection: Italo Scanga by Matthew Kangas and Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett by Matthew Kangas

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 3058-009: Matthew Kangas papers, 1986-1991Return to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, August 1, 1991.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-010: Matthew Kangas papers, 1987-1991Return to Top

0.42 cubic foot (1 box)

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

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted: For terms of access contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, March 31, 1992.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-011: Matthew Kangas correspondence and writings, 1980-1993Return to Top

2.25 cubic feet (4 boxes)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, August 26 and November 24, 1993.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-012: Matthew Kangas papers, 1993-1994Return to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)

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

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, December 17, 1994.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-013: Matthew Kangas papers, 1958-1996Return to Top

1.87 cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 folder)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers is restricted. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, March 3 and July 23, 1996.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-014: Matthew Kangas papers, 1996Return to Top

0.84 cubic foot (2 boxes)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, June 4, 1997.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-015: Matthew Kangas papers, 1961-1997Return to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, December 16, 1997.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-016: Matthew Kangas papers, 1960-1989Return to Top

4.90 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

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

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas in several installments between 1980 and 1989.

Processing Info: Merger of accessions: 3058-001 (1/9/1980); 3058-002 (12/9/1980); 3058-003 (1/21/1981); 3058-004 (10/23/1981); 3058-005 (3/12/1982); 3058-006 (12/14/1982); 3058-007 (2/21 & 4/15/1986); and 3058-008 (7/10/1989).

Processed in 1999.

Accession No. 3058-017: Matthew Kangas papers, 1976-1999Return to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, September 25, 2000.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-018: Matthew Kangas papers, 1965-2002Return to Top

1.26 cubic feet (4 boxes)

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).

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, September 19, 2001.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-019: Matthew Kangas papers, 1960-2005 (bulk 2002-2005)Return to Top

0.63 cubic foot (2 boxes)
Arrangement: The materials in this accession are arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, appointment books, and childhood papers, 1960-2005 (bulk 2002-2005).

Correspondence includes incoming letters, cards, and gallery notices from 1978 to 2005. The bulk of the correspondence spans the years 2002 to 2005. Appointment books detail Kangas's daily activities and meetings during 2003 and 2004. Childhood papers include copies of the Nineteenth Street Viewpoint and related materials documenting Kangas's children's theater ventures from 1960 to 1964.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, 2005.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Container(s) Description Dates
Correspondence
Box Accession
1 3058-019
Incoming letters
1978-1993
1 3058-019
Incoming letters
5 folders
2001-2005
2 3058-019
Incoming letters
2 folders
2004-2005
Appointment books
Box Accession
2 3058-019
Appointment books
2003-2004
Childhood papers
Box Accession
2 3058-019
Nineteenth Street Viewpoint
1960-1964

Accession No. 3058-020: Matthew Kangas papers, circa 1980-2009Return to Top

4.56 cubic feet (4 boxes)

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.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Restrictions on Access: Records stored offsite. Advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, December 22, 2009.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-021: Matthew Kangas papers, circa 1963-2011 (bulk 2009-2011)Return to Top

0.76 cubic feet (1 box and 3 oversize vertical files)

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

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Matthew Kangas, August 3, 2011.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Accession No. 3058-022: Matthew Kangas papers, 1980-2000Return to Top

19.38 cubic feet (17 cartons)

Scope and Content: Critic's files separated into three categories: publications, ceramics, and curatorial. All categories include papers and information on artists, exhibits, and shows, as well as Matthew Kangas' published reviews of these.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Materials stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Matthew Kangas, 2014-12-02.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 3058-022
Publications - 2000 1/2 - Asian New Year
1980s - 2000s
2 3058-022
Publications - Assemblages - Cris Bruch
1980s - 2000s
3 3058-022
Publications - Brumer & Kahn - COCA Annual
1980s - 2000s
4 3058-022
Publications - Rachel Cohen - Dossier: Oslo
1980s - 2000s
5 3058-022
Publications - Dossier: Metalsmith - Gatekeepers
1980s - 2000s
6 3058-022
Publications - Gazale - Richard Heipp
1980s - 2000s
7 3058-022
Publications - Heishman - July/Zervas
1980s - 2000s
8 3058-022
Publications - Jungen - Livingston
1980s - 2000s
9 3058-022
Publications - Locicero - Modern Masters & The Figure
1980s - 2000s
10 3058-022
Publications - Modernist Public Art - Parker
1980s - 2000s
11 3058-022
Publications - Parks - Ruffle
1980s - 2000s
12 3058-022
Publications - Ruffner - Slivka
1980s - 2000s
13 3058-022
Publications - Tedesco - Video
1980s - 2000s
14 3058-022
Publications - View from a Scholar's Desk - Zynsky
1980s - 2000s
14 3058-022
Ceramics - Assesing the 80s - Big Head
1980s - 2000s
15 3058-022
Ceramics - Blum - Leedy Book Contract
1980s - 2000s
16 3058-022
Ceramics - Writings by Jim Leedy - Sperry
1980s - 2000s
17 3058-022
Ceramics - Contract for Robert Sperry - Yamada
1980s - 2000s
17 3058-022
Curatorial - Northwest Art: Modern Art in Seattle - Bellevue Annuals
1980s - 2000s

Accession No. 3058-023: Matthew Kangas papers, 1950-2012Return to Top

3.63 cubic feet ( 3 cartons, 1 shoebox, 1 flat box)

Scope and Content: Childhood and early school materials (report cards, photographs, autograph books); Reed College materials (college bulletins and handbooks, reunion information); correspondence and invitations; itineraries and travel information; artist, exhibit, and gallery materials (articles, catalogues, notes, publicity materials); handwritten notes, manuscripts, and scripts ("To Know to Love Her So"); Seattle Art Museum downtown grand opening materials; Kangas daily planners, "Epicenter: Essays on North American Art" by Matthew Kangas; and film negatives of artwork.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Materials stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Matthew Kangas, 2014-07-21

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 3058-023
Childhood and early school materials, including report cards, photographs, and autograph books
1950s-1960s
1 3058-023
Reed College materials, including college bulletins, handbooks, and reunion information
1960s
1 3058-023
Manuscripts, scripts, and programs for the play "To Know to Love Her So"
1969
1 3058-023
Correspondence, invitations, trip itineraries and travel information
1970s, 2000s
2 3058-023
Correspondence
2000s
2 3058-023
Artist, exhibit, and gallery information, including articles, catalogues, notes, and publicity materials
1970s-2000s
3 3058-023
Reed College bulletins
1960s-1970s
3 3058-023
Handwritten notes and miscellaneous materials
1990s, 2000s
3 3058-023
Seattle Art Museum downtown grand opening
2007
3 3058-023
Kangas daily planners
2005-2007, 2011, 2012
3 3058-023
Exhibit catalogues and artist materials
2000s
3 3058-023
Epicenter: Essays on North American Art by Matthew Kangas
2005
3 3058-023
CDs of presentations and artist images and statements
2000s
3 3058-023
Film negatives of art work
undated
4 3058-023
Film negatives of art work
undated
5 3058-023
Reed College Griffin
1970

Accession No. 3058-024: Matthew Kangas papers, 1969-2013Return to Top

.51 cubic feet (1 box )

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

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Stephen Krause on 12/21/2017

Accession No. 3058-025: Matthew Kangas papers, 1970-2017Return to Top

7.66 cubic feet (9 boxes )

Scope and Content: Manuscripts, review files, curatorial files, posters, news clippings, articles, artist sketches, correspondence, notes, postcards, ephemera, and digital media related to the career of Matthew Kangas.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator literary rights retained.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Matthew Kangas, 2016-12-09, 2017-12-22

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 3058-025
Figure to Field manuscript
2015-2016
1 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett
1996-2015
1 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: writings
1990-2015
1 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: bibliography
1996-2016
1 3058-025
Edward Albee / Bill Lasarow
2016
1 3058-025
American Painting Today
2016
1 3058-025
Juventino Aranda
2017
1 3058-025
Arundel Show
2017
1 3058-025
Archipenko
2017
1 3058-025
Marsha Burns
2017
1 3058-025
Mark Cecula
1979-2017
1 3058-025
Doris Chase
2017
1 3058-025
Ćmielów
2016
1 3058-025
Color and Pattern
2017
1 3058-025
Einar and Jamex de la Torre
2000-2017
1 3058-025
Virginia Dearborn
2001
1 3058-025
Jacob Foran
2016-2017
1 3058-025
Sam Gillam and Denzil Hurley
2011-2017
1 3058-025
Catherine Grisez
2017
1 3058-025
Michael Hensley
2016
1 3058-025
Hutchhausen
2017
1 3058-025
Identity: Insight
2016-2017
1 3058-025
Images of Resilience
2016
1 3058-025
Michael Kenna
2017
1 3058-025
Paul Komada
2017
1 3058-025
Ray Mack
2017
1 3058-025
Marimekko, With Love
2017
1 3058-025
Cameron Martin and "Surfacing"
2017
1 3058-025
Aiden Mason
2016-2017
1 3058-025
MOTHA Museum
2016
1 3058-025
Not Vanishing
2015
1 3058-025
Pick Your Poison
2016
1 3058-025
Robert Pruitt
2017
1 3058-025
Seattle Art Museum: ABEX
2015
1 3058-025
Seattle Art Fair
2017
1 3058-025
Seeing Nature
2015-2017
1 3058-025
Jeffrey Simmons
2017
1 3058-025
Studio Visit column
2017
1 3058-025
Barbara Earl Thomas
2016
1 3058-025
Top Ten
2015-2017
1 3058-025
William Traver: National Ceramics Invitational
2016-2017
1 3058-025
Virginia Wright: Remembering the Fifties
1988-1989
1 3058-025
Virginia Wright: preview
2011
1 3058-025
Virginia Wright
2010-2017
1 3058-025
Emily Wood
2017
1 3058-025
Contexts
2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: intro
2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel-1: Origins, Adornment, and Monument
circa 2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel-2
circa 2016
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel-3: Sentinel site
undated
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel-6: Event, Occasion, and Nature in the Urban Environment
2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: solos
2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: groups
2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: collections
2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: bio
circa 2017
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: writings
2016
1 3058-025
Julie Speidel: bibliography
2017
1 3058-025
Breaking Barriers: correspondence
1994-1996
1 3058-025
Breaking Barriers: ephemera
1994
1 3058-025
Art for the People
1995
1 3058-025
Art critic's sketches
1996
1 3058-025
Alaska Arts
1984
1 3058-025
Abstraction=Representation
1995
1 3058-025
Art in Seattle Arts Commission
1994
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot
1983
2 3058-025
Propaganda, Mass Media, and Art
1983
2 3058-025
SIZE exhibition
1984
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot
1985
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
1985
2 3058-025
Breaking Barriers exhibition
1985-1986
2 3058-025
Electric Satellites
1986
2 3058-025
Press clippings
1986
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale: applications and grants
1987
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
1987
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
1989
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
1991
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
2000
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale: The Portrait Project
2002
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
2004
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale: contract
2004
2 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale
2006
2 3058-025
Contours exhibition
2002
2 3058-025
Cranberry
1980
2 3058-025
Critic's Choice
1985
2 3058-025
William Cumming
2005-2006
2 3058-025
Everson National
1990-1992
2 3058-025
Faces: Black History Month
2008
2 3058-025
Four in Glass exhibition: Lubbock, Texas
1997
2 3058-025
Images of Seattle exhibition
1985
2 3058-025
Michael Lawson exhibition at Whatcom Museum
1993
2 3058-025
Lenexa, Kansas
1987-1988
2 3058-025
Marie Frank Abrams: Introduction
undated
2 3058-025
Cast a Long Shadow exhibition
2016
2 3058-025
Paul Havas exhibition
1975-2017
2 3058-025
Paul Havas
2015-2016
2 3058-025
Writings by Paul Havis
1970-2003
2 3058-025
Letters to Paul Havis
1999-2012
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: intro
undated
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: bibliography
1970-2006
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: figures
2016
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: Birth of an Artist notes
2015
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: mountains
circa 2016
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: continent's Edge
undated
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: valleys
circa 2015
2 3058-025
Paul Havas: urbanscapes
circa 1986-1999
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: frontispiece
1998
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Preface
2015-2016
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Introduction
2015
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Chapter One
1997-2015
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Chapter Two
1986-2015
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Chapter Three
1990-2015
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Chapter Four
2001-2015
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Chapter Five
1998-2015
2 3058-025
Figure to Field: The Art of Jacqueline Barnett: Chapter Six
2001-2015
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: biography
1995-2015
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: solos
2015
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: contexts
2015
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: collections
1991-2015
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: plates and figures
2015
2 3058-025
Jacqueline Barnett: groups
1985-1996
2 3058-025
Book warehousing
2014-2015
2 3058-025
Shattered Self
1988
3 3058-025
Incoming letters
2016-2017
3 3058-025
Reviews
circa 1977-2010
3 3058-025
Korea prize-winners
2011-2012
3 3058-025
Leedy film project
2009
3 3058-025
Masterworks P.R.
1991
3 3058-025
Ceramic Sculpture Now
2003-2004
3 3058-025
Oklahoma City
1993-1994
3 3058-025
Jerry Pethick
1999-2000
3 3058-025
A Note on Self-Portraits
1963-1984
3 3058-025
Joe Reno in Kirkland
2007
3 3058-025
Salon De Refusés: press material, reviews
1980-1983
3 3058-025
Salon De Refusés at Two Bells Tavern
1983
3 3058-025
Salon De Refusés: Urban, Social, and Political Imagery
1983
3 3058-025
Salon De Refusés: clippings
1983
3 3058-025
San Angelo Annual
2000
3 3058-025
School of Art #1
1987-1988
3 3058-025
School of Art #2
1988
3 3058-025
School of Art #3
1988
3 3058-025
Seattle Art Commission panel
1982-1984
3 3058-025
Robert Sperry
1983-2005
3 3058-025
Robert Sperry: Bellevue Art Museum retrospective
1985
3 3058-025
Jay Steensma: correspondence
1995-1997
3 3058-025
Jay Steensma: press
1997
3 3058-025
Tales and Traditions: curatorial texts
1990-1995
3 3058-025
2 American Artists
1985
3 3058-025
Whatcom Museum Annual
1980-1981
3 3058-025
Miscellaneous
1979-2017
4 3058-025
Critiques and writing, Mallory-Yamada
2000-2016
4 3058-025
Exhibition catalogs, pamphlets, postcards, images, and articles
2009-2016
4 3058-025
Resumes about artists
2014-2016
4 3058-025
Obituaries
2000-2004
4 3058-025
Travel receipts and information, itineraries
2015
4 3058-025
Exhibition preview writings, notes, postcards, images
2015-2016
5 3058-025
Writings, pictures, notes, and correspondences related to writings
1981-2000
5 3058-025
Exhibition reviews and articles, and artist critiques
1979-2010
5 3058-025
Artwork and drawing given to Mr. Kangas
1979-2012
5 3058-025
Correspondence
1972-1980
5 3058-025
Pamphlets, catalogs, images, and information about exhibitions
1980-1993
5 3058-025
Notes and lectures
1974-1995
5 3058-025
Interviews and notes for interviews
1972-2011
5 3058-025
Copyright agreements and legal documents
2006-2009
5 3058-025
Invoices for work and sales
1989-1995
5 3058-025
Betty Bowen letters
1956-1972
5 3058-025
Articles and publications on shows
1961-1969
5 3058-025
Transcipts of radio broadcasts
1977-1979
5 3058-025
Information, publications, and resumes about artists
1980
5 3058-025
Information about Epicenter
2004-2005
6 3058-025
Critiques and writings, Aalund-Lundian
2012-2016
6 3058-025
Exhibition catalogs, pamphlets, postcards, images, and articles
2014
6 3058-025
Resumes about artists
2014
6 3058-025
Magazines and articles related to artists and exhibitions
2014-2016
6 3058-025
Other writings and publications
2012
7 3058-025
17 data CDs containing images and documents
circa 2000s
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: William Ivey
1979
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: Robert C. Jones
1985
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: Merrily Tompkins
1987
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: Jay Steensma
1988
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: Dale Chihuly
1988
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: Dale Lindman
1988
7 3058-025
Artist studio sketch: Gerard Tsutakawa
1991
8 3058-025
Bumbershoot '87: Bumberbiennale: Seattle Sculpture exhibition
1987-1988
8 3058-025
Bumbershoot: Bumberbiennale exhibitions
1983-1986
8 3058-025
News clippings authored or about Matthew Kangas
1985-1986
8 3058-025
Permanent Immigrant: The Art of Italo Scanga: holographic manuscript
2017
9 3058-025
Decorated envelope from Dale Chihuly and Georgia O'Keefe quote
2016
9 3058-025
Bumbershoot official schedule
2002
9 3058-025
Bumbershoot posters
1983, 1985, 1986
9 3058-025
Bumbershoot poster concept design
1985

Accession No. 3058-026: Matthew Kangas papers, 1959-2021Return to Top

6.46 cubic feet (8 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials related to Matthew Kangas, including awards, photo albums, personal and professional correspondence, lecture slides, critical essays in museum guides, artist reviews, photographs, research files for books and articles, and portraits of Kangas.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details. Correspondence (box 2) is closed until 2040 or death of donor.

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Matthew Kangas in December 2019 and October 2021

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 3058-026
Captain William R. Ballard Award
2002 June 25
1/2 3058-026
University of Oxford Diplomas
1972 January-1983 July
1/3 3058-026
Great Wall of China Certificate
1992 October
1/4 3058-026
Certificate of Merit in Recognition of Embarassing Public Display, Center on Contemporary Art
Undated
1/5 3058-026
Manufactureres Hanover Art/World Awards First Place for Distinguished Newspaper Art Criticism
1989 December 11
1/6 3058-026
Shanghai Teachers University Honorary Appointment Aesthetic Education Laboratory
1992
1/7 3058-026
Seattle Design and Advertising Silver Award
1985
1/8 3058-026
Museum Guide Essays
1993-2007
1/8 3058-026
Clay On The Wall
2007
1/8 3058-026
David Groth
2001
1/8 3058-026
Bertil Vallien
Undated
1/8 3058-026
Material Vision: Image and Object
1993
1/8 3058-026
Lundin
1999
1/9 3058-026
Seattle Art Fair Guide, Maps and Schedule
2019
1/10 3058-026
Family Clippings and Lily Strom Obituary
2016
1/11 3058-026
Kangas Daily Planners
2016-2018
1/12-13 3058-026
Kangas Letters and Envelopes Received, loose
2017 December -2018 April
1/14 3058-026
Exhibit Photos
1959-1993
1/15 3058-026
Christmas Card from Patti Warashina
2010 November
1/16 3058-026
Patrick Orton: Three Polaroids of Kangas with Unidentified Woman, Seattle
1982
2/1 3058-026
Corresondence
Restrictions on Access: Closed until 2040 or death of donor
2016-2018
2/2 3058-026
Corresondence
Restrictions on Access: Closed until 2040 or death of donor
2018-2019
2/3 3058-026
Corresondence
Restrictions on Access: Closed until 2040 or death of donor
2019
Box
2 3058-026
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000
Videocassette (VHS)
2000
2 3058-026
Fairbanks Focus KYVE #5 VHS
Videocassette (VHS)
Undated
2 3058-026
The Eloquent Object Six Video Programs VHS
Videocassette (VHS)
1987
Box/Folder
3/1 3058-026
Bumber Biennial Slides
Undated
3/2 3058-026
Bumber Biennial Slides
Undated
3/3 3058-026
Ivey Exhibition Slides
1989
3/4 3058-026
Installation Slides and Photos
Undated
3/5 3058-026
Tales and Traditions Slides - Bellevue Arts Museum
2010 December 11
3/6 3058-026
Tales and Traditions #2 Slides - Bellevue Arts Museum
2010 December 11
3/7 3058-026
Photos Shanghai
1992 November
3/8 3058-026
Photos World Ceramic Exposition South Korea
2001
3/9 3058-026
Japan Photo Album
Undated
Box
4 3058-026
Kangas's author files for Italo Scanga 1932-2001
5 3058-026
Kangas publication files
Scope and Content: Kangas's writings, notes mailers, and published reviews or artlcles of select artists. In alphabetical order.
2019-2021
6 3058-026
Kangas publication files
Scope and Content: Kangas's writings, notes mailers, and published reviews or artlcles of select artists. In alphabetical order.
2019-2021
7 3058-026
Kangas publication files
Scope and Content: Kangas's writings, notes mailers, and published reviews or artlcles of select artists. In alphabetical order.
2019-2021
7 3058-026
Correspondence
Scope and Content: Included correspondence between Matthew Kangas and Stephen Krause and others.
1967-1968, 2019-2021
7 3058-026
Author files for miscellaneous chapters of Burning Forest: The Art of Maria Frank Abrams
2010
7 3058-026
Christopher Dahl negatives, photographic prints, contact sheets, and photocopies
Scope and Content: Subjects: private parties of the 1900s and 2000s, art gallery and pop music scene group photos, etc.
General Notes: Dahl's reproduction waiver will arrive separately.
1990-2010
7 3058-026
US and South Korea Photo Album
General Notes: Photos removed from album and sleeved. Kept in original order.
Undated
8 3058-026
Artist Picnics and Korea and Japan Photo Album
Undated
8 3058-026
Breaking Barriers, American Craft Museum, New York Slides
1989
Box/Folder
8/1 3058-026
Fay Jones: Matthew Kangas
1988 April 26
8/2 3058-026
Tom Scheffey: Matthew Kangas, Lisbon Botanical Gardens. Color Photograph
1972
8/3 3058-026
The Art Director's Club 64th Annual Exhibition Merit Award
1985
8/4 3058-026
Matriculation Photo Queen's College, Oxford
1972 October
8/5 3058-026
Carol Adelman: Matthew
2012
8/6 3058-026
Pete Millet: Matt at Work
2017 April 6
8/7 3058-026
Richard Nicol: Group Portrait, Bumberbiennial, "The Portrait Project", Seattle Center
2002
8/8 3058-026
Masha Burns: Untitled
1981
8/9 3058-026
Samantha Sherer: Eyes of the Critic (MK)
2007
8/10 3058-026
Christian Staub: Formalist's Paradox (MK)
1981
8/11 3058-026
Arthur Howard: Matthew Seated
1971
8/12 3058-026
Norman Lundin: Matthew Kangas
2000
8/13 3058-026
Full-color photocopy print-out of designed Italo Scanga 1932-2001 with Kangas's notes.
[2018]

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • American students--Great Britain
  • Art criticism--Washington (State)
  • Art critics--Washington (State)
  • Art--Exhibitions
  • College students--Great Britain
  • College students--Oregon
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Universities and colleges--Great Britain
  • Universities and colleges--Oregon

Personal Names

  • Bloedel, Joan Ross, 1942- --Correspondence
  • Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986--Interviews
  • Friedline, Mabel Miller Cleman--Correspondence
  • Kangas, Matthew--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Reed College (Portland, Or
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Oxford

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • James, Clayton (creator)