Strong Family papers, 1832-1994
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Strong family
- Title
- Strong Family papers
- Dates
- 1832-1994 (inclusive)18321994
- 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
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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
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
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 Description
Correspondence, writing, clippings, diaries, legal documents, ephemera, and photographs of the Strong family.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative Information
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 Collection
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Description: Accession No. 0958-002: Strong family papers, 1918-1980 (bulk 1930-1970).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.
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Accession No. 0958-004: Strong family papers, 1832-1994 (bulk 1861-1862)
.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
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Personal Papers
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Genealogy - Strong Family History Update (vol. IV), Four
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Description: Descendants of Elder John Strong His Sister and a CousinDates: 1994
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General Correspondence
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Description: E. L. Baldwin & Co. to E. M. Stiger (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1879Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Marian Brown to ____ (cousin) (A.L.S.)Dates: 1858
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Description: Armeda Gibbs to Female Benevolent Society (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1847
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Description: James Patton to Jonas Whitney Jr. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1826
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Description: John Sherman to Chas S. Strong (A.L.S.)Dates: 1895
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Description: C. R. Strong to ____ Strong (brothers) (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1854
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Description: J. C. Strong to ____ (brothers) (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: Sidney Strong to ____ (uncle) (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1858
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Description: Dewey Whitney to Jonas Whitney (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1826
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Description: Milton ____ to Whitney ____ (cousins) (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1864
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Description: Eliza ____ to Susan ____ (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1849
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Description: ____ to Henry Clay (Ts.)Dates: 1848
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Description: Legal DocumentsDates: 1862-63, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 0958-004
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Speeches And Writings
Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Haynes, Tamzen E. (Ts.)Dates: 1916
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Description: re. Charles Sumner Strong (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undated
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Description: Land Grants (oversized)Dates: 1837Container: Box:oversize Misc oversized box 10, Accession 0958-004
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Description: NotesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 0958-004
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Description: ClippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 0958-004
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Description: EphemeraDates: 1909, 1916, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 0958-004
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Description: MiscellanyDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 0958-004
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John Stoughton Strong
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Incoming Letters
Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Joseph Ritchey (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1844
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Description: Rev. T. Williston (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1859
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Description: Speeches & WritingsDates: 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Financial RecordsDates: 1863Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Bills Of SaleDates: 1845Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Bills Of Sale (oversized)Dates: 1853Container: Box:oversize Misc oversized box 10, Accession 0958-004
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Description: WillsDates: 1857, 1863Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 0958-004
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Description: John Stoughton Strong Jr.Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 0958-004
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Lyman Whitney Strong
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Incoming Letters
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Description: Amidon, G. E. S. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Dix, Chas H. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1869Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Garfield, James A. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 0958-004
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Description: House, E. J. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1870Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Lyon, James M. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862-63Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Lyon, William C. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1863Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Stiles, H. Linworth (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Arthur Tappan (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861-62Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, David (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Timothy Dowd (A.L.S.)Dates: 1868
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Description: ____, Herbert (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: ____, Lovina (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1832
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Description: ____, Sylvia (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1865
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Description: Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1848Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Legal DocumentsDates: 1846Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Guardian’s LettersDates: 1866Container: Box/Folder 1/20, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Executor’s LettersDates: 1881Container: Box/Folder 1/21, Accession 0958-004
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Description: WillDates: 1881-1882Container: Box/Folder 1/22, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Bills Of Sale (oversized)Dates: 1846-1863Container: Box:oversize Misc oversized box 10, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Pew PlateDates: 1882Container: Box/Folder 1/23, Accession 0958-004
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Description: ClippingsDates: 1881Container: Box/Folder 1/24, Accession 0958-004
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Ruth Maria Strong (dix)
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Incoming Letters
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Description: Brown, A (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1841Container: Box/Folder 1/25, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Brown, Mary Anne (Ts.)Dates: undated
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Description: Brown, Rockwell (Ts.)Dates: 1843, undated
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Description: Clark, Frances (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1964
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Description: Cramer, Mary Ann Harris (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1859
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Description: Dix, Susan F. E. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1848
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Description: Dix, William (Ts.)Dates: 1840
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Description: Douglass, U. R. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1852
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Description: Dyer, Shepard L. (Ts.)Dates: 1842
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Description: Gray, J. J. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1864
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Description: Olds, C. N. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1852
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Description: Russell, A. F. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1864
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Description: Southworth, Mary Ann B. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1846
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Description: Spencer, Harriet (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1854
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Description: Stiles, M. E. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/26, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Arthur Tappan (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861
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Description: Strong, Lyman Whitney (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1843-62
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Description: Taylor, Fanny (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1841, 1848
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Description: Warren, Jemima (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1839
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Description: ____, Ben O. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1848
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Description: ____, Eliza (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1848
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Description: ____, Julia (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1834, 1854, 1861
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Description: ____, Milton (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: ____, Nara (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1858
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Description: ____, Nell (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undated
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Description: ____, Sidney (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1860?
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Description: ____, Sylvia (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undated
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Description: ____, ____ (Ts.)Dates: 1854
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Description: Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1849Container: Box/Folder 1/27, Accession 0958-004
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Description: MiscellanyDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/28, Accession 0958-004
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Arthur Tappan Strong
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Incoming Letters
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Description: Dix, Clara C. B. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Harris, Egbert (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861
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Description: Harris, Joseph (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861
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Description: Powers, J. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861
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Description: Russell, Mary S. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: Russell, Permelia (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: Strong, Dewey (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Lyman Whitney (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861-62Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Lyman Whitney (Jr.) (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong (Dix), Ruth Maria (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/3, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Timothy (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: ____, Robert (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1862
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Description: Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1861, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 0958-004
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Description: DiaryDates: 1862Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Legal DocumentsDates: 1861Container: Box/Folder 2/6, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Account BookDates: 1834-1850Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Accession 0958-004
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Description: PhotographsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/8, Accession 0958-004
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Description: MiscellanyDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/9, Accession 0958-004
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Lyman Whitney Strong (Jr.)
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Incoming Letters
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Description: Chamberlain, U. T. (A.L.S.)Dates: 1856Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, Sarah Elizabeth (A.L.S.)Dates: 1865-1872Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Report CardsDates: 1878-1879Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Accession 0958-004
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Timothy Dowd Strong
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Description: Incoming Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1869Container: Box/Folder 2/13, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Outgoing Letters (A.L.S.)Dates: 1865Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Accession 0958-004
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Description: DiaryDates: 1858-1876Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Accession 0958-004
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Sydney Dix Strong
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Incoming Letters
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Description: Blake, HenryDates: 1916Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Dix, John F.Dates: 1916
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Description: Gray, I. J.Dates: 1916
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Description: Institute of American GenealogyDates: 1934
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Description: Strong, DeweyDates: 1916
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Description: Strong, FredDates: 1898
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Description: Strong, SarahDates: undated
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Description: Tracy, Russell, L.Dates: 1916
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Description: Ben O. StrongDates: 1848Container: Box/Folder 2/17, Accession 0958-004
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Hattie Strong (Snyder)
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Description: Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1885, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/18, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Speeches & WritingsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/19, Accession 0958-004
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Fanny L. Taylor
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Incoming Letters
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Description: Strong, Ben O. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1849Container: Box/Folder 2/20, Accession 0958-004
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Description: Strong, S. B. (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: undated
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Description: Outgoing Letters (A.L.S. & Ts.)Dates: 1848Container: Box/Folder 2/21, Accession 0958-004
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Accession No. 0958-005: Strong family papers, 1944-1988
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
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Series 1: Tracy Strong, Jr.
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1948Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 0958-005
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Description: School Essay on Berlin's Health Problems in the American SectorDates: 1949Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Report on Youth ActivitiesDates: 1946-1948Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 0958-005
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Description: HCOG (High Commission for Occupied Germany) Youth ProgramDates: 1951Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Report on Commission on Curriculum Office of Military Government, United StatesDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Report on the United States Social Studies Committee Office of Military Government for Germany, United StatesDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Study of the Vocational Education Program in the US Zone of GermanyDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Report on Higher Education in Occupied GermanyDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Adult Education in the US Zone of GermanyDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Memo: Former Special Prisoners of WarDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 0958-005
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Description: School Wall NewspaperDates: 1948Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Printed Ephemera, Menus, BriefsDates: 1946-4949Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 0958-005
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Description: ClippingsDates: 1947-1949Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Photographs of Occupations for AmputeesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 0958-005
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Series 2: Strong Family
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Description: Correspondence, Clippings, Will - Anna Louise StrongDates: 1944-1972Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Book Lists - Anna Louise Strong's LibraryDates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Correspondence, Notes, Lists - UW Libraries, Other LibrariesDates: 1968-1969Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Correspondence, Notes, Lists - UW Libraries, Other LibrariesDates: 1970-1978Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Clippings, Correspondence, Programs - Anna Louise StrongDates: 1970-1984Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Correspondence, Clippings, Printed Ephemera - LibrariesDates: 1966-1970Container: Box/Folder 1/20, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Clippings, Correspondence - Tracy Strong and University of WashingtonDates: 1980-1988Container: Box/Folder 1/21, Accession 0958-005
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Description: Tracy Strong Sr. Finding AidDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/22, Accession 0958-005
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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
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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)
