WAUMatthewsMarkA0097_2757.xml Guide to the Mark A. Matthews Papers 1884-1978 Matthews (Mark A.) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2006 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 0097, 2757 Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940 Mark A. Matthews papers 1884-1978 13.38 cubic feet (36 boxes) Collection materials are in English. Papers of a Presbyterian minister who was active in Seattle, Washington, 1902-1940.

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.

Arranged in 4 accessions:

Accession No. 0097-002 Accession No. 0097-003 Accession No. 0097-004 Accession No. 2757-001

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.

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.

No restrictions on access.

Request at UW

The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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.

 Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940--Archives Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940--Sermons Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932 Ronald, James Theodore, 1855- McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941 Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Martin, Clarence D. (Clarence Daniel), 1886-1955 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 First Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.) Presbyterian Hospital (Jackson, Tenn.) King County Medical Society (Seattle, Wash.). Hospital Committee Seattle (Wash.)--Moral conditions Seattle (Wash.)--Religious life and customs Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government--20th century Presbyterian Church--Washington (State)--Seattle--Clergy--Archives Presbyterian Church--Washington (State)--Seattle--Sermons Clergy--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Fundamentalists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Hospital administrators--Tennessee--Archives Presbyterians--Washington (State)--Seattle Presbyterian Church--United States--Clergy Presbyterian Church--Tennessee--Clergy--Archives Clergy--Washington (State)--Seattle--Correspondence Presidents--United States--Correspondence Presbyterian Church--Missions--Alaska--Metlakatla Municipal government--Corrupt practices--Washington (State)--Seattle correspondence reports writings sermons notes Scrapbooks Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Speeches, addresses, etc Genealogical correspondence Photographs Microfilms Civic Activism Religion Missionaries Seattle Scrapbooks Photographs

 

Accession No. 0097-002: Mark A. Matthews papers, 1901-1938 12 cubic feet (32 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in 2 series:

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.

 Personal papers

Arrangement: Arranged by type of document.

 1/1-2 0097-002 Biographical or historical information undated General correspondence 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 6/1-2 0097-002 Checks and receipts undated 6/3 0097-002 Miscellaneous undated 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 6/8 0097-002 Metlakahtla undated 6/9-13 0097-002 Reports undated Speeches and writings Regarding religion 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 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 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 7/10-11 0097-002 Others, no author undated Sermons 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 7/25-26 0097-002 Sermons, partial undated 8-21 0097-002 Sermonettes 1902-1939 45 bound volumes Sermon notes 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 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 22/19-23/3 0097-002 First Presbyterian Church 1901-1915, 1927, 1937-1949, undated 23/4 0097-002 Other 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 23/11-15 0097-002 Miscellaneous undated 23/16 0097-002 Published sermons undated 23/17-20 0097-002 Photographs undated Subject series 24/1-2 0097-002 United States Army, Chaplain's Reserve 1929-1931 Scrapbooks (mostly clippings) 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 1905-1906

Scope and Content: Includes photos.

 29 0097-002 Number 10 1906 January-1906 October 26 0097-002 Number 11 1909 January-1909 April 30 0097-002 Number 12 1910

Scope and Content: Includes photos.

 30 0097-002 Number 13 1910

Scope and Content: Includes photos.

 30 0097-002 Number 14 1911-1944

Scope and Content: Includes many photos.

 31 0097-002 Number 15 1912 March-1913 May 32 0097-002 Number 16 1912-1925 May

Scope and Content: Includes photos.

 26 0097-002 Number 17 1918 August-1933 March

Scope and Content: Includes photos.

 26 0097-002 Number 18 circa 1933-1939 June 31 0097-002 Number 19 1933 May-1937 December

Scope and Content: Includes photos.

 26 0097-002 Number 20 1940-1948 31 0097-002 Number 21 undated 24/1-2 0097-002 Presbyterian Hospital 1897-1999 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, 1884-1948 1.05 cubic feet (3 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in 4 series:

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.

 Personal papers Biographical materials 1/1-2 0097-003 General correspondence 1918-1927 1/3 0097-003 Genealogical material undated Incoming letters 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 1/30-31 0097-003 Incoming letters: condolence letters 1940 1/32 0097-003 Outgoing letters 1904-1932 General correspondence 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 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 2/10 0097-003 General correspondence 1911 2/11-14 0097-003 Reports 1911, 1916 2/15 0097-003 Miscellaneous 1911, 1937 2/16 0097-003 Subject series -- lesson notes undated Subject series -- Memphis call 2/17 0097-003 General correspondence 1931 Subject series -- Metlakahtla case 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 2/22 0097-003 General correspondence 1910 2/23 0097-003 Subject series -- Seattle's new constructive creed 1921 Subject series -- Winnipeg call 3/1 0097-003 General correspondence 1914 Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, Grievance Committee 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 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 3/11 0097-003 Articles of incorporation and by-laws 1907 Accession No. 0097-004: Mark A. Matthews papers, 1911-1978 .21 cubic feet (1 box)

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.

 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, 1 microfilm reel : negative

Scope and Content: Microfilm of two volumes of the scrapbooks included in Accession No. 0097-002.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.