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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scope and Content: Correspondence, 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.

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

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

Scope and Content: 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.

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.

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

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.

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.