Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938

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• Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938

  approximately 5.12 cubic feet (10 boxes)

  Scope and Content: Personal documents, correspondence, legal documents, newspapers and clippings, photographs, minutes, diaries, writings, sermons, scrapbooks, and financial records.

  Arrangement: Arranged in 8 series.

  • Incoming Letters
  • Outgoing Letters
  • Oberlin
  • Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
  • Other Documents
  • Memorabilia
  • Ruth Strong (wife)
  • Tracy Strong (son)

  Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

  Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

  Acquisition Info: Donated by Mrs. Tracy Strong, Sr., and Tracy Strong, Jr., 7/22/1968

  • Incoming Letters

    • Description: General
      Dates: 1877-1928
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From wife
      Dates: 1887-1896
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From mother
      Dates: 1897-1903
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From Tracy
      Dates: 1886; 1903
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1877; 1903-1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From children
      Dates: 1904
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From Tracy
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From children
      Dates: 1906-1907; 1909
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10-11, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From family
      Dates: 1899; 1910; 1912-1914
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From children
      Dates: 1921-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From Tracy
      Dates: 1924-1926
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1-3, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: From family
      Dates: 1925; 1927
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1920; 1927-1930; 1932-1933; 1935
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5-6, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Incoming Letters

  • Outgoing Letters

    • Description: To father
      Dates: 1876-1894
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Outgoing Letters
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1876-1894
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Outgoing Letters
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1885; 1905; 1924-1938
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7-16, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Outgoing Letters

  • Oberlin

    • Description: Diplomas from Oberlin
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/17, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Oberlin
    • Description: Letters, incoming, from Oberlin student days
      Dates: 1874-1884
      Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Oberlin
    • Description: Oberlin debates
      Dates: 1879-1884
      Container: Box/Folder 2/19-24, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Oberlin

  • Writings, Sermons, and Diaries

    • Description: Bicycle trips abroad
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: American notes
      Dates: 1924-1927
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2-4, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Writings
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5-6, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: "Writings at Geneva"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Writings
      Dates: circa 1931-1932
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Sermons
      Dates: 1917-1918
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 5, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Scrapbooks and diary
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 6, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Scrapbooks
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 7, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries
    • Description: Notes
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Writings, Sermons, and Diaries

  • Other Documents

    • Description: Minutes - Committee appointed by the Congressional Churches of Ohio
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Other Documents
    • Description: Tax receipts
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Other Documents
    • Description: Legal documents and insurance papers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Other Documents
    • Description: Outline of Marriage Service
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Other Documents

  • Memorabilia

    • Description: Photographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Memorabilia
    • Description: Newspapers and clippings
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Memorabilia
    • Description: Memorabilia
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/8, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Memorabilia
    • Description: Memorabilia
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 9, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Memorabilia

  • Ruth Strong (wife)

    • Description: Incoming letters, from husband
      Dates: 1887; 1889; 1894-1897; 1902
      Container: Box/Folder 10/1, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Ruth Strong (wife)
    • Description: Incoming letters, from mother
      Dates: 1885-1902
      Container: Box/Folder 10/2-3, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Ruth Strong (wife)
    • Description: Outgoing letters
      Dates: 1895-1896
      Container: Box/Folder 10/4, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Ruth Strong (wife)

  • Tracy Strong (son)

    • Description: Incoming letters - from family
      Dates: 1895-1934
      Container: Box/Folder 10/5, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Tracy Strong (son)
    • Description: Outgoing letters
      Dates: 1908-1910
      Container: Box/Folder 10/6, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Tracy Strong (son)
    • Description: "World Friendship Committee"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 10/7, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Tracy Strong (son)
    • Description: Writings
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 10/8, Accession 0959-001
      Location: Accession No. 0959-001: Sydney Strong papers, 1860-1938 / Tracy Strong (son)
• Description: Accession No. 0959-002: Sydney Strong papers, undated

  4 items

  Scope and Content: Two letters, Gospel Temperance Union, Pledge card and pamphlet.

  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, 12/16/1975.

• Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928

  2.54 cubic feet (7 boxes and 1 package containing 9 scrapbooks)

  Scope and Content: Nine scrapbooks containing clippings, ephemera and photographs.

  Topics include Anna Louise Strong's work and writings, especially around child welfare, Sydney Strong's sermons and writings, and articles of interest around labor, peace, and social welfare.

  Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

  Restrictions on Use: Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

  Acquisition Info: Received 9/1/1984.

  • Description: Sydney and Anna Louise Strong life and work clippings

    Scope and Content: Includes clippings related to the work of Sydney and Anna Louise Strong around social activsm, labor, peace, education, Anna Louise's travels, as well as published writings of both. Also includes related ephemera such as fliers, pamphlets, and materials from Queen Anne Congregational Church.

    Dates: 1905-1926
    Container: Box 7, Item Scrapbook 7
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Dr. Strong life and work clippings

    Scope and Content: Includes clippings of Dr. Strong's work as pastor of Queen Ann Congregational Church, especially as summaries of sermons, community program ephemera, clippings related to child welfare, civic action, and other social causes, and various ephemera related to the life and work of Dr. Strong.

    Dates: approximately 1908-1912
    Container: Box 4, Item Scrapbook 4
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Dr. Strong life and work clippings

    Scope and Content: Includes clippings related to the life and work of Dr. Strong, including summaries of sermons and talks, articles about events, articles on social causes, and some related ephemera.

    Dates: 1909-1915
    Container: Box 6, Item Scrapbook 6
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Civic Institute

    Scope and Content: Includes clippings related to the Civic Institute in Seattle and social causes such as child welfare, education, child labor, and related topics.

    Dates: approximately 1910
    Container: Box 1, Item Scrapbook 9
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Clippings from Montreal Newspapers, Child Welfare Exhibition Held October 8-22 1912
    Dates: 1912
    Container: Box 2, Item Scrapbook 2
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Central Council of Social Agencies of Seattle

    Scope and Content: Documents, clippings, and ephemera related to a City committee of social agency representatives.

    Dates: approximately 1912
    Container: Box 3, Item Scrapbook 3
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Child Welfare Exhibits

    Scope and Content: Clippings of newspaper articles about the exhibit and photographs of the exhibit boards

    Dates: approximately 1914
    Container: Box 1, Item Scrapbook 1
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Travel

    Scope and Content: "Around the Pacific" and "Across the Pacific" by Dr. Strong article clippings, ephemera and clippings from his travels, clippings related to labor, peace, and other social causes, and clippings of other articles of interest to Dr. Strong.

    Dates: 1921-1929
    Container: Box 5, Item Scrapbook 5
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928
  • Description: Clippings

    Scope and Content: Loose pages. Includes clippings related to conscription, peace, the Soviet Union, Christianity, and articles written by Dr. Strong. Also includes clippings of the columns "American Notes" and "Preacher at Large".

    Dates: approximately 1923-1928
    Container: Box 8, Item Scrapbook 8
    Location: Accession No. 0959-003: Sydney Strong scrapbooks, 1905-1928