December 2011

Merry Christmas from the Archives!

In the spirit of Christmas, I’d like to give you a gift.  A gift from Christmases past – greetings actually, from the Rev. Dr. Herbert Henry Gowen, a priest in this diocese from 1897-1960.

Gowen card 1943 Read more »

Archives for the Future!

 

Gowen card

I’m a little late posting this week – but I have a very good reason. I took a couple hours off yesterday morning to see my 5-year-old granddaughter’s Christmas play at her pre-school. She was the star of the play – the Bethlehem star – and I couldn’t miss that! Read more »

Let's Take a Tour of the Archives!

Now that you know some of the history of the Archives, let’s take a tour.

Diocesan House

Diocesan House.  Photo by Mark Swanson.

The Archives is located on the third floor of Diocesan House, a one-hundred-year-old mansion built for one of Seattle’s early town fathers, John Leary and his wife, Eliza.  The house with its intricate wood carvings Read more »

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