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Treasures in the Archives

When the Rev. Dr. John McCarty kept a journal of his travels in the Missionary Territories of Oregon and Washington, he did us a great service.  For if John McCarty, and others like him, had not kept journals and diaries, written letters, made drawings or taken pictures documenting their time and place, we would simply not know what their lives were like. 

Vancouver, St. Luke Read more »

... A Field of Labor of Great Extent and Full of Promise

...a field of labor of great extent and full of promise.  This is how early missionary, the Rev. John D. McCarty, D.D., described the possibilities for mission work in the newly created Washington Territory - but it could just as easily be used to describe our archival mission.  Read more »

New Year's Resolution: Let's Get Organized!

Here’s one New Year’s resolution you can keep! 

You can go from this:

Records - Before Processing

 

to this:

Records - After Processing

in just a few easy steps!!  Read more »

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 »

A Great and Growing Harvest - Part 3

Historical Documents

Well folks, it's time to bring in the harvest as I bring this brief history of the Diocese of Olympia Archives to a close.  Read more »

A Great and Growing Harvest - Part 2

Before I continue the history of the Archives I began last week, I'd like to wish everyone out there a very Happy Thanksgiving!!  And what could be a better theme for Thanksgiving week than a"A Great and Growing Harvest."

D-House Garden Read more »

Temporary Relocation of BishopRickel.com Sermons

Due to some technical issues with the current blogsite, the link to bishoprickel.com is temporily moved to rickelsermons.wordpress.com.  You can hear his most recent posting here until the issues are resolved. Read more »

A Great and Growing Harvest

In my last post, I quoted Bishop Scott who referred to the Convocation proceedings as “the first fruits of a great and growing harvest…” 

Bale of Hay

Image: Evgeni Dinev / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

What a wonderful way to describe archives.  It grows as its creating body grows and it tells the story of that growth. It is in that story – or history – that its permanent value and interest resides.   Read more »

The Convention Goes to the Archives!

The 101st Convention of the Diocese of Olympia is now history and soon its documentary record will join those of the previous 100 diocesan conventions and 57 missionary convocations in the Archives!

Archives Door

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The Archives Goes to Convention

Now that we’ve established what Archives ARE NOT (dusty) and what Archives ARE (Active, Relevant & Amazing), let’s take a look at what’s been going on in the diocesan Archives lately!  And that is, CONVENTION, of course!

I’ve attended diocesan convention every year since I was first elected in 1994.  Here I am with this year’s Archives exhibit – Living the Eucharist.

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Welcome to Archives in Action!

ANNOUNCING

ARCHIVES IN ACTION

THE BLOG!!!!

Well, here it is – my 1st Blog post!

The Archives may be a little late getting in to the social media game – but, after all, the ARCHIVES is where all the important stuff ends up – and sometimes it takes a while to get there!! Read more »

Temporary Relocation of BishopRickel.com

Due to some technical issues with the current blogsite, the link to bishoprickel.com is temporily moved to http://bishoprickel.wordpress.com.  You can read his most recent posting here until the issues are resolved.

Ed. Read more »

House of Bishops Meeting, Day 6

Dear Ones, Read more »

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