University of San Francisco (USF) - Printing at Waldport

The Donohue Rare Book Room and The Special Collections Department of Aubrey Watzek Library at Lewis & Clark College invite you to a joint exhibition of materials emanating from the circle of creative people associated with the Untide Press. Located on the Oregon coast, Waldport was the site of a civilian public service camp for conscientious objectors during World War II. Waldport became an important center of activity in the fine arts, marking the earliest collaborative efforts of several individuals who later earned substantial reputations as printers, poets, illustrators and designers. The exhibition features rare and seminal artifacts by William Everson, Adrian Wilson, Kermit Sheets, William Eshelman, Glen Coffield and Kemper Nomland, among others.

At the reception guests may print a broadside, designed and hand-set by Jack Stauffacher at The Greenwood Press, on the Donohue Rare Book Room’s 1854 Albion handpress.