Aubrey Watzek Library

Library at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon

45°27′03″N 122°40′09″W / 45.45095°N 122.66909°W / 45.45095; -122.66909LocationPortland, Oregon, U.S., United StatesArchitect(s)Paul Thiry

Other informationWebsitelibrary.lclark.edu

The Aubrey Watzek Library is a library on the Lewis & Clark College campus, in Portland, Oregon.

History

The building was designed by Paul Thiry and completed in 1967.^[1] The library doubled in size during renovations completed in the mid-1990s by Hoffman Construction.^[2]^[3]

In 2016, a copy of the 1599 Geneva Bible was rediscovered in the library's basement.^[4]

Special collections

Since 2001, the library has housed the literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition collection in a special collections facility. The William Stafford Archive was established in the special collections in 2008.^[2]

References

^ Ward, Jean M. "Lewis & Clark College". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Watzek at 50". Lewis & Clark College. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
^ The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2006: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know, 32nd Edition. Macmillan. July 2005. ISBN 9780312341572. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
^ Wang, Amy (September 30, 2016). "Lewis & Clark College student stumbles across Bible from 1599". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2018.