[Libs-Or] Allen Press exhibition opening reception: SATURDAY, DEC. 11, 2-3:30

[James Carmin]

The Allen Press: A California Fine Press of Lewis & Dorothy Allen

In 1939, Lewis and Dorothy Allen began printing beautiful limited edition
books and other materials. For more than 50 years, this California couple
printed on three hand-presses, including an 1830 Acorn-Smith, an Albion
Press and a Columbian Press, and produced more than 50 stunning handmade
books. Their work is highly revered for its elegance, creativity and content
— which focuses on classics of literature and titles related to the history
of California. In 1996 their talents were recognized when they received the
Oscar Lewis Award for the Book Arts from the Book Club of California for a
lifetime of fine printing.

This exhibition draws books, correspondence and printed ephemera from a
private collection once owned by Edgar N. Meakin, a classmate of Lewis
Allen's at the University of California, Berkeley, and good friend and
neighbor; the materials remain with the Meakin family in Portland.
Additional materials are borrowed from other public and private collections,
and from the John Wilson Special Collections of Multnomah County Library.

*Please joins us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, December 11, 2–3:30
p.m. with light refreshments and opening remarks by exhibition curator Jim
Carmin.*

The exhibition opens Saturday, December 11, 2010, and is in place until
Sunday, January 16, 2011.

For more information click on:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174553199235333 and
http://multcolib.org/events/collins/allenpress.html or contact John Wilson
Special Collections Librarian Jim Carmin, 503.988.6287.
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