by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 4, 2012 | Alvin Josephy, Chief Joseph Cemetery, Devin Becker, Doug Erickson, Garth Reese, Grace Bartlett, Lewis and Clark Library, Nez Perce, Tamkaliks, University of Idaho Library, Wallowa County Museum
Last winter I sat in Doug Erickson’s lair at Lewis and Clark College in Portland talking library work. Doug is special collections librarian there, and his office is also the home of the William Stafford Collection. In a corner sits an odd Plexiglas contraption that...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 7, 2012 | Alvin Josephy, Caxton Press, Doug Erickson, Hear Me My Chiefs, Lamb Foundation, Nex Perce history, Oregon Poetic Voices, Sohon drawings. Gustovus Sohon, Yellow Wolf
Learning to be a librarianWhen Alvin Josephy started talking about leaving his books to Fishtrap all those years ago, I nodded and envisioned a nice addition to the Fishtrap house with shelves of books, a file cabinet or two, study carrels, and a stream of poets and...
