Events & Classes > Collins Gallery > Loyd Haberly (1896-1981): Oregon Poet, Printer and Bookbinder
Loyd Haberly (1896-1981):
Oregon Poet, Printer and Bookbinder
![image from 'Almost a Minister: A Romance of the Oregon Hopyards' / written, illustrated, printed and bound by Loyd Haberly [St. Louis : Haberly Press, c1942]](/events/collins/images/haberly.jpg)
Location, time
- Collins Gallery
- 3rd Floor, Central Library
- 801 S.W. 10th Avenue
- Portland, OR
- April 9–June 20, 2010
- Monday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Tuesday & Wednesday: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
- Thursday–Saturday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Sunday: noon–5 p.m.
About the exhibition
Raised in rural Oregon, Loyd Haberly was a Reed College graduate and a Rhodes Scholar who, while in England, gained a strong appreciation for the Arts & Crafts movement. In the tradition of William Morris’ famous Kelmscott Press, he founded the Seven Acres Press, a small private press in England where he printed 16 books, most authored by himself. He later was hired for the position of controller at the esteemed Gregynog Press in Wales, where four more books were produced under his control. Among them was Eros and Psyche, which used the illustrations created by artist Edward Burne-Jones for Morris. Haberly printed one more title in England before he returned to the United States, where he printed another 13 books from 1940 to 1976.
The work of Loyd Haberly as a poet, artist — he created the many brightly colored woodcuts that adorn his books — printer and binder, caught the attention of Portland book collector Brian Booth. Over the years, Booth has generously been donating his Haberly collection to the John Wilson Special Collections at Multnomah County Library. This exhibition, the first on Haberly in more than a decade, features all of these items along with materials borrowed from other institutions and private collections.
Related event
Opening Reception
- Tuesday, April 20, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Please join us for opening remarks by exhibition curator Jim Carmin and book collector Brian Booth.
For more information, contact John Wilson Special Collections Librarian Jim Carmin, Multnomah County Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97205; phone 503.988.6287.
