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"A Message to Garcia"
Elbert Hubbard and the Power of Print
Location, time
- Collins Gallery
- 3rd Floor, Central Library
- 801 S.W. 10th Avenue
- Portland, OR
- February 3–March 18
- 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 exhibit
Elbert Hubbard's inspirational 1899 essay "A Message to Garcia" became one of the most popular writings of all time, catapulting its author into instant celebrity. Hubbard, a William Morris follower and American Arts and Crafts Movement leader, became so popular that Portland's 1905 world's fair featured Roycroft Day in honor of Hubbard's furniture and printing shop, the Roycroft Shop, in East Aurora, New York. By the mid-20th century, millions of copies of "A Message to Garcia" had been printed and the text had been translated into many languages.
Featuring materials borrowed from Portland collector and author Jack Walsdorf, the John Wilson Special Collections and elsewhere, the exhibition examines "this remarkable phenomenon of publishing" — as famed papermaker Dard Hunter called it — and how the power of print can impact society.
For more information, contact John Wilson Special Collections Librarian Jim Carmin at 503.988.6287.
Exhibit event
Opening Reception
- Collins Gallery
- Saturday, February 3, 2–3:30 p.m.
Please join us for the exhibition, light refreshments and comments by exhibition curator Jim Carmin and by local author and collector Jack Walsdorf.