Aubrey Watzek Library

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

Aubrey Watzek Library
The library building's exterior in 2010
45.45095°N 122.66909°W / 45.45095; -122.66909
Location	Portland, Oregon, U.S., United States
Architect(s)	Paul Thiry
Other information
Website	library.lclark.edu

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]