Literature of Lewis & Clark Exhibition

Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Traveling Exhibition

On January 16, 2003 in conjuction with its week-long travel seminar at Monticello, Lewis & Clark College unveiled its traveling exhibit, The Literature of the Lewis & Clark Expedition at the Jefferson Library. The exhibit, curated by Stephen Dow Beckham, Pamplin Professor of History, featured sixty rare items from the college's collection of expedition-related printed material and is composed of twelve display cases plus a number of framed wall pieces.

Exhibit panorama

Highlights of the exhibit include volumes from Lewis and Clark's travelling library, early newspapers and government publications reporting on the expedition, early foreign language editions of Patrick Gass's journal, and a copy of the 1814 Biddle-Allen edition of Lewis and Clark's journals in original boards.

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View of the exhibit at the Boston Athenaeum.

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At the Watzek Library Special Collections

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Exhibit Schedule

The Thomas Jefferson Library at Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, January-April, 2003

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, May 5-September 14, 2003

Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, Kentucky, October-December, 2003

The Boston Athenaeum, January-April, 2004

Westfield Memorial Library, Westfield, New Jersey, May 3-July 16, 2004

Fort Mandan, Washburn North Dakota, August-October, 2004

Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, November 26-April 3, 2005

Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, Washington, April 15-June 12, 2005

Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado, August 1-September 30, 2005

Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington, October-December, 2005

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, Oregon, February-May, 2006

Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, Idaho, May-July, 2006

Aubrey Watzek Library, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, August-December, 2006

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