Robinson Jeffers, Poet 1887-1987: A Centennial Exhibition

Los Angeles: Occidental College, 1987. First Edition . Wraps. Fine -. 8vo. Pp. 47. Catalogue for the centennial of Robinson Jeffers birth. The Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental College houses a strong collection o f books, manuscripts, photographs and letters by, and concerned with, Jeffers. The nucleus of the collection was established in 1938 with a substantial bequest of material from Jeffer's friend, Albert M. Bender. The collection was further enchanced in 1974 with a gift from the publisherTheodore M. Lilienthal. Other donors included Lawrence Clark Powell, Ward Ritchie, the Jeffers family and Melba Berry Bennett. Concurrent with the literary exhibition was an exhibition of prints, etchings, aqua tints and drypoints concerned with the Big Sur and Monterey area curated by Professor Linda Lyke. Contents of the catalogue include: An essay, "Robertson Jeffers In Centennial," by Robert J. Brophy, a fascimilie of Jeffers first poem, "The Measure" published in the December 1903 number of Aurora, the school newspaper of Occidental College, chronology of Jeffers oeuvre and life. Also included are numerous b&w halftone photographs of Jeffers, Una and the twins. Biographical vignettes and fascmilies of work included in the art exhibition. A crisp, clean copy.