Have the feeling that you are in a tunnel and can't see the end? We do, too. For a view of tunnels more expressive than ours, visit our most recent digital exhibition, Tunnel Vision. Based on our 2018 physical exhibition, Tunnel Vision was the result of a...

03 September, 2020 /

"The untransacted destiny of the American people is to subdue the continent — to rush over this vast field to the Pacific Ocean — to animate the many hundred millions of its people, and to cheer them upward — to set the principle of self-government...

01 June, 2020 /

“We have all our elephants to see.” Empire Builders Carol Inderieden and Chandler O’Leary Tacoma, WA: Anagram Press, 2015 N7433.4 I52 E47 2015 From the authors’ essay: “To see the elephant was to embark on a quest for riches and prosperity…The elephant is an illusion, an impossible promise like a...

04 October, 2016 /

Tunnel Vision: A Selection of Tunnel, Pop-up and Movable Books from the Rare Books Department Tunnel Vision features a selection of pieces from the rare book collections produced using various paper manipulations to create the illusion of depth — framing and narrowing the viewers’ perspective. This...

05 April, 2016 /