Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and
Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
archives@lclark.edu
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OLPb013NOM
Nomland,
Kemper
Kemper Nomland Collection
1942-1994
seven framed paintings and several books and publications
paintings approximately 3 feet x 4 feet
Kemper Nomland was an architect and
conscientious objector during World War II. This collection includes paintings
by Nomland, as well as books related to the World War II Civilian Public
Service camps.
Special Collections
English
Biographical Note
This collection includes: four paintings by Nomland made in the World
War II CPS camps or with CPS subject matter; three later paintings; various
publications by Glen Coffield; various publications printed by Nomland in the
CPS camps; and a letter from Coffield to Nomland.
These collection is organized in two series series: 1) Paintings; 2)
Publications; 3) Cards and other printing projects.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in
the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written
permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
The Kemper Nomland Collection, OLPb013NOM, Lewis & Clark College
Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
This collection was assembled by Kemper Nomland.
The collection was given to Lewis & Clark College by Kemper
Nomland in 2006.
Processed in 2006.
Other related collections include:
other World War II Pacifism collections at Lewis & Clark
College Special Collections,
http://library.lclark.edu/specialcollections/pacifismcollection.htmlCivilian Public Service records in the Swarthmore College Peace
Collection, http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/.Conscientious Objectors collection, including material on
C.P.S. Camp No. 56, Camp Waldport, Waldport, Oregon, at the University of
Oregon Special Collections,
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/guides/waldport.html
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Nomland,
Kemper
Coffield,
Glen, 1917-
Conscientious Objectors
World War 1939 1945 United States
Civic
Activism
Painting
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1
Paintings
by Kemper Nomland
Glen Coffield
1944
oil painting on canvas
25 x 30 inches
While in the Cascade Locks, Oregon, Civilian Public Service Camp
21, Kemper Nomland painted this portrait of Glen Coffield, which was later
published in two of Coffield's books "The Horned Moon" and "3 Songs," as well
as in the literary magazine "The Illiterati" (#3). Coffield served as education
director for the Fine Arts program at Cascade Locks and Waldport.
Kemper Nomland
Windsor Utley
1944
oil painting on canvas
24 x 20 inches
While in the Cascade Locks, Oregon Civilian Public Service Camp
21, Kemper Nomland painted this portrait of fellow artist Windsor Utley.
Kemper Nomland
Bill Webb
unknown
oil painting on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Kemper Nomland met Bill Webb while at the Cascade Locks and
Waldport CPS camps. Nomland completed this painting after the war.
Kemper Nomland
Waterfall in the Columbia River
Gorge
June 1942
watercolor
21 x 15 inches
While in the Cascade Locks, Oregon Civilian Public Service Camp
21, Kemper Nomland painted this landscape of one of the waterfalls near the
camp.
Kemper Nomland
The Concert
1992
pastel
18 x 24 inches
Kemper Nomland
Acoma II
1994
pastel
18 x 24 inches
Kemper Nomland
Antiwar Rally 1968 Westlake
Park
1994
pastel
18 x 24 inches
Series 2
Publications
See Watzek online catalog for Special Collections call number and
location for each title. Items without call numbers are housed in a single
Nomland Collection box.
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 T45 1951
3 Songs by Glen Coffield (
[Pasadena, CA] : Printed by the Untide Press for members of the Rounce &
Coffin Club, 1951)
1951
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 U4 1943
Ultimatum by Glen Coffield
(Waldport, Ore. : Untide Press, 1943)
1943
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 S45 1967
Selected Poems 1936-1966 by Glen
Coffield (Carthage, Mo. : G. Coffield, 1967)
1967
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 T447
1963
Thirty poems : The return and
other poems by Glen Coffield (Eugene, Or. : Coffield, 1963)
1963
PACIFISM PS1.155
The Illiterati #6
1955
PACIFISM PS1.155
The Illiterati #6
1955
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 T443 1975
Thinking (Poems) by Glen Coffield
(Carthage, MO: Glen Coffield, 1975).
1975
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 R38 1955
Rational Power by Glen Coffield
(Portland, OR: Glen Coffield, 1955).
1955
Soul Flowers (Poems) by Glen
Coffield (Carthage, MO: Glen Coffield, 1974).
1974
Homage to King Lear by Glen
Coffield (Carthage, MO: Glen Coffield, 1971).
1971
PACIFISM PS3505.O22 M47 1969
The Merry-Go-Round (Poems) by
Glen Coffield (Carthage, MO: Glen Coffield, 1969).
1969
The Bridge edited by Glen
Coffield (Portland, Or: Glen Coffield).
1947-1957
Copies include: 7:1 January 1953; 7:2 February 1953; 7:3 March
1953; 7:4 April 1953; 7:5 Many-June 1953; 7:6 July/August 1953; 8:1
January/February 1954; Recent Announcements No. 1, January 15, 1954; 9:6 June
1955; 10:1 January 1956; 10:2 February 1956; 10:3 March 1956; 10:4 April 1956;
10:5 May 1956; 10:6 June 1956; 10:7 July 1956; 10:8 August 1956; 10:9 September
1956; 10:10 October 1956; 10:11 November 1956; 10:12 December 1956.
The Creative Advertiser edited by
Glen Coffield (Portland, Or: Glen Coffield).
1954-
Copies include: 1:2 Summer 1954, 2:1 Spring 1956, and 2:2 Summer
1956.
The Creative Review: A Quarterly
of the Creative edited by Glen Coffield (Klamath Falls, OR; Carthage, MO: Glen
Coffield).
1965-1978
Copies include: 5:2-5:3, 6:1-7:4, 10:2, 12:2-14:2, 14:4-15:4,
17:4, 18:4.
Creativity Newsletter (published
every 15 days) edited by Glen Coffield (Carthage, MO: Glen
Coffield).
1965-1973
Copies include #s: 57-80, 87-88, 127, 152, 154, 188-89, 195-97,
205, 208-213.
The Compass: An Instrument of
Direction published by Men in Civilian Public Service
1944-1946
Copies include: 1:6, 2:1-2, 2:5-6.
The Untide: What is not tide is
untide [unofficial camp newsletter for CPS camp 56, Waldport]
1943
Copies include: 1:7, 1:8, 1:9.
The Columbian: News and Views of
CPS Camp 21 on the Columbia River
1942-
Copies include: 1:1, 1:3-1:11, 1:13-1:15, 1:17-1:18.
Mimeographed Prints No. 1 in
Series, by Glen Coffield
ca. 1946
Image printed on a single sheet titled "Inland Seaport."
Includes listing of Coffield's other publications for sale on back.
one letter from Glen Coffield to
Kemper Nomland
September 15, 1948
This letter discusses Coffield Grundtvig Folk School. It
includes three photographs of the artistic aspects of his hand made home.
Series 3
Cards and Other Printing Projects
1.1
Christmas cards, Nomland's wedding invitation, birth announcements and other print jobs by Nomland
1947-2008
1.2
undated materials printed by Nomland
undated
1.3
advertising materials for Untide Press publications
1943-1951
Includes postcards and flyers.