In Praise of Libraries
Some titles from The Heavy Duty Press may be out of print, or priced completely out of the available budget for most individuals. This is why we have libraries. If you would like to see and handle books made by The Heavy Duty Press, or any of the private presses and fine presses around the world, or books published as “artists’ books” in extremely limited editions, please visit your nearest library and ask them about their Special Collections. Thanks to libraries, there is an endless number of interesting and beautifully made books available for you to enjoy and enrich your life, absolutely free of charge, regardless of who you are, what you look like, or how much money you have. In many respects, libraries are the original internet, funded by governments, institutions, and individuals who believe in sharing ideas, information, and knowledge.
The following libraries have generously shown their support of The Heavy Duty Press by purchasing one or more titles to share with you. They are listed alphabetically by location to help you begin exploring private press, fine press, and artists’ books at a library near you. They will be pleased to see you.
California
F. W. Olin Library
Mills College, Oakland
Typesetting on a Winter’s Afternoon
Millard Sheets Library
Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
Thawt
Declaration of Orientation
Typesetting on a Winter’s Afternoon
UCLA Arts Library
Los Angeles
Thawt
Declaration of Orientation
Connecticut
Watkinson Library, Enders Ornithology Collection
Trinity College, Hartford
Becoming Flight
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Delaware
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Newark
Native Son at Home
Declaration of Orientation
Florida
George A. Smathers Library
University of Florida, Gainesville
Typesetting on a Winter’s Afternoon
Illinois
Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Afterthawts
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections
Iowa City
The Sphere
Alchemy
Becoming Flight
Monster Trust
Declaration of Orientation
Kansas
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Special Collections
Topeka
Alchemy
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Minnesota
Rolvaag Memorial Library
St. Olaf’s College, Northfield
Alchemy
Missouri
University Libraries, Special Collections
Washington University, St. Louis
Typesetting on a Winter’s Afternoon
New York
Wallace Library, Cary Collection
R.I.T., Rochester
Native Son at Home
Declaration of Orientation
New Zealand
Sir George Grey Special Collections
Central City Library, Aukland
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Tyepsetting on a Winter’s Afternoon
Oregon
Valley Library
Oregon State University, Corvallis
The Sphere
Native Son at Home
Holy Shit (ephemera, single sheet)
Alchemy
Is Our Children Learning? (compact disc + insert)
Becoming Flight
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Rhode Island
Hay Library
Brown University, Providence
Becoming Flight
Declaration of Orientation
Texas
Texas Tech University Library
Lubbock
Becoming Flight
Declaration of Orientation
Virginia
Earl Gregg Swem Library, Special Collections
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg
Alchemy
Becoming Flight
Declaration of Orientation
Wisconsin
Golda Meir Library, Special Collections
UW-Milwaukee
All Titles (Standing Order)
Kohler Art Library, Special Collections
UW-Madison
Crux
Crux 2
Native Son at Home
Alchemy
Becoming Flight
Treehugger
Underneath the Driftless Moon
Thawt
Organizing a Mess
Monster Trust
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Les Cocobopros
Memorial Library, Special Collections
UW-Madison
Native Son at Home
Typesetting on a Winter’s Afternoon
MIAD Library
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Native Son at Home
Milwaukee County Historical Society
Milwaukee
The Sphere
Milwaukee Public Library, Richard E. & Lucile Krug Rare Books Collection
Milwaukee
Crux
Crux 2
Becoming Flight
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation
Murphy Library, Special Collections
UW-LaCrosse
All Titles (Standing Order)
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library
Racine
Alchemy
Declaration of Orientation
Annotation of the Declaration of Orientation