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Disclaimer: As of May 2014, The Espy Foundation is no longer active.

The Espy Foundation’s Programs have been developed over the past eight years. These accomplishments have been made possible by the wonderful generosity of hundreds of individuals from all over the country who believe in supporting writers, artists, and the creative process.

Recognizing that today, more than ever before, we need the wisdom and understanding of America’s writers and artists, we face the future with a renewed sense of dedication to the important work of the Foundation. We have acquired property in the Oysterville National Historical District to build cottages and an expanded library developed by noted Northwest architect George Suyama.

Your contribution has never been more valuable. Please give your support today and help to ensure that the miracle of the Espy Foundation lives on into the future.

Espy Library

An early goal of the Espy Foundation was to establish and maintain in Oysterville a library to house Espy’s personal collection of reference books and his own works, totaling some 700 volumes. Work began on the library in the fall of 1999, and the small building was dedicated in April, 2000. The intimate and cozy facility provides an inspiring work space for writers and artists in the Residency Program. The collection is a valuable resource for research. The library is also open to the general public by appointment.

The collection consists largely of books on the lighter side of language: word-play and riddles, anagrams, puns and palindromes, tongue-twisters, slang, curious word orgins, limericks, and collections of light verse. Its many reference volumes range from general to specialized dictionaries, thesauruses, quotation anthologies, and readers’ and writers’ references. To celebrate the opening of the Library, Merriam-Webster donated a comprehensive set of its language related titles, nearly 50 volumes in print and on CD-ROM. The Library also includes a growing shelf of Southwest Washington history.

In 2001, the Library was enormously enriched with writer Paul Dickson’s donation of 2,000 volumes, devoted primarily to American English. Mr. Dickson believes that the Espy Library may well become a major source for books on colloquial English usage and American humorous language, noting that the holdings of the Library of Congress in the area of “the rougher language” (the jargon and humor of the G.I., the logging camp or prison yard, for example) are relatively limited.

Due to space restrictions, Mr Dickson’s collection remains stored, waiting for a new, larger library. This library is currently in the planning stages.

Theodor Schuchat, author of “The Library Book”, donated a number of volumes to the Library, which are a welcome complement to the Library’s collection.

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