 The Special Collections and Archives Research Center also include the papers of Bernard Malamud , William Appleman Williams , Milton Harris , Paul Emmett , David P. Shoemaker , Ewan Cameron , Fritz Marti , Eugene Starr , and Roger Hayward . The library is decorated throughout with 120 pieces of the Northwest Art Collection , and serves as an art gallery . Oregon 's Percent for Art law set aside one percent of construction costs for artwork , which was then selected by the library along with the Oregon Arts Commission . 
