Mickel, Jere C.

Author and educator. Born 1905 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Attended Nebraska State Teacher's College, University of Nebraska, University of Denver, and the Goodman School of Theatre. Traveled with tent show companies prior to the Depression. Author of "Footlights on the Prairie," a history of tent theater in the Midwest. Taught at the University of Chicago, Texas State College for Women, Canterbury College, and Milikin University, where he was chairman of the Speech and Theater department. Died at Decatur, Illinois, in 1985.

From the description of Papers, 1889-1982, 1907-1930. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24395873

...