Mitchell, Dwight Emerson, 1898-1988

Dwight E. Mitchell (1898-1988) was born in Wichita, Kansas and educated at Philomath College (1916-1920), the University of Oregon (1918-1926), and received his master's from the University of Washington (1933). He also attended Stanford University for Ph.D work. He became a teacher, journalist and writer. He taught in Idaho and Montana high schools from 1920-1928, worked as a reporter and assistant editor of the Idaho Statesman (1929-1930), was an instructor of English and Journalism at Boise Junior College between 1930-1946, and was an education writer on the staff of the San Jose News and Mercury-Herald . He retired in 1962.

From the guide to the Dwight E. Mitchell papers, 1918-1960, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)

Dwight Emerson Mitchell was born on July 4, 1898. He received a B.A. in English from the University of Oregon in 1926 and an M.A. in Education from the University of Washington in 1932. During the 1920s he also taught high school English in Billings, Montana, and in Mullan and Challis, Idaho. From 1930 to 1939 he taught journalism at Boise High School. He taught journalism at Boise Junior College from 1939 until 1946. He then went on to a career in journalism in California. He wrote two books, Journalism and Life (a textbook) and Migrant Angels .

From the guide to the Dwight Emerson Mitchell Essays, 1969-1980, (Boise State University Library)