Ferté, Thomas, 1936-2009

Kenneth Bolf completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Language Arts Education at Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University) in 1972 and a Master of Science degree in Education in 1983. From 1972 to 1977 he taught high school English, before settling into a more permanent position at Central Linn High School in Halsey, Oregon where he taught from 1978 to 2002. After retiring from public education in 2002, Bolf became a photographer working out of his home in Lebanon, Oregon.

Kenneth Bolf became friends with Thomas Ferté during his undergraduate education. He worked with Ferté on the Calapooya Collage editorial staff from 1983 through 1994. For Calapooya Collage 7 through 14 he served as chief of design and paste-up.

From the guide to the Thomas L. Ferté Memorial Collection, 1963-2006, 1983-1994, (Portland State University Library)

Thomas Ferté was born in Columbus, OH in 1936. He taught English at Portland State University in 1963 before moving on to Wyoming, and then finally settling in Monmouth, Oregon at Oregon College of Education (later, Western Oregon University) where he became professor emeritus of English.

In 1974 he founded the interdisciplinary journal, Chiron, which ran for one issue. Following this, he took over as editor of the Calapooya Collage, a poetry journal which succeeded the Anthology of Poetry begun by Montana H. R. Walking Bull and Donald J. Weiss in 1970. The Calapooya Collage of Poetry ran for two issues from 1973-1976 before becoming the Calapooya Collage, which went on to produced nineteen issues (1970-1997).

From the guide to the Thomas L. Ferté Papers, 1961-2000, 1980-1997, (Portland State University Library)