Charles Alexander papers 1912-1962
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Wetjen, Albert Richard, 1900-1948
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Case, Robert Ormond, 1895-1964
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Robert Ormond Case was a well-known Oregon author and a prominent, long-time resident of Portland. He was born in Dallas, Texas in 1895 and moved to Portland as a boy. He graduated from Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove, Oregon and attended the University of Oregon. In 1917 Case enlisted in the U.S. Army and served 22 months with the 65th Artillery, CAC, including 52 consecutive days at the front. Case returned to the University of Oregon and received a B.A. in 1920. During his university years h...
Alexander, Charles, 1897-1962
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Charles Dewey Alexander was born in Ponca, Nebraska, on October 27, 1897. He moved to the Albany, Oregon area with his parents two years later. He attended Albany schools and began working in the printing trade as a teenager, first in his brother's printing shop, then with the Albany Democrat newspaper. Alexander was an avid reader, and wanted to give local writers an opportunity to see their writings in print. He edited a Sunday edition featuring works by Linn County writers. Alexander began wr...
Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950
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Ernest Haycox was born in a suburb of Portland, Oregon on October 1, 1899. Haycox was educated at Reed College and the University of Oregon, where he graduated in 1923 with a Journalism degree. His career began while a college student with the publication of some of his short stories. His first publication credits came from the pulp magazines and he later broke into the "slicks" such as Collier's and the Saturday evening post, at which point his popularity soared. His stories remained regular fe...
