Verne Bright papers [manuscript], 1920-1953.

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Verne Bright papers [manuscript], 1920-1953.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173184337

The collection contains manuscripts (circa 1920-1950) on forts and camps, mines and mining, ghost towns, cities and towns of Oregon, and Oregon history and folklore; one folder of personal correspondence (1950-1953); and ephemera.

3 cubic feet.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6919830

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Bright, Verne

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Verne Bright was born in 1893. He attended Pacific Lutheran University after serving in Siberia during WWI. During the Depression he was the supervisor of the professional and service divisions of the Works Progress Administration. During World War II he worked in the Portland shipyards, and after the war he worked as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer, and the assistant postmaster of Aloha, where he lived. He wrote over sixteen hundred poems that appeared in the North American Poetry Review...