The Dwight Emerson Mitchell papers,

 1969-1980

   MSS 027

     The Dwight Emerson Mitchell collection consists entirely of issues of his personal newsletter, entitled DEMly.  The run begins with Volume l, number l (dated February l, 1969).  The last issue in the collection is Volume 12, number 24 (dated December 15, 1980).  There are approximately 280 items in the collection.

      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.    

      The subject content of issues of DEMly varied, though the predominant topics were Chaucer, literature, youth revolt, and personal values.  A number of issues of DEMly were subtitled "Clint" and explored in great detail the evolution of his own personal value system while a student at the University of Oregon in the 1920s.

      The issues of DEMly contained in this collection are arranged chronologically, except for those of the "Clint" series, which have been placed in one folder. 

     There is a contract file for Mitchell in the Boise State University Archives (Record Group 5.0) with additional biographical details.  While the contract files are closed to researchers, staff of the Special Collections Department can extract certain biographical information for those interested.

      Container List: One box  

     Folder  1     Title list of DEMly issues
                 2     DEMly: 1969
                 3     DEMly: 1970
                 4     DEMly: 1971
                 5     DEMly: 1972
                 6     DEMly: 1973
                 7     DEMly: 1974
                 8     DEMly: 1975
                 9     DEMly: 1976
               10     DEMly: 1977
               11     DEMly: 1978
               12     DEMly: 1979
               13     DEMly: 1980
               14     "Clint" series of DEMly: 1974-1975

MITCHELL COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

      A collection of Dwight Emerson Mitchell papers at the University of Oregon is described in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, entry 78-1131, this way:

        Papers, 1918-72.  ca. 5 ft.
        Book and article mss. of a biographical-philosophical nature, and papers from Mitchell's student days at Philomath College (Or.) and University of Oregon.

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