Background
Bingham, Edwin Ralph was born on January 21, 1920 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Guy Edwin and Helen (Hinckley) Bingham.
( Charles F. Lummis (1859 -1928) was a colorful, dynamic,...)
Charles F. Lummis (1859 -1928) was a colorful, dynamic, and often eccentric crusader for the Spanish heritage of California. The founder and editor of Land of Sunshineor Out West, as the magazine was known after 1902he recruited writers such as Mary Austin, Jack London, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman to contribute short stories, poetry, articles, and essays, many of them based on Western themes. Lummis himself wrote editorials extolling the glories of Southern California, decrying racial prejudice, and calling for the preservation of California’s historic landmarks. Bingham examines Out West from a number of angles: as a Western business enterprise, as a promotional vehicle, as an outlet and training ground for regional writers, and as an instrument of reform. His study, first published in 1955, remains an important and absorbing account of Lummis’s life and of the magazine he established.
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Bingham, Edwin Ralph was born on January 21, 1920 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Guy Edwin and Helen (Hinckley) Bingham.
Bachelor, Occidental College, 1941. Master of Arts, Occidental College, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1951.
Instructor history, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1949-1951; assistant professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1952-1957; associate professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1958-1964; professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1965-1984; professor emeritus, U. Oregon, Eugene, since 1982. Fulbright lecturer Mysore U., India, 1977-1978. Lecturer U. Shandong, Jinan, Peoples' Republic of China, 1985.
( Charles F. Lummis (1859 -1928) was a colorful, dynamic,...)
Member Oregon Geography Names Board, Portland, 1965-1988. Lst lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American History Association (president Pacific coast branch 1985-1986), Oregon History Society.
Married Helen Hopkins, 1943 (divorced 1951). Children: Susan Kimball, Linda Christine. Married Virginia Wright, August 24, 1952.
Children: Sheila Jeanne, Sara Lisa.