Alice Henson Ernst

Alice Henson Ernst (September 3, 1880 – February 12, 1980) was an American playwright, teacher, free lance writer and a reporter.

Education

Alice received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Washington in 1912 and her M.A. in 1913. Further graduate work was completed at Radcliffe and Yale University. From 1920-1923 she was a professor at the University of Washington before moving on to be an English professor at the University of Oregon from 1924-1950.

Writings

Her writings include "Spring Slucing," which won a prize in a National Drama League contest and was later produced by the Portland Civic Theater in Portland, Oregon.

She also wrote Trouping in the Oregon Country, which was a history of early theater in the Pacific Northwest. Her interest in the history of the Pacific Northwest grew, and she later published The Wolf Ritual of the Northwest Coast, which was well received in the U.S. and in Europe.

Plays

• Way Out There
• Barriers
• Cloistered Calm
• Out Trail
• Spring Sluicing
• The Wooden Wife

References

• Guide to the Alice Henson Ernst papers at the University of Oregon.
• High Country on Google Books