Literature
“Oregon experiences are the stuff of literature, from a Chinook village in Clatsop County to a ranch at the base of Steens Mountain, and from Senator Wayne Morse on the Gulf of Tonkin resolution to Ken Kesey on counterculture, Ursula LeGuin on Mount St. Helens, and maestro James DePreist on missiles and Mozart.”—Rick Hardt, Oregon Literature Series
Entries for Biography
- William Lysander Adams (1821–1906)
- George W. Aguilar, Sr. (1930-)
- Katherine Conlee "Kay" Atwood (1942–2014)
- Jean M. Auel (1936-)
- Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey (1812-1882)
- Vernon Bailey (1864-1942)
- Frederic Homer Balch (1861-1891)
- Mary Barnard (1909-2001)
- Charles Bendire (1836–1897)
- Don Berry (1932–2001)
- Gloria Bird (1951-)
- Brian Geddes Booth (1936–2012)
- Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)
- Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
- Beverly Cleary (1916-2021)
- Robin Cody (1943-)
- Belle Walker Cooke (1834–1918)
- William Corbin (1916-1999)
- Walter Alan Curtis (1941–2023)
- John Daniel (1948–)
- Mary Carolyn Davies (1888-1940?)
- Harold Lenoir Davis (1894-1960)
- Madeline DeFrees (1919-2015)
- Gordon B. Dodds (1932-2003)
- Brian James Patrick Doyle (1956-2017)
- Barbara Drake (1939–)
- David James Duncan (1952-)
- Katherine Dunn (1945–2016)
- Eva Emery Dye (1855-1947)
- William Everson (1910-1994)
- Sara Bard Field (1882-1974)
- Ethel Romig Fuller (1883-1965)
- Vi Gale (1917 -2007)
- Molly Gloss (1944-)
- Zane Grey (1872–1939)
- Hazel Hall (1886-1924)
- James B. Hall (1918–2008)
- William Hanley (1861-1935)
- Kenneth O. Hanson (1922-2003)
- Sheba Mae Childs Hargreaves (1882–1960)
- Ernest Haycox (1899-1950)
- Ada Hastings Hedges (1883-1980)
- Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (1920–1986)
- Ella Rhoads Higginson (1862?–1940)
- Samuel Magnus Hill (1851-1921)
- Stewart Holbrook (1893–1964)
- John Baptiste Horner (1856–1933)
- Dayton Ogden Hyde (1925-2018)
- Dell Hathaway Hymes (1927-2009)
- Lawson Fusao Inada (1938-)
- Dean Ing (1931-2020)
- Shizue Iwatsuki (1897–1984)
- Melville Jacobs (1902-1971)
- Dorothy Olga Johansen (1904-1999)
- Ivan Hathaway Jones (1870-1937)
- Nard Jones (1904-1972)
- Alvin M. Josephy Jr. (1915-2005)
- Ardyth Kennelly (1912–2005)
- Peter Kenoyer (c. 1835–1886) and Louis Kenoyer (1868–1937)
- Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
- Eric A. Kimmel (1946–)
- William Kittredge (1932-2020)
- Albert R. Kitzhaber (1915-2006)
- Damon Knight (1922-2002)
- Ben Hur Lampman (1886-1954)
- Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907–1980)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)
- Craig Lesley (1945-)
- Leonard Levy (1923 - 2006)
- Fred Lockley (1871-1958)
- Reub Long (1898-1974)
- Claire Isabel McGill Luce (1923-1971)
- Ranald MacDonald (1824-1894)
- Bernard Malamud (1914–1986)
- Phillip Margolin (1944–)
- Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
- Edison Marshall (1894-1967)
- Ben Maxwell (1898-1967)
- Lewis L. McArthur (1917–2018)
- Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978)
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000)
- Martha Ferguson McKeown (1903-1974)
- Joseph L. Meek (1810–1875)
- Joaquin (Cincinnatus Hiner) Miller (1837–1913)
- Minnie Myrtle Miller (Theresa Dyer) (1845-1882)
- Molala Kate Chantal (1844?-1938)
- Ernest G. “Gerry” Moll (1900–1997)
- Walt Morey (1907-1992)
- Sidney Walter Moss (1810–1901)
- Vladimir Nabokov in Oregon
- Richard Neuberger (1912-1960)
- Chuck Palahniuk (1962-)
- Paulann Petersen (1942-)
- Earl S. Pomeroy (1915–2005)
- Alice Day Pratt (1872-1963)
- John "Jack" Reed (1887-1920)
- Lloyd Reynolds (1902–1978)
- Clyde Rice (1903-1998)
- Vern Rutsala (1934–2014)
- Joe Sacco (1960–)
- Ralph James Salisbury (1926-2017)
- Allen Say (1937-)
- Peter H. Sears (1937–2017)
- Agnes Sengstacken (1859 - 1948)
- Samuel L. Simpson (1845-1899)
- Ernst Skarstedt (1857-1929)
- Roland Smith (1951–)
- Gary Snyder (1930-)
- Kim Stafford (1949 - )
- William Stafford (1914-1993)
- Clemens Starck (1937–2024)
- Lisa Malinowski Steinman (1950–)
- James Stevens (1892-1971)
- Mary Szybist (1970–)
- Frances Fuller Victor (1826–1902)
- Ebbert T. (Bert) Webber (1921-2006)
- Opal Whiteley (1897-1992)
- Richard Henderson Wiley (1919-2013)
- Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018)
- Virginia Euwer Wolff (1937-)
- C.E.S. Wood (1852-1944)
- Elizabeth Woody (1959-)
Entries for Event
- Children's Festival
- The FisherPoets Gathering
- Oregon Writing Festival
- Rudyard Kipling's Visit to Oregon, 1889
Entries for Group
Entries for Institution
- Binfords and Mort
- Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Bob Books
- Book Publishing
- Carnegie Libraries in Oregon
- Chautauqua in Oregon
- Dark Horse Comics
- Federal Writers' Project in Oregon
- Fishtrap Inc.
- Fortnightly Club of Eugene
- Library Association of Portland
- Literary Arts
- Ooligan Press
- Oregon English Journal
- Oregon Literature Series
- Oregon Territorial Library
- Untide Press
Entries for Miscellany
- Astoria (book, 1836)
- Bigfoot (Sasquatch) legend
- Coyote (legend)
- Fernando (Basque trickster figure)
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (film)