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George Herbert Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSD-1927-004

Collection Statement

This collection contains in many letters for a National Student Administration Applications for Student Aid in alphabetical order. It contains many other files on everything from Hanna's Book Store to General Statistics.

Dates

  • 1927 - 1980

Creator

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Usage Restrictions

Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University.

Biographical Sketch

A Rector Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, and a 1927 graduate of DePauw University, G. Herbert Smith received an M.A. from the University of Illinois in 1928 and an Ed.D. from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1938. He became dean of freshmen at DePauw in 1932, and in 1939 he was made dean of administration. He also served as director of public relations and as director of the Rector Scholarship Foundation. He was named president of Willamette University in 1942 and served that university until he retired 1970. G. Herbert Smith died on September 5, 11980, in Laguna Hills, California.

Extent

2.6 Cubic Feet (6.5 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Title
George Herbert Smith papers
Status
Completed
Author
Hailee Newton
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository

Contact:
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States