University of Alberta Archives: H.E. Smith
Smith, Herbert Edgar
Educator, Administrator, Teacher
1890-1969
After a varied teaching career in Saskatchewan and Alberta,
Herbert E. Smith was appointed assistant professor of
Philosophy at the University in 1929. Following a wartime
leave of absence, he served as Director of Summer Session
(1945-1949). In 1949 he was granted a full professorship,
and from 1950 until his retirement in 1955 he was Dean of
the Faculty of Education. He also taught as a special
lecturer in Psychology from 1935 to 1950. Under his
deanship, the education faculty expanded its teaching
program to become a centre for graduate study and research.
Text, 1927-1955, 0.12 m
Correspondence, 1951-1954
Education, curriculum vitae, 1927-1954
Includes diploma (BA, University of Illinois, 1916); commission
(T/2d Lieutenant, Canadian Army, 1941).
Essays and talks, 1933-1954
Consists mainly of typescripts.
Lectures, 1955
Publications, 1948-[195-]
Radio talks, 1947-1955
Access: Open
See also: Faculty of Education