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