By Elizabeth Nielsen
Title: M. Ellwood Smith Papers, 1913-1961
Predominant Dates: 1913-1949
ID: MSS SmithME
Primary Creator: Smith, Mahlon Ellwood (1884-)
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Languages of Materials: English [eng]
English Professor and Dean of the Lower Division M. Ellwood Smith came to Oregon Agricultural College in 1919 to be Dean of Basic Arts and Sciences. After the reorganization of Oregon higher education in 1932, he served as Dean of the Lower Division until his retirement in 1949. Smith earned his B.A. degree from Syracuse University in 1906 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1909 and 1912. He returned to Syracuse University as a faculty member after completing his graduate degrees and remained there until 1919.
Throughout his administrative career at Oregon State College and for several years after his retirement (until 1953), Smith continued to teach courses in Shakespeare, Tennyson, Browning, and the Great Books. He was an authority on the English fable and published extensively in philological and educational journals.
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Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: These materials were originally acquired by the University Archives as part of the Faculty Author Collection and were separated to form the M. Ellwood Smith Papers in 2000.
Related Materials: Additional biographical information about Smith is available in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) and the biographical files of the News and Communication Services Records (RG 203). The Lower Division Records (RG 119) include materials pertaining to the establishment of the Lower Division under Smith. The Special Collections and Archives Reearch Center holdings include the Faculty Men's Club Records (MSS FacultyMens) and the Order of the Spoon Records (MSS OrderSpoon).
Preferred Citation: M. Ellwood Smith Papers (MSS SmithME), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Smith, Mahlon Ellwood (1884-)
Copson, G. V. (Godfrey Vernon), 1884-
Fables, English--History and criticism.
Gilfillan, F. A. (Francois Archibald), 1893-1983
Jameson, Kate W.
Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947
Old familiar faces
Oregon State College. Lower Division
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Peavy, George Wilcox, 1869-1951
Smith, Mahlon Ellwood, 1884-
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