ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

KEN SMITH PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #1386

DATES: 1999

SIZE: 1 folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Ken Smith Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Ken Smith, Crookston, Minnesota, on March 12 and March 18, 1999 (Acc.#99- 2320).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTION:OGL#1289, Merrifield Competition Papers Collection

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Kenneth L. Smith was born and raised in Western Colorado. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, North Dakota, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Dickinson State University. He also earned a Master of Arts degree in religion from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, in 1988.

He added a second Master's degree from the University of North Dakota in 1997. His M.A. thesis was entitled “American educator : the life of William Maxwell Blackburn.” Blackburn was the first president of UND, who served from 1884-1885. In 2001, Smith earned a Doctor of Arts degree from UND, with a dissertation entitled "Education in the large" : the life and thought of Dean Joseph Kennedy of the University of North Dakota, 1858-1937.

Ken Smith twice won UND's Merrifield Award, presented for the outstanding scholarly paper written by UND students, which utilize sources in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Smith won the award in 1996 and 2000.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Ken Smith Papers consists of a special edition newspaper published by the North Dakota Humanities Council. The newspaper reported on a lecture given by Ken Smith on March 7, 1999. Entitled "What Should We Teach at Our University?" the newspaper contains the text of Smith's remarks, as well as an interview with and biographical sketch of Smith. Also included is a reprint of the first page of The Dakota Educator, dated June 1888.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. "What Should We Teach at Our University?", special edition newspaper reporting on a lecture given by Smith: 7 March 1999

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