Title: Ken Smith Papers, 1999

ID: OGLMC1386

Primary Creator: Smith, Ken

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 03/12/1999

Subjects: University of North Dakota - Alumni

Languages: English

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.

University of North Dakota - Alumni

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Ken Smith, Crookston, Minnesota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.99- 2320

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Ken Smith Papers.  OGLMC 1386, Box #, Folder #.  Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in June 2014.