Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 178
Warren Allen Smith
Transcription, 1987-1988, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Smith, Warren Allen |
| title: | Transcription |
| dates: | 1987-1988, undated |
| extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | MS 178 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Warren Allen Smith Transcription, MS 178, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
Author and educator Warren Allen Smith was born in Minburn, Iowa on October 27, 1921. Smith was active in secular humanist circles, and authored and edited several books and book reviews. This collection contains a transcription of the oral history Reminiscing About Minburn of the 1920’s and 1930’s by Warren Allen Smith and an excerpt from Who’s Who in the World which features Smith. |
Biographical note
Warren Allen Smith was born in Minburn, Iowa on October 27, 1921. He graduated from Minburn High School (1939). After serving in the Army during World War II (1940-1944), he graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (1948) and received a Masters degree from Columbia University (1949). At Columbia, Smith studied in the American Literature masters program and his thesis was "The Seven Humanisms." He served as Chairman of the Department of English (1949-1954) at the Bentley School in New York City and then held the same position at New Canaan (Connecticut) High School (1954-1986). In addition to his teaching activities, Smith was President and Chairman of the Board of Variety Sound Corporation in New York City, and was President of Afro-Carib Records and Talent Management. Active in secular humanist circles, Smith was on the Board of Directors of the Bertrand Russell Society and was a member of the American Unitarian Association and the British Humanist Association. Smith was a signer of the Humanist Manifesto II in 1973. In addition, Smith authored and edited book reviews such as the Book Review Editor for The Humanist (1953-1958) and contributed book reviews to Library Journal. He also authored several editions of Who's who in hell: a handbook and international directory for humanists, freethinkers, naturalists, rationalists, and non-theists. |
Collection description
This collection (1987-1988, undated) contains a transcription of the oral history Reminiscing About Minburn of the 1920's and 1930's by Warren Allen Smith and an excerpt from Who's Who in the World which features Smith. |
Related materials
The cassette tape of the oral history can be found in the Special Collections Department (under call number Soun 003 236). Small collections of other Warren Allen Smith materials can be found in other repositories by searching WorldCat. |
Container list
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Title |
Dates |
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Transcription and Who's Who in the World excerpt |
1987-1988, undated |