Smith, William Carlson, 1883-

William Carlson Smith was born in 1883. He graduated in 1907 from Grand Island College in Nebraska where he majored in arts and letters. Smith did educational work in Assam, India under the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society from 1912-1915. Following his return to the United States he continued sociology studies at the University of Southern California and the University of Chicago and eventually held positions in sociology departments of various universities. In the 1920s Smith worked as a researcher on the Survey of Race Relations, a Canadian-American project. The survey collected data on Japanese and Chinese immigrants and their children. Smith's book, Americans in the making, was based on this research. His 1953 book, The Stepchild, was the culmination of fifteen years of research and study, much of which was done in Oregon at Linfield College. Other fields investigated by Smith were immigration and second generation Asian Americans.

From the description of William C. Smith papers, 1924-1927. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51552933

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