Smith, David C. (David Clayton), 1929-2009

Professor at University of Maine at Orono.

From the description of Oral history interview, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70964181

David Clayton Smith was born in Lewiston, Maine in 1929. He received a B.S. in 1955 at Farmington State Teachers College. He received an M. Ed. in 1956 and an M.A. in history and government in 1958 from the University of Maine. He received a Ph. D. in history in 1965 from Cornell University. In 1965 he joined the University of Maine history faculty. He is a widely recognized historian and has lectured nationally and internationally on such topics as history, political science, climatology, agriculture, literature, and popular culture. In 1986 he wrote a biography of H.G. Wells which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is a prolific writer and has written books on the logging and lumbering industry in Maine, on the history of the University of Maine, and on wartime letters during the Second World War.

From the description of Papers, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 55044336