Alice E. Smith

Alice Elizabeth Smith (April 1, 1896 – April 15, 1992) was an American historian. She joined the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1929 and served as their director of research from 1947 until 1965. She was a 1957 Guggenheim Fellow and wrote several books related to the history of Wisconsin.

Biography Alice Elizabeth Smith was born on April 1, 1896, in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Smith was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship "for a study of Scottish leadership and capital in the development of the lower Lake Michigan area in the 19th century". The Midwestern History Association's Alice Smith Prize in Public History is named after her, as is the WHS' Alice E. Smith Fellowship.

Works James Duane Doty: Frontier Promoter (1954) The Journals of Welcome Arnold Greene: Journeys in the South, 1822-1824 George Smith's Money: A Scottish Investor in America (1966) Millstone and Saw: The Origins of Neenah-Menasha (1966) The History of Wisconsin: Volume I (1973)