Ray A. Billington

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1943–44:

BILLINGTON, RAY ALLEN.  Appointed for the writing of a history of the expansion of settlement in America, from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River; tenure, twelve months from August 1, 1943.

Born September 28, 1903, Bay City, Michigan. Education:  University of Wisconsin, Ph.B., 1926; University of Michigan, M.A., 1927; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1933.

Instructor in History, 1931–34, Assistant Professor, 1934–37, Clark University; Assistant Professor of History, 1937–39, Associate Professor, 1939–41, Smith College.  Visiting Lecturer, Western Reserve University, Summer, 1939, Ohio State University, Summer, 1942.

Publications:  The Protestant Crusade, 1800–1880, 1938. Articles in Catholic Historical Review, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, New England Quarterly, Chistendom. Editor of Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People, 1937. Contributor to The Cultural Approach to History, 1940.