The Biographical Information series (1 folder) provides useful information about Smith's life and includes his curriculum vitae, a bibliography of his scholarly writings, citations, clippings, and biographical information used Who's Who and similar volumes. The folder contains documents dated from around 1895 to the 1940s.
The Genealogical Activities series (4 folders) concerns Dr. Smith's research of his family's genealogy. This series includes two folders of correspondence dating from 1930 to 1954 detailing his own genealogical pursuits as well as his activities with the Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the formation of the Ann Arbor chapter of The Institute of American Genealogy. Also, this series contains a notebook with Smith's genealogical research on his own family.