Document Record

Creator

Smith, Arnold, 1915-1994
Commonwealth Secretariat

Title

Arnold Cantwell Smith fonds

Identifier

MIKAN: 105741
Reels/Bobines: H-2317
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: R5276-0-X-E, MG31-E47
oocihm.lac_mikan_105741
lac_mikan_105741

Subject

Papers
Diplomats
Papiers
Diplomates

Document source

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1913-2001
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
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Language

English
French

Description

Arnold Cantwell Smith was an international statesman, educator and diplomat. His career brought him to Estonia, Cairo, Moscow, Ottawa, Brussels, London, and other locations. He was the first Secretary-General to the Commonwealth Secretariat. He also held other diplomatic positions over the course of his career. This fonds holds papers from his term as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, his career with the Canadian Department of External Affairs, his teaching, writing and advocacy work after retirement.
Arnold Cantwell Smith était un homme d'État, un éducateur et un diplomate international. Sa carrière l'a amené en Estonie, au Caire, à Moscou, à Ottawa, à Bruxelles, à Londres et dans d'autres endroits. Il a été le premier secrétaire général du Secrétariat du Commonwealth. Il a également occupé d'autres postes diplomatiques au cours de sa carrière. Ce fonds contient des documents relatifs à son mandat de secrétaire général du Commonwealth, à sa carrière au sein du ministère canadien des Affaires extérieures, à ses activités d'enseignement, d'écriture et de défense des droits après sa retraite.
This finding aid describes the following volumes at the file and item level: volumes 1 to 127; 135; 140; 143; 145; 147 to 148; microfilms H-2311 to H2320. MSS1492 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000243.pdf
Fonds consists of textual records, n.d., 1932-1991, that document Arnold Smith's public career as a diplomat and educator and aspects of his personal life. The papers provide extensive coverage of his ten year term as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, including copies of most papers written or received by him during these years, as well as Commonwealth reports, his speeches, appointment books and press clippings. Smith's papers also document his career with the Canadian Department of External Affairs, especially his years in Moscow and Cairo, his teaching, writing and advocacy work after retirement, and shed light on the personal life and beliefs of a prominent Canadian.
Part of volume 29, and all of volumes 30, 66-71 and 104-106: Microfilm copies are available on reels H-2311 to H-2320.

Persistent URL

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