Arnold Cantwell Smith papers
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Arnold Cantwell Smith papers
Classmark: MS 1322
Creator(s): Smith, Arnold Cantwell (1915-1994)()
Date(s): 1965-1975
Language: English
Size and medium: 12 boxes, manuscript, typescript, and printed material.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6912
Description
Comprises the professional 'Diaries' (i.e. daily working papers) and speeches of Arnold Cantwell Smith, relating to his time at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Biography or history
Arnold Smith was a Canadian diplomat, who served as High Commissioner to Britain from 1956 to 1958, and as Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1963. He was appointed the first Secretary General of the Commonwealth in 1965 and held the post until 1975.
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