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1914-1980 (Creation)
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- Smith, F.C.G., 1890-1983
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- 11 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph
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Frank Clifford Goulding Smith was born in Montreal, Quebec on 15 October 1890, the son of Frank C. and Ida (Haskett) Smith. He was educated at Acadia University, taking his engineering course between 1912 and 1914. Thereafter, he served with the Canadian Army and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He subsequently worked as a hydrographer in various capacities in Canada, ultimately becoming the Dominion Hydrographer in 1952 and serving in that capacity until 1957. He married Abbie Marie Danielsen on 16 July 1918. He died on 27 November 1983 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
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Consists of correspondence including hand-written copies of letters to Wilfred Grenfell, articles, a speech and reports written by Smith, field notebooks, subject files and background information on the history of hydrography in Canada. The contents of the fonds document his career as a charter of Canadian waters and his role as Dominion Hydrographer.
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Transferred from the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
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