Robert Carleton Smith (b. 19 Feb 1908; d. 28 May 1984

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) was the director of the National Arts Foundation and organized the International Awards Foundation to establish awards in fields not covered by the

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. Smith was instrumental in establishing the

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and the

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. Smith taught music appreciation at the

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from 1926 to 1929, economics and foreign trade at

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from 1928 to 1934, and music history at

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from 1931 to 1939. He was the music editor of ''

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'' and was European correspondent for the ''

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''. During the late 1940s he helped recover music manuscripts that had gone missing during the war."Missing Music Scores Are Sought in Berlin", ''

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'', September 3, 1949

External links

The Smith, C. mss., 1929-1978

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Manuscript Collections,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Carleton University of Chicago alumni University of Illinois alumni DePaul University faculty American music journalists 1908 births 1984 deaths New York Herald Tribune people People from Centre Island, New York 20th-century American non-fiction writers