Arthur Robert Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 36
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, interview transcripts, notes, and research sources collected by Arthur Robert Smith to write the book entitled About My Father's Business (1988), a biography of Hugh Lynn Cayce (1907-1982).
Dates
- 1981 - 2009
Creator
- Smith , Arthur Robert (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Robert Smith was born on February 13, 1925 in York, Pennsylvania to S. Arthur Smith and Inez Smith. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. Smith married Yvonne Franklin in 1946, Doris Elizabeth McDowell in 1967, and Jane Dreifus in 1993. He had four children.
He worked as a columnist, correspondent and reporter during his sixty-year career in journalism. He served as the editorial editor for the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia. Smith wrote ten books on political and spiritual topics, including About My Father's Business (1988), on the life of Hugh Lynn Cayce. Smith also founded Venture Inward Magazine for the Association for Research and Enlightenment in 1984.
Smith died in Virginia Beach on November 15, 2016 at the age of 91.
He worked as a columnist, correspondent and reporter during his sixty-year career in journalism. He served as the editorial editor for the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia. Smith wrote ten books on political and spiritual topics, including About My Father's Business (1988), on the life of Hugh Lynn Cayce. Smith also founded Venture Inward Magazine for the Association for Research and Enlightenment in 1984.
Smith died in Virginia Beach on November 15, 2016 at the age of 91.
Extent
0.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection is arranged alphabetically by material type.
Creator
- Smith , Arthur Robert (Person)
- Title
- Arthur Robert Smith Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jessica Newell
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Edgar Cayce Foundation Repository