Frank E. Smith (#218)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1960-1961
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers 1960-1961
Director, Kennedy-Johnson Natural Resources Advisory Committee (1960); Director, Tennessee Valley Authority. Correspondence, reports, recommendations and other committee papers.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed December 1972, copyright of these materials has been assigned to the United States. Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.

Copyright
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Provenance
Received from Frank Smith of Knoxville, TN.

Extent
About 3600 items (2 linear feet, 7 linear inches ; 3.0 cubic feet)

Date Opened
1972.

Revisions
The finding aid was updated in March 2005, by James M. Roth

Encoded by
James M. Roth

The Personal Papers of Frank Smith (1918-1997)

Biographical Note
Frank Ellis Smith was born February 21, 1918, in Sidon, Miss., the son of Frank Smith and Sadie (Ellis) Smith. Smith graduated from Sunflower Junior College in 1936, obtained his B.A. in 1941 from the University of Mississippi, and did graduate work at The American University, graduating in 1946. He married Helen Ashley McPhaul on December 15, 1945; they had two children: Kathleen and Frederick (twins). From 1942 to 1946, Smith served in Europe with the Third Army, becoming a major and receiving the Bronze Star. After his stint in the Army, Smith served as managing editor of the Greenwood Morning Star.  Turning to politics, Smith ran for, and was elected to, the Mississippi Legislature in 1948, and served as senator until 1950, when he joined the U.S. House of Representatives as a congressman. In 1960, Smith was appointed director of the Kennedy Administration's Natural Resources Advisory Committee. President Kennedy then named Smith director of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a position that he held from 1962 until 1972. Frank Smith died on August 2, 1997 due to complications from strokes.

Collection Overview
The papers of Frank E. Smith document his position as director of the Kennedy Administration's Natural Resources Advisory Committee, and his position as director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The collection consists of a subject file containing correspondence, reports, recommendations and other committee papers.

List of Series
Series 1. Subject File

Collection Description

Series 1. Subject File.
About 3600 items.
Arrangement: by subject.

This series consists of correspondence, reports, recommendations and other committee papers relating to Frank Smith’s position as director of the Kennedy Administration's Natural Resources Advisory Committee, and his position as director of the Tennessee Valley Authority.