Nancy Smith Smitz Papers 1933-1993

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Nancy Smith Smitz Papers 1933-1993

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The small collection of photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings provides a brief look into the lives of Nancy Smith Smitz and her parents Jay and Anita Smith.

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Austin History Center , Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701.

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Smith Brothers

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Francis Smith (1823-1908), George Warren Smith (1825-1922), David Clifford Smith (1827-1911), and Benjamin Franklin Smith (1830-1927), all of South Freedom, Maine, worked together for a period of eight years producing a series of large folio city views. Beginning in 1846, George and Francis worked as subscription agents and salesmen for artist Edwin Whitefield, promoting his work of American cities. Benjamin Franklin, the artist of the group, joined his brothers in worki...

Smith, Jay.

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Smitz, Nancy Smith

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Nancy Smith Smitz was born in 1942 to J. Frank (Jay) Smith Jr. and Anita Jane Ake Smith in Austin, Texas. Her father, Jay, was born in Thorndale, Texas in 1915 and moved to Austin in 1939. Anita was also born in Taylor and married Jay in 1940. Jay Smith was a partner of McCall, Smith, Hibler Insurance until 1944 when he opened the Smith Brothers Chrysler-Plymouth dealership with his brother Edwin. In 1964 the name changed to Jay Smith Chrysler-Plymouth until the business was sold in 1979. Jay op...