Series contains various photographs. Photographs depict events, activities, groups and individuals associated with the career of Wilfred I. Smith (b. 1919), military officer, public servant and archivist, as follows: service as a CANLOAN officer on loan to the British Army in Britain and Northwest Europe, 1944-1945, and as an officer of the Governor General's Foot Guards, 1951-1959; service with the Public Archives of Canada, 1950-1984 (Chief, Manuscript Division, 1963-1964; Director, Historical Branch, 1964-1965; Assistant Dominion Archivist, 1965-1968; Acting Dominion Archivist, 1968-1970; Dominion Archivist, 1970-1984); member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, 1969-1984; and member of the International Council on Archives, 1972-1984 (Executive Committee, 1972-1976; Deputy Secretary General 1976-1982; Secretary General 1982-1984).
Series also includes photographs of the following events and activities: official visits to the Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, 1960-1985; ceremonies marking the donation of archival material to the Public Archives of Canada, 1960-1985; openings of exhibitions at the Public Archives of Canada, 1960-1985; activities of the staff of the Public Archives of Canada, 1960-1985.
Series also includes photographs of visits of Wilfred I. Smith to the following countries, 1971-1984, during meetings of the International Council on Archives (ICA) and of various nternational archives organizations, as follows: West Germany, 1971 (ICA ound Table); USSR, 1972 (ICA Congress); Luxembourg, 1973 (ICA Round Table); anada, 1974 (ICA Round Table); Guadeloupe, 1975 (CARBICA); Bulgaria, 1975 ICA Executive Committee); USSR, 1975 (ICA Round Table); France, 1977 (ICA xecutive Committee); Tanzania, 1978 (ICA Executive Committee); New Zealand, 978 (compilation of the Smith Report on archives in New Zealand); Britain, 980 (ICA Executive Committee); Hungary, 1980 (ICA Bureau); Netherlands, 1981 ICA Executive Committee); Norway, 1981 (ICA Round Table); Malaysia, 1982 (ICA Round Table); Pakistan, 1982 (International Symposium on Archives); West Germany, 1984 (ICA Congress); United States, 1985 (ICA Round Table); France, 1988 (ICA Congress).
Series also inlcudes photographs by unknown photographers and by the following: Canadian Press; Gordon Cooper, Ottawa; Dominion-Wide Photos, Ottawa; John Evans Photography Ltd., Ottawa; Fely Haine, Brussels; Jarvis Studios, Halifax; Robert B. Jones, Columbus; Aldo Merusi, Rutland, Vt.; Murray, Brockville; National Arts Centre/Fernand R. Leclair, Ottawa; National Film Board; National Library of Canada; National Publicity Studios, Wellington, N.Z.; Photo Features Ltd., Ottawa; Public Archives of Canada; Wilfred I. Smith; Studio C. Marcil, Ottawa; University of Michigan News Service.