Dave Smith (other)
Dave Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Dave Smith (archivist) (1940–2019), American writer, founder of Walt Disney Company archives * Dave Smith (poet) (born 1942), American poet * Dave Smith (composer) (born 1949), British experimental composer * Dave Smith (engineer) (1950–2022), proposer of the MIDI standard, synthesizer designer * Dave Smith (''Coronation Street''), a character from British soap opera on ITV Sports American football *Dave Smith (American football coach) (1933–2009), former Texas A&M quarterback and SMU coach * Dave Smith (fullback) (born 1937), former American collegiate and Houston Oilers football player *Dave Smith (running back) (born 1947), former Green Bay Packers football player *Dave Smith (wide receiver) (1947–2020), former Pittsburgh Steelers football player Association football *Dave Smith (footballer, born 1903) (1903–?), Scottish football goalkeeper *Dave Smith (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2022), Scottish football fullba ...
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Dave Smith (archivist)
Dave Rollin Smith (October 13, 1940 – February 15, 2019) was the founder and chief archivist of Walt Disney Archives at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Early life Smith was born on October 13, 1940 and raised in Pasadena, California. He appreciated Disney movies as a child and, having lived in California, visited Disneyland frequently. He graduated from UC Berkeley and spent a year and a half as an intern at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He then moved back to California and worked as a librarian at UCLA for five years. In the late 1960s, Smith was working on a bibliography on Walt Disney when he first heard of a possible archive being created by The Walt Disney Company. Smith, still working at UCLA at the time, wrote to the Disney Company with an offer of his services, which was accepted. Career He joined the company on June 22, 1970, as its first archivist. His first task was to document all the items in Walt Disney's office that had been s ...
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