Editing C. R. Smith (section)

==Personal life==
Smith married Elizabeth L. Manget, in [[Dallas, Texas]], on December 29, 1934. Manget explained their short lived marriage with, "I loved the man, but I can't be married to an airline."<ref name="Serling">{{cite book |last1=Serling |first1=Robert |title=Eagle: The Story of American Airlines |date=1985 |publisher=St. Martins/Marek |location=New York |isbn=0-312-22453-2 |pages=86, 103–104, 137, 144, 164, 269–270, 416–417, 419, 423}}</ref> They had one son, Douglas Smith.<ref name=Serling/> Smith never married again. After retiring, Smith moved from his [[New York City]] apartment to a [[Washington DC]] townhouse. At the age of 85, he moved to [[Annapolis, Maryland]], to be closer to his son and grandkids.<ref name=Serling/>

Smith's passion when not working was [[trout fishing]], and was known for giving expensive fishing poles as gifts to friends and associates throughout his career.<ref name=Serling/> When speaking of retirement to a colleague, Smith said, "If you don't fish, there's nothing else to do."<ref name=Serling/> Smith co-owned a ranch in [[Ennis, Montana]], where he trout fished and raised cattle.<ref name=Obit/> Smith was a Baptist.<ref name="Sobel 1990 p. 332">{{cite book | last=Sobel | first=R. | title=Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1989 | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1990 | isbn=978-0-313-26593-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_h97tuO2xJQC&pg=PA332 | access-date=2023-01-22 | page=332}}</ref>

===Art collection===
While living in New York City, Smith felt homesick for his native Texas and started collecting fine [[Western American Art|Western art]].<ref name="Collection">{{cite web |title=C. R. Smith Collection of Western American Art |url=http://tfaoi.org/newsm1/n1m329.htm |website=Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>  Smith donated 100 Western art paintings to his alma mater, [[University of Texas]], which are on display at the [[Blanton Museum of Art]] in [[Austin, Texas]]. This collection includes art from [[Henry Farny]], [[Maynard Dixon]], and others.<ref name="Blanton">{{cite web |title=Go West! Representations of the American Frontier |url=https://blantonmuseum.org/?s=C.R.+Smith |website=Blanton Museum of Art |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> Smith donated a western oil painting ''The Romance Makers'' by [[Charles Marion Russell|Charles Russell]] to the [[University of Notre Dame]] and it is on the collection of the [[Raclin Murphy Museum of Art]].<ref name="Snite">{{cite web |title=American |url=https://sniteartmuseum.nd.edu/collections/american/ |website=University of Notre Dame - Snite Museum of Art |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> A book was written about Smith's art collection and donations in 1988, titled ''Collecting the West: The C.R. Smith Collection of Western American Art''.<ref name="Saunders">{{cite book |last1=Saunders |first1=Richard H. |title=Collecting the West: The C.R. Smith Collection of Western American Art |date=1988 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, TX |isbn=9780292711129}}</ref>

Smith also had a vast [[Marine art|nautical art]] collection, which he donated to [[Admirals Club]]s throughout American's route system.<ref name=Serling/>