Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Simons family papers, 1887-1982 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1887-1982 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1918-1945) |
| ID No. | MSS58628 |
| Creator | Simons family |
| Extent | 3,850 items |
| Extent | 16 containers |
| Extent | 6.4 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007057 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81058628 |
| Summary | Members of the Simons (Simmons) family, an African-American family centered in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., especially William H. Simons (1881-1938), Baptist missionary and Young Men's Christian Association official, and members of the allied Garrett and Nicholson families. Correspondence, diaries and diary notes, and miscellaneous material relating chiefly to William H. Simons and his career with the YMCA in Burma, East Africa, and India and as a Baptist missionary in Nigeria. |