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245	0	0	_aSimons family papers, _f1887-1982 _g(bulk 1918-1945).
300			_a3,850 _fitems.
300			_a16 _fcontainers.
300			_a6.4 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
506			_aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, diaries and diary notes (1918-1922), receipts, subject files, programs, printed matter, and clippings comprising the papers (1902-1940) of William H. Simons. The papers document Simons's career as secretary of the international committee of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) in Burma, East Africa, and India and as a Baptist missionary teacher in Nigeria. Topics include racial and social conditions in Durban, South Africa; schools organized by the British to teach telegraphy and other railroading skills to Africans to further the British campaign against the Germans in East Africa; and Hindu and Buddhist religious practices. Correspondents include family members, friends, and fellow students and colleagues at Benedict College, Columbia, S.C., Gordon College, Wenham, Mass., and Virginia Union University (Richmond).
520	8		_aCorrespondence, subject files, financial records, printed matter, and other material comprise the papers of other Garrett, Nicholson, and Simons family members. Many papers relate to the World War II military service of Albert E. Simons, Jr., organizer of a jazz/swing band for the 357th Engineers Regiment during the war; William H. Simons (b. 1924), who served in Europe; and Joseph O. Curtis (not a family member), junior quartermaster officer in Europe. The correspondence of Naomi Mills Garrett reflects her experiences as a teacher in rural South Carolina from the 1910s to the 1930s, in Haiti during World War II, and as a professor of romance languages at West Virginia State College through the 1960s.
544			_3Some photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aMembers 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 YMCA official, and members of the allied Garrett and Nicholson families.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007057
600	3	0	_aGarrett family.
600	3	0	_aNicholson family.
600	3	0	_aSimmons family.
610	2	0	_aBenedict College.
610	2	0	_aGordon College (Wenham, Mass.)
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bCorps of Engineers. _bRegiment, 357th.
610	2	0	_aVirginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)
610	2	0	_aWest Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.)
650		0	_aAfrican American families _zSouth Carolina.
650		0	_aAfrican American families _zWashington (D.C.)
650		0	_aAfrican American universities and colleges.
650		0	_aBaptists _xMissions _zNigeria.
650		0	_aBands (Music)
650		0	_aBuddhism.
650		0	_aHinduism.
650		0	_aJazz.
650		0	_aQuartermasters.
651		0	_aDurban (South Africa) _xRace relations.
650		0	_aRailroads _xEmployees _xTraining of _zAfrica, East.
650		0	_aRomance languages _xStudy and teaching _zWest Virginia.
650		0	_aRural schools _zSouth Carolina.
650		0	_aSchools, British _zAfrica, East.
650		0	_aSwing (Music)
650		0	_aTeachers _zSouth Carolina.
650		0	_aTelegraph _zAfrica, East.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xEurope.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xHaiti.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xMusic and the war.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xParticipation, African American.
650		0	_aYoung Men's Christian associations _zAfrica, East.
650		0	_aYoung Men's Christian associations _zBurma.
650		0	_aYoung Men's Christian associations _zIndia.
651		0	_aDurban (South Africa) _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aGerman East Africa.
700	1		_aCurtis, Joseph O. _tJoseph O. Curtis papers.
700	1		_aGarrett, Naomi Mills. _tNaomi Mills Garrett papers.
700	1		_aSimons, Alfred E. _tAlfred E. Simons papers.
700	1		_aSimons, William H., _d1881-1938. _tWilliam H. Simons papers.
700	1		_aSimons, William H., _d1924- _tWilliam H. Simons papers.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007057
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007057.3
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