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Hilda Simms papers

Title: Hilda Simms papers, 1930-1994 (bulk 1940s-1950s).
Author: Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994

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How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 1	Archival mix	Restricted use	Sc MG 539	Offsite
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Subject

Genre/Form

Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Moving images.
Notes.
Photographs.
Printed ephemera.
Programs (documents)
Reports.
Scripts (documents)
Sound recordings.
Souvenirs.
Writings (documents)

Access (note)

Unrestricted access. All reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction. Sound recordings and moving images are unavailable pending digitization.

Terms of Use (note)

Information on copyright available from repository.

Source (note)

Donated by Evelyn B. Sharp, 1995.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

Call Number

Sc MG 539

OCLC

973733226

Author

Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994, creator.

Title

Hilda Simms papers, 1930-1994 (bulk 1940s-1950s).

Description

27.86 linear feet (59 boxes, 4 volumes)

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Restricted Access

Unrestricted access. All reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction. Sound recordings and moving images are unavailable pending digitization.

Summary

Hilda Simms (1920-1994) was an actress best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theater production of Anna Lucasta that moved successfully to Broadway in 1944. Her acting career also included film, television, and radio broadcasts. The Hilda Simms papers date from the 1930s to 1994 (bulk dates 1940s-1950s) and document her career as an actress; her work on creative arts and drug treatment programs in New York; and her personal life.

Terms Of Use

Information on copyright available from repository.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Hilda Simms photograph collection [graphic]; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

Hilda Simms portrait collection [graphic]; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

Source

Donated by Evelyn B. Sharp, 1995.

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Occupation

Actresses, Black.

African American actresses.

African American entertainers.

Women entertainers.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 539

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