Simmons University (Boston, Mass.)
Variant namesSimmons University (previously Simmons College) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a university. Its undergraduate program is women-focused while its graduate programs are co-educational.
Simmons is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2020, 83 percent of applicants to undergraduate programs were accepted. The university is divided into two campuses in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood totaling 12 acres (4.9 ha), one of which has five academic buildings and the other of which has nine Georgian-style residential buildings.
The university enrolls approximately 1,736 undergraduates and 4,527 graduate students. Its athletics teams compete in NCAA Division III as the Sharks.
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| referencedIn | Garland Junior College. Garland Junior College Records. | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Robertson, Lafayette Janes, 1896-1975. Brown-Robertson Family papers, 1855-1973. | Connecticut Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Simmons, Sarah Anna. Catalogue of books in the library of the Sarah Anna Simmons alcove, [ca. 1900]. | Grolier Club | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1981-1999, n.d. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Brooks, Charlotte F. Papers, 1871-1908 (inclusive), 1871-1901 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1915-1965 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Simmons College. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1959-1977. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Jacobi-Schlossberg Family Papers, 1870-2000 | American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History | |
| referencedIn | Records of Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. and the papers of Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning O'Connor, and Mary Almy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Nitchie, George Wilson, 1921-. George W. Nitchie Papers, 1940-1986. | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Altman and Spiewak Family Papers | Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society | |
| referencedIn | Maurice L. Zigmond Papers | Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society | |
| referencedIn | Marion Walter Photograph Collection 2011-271., 1952-1980s, undated | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Katharine Parker Freeman Memoir (#4988-z) 1975-1983 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | William Ernest Hocking papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
| referencedIn | Hazelton, Ruth,. Oral history interview, 1982. | Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center | |
| referencedIn | Wilson, Eleanor, b. 1891. Eleanor Wilson Papers, 1933-1971, 1936-1971. | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Records of New Words, 1974-2002 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Prince Program in Retailing. Essay, 1979. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Bernice Resnick Sandler, 1963-2008 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Gronquist, Robert. Robert Gronquist Papers, 1968-1992. | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Additional records of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.), 1877-2004 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Linn, Ruby Zillah Winslow, 1910-. Ruby Winslow Linn papers, 1900-1988. | Massachusetts Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Heseltine, Marjorie Moulton. Marjorie Moulton Heseltine Papers, 1931-1967 1967. | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| creatorOf | Simmons College. Letter, 1952, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Retired IU Faculty, 1985 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | Lawrence Public Library. Lawrence Public Library collection, 1847-1999. | Lawrence Public Library | |
| referencedIn | Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977. Papers, 1929-1977. | Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library | |
| referencedIn | Noyes family. Papers II, 1789-1957, bulk: 1836-1920. | Massachusetts Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Bear, James Adam, 1919-. Papers of James A. Bear, 1783-1966. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Kent family. Kent family papers : series V : generation IV, 1838-1971 1880-1969. | Vermont Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1877-1980 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Wiley, Dewey O., 1898-1980. Papers, 1884-1981, 1923-1966. | Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library | |
| referencedIn | Harriett M. Bartlett papers, 1918-1979 | University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives | |
| referencedIn | Additional records, 1877-1974 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Additional records, 1877-1974 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Chartrand, Elinor Waterman, 1912-. Elinor Waterman Chartrand Papers, 1930-1946. | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Abraham Aaron Roback papers, 1909-1965. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Indiana University History Department Centennial, 1994 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | Hornik-Beer, Edith Lynn. Edith Lynn Hornik-Beer Papers, 1959-1984. | Simmons College, Beatley Library |
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