Algie M. Simons and May Wood Simons papers, 1901-1951.

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Algie M. Simons and May Wood Simons papers, 1901-1951.

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Papers of Algie M. Simons and his wife, May Wood Simons, both Wisconsin-born journalists, authors, and socialists. The collection includes many letters exchanged between them during lecture tours and trips to socialist meetings in the United States and abroad such as the 1910 International Socialist Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, to which Mrs. Simons was a delegate and Simons' visit to England, France, and Italy as chairman of the 1918 American Socialist Labor Mission. A few letters relate to their editorial work on the staff of the Chicago daily Socialist and the Milwaukee leader. Among the prominent correspondents are J. Ramsay MacDonald, Upton Sinclair, and William English Walling. Papers for the years 1931 to 1950 relate mainly to Simons' employment as an economist by the American Medical Association, and include copies of his articles on medical economics. Other materials in the collection include notes of interviews with European political leaders, reports and records of the American Socialist Labor Mission, notes taken as a student at the University of Wisconsin, a paper evaluating his socialist histories, and diaries kept by his wife. Photographs include portraits of Simons and his associates, ca. 1890-1920. There is also an image of Coxey's Army that includes author Jack London.

1.8 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and13 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923132

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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