Hoch family collection : James H. Simmons papers, 1913-1943.

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Hoch family collection : James H. Simmons papers, 1913-1943.

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Letters containing interesting comments on the war in Europe (1940); letter (Jan. 18, 1932) to Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, expressing hope he will be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party and commenting on Franklin Roosevelt and prohibition; and material on Simmons's brother, Thomas J. Simmons, president of Brenau College, who presented his art collection to Wake Forest College in 1941 to found Simmons Art Museum.

.3 box.

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North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist

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