Margaret Simms papers, 1951-1974.

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Margaret Simms papers, 1951-1974.

Materials include biographical data, correspondence, a diary, form letters, speeches, news clippings, reports, awards, account books, receipts, and photographs.

2 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061695

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Fisk University

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Established as Fisk Free Colored School in Nashville, Tenn., in Dec. 1865 by John Ogden, Rev. Erastus Milo Caravath, and Rev. Edward P. Smith; named in honor of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Tennessee and Kentucky, who provided the new institution with facilities and contributed over $30,000 to the school; opened on 9 Jan. 1866 with almost two hundred students of all ages; incorporated as Fisk University on 22 Aug. 1867 after its curriculum shifted to ...

United Negro College Fund

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Founded in 1944 to enhance the quality of education by providing financial assistance to deserving students, raising operating funds for member colleges and universities, and increasing access to technology for students and faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). From the description of Statistical reports, 1986-1988. (Benedict College). WorldCat record id: 70967588 Research Dept. was established in 1968 to gather and disseminate information about Un...

Simms, Margaret, 1903-1974

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Public relations director, Edward Water College; program director, American Red Cross (1942-1945); associate dean of women, Fisk University (1949-ca. 1966); director of Fisk Women's Fashion Show to benefit the United Negro College Fund for ten years; assistant to the director of development in charge of the UNCF, Fisk University; member of numerous civic and women's organizations; b. Margaret Taylor. From the description of Margaret Simms papers, 1951-1974. (Fisk University). WorldCa...