Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Bob Simms collection
Date(s)
- 1907-2006 (Production)
Importance matérielle
114 Boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Bob Simms was born in Snow Hill, Alabama in 1927. Shortly after his birth, Bob Simms' parents Alberta (1888-1970) and Harry Simms (1884-1949) relocated to the community of Tuskegee, Alabama, as members of the music faculty. Harry Simms was one of Dr. Washington Carver's students in the class of 1907 and often took his youngest son Bob with him on visits to Dr. Carver's home.
Bob Simms moved to Florida in 1953 to join the faculty of the George Washington Carver schools in Coconut Grove and later served as Executive Director of the Metro Dade Community Relations Board from 1968 to 1983. Mr. Simms developed the Miami Inner-City Minority Experience (MICME) for the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1970s and led efforts to create and implement the Inner City Marine Project - now known as Mast Academy. With his wife Aubrey Watkins Simms, he was a founding member of the Church of the Open Door in Liberty City and is the father if the first black woman to serve as judge in Florida, Leah Simms. Mr. Simms is Emeritus Member of the University of Miami, Board of Trustees.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The Bob Simms collection documents the life and activities of Robert H. Simms in the black communities in Coconut Grove and Miami and reflects his work with the Community Relations Board and the Defense Race Relations Institute. The collection also contains campaign materials from Leah Simms, the first African American female judge in the state of Florida, and the "Glory in the Grove" photographs of people and events at the George Washington Carver elementary and high schools in Coconut Grove before desegregation. A final component of the collection includes photographs, correspondence and clippings of General "Chappie" James and his family. General James was the first four star African American General and married Dorothy Watkins.
Mode de classement
Series I. Simms Family
Sub-series A. Photographs
Sub-series B. Correspondence and other documents
Sub-series C. Audio-visual materials
Series II. George Washington Carver School Photographs and Yearbooks
Series III. Community Relations Board
Series IV. Miami Inner City Minority Experience / Defense Race Relations Institute
Series V. Minority Inner City Marine Project
Sub-series A. Photographs
Sub-series B. Correspondence
Series VI. Bob Simms Daily Logs
Series VII. Judge Leah A. Simms Campaign Material
Series VIII. General "Chappie" James and family
Series IX. Negatives
Series X. Awards & Exhibits
Series XI. Topical files
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
This collection is open for research except for box 106, which is restricted.
Accès physique
Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Bob Simms collection Finding Aid © 2009 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Générer l'instrument de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Gift of Robert H. Simms, 2007.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0650
Sources complémentaires
Bob Simms : An Activist's Life and Legacy (online exhibit): http://scholar.library.miami.edu/bobsimms/
Descriptions associées
Élément de notes
Note générale
Other Information:
The attached container list is specific to "Series 9: Negatives." It is an inventory of the negative file for Bob Simms' photographic collection and features people, organizations, activities and events from Coconut Grove, South Miami and Richmond Heights from 1953 to 1964.
Notes spécialisées
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Zone du contrôle de la description
Règles ou conventions
Sources utilisées
Note de l'archiviste
Finding aid updated by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, July 2025.
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
- Appointment books
- Sound recordings » Audiocassettes
- Sound recordings » Audiotapes
- Audiovisual materials
- Negatives (photographs)
- Photographies
- Slides (Photographs)
- Video recordings (physical artifacts) » Videocassettes
- Sound recordings
- Sound recordings » Audiotapes » Open reel audiotapes
- Video recordings (physical artifacts) » Videocassettes » U-matic
- Video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Video recordings (physical artifacts) » Videocassettes » VHS
- Sound recordings » CD-Rs