Bob Simms collection

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Bob Simms collection

• 1907-2006 (Vervaardig)

114 Boxes

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.

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

This collection is open for research except for box 106, which is restricted.

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.

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.

• Engels

• Latijn

Gift of Robert H. Simms, 2007.

Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.

https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0650

Bob Simms : An Activist's Life and Legacy (online exhibit): http://scholar.library.miami.edu/bobsimms/

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.

Finding aid updated by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, July 2025.

• African American generals
• African American judges -- Florida
• African American leadership
• Civil rights -- Florida -- Miami-Dade County -- Periodicals
• Discrimination -- Florida -- Miami-Dade County -- Periodicals
• Generals -- United States
• Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States

• Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.). Community Relations Board (Onderwerp)
• Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. (Onderwerp)
• Tuskegee Institute (Onderwerp)
• Tuskegee University (Onderwerp)
• Tuskegee University. General Chappie James Center for Aerospace Science and Health Education (Onderwerp)
• James, Daniel, 1920-1978 (Onderwerp)

• Appointment books
• Sound recordings » Audiocassettes
• Sound recordings » Audiotapes
• Audiovisual materials
• Negatives (photographs)
• Photographs
• 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