Background materials include a background paper by Wondwossen Getachew, with a brief biography of Lucy Simms, African American educator from Harrisonburg, Va. Included and digitized here are photos of Lucy Simms and her students, with one particular image dated in 1908, which addtionally lists and identifies each student pictured, by name, on the back of the image.
Forms part of: The Lucy Simms Oral History Project. For ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE COLLECTION including tapes and printed materials conducted by Wondwossen Getachew, see Special Collections call no. SdArch 20-1 through 20-5.
*These photos are currently located in SdArch no. 5-1 in the Special Collections Library
Materials
4 photos, fronts and backs
Identifier
SdArch no. 20-1
Format
8 jpeg files
Dimensions
9.78×8 inches
Rights
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of James Madison University’s Libraries & Educational Technologies’ Special Collections (540) 568-3612, library-special@jmu.edu.
Personal Names
Lucy F. Simms
Subjects
Harris, Carlotta, 1925- — Interviews Johnson, Edgar, 1925-2003 — Interviews Johnson, Wilhelmina — Interviews Rhodes, Elon, 1922-2006 — Interviews Walker, Ellen, 1951- — Interviews Winston, Louise — Interviews Simms, Lucy, 1855(9?)-1934 — Interviews Lucy F. Simms School (Harrisonburg, Va.) Effinger Street School (Harrisonburg, Va.) Lucy Simms House (Harrisonburg, Va.) African American teachers — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources African American teachers and the community — Sources African American neighborhoods — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources African American churches — History — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources African Americans — Education (Elementary) — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources African Americans — Education (Secondary) — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources African Americans — Virginia — Harrisonburg — History — Sources African Americans — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Social life and customs — Sources African Americans — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Economic conditions — Sources African American elementary schools — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources African American churches — History — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources Slavery — Virginia — Rockingham County — Sources Segregation in education — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources Social change — Sources Race relations — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources Working class — Virginia — Harrisonburg — Sources Harrisonburg (Va.) — History — 19th century — Sources Harrisonburg (Va.) — History — 20th century — Sources Rockingham County (Va.) — History — Sources
Place Names
Effinger Street School, Lucy F. Simms School
Photographer
Unknown
Collection Title
Lucy Simms Remembered Oral History Collection
Collection Number
SdArch20
Recommended Citation
SdArch no. 20-1, Lucy Simms Remembered Oral History Collection, SdArch, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.