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Hilda Simms audio and moving image collection.
- Title
- Hilda Simms audio and moving image collection.
- Author
- Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
- Publication
- [1994]
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid for the collection
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MIRS Simms 1994-08 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Description
- 17 audiocassettes
- 1 videocassette
- Summary
- The collection consists of 17 audio recordings that document her career in radio broadcasting; and 1 moving image recording, a clip from "The Joe Louis Story" in which she portrayed the wife of boxer, Joe Louis.
- Subjects
- Black people in the performing arts
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Live sound recordings
- Women in the performing arts
- Live radio programs
- Community arts projects
- Arts > Therapeutic use
- Artists and community
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African American radio stations
- American Negro Theatre
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Video recordings.
- Note
- Actress Hilda Simms (1918-1994) hosted the WOV New York City radio program Ladies' Day from 1953 to 1962, featuring music and interviews with figures in entertainment and public affairs. She is best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theatre's production of Anna Lucasta that moved successfully to Broadway in 1944. The play became a movie in 1958 with Eartha Kitt playing the same role. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Simms attended the University of Minnesota and Hampton Institute. After studying drama and voice independently, Simms moved to New York City in 1943 where she joined the American Negro Theatre. She found work at the Caribbean desk for the Office of War Information where she wrote, produced, and acted in radio dramas for troops abroad. She continued to sing and act in plays, television, and film throughout the 1950s. From the 1960s through the 1990s, Simms focused on social issues, becoming the director of the Creative Arts Program for the New York State Commission for Human Rights. She went on to work as a vocational specialist at the Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation. Her work has been recognized by organizations such as the New York City YMCA, the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing, and the National Council of Negro Women, among others.
- Source (note)
- Donated by Evelyn B. Sharp, 1995.
- Call Number
- Sc MIRS Simms 1994-08
- OCLC
- 1176245113
- Author
- Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994, creator.
- Title
- Hilda Simms audio and moving image collection.
- Publisher
- [1994]
- Local Note
- See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Hilda Simms papers, 1930-1994 . Sc MG 539.
- Source
- Donated by Evelyn B. Sharp, 1995.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MIRS Simms 1994-08