The collection includes correspondence between Algie M. Simons and May Wood Simons during lecture tours and trips to socialist meetings in the United States and abroad such as the 1910 International Socialist Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, to which Mrs. Simons was a delegate and Simons' visit to England, France, and Italy as chairman of the 1918 American Socialist Labor Mission. A few letters relate to their editorial work on the staff of the Chicago Daily Socialist and the Milwaukee Leader. Papers for the years 1931 to 1950 relate mainly to Simons' employment as an economist by the American Medical Association. Other materials include notes of interviews with European political leaders, reports and records of the American Socialist Labor Mission, notes taken as a student at the University of Wisconsin, a paper evaluating Simons' socialist histories, and diaries kept by May Wood Simons. Photographs include portraits of Simons and his associates, circa 1890-1920. There is also an image of Coxey's Army that includes author Jack London.
