Title: Algie M. Simons and May Wood Simons Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1901-1951

Creators:

• Simons, A. M. (Algie Martin), 1870-1950
• Simons, May Wood, d. 1948

Call Number: Wis Mss LG; PH 312

Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and 13 photographs (1 folder)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Algie M. Simons and his wife May Wood Simons, both Wisconsin-born journalists, authors, and socialists, documenting lecture tours and socialist gatherings in the United States and abroad, and their editorial work on the staff of the Chicago Daily Socialist and the Milwaukee Leader. Among prominent correspondents in the collection are J. Ramsay MacDonald, Upton Sinclair, and William English Walling. Also documented is Simons' work (1931-1950) for the American Medical Association, including copies of his articles on medical economics.

Language: English

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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.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Miriam Simons Leuck, New Martinsville, West Virginia, August 11, 1954; and February 28 and March 7, 1955.

Wis Mss LG	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1	1901-1910
Box   1 Folder   2	1911-1912
Box   1 Folder   3	1913-1914
Box   1 Folder   4	1915-1916
Box   1 Folder   5	1917
Box   2 Folder   1	1918 January-July
Box   2 Folder   2	1918 August-December
Box   2 Folder   3	1919
Box   2 Folder   4	1920-1923
Box   3 Folder   1	1924-1930
Box   3 Folder   2	1931
Box   3 Folder   3	1932-1933
Box   3 Folder   4	1934-1951
Box   4 Folder   1	undated
Box   4 Folder   2	Notes concerning the men with whom Simons corresponded Note: Compiled by Miriam Simons Leuck, daughter of A.M. and May Simons.
Box   4 Folder   3	Genealogical material on Simons and Wood families
Box   4 Folder   4	Notes of interviews on , 1931 American Dental Association trip to Europe
Box   4 Folder   5	Paper on A.M. Simons [author unknown], undated Physical Description: Carbon copy
Box   4 Folder   6-7	Manuscript prepared by A.M. Simons pertaining to medical economics
Box   4 Folder   8	Notes of A.M. Simons while writing his book Social Forces
Box   5 Folder   1	Addresses, articles, et cetera, circa 1916-1921 and undated
	Newspaper clippings
Box   5 Folder   2	1910-1919
Box   5 Folder   3	1920-1930
Box   5 Folder   4	undated Scope and Content Note: Includes death notice of Horace B. Simons, father of A.M. Simons.
Box   5 Folder   5	Articles by A.M. Simons written for the H.H. and Elizabeth Allen Syndicate on vocational guidance
Box   5 Folder   6	Journal of A.M. Simons, 1918 July-September, while chairman of the Socialist and Labor mission to Europe
Box   5 Folder   7	Diary of May Wood Simons, 1903 January 16-November 11 and 1912-1929 Physical Description: Typewritten copy
Box   6 Folder   1	Papers pertaining to the Simons' European trips, 1918 and , 1931 Note: Includes their passport for 1931.
Box   6 Folder   2	Academic records and souvenirs, miscellaneous programs, invitations, et cetera
Box   6 Folder   3	Class notes of A.M. Simons from the University of Wisconsin, 1894-1895
Box   8	Membership cards and various credentials of the Simons Scope and Content Note: Also includes address and notebook with expense account of May Wood Simons as delegate to the International Socialist Congress at Copenhagen, 1910; pocket notebook of A.M. Simons; cards of various people interviewed at 1918 mission.
	Socialist Party activities
Box   7 Folder   1	1909-1918
Box   7 Folder   2	1919 Note: Includes papers pertaining to the Wisconsin Loyalty Legion.
Box   7 Folder   3	Articles by A.M. Simons while employed by the Bureau of Medical Economics of the American Medical Association, circa 1930s
Box   7 Folder   4	Carbon copies of articles written for the Milwaukee Journal on the International Labor Conference, 1919-1920
Box   7 Envelope   1	Press clippings, 1911-1912, on Social Forces in American History by Simons
	The Organization Section of the Journal of the American Medical Association
Box   8	1937 January 2-June 26 Note: Index included.
Box   8	1937 July 3-December 11 Note: Index included.
Box   8	1938 January 1-June 25 Note: Index included.
Box   8	1938 July 2-December 31
Box   8	1939 January 7-June 24
Box   8	1939 July 1-December 30
PH 312	Photographs Scope and Content Note: 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.