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Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of Collection

Topics Covered

Administrative Information

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 Inventory of the Marguerite F. Simon PapersAuburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History

Inventory of the Marguerite F. Simon Papers

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History

Presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia

Overview of Collection

Repository: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History, 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Creator: Simon, Marguerite F.

Collection Number: aarl95-009

Title: Marguerite F. Simon papers

Date: 1906-1985

Quantity: linear ft.

Abstract: The papers consist of an assortment of periodicals including Life, Ebony, and New York magazine, books, sheet music, and news clippings. The sheet music dates from 1906 to 1932, and the articles, books, and newsclippings, dated from 1968 to 1985, treat Martin Luther King, Jr., Spelman College, Atlanta University, African American life, and history.

Historical Sketch

Marguerite F. Simon, daughter of Edward Lee and Laura Dickerson Simon, graduate of Spelman (1935), and instructor of health and physical education at Spelman from 1943 to 1980.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection, which was donated to the Auburn Avenue Research Library by Marguerite F. Simon in 1995, is an assortment of periodicals, books, sheet music and news clippings. One of the highlights of the collection is Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1965: An Ebony Picture Biography, a 76 p. paperback book published just after his untimely death that covers the life of Dr. King and has many wonderful photographs from the Civil Rights Movement.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Arranged by type.

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Topics Covered

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Atlanta University.
Spelman College--Alumni and alumnae.
Spelman College.
African Americans--History.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Civil rights movements--United States.
Books.
Clippings.
Periodicals.
Sheet music.

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Administrative Information

Acquired From:

Ms. Simon has donated this collection of materials in honor of her parents: Edward Lee and Laura Dickerson Simon. Mr.Edward Lee Simon was an early 1900's graduate of Atlanta University. He was also a print shop owner in Memphis, Tennessee where the publication The Moon (magazine), W.E. B. Dubois, editor, was printed in the 1920's. Mrs. Laura Dickerson Simon was a graduate of LeMoyne Normal Institute, Memphis, Tennessee and became an educator in the Memphis area.

Restrictions on Access:

There are no restrictions on the research use of this collection.

Restrictions on Use:

Prior permission from the Research Library must be obtained in writing before any portion of this collection can be published or reproduced.

Preferred Citation Method:

Marguerite F. Simon papers. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.

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Container List

 
Box Folder
1 1 LIFE Magazine, 12 April 1968
(Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. –On Cover)
 
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1965: An Ebony Picture Biography, Chicago:Johnson Publishing Co.
 
The CRISIS: A Record Of The Darker Races, 1976, 1978, 1985
Box Folder
1 3 The CRISIS: A Record Of The Darker Races, Vol. 85 No.9, November, 1985
3 The CRISIS: A Record Of The Darker Races, Vol. 85 No. 3, March 1978
3 The CRISIS: A Record Of The Darker Races, Vol. 83 No. 6, June/July, 1976
 
4 Emma Edwards, "The Dream Lives On At Spelman." The Atlanta Constitution . B1., (15 May 1981)
 
5 EBONY Magazine, June, 1981
 
6 EBONY Magazine, August, 1981
 
7 EBONY Magazine, September, 1981
 
8 Guy-Sheftall, Beverly. Finding A Way: The Black Family's Struggle for an Education at the Atlanta University Center, Atlanta: African American Family History Association, Inc., 1983
 
9 "Encyclopedia of Southern Life & Change," Southern Exposure. Vol.11, No 3, (May/June 1983)
10th Anniversary Special Edition.
 
Atlanta University, 1986
Box Folder
1 10 Report - The Atlanta University Status Report to the Alumni, April 25, 1986
10 Newsletter - The Atlanta University Alumni Update Vol. VI, No. 5, (July 1986)
 
11 New York Magazine, Vol.19, No. 30, (August 4, 1986)
 
12 Michigan Today, The University of Michigan, Vol. 19, No. 2, (April 1987)
 
13 Program - Nelson Mandela U.S. Freedom Tour. Academic Convocation. Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Atlanta University Center, June 27, 1990
 
14 Gershwin, George. Rhapsody in Blue. New York: Harms Inc., 1927
 
[Sheet music, 1906, 1932]
Box Folder
1 15 Field, Alix. Novelty Dances for Any Operetta. Chicago: The Gamble Hinged Music Company, 1932
15 Wooler, Alfred. Twenty Quartets for Men's Voices. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1906
 
16 Pickney, Aureliu D. The Romance of Nobody. Cannelton, Ind.: News Publishing Company, n.d.
 
17 News clipping - "Washington Park Tennis Champ Score Again." , n.d.
 
18 Color Sketch of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. " I Have A Dream".
 
19 Program - Margaret Walker Alexander "Jubilee." All Purpose Room, Jackson State University, July 12, 1980
 
20 Brochure - "Black Heritage Trail." Boston African American National Historic Site. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d.

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Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303