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Colonel Roscoe Colkins [sic] Simmons : America's foremost orator, 1930

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 9: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 1Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (492)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Mapping the campaign to win young colored voters for Governor Landon and Colonel Knox, 1936

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 7Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (42)
Description:

Publicity photograph and attached press release for the campaign to elect Kansas Governor Alf Landon, Republican Party nominee in the 1936 presidential election. Pictured, from left to right: Roscoe Simmons, Sidney Jones, Robert Kratky, Myrtle Stryker, and Cornelius R. Richardson.

Mapping the campaign to win young colored voters for Governor Landon and Colonel Knox, 1936

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 7Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (43)
Description:

Publicity photograph and attached press release for the campaign to elect Kansas Governor Alf Landon, Republican Party nominee in the 1936 presidential election. Pictured, from left to right: Roscoe Simmons, Sidney Jones, Robert Kratky, Myrtle Stryker, and Cornelius R. Richardson.

Publicity photograph of Roscoe Simmons holding a trowel, possibly at a cornerstone laying ceremony, 1940s?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 6Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (38)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Conkling Simmons, 1915

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 3: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 2Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (190)
Description:

Studio portrait.

Roscoe Simmons (center) meeting in Los Angeles with Dr. J.T. Smith (left) of Lincoln Motion Picture Co. and J.B. Loving, probably 1919

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 8Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (45)
Description:

Inscribed on back: Compliments of Clarence Brooks, Secty of Lincoln Motion Picture Co., Los Angeles.

Roscoe Simmons (center) posing in front of a statue with four unidentified men, 1940s

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 9Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (54)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Simmons (center) standing with two unidentified men, 1930s?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 11Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (66)
Description:

Inscribed on back: Recopyed [sic] by Patricia Cummings.

Roscoe Simmons (center) standing with two unidentified men, 1930s?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 11Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (67)
Description:

Inscribed on back: Copyed [sic] by [Patricia] Cummings.

Roscoe Simmons (center) standing with two unidentified men and a boy dressed in uniform and possibly Clifton F. Richardson Sr., publisher of the Houston Defender, 1930s?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 3: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 2Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (185)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Simmons (center) standing with two unidentified men and a boy dressed in uniform and possibly Clifton F. Richardson Sr., publisher of the Houston Defender, 1930s?

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 3: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 2Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (186)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Simmons (center) talking with two unidentified men, 1940

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 11Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (65)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Simmons (far left) standing with other members of the IBPOEW, 1930s?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 8Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (48)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Simmons (front row, center) posing with six unidentified men, 1912

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 10Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (60)
Description:

Studio portrait.

Roscoe Simmons (front row, center) posing with six unidentified men, 1912

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 10Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (61)
Description:

Studio portrait.

Roscoe Simmons (front row, second from left) with Cornelius R. Richardson (front row, third from left) and members of the Republican National Committee, Colored Division, Young People's Department, 1936

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 7Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (39)
Description:

Publicity photograph and attached press release for the campaign to elect Kansas Governor Alf Landon, Republican Party nominee in the 1936 presidential election, with corresponding copy negative.

Roscoe Simmons (front row, second from left) with Cornelius R. Richardson (front row, third from left) and members of the Republican National Committee, Colored Division, Young People's Department, 1936

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 7Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (40)
Description:

Publicity photograph and attached press release for the campaign to elect Kansas Governor Alf Landon, Republican Party nominee in the 1936 presidential election.

Roscoe Simmons (front row, third from right) with Perry W. Howard (front row, far left), Walter L. Cohen (front row, second from left), and other unidentified men, 1925

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 10Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (59)
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Unidentified men were possibly employees of People's Industrial Life Insurance Company of Louisiana or members of the Colored Order of the Knights of Pythias of Louisiana.

Roscoe Simmons, full-length portrait, sitting in wicker chair, facing left, 1915

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 3Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (22)
Description:

Studio portrait.

Roscoe Simmons, full-length portrait, sitting in wicker chair, turned to the left, 1915

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 1Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (1)
Description:

Studio portrait.

Roscoe Simmons, full-length portrait, sitting in wicker chair, turned to the right, 1915

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 1Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (2)
Description:

Studio portrait.

Roscoe Simmons, full-length portrait, standing with walking stick, 1920s?

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 3Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (20)
Scope and Contents: Most of the identifiable photographs are signed or unsigned portraits of Simmons, his family, and political colleagues or other prominent Americans, especially members of the African-American community. There also numerous photographs of unidentified group events, such as graduations or funerals, as well as photographs of unidentified monuments and buildings. Simmons' apparent interest in United States foreign policy and military actions is evident in this series....

Roscoe Simmons, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing pince-nez, 1920?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 4Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (23)
Description:

Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To Dr. & Mrs. J.J. Wendell, from their friend, Roscoe Simmons.

Roscoe Simmons, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing pince-nez, 1920?

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photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 4Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (24)
Description:

Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To my dear friend Mr. Gilchrist Stewart, Roscoe Simmons.

Roscoe Simmons, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing pince-nez, 1920?

FOUND IN: Harvard University Archives
photoDescriptionUnit — Box HUM 2.85 Box 1: Series HUM 2.85, Box: Folder 4Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (25)
Description:

Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: This--In affectionate admiration to Mr. Wendell P. Dabney, Of mind elevated above his times, superior to his world! Roscoe!

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