Overview
Correspondence, notes, drafts, etc., of Frieda Hennock Simons, lawyer.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1960
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Frieda Hennock Simons as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
8.34 linear feet (20 file boxes)The bulk of her papers relates to her work on the Frieda Hennock Simons, 1948-1955, and includes correspondence, notes, drafts, speeches, opinions, and general Commission material. Letters of congratulations on the important occasions of her later life show her acquaintance with important business, education, and political leaders. The collection also includes some personal correspondence before 1948 and papers relating to her legal work after 1955.
BIOGRAPHY
Appointed by President Truman in 1948 to the Federal Communications Commission, Frieda Hennock, a New York lawyer, was the first woman member of a major federal regulatory agency.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 303, 309
Gift of Mr. William H. Simons, 4901 Potomac Avenue, N.W., Washington 7, D.C. Received April, June 1961.
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-20
- Box 2: 21-29
- Box 3: 30-41
- Box 4: 42-53
- Box 5: 59-71
- Box 6: 72-88
- Box 7: 89-102, vols. 1-6
- Box 8: 103-113
- Box 9: 114-130
- Box 10: 131-139
- Box 11: 140-145
- Boxes 12-14: Official Report of Proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Nov. 27, 1950-June 28, 1951.
- Box 15: 146-152
- Boxes 16-17: Printed material relating to the work of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Box 18: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) official pamphlets
- Box 19: 153-167
- Box 20: 168-174; Frieda Hennock Simons diplomas
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 (Person)
- Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953 (Person)
- Title
- Simons, Frieda Hennock, 1904-1960. Papers of Frieda Hennock Simons, 1922-1960: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00909
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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