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Hilda Simms audio and moving image collection : 25 items.
- Title
- Hilda Simms audio and moving image collection : 25 items.
- Author
- Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
- Publication
- [1994]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MIRS Simms 1994-08 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Description
- 24 audiocassettes
- 1 videocassette
- Summary
- The collection consists of 24 audio recordings that document her career in radio broadcasting; and 1 moving image recording, a clip from "The Joe Louis Story" in which she portrayed the wife of boxer, Joe Louis.
- Subjects
- Black people in the performing arts
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Live sound recordings
- Women in the performing arts
- Live radio programs
- Community arts projects
- Arts > Therapeutic use
- Artists and community
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African American radio stations
- American Negro Theatre
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Video recordings.
- Source (note)
- Donated by Evelyn B. Sharp, 1995.
- Biography (note)
- Hilda Simms (born Hilda Moses, April 15, 1918 - February 6, 1994) was an American actress best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theater production of Anna Lucasta that moved successfully to Broadway in 1944. In 1943, Simms moved to New York City, and worked at the Caribbean desk for the Office of War Information; where she wrote, produced, and acted in radio dramas for troops aboard. She also joined the American Negro Theater, which lead to her title role in Anna Lucasta. After receiving strong reviews, the production moved to the Mansfield Theatre (1944). It was the first all-black cast on Broadway acting in a drama unrelated to racial issues. She acted in The Joe Louis Story (1953) and The Black Widow (1954) films; and The Nurses (1962-1964) television series. She was also the host of her own New York WOV radio program, Ladies' Day. Her professional affiliations included the Actor's Equity Foundation and the Screen Actors Guild, among other organizations. Simms received honors and awards from the Minneapolis Urban League (1953); New York City YMCA (1954); the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing (1956); and the National Council of Negro Women among others. Simms died of pancreatic cancer at her sister's home in Buffalo, New York in 1994.
- Call Number
- Sc MIRS Simms 1994-08
- OCLC
- 1176245113
- Author
- Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994, creator.
- Title
- Hilda Simms audio and moving image collection : 25 items.
- Publisher
- [1994]
- Biography
- Hilda Simms (born Hilda Moses, April 15, 1918 - February 6, 1994) was an American actress best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theater production of Anna Lucasta that moved successfully to Broadway in 1944. In 1943, Simms moved to New York City, and worked at the Caribbean desk for the Office of War Information; where she wrote, produced, and acted in radio dramas for troops aboard. She also joined the American Negro Theater, which lead to her title role in Anna Lucasta. After receiving strong reviews, the production moved to the Mansfield Theatre (1944). It was the first all-black cast on Broadway acting in a drama unrelated to racial issues. She acted in The Joe Louis Story (1953) and The Black Widow (1954) films; and The Nurses (1962-1964) television series. She was also the host of her own New York WOV radio program, Ladies' Day. Her professional affiliations included the Actor's Equity Foundation and the Screen Actors Guild, among other organizations. Simms received honors and awards from the Minneapolis Urban League (1953); New York City YMCA (1954); the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing (1956); and the National Council of Negro Women among others. Simms died of pancreatic cancer at her sister's home in Buffalo, New York in 1994.
- Local Note
- Forms part of: Hilda Simms archive. Papers can be found in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division (Sc MG 539).
- Source
- Donated by Evelyn B. Sharp, 1995.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MIRS Simms 1994-08