Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Simon, Sidney, 1917-1997
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content: Sidney Simon papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet (Boxes 1, 9)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.simosidn, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Biographical material includes obituary notices, eulogies read at Sidney Simon's memorial service, and an American Immigrant Wall certificate of registration in memory of Simon's parents. A biographical account by Lincoln Kirstein details Sidney Simon's participation in the U.S. Army's mural competition for soldiers. Included are award certificates for the William Emlen Cresson Prize Memorial Fund and the National Sculpture Society's C. Percival Dietsch Prize.  The series also includes a circa 1994 interview with Sidney Simon recorded on five sound cassettes and the memorial service held for Sidney Simon recorded on one sound cassette.