Carroll Harris Simms papers
name: label: Creator
content: Simms, Carroll, 1924-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: African American sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Carroll Harris Simms donated his papers to the Archives of American Art in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Simms, Carroll, 1924-2010
setName: label: See more items in
content: Carroll Harris Simms papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor and educator Carroll Harris Simms measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1980. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and sketches.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Carroll Harris Simms (1924-2010) was an African American sculptor, ceramicist, and educator in Houston, Texas. Simms was born in Arkansas in 1924 and moved to Toledo, Ohio as a child. He attended Hampton University, Toledo University, and the Toledo Museum School of Art. He became the first Black student to graduate from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1950. He began a long teaching career at Texas Southern University where he taught sculpture and ceramics until retiring in 1987. Carroll Harris Simms died in 2010 in Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.simmcarr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3357 available for use only at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor and educator Carroll Harris Simms measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1980. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and sketches.