Title: Simons family papers
Subjects: Music and the war, African American universities and colleges, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Regiment, 357th, Missions, Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.), Employees, United States, British Schools, Training of, African American Participation, Benedict College, Telegraph, World War, 1939-1945, Hinduism, Romance languages, Europe, Race relations, Bands (Music), Teachers, Jazz, Railroads, Buddhism, Rural schools, Quartermasters, Swing (Music), Study and teaching, Baptists, Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.), West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.), African American families, Social conditions, Haiti, Young Men's Christian associations
Places: Burma, Washington (D.C.), East Africa, India, Durban (South Africa), West Virginia, South Carolina, Nigeria, German East Africa
People: Simmons family, Nicholson family, Garrett family