Francis Butler Simkins Collection, 1928/1966

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

No restrictions on access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
12.45 Linear Feet 23 archival boxes
Creator:
Simkins, Francis Butler, 1897-1966.
Language:
English .

Background

Biographical / historical:

Francis Butler Simkins was a professor of history at Longwood from 1928 to 1966. During his years at Longwood, he was also an energetic researcher and prolific author. He wrote two books on Ben Tillman, The Tillman Movement in South Carolina (1926) and Pitchfork Ben Tillman (1944). He also wrote two books with co-authors, South Carolina during Reconstruction (1932) with Robert H. Woody, and The Women of the Confederacy (1936) with James W. Patton. Additionally, with other historians and authors he wrote a school history of Virginia. His college text, A History of the South (3rd ed., 1963) was widely used. Some of his essays were collected in The Everlasting South (1963). Dr. Simkins passed away in 1996.

Custodial history:

This collection of papers was given to the History Department at Longwood by Simkins' wife, Margaret Simkins, in the late 1970s. The papers were housed in the History Department until the summer of 1994 when under the direction of history professor Richard Couture they were transferred to the library.