History & Exhibits
Digital Exhibits
![African-American students on cover of 1980s era Simmons Magazine](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2022-06/library-magazine-africana-studies.jpg?h=c29551c4&itok=d7lTR9bx)
50 Years of Africana Studies at Simmons
Learn about the history of Africana Studies, the work of its students and recent graduates, and explore oral histories of Black alums from the 1970s and 1980s.
50 Years of Africana Studies at Simmons
![Historical Photo of a Simmons Student Organization meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2022-04/library-student-orgs.jpg?h=eebaf6c7&itok=aDyv6_Rs)
Student Organizations at Simmons
Explore Simmons' rich history of building everyday leaders through Student Organizations and Clubs.
Student Organizations at Simmons
![Freshman-Junior Wedding bridal party, c. 1931](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2021-09/library-traditions.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=xYKxw0N2)
Traditions at Simmons
From the College's founding to today, learn about the traditions and activities that brought students together.
![Photo of 1917 Social and Civics clumb](/sites/default/files/2021-03/library-suffrage.jpg)
Suffrage at Simmons
Explore the Simmons community's involvement, on and off campus, in the fight for women's right to vote
![Simmons Fencing Team at practice](/sites/default/files/2021-02/library-sports.jpg)
Sports at Simmons
Explore the growth of athletics at Simmons, 1902-2016
![Students and faculty standing with toy poodles](/sites/default/files/2020-09/library-mascots.jpg)
Mascots at Simmons
Before there was the shark, there were the class mascots
![May Day - Students Dancing Around the Pole in the Same Dress](/sites/default/files/2020-09/library-mayday.jpg)
May Day at Simmons
Learn more about Simmons' longest and greatest tradition
![Line drawing of children walking up steps to doorway. Elizabeth Peabody House logo.](/sites/default/files/2020-05/Elizabeth-Peabody-House.png)
Learned from Our Neighbors: Stories from the Elizabeth Peabody House
A student-created celebration of social worker Eva Whiting White (Class of 1907), the Elizabeth Peabody House, and life in Boston's West End
Stories from the Elizabeth Peabody House
![Simmons students at a protest or rally in 1969](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2019-03/activism_1969.jpg?h=85892618&itok=8C4ETIRd)
Activism at Simmons
Simmons Student and Social Changes
![Attendees of the 1989 Black Alumnae/I Symposium in 1989](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2019-03/archives-blackhistory.jpg?h=fca1b652&itok=Edj5J20z)
Black History at Simmons
The Impact of Black Students on Simmons University
![Past presidents of Simmons University](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2020-02/M-ArchivesPresident.jpg?h=c6eb0cd4&itok=Hz1zDz-C)
Presidents at Simmons
Learn about the Presidents of Simmons and their legacy of leadership
![Historical photo of the Simmons main college building](/sites/default/files/styles/300x200/public/2019-03/archives-historysimmons.jpg?h=5cdc85ef&itok=8-nSbEmt)
A Brief History of Simmons
Learn about the first 100 years of Simmons: 1899-1999.