WAUSimsBeverly6203.xml Guide to the Beverly Sims Papers 1970-1995 Sims (Beverly) Papers Full processing supported by the Labor Archives Fund and the Labor Archives of Washington State Budget Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries 2018 (Last modified: 10/5/2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-07. Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Beverly Sims papers Sims, Beverly E. 6203 1.52 cubic feet 4 boxes 1970-1995 The personal papers of a Black tradeswoman activist from Seattle, including subject files, correspondence, and writings related to Sims' interests and activist projects, which include work related to the rights of women, third world countries and native peoples Collection materials are in English.

Sims was born and raised in Seattle. After attending the University of Washington, she worked for Boeing before becoming a secretary at the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office (now the Legacy of Equality, Leadership, and Organizing).

While at LELO, Sims became involved in Seattle's radical politics through her friendship with, and later marriage to, Tyree Scott, the leader of the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA). In 1975, Sims entered the apprenticeship program of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 46— the same union that Scott belonged to— through a court-ordered affirmative action plan specifically for black workers. She was the third black woman to ever enter the program, and the first to complete it. She left the trades in the early 1980s following the birth of her son, Seth, and later worked for King County's HIV/ AIDS prevention program.

Source: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/sims.htm

The collection is arranged into 4 series:

Series 1, Communications, 1974-1982 Series 2, Subject Files, 1965-1995 Series 3, Case Files, 1978-1979 Series 4, Ephemera and Other Files, 1965-1985

The personal papers of Beverly Sims consist of subject files, correspondence, writings, notes, and ephemera relating to Sim's own interests and activist projects, including those related to rights of women, third world countries and native peoples. Of particular interest is the subject file on the NGO Forum on Women held Beijing in 1995; Sims was an attendee of this conference.

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Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Due to the collection's distinctiveness as a body of records created or acquired during the course of Beverly Sims work and personal life and the importance of bringing out women's contributions to the labor movement whenever possible, this collection was separated from the Tyree Scott Papers (Collection No. 5245-001) during processing in 2018.

Tyree Scott photograph collection (Collection No. PH1093)

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Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Beverly Sims papers, 6203-001, [box number], [folder number]

Collection separated from the Tyree Scott papers, rehoused, and intellectually and phyiscally rearranged by Rebecca Fuller in 2018.

 Sims, Beverly E.--Archives NGO Forum on Women, Beijing '95 (1995 : Huairou Xian, China) Venceremos Brigade Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) African American women--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Labor union members--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Women's rights Human rights Labor--Washington (State)--Seattle Labor unions--Washington (State)--Seattle Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle Labor History Women Civic Activism Personal correspondence Business correspondence Newsletters Ephemera Records (Documents) Poetry Newspaper clippings Series 1, Communications, 1974-1982 Correspondence 1975-1982 6203-001 Box 1 1 Writings of Others 1975 6203-001 Box 1 2 Writings of Others 1974-1975 6203-001 Box 1 3 Newsletters 1975-1976 6203-001 Box 1 4 Series 2, Subject Files, 1965-1995 Africa (Angola) 1975 6203-001 Box 1 5 Black Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee 1982-1983 6203-001 Box 1 6 Campfire House 1994 6203-001 Box 1 7 Center for Law and Social Policy 1979 6203-001 Box 1 8 Central Area Motivation Program 1979 6203-001 Box 1 9 Committee to Save our Hiring Hall 1981 6203-001 Box 1 10 Committee to Save our Hiring Hall 1981 6203-001 Box 1 11 Cuba 1974-1975 6203-001 Box 1 12 International Paper 1976 6203-001 Box 1 13 Latin America 1974-1975 6203-001 Box 1 14 Middle East 1975-1976 6203-001 Box 1 15 Mitos 1976 6203-001 Box 1 16 Native Americans 1975 6203-001 Box 2 1 Native Americans 1976 6203-001 Box 2 2 NGO Forum on Women, Beijing (1 of 2) 1993-1995 6203-001 Box 2 3 NGO Forum on Women, Beijing (2 of 2) 1993-1995 6203-001 Box 2 4 NGO Forum on Women 1995 6203-001 Box 2 5 NGO Forum on Women (1 of 2) 1994-1995 6203-001 Box 2 6 NGO Forum on Women (2 of 2) 1994-1995 6203-001 Box 2 7 International Women's Rights, NGO Forum on Women 1994-1995 6203-001 Box 2 8 NGO Forum on Women 1995 6203-001 Box 3 1 NGO Forum on Women, Chinese Currency and Bus Passes circa 1980s 6203-001 Box 3 2 Notary Public 1978 6203-001 Box 3 3 Puerto Rico 1975-1976 6203-001 Box 3 4 Rape Relief circa 1970s 6203-001 Box 3 5 Resources for Community Change 1976 6203-001 Box 3 6 Seattle Liberation Coalition 1975-1976 6203-001 Box 3 7 Study Group 1976 6203-001 Box 3 8 Venceremos Brigade Publication 1974-1976 6203-001 Box 3 9 Venceremos Brigade 1975 6203-001 Box 3 10 Venceremos Applications 1976 6203-001 Box 3 11 Venceremos Brigade 1975-1976 6203-001 Box 3 12 Venceremos Brigade (1 of 2) 1974-1976 6203-001 Box 3 13 Venceremos Brigade (2 of 2) 1974-1976 6203-001 Box 3 14 Women's Struggles 1975 6203-001 Box 3 15 Series 3, Case Files, 1978-1979 Advocates for Women vs. Marshall, Department of Labor 1978-1979 6203-001 Box 3 16 Series 4, Ephemera and Other Files, 1965-1985 Notes 1975, 1982-1983 6203-001 Box 3 17 Lists circa 1970s 6203-001 Box 3 18 Leaflets, Fliers and Handouts 1982 6203-001 Box 3 19 Forms 1982 6203-001 Box 4 1 Songs circa 1970s 6203-001 Box 4 2 Poetry 1979 6203-001 Box 4 3 Ephemera 1975 6203-001 Box 4 4 Clippings 1975-1980 6203-001 Box 4 5