Scope and Contents Biographical sketches of Sims, including pamphlets by George Gray Ward, James Pratt Marr and Robert S. Sparkman, and a booklet describing the Sims Memorial in Columbia, S.C.; "Legislation and `Contagious Diseases,'" Sims' inaugural address before the American Medical Association, 1876; and various materials documenting Sims' relation to Woman's Hospital (New York City) and Free Hospital for Women (Boston).