Thomas A. Hickey:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1896-1996 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Creator |
Hickey, Thomas A.,
1869-1925 |
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Title: |
Thomas A. Hickey Papers,
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Dates: |
1896-1996 and undated |
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Abstract: |
The papers of Thomas
Aloysius Hickey, a Socialist who became an ardent speaker, organizer, and
writer of the socialist movement. |
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Collection # |
S 431.1 |
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Quantity: |
3.5 boxes and 2
scrapbooks (4.5 linear feet) |
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Language |
English. |
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Repository: |
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1869, Thomas Aloysius Hickey arrived in
America in 1892. Hickey joined the Socialist Labor party and the Knights of
Labor in 1893 and became an ardent speaker, organizer, and writer, as well as
private secretary to Eugene V. Debs. In 1900, he left the Socialist Labor Party
and went on to cocreate the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance and helped
arrange several machinist strikes in New Jersey, which led to his blacklisting
by employers. Moving to Butte, Montana, Hickey joined the Western Federation of
Miners and helped recruit for the Socialist party.
In 1911, he moved to Hallettsville, Texas, and started a weekly
newspaper called The Rebel. Over time, Hickey
became a prominent figure in the socialist movement and the slogan of his paper
became the official slogan of the Socialist party in Texas. He served as the
socialist candidate for lieutenant governor in 1912 and was married to Clara E.
Boeer that same year. The government suppressed The Rebel in 1917 under the
Espionage Act and in 1918, the Nonpartisan League fired Hickey as an
organizer.
In October 1919, he and other socialists organized the National
Workers Drilling and Production Company. Hickey continued writing, serving as
an advertising manager of the Desdemona Oil News and a correspondent for
fourteen more newspapers such as the Texas Oil World
and the Independent Oil and Financial Reporter.
Withdrawing from the company in 1920, he moved to a farm near Stamford,
Texas, and was publishing Tom Hickey's Magazine until his death on May 7, 1925,
of throat cancer.
The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online biography
of Thomas Aloysius Hickey at
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html
The collection contains correspondence, printed material, news
clippings, financial and legal material, literary productions, and scrapbook
material. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, including letters from
Hickey's readers and from Socialist leaders such as Theodore Debs. The printed
materials include newsletters, pamphlets, periodicals, and circulars. Principal
subjects of this collection are the Socialist Party, World War I, and
pacifism.
Conservation Note: In 1985 and 1986, a large number of the papers in
this collection were encapsulated within Mellinex polyester film and/or
deacidified using Wei I'o aerosol solution. Those pages that were not treated
remain fragile and brittle. Also, some of the double-sided tape used for the
encapsulation is either coming loose or sticking to other pages. Additionally,
the two volume German medical book set is in very fragile condition, with the
binding falling apart and pages loose. The covers are also fading and
deteriorating.
Access Restrictions
Open for research
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The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene
Victor), 1855-1926--Correspondence |
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Hickey, Thomas A.,
1869-1925 |
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Hickey, Thomas A.,
1869-1925--Archives |
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Hickey, Thomas A.,
1869-1925--Correspondence |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Socialist Party
(Tex.) |
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Socialist Party
(U.S.) |
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Places |
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United States--Politics
and government--1901-1909 |
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United States--Politics
and government--1909-1913 |
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United States--Politics
and government--1913-1921 |
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United States--Politics
and government--1921-1923 |
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Subjects |
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Journalists--Texas |
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Labor movement--United
States--Archival resources |
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Labor movement--United
States--History |
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Labor unions--United
States |
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Pacifism |
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Socialism--Texas--History |
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Socialism--United
States--Archival resources |
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Socialists--United
States--Biography |
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World War,
1914-1918 |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections: |
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- Boeer/Wolf Families Papers, 1837-1972 and undated
- Carl Brannin oral history interview [sound recording], 1983
- Thomas Hickey Family Photographs, 1920
- Mina W. Lamb and Ilse Wolf oral history interview [sound recording],
1979
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Thomas A. Hickey Papers, 1896-1996 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gifts, 1979-1994
Lynn Whitfield, August 2000
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Clark, Robert William.
"Thomas A. Hickey and Socialist Reform in
Texas, 1904-1925. "Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University, 1989. |
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James R. Green.
"Grass-Roots Socialism: Radical Movements in
the Southwest, 1895-1943. "Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University
Press, 1978. |
Collection Inventory
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Biographical Material,
undated |
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2 |
Books,
1901-1915 |
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folder |
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3 |
Cards and postcards,
1912-1914 and undated |
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folder |
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4 |
Cartoons: Political,
undated |
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Correspondence |
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5 |
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Correspondence,
1902-1922 |
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Correspondence,
1909-1922 and undated |
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7 |
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Correspondence,
1909-1923 |
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8 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1911 |
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9 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1912 |
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10 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1913 |
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11 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1920 |
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12 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1921 |
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13 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1921 |
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14 |
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Correspondence,
1910-1923 |
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15 |
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Correspondence,
1911-1920 |
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16 |
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Correspondence,
1911-1922 |
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17 |
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Correspondence,
1911-1924 |
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Correspondence,
1912-1914 |
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Correspondence,
1913-1924 and undated |
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20 |
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Correspondence,
1914-1924 |
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21 |
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Correspondence,
1915-1922 |
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Correspondence,
1915-1922 |
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Correspondence,
1916-1923 |
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Correspondence,
1916-1924 |
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Correspondence,
1918-1920 |
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Correspondence,
1918-1924 |
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Correspondence,
1919-1923 |
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Correspondence,
1921-1924 |
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Correspondence,
1922-1967 |
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Correspondence,
undated |
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Correspondence,
undated |
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Correspondence,
June 18, 1916 - April 30, 1917 |
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Correspondence,
May 1, 1917 - May 31, 1917 |
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Correspondence,
June 1, 1917 - June 30, 1917 |
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Correspondence,
July 1, 1917 - July 30, 1917 |
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Correspondence,
July 1, 1917 - July 31, 1917 |
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Correspondence,
August 1, 1917 - September 15,
1917 |
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Correspondence,
September 15, 1917 - December 27,
1917 |
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Correspondence,
January 5, 1918 - November 26,
1918 |
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Correspondence,
December 3, 1918 - December 30,
1918 |
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Correspondence,
January 1, 1919 - June 1, 1918 |
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Debs, Eugene V.,
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Financial Materials |
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Financial Materials,
1906-1916 |
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Financial Materials,
1908-1920 and undated |
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Financial Materials,
1911-1917 and undated |
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Financial Materials: Stock Certificates,
1906-1916 |
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Legal Material,
1911-1952 and undated |
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Literary Productions |
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Literary Productions,
1905-1919 and undated |
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Literary Productions,
1911 and undated |
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Literary Productions,
1912-1923 and undated |
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Literary Productions,
1914 and undated |
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Literary Productions,
1933 and undated |
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folder |
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National Workers Drilling and Production Company,
1919-1920 |
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News Clippings |
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News Clippings,
1909-1925 and undated |
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News Clippings,
1916-1925 and undated |
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Newsletters and Circulars |
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folder |
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Newsletters and Circulars,
1904-1923 and undated |
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Newsletters and Circulars,
1909-1912 and undated |
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Newsletters and Circulars,
1917-1923 and undated |
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Pamphlets |
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folder |
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Pamphlets,
undated |
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folder |
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Pamphlets,
1898-1922 and undated |
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Pamphlets,
1904-1912 and undated |
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Pamphlets,
1906-1917 and undated |
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Pamphlets,
1912-1949 and undated |
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Periodicals |
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Periodicals,
1896-1910 and undated |
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Periodicals,
1912-1915 |
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Periodicals: (Tom) Watson's Magazine,
1905-1910 |
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folder |
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Periodicals: Wyland's Monthly,
1905-1908 |
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folder |
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the Rebel paper,
undated |
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3 |
Receipts,
1913-1917 and undated |
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Recipe,
undated |
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Scrapbook Material |
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Scrapbook Material,
1907-1933 and undated |
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Scrapbook Material,
1908-1952 and undated |
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Subscriptions and Contributions,
1919 and undated |
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2 volume Book Set-
"Bilz Das Neue Naturheilverfahren"
[very fragile, damaged with loose pages and binding],
early 1900s? |
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Oversized Scrapbooks |
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Scrapbook material: Periodicals and Posters,
1910-1917 |
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Scrapbook material: Stanley Clark Posters,
undated |
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