A Guide to the T. A. Hickey Papers, 1917, 1920, 1924-1925
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Hickey, Thomas A., 1869-1925 | |
| Title: | Hickey, T. A., papers | |
| Dates: | 1917, 1920, 1924-1925 | |
| Abstract: | Photocopies of letters, a program, and articles comprise the T. A. Hickey Papers, 1917, 1920, 1924-1925, which concern Hickey’s opinions on socialism, opposition to British landowners, taxation, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, and the National Non Partisan League. | |
| Accession No.: | 67-157 | |
| Extent: | 30 items | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Born in Dublin, Ireland, journalist and oilman Thomas Aloysius "Red Tom" Hickey (1869-1925) immigrated to the United States in 1892 and settled in Hallettsville, Texas, in 1907. Four years later, he instituted the newspaper, The Rebel, to represent the Socialist Party of Texas. In 1917, the U.S. government filed criminal charges against the organization for using the U.S. Post Office to distribute the newspaper. Following the end of World War I, Hickey re-established The Rebel in Dallas, became advertising manager of the Desedemona Oil News, and wrote for fourteen other papers. He and other socialist organizers founded the National Workers Drilling and Production Company in 1919, although Hickey left the next year. In 1925, he published Tom Hickey’s Magazine in Fort Worth.
Source:
Hunt, William R. "Hickey, Thomas Aloysius."Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed January 18, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhi55.
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of two 1917 letters, a 1920 program, and articles from 1924 to 1925 comprise the T. A. Hickey Papers, 1917, 1920, 1924-1925. The papers concern Hickey’s opinions on socialism, opposition to British landowners, taxation, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, and the National Nonpartisan League. One of Hickey’s newspaper articles, "Frontier Smashers," consists of short sketches on persons making contributions to Texas’ development and Calliham Oil.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Hickey, Thomas A., 1869-1925 -- Archives. | ||
| Subjects (Organizations) | ||
| National Nonpartisan League. | ||
| Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Texas. | ||
| Calliham Oil. | ||
| Socialist Party (Tex.) | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Socialism -- Texas. | ||
| Journalists -- Texas. | ||
| Prohibition -- Texas. | ||
| Places | ||
| Texas -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | ||
Related Material
See also Thomas A. Hickey Papers, 1896-1996 and undated at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
T. A. Hickey Papers, 1917, 1920, 1924-1925, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by W. H. Richter, August 1967.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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| 3K423 | Letters by Hickey, 1917 | ||||||||||||
| National Nonpartisan League program, 1920 | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper and magazine articles, 1924-1925 | |||||||||||||