PUBLIC "-//North Carolina Division of Historical Resources::North Carolina State Archives//TEXT (US::NcD::[P.C.38]::Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection)//EN" "phc_hickerson_thomas_felix.xml" Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection Processed by: Stephen E. Massengill; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley North Carolina Division of Historical Resources

North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Microsoft Word. Date of source: 1882-1968 Finding aid completed December 10, 1990, by Stephen E. Massengill; Finding aid encoded by Dietra Stanley, North Carolina State Archives, October 20, 2003 Description is in English. Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 Contact Information Division of Historical Resources North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm Processed by Stephen E. Massengill Date Completed December 10, 1990 Encoded by Dietra Stanley Date Encoded October 20, 2003

Descriptive Summary Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection Hickerson, Thomas Felix, 1882-1968. The photographs in this collection came from a photograph album from the estate of Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968). They include portraits of individuals from the western piedmont of North Carolina and a photograph of the home of Hoke C. Secrest in South Carolina. In addition, there is an obituary card in memory of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe (d. 1889). 15 items; Includes photographs ranging in size from 1 1/2 x 2 3/16", to 8 x 5" and 1 death notice card. The collection includes cartes de visites, tintypes, and cabinet cards. North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Information for Users Access Restrictions

Available for research.

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Preferred Citation

[P.C.38.1] Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Office of Archives and History.

Acquisition Information

Transferred to the State Archives by Weymouth T. Jordan of the Publications Section on March 16, 1988. It was donated to the Archives by Tom Broadfoot, 1907 Buenavista Circle, Wilmington, North Carolina 28405; accessioned on December, 1990.

Processing Information

Finding aid completed by Stephen E. Massengill.

Completed December 10, 1990.

Biographical Note Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968) was born in Wilkes County and lived in the Happy Valley area of the Yadkin River. He was a professor at the University of North Carolina and became an authority on highway engineering. Hickerson also published two books about his home area entitled Happy Valley (1940) and Echoes of Happy Valley (1962). Collection Overview

The photographs in this collection came from a photograph album from the estate of Thomas Felix Hickerson. Most of the photographs are portraits of individuals from the western piedmont. The majority of them are unidentified; however many of the pictures contain the name and location of the photographer. There are several examples of the work of Henry A. Lineback of Salem as well as A. McIntosh of Hickory. The one non-portrait is a view of the home of Hoke C. Secrest in South Carolina, eighteen miles from Spartanburg. The collection also contains a cabinet card of William Jennings Bryan. In addition, there is an obituary card in memory of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe (d. 1889), a native of England and an officer in the Confederate Army.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the individual, followed by the unidentified people, the Secrest home, and the obituary card.

Online Catalog Headings Portraits. Architecture, Domestic--South Carolina. Secrest, Hoke C. Leventhorpe, Collett, 1815-1889. Lineback, Henry A. McIntosh, A. Container List 38.1 1. Henry N. Ackerman (1852-1888), Salem, N. C., Henry A. Lineback, n.d. 2. William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), Compliments of the New York Journal, Alfred S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N. J., ca. 1896 3. J. (?) Hall, November 1. 1889 4. Miss Jane Kern, Shuber, Bethlehem, Pa., inscription on reverse reads "for Frank," n.d. 5. Belle ______, tintype, n.d. 6. Gordon , A. McIntosh, Hickory, N. C., inscription on reverse reads "Estelle from Gordon," n.d. 7. Five unidentified young men, Henry A. Lineback, Salem, N. C. , n.d. 8. Unidentified man, Henry A. Lineback, Salem, N. C. , March, 1876 9. Unidentified man, Henry A. Lineback, Salem, N. C., n.d. 10. Unidentified woman, tintype, n.d. 11. Unidentified woman, Henry A. Lineback, Salem, N. C. , n.d. 12. Unidentified woman, snapshot, n.d. 13. Unidentified man and woman (probably husband and wife), A. McIntosh, Hickory, N.C., n.d. 14. Unidentified man, n.d. 15. Homeplace of Hoke C. Secrest in South Carolina, eighteen miles from Spartanburg, after he escaped from the Western North Carolina State Hospital, n.d.

Secrest had murdered his wife and child in Union County in 1882.

16. Death notice card in memory of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe, died Dec. 1, 1689, aged 73 years.

A native of England, he was a colonel in the 11th Regiment, North Carolina Troops and was later promoted to brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Leventhorpe operated mines in Western North Carolina before the war.

Related Material:

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) at http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us