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Ross A. Hickok (b. 1876, d. 1943), Harrisburg, was a son of William O. Hickok,
Jr. (b. 1849, d. 1881) and Louisa Harrison Anderson Hickok (b. 1850, d. 1924),
a granddaughter of Dr. John Anderson (b. 1770, d. 1840), Bedford. A graduate
of Yale University, where he excelled as an athlete, Hickok was a veteran of
the Spanish-American War, served briefly in World War I, and was prominent in
the affairs of several veterans' organizations. He was active in Republican
politics, a leader in the civic, social, and cultural life of Harrisburg, and
influential in educational and business circles. A director of the Harrisburg
National Bank, an officer of the Blubaker Coal Company, and involved in a number
of other financial and business enterprises, he became president of the W. O.
Hickok Manufacturing Company, Harrisburg, upon the death of his brother, William
O. Hickok, III, in 1933. His wife, Helen Rankin Hastings Hickok (b. 1879), was
the daughter of Governor Daniel H. Hastings.
Correspondence, 1891-1943
Letters, 127 folders, shed light on Hickok's political, civic, social, cultural, and family involvements, including his association with, among other groups and organizations, the American Forestry Association, Associated Willkie Clubs of Pennsylvania, Common Council of Harrisburg, Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, Harrisburg Park Commission, Harrisburg Regatta Association, Harrisburg Welfare Federation, Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee, Municipal League of Harrisburg, National Municipal League, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, Pennsylvania Council of National Defense and Committee of Public Safety, and the Pennsylvania War History Commission.
Some of the more notable correspondents are:
James A. Beaver | Martin G. Brumbaugh | Joseph L. Delafield |
Isaac H. Doutrich | Samuel W. Fleming, Jr. | Frederick Godcharles |
Edward Z. Gross | Joseph F. Guffey | Daniel H. Hastings |
George A. Hoverter | Fannie M. R. Huntt | Arthur H. James |
A. S. Kreider | R. H. Lansburgh | James A. McClain |
Vance C. McCormick | J. Horace McFarland | Marlin E. Olmsted |
Boies Penrose | George Wharton Pepper | Cornelia Bryce Pinchot |
Gifford Pinchot | David A. Reed | Theodore Roosevelt |
William P. Schell | Frank C. Sites | J. L. Spangler |
William C. Sproul | J. K. Tener | Woodrow Wilson |
Collection, 4 folders, features letters by:
Charles C. Abbott, n. d. | Charles Francis Adams, 1870 | John Armstrong, 1814 |
William Bainbridge, 1823 | George Grey Barnard, n. d. | William Bigler, 1852, 1867 |
James G. Blaine, 1881 | James Buchanan, | D. C. Buell, 1860 |
John Burroughs, 1890 | Simon Cameron, 1864 | Andrew Carnegie, 1886 |
Andrew G. Curtin, 1848, 1855, 1863 | Ephraim Douglass, 1776, to Colonel Eneas Mackay | Timothy Dwight, n.d. |
Timothy Dwight, grandson of the preceding, 1896, 1897 | Edward Everett, 1853 | Simeon D. Fess, 1930 |
Henry Clay Frick, 1896 | Albert Gallatin, 1803 | John B. Gibson, 1851 |
U. S. Grant, 1863 | Edward Everett Hale, n. d. | Alexander Hamilton, 1792 |
M. A. Hanna, 1899 | Joseph E. Johnston, n. d. | P. C. Knox, 1911 |
James Monroe, 1814, to Isaac Shelby, governor of Kentucky regarding troops needed by General Jackson | William Fisher Packer, 1858 | Franklin Pierce, 1852 |
Gifford Pinchot, 1910, 1933 | James Pollock, 1859, 1888 | Owen J. Roberts, 1918 |
Thomas A. Scott, 1862 | William H. Seward, 1846 | Francis R. Shunk, 1820 |
Alfred E. Smith, 1933 | John Philip Sousa, 1890 | William A. Stone, 1892 |
Charles Sumner, 1854 | William H. Taft, 1921 | Zachary Taylor, 1823 |
John Tyler, 1843 | Martin Van Buren, 1830 | George Washington, 1785, to Francis Hopkinson |
George Wolf, 1837, 1838 |
Among other items are documents signed by:
John Adams, 1799 | Warren G. Harding, 1923 | Rutherford B. Hayes, n. d. |
Henry M. Hoyt, 1880 | Andrew Johnson, 1868 | James Logan, n. d. |
James Madison, 1816 | Thomas Mifflin, 1796 | Robert E. Pattison, 1893 |
John Penn, 1768 | David Rittenhouse Porter, 1850 | M. S. Quay, 1880 |
Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 | Simon Snyder, 1811, 1814 | James Trimble, 1825,1833 |
Letter press book, 1901-1904, and loose accounts, 1894-1942, 34 folders, relating
mostly to the settlement of the estate of Daniel H. Hastings. Hickok was the
administrator of Hastings' estate.
Miscellaneous Papers, 1891-1943, n. d.
Historical prints, water colors, etchings, engravings, etc.; collected by Hickok, 4 folders; family photographs, 1 folder; genealogical notes, 6 folders; and newspaper clippings, 1891-1943, 1 folder.
Family Papers, 1840-1938, n. d
Papers of William O. Hickok, Sr. (b. 1815, d. 1891), grandfather of Ross A. Hickok: correspondence, 1840-1885, 6 folders, with J. D. Cameron, J. J. Cantine, George W. Childs,George Dock, J.P. S.Gorin, Joseph Henry, Henry C. Hickok, Henry P. Hickok, E. S. Hutter, E. W. Hutter, F. L. Hutter, J. R. Hutter, W. S. Hutter,John B. Linn, A.K. McClure, George R. McFarlane, S. Elizabeth Mann, A. L. Russell, John W. Ryan, William P. Schell, George A. Snyder, and others; business papers, 1842-1890, 1 folder; photographs, n. d., 1 folder; and newspaper clippings, 1891, 1 folder.
Papers of Dr. Charles N. Hickok (b. 1820, d. 1906), brother of William O. Hickok, Sr.; family correspondence, 1846-79, 1 folder; published lectures, Bedford In Ye Olden Time, by Dr. Hickok, 1886; and Dr. Hickok's lecture "Early History of Bedford County," 1882. Papers of Mrs. Caroline L. Hutter Hickok (b. 1817, d. 1906), wife of William O. Hickok, Sr.: family correspondence, 1875-1903, 3 folders.
Papers of William O. Hickok, Jr. (b. 1849, d. 1881) father of Ross A. Hickok: photographs, n. d., 1 folder. Papers of Mrs. Louisa Harrison Anderson Hickok (b. 1850, d. 1924), mother of Ross A. Hickok; family correspondence, 1863-1922, 1 folder, including Civil War letters; photographs, n. d., 1 folder; and newspaper clippings, n. d., 1 folder.
Papers of William O. Hickok, III (b. 1874, d. 1933), brother of Ross A. Hickok: correspondence, 1906-1933, 1 folder.
Papers of Charles N. Hickok (b. 1880, d. 1945), brother of Ross A. Hickok:
correspondence, 1899-1938, 1 folder, with Myers Y. Cooper, Joseph L. Delafield,
P. S. DuPont, Benjamin F. Fairless, James R. Garfield, John Hays Hammond, John
D. Rockefeller, and others.
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