Clyde and Marguerite Hickey collection, 1917-1959

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Summary

Creators:
Hickey, Clyde Seymour Hickey, Marguerite Gertrude
Abstract:
Extent:
.42 linear feet (1 document box and 1 oversized panoramic photo).
Language:
Preferred citation:

Clyde and Marguerite Hickey collection. Mill Valley Public Library

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains one box with 10 folders and one separately stored panoramic photograph of Clyde Hickey’s Cavalry unit. The material consists of books, photographs, and correspondence relating to Clyde Hickey’s military service and correspondence relating to Marguerite Hickey’s position at the Western Merchandise Mart.

Biographical / historical:

Clyde Seymour Hickey was born on November 19, 1898 in New York, and died in Mill Valley on April 29, 1980. Marguerite Gertrude Hickey (née Kohn), was born in San Francisco on November 12, 1905 and died in Mill Valley on May 11, 1995. Clyde Hickey served in the U.S. Cavalry during the First World War and in the Navy during the Second World War. By 1954 the Hickeys were living in Mill Valley, at 285 Hillside Avenue. Clyde Hickey operated a party boat, The Clymar, out of Sausalito in the 1950s, and was Director of the Schenley Sportsmen’s Club in San Francisco. Marguerite Hickey worked for Western Merchandise Mart in San Francisco as Advertising and Publicity Manager and later worked for the Northern California Electrical Bureau.

Acquisition information:
Donation of Melissa Bialla, 2010.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Original materials may be viewed with permission from staff. Digital copies of materials may be available. Materials in this collection do not circulate.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Mill Valley Public Library and Lucretia Hanson Little History Room records is held by Mill Valley Public Library; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these records, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

Clyde and Marguerite Hickey collection. Mill Valley Public Library

Location of this collection:
375 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941, US
Contact:
415-389-4292 x203
reference@cityofmillvalley.gov
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