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Clyde and Marguerite Hickey collection
MS.2017.155  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Clyde and Marguerite Hickey collection
    Dates: 1917-1959
    Collection Number: MS.2017.155
    Creator/Collector: Hickey, Clyde Seymour Hickey, Marguerite Gertrude
    Extent: .42 linear feet (1 document box and 1 oversized panoramic photo).
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    Repository: Mill Valley Public Library
    Mill Valley, California 94941
    Abstract: Papers, photographs, and ephemera belonging to Clyde and Marguerite Hickey, Mill Valley residents from the mid-1950s until their deaths in 1980 and 1995, respectively. The bulk of the materials pertain to Clyde Hickey’s military service during World Wars I and II. Additional material documents Marguerite Hickey’s employment with the Western Merchandise Mart.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    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.

    Publication Rights

    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

    Acquisition Information

    Donation of Melissa Bialla, 2010.

    Biography/Administrative History

    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.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    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.

    Indexing Terms

    Cavalry
    Navies
    Soldiers
    World War, 1914-1918
    World War, 1939-1945
    Northern California Electrical Bureau
    Schenley Sportsmen’s Club
    United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st
    United States. Department of the Navy
    Western Merchandise Mart
    Camp Harry J. Jones (Ariz.)
    Mill Valley, (Calif.)
    San Francisco, (Calif.)