Finding Aid for the Beverly Hickok papers, 1840-2010 (bulk 1941-2009)

Processed by Stacy Macias in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2010; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Descriptive Summary

Title: Beverly Hickok papers

Date (inclusive): 1840-2010 (bulk 1941-2009)

Collection number: 1852

Creator: Hickok, Beverly

Extent: 65 document boxes (32 linear feet)

Abstract: Beverly Hickok is an author, retired librarian, and native Californian who came out as a lesbian during the 1940s. The papers includes a variety of personal and professional documents, photo albums, journals, travel notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, published and unpublished manuscripts, ephemera, lesbian pulp and popular fiction, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization materials. The collection reflects the life of a white, upper middle-class, college educated lesbian who came out during the decade of the forties and has since experienced a rich life in her senior years.

Language: Finding aid is written in English.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Beverly Hickok, 2010.

Processing Note

Processed by Stacy Macias in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2010.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Beverly Hickok papers (Collection 1852). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6650680

Biography

Beverly Hickok is an author, retired librarian, and native Californian who came out as a lesbian during the 1940s. Born in 1919, Hickok was a single child raised by her mother, Adelaide Hickok, a housewife who enjoyed painting, and Clifton Ewing Hickok, a former City Manager of Alameda. In 1937, Hickok and her family moved to Berkeley, after which she enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley. Before she graduated in 1941, Hickok began to explore her sexual attraction towards women, which eventually prompted her to leave the San Francisco Bay area. She enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned a teaching credential. Hickok taught for one year at a local Los Angeles high school before deciding that she no longer wanted to pursue a career in teaching. Following the advice of the renowned therapist, Evelyn Hooker, in combination with a desire to support the effort of World War II, Hickok became a riveter in the Douglas Aircraft defense plant and began to self-identify as a lesbian. In 1944, she enlisted as a member of the U.S Navy W.A.V.E.S., (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and served until 1946 while stationed in Washington, D.C. After her discharge, she used the G.I. Bill to return to the University of California, Berkeley and earned a degree in Library Science in 1947. That same year, Hickok met Cecil Davis, the partner with whom she maintained a romantic relationship for forty-one years.

By 1948, Hickok joined the staff at the Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering and became the head librarian of the Transportation Library at The Institute of Transportation Studies. During her thirty-two year tenure as head librarian, Hickok was a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and once served as the chair person of the Transportation Division as well as the president of the San Francisco Chapter. Hickok was essential to growing the library's holdings and making it one of the premiere transportation libraries in the U.S. She retired from her position as head librarian in 1980 and spent the first few years of her retirement taking writing and painting classes and traveling with friends.

Hickok's long time partner, Davis, passed away in 1988 at the age of seventy-five. Through her involvement in Older Lesbians Organizing for Change and Golden Threads, Hickok in 1990 met her current partner, Doreen Brand. Hickok and Brand became active in a variety of lesbian social and cultural organizations, traveled the world, and took fourteen cruises sponsored by the lesbian lifestyle cruise line, Olivia Cruises. In 2003, Hickok published "Against the Current: Coming Out in the 40s" a novel based on her life, which describes the difficult journey of a young woman coming into one's sexual identity at a time when LGBT identities were largely frowned upon socially and culturally. Later, Hickok published the photo memoir "The Life and Loves of Beverly Hickok" as a non-fictional accompaniment to her novel. In 2005, Hickok sold her Berkeley home and moved with Brand to her current home at the El Cerrito Royal Retirement residence. Hickok and Brand wed in 2008 and became plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenge to overturn the passage of California Proposition 8, which banned legal marriages between same-sex couples.

Scope and Content

The Beverly Hickok papers includes a variety of personal and professional documents, photo albums, journals, travel notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, published and unpublished manuscripts, ephemera, lesbian pulp and popular fiction, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization materials. The collection reflects the life of a white, upper middle-class, college educated lesbian who came out during the 1940s and has since experienced a rich life in her senior years. The photographs, journals, and correspondence provide insight into the socio-historical pressures of pre-Stonewall era lesbian life, as well offering glimpses into the quotidian travails of a lesbian who frequented historic lesbian bars such as Mona's in San Francisco and Tessie's in Hollywood. Based on her own life experiences, Hickok published a novel, "Against the Current: Coming Out in the 40s" and subsequently a photo memoir, "The Life and Loves of Beverly Hickok."

The chronological arrangement of materials predates Hickok's birth and includes an array of family photographs from the mid-nineteenth century. Hickok's early life in photographs, photographs and manuscripts of her father during his tenure as Alameda City Manager, and the correspondence during her W.A.V.E.S service, indicating the close relationship she maintained with her mother, represent some additional highlights of the collection. Hickok also was a riveter, as in "Rosie the Riveter," at the Douglas Aircraft defense plant, and the collection contains some World War II memorabilia. As the former head librarian for the University of California, Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies, there is substantial photo and paper documentation of the library's physical transformation.

The collection houses a large quantity of photo albums, which documents two significant romantic relationships---one with a partner of forty-one years, Cecil Davis, and the woman to which she is now legally married, Doreen Brand. Davis was a photographer, and her files contain some famous celebrities that she photographed for the annual Bing Crosby Golf Tournament. In her senior years after meeting Brand, Hickok became active in local and national lesbian organizations and elder lesbian community collectives, to which a series is dedicated. The collection also contains numerous photo albums of Hickok and Brand traveling extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, including the fourteen Olivia Cruises they took.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Early Hickok Years
Hickok Teaching, Riveter, and US Navy W.A.V.E.S. Years
Career as Head of University of California, Berkeley Transportation Library
Published and Unpublished Manuscripts, Poetry, Journals, and Art
Hickok Social and Romantic Life with partner, Cecil Davis
Hickok Photo Albums of Travels with Friends
Hickok Social and Romantic Life with partner and wife, Doreen Brand
Olivia Cruises History and Photo Albums
Hickok Involvement in Social, Cultural, and Political Organizations
Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Hickok Library

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Beverly Hickok---Archives.

Related Material

This collection forms part of the June L. Mazer Archive .

1. Early Hickok Years ca. 1840-1987

Scope and Content Note

Contains photos, clippings, and correspondence of Hickok and her extended family, with many of the photos predating her birth. It also contains Clifton Ewing Hickok's unpublished manuscripts, some of which relate to his position as Alameda City Manager.

Box 1, Folder 1

Photos of Hickok's grandparents, mother, father, and extended family ca. 1840-1919

Box 1, Folder 2

Photos, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and ephemera of Hickok and her mother, Adelaide Hickok; photos of A. Hickok painting ca. 1919-1987

Box 1, Folder 3

Newspaper clippings, certificates, letters of father, C.E. Hickok ca. 1918-1954

Box 1, Folder 4

Newspaper clippings and photos of C.E. Hickok as Alameda City Manager ca. 1921-1922

Box 1, Folder 5

Unpublished manuscript and photos of C.E. Hickok travel to Paris with the American Legion 1927

Box 2, Folder 1

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, short stories of Hugh Wiley and C.E. Hickok ca. 1916-1932

Box 2, Folder 2

Non-fiction, short stories, poetry of father, Clifton Ewing Hickok ca. 1927-1939

Box 2, Folder 3

Beverly Hickok baby album with photos and narrative 1919-1920

Box 2, Folder 4

Photos and clippings of young Hickok and family 1919-1937

Box 2, Folder 5

Photos, photo calendar from elementary-middle school, and camp photos ca. 1927-1936

Box 3, Folder 1

2 High School Albums 1936-1937

Box 3, Folder 2

High school and college photos 1934-1941

Box 33, Folder 3

High school diploma from The Anna Head School 1937

Box 33, Folder 4

Bachelor of Arts with a major in History college diploma from University of California, Berkeley 1941

Box 33, Folder 5

Bachelor of Library Science college diploma from University of California, Berkeley 1947

2. Hickok Teaching, Riveter, and US Navy W.A.V.E.S. Years ca. 1941-2001

Scope and Content Note

Contains photos, correspondence, memorabilia, and ephemera of Hickok while she lived in Los Angeles and worked as a teacher and riveter; thereafter, featured is her WWII service as a member in the U.S. Navy W.A.V.E.S. (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services). Also contains contemporary materials from a museum exhibit commemorating the W.A.V.E.S.

Box 3, Folder 3

Teaching reflections, love notes from Ricky at Douglas Aircraft, photos of Hickok outfitted for Los Angeles lesbian bar and in US Navy WAVES program, and WWII memorabilia and newspaper clippings ca. 1941-2001

Box 3, Folder 4

WAVES Correspondence from Hickok and her parents with photos and postcards, Vol I 1944 Sept 21-1945 April 19

Box 4, Folder 1

WAVES Correspondence from Hickok and her parents with photos and postcards, Vol II 1945 April 24-1946 March 1

3. Career as Head of University of California, Berkeley Transportation Library ca. 1924-2009

Scope and Content Note

Contains photos, clippings, research publications and reports, correspondence, personnel files, and brochures related to Hickok's position as Head Librarian at the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, including her retirement. There are also photos, conference programs, directories, reports, and personal notes related to the Special Libraries Association Convention and Conference and Hickok's official involvement as an officer.

Box 4, Folder 2

Photos and newspaper clippings of co-workers, workplace, and library, and correspondence between Hickok and parents ca. 1955-1980

Box 4, Folder 3

History of Institute of Transportation Studies via photos, obituaries of employees, newspaper clippings, brochures, and Hickok presentations papers and correspondence 1948-2008

Box 4, Folder 4

Institute of Transportation Studies annual reports, directories, and research publications ca. 1979-2009

Box 5, Folder 1

Institute of Transportation Studies brochures, literature guides, bulletins, and ITS Review 1963-2001

Box 5, Folder 2

Institute of Transportation Studies annotated bibliographies, library directory, and Hammer E. Davis oral history, documents written by or make reference Hickok 1978-1997

Box 5, Folder 3

Hickok work personnel files and correspondence and Who's Who of American Women correspondence ca. 1947-1980

Box 5, Folder 4

Special Libraries Association Convention and Conference reports written by Hickok, official conference programs, and personal notes 1950 June-1979 June

Box 5, Folder 5

Special Libraries Association Hickok president address, achievement recognitions, newspaper clippings, and Bay Region chapter retrospective ca. 1924-2006

Scope and Content Note

BH served as SLA Bay Region Chapter President/Chair, 1957-1958

Box 6, Folder 1

Special Libraries Association library and membership directories 1978-1981

Box 6, Folder 2

Special Libraries Association Transportation Division Professional Achievement Award awarded to Hickok 1982 June 7

Box 6, Folder 3

Hickok retirement announcements, letters of recognition, and party photos, slides, and cards ca 1980-2000

4. Published and Unpublished Manuscripts, Poetry, Journals, and Art ca. 1937-2006

Scope and Content Note

Contains an array of sketch writings, journal entries, query letters, advertisements, photos, reviews, and correspondence related to Hickok's self-published novel, as well as the novel itself, Against the Current: Coming Out in the 40s. Additionally, the series includes a published short story, a published photo memoir, unpublished short stories and poetry, travel and personal journals, dream books, oral histories, photos and slides of Hickok's original artwork, and three novels that profoundly affected Hickok and her writing pursuits.

Box 6, Folder 4

Early essays, unpublished short stories, "The Gay Party" published in "The Ladder" with correspondence with Del Martin, and "Across the Generations" newspaper clippings ca. 1937-1986

Scope and Content Note

The Ladder was the monthly publication of the Daughters of Bilitis, women's homophile organization; no copy of published short story "George" from Across the Generations" anthology

Box 6, Folder 5

Unpublished short stories ca. 1980-1986

Box 7, Folder 1

Unpublished poetry and short stories with instructor and class feedback ca.1983-1990

Box 7, Folder 2

Correspondence, query letters, and advertisements related to publication of Hickok novel Against the Current ca. 1998-2004

Box 7, Folder 3

Original manuscript of Against the Current pages 1-157 and complete digital copy (1 of 2) 2003

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Includes two 3.5 inch floppy disks.

Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.

Box 7, Folder 4

Original manuscript of Against the Current pages 158-316 (2 of 2) 2003

Box 7, Folder 5

Character sketches, novel ideas, and copy of novel Against the Current from which Hickok read ca. 1980-2003

Box 7, Folder 6

Photos and notes from readings of novel, cards and comments of appreciation, reviews 2003-2006

Box 8, Folder 1

Drafts and incomplete copy of photo memoir "The Life and Loves of Beverly Hickok", correspondence and invoices from documentarian, Cathy Cade, and photos and announcements from memoir readings ca. 2005-2006

Box 8, Folder 2

Photos and slides of Hickok's paintings, plus artist biographical information and art ephemera ca. 1943-1990

Box 8, Folder 3

Personal journals and dream books 1945 May 1-1981 December 25

Box 8, Folder 4

Personal journals and dream books 1977 September 12-1989 October 27

Box 9, Folder 1

Personal journals and travel journal 1984 December 3-1988 March 25

Box 9, Folder 2

Oral History of Hickok for UC Berkeley Gay Bears! Oral History Project ca. 2000-2001

Scope and Content Note

Interview conducted by William Beneman; not authored by Hickok

Box 9, Folder 3

Oral History of Hickok for Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) May 2003

Scope and Content Note

Interview conducted by Bea Howard, transcribed by Lorna Ellis; not authored by Hickok

Box 32, Folder 22

Hall, Radclyffe. "The Well of Loneliness" New York, NY: Blue Ribbons Books 1928

Scope and Content Note

Contains personal note written by Hickok, photo of Hickok at Hall's home in England, newspaper clipping of Hall obituary, and review essay of Hall's book

Box 32, Folder 23

Wilhelm, Gale. "Torchlight to Valhalla." New York, NY: Random House 1938

Scope and Content Note

Clipping of Wilhelm obituary

Box 32, Folder 24

Wilhelm, Gale. "We Too Are Drifting." New York, NY: Graysom Publishers. 1951

Scope and Content Note

Contains Wilhelm obituary and personal note written by Hickok

5. Hickok Social and Romantic Life with partner, Cecil Davis 1947-1988

Scope and Content Note

Contains a large quantity of photos and slides mostly taken by Cecil Davis, a professional photographer and Hickok's partner of forty-one years. Features include a scrapbook of Davis and Hickok vacationing in Europe, as well as clippings, travel journals and photos, an unpublished short photo narrative Hickok wrote and Davis photographed, photos of home life, as well as Davis's obituary. Additional features include Hollywood celebrities that Davis shot for an annual golf tournament.

Box 9, Folder 4

Slides of various Hickok travels with Davis and friends, and mother, A. Hickok ca. 1947-1988

Box 9, Folder 5

Photos of Hickok and Davis at home, at Bing Crosby Golf Tournament, and photos of celebrities ca. 1947-1988

Scope and Content Note

Photos of celebrities and golf personalities include Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Gordon Macrae, Bob Hope, Guy Madison, Ernie Ford, Randolph Scott, Jim Garner, John Raitt, Anne Jeffreys, Robert Stack, Dorothy Boykin, Buddy Rogers, Desi Arnaz, Dennis O'Keefe, Richard Arlen, Kim Novak, and Lee Ann Meriwether, Miss America 1955.

Box 9, Folder 6

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, early photos, obituaries, death certificate of Davis, and photos of Hickok and mother ca. 1947-1988

Box 10, Folder 1

Hickok and Davis black and white photo album features travels, golf tournaments, home life with cats, social life with friends, celebrity shots, and automobiles, many photos taken by Davis (1 of 2) 1947-1960

Box 10, Folder 2

Scope and Content Note

Photos of Ed Weston and golf personalities, and celebrities

Box 10, Folder 3

Hickok and Davis photo album features home life with cats, Hickok performing private ceremony with Davis's ashes, and Cecil Davis Tournament Tilden Golf Course induction 1961-1988

Box 10, Folder 4

European travel journals of Hickok and Davis 1959 May 8-1959-June 12

Box 11, Folder 1

Short photo story, Chinatown Adventure, with text by Hickok and photos by Davis ca 1960s

Box 64, Folder 1

Bound scrapbook of Hickok and Davis European travels 1958 December-1960 April

6. Hickok Photo Albums of Travels with Friends 1978-1990

Scope and Content Note

Contains photo albums, negatives, personal notes, and travel ephemera related to Hickok's travel trips with friends. It also contains a few photos of the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March and Festival.

Box 11, Folder 2

Photos, postcards, tour itinerary, travel ephemera, and personal notes of travel to Greece with co-worker and friend, Judy Morton (1 of 2) 1978 May 1-1978 May 22

Box 11, Folder 3

Photos, negatives, postcards, tour programs, travel ephemera, and personal notes of travel to Greece with co-worker and friend, Judy Morton (2 of 2) 1978 May 1-1978 May 22

Box 11, Folder 4

Photos, negatives with notes, and small travel notebook of travel to Provincetown, and San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride March and Festival ca. 1989-1990

Box 12, Folder 1

Photos, postcards, travel ephemera, and small travel notebook of travel to Oaxaca, Mexico with travel companion, Frances Lorraine 1990 January 18-1990 February 10

Box 12, Folder 2

Photos, trip itinerary, and postcards of travel to Canyon lands with Judy Morton 1990 May 3-1990 May 15

7. Hickok Social and Romantic Life with partner and wife, Doreen Brand ca. 1930s-2010

Scope and Content Note

Contains photo albums, correspondence, journals, and ephemera of Hickok with her wife, Doreen Brand, and features their social life with friends; their participation in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender events and pride marches; their travels around the world on cruises and tours; their move from a house to a retirement residence; and their official legal wedding and subsequent declaration to challenge the passage of Proposition 8.

Box 12, Folder 3

Individual photos of Hickok and Brand ca. 1930s-2008

Box 12, Folder 4

Photo album of Hickok and Brand together 1990-2008

Box 13, Folder 1

Photo album of Hickok and Brand in Berkeley Home (1 of 2) ca. 1990

Box 13, Folder 2

Photo album of Hickok and Brand in Berkeley Home (2 of 2) ca. 1990

Box 13, Folder 3

Photo album of Hickok and Brand in San Francisco Bay Area features friends and local sightseeing (1 of 2) ca. 1990-1991

Box 13, Folder 4

Photo album of Hickok and Brand in San Francisco Bay Area features friends and local sightseeing (2 of 2) ca. 1990-1991

Box 14, Folder 1

Photo album of Hickok and Brand preparing Berkeley home for sale (1 of 2) ca 1990-2005

Box 14, Folder 2

Photo album and negatives of Hickok and Brand preparing Berkeley home for sale (2 of 2) ca. 1990-2005

Box 14, Folder 3

Photo album, pin, and travel ephemera of Hickok and Brand travels to St. Pete, Yosemite, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and Williamsburg 1990

Box 14, Folder 4

Photo album of travels to Bodega Bay, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, Atlanta, St. Pete, Queechy Lake, Lake Tahoe, Boston, Bethlehem, Cape Cod, and Provincetown (1 of 2) 1991 January-May

Box 15, Folder 1

Photo album of travels to Bodega Bay, Carmel, San Simeon, Santa Barbara, Atlanta, St. Pete, Queechy Lake, Lake Tahoe, Boston, Bethlehem, Cape Cod, and Provincetown (2 of 2) 1991 January-May

Scope and Content Note

Name tag and a few photos from National Lesbian Conference, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia

Box 15, Folder 2

Photo album of travels throughout the U.S. Southwest includes New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona (1 of 2) 1991 October

Box 15, Folder 3

Photo album of travels throughout the U.S. Southwest includes New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona (2 of 2) 1991 October

Box 15, Folder 4

Photo album and ephemera of travels to Hawaii including Honolulu, Maui, Hailua-Kona, and Hilo (1 of 2) 1992 November

Box 16, Folder 1

Photo album and ephemera of travels to Hawaii including Honolulu, Maui, Hailua-Kona, and Hilo, includes negatives (2 of 2) 1992 November

Box 16, Folder 2

Photo album of social life and local sightseeing in San Francisco Bay Area (1 of 2) ca. 1992-1993

Scope and Content Note

Includes clipping title "The Gay Day Parade" with photos

Box 16, Folder 3

Photo album of social life and local sightseeing in San Francisco Bay Area, includes negatives (2 of 2) ca. 1992-1993

Box 16, Folder 4

Photo album of travels to Key West, St. Pete, New Jersey, and Yosemite , includes negatives 1993 April-May

Box 17, Folder 1

Photo album of travels to the resort, Heritage House, and Canadian Rockies (1 of 2) 1993 July-August

Box 17, Folder 2

Photo album of travels to the resort, Heritage House, and Canadian Rockies, includes negatives (2 of 2) 1993 July-August

Box 17, Folder 3

Photo album of travels to U.S. Southwest, New Orleans, Russian River for Retiring Women Winter Retreat, and Hawaii (1 of 2) 1993 October-November and 1994 January-February

Box 17, Folder 4

Photo album of travels to U.S. Southwest, New Orleans, Russian River for Retiring Women Winter Retreat, and Hawaii, includes negatives (2 of 2) 1993 October-November and 1994

Box 18, Folder 1

Photo album of social events with friends, San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Parades, local sightseeing, birthday parties, and holiday parties (1 of 2) ca. 1993-1996

Box 18, Folder 2

Photo album of social events with friends, San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Parades, local sightseeing, birthday parties, and holiday parties, includes negatives (2 of 2) ca. 1993-1996

Box 18, Folder 3

Photo album of travels to Carmel, St. Petersburg, Apache Junction, Ashland, Oregon, and Provincetown for 9th Annual Golden Threads Celebration 1994-1995

Box 19, Folder 1

Photo album and postcards of travels to England for Literary Tour (1 of 2) 1995 October-November

Box 19, Folder 2

Photo album, postcards, ephemera, poetry, travel journals, and negatives of travels to England for Literary Tour (2 of 2) 1995 October-November

Scope and Content Note

Additional travel journal of tour participant, Arvella Hefley and poetry does not have author name

Box 19, Folder 3

Photo album of travels to Yosemite, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington, and St Petersburg, includes program for 10th Annual Golden Threads Celebration (1 of 2) 1996 April, June, August-September and December

Box 20, Folder 1

Photo album of travels to Yosemite, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington, and St Petersburg, and negatives (2 of 2) 1996 April, June, August-September and December

Box 20, Folder 2

Photo album, tour programs, and ephemera of travel and tour through Literary New England (1 of 2) 1997 June 16-July 1

Box 20, Folder 3

Photo album, tour programs, and ephemera of travel and tour through Literary New England, includes travel journal, poetry written by tour participants, and negatives (2 of 2) 1997 June 16-July 1

Box 20, Folder 4

Photo album, travel itinerary, and postcards of Great Trains of Europe tour (1 of 2) 1997 June 16-1997 July 1-July 25

Box 20, Folder 5

Photo album, travel itinerary, and postcards of Great Trains of Europe tour includes travel journal and negatives (2 of 2)

Box 21, Folder 1

Photo album of social life with friends in San Francisco Bay Area features birthday parties, lesbian community-based events, and local sightseeing (1 of 2) 1997-2000

Scope and Content Note

Women Over Fifty and Friends, 5th Annual Lesbian Achievement Vision Action Benefit Dinner and Dance, Gay Mardis Gras, Black and White Tea Ball, Montclair Women's Big Band, and Older Lesbians Organizing for Change

Box 21, Folder 2

Photo album of social life with friends in San Francisco Bay Area features birthday parties, lesbian community-based events, local sightseeing, and negatives (2 of 2) 1997-2000

Scope and Content Note

Dance, Gay Mardis Gras, Black and White Tea Ball, Montclair Women's Big Band, and Older Lesbian

Box 21, Folder 3

Photo album, postcards, ephemera of, and Brand ode to, travel through U.S. Southwest on Georgia O'Keefe tour 1998 September 18-25

Box 21, Folder 4

Photo album, postcards, travel itineraries, and ephemera of travels through literary England, Scotland, and Wales (1 of 2) 1998 October 1-21

Box 22, Folder 1

Photo album, postcards, travel itineraries, ephemera, personal notes, travel journal, and Brand poem of travels through literary England, Scotland, and Wales (2 of 2) 1998 October 1-21

Box 22, Folder 2

Photo album, travel journal, and negatives of travels to meet friends and family in New Jersey and New England 1999 June 16-27

Box 22, Folder 3

Photo album of travels on cruise Theater at Sea throughout Spain and Portugal includes theater programs, travel itineraries, brochures, postcards, and ephemera (1 of 2) 1999 September 10-24

Box 22, Folder 4

Photo album of travels on cruise Theater at Sea through England, France, Spain and Portugal includes theater programs, travel itineraries, brochures, postcards, ephemera, and negatives (2 of 2)

Box 23, Folder 1

Photo album, travel itinerary, postcards, sightseeing brochures, and negatives of travels to Las Vegas, Capitola with Golden Threads, Long Island, and New York City 2000 January 17-22,

Box 23, Folder 2

Photo album, travel brochures, itineraries, and negatives of travels to New York for a reunion, Los Angeles for Rose Bowl, and to San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco ca. 2001 June and December; ca. 2002 January

Box 23, Folder 3

Photo album, travel brochures, itineraries, ephemera, and negatives of travels to Washington, D.C., Long Beach Island, New Jersey, and tour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks 2002 May 15-25; 2002 August 20-27

Box 23, Folder 4

Photo album, travel brochures, postcards, itineraries and ephemera of travel cruises to Oregon and to Catalina Island for New Year's celebration (1 of 2) 2000 August-September; 2000 December 29-2001 January 3

Box 24, Folder 1

Photo album, travel brochures, postcards, itineraries, ephemera, additional photo indexes, and negatives of travel cruises to Oregon and Catalina Island for New Year's celebration (2 of 2) 2000 August-September; 2000 December 29-2001 January 3

Box 24, Folder 2

Photo album of social life in San Francisco Bay area features local sightseeing, commitment ceremonies, birthday parties, holiday parties, and social organization's events including Women Over Fifty and Friends (WOFF) (1 of 2) ca. 2001-2005

Box 24, Folder 3

Photo album and negatives of social life in San Francisco Bay area features local sightseeing, commitment ceremonies, birthday parties, holiday parties, and social organization's events including Women Over Fifty and Friends (WOFF) (2 of 2) ca. 2001-2005

Box 24, Folder 4

Photo album, tour brochures, and ephemera of travels to New Mexico (1 of 2) 2003 October 14-23

Scope and Content Note

Second trip to tour Georgia O'Keefe

Box 25, Folder 1

Photo album, tour brochures, ephemera, and negatives of travels to New Mexico (2 of 2) 2003 October 14-23

Box 25, Folder 2

Photo album, postcards, hotel brochures, and ephemera of travels to St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale ca. 2004 February

Box 25, Folder 3

Photo album of social life in San Francisco Bay area features birthday parties, social organization's events, and Hickok displaying a copy of her photo memoir ca. September and October 2005; and April 2006

Box 25, Folder 4

Photo album of Hickok and Brand lives at El Cerrito Royale retirement residence (1 of 2) ca. 2005-2010

Box 25, Folder 5

Photo album of Hickok and Brand lives at El Cerrito Royale retirement residence (2 of 2) ca. 2005-2010

Box 25, Folder 6

Copies of Hickok and Brand legal wedding announcements, declarations and correspondence related to Hickok and Brand as members of legal case to challenge Proposition 8, copies of photos, and miscellaneous fliers ca. 2008-2009

8. Olivia Cruises History and Photo Albums ca. 1990-2010

Scope and Content Note

Contains photo albums of Hickok and Davis's travels with Olivia Cruises, a lesbian lifestyle cruise line. The series also consists of two t-shirts, brochures, correspondence, calendars, catalogs, advertisements, clippings, and editorials related to the history of Olivia Cruises, including the tense changes in its leadership and marketing strategies, and published interviews with the founder.

Box 25, Folder 7

Olivia Cruises brochures, advertisements, calendars, and catalogs features Hickok and Brand in official literature (1 of 2) 1991-2010

Box 26, Folder 1

Olivia Cruises brochures, advertisements, calendars, catalogs and miscellaneous photos (2 of 2) 1991-2010

Box 26, Folder 2

Olivia Cruises newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, greeting cards, and correspondence, plus Olivia Records catalogs 1991-2009

Scope and Content Note

features multiple interviews with Olivia Cruises founder and chairwoman, Judy Dlugacz

Box 26, Folder 3

Photo album of cruises to Caribbean and Mexican Caribbean includes travel brochures, postcards, daily activities program, and professional slides of Hickok and Brand photographed for Olivia Cruises brochure literature (1 of 2) 1990 and 1992

Box 26, Folder 4

Photo album of cruises to Caribbean and Mexican Caribbean includes travel brochures, postcards, and daily activities program (2 of 2) 1990 and 1992

Box 26, Folder 5

Photo album of cruise to the Greek Isles includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, and ephemera (1 of 2) 1992

Box 27, Folder 1

Photo album of cruise to the Greek Isles includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, and ephemera (2 of 2) 1992

Box 27, Folder 2

Photo album of cruise to Alaska includes travel brochure, daily activities program and postcards 1992

Box 27, Folder 3

Photo album of cruise to Mexican Riviera includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, greeting cards, daily activities program, and ephemera 1993

Box 27, Folder 4

Photo album of cruise to New York and Montreal includes correspondence, postcards, and ephemera 1994 June

Box 27, Folder 5

Photo album of Olivia sponsored tour of Paris and French Riviera includes travel itineraries, postcards, hotel brochures, and ephemera 1995

Scope and Content Note

Not a cruise

Box 28, Folder 1

Photo album of cruise to Italian Riviera includes itineraries, postcards, and ephemera 1995 September 17-24

Box 28, Folder 2

Photo album of cruise to Hawaii includes travel brochures, itineraries, and postcards 1997 December 6-20

Box 28, Folder 3

Photo album of cruise to Southern Caribbean/Panama Canal and St. Petersburg, Florida includes travel brochures, itineraries, correspondence, postcards, and ephemera 1998 November

Box 28, Folder 4

Photo album of cruise to Grand Caribbean includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, daily activities program, and ephemera, also Cruise News newsletter 1999 October 11-18

Box 28, Folder 5

Photo album of cruise to Alaska includes travel brochures, itineraries, daily programs, postcards, negatives 2001 May

Box 29, Folder 1

Photo album of Olivia's 30th Anniversary Caribbean Cruise includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, daily programs, mini velcro photo album, and ephemera 2003 January 17-24

Box 29, Folder 2

Photo album of cruise from Boston to Montreal includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, daily programs, and negatives 2004 June 29-July 9

Box 29, Folder 3

Photo album of cruises to Western Caribbean and Mexican Riviera includes travel brochures, itineraries, postcards, and ephemera 2006 January 29-February 5 and 2007

Box 33, Folder 1

T-Shirt from Olivia Cruise ca. 1990s

Box 33, Folder 2

T-Shirt from Greece Lesvos ca. 1990s

9. Hickok Involvement in Social, Cultural, and Political Organizations 1989-2009

Scope and Content Note

Contains photo albums, correspondence, newsletters, fliers, directories, brochures, clippings, personal notes, and publications related to Hickok's participation in and support of various Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender social, cultural, and political community-based organizations, collectives, and groups. There are over thirty organizations represented as well as photos from Hickok's attendance at the historic 1993 LGBT March on Washington, D.C.

Box 29, Folder 4

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) photos, correspondence, quarterly publication "The Reporter", conference programs, member directories, newsletters, fliers, and "Herstory" publication (1 of 2) 1989-2009

Box 30, Folder 1

Box 30, Folder 2

Gay and Lesbian Outreach to Elders (GLOE), Spectrum, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and Lambda Literary Festival photos, event programs, fliers, brochures, correspondence, and newspaper clippings 1997-2003

Box 30, Folder 3

National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)and Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Award Committee brochures, correspondence, fliers, event programs, newsletters, and publications ca. 1992-2009

Box 30, Folder 4

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), National Anti- Defamation League (ADL) brochures, fliers, correspondence, clippings, and publications ca. 1996-2007

Box 30, Folder 5

Lesbian Herstory Archives, An Uncommon Legacy, June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, 100 Lesbians, Astraea Lesbian Action Foundation, Communities United Against Violence (CUAV),Montclair Women's Cultural Arts Club fliers, photos, publications, event programs ca. 1986-2007

Box 31, Folder 1

Lesbian Health Fund, Lavender Seniors, Albany Potluck Group, LGLBT Elder Conference, Silver Threads, Gay and Lesbian Association of Retiring People (GLARP),Golden Threads, and Women Over Fifty and Friends fliers, brochures, event programs, correspondence ca. 1989-2003

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with Golden Threads founder, Christine Burton; Hickok and Brand among founders of Lavender Seniors of the East Bay

Box 31, Folder 2

New Leaf, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Human Rights Campaign Fund correspondence, newsletters, publications, fliers, brochures, and photos ca. 1996-2009

Scope and Content Note

Equality, publication of HRCF

Box 31, Folder 3

The Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Community Center Project, San Francisco Main Library Gay and Lesbian Center, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, and Horizons publications, brochures, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters ca. 1992-2009

Box 31, Folder 4

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society, 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights and Liberation photos, brochures, newspaper clippings, personal notes, event fliers, exhibit programs, and publications 1993-2009

Box 31, Folder 5

Miscellaneous Photos of Brand and Hickok vacationing with friends in New York and unknown location ca 1990s

10. Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-2006

Scope and Content Note

Consists of twenty lesbian pulp fiction novels, two anthologies on lesbian pulp, as well as magazine clippings of book reviews. Some of the novels include brief notes of Hickok's personal reflections, as well as newspaper clippings of author biographies.

Box 32, Folder 1

Christian, Paula. "The Edge of Twilight." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1959

Box 32, Folder 2

Taylor, Valerie."Whisper Their Love." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1957

Box 32, Folder 3

Michaels, Rea. "Two Way Street." New York, NY: Domino Books. 1964

Box 32, Folder 4

Marchal, Lucie. "The Mesh." trans by. Virgilia Peterson. New York, NY: Bantam Books. 1949

Box 32, Folder 5

Emery, Carol. "Queer Affair." New York, NY: Beacon Books Division. 1957

Box 32, Folder 6

Holk, Agnete. "Strange Friends." trans by Anthony Hinton. New York, NY: Pyramid Books. 1955

Box 32, Folder 7

Leduc, Violette. "Therese and Isabelle." New York, NY: Dell Publishing Co. 1966

Scope and Content Note

Contains newspaper clipping

Box 32, Folder 8

Lee, Marjorie. "The Lion House." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1959

Box 32, Folder 9

Craigin, Elisabeth. "Either is Love." New York, NY: Pyramid Books. 1960

Box 32, Folder 10

de Cars, Guy. "The Damned One." trans by Lawrence G. Blochman. New York: Pyramid Books. 1963

Box 32, Folder 11

Bannon, Ann. "I Am a Woman." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1959

Scope and Content Note

Contains newspaper clipping of Bannon profile as well as Hickok personal post it note on first page

Box 32, Folder 12

Packer, Vin. "Spring Fire." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1963

Scope and Content Note

Contains Hickok personal post it note on first page

Box 32, Folder 13

Christian, Paula. "This Side of Love." New York, NY: Avon Book Division. 1963

Box 32, Folder 14

Olivia. "Olivia." New York, NY: Berkeley Publishing Corp. 1949

Box 32, Folder 15

Taylor, Valerie. "Return to Lesbos." Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press, Inc. 1982

Box 32, Folder 16

Taylor, Valerie. "The Girls in 3-B." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1959

Box 32, Folder 17

Bannon, Anne. "Odd Girl Out." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1957

Box 32, Folder 18

Taylor, Valerie. "Stranger on Lesbos." Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications. 1960

Box 32, Folder 19

Forrest, Katherine V., ed. "Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965." San Francisco, CA: Kleiss Press. 1999

Scope and Content Note

Contains newspaper clipping review of book

Box 32, Folder 20

Zimet, Jaye. "Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969." New York, NY: Viking Studio. 2005

Scope and Content Note

Contains personal note written by Hickok

Box 32, Folder 21

Magazine clipping review of "Lesbian Pulp Fiction"; Carol Seajay review of Ann Aldrich's work; and alphabetical list of lesbian pulp novels housed at Mazer Archives ca. 1992 and 2006

11. Hickok Library Undated

Scope and Content Note

Contains Hickok's book collection

Boxes 34-65

Books