Partial Inventory of the Robert Ferdinand Hickey papers

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Title: Robert Ferdinand Hickey papers
Date (inclusive): 1921-1986
Collection Number: 81099
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes (5.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, orders, personnel records, memoranda, printed matter, photographs, and certificates, relating to American naval aviation, particularly during World War II and the Korean War.
Creator: Hickey, Robert Ferdinand, 1897-1980
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Ferdinand Hickey papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Vice admiral, United States Navy; captain, U.S.S. Hancock, 1944-1945; naval air attaché to Great Britain, 1945-1947; commander, Carrier Division V, 1952-1954.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, speeches, orders, personnel records, memoranda, printed matter, photographs, and certificates, relating to American naval aviation, particularly during World War II and the Korean War.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Aviation
Officers
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Naval operations
United States. Navy
Hancock (Ship)

 

Declassified U.S. government records 1945-1955

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover
box 12

2011 September release of records 1945-1955

Scope and Contents note

Telegram, diagrams of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, memo and press reports relating to military matters in the Far East
 

Rest of collection not yet described