Finding Aid of the Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection, PHC.38

Abstract

The photographs in this collection came from a photograph album from the estate of Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968). They include portraits of individuals from the western piedmont of North Carolina and a photograph of the home of Hoke C. Secrest in South Carolina. In addition, there is an obituary card in memory of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe (d. 1889).

Descriptive Summary

Title: Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection
Call Number: PHC.38
Creator: Hickerson, Thomas Felix, 1882-1968.
Date: 1860-1900
Extent
Language: English
Repository: State Archives of North Carolina

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PhC.38.1, Thomas Felix Hickerson Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina; Raleigh, NC.

Collection Overview

The photographs in this collection came from a photograph album from the estate of Thomas Felix Hickerson. Most of the photographs are portraits of individuals from the western piedmont. The majority of them are unidentified; however many of the pictures contain the name and location of the photographer. There are several examples of the work of Henry A. Lineback of Salem as well as A. McIntosh of Hickory. The one non-portrait is a view of the home of Hoke C. Secrest in South Carolina, eighteen miles from Spartanburg. The collection also contains a cabinet card of William Jennings Bryan. In addition, there is an obituary card in memory of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe (d. 1889), a native of England and an officer in the Confederate Army.

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the individual, followed by the unidentified people, the Secrest home, and the obituary card.

Biographical/Historical note

Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968) was born in Wilkes County and lived in the Happy Valley area of the Yadkin River. He was a professor at the University of North Carolina and became an authority on highway engineering. Hickerson also published two books about his home area entitled Happy Valley (1940) and Echoes of Happy Valley (1962).

Contents of the Collection

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Henry N. Ackerman (1852-1888), Salem, N. C., Henry A. Lineback Photo Studio, c. 1870.

PhC.38.01

William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), "Compliments of the New York Journal", Alfred S. Campbell Photo Studio, Elizabeth, N. J. c. 1896.

PhC.38.02

J. (?) Hall, 1 November 1889.

PhC.38.03

Miss Jane Kern c. 1880. Shuber Photo Studio, Bethlehem, Pa., inscription on reverse reads "for Frank,"

PhC.38.04

Belle ______, tintype c. 1880.

PhC.38.05

Gordon ______ c. 1890, McIntosh Photo Studio, Hickory, NC, inscription on reverse reads "Estelle from Gordon,"

PhC.38.06

Five unidentified young men c. 1880, Henry A. Lineback Photo Studio, Salem, NC.

PhC.38.07

Unidentified man, March 1876, Henry A. Lineback Photo Studio, Salem, NC.

PhC.38.08

Unidentified man c. 1875, Henry A. Lineback Photo Studio, Salem, NC.

PhC.38.09

Unidentified woman c. 1880, tintype.

PhC.38.10

Unidentified woman c. 1875, Henry A. Lineback Photo Studio, Salem, NC.

PhC.38.11

Unidentified woman c. 1900, snapshot.

PhC.38.12

Unidentified man and woman (probably husband and wife), McIntosh Photo Studio, Hickory, NC.

PhC.38.13

Unidentified man c. 1875.

PhC.38.14

Homeplace of Hoke C. Secrest in South Carolina c. 1880, eighteen miles from Spartanburg, after he escaped from the Western North Carolina State Hospital. Secrest murdered his wife and child in Union County in 1882.

PhC.38.15

Death notice card in memory of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe, died 1 December 1889, aged 73 years. A native of England, he was a colonel in the 11th Regiment, North Carolina Troops and was later promoted to brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Leventhorpe operated mines in Western North Carolina before the war.

PhC.38.16

Subject Headings

Leventhorpe, Collett, 1815-1889.

Lineback, Henry A.

McIntosh, A.

Secrest, Hoke C.

Architecture, Domestic--South Carolina.

Portraits.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred to the State Archives by Weymouth T. Jordan of the Publications Section on March 16, 1988. It was donated to the Archives by Tom Broadfoot, 1907 Buenavista Circle, Wilmington, North Carolina 28405; accessioned on December, 1990.

Processing Information

Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, December, 1990

Encoded by Dietra Stanley

Enocoding updated by Aaron Cusick, January, 2012