Inventory of the Franklin Simpson Hickman papers, 1930-1964

Abstract

Franklin Simpson Hickman served as a Professor in the Divinity School from 1927 until he retired in 1953.

The collection contains sermons, bulletins, correspondence, and printed material authored by Hickman and ranges in date from 1930-1964.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Hickman, Franklin Simpson, 1886-1965.
Title: Franklin Simpson Hickman papers, 1930-1964
Language of Material: English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet, 300 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Collection Overview

Contains sermons, bulletins, correspondence, and printed material authored by Hickman. The collection ranges in date from 1930-1964.

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Access Restrictions

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Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Contents of the Collection

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Duke University Church and Chapel, 1937-1964

Includes sermons, bulletins, correspondence, agendas

Box 1

Speaking Engagements, 1947-1952

Box 1

Duke University (general), 1948-1952

Box 1

Miscellaneous, 1936-1962

Box 1

Phillips Brooks Club, 1939-1952

Box 1

Miscellaneous Publications, Course Outlines, and Lectures (all by Hickman)

Includes: A Child in the Midst of Democracy, address to the Duke Endowment, 1934 Advanced Psychology of Religion, course outline Wells of Life, a collection of lectures given by Hickman in China (with Chinese translation included), circa late-1930s Introduction to the Psychology of Religion, 1926 The Possible Self: A Study in Religious Education as Adaptation, 1933 Signs of Promise, 1943 Christian Vocation, 1930

Box 1

Historical Note

Hickman served as Professor in the Divinity School and Dean of the Chapel until 1953. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was forced to drop out of high school in his senior year after his father died. He secured a job with the railroad as a caller of trains and continued with the railroad in various jobs until he was 25 years old. He decided to go into the ministry and after two years work in the Northern Indiana Conference of the Methodist church, he accepted his first pastorate in Fremont.

He married Veva Castell in 1913 and entered DePauw University. He graduated in 1917 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and attended the School of Theology at Boston University were he received the Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and then attended Northwestern University where he received his PhD in 1923. Hickman came to Duke in 1927 after having taught at the Chicago Training School, Hamline University and Emory University. He presided at the formal dedication of the Duke Chapel in 1932 and was organizer of the university church. He was Dean of the Chapel from 1938-1948 and for many years delivered at least half of the weekly Chapel sermons. From 1932 to 1938, he held the title of Preacher to the University at Duke. Later he became the first Professor of Preaching in the Duke Divinity School. He retired in 1953. After retiring, Hickman moved to Angola, Indiana, where he was living at the time of his death. He died November 11, 1965.