Edward J. Hecker papers
Collection
Identifier: L065
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed and signed and autographed and signed correspondence; campaign flyers; business and financial papers and ledgers; newspaper clippings; delegate badges; and autographed and typed writings from Edward J. Hecker and others in Indianapolis, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1892 to 1945, regarding education for people who are deaf or hearing impaired; election campaigns; work as Warren Township, Marion County, (Indiana) Trustee, local Republican Party politics, family matters, and the Irvington Republican Club.
Dates
- 1892-1945, undated
Creator
- Hecker, Edward J., 1868-1945 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Edward J. Hecker was a teacher at the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis from 1888 to 1905. He married Hanna L. Humann in 1889 and they had four children. Hecker also worked as a printer and part owner of Hecker Brothers Printing in Irvington, Indiana. He wrote a column of wit and verses for the Indianapolis News. Hecker was active in Marion County Republican Party politics and was a founding member and officer of the Irvington Republican Club. He was appointed to the Advisory Board by the Mayor of Indianapolis in 1911. Hecker was an unsuccessful candidate for the Indiana General Assembly in 1912 and 1916. He served as Warren Township trustee in Marion County from 1918 to 1926. Hecker was the Indiana Deputy Secretary of State in 1925, 1927, and 1929. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Congress in 1934.
Source:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. Accessed February 12, 2007. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Source:
Items in the collection.
Ancestry.com. Accessed February 12, 2007. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Gertrude Winders, 1955/04 and 1961/05/18.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2007/02 by Barbara Hilderbrand. Finding aid revised 2015/11/06 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid created 2016/01/22 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2024/05/17 by Brittany Kropf.
- Account books
- Blind-deaf
- Bookplates, American
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Education
- Ephemera
- Freemasons -- Indiana
- Indiana -- Politics and government
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana School for the Deaf
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Irvington (Indianapolis, Ind.)
- Marion County (Ind.)
- Photographs
- Political campaigns -- 20th century
- Politicians
- Politicians -- Indiana
- Politics and government
- Printing -- Indiana
- Republican Party (Ind.)
- Ribbons
- Scrapbooks
- Writing
Creator
- Hecker, Edward J., 1868-1945 (Person)
- Title
- Edward J. Hecker papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
