Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 13/10/60
Kathleen Hickok
Papers, 1971-2013, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Hickok, Kathleen
title: Papers
dates: 1971-2013, undated
extent: 1.68 linear feet (4 document boxes)
collection number: RS 13/10/60
repository: University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Kathleen Hickok Papers, RS 13/10/60, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Abstract

Kathleen K. Hickok was a professor of English and Women’s Studies at Iowa State University. The main focus of her studies was women’s literature, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Her scholarship also touched upon gender studies, lesbian studies, and multicultural women’s writing. This collection includes notes from the many classes that she taught, several essays and encyclopedia entries that she authored, and papers that she presented at conferences.

 

Biographical note

Kathleen K. Hickok was born in 1946 in Kansas, though she lived in Louisiana for most of her childhood and adolescent years. Hickok received her B.A. (1968) in English literature from Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana; her M.A. (1970) in English literature from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana; and her Ph. D. (1977) in Eighteenth-Century, Romantic, and Victorian English literature from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Before coming to Iowa State, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Stetson University in Florida (1977-1979). Hickok was then hired as an Assistant Professor (1979-1984) at Iowa State and promoted to Associate Professor (1984-2001), and finally to Professor (2001-2012). She is currently retired (Fall 2012) after an extensive career where she taught over 40 classes, many of which she created and developed herself.

Hickok was chair of the Women’s Studies Program (1984-1990, 1992-1994) and was successful at expanding the program at Iowa State. She developed and taught several Women’s Studies courses. She has been presented with several awards for her service, two of the most notable being the Carrie Chapman Catt Award (1992) and the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center Gender Equity Award (2009). Aside from being active in the Women’s Studies Program, Hickok was also involved with LGBT organizations on campus. She served as Dean of Students on the Advisory Board on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Student Services (1993-1997, 2002-2012).

Hickok was not only noted for her services on campus, but also for her scholarly work as well. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Popular Culture, Victorian Poetry, International Journal of Women’s Studies, and Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism. Hickok successfully published one book, Representations of Women: Nineteenth-Century British Women’s Poetry (1984). Finally, Hickok has presented papers and essays at conferences, including the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, the Modern Language Association Convention, the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, and the ISU Women’s Studies Conference.

 

Collection description

This collection (1971-2013, undated) contains biographical information, class notes, writings, essays, and conference presentations relating to Kathleen Hickok’s work. The majority of Hickok’s studies centers on feminism and women’s literature, particularly women’s literature in the 19th and 20th centuries. Though some of Hickok’s work is about women writers typically studied by literary scholars, much of her work focuses on noncanonical writers.

 

Related materials

Representations of Women: Nineteenth Century British Women's Poetry (call no. PR585.W58 H52 1984)

 

Organization

The collection is organized alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical Information: Curriculum Vitae

1995-2000, 2013

1

2

Biographical Information: Clippings, Articles, and Others

1980-2012

1

3

Biographical Information: Course Self-Evaluation

1988-2000

1

4

Events: Women’s Studies Program 35th Year Celebration Proposal Documents

1973-2012

1

5

Minutes: Iowa Women’s Studies Association (IWSA)

1982-1983

1

6

Personal: Awards, Nominations, and Thank Yous

1989-2009

1

7

Thesis: David and Alice - The Challenge of Wonderland

1972

1

8

Course Work: Writings on Byron

1968-1971

1

9

Class Notes: English 201 - Intro to Literature

1995

1

10

Class Notes: English 210 - Introduction to Literary Study

1992-1995

1

11

Class Notes: English 230 - British Literature and Culture

1997

1

12

Class Notes: English 260 - Intro to Literary Study for English Majors

2011

1

13

Class Notes: Women’s Studies 301 - Definitions of Femininity in Popular Culture

1988-1995

1

14

Class Notes: English/Women’s Studies 340 - Survey of Women’s Literature in English

1992-2012

1

15

Class Notes: English 345 - Images of Women in Literature

1988-1995

1

16

Class Notes: English 345 - Woman-Identified Literature

1991-1995

1

17

Class Notes: English 345 - Women-Identified/Lesbian Literature

1997-1998

1

18

Class Notes: English  349 - African American Women Writers

1987-1995

1

19

Class Notes: English 349 - Contemporary Minority Women Writers of the U. S.

1996

1

20

Class Notes: English/Women’s Studies 352 - Gay and Lesbian Literature

2008-2012

2

1

Class Notes: English 376 - British Literature: Romantic and Victorian

2001-2006

2

2

Class Notes: English 440 - The Victorian Novel

1994-1996

2

3

Class Notes: English/Women’s Studies 460 - Seminar in Gender and Ethnicity: Black and White Southern Women Writers

2011

2

4

Class Notes: Women’s Studies 490/590x - Independent Study in Feminist Thealogy: "Cakes for the Queen of Heaven"

1987

2

5

Class Notes: English 535 - Victorian Novel

1994-2011

2

6

Class Notes: English 535 - British Literature 1830 to the Present

1994-2002

2

7

Class Notes: English 545 - Feminist Literary History

1990-1995

2

8

Class Notes: English 545 - Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers

1993-1995

2

9

Course Packet: Women’s Studies 545 (1 of 2)

1993

2

10

Course Packet: Women’s Studies 545 (2 of 2)

1993

2

11

Class Notes: English 545 - Hurston and Walker

1995

2

12

Class Notes: English/Women’s Studies 545 - 19th Century British and American Women Writers

1999

2

13

Class Notes: English/Women’s Studies 545 - 19th Century British Women’s Literature

2002

2

14

Class Notes: English/Women’s & Gender Studies 545 - 20th Century British Women Writers

2012

3

1

Class Notes: English 567 - Studies in British Poetry - Romanticism

1999

3

2

Class Notes: English 576 - The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle

1994-1995

3

3

Class Notes: English 582 - Women-Identified/Lesbian Prose 1750-Present

2000

3

4

Writings: British Women Writers Contributions

undated

3

5

Writings: Craik, Dinah Maria Murlock - Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers

undated

3

6

Writings: Iowa Women Photo Essay

undated

3

7

Writings: Published Works

undated

3

8

Writings: Webster, Julia Augusta - Victorian and Edwardian Women Poets

undated

3

9

Writings: Robert Browning and the Nineteenth-Century Wife

1973, undated

3

10

Writings: Historiography and the Unity of Absalom, Absalom! and Go Down, Moses

1977-1978

3

11

Writings: Essays on Hemans and Home

1979-1992, undated

3

12

Writings: Book Reviews

1981-2002

3

13

Writings: Emma Embury Essay

1981-1983

3

14

Writings: Male Anxiety, Female Rage - Victorian Women Poets and the Femme Fatale

1986

3

15

Writings: Victorian Britain - An Encyclopedia

1986

3

16

Writings: "British Romantic Poets" - Women’s Studies Encyclopedia

1987, undated

3

17

Writings: The Eighteen Nineties - Dowie, Ménie Muriel

1990

3

18

Writings: The Eighteen Nineties - Grand, Sarah

1990

3

19

Writings: Grand, Sarah

1990

3

20

Writings: Lesbian Interest Writings

1993-2001

3

21

Writings: Emily Pfeiffer Essay and Related Research

1995-2005, undated

4

1

Writings: Biographies of Women Writers, A-N (1 color photograph)

1992-1995, undated

4

2

Writings: Biographies of Women Writers, P-W

1995, undated

4

3

Writings: Essays on Bowles, Caroline (1 of 2)

1997-1998

4

4

Writings: Essays on Bowles, Caroline (2 of 2)

1997-2000

4

5

Writings: "Jean Ingelow" - New Dictionary of National Biography

1997

4

6

Writings: "Not Yet Orthodox" - The Female Characters in Aurora Leigh

1998-1999, undated

4

7

Writings: "Intimate Egoism": Reading and Evaluating Noncanonical Poetry by Women

1999, undated

4

8

Writings: Ingelow, Jean - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

2004

4

9

Presentations: "The Spinster" - MLA Essay

1979

4

10

Presentations: NWSA (National Women’s Studies Association) Conference - "Lesbian Survival Strategies"

1981

4

11

Presentations: Conference Writings and Proposals

1988-2007, undated

4

12

Presentations: British Women Writers Conference - "Cages, Captives, Birds in Flight"

1995

4

13

Presentations: NWSA (National Women’s Studies Association) Conference - "Teaching Women-Identified Literature"

1995

4

14

Presentations: London Conference - "Rethinking Women’s Poetry"

1995

4

15

Presentations: British Women Writer’s Conference - Agnes Grey Paper

1996

4

16

Presentations: Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities

1996

4

17

Presentations: NWSA (National Women’s Studies Association) Conference - Anne Brontë Paper

1997

4

18

Presentations: MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) Conference - Zora Neale Hurston Paper

1999