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Sara Hickman collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0718
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Content Description

This collection contains business records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio, teaching materials, memorabilia, correspondence, and other items documenting the music career of Sara Hickman. It is divided into seven series.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978 - 2017

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained by Sara Hickman.

Biographical / Historical

Sara Hickman grew up in Houston, Texas and attended the famed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts [HSPVA] in the late 1970s. For college, she moved away from Houston to attend North Texas State University (University of North Texas) and graduated with a BA in painting in 1986. After graduation, she relocated to Dallas and embarked on her musical career, playing at venues like Uncle Calvin's, Club Dada, and Poor David's Pub.

After recording and promoting her first album "Equal Scary People," Hickman signed with Elektra. While with the major label, she re-released that album and put out a new one, "Shortstop." Due to a variety of factors, she parted ways with the company in 1993.

Since her third album masters were Elektra property, she raised money from family, friends, and fans to buy back her masters and went on to release her fourth album, "Necessary Angels." Around the same time, she formed the trio Domestic Science Club with Robin Macy, formerly of the Dixie Chicks, and Patty Lege, which ended up putting out two albums.

In 1995, she left Dallas for Austin and has lived there ever since. She released 15 more albums over the next 20 years, including four children's albums. In 2010, the Texas State Commission on the Arts named her the Official Texas State Musician.

Since her days at HSPVA, Sara has devoted her time to a myriad of charitable activities including Habitat for Humanity, House the Homeless, Race for the Cure, and the Uganda Fistula Foundation. While she retired from music in 2017, she still continues her charity work and does vocal work for national commercials.

Extent

9 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

0.592 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0718aip_001 (0.592 GB)

13.2 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0718aip_002 (13.2 GB)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of business records, photographs, audio, newspaper clippings, and correspondence documenting the music career of Sara Hickman.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Sara Hickman in July 2017.

Accruals

Additional materials are expected for this collection.

Title
Guide to the Sara Hickman collection, 1978-2017
Status
Completed
Author
Norie Guthrie
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586