John Howard Hickcox, Sr.

Hickcox Gravestone

John Howard Hickcox, Sr. (1832–1897), [1] a nineteenth century librarian and bookseller [2], is well known for his efforts to organize and index federal government publications. He published United States Government Publications; a Monthly Catalogue, also known as Hickcox's Monthly Catalogue[3], from 1885 [4] to 1894 [5] in order to alert people to the availability of recent government publications—a function which the government was not performing. His catalog was the predecessor of the Monthly Catalog[6], of which he was the first compiler.

Hickcox was also a famous numismatist, and wrote books such as A History of the Bills of Credit or Paper Money Issued by New York, From 1709 to 1789 with a Description of the Bills, and Catalogue of the Various Issues[7] and Historical Account of American Coinage.

References

• Nancy F. Stimson and Wendy Y. Nobunaga, "Life and times of John H. Hickcox: Government publications history revisited" (1995). Journal of Government Information. 22 (5), pp. 403–412. Postprint available for free at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/1830
• Nancy F. Stimson and Wendy Y. Nobunaga, "The arrest and vindication of John H. Hickcox" (2004). Journal of Government Information. 30 (5-6), pp. 751–758. Postprint available free at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/708
• Nancy F. Stimson and Wendy Y. Nobunaga, "John H. Hickcox's Confession: An Addendum" (2007). Government Information Quarterly. 24 (1), pp. 216–217. Postprint available free at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/1921