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Guide to the William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Papers, 1914-1989 (bulk 1968, 1975)
BANC MSS 91/2 c
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Collection Title: William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1989
Date (bulk): (bulk 1968, 1975)
Collection Number: BANC MSS 91/2 c
Creator:
Hearst, William Randolph, 1908-
Extent:
Number of containers: 13 boxes, 1 carton, 2 oversize boxes, 20 volumes
Linear feet: 28
Linear feet: 28
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Consists of 19 bound scrapbooks, correspondence and clippings chronicling the career of William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Born
in New York City Jan. 27, 1908 to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and Millicent Willson Hearst. In 1928 he began
his career as a reporter and served as an overseas correspondent during World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. Hearst
served successively as reporter, editor and publisher of the New York American-Journal through 1956 when he assumed the reins
of the Hearst Corporation and Foundation. He died in 1993.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
William Randolph Hearst, Jr. papers, BANC MSS 91/2 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Title: George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 72/204 c
Title: William Randolph Hearst Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 77/121 c
Title: Oral history interview with William Randolph Hearst, Jr. March 25, 1971, New York,
Identifier/Call Number: N.Y. by James A. Oesterle for John F. Kennedy Library; BANC MSS 91/217 cz
Title: William Randolph Hearst, Jr. photograph collection,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1991.064-PIC
- Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
- Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
- Videotapes/sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library. Film cataloged as Motion Picture 777 C.
The William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by William Randolph Hearst, Jr. and Austine Hearst
in two increments in March and December 1991.
Funding for processing provided by the Hearst Foundation.
The William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Papers, 1914-1989 (bulk 1968, 1975), consists of 19 bound scrapbooks, correspondence and
clippings chronicling the career of William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Born in New York City Jan. 27, 1908 to newspaper magnate
William Randolph Hearst and Millicent Willson Hearst. In 1928 he began his career as a reporter for the
New York American. An overseas correspondent during World War II, he served both in Europe and the Pacific. In 1956 Joseph Kingsbury Smith, Frank
Conniff and he were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their interviews of world leaders done under
the auspices of the Hearst Task Force. Hearst Jr. served successively as reporter, editor and publisher of the
New York American-Journal through 1956, when he assumed the reins of the Hearst empire as a director of the Hearst Corporation and the Hearst Foundation.
He died in 1993.