Photographs from the George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers, 1870-1920

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Summary

Creators:
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919. and Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919. (Title of work: Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers..)
Abstract:
Miscellaneous collection of snapshots, studio portraits, photos of art, postcards and a small number of tintypes and cartes-de-visite. Subjects include family portraits, world travels, archeological sites and many photos of unidentified people taken in various places. Locations include the Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (Pleasanton, Calif.) ; Lead, South Dakota; San Francisco, Calif.; the Hacienda de San Jose Babicora (Chihuahua, Mexico); and others.
Extent:
659 item(s) (3 boxes with approximately 550 items, chiefly photographic prints; approximately 109 photographic prints of portraits; black and white and albumn prints of various sizes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photographs from the George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers, BANC PIC 1972.015, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

Miscellaneous collection of snapshots, studio portraits, photos of art, postcards and a small number of tintypes and cartes-de-visite. Subjects include family portraits, world travels, archeological sites and many photos of unidentified people taken in various places. Locations include the Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (Pleasanton, Calif.) ; Lead, South Dakota; San Francisco, Calif.; the Hacienda de San Jose Babicora (Chihuahua, Mexico); and others.

Biographical / historical:

William Randolph Hearst, Jr. was 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. 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. In 1956, he also shared the Pulitzer Prize for International reporting. He died in New York City in 1993.

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers (BANC MSS 72/204 c).

Rules or conventions:
DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Negatives: available by appointment only. NNEG box 1: Restricted due to handling and transportation hazards. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photographs from the George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers, BANC PIC 1972.015, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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