File:George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers, 1849-1926 (IA bancroft appersonhearst 3002 5).pdf

National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collection

Contains personal and business papers of George Hearst and his wife, Phoebe Apperson Hearst. George Hearst's papers include correspondence, illustrated mining notes and reports, bills of sale, and other material related to mines and ranches primarily in the West and Mexico. The bulk of the collection concerns the philanthropic, charitable and social activities of Phoebe Apperson Hearst. Her papers include family and personal correspondence, mining and property files, material related to her work as regent, and files on philanthropy, charity, collecting, and household management

Preferred citation: George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers. BANC MSS 72/204 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1972.015)

George Hearst was a rancher, mining tycoon, and politician. In 1887 he acquired the San Francisco Examiner as payment for a gambling debt. He later turned over control of the newspaper to his son, William Randolph Hearst

Phoebe Apperson Hearst was a philanthropist and collector of art and antiquities. She also served as the first female Regent or the University of California (1897-1919) and was a major benefactress of the University and other institutions

Finding aid

BANC; BANC MSS 72/204 c: Lists of furniture at Hacienda, 1906, also available on microfilm. 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 1283)

BANC; BANC FILM 2718: Positive microfilm

ANEG; Box 3002: Archival film

BNEG; Box 3002: Printing master

Subjects: Hearst, George, 1820-1891; Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919; Hearst, George, 1820-1891; Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919; Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933; Hilles, Florence Bayard, 1866-1954; Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927; Hearst, William Randolph, 1908-1993; Hearst, George Randolph; Hearst, John Randolph; Beel, Sigmund S; Clark, Edward Hardy, 1864-1945; Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931; Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960; Reisner, George Andrew, 1867-1942; Uhle, Max, 1856-1944; Stevenson, Sara Yorke, 1847-1921; University of California (1868-1952); University of California (1868-1952). Regents; Homestake Mining Company; San Luis Mining Company; Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California; University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Archaeology; United States. Congress. Senate; University of California (1868-1952). Dept. of Anthropology; National Congress of Mothers (U.S.); National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations (U.S.); George Washington Memorial Association; Lux School of Industrial Training (San Francisco, Calif.); Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Hearst Egyptian Expedition; Mines and mineral resources; Mines and mineral resources; Kindergarten; Charities; Collectors and collecting