Janet M. Peck family papers, 1860-1956.

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Janet M. Peck family papers, 1860-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122441301

Primarily correspondence of Peck and several family members, with some ephemera and business papers; together with correspondence and other papers of various Serbian relief organizations of World War I, including the Serbian Relief Society of California, of which Peck served as state chairperson. Includes correspondence of Peck's brother, Orrin Peck; her two sisters, Margaret Peck and Helen Peck Sanborn; and Charlotte Hughes, possibly a family friend. Much of Peck's correspondence, as well as that of her brother, is with her friend, Phoebe Hearst. Some of Helen Sanborn's correspondence relates to her work with the San Francisco Board of Education, the Red Cross, and the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). Ephemera includes calling cards, business cards, greeting cards, and other items; Peck's business papers include bills, receipts, and legal documents, along with some newspaper clippings and other miscellany. Includes a small amount of business papers of Helen Sanborn's husband, Frederick G. Sanborn; and miscellaneous volumes, chiefly account and record books, relating to household and family business, as well as Serbian relief work. In addition to Serbian Relief Society of California, Serbian relief organizations represented include: the Serbian Aid Fund of New York; the California Committee for Relief of Serbia and Northern France, of which Helen Sanborn was a member; the Serbian Hospitals Fund; and the Serbian Relief Committee of America.

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California historical society

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Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919

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Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was born in St. Clair, Missouri, the daughter of Drucilla (Whitmire) and Randolph Walker Apperson. In 1860, businessman George Hearst met Phoebe when he returned to St. Clair to care for his dying mother. When they married on June 15, 1862, George Hearst was 41 years old, and Phoebe was 19. Soon after their marriage the Hearsts moved to San Francisco, California, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst. As a very successful miner wh...

Serbian Relief Society.

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Peck, Janet M., 1864-1956.

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Peck was born in San Francisco and died in Los Altos, California. She travelled in Europe extensively. From 1917-1938, she was involved in the Serbian relief effort. From the description of Janet M. Peck family papers, 1860-1956. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122441301 ...

Peck, Orrin M., 1860-1921

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Born in Hobart, New York April 13, 1860, son of James and Margaret H. Peck, brother to Helen P. Sanborn and Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck (b. 1878). His mother Margaret befriended Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) on a steamship voyage from Panama to San Francisco, and Orrin became a close friend of Phoebe's son, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951). Peck studied art at the Akademie der Kunst in Munich from 1883 to 1889; in 1889 he moved to London with his sister Janet. He became an accomplished p...

Sanborn, Helen Peck.

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Peck, Margaret C.

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Peck family

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Hughes, Charlotte, 1954-

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