Materials related to Phoebe Apperson Hearst, 1897-1977.

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Materials related to Phoebe Apperson Hearst, 1897-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773946410

This small group of items, which was gathered by Voncille McCord Eastham in her research on Phoebe Apperson Hearst, includes a variety of different formats including: facsimiles of letters, newsletters, newspaper clippings and copies of photographs. The topics covered include: Phoebe Apperson Hearst and the Hearst family, the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Historical Society, Inc., the kidnapping and trial of Patricia Hearst, and explosive devices going off at Wyntoon Castle, the Hearst's private estate in Siskiyou County, California in 1976, a few weeks after explosive devices went off at Hearst Castle (the New World Liberation Front claimed responsibility for both events). Notable authors include: Phoebe Apperson Hearst (two facsimiles of poetry written by her), Fred Emerson Brooks, and Austine Hearst, wife of William Randolph Hearst, Jr. The photographs include pictures of Phoebe Hearst, her residence at Pleasanton, California, and Wyntoon Castle. The items are organized in chronological order.

18 items, mostly facsimiles.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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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...

Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951

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William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his ...

New World Liberation Front

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Eastham, Voncille McCord.

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Voncille McCord Eastham, born in 1915, was the author of several books on Phoebe Apperson Hearst and the Hearst family. Eastham died in 1978. From the description of Materials related to Phoebe Apperson Hearst, 1897-1977. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 773946410 ...

Symbionese Liberation Army

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Brooks, Fred Emerson, 1850-1923

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American poet. From the description of Fred Emerson Brooks papers, 1912-1923. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122355005 ...

Hearst, Austine.

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Hearst Castle (Calif.)

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Hearst, George, 1820-1891

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George Hearst, born 1820 in Franklin County, Missouri, had little formal education but educated himself in geology and prospecting. His talent for scoping out the "layof the land" paid off in some of the most important mining claims in the United States. The Comstock Lode in Nevada, the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota and the Anaconda copper mine in Montana would become three of the largest mining discoveries in American history. As a rancher and prospector Hearst continually acquired large ...

Hearst, William Randolph, 1908-1993

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William Randolph Hearst, Jr. (1908- ), son of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, Sr., ran the New York Journal American newspaper. From the description of Hearst, William Randolph, Jr., papers, 1942-1946. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64234946 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 o...

Hearst family.

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Hearst, Patricia, 1954-....

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