Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 |
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Collector |
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dates
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1863-1951 |
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city
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Beverly Hills |
| state | CA | | other cities | San Francisco, CA; Chihuahua, Mexico; San Simeon, CA; New York, NY; Derbyshire, United Kingdom; Paradise Island, The Bahamas; |
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historical notes
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American journalist, publisher, and politician.
Ca. 1930 Hearst Publications faced bankruptcy and he was forced to sell off assets, including a large part of his massive collection of European art. The collection was sold by Hammer Gallery through Gimbel Brothers Department Store. The better works were sold at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Hearst married Millicent Veronica Willson (1882-1974), in 1903, and in 1926 she took up residence in New York, Hearst had an open affair with actress Marion Davies (1897-1961).
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decades
of activity | 1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1950-1960 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
The Bancroft Library
University of California |
William R. Hearst party photographs [graphic] |
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The Bancroft Library
University of California |
William Randolph Hearst papers, 1874-1951 (bulk 1927-1947). |
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Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus
Special Collections, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
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The William Randolph Hearst Archive |
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The Bancroft Library
University of California |
Joseph Willicombe collection of William Randolph Hearst papers, circa 1900-circa 1945. |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Please see individual record for location |
Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964 |
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The New-York Historical Society
Manuscript Department |
Mattie E. Hewitt and Richard A. Smith photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1910-1960 (bulk 1920-1939) |
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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies |
The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives) |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 |
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The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
10 East 71st Street |
Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files |
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