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Guide to the William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Papers, 1914-1989 (bulk 1968, 1975)

Collection Summary

Collection Title:
William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Papers, 1914-1989 (bulk 1968, 1975)

Collection Number:
BANC MSS 91/2 c

Creator:
Hearst, William Randolph, 1908-

Extent:
Number of containers: 13 boxes, 1 carton, 2 oversize boxes, 20 volumes

Linear feet: 28

Repository:
The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Abstract:
Consists of 19 bound scrapbooks, correspondence and clippings chronicling the career of William Randolph Hearst, Jr. 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 in both Europe and the Pacific. 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. He died in 1993.

Physical Location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Languages Represented:
English