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Archival Information
Researchers and scholars
seeking information on Hearst Castle or the various
endeavors and enterprises of the Hearst family can
find large amounts of primary materials at institutions
throughout California and the United States.
The Bancroft Library,
University of California at Berkeley holds the papers
of Phoebe and George Hearst, William Randolph Hearst,
and William Randolph Hearst, Jr. Other related collections
include the papers of John Russell Hastings, Fremont
Older, Edmond D. Colblentz and John Francis Neylan.
The Special Collections
Department at the Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic
State University at San Luis Obispo holds the Julia
Morgan Collections. Morgan was the architect for Hearst's
San Simeon estate, La Cuesta Encantada, as well as other
residential and commercial projects for the Hearst family.
In addition, it was once the repository for the Hearst
San Simeon State Historical Monument Archives, which
consists of 10,000 drawings and blueprints of the Castle.
These archives are now stored permanently at Hearst
San Simeon State Historical Monument.
The San Luis Obispo
Country Historical Museum holds the George Loorz papers.
Loorz was the Superintendent of Construction at San
Simeon from 1932-1941, and the company he worked for,
Stolte Inc., oversaw the work following World War II
until 1948.
For materials relating
to Marion Davies' and Hearst's involvement in the film
industry, consult the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences in Beverly Hills.
There are a number of
institutions that house Hearst newspaper-related materials.
The Special Collections Department at the University
of Southern California houses the Hearst Collection,
which consists of 1.2 million photographs and negatives
from the Herald, the Examiner and the
Herald-Examiner along with clippings from the
Examiner.
The newspaper morgue
of the Herald-Examiner can be found at the Los
Angeles Central Library. The repository of the New
York Journal American is located at University of
Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
Archival Materials
- Last updated 03/15/01
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences
Margaret Herrick Library
333 South La Cienega
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 247-3020
Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-6481
Special Collections/Robert
E. Kennedy Library
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 94109
(805) 746-2305
College of Environmental
Design
University of California
232 Wurster Hall Berkeley, CA 94720
Department of Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angles, CA 90089-0182
Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center
Office of the Librarian
University of Texas
P.O. Drawer 7219
Austin, TX 78712-7219
(512) 471-9119
Los Angles Central Library
History and Genealogy Department
630 W. 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2002
(213) 612-3200 (Main Library)
(213) 228-7400 (History & Genealogy Dept.)
San Luis Obispo Historical Museum
P.O. Box 1391
696 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
(805) 543-0638
Photographic Materials
Hearst San Simeon State
Historical Monument
750 Hearst Castle Road
San Simeon, CA 93452
(805) 927-2020
AP/Wide World Photos
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
(212) 621-1930
Marc Wanamaker, Bison Archives
650 N. Bronson Ave. #B-112
Hollywood, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 461-2714
Fax: (310) 275-3624
Brown Brothers
P.O. Box 50
Sterling, PA 18463
Phone: (570) 689-9688
Fax: (570) 689-7873
Website: www.brownbrothersusa.com
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 357-1848
Fax: (415) 357-1850
Website: www.calhist.org
Special Collections/Robert E. Kennedy Library
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 94109
(805) 756-2305
Turner Broadcasting Company
1050 Techwood Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 827-1700
UCLA Film and Television Archive
302 E. Melnitz
Box 951323
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1323
(310) 206-8013
Website: www.cinema.ucla.edu
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