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  William Randolph Hearst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hearst built a life for herself as a leading philanthropist, active in society, and creating in 1921 the Free Milk Fund for the poor.
Hearst died in 1951, aged eighty-eight, at Beverly Hills, California, and is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California.
One Hearst favorite, George Herriman, was the inventor of the dizzy comic strip Krazy Kat; not especially popular with either readers or editors, it is now considered by many to be a classic, a belief once held only by Hearst himself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst   (1724 words)

  
 William Randolph Hearst - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hearst upset the left-wing in America by being a pro-Nazi in the 1930s (for example by entertaining, in 1933, Mussolini's mistress Margherita Sarfatti during her tour of the US) and a staunch anti-Communist in the 1940s.
Hearst was aware of this film's production and he used all his resources and influence in his attempt to halt it and prevent its release at least partially because he felt it insulted Marion Davies.
In 1974 Hearst's granddaughter, Patty Hearst, became notorious after she was kidnapped by a left wing group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.
open-encyclopedia.com /William_Randolph_Hearst   (946 words)

  
 Phoebe Hearst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) was born in Franklin County, Missouri.
A major benefactor of the University of California in 1897 she became the first woman Regent of the University of California, serving on the board from 1897 until her death.
Hearst was a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phoebe_Hearst   (189 words)

  
 obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for William Randolph Hearst
Though Hearst and his wife would have 5 sons between 1904 and 1915 when their twins David and Randolph were born, Hearst was first a largely absent husband, then a philandering one, spending 30 years with his publicly flaunted mistress, actress Marion Davies.
Hearst established a number of telegraph services, became an early investor in wireless radio, with broadcast stations across the country, and became one of the first pilots in America, purchasing and flying his own aircraft less than a decade after the Wright Brothers made their charter flight at Kittyhawk.
Hearst's logical next venture in media was motion pictures, though his involvement with the film industry was ultimately influenced by his long love affair with Brooklyn-born actress Marion Davies, whom he had sought out after seeing her 1917 film "Runaway Romany", which she had scripted, starred in, and produced with her brother-in-law.
www.obits.com /hearstwilliamrandolph.html   (1632 words)

  
 American Experience | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | People & Events | PBS
It was 1862, and the nation was at war, but the Hearsts turned their eyes away from the sectional strife of North and South toward the promise of the West.
Phoebe was thrilled to see Europe in 1873, and took the attitude that she should make the most of it, in case she never went back.
Though Hearst had married a young New York chorus girl, Millicent Wilson, in 1903, his longtime companion was Marion Davies, another showgirl, whom he fell for in 1915, when he was 52 and she was a charming 18.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/guerrilla/peopleevents/p_hearst.html   (832 words)

  
 William Randolph Hearst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863–August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate, born in San Francisco, California.
A member of the United States House of Representatives (1903-1907), he failed in attempts to obtain the mayorship of New York City (1905 and 1909) and the post of governor of New York (1906), being defeated for the governorship by Charles Evans Hughes.
He also, according to hemp-industry proponents, was instrumental in publicizing and orchestrating a 1937 oil-and-timber-industry-led media campaign [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] to discredit hemp (an inexpensive petroleum and paper substitute) and marijuana (then a commonly used euphoric), which led within months to the drug and the plant being outlawed in the United States.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_randolph_hearst.html   (981 words)

  
 Phoebe Apperson Hearst (April 13, 2001)
Hearst to stand on her magnificent Spanish-style ivy-strewn veranda and look out over the Valley today, in the distance her eyes would fall upon a new addition to the landscape - a terracotta and teal edifice filled with the voices of young children.
The Hearsts' time at the Pleasanton retreat was short-lived, as George's political pursuits launched him into a position as a U.S. Senator in 1887, and the family moved to Washington, D.C. There Phoebe quickly became a prominent social figure and continued her pursuit of cultural causes.
Although Phoebe passed away five years before Apperson, 76, was born, it is well known in family history that she was a benevolent presence in the community.
www.pleasantonweekly.com /morgue/2001/2001_04_13.phoebe13.html   (1754 words)

  
 Notes on the Lives of Kane, Hearst and Welles
Hearst reports Welles to the FBI, tries to set him up on a rape charge, threatens all of the other studios in Hollywood, and tries to buy all of the prints of the film.
Hearst’s papers initially reported that he had died of acute indigestion (despite a bullet hole in his head).
Hearst was intensely jealous of Davies’ affections, and carried a revolver aboard the yacht … Louella Parsons, who would become the gossip columnist for Hearst’s papers, supposedly witnessed the incident and then received a lifetime contract from Hearst.
www.tccc.cc.nc.us /swood/DRA/KHW.htm   (1767 words)

  
 Crucible of Empire - PBS Online
William Randolph Hearst, son of wealthy U.S. Senator George Hearst and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, was born in San Francisco in 1863.
Hearst's passion for journalism began when he was a young man. As a student at Harvard, Hearst worked on the Harvard Lampoon and later apprenticed with New York World owner Joseph Pulitzer.
Hearst was critical of the treatment of U.S. troops as they returned home and blasted the Secretary of War, Russell A. Alger.
www.pbs.org /crucible/bio_hearst.html   (520 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
Hearst castle is built by William Randolph Hearst in the fist half of the 1900s.
Hearst street (the street I live on), Hearst mining building, and Hearst gym for women at UC Berkeley are all named after her.
Although the Hearst family has donated the castle to the state government, they still retain part of their land which is still thousands of acres.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~dlcc/pictures-Hearst_Castle.html   (749 words)

  
 Phoebe Hearst - Wikipedia
Soon after their marriage the couple moved to San Francisco where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst in 1863.
In 1897 she became the first woman Regent of the University of California, serving on the board from 1897 to 1919.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst died in 1919, a victim of the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phoebe_Hearst   (133 words)

  
 Phoebe Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst was born in 1842 in Franklin County, Missouri.
At the age of 19, she married George Hearst.
In 1897 she became the first woman Regent of the University of California, serving on the board from 1897 until her death.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ph/Pheobe_Hearst.html   (113 words)

  
 The Chief
Phoebe was new to the West, new to city life, and a young mother - she had been eight months shy of her twenty-first birthday when her son was born.
Phoebe Apperson had married a rich man and had expected to live as a rich man's wife, but by early 1866, only three and a half years into her marriage, she was forced to retrench.
Phoebe's and George's correspondence was marked by a strange competition as each tried to convince the other that he or she led the more difficult life, Phoebe particularly, because George's extended absences made it difficult for her to have the second child she so fervently wished for.
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 William Randolph Hearst - People of California
Hearst refined the circulation-boosting methods that he used with the Examiner, and the Journal boomed.
Hearst's papers did not lose their often sensational tactics, and his use of the papers to advocate war with Spain over Cuba in 1897 led charges of "yellow journalism" to fly.
William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California on August 14, 1951 at the age of 88.
www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ca_wrh.htm   (383 words)

  
 Berkeley Daily Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hearst Castle, which was designed by Julia Morgan, was built by William Randolf Hearst (1863-1951) the only son of George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst.
George Hearst (1820-1891) made a fortune in mining and his wife Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) became a generous benefactor of charities and, after her husband's death, of the University of California.
Hearst came to Berkeley in the fall of 1899 and had architect Bernard Maybeck build a large reception hall for her on Channing Way.
www.berkeleydaily.org /rediscover.cfm?archiveDate=02-05-02   (401 words)

  
 Julia Morgan
Hearst instructed her to build "something that would be more comfortable" than the platform tents which he previously used at the ranch.
Hearst's mother, Phoebe, had recently died in the influenza epidemic and Hearst had inherited this land as well as other Hearst property and an estimated $11 million.
Hearst's financial woes slowed the pace of her Hearst commissioned work to a crawl.
www.hearstcastle.org /history/julia_morgan.asp   (762 words)

  
 Phoebe Hearst -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Franklin County, Missouri) Franklin County, Missouri.
Hearst was a member of the (Click link for more info and facts about Bahá'í Faith) Bahá'í Faith.
She traveled to (A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean) Akka and (A major port in northwestern Israel) Haifa, (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) Israel on pilgrimage, arriving Dec. 10, 1898.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/phoebe_hearst.htm   (218 words)

  
 Phoebe Apperson Hearst
When George Hearst was elected to the United States senate in 1887, the couple relocated to Washington D.C. where Phoebe entertained many guests and statesman.
After George's death, Phoebe again returned to California and renewed construction on a palatial residence in Pleasanton, California that had been started by her son a few years earlier.
Throughout her life Phoebe was dedicated to education and, when her financial status allowed her to, she became a generous philanthropist of various educational endeavors.
www.hearstcastle.org /history/phoebe_hearst.asp   (390 words)

  
 Fall 2001 Letter Home: A Newsletter for Cal Parents
Phoebe A. Hearst (1842-1919) seated on camel (center) at Giza, Egypt, c.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology was established by the UC Regents in 1901.
Its major patron, Phoebe Hearst, supported systematic collecting efforts by archaeologists and ethnologists who acquired the nucleus of the museum's collections early in the 20th century.
calparents.berkeley.edu /letterhome/2001/fall/timeline.html   (308 words)

  
 George Hearst
George Hearst was born and raised in Franklin County, Missouri in 1820.
One of the land acquisitions was the purchase of the 48,000 acre Piedras Blancas Ranch at San Simeon in 1865.
George Hearst would use this land throughout his life as a place to retreat with his family for lavish camping trips.
www.hearstcastle.org /history/george_hearst.asp   (353 words)

  
 William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951]
William Randolph Hearst was born on April 29, 1863, in San Francisco, California, as the only child of George Hearst, a self-made multimillionaire miner and rancher, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst.
Hearst was a member of the United States House of Representatives (1903-07) In the 1920s Hearst built a castle on a 240,000 acre ranch at San Simeon, California.
Hearst upset the left-wing in America by being a pro-Nazi in the 1930s and a staunch anti-Communist in the 1940s.
www.zpub.com /sf/history/willh.html   (1490 words)

  
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From 1899 to 1905 Phoebe Hearst financed various archaeological expeditions to Egypt for the University of California.
After her death, this collection Egyptian antiquities was donated to the now Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in Berkeley.
Hearst, an "abundant mass" took up most, if not all, of the scholarly attention in the century that followed.
bancroft.berkeley.edu /Exhibits/Papyri/tebtunis.html   (685 words)

  
 Hearst
While Hearst was a boy, his father traveled through the West becoming partners in three of the largest mining discoveries ever recorded in American history: the Comstock Lode, Homestake Mine in South Dakota and the Anaconda Mine in Montana.
Hearst at this time was a U.S. Senator and had very little interest in the newspaper.
Hearst was interested in politics, and elected twice to the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.spanamwar.com /Hearst.htm   (1014 words)

  
 NAGPRA NOTICES OF INVENTORY COMPLETION: Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains of at least one individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Bureau of Indian Affairs also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico that this notice has been published.
www.cast.uark.edu /other/nps/nagpra/DOCS/nic0702.html   (411 words)

  
 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Phoebe Hearst was a major collector of Watkins' work.
In 1894, she hired the photographer to document her estate in Pleasanton, but ill-health caused Watkins to leave the commission unfinished after a year of work.
Her 140 Watkins pictures in the Hearst Museum form the core of a collection of about 400 photographs that she donated in 1904 (including those of O'Sullivan, Jackson, Hillers, and Beato).
hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu /exhibitions/photo/watkins.html   (307 words)

  
 Odds & Ends, November 1996
Phoebe Apperson was born on December 3, 1842, on a farm in Missouri.
It was in 1872, while Phoebe was considering a trip to Europe for herself and young William, that Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco, on January 20, to Charles and Eliza Parmalee Morgan.
Encouraged by Phoebe Hearst and architect John Galen Howard (he had gained a commission from The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Architectural Competition to design a master plan for the University of California), she sailed for Europe in 1896, traveling to Paris to enroll in the L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
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 Art Collection
William Randolph Hearst was one of the many wealthy American collectors in the 19th and early 20th centuries who built and decorated sumptuous homes.
Complete care, maintenance and management of the collections at Hearst Castle is the responsibility of the Collections Management Section.
Officially christened in 1984, the section has been working to care for the artifacts since Hearst Castle was donated to the State of California in 1957 as a historic house museum.
www.hearstcastle.com /art/default.asp   (249 words)

  
 FR Doc 03-27524
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; and Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodsford Community, Stewart Community, and Washoe Ranches).
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the three objects described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; and Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodsford Community, Stewart Community, and Washoe Ranches) that this notice has been published.
a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-27524.htm   (595 words)

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