Phoebe A. Hearst letters to Carl O. Borg
name: label: Creator
content: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919
label: Names
content: Borg, Carl Oscar, 1879-1947
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1997 by Helen Laird.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hearst was an art collector and patron; Pleasanton and San Francisco, Calif. She was the mother of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. Among the artists to whom she provided financial support was the Swedish born painter and etcher Carl Oscar Borg (1879-1947). Borg, who settled in Los Angeles in 1903, specialized in depicting Native Americans and landscapes of California and the Southwest.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1919
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hearphoe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: All photocopies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of originals unknown. Lost after the death of Borg's widow Lilly Lindstrand Borg Elmberg.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters from Phoebe A. Hearst to Borg, written from her California residences in McCloud, Pleasanton, and the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The letters reflect Heart's interest in Borg's career, her financial support of his European travels, and the closeness of their relationship.