Overview
Collection Information
Size: 12 Items
Summary: 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.
Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Provenance
Donated 1997 by Helen Laird.
Language Note
Undetermined .
Location of Originals
- Location of originals unknown. Lost after the death of Borg's widow Lilly Lindstrand Borg Elmberg.
