Julia Morgan Papers

Mounted hand-tinted print by Roberts & Roberts.

Mounted hand-tinted print by Roberts & Roberts.

Mounted hand-tinted print by Roberts & Roberts.

Mounted hand-tinted print by Roberts & Roberts.

Mounted hand-tinted print by Roberts & Roberts.

A hallway in a building with tile floors and arched windows

An ornately designed metal grate in three sections

A room with chandeliers and a cordoned-off doorway that leads to two stairways; on the desk is a visitor book

An unoccupied desk with a card that reads 'Subscriptions' behind a door with the same title

Sculpture of a nude woman carrying a water jug on her shoulder. The sculpture is placed among other sculpture pieces and stands in front of window of a wooden building's exterior wall.

Two cherub sculptures rest on a plank supported by sand bags. Many sandbags rise above the sculptures.

Casa del Mar (House A) main entry with art objects.

Two cherubs clap hands and smile at each other. They are set next to other item stored in boxes and covered with drapery.

Hearst Castle site during early phases of construction, with a large amount of construction fencing in front of trees.

French Gothic fireplace at west end of the Refectory in Casa Grande (Main House).

Interior of a bedroom at San Simeon. Tapestry lines wall above bed.

View into living room of North Star home in Grass Valley. Two tiger pelt rugs are visible on hardwood floor and the edge of the fireplace is partially seen on the left side of the image. View looks towards window and exposed ceiling beams included in image.

Caption reads "Dorothy getting her white shoes blackened at [illeg.] Morocco." A photo of Dorothy Mackaill seated with unidentified man.

Caption reads: 'Sunny Spain -- about to start for foggy England.' Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst standing next to two women, in front of an airplane whose ladder steps are down.

Woman (possibly Lorna Velie Hearst), standing on park bench in the intersection of garden walkway at St. Donat's.

Marion Davies (second from right) standing with three unidentified women in front of a plane, likely in Madrid, Spain, before they flew to England.

Caption reads: 'Getting out of the plane at Littlefield - a forced landing. We were happy to land.' Marion Davies is smiling, and William Randolph Hearst is descending the steps from the airplane.

Caption reads: 'The gateway to the castle in Wales. Buster and Lorna'. Likely Buster Collier and Lorna Velie Hearst (married at the time to George Randolph Hearst, Jr.), who visited St. Donat's with Hearst in 1934.

Caption in Hearst's handwriting says "New Pool at St. Donat's".

Marion Davies standing at airplane runway. Caption reads: 'The aviation field. American aviatrix in foreground.'

George Randolph Hearst, Jr. (at right) and woman seated in plane.

Photo of the Alcázar of Segovia. Caption reads: 'A 'Castle in Spain'... Gandhi in the foreground.' The name Gandhi refers to Marion Davies' dog.

Gardens of the Alcázar of Seville

Seated in an airplane, Marion Davies smiles beside William Randolph Hearst, who is pointing at the camera.

Casa del Sol (House C) exterior, west façade. Back: "12/20/23 photo by W. L. Huber"

The date of 1926 is based on Sara Holmes Boutelle's date in her 1988 biography of Julia Morgan "Julia Morgan: Architect" but the year may be disputed.

Phoebe Apperson Hearst's Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Pleasanton, California, 1903.

Copy print of a photograph of William Randolph Hearst's Milpitas Ranch in Monterey County. The original photograph was taken in 1929. The verso reads: '8084; Farm Buildings; Milpitas Ranch; Property of W.R. Hearst Sept. 2, 1929'.

Photograph from plane looking east at Casa Grande (Main House) center, Casa del Sol (House C), left and Casa del Mar (House A), right. Includes Julia Morgan's holographic notes on top of Casa Grande (Main House) and Casa del Mar (House A). Construction workers' residences visible on the south side. Written on verse: "#1 Hearst Castle Copyright 1931 by H W Rudy Truesdale San Luis Obispo, Calif."

Bedroom in Doge's Suite on interior of Casa Grande (Main House) featuring detailed tapestry above the bed and ornate details throughout bedroom.

View from Neptune Terrace looking northwest. Marble swan light fixtures designed by Thaddeus Joy.

Casa Grande (Main House) under construction.

Photo shows the cherub fountain, which was outside A House circa 1924, and later removed.

Detail of stonework on the Neptune Terrace at Hearst Castle

Spanish Gothic Chest from the 15th century located in Gothic Suite Sitting Room of Casa Grande (Main House). Religious artifacts also pictured.