Hayes Perkins diaries

Collection

Identifier: Coll 496

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Five volumes (typescript copies) of the diaries of Hayes Perkins, titled "Here And There." Entries from 1928 to 1936 (volume 5) detail Hayes's work at San Simeon. Also includes typescript memoir, "Hayes Perkins' last journeys: across the Sahara (1952) and around South America (1955)," plus biographical information.

Dates

Creation: 1897-2002
Creation: Majority of material found within 1897-1936

Creator

Perkins, Hayes, 1878-1964 (Person)

Biographical note

Hayes Perkins was born in 1878 in Coos County, Oregon, and died in 1964 in Pacific Grove, Calif. He was a world traveler and noted gardener, and he established what is now Perkins Park in Pacific Grove. He worked as a laborer and caretaker at William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon estate, starting in 1928.

Extent

0.9 Cubic Feet (2 letter document cases and 1 slim letter document case)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Typescript copies of diaries of Hayes Perkins, titled "Here And There." Entries from 1928 to 1936 detail Hayes's work at San Simeon. Also includes typescript memoir, "Hayes Perkins' last journeys: across the Sahara (1952) and around South America (1955)," and biographical information.