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Orrin M. Peck Papers: Finding Aid http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b281cp No online items Orrin M. Peck Papers: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Mitchell W. K. Toda, January 7, 2001. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2001 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Orrin M. Peck Papers: Finding Aid mssPeck papers 1 Overview of the Collection Title: Orrin M. Peck Papers Dates (inclusive): 1878-1951 Bulk dates: 1890-1915 Collection Number: mssPeck papers Creator: Peck, Orrin M., 1860-1921. Extent: 3,547 pieces in 17 boxes and 1 oversize folder Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection consists of the personal correspondence of American portraitist and landscape painter Orrin Peck (1860-1921) and his sister, Janet Peck. The collection contains references to various artists, musicians, authors, and public figures chiefly from the 1890s-1910s. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Orrin M. Peck Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Purchased from W. P. Wreden, October 4, 1961. Related Materials in the Huntington Library Photographs and printed items were transferred to the Photo Archives and Rare Books Department of the Huntington Library including: • Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs (Call number: photCL 359) Biographical Note Orrin M. Peck (1860-1921) was born in Hobart, New York in 1860, the son of James and Margaret H. Peck and brother to Helen P. Sanborn and Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck (b. 1878). In 1862, on the steamship Sonora bound for San Francisco from Panama, his mother, Margaret H. Peck, met Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) and took care of the then- pregnant bride. Orrin became a close friend of Phoebe’s son, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), and was even the best man at his wedding. With funding from Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Peck studied art in Munich and collaborated with Carl von Marr (1858-1936) on some of his work. Peck became an accomplished portrait and landscape painter and had his works exhibited in London, Munich, and the United States. He was commissioned to paint portraits of Mrs. Hearst and William Randolph Hearst. Peck traveled to San Francisco from Europe periodically up until World War I and in 1912 he returned to San Francisco permanently. He was with William Randolph Hearst in New York and Florida before being hired to design the landscaping for his San Simeon home in California in 1920. Peck died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1921. Bibliography Fielding, Mantle. Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Apollo, 1986. Neuhaus, Eugen. The History & Ideals of American Art. Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press, 1931. Robinson, Judith. The Hearsts: An American Dynasty. Newark, Del.: University of Delaware Press, 1991. Scope and Content This collection consists mainly of the personal correspondence of Orrin M. Peck (1860-1921) and his sister, Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck (b. 1878). As an artist Orrin was in contact with and befriended many other artists of the time, and the Orrin M. Peck Papers: Finding Aid mssPeck papers 2 collection contains correspondence from Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), Pablo Casals (1876-1973), John Drew (1853-1927), Neville Lytton (b. 1879), Carl von Marr (1858-1936), Lillian Nordica (1857-1914), Joseph Pennell (1857- 1926), and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), as well as references to Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914). As the Peck family moved in the various social circles of the elite in San Francisco, the letters often discuss the political environment in the city during the 19th and 20th centuries as well as national politics during this same time period. Thus there is correspondence from Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947), John James Ingalls (1833-1900), Henry C. Ide (1844-1921), and Lou Henry Hoover (1874-1944). References may also be found regarding Enrique Loynaz del Castillo (1871-1963), James D. Phelan (1861-1930), Lillie Hitchcock Coit (1843-1929), and John D. Spreckels (b. 1853). Orrin M. Peck and Janet M. Peck were quite social, with Orrin spending many evenings at the Bohemian Club and Janet throwing dinner parties, they associated with a variety of people such as Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857- 1941), Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Lou Henry Hoover (1874-1944), William Orton Tewson (1877-1947), and Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1933). An additional note, many correspondents refer to Janet as “Jen, Jenny, or Jennie.” There are 119 letters in the collection from Phoebe Apperson Hearst, which span the dates of 1885-1917. These letters discuss her philanthropy in the fields of art and education, life in California, her son William Randolph Hearst, her travels to different countries in Europe and Asia, and national politics. Throughout the collection correspondents make numerous references to the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and to their opinions and activities in regards to World War I and II. Lastly two letters contain references to Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), one from a man with the last name Deven written to Orrin M. Peck in 1906 in regards to his art and literary collections and the other from Margaret H. Peck dated August 30th, but with no year, in regards to his developments in Pasadena, California. Arrangement The collection is organized in the following manner: 1. Correspondence – arranged alphabetically (Boxes 1-13). 724 folders. 2. Manuscript notes, fragments, lists, etc. (Box 14). 13 folders. 3. Financial documents, photographs, calling cards, etc. (Box 15). 10 folders. 4. Oversize ephemera, clippings, receipts & bills (Box 16). 13 folders. 5. Bound volumes and crystal seal (Box 17). 6 pieces. 6. Oversize folder. 2 pieces. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911. Coit, Lillie Hitchcock, 1843-1929. Drew, John, 1853-1927. Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919. Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951. Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927. Peck, Janet M. (Janet Moore), b. 1878. Peck, Orrin M., 1860-1921. Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930. Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.) Hearst Castle (Calif.) Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) Artists -- California -- 19th century -- Archives. Artists -- California -- 20th century -- Archives. Artists and patrons -- California. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906. Orrin M. Peck Papers: Finding Aid mssPeck papers 3 Women philanthropists -- California -- Correspondence. World War, 1914-1918 -- California. World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion. World War, 1939-1945 -- California. World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion. Portrait painters -- California -- Correspondence. Landscape painters -- California -- Correspondence. Europe -- Description and travel. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Forms/Genres Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century. Photographs -- 19th century. Newspaper clippings -- 19th century. Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century. Photographs -- 20th century. Newspaper clippings -- 20th century. Additional Contributors Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973. Drew, John, 1853-1927. Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919. Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951. Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944. Marr, Carl von, 1858-1936. Peck, Janet M. (Janet Moore), b. 1878. Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Correspondence Box 1 Correspondence (A-B) Folder 1 Abastaipre, T. Condurier de to "Cherè Madame”. 1916 Physical Description: 1 piece Folder 2 Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 to Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck. 1900 Physical Description: 1 piece Folder 3 Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 to Orrin M. Peck. 1899 Physical Description: 1 piece Folder 4 Abbey, W. Gertrude to Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck. 1901-1907 Physical Description: 3 pieces Folder 5 Adams, Regina to Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck. 1907, undated Physical Description: 2 pieces Folder 6 Adams, Regina to Orrin M. Peck. Undated Physical Description: 1 piece Orrin M. Peck Papers: Finding Aid mssPeck papers 4 Correspondence Folder 7 , Albert to Orrin M. Peck. Undated Physical Description: 1 piece Folder 8 Albert Amor Ltd. to Orrin M. Peck. 1908 Physical Description: 1 piece Folder 9 Alexander, A to “My dear Dunlop . .” Undated
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