Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The Huntington : Oak Knoll, Pasadena : D.M. Linnard manager
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Also: copy of letter sent to families near Huntington Hotel, 1923 February 16; copy of letter from Huntington to Linnard, 1923 March 2; newspaper clipping.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Manuscripts
Enclosed in: letter from Hunt to Henry E. Huntington, 1912 November 20. Subjects: Wentworth Hotel.
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Visual Materials
A panoramic view of the front of the Huntington Hotel, at the corner of Oak Knoll and Wentworth. The drive that leads to the front entrance is lined with bushes and shrubs, and the wings of the hotel are starting to be covered with crawling vines.
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Visual Materials
A panoramic view of the front of the Huntington Hotel, at the corner of Oak Knoll and Wentworth. There is a large lawn in front of the hotel which is surrounded by a drive that leads to the front entrance and is lined with bushes and shrubs. The wings of the hotel are starting to be covered with crawling vines.
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