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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Deutschland in China, 1900-1901
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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
A collection of approximately 800 items from 1874 to 1941; the collection consists of letters (including 6 letter books), manuscripts, a journal, a diary, scrapbooks, and clippings, related to the life and military career of General Oscar Fitzalan Long. Along with the correspondence, which is mainly from 1898 to 1902, the collection also includes a journal of an expedition from Ft. Keogh under Colonel Miles in 1879, an unpublished manuscript of Long's "History of the Quartermaster Department, U.S. Army," and scrapbooks of life at West Point and the Spanish-American War. Also included are letters and diaries of Long's wife, Amy Requa Long, and letters from Collis Potter Huntington.
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Manuscripts
China in Chaos: A Brief Outline of the Foreign Concessions, with Examples of China's Disruption and Failure to Observe Her Obligations due to Civil War, Bolshevist Propaganda and Mob Law; national bank notes; postcards; Shanghai Incident Misrepresented: Shanghai Editors Draw Attention to Incorrect Reports in American Newspapers by The Press Union
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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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