Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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Rare Books
648726
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Manuscripts
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens series documents the founding and history of the institution. The series includes early book lists, invoices, and receipts related to Henry E. Huntington's book purchases from various dealers and sales, as well as auction catalogs, some with handwritten notes that may be by Huntington. It also contains scrapbooks documenting Huntington's art purchases, chiefly from Duveen, dating from 1892 to 1946. Materials related to a 1934 to 1935 tax appeal case by the estate of Henry E. Huntington include court proceedings, appraisals of Huntington's land and company assets, and maps. The series also contains several boxes of photocopied newspaper clippings from 1897 to 1949 about Henry E. Huntington and the creation of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. These clippings highlight some of Huntington's notable purchases and include material related to Arabella Huntington. Additional materials concern Proposition 15, passed in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. Miscellaneous materials include documents related to Huntington's head gardener, William Hertrich, as well as scrapbooks, ephemera, and business records.
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Rare Books
318976
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Manuscripts
Three copies
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