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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Signed by Bryson Burroughs. Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Burroughs, 1926 July 31, August 17; certificate of election as Fellow for Life for Huntington.
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Also: copy of W.B. Davids letter to Adams, 1926 August 14, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926 August 21, copies of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926, December 13 and 1927 February 1 . Subject: Henry E. Huntington's income tax, Minneapolis & St. Louis stock, the Italian Primitives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gibson affair, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926 December 13, Colonel Montgomery and power of attorney, Chase Bank and librarians' salaries, Archer Huntington, and Clara Perkins. 41 pieces.
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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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Note: 1924 March 24 letter is signed by Harry Chandler. Also: copy of letter by Huntington to J.B. Fredericks, 1923 January 8; copy of report "Results of Balanced Prosperity Fund Activities of the Industrial Department of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce during 1924;" copies of letters from Huntington to Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1926, January 23, April 27, 1927 February 4; copy of report by the Special Committee of Forestation, 1926; copy of letter from Huntington to Arthur S. Bent, 1926 August 29. Subjects: Los Angeles Post Office building, Huntington given certificate "The Symbol of Good Citizenship," 1927.
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Also: copy of Huntington's reply, 1926 March 21. Subjects: Museum of Natural History, New York City.
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Note: some are photocopies; originals are in Huntington Art Gallery Archive. Also: letter from Huntington to Kerr, 1926 June 15; description and photographs of Louis XVI sofa and chairs and copy of letter from Huntington to Kerr, 1926 September 21; October 1926 issue of Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Subjects: John Constable's "A Lock on the Stour."
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