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."
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Rights
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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.
Also: copies of letter from Fletcher to Huntington, 1926 March 27, from George D. Hapgood to Fletcher, 1926 April 5, and from Huntington to Fletcher, 1926 April 7; letter from Carl C. Dorland to Fletcher, 1926 March 24. Subjects: plants, gardens, Blue Boy, Balboa Park Art Gallery.
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.
Also: copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1925 December 30, Albert Crutcher to Huntington, 1926 April 6, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926 April 5, copies of correspondence with Kenmore Realty Co., 1926 May 10-27, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926, June 1, copy of telegram from Adams to Huntington, and clipping. Subject: Brooklyn properties, Montague Glass, Colonel Montgomery and shipyard taxes, Henry E. Huntington's income tax, Archer Huntington and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Clara Perkins, Sir Joseph Duveen, Newport & Mississippi Valley Co., George Washington Bi-centennial Celebration Committee, business stocks, and Henry E. Huntington's health. 55 pieces.
