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Huntington Land & Improvement Company letter to C.I. Parker


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    Charles E. Graham letters to Huntington Land & Improvement Company

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    Also: letters from Huntington Land & Improvement Company to Graham, 1903 September 1, 1922 February 23, June 3, 14, 1923 May 28, 1924 August 22, September 4; letter and report from The Naples Company, Naples Extension Co., and San Gabriel River Improvement Co., 1924 September 18. Subjects: real estate in California, Marengo Water Co., Los Angeles Railway Corp., library book stacks, Santa Monica Ranch, Old Mill, Arabell Huntington account, Huntington's taxes, stocks, William E. Dunn, George S. Patton, Alfred Dodge Manufacturing Co. bonds, Redondo Co., and Paso Robles Ranch.

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    Huntington Land & Improvement Company letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copy of letter from M. Knoedlger & Co. to G.C. Ward, 1911 January 20; map of track No. 2949 in San Marino; copy of statement of lot sales by Huntington Land & Improvement Co. and associated companies, 1915 September 18; sales report of lots, 1922-January 1-May 15; sales report, 1921 September-December; copy of letter from Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1923 January 15; copies of two letters from Charles E. Graham to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1922 June 7, August 30. Subjects: Huntington residence and shipping things from New York, Marengo Water Co., Huntington Lodge, Garvey Water Co., Huntington Hotel, Arabella Huntington accounts, 11th and Broadway lot.

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    Huntington Land & Improvement Company documents, report, and financial papers

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    Enclosed in: cost sheets of lands acquired for the Pacific Electric Railway Co....was in letter from Huntington Land & Improvement Company to Huntington, 1903 September 9. Includes: list of Central Avenue property; balance sheets; cost sheets of lands acquired for the Pacific Electric Railway Co. from the Los Angeles Land Co., Huntington Hotel report on operations, 1916; map of San Marino, California, 1927; salaries of officers, 1914.

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    Huntington Land & Improvement Company letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Enclosures: 1903 September 9 letter had cost sheets of lands acquired for Pacific Electric Railway Co., from Los Angeles Land Co., and copies of correspondence between Henry E. Huntington and C.A. Henderson, 1902 August-September; 1905 March 2 letter had letter from John Earle Jarding to George S. Patton, 1905 March 1. Also: blueprint map showing lands acquired for Right-of-Way for the Pacific Electric Railway Co.; copies of letters from Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1904 May 20, May 21; copies of letters from Huntington to E.G. Wood, 1904 May 12, 25; letter from Huntington to E.W. Boehme, 1905 October 10; copy of letter from Huntington to Patton, 1905 January 24 and envelope advertising Huntington properties in Alhambra, California; letter from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906 October 27; copies of letters from Huntington to Patton, 1905 October 31, 1906 November 13; letters from Patton to Huntington, 1906 October 30, November 8; statements of lots sold from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906-1908; statement of disbursements for Howard Huntington house from August 1906 to June 1907. Subjects: California and Santa Monica real estate, Pasadena Country Club, Oak Grove Improvement Co., San Marino land development.

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    Huntington Land & Improvement Company letters to William Hertrich

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    Also: copy of letter from Hertrich to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1922 June 13. Subjects: Los Angeles Public Library and Henry E. Huntington impersonator, Duveen property in San Marino, cars owned by Huntington, Dolgeville orchard, Alhambra.

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    Huntington Land and Improvement Company

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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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