Beautiful bindings, rare and fine books, autograph letters, valuable manuscripts…by Henry E. Huntington, William K. Bixby and E. Dwight Church

Beautiful bindings, rare and fine books, autograph letters, valuable manuscripts…by Henry E. Huntington, William K. Bixby and E. Dwight Church | Collections | The Huntington

Description: With handwritten annotations.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1916 March
Call number: mssHEH
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwin L. Lewis, November 1939.; Gift of Louise Ward Watkins, July 1946.; Gift of Collis Holladay, April 1967.; Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, 1977-1981.; Gift of Clifford Henry, May 1978.; Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.; Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.; 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.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; NOT AVAILABLE: Boxes 67-69, 74: Audio materials are not available for paging until reformatted. Please contact Reader Services for more information.; RESTRICTED: Box 541: Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,); Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,); Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888); Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939); Farrand, Max, (1869-1945); Graham, Charles E. (1868-1938,); Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,); Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966); Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878); Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,); Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,); Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,); Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,); Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,); Mahl, William, (1868-1953,); Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,); Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927); Miles, George E., (1874-1937,); Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1870-1920.); Otis, Harrison Gray, (1824-1893,); Patton, George S.; Pope, John Russell,; Smith, George D.; Stanford, Leland,; Tweed, Charles H.,
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