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Riverside & Arlington Railway Company petition to Board of Trustees and resolution
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W.A. Purington letter to Frank A. Miller
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Enclosed in: letter from Miller to Howard E. Huntington, 1903 December 2. Subjects: Riverside railway franchise.
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Frank A. Miller letter to Howard Huntington
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Enclosures: application by Miller to City of Riverside for railway franchise; copy of resolutions of Board of Trustees of Riverside, granting permit; letter from W.A. Purington to Miller, 1903 December 1. Subjects: Riverside & Arlington Railway Co.
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Riverside & Arlington Railway 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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Pacific Electric Railway Company letter to Gibson, Bicknell, Trask, Dunn & Crutcher
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Subjects: Riverside Railway franchise.
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Frank A. Miller letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Enclosures: 1903 March 21 letter had several copies of letters from Miller to Frank C. Prescott, Howard T. Hays, William A. Purington, Walter Lindley, C.D. Rumsey, John C. North, H.M. Streeter, M.J. Daniels, and "Dear Pastor," dated 1903 March 21. Also: copies of letter and telegram from John G. North to Miller, 1902 June 28, July 1; copy of letter from Miller to Wilson Crewdson, 1902 September 17; several newspaper clippings about Riverside and railroads; printed invitation to opening reception of the New Glenwood hotel, 1903 February 20; copy of letter from Miller to J.A. Muir, 1903 April 16 and copy of report on meeting of Board of Directors of Riverside & Arlington Railway Co., 1903 April 7; statement of Glenwood Hotel Co. operation, 1903 February-November and four related printed items; lists of stocks and stockholders of Huntington Park Association; copy of letter from Huntington to Miller, 1917 November 12; copy of letter from Huntington to Miller and letter from Huntington to Charles E. Graham, 1920 May 17; letter from Graham to Huntington, 1920 September 9; copies of letters from Huntington to Miller, 1920 November 29, 1926 December 13, 27. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Riverside railway.
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Riverside (Calif.). Office of City Clerk letter to Frank A. Miller
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Also: note from Miller to Henry E. Huntington. Also: newspaper clippings re: legal action in Arlington Street Railway vs. Riverside, California.
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