Manuscripts

George P. Winship letters to Myron Hunt

Description: Subjects: suggestions for Huntington Library building.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1918
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.

Myron Hunt letter to George P. Winship

Manuscripts

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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Henry E. Huntington letters to Myron Hunt

Manuscripts

Also: note by Hunt to Huntington; letter from Charles E. Richards to Huntington, 1918 August 2; list of printer's marks selected by Huntington. Subjects: photographs of Huntington residence, Huntington Library plans, bronze doors for library, congratulations on Pasadena Public Library building.

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Myron Hunt letter to Archer Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: drawings of Library and stacks building, 1918 September 19, and 13 photographs of preliminary plans, with one page of pencil notes. Subjects: Huntington Library building.

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Myron Hunt letter to William Hertrich

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from John Polachek Bronze & Iron Co., 1921 January 13. Subjects: bronze doors, Huntington Library building.

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Myron Hunt letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of contracts and blueprints for Huntington Library construction; drawings and photographs for Hotel Wentworth; notes in Huntington's hand on 1916 December 13 letter; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1918 June 22; letter from American System of Reinforcing to Hunt, 1919 March 10, and Hunt's reply, March 11; list of items included in Richards-Neustadt Construction Co. bid, 1919 March 14; copy of letter by Hunt to Art Metal Construction Co.; copy of letter from T.E. Milster to Hunt, 1920 February 20; reports on payments on Library building; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1923 September 11. Subjects: Huntington Library, Hotel Wentworth, George Watson Cole, open shop vs union labor.

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Myron Hunt letter to William C. Crowell

Manuscripts

Also: three Contract Memorandums, 1920-1922. Subjects: Huntington Library construction.

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George P. Winship letters to Myron Hunt

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