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Bankers Trust Company letters to Henry E. Huntington


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    Central Union Trust Company of New York letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copies of three letters by Huntington to Central Union Trust Company of New York, 1922-1923.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Bankers Trust 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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    Equitable Trust Company of New York letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copy of Huntington's reply, 1923 January 13; statement from Equitable Trust Company of New York to Huntington, 1920 January 20.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Equitable Trust Co. of New York

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    Also: two letters from Equitable Trust Co. of New York to Huntington, 1922 July 25, 1923 June 18. Subjects: Chateau Beauregard.

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    George E. Miles letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: newspaper clipping about Steel trust, 1901 November 12; copy of telegram from Huntington to Miles, 1903 January 17; deposit slip of Union Trust Co. for deposit to account of Arabella Huntington, 1913 April 3; newspaper clipping about death of Baron Natal, 1915 May 11; copy of letter from Miles to National Historical Society, and printed item. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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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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