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Henry E. Huntington letter to J. Collins Warren


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    Rupert Hughes letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Hughes, 1926 July 31. Subjects: George Washington Memorial Buildings, Huntington Hospital.

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    Edward K. Hoak letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: newspaper clipping, and letter from Huntington to Hoak, 1919 April 7. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital plan.

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    Archer Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Subjects: Blue Boy, Duveen, Birley portraits, Old Mill, San Marino, Huntington Library.

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    Rosalie Collins letter to Henry E. Huntington

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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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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Archer Huntington

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    Also: letter from Archer Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1900 October 16. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Chesapeake & Ohio stock purchase, Old Mill property, Mausoleum, Arabella Huntington memorial rooms and collection at the Library, Duveen, Henry E. Huntington's health.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Margaret E. Crenshaw

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    Subjects: Huntington Library.

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