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Newspapers and clippings
Manuscripts
The Newspapers and clippings series contains mostly newspaper clippings clipped for Henry E. Huntington, and whole newspapers, all with topics related or of interest to Henry E. Huntington. There are also clippings and newspapers related to Collis P. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and the Huntington family. The following topics are covered: Henry E. Huntington's art, book, and manuscript purchases, railroads and transportation, the U.S. Navy and shipbuilding, Huntington's business interests, California, significant historical events, obituaries of both Collis P. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington, World War I and II, and Henry E. Huntington's personal life and activities. There is also a series of Los Angeles Times weather reports from 1912 to 1924. Many of the newspaper clippings are photocopies.
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Henry E. Huntington and family
Manuscripts
The Henry E. Huntington and family series deals with the life of Henry E. Huntington, the Huntington family and the Metcalf and Holladay families, from 1640 to 1984 (bulk 1849 to 1977). This series is comprised mostly of the "Bio file," which is material selected and designated by Robert O. Schad, Curator of Rare Books and curator of the Huntington papers in the 1930s, for his planned definitive biography of Henry E. Huntington; Schad never published a book, but he did have a smaller publication entitled "Henry Edwards Huntington, the Founder and the Library" published by the Huntington Library in 1931. The series contains biographical information about Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and Arabella Huntington, as well as records and documents regarding their estates and finances. There are a series of oral histories and reminiscences of Henry E. Huntington and letterbooks belonging to Collis P. Huntington, mostly related to his business ventures. There is material related to the Huntington property and residences in San Marino, California, New York City, and Chateau Beauregard in France. The financial papers are comprised of balance sheets, bank books, check stubs, monthly bank statements, and other financial documents. There are court documents in various lawsuits involving Henry E. Huntington. The collection also contains papers and material belonging to the Metcalf and Holladay families (related to the Huntingtons by marriage). There are thousands of newspaper clippings dealing with Henry E. Huntington, his businesses, railroads, and Los Angeles; that series also includes obituaries of both Collis and Henry Huntington. The scrapbook sub-series also deals with the Huntingtons and their businesses, railroads, and Los Angeles.
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William T. Holt letter to Collis P. Huntington
Manuscripts
Enclosed in: letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1888 March 7. Subjects: Kentucky railroads.
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Biographical file and personal papers
Manuscripts
The Biographical file and personal papers subseries consists of biographical material regarding Henry E. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and other Huntington family members from 1881 to 1984. The series includes material compiled by Curator Robert O. Schad dealing with Henry E. Huntington's life and career. This material is made up of articles, correspondence, clippings, papers about Founder's Day, and the building of the Mausoleum, research notes, and oral histories of people who knew and worked with Henry E. Huntington, collected from 1927 to 1984. There is also a series of letterbooks belonging to Collis P. Huntington containing business correspondence from 1881 to 1899. The Other sub-series contains information about Anna Huntington, Huntington family genealogy, William V. Huntington, and Oneonta, New York. There are several 17th and 18th century documents related to land ownership (presumably related to the Huntington family) as well as an undated notebook kept by Henry E. Huntington when he was a child.
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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington
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66 items. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to L.E. Lewis, 1892 February 17; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to M.E. Ingalls, 1892 February 20; copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 March 11, June 7, June 11, 1892 June-August, June 30, July 23; excerpt from interview with C.F. Crocker, 1892 August, and interview with C.E. Douty related to Oakland Waterfront case. Subjects: Big Sandy Railroad, James F. Woolfolk, Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co., Alabama, Louisville and Nashville, Ashland Improvement, sale of Collis P. Huntington property east of Mississippi, Kentucky railroads, Santa Monica wharf construction, bonded warehouse in Los Angeles, politics and the railroads.
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E.H. Pardee scrapbooks
Manuscripts
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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