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J. & S. Goldschmidt letters to Henry E. Huntington


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    Edward G. Getz letters to Henry E. Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Subjects: bronzes.

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    W. & J. Sloane letters to Henry E. Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Also: invoices for items purchased.

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    Paul Troubetzkoy letters to Henry E. Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Some are photocopies; orginials in HEH Art Gallery Archive. Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Troubetzkoy, 1917 September 11; copy of telegram from Huntington to Troubetzkoy, 1918 December 5. Subjects: bronzes, bronze bust of Henry E. Huntington.

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    J. Starkie Gardner letters to Henry E. Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Photocopies, originals in Art Gallery Archives. Also: invoices. Subjects: 18th century Beddington gates for San Marino Ranch.

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    Wm. Baumgarten & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Also: bill of lading for shipment of furniture and several invoices (some items with Huntington's notes) and five memos by Huntington.

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    J. Henry Meyer 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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