Manuscripts

Helen M. Daggett letter to Chester March Cate

Description: Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Daggett, 1927 March 22.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1927 March11
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.

M. Parish Watson letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Watson, 1927 March 21.

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Max Farrand letter to George Ellery Hale

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Typewritten copy. Enclosed in: George Ellery Hale letter to Henry E. Huntington, 1927 March 9.

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Chester March Cate letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copy of Huntington Library "Bulletin," 1924 October 8. Subjects: Arabella Huntington's death.

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Howard Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Enclosures: 1905 March 31 letter had letter from Antoine Borel & Co. to Howard Huntington, 1905 March 28 and letter from C.A. Henderson to Howard Huntington, 1905 March 31; 1908 November 4 letter had copy of letter from Howard Huntington to J. McMillan, 1908 September 15. Also: copies of letters from G.J. Kuhrts to Howard Huntington, 1904 August 2, 1907 January 22 and blueprint map of area showing Los Angeles River from Fremont Gate to Downey Avenue; receipt from Howard Huntington for account of Henry E. Huntington, to E.T. Cook, 1908 March 19; newspaper clippings re: Eugene E. Hewlett; copy of house repair estimate from Myron Hunt to Howard Huntington, 1918 November 23; copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Howard Huntington. Subjects: Los Angeles Railway Co., Pacific Electric Co., Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles Land Co., Isaias W. Hellman, , George A. Damon, end of Word War I, influenza epidemic.

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Chester Cate death

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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 (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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J.A. Muir letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Enclosed in: 1897 March 1 was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 22. Enclosures: 1899 December 25 letter had letter from M.H. Sherman to Muir, 1899 December 22; 1900 January 29 letter had letter from Sherman to Muir, 1900 January 25; 1901 February 8 letter had letter from John M. Crawley to Muir, 1901 February 6. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 May 1; copies of two letters from Muir to Collis P. Huntington and Charles F. Crocker, 1896 May 5; copy of letter from Muir to M. H. Sherman, 1899 December 23. Subjects: Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co., Santa Monica and San Pedro harbors, California politics, Hawaii, Los Angeles property Alameda St., Collis P. Huntington memorial and estate.

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Helen M. Daggett letter to Chester March Cate

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