Manuscripts

Samuel W. Holladay letter to Chris Alpers

Description: Laid in printed pamphlet "Open letter of S.W. Holladay…with a Statement of True Money principles," 1898 August. Also: pencil memo notes laid in second copy of pamphlet.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1901 May 27
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.

Samuel W. Holladay memo re: monetary principles

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Also: two copies of printed pamphlet "Money Principles Formulated," by S.W. Holladay, 1880 November 9.

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E.F. Leonard letters to Edmund B. Holladay

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Also: letter from Holladay to Leonard, 1924 November 18; memo in handwriting of Holladay. Subjects: S.W. Holladay estate.

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Amos C. Springer letter to Samuel W. Holladay

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Also: memorandum of agreement related to the Spring brake…for railroad cars; copy of letter from Pennsylvania Railroad Co. to J.D. Butterworth, 1882 May 16; memo about agreement, 1882 May 19.

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Harriet Holladay letter to Samuel W. Holladay

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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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McHardy letter to Samuel W. Holladay

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Unknown first name.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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49 items. Enclosure: 1898 June 21 letter had letter from William Hood to Henry E. Huntington, with cost report, 1898 June 20. Also: copy of telegram from P.R. Thompson to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 June 4; copies of two reports on John Cross, 1894-1895; copy of a "Statement of Cost of Southern California Motor Road, complete to May 31, 1898;" memo on cash increases, leading stations, first five months, 1898; blueprint map showing Southern Pacific line Ontario-Chino-Pomona; copy of letter from William McLaughlin to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 June 17; copy of rough sketch of Los Angeles Terminal Railway property. Subjects: Holladay house, Oakland Railway, Chino Valley Railroad, Olympic Club bonds, California politics, San Francisco Street railway.

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Samuel W. Holladay letter to Chris Alpers

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