Manuscripts

James Rolph letter to R.P. Schwerin

Description: Enclosed in: letter from Schwerin to Henry E. Huntington, 1920 July 26.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1920 July 5
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.

R.P. Schwerin letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Enclosed in: 1898 August 10 letter was in letter from Huntington, 1898 August 15. Enclosure: 1920 July 26 letter had letter from James Rolph to Schwerin, 1920 July 5. Also: estimated cost of constructing railway from Ellis…to 3rd and Townsend Streets; copy of telegram and letter from Huntington to Schwerin, 1900 September 15, 1924 January 8. Subjects: San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, and coal, Market Street Railway

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George B. Reynolds report to R.P. Schwerin

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Enclosed in: letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 January 7. Subjects: coal lands near Coos Bay, Oregon.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to R.P. Schwerin

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 December 14. Subjects: Santa Monica wharf, iron ore, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Mexico coffee plantation, Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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G.S. Hamilton letter to R.P. Bishop

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, May 10.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Frank S. Douty

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1892 letter enclosed in: letter from William Mahl to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 July 29. 1896 letter enclosed in: letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 May 10. Subjects: mining property in Victoria, British Columbia, G.S. Hamilton.

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Charles E. Graham letter to R.P. Schwerin

Manuscripts

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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James Rolph letter to R.P. Schwerin

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