Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington
Description
67 items. Also: copy of "Questions asked by Henry Edwards Huntington, answered by Henderson, Galveston, Texas," 1900 February 4; copy of memo regarding Ray Copper Mines; copies of vouchers from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1900 January 31, February 28; statement showing businesses and expenses of San Francisco Freight Station for 1899. Subjects: San Francisco real estate, Houston freight depots, Southern Pacific Co., William H. Holabird, Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, J.D. Spreckels, Carson & Colorado Railroad, Nevada Central Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Congressman Bishop, coal shipments.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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64 items. Also: copies of vouchers from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1900 March 31, April 30; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to William F. Herrin, 1900 June 8. Subjects: Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, Columbia River coal property, Southern Pacific Co., Nevada Central Railroad, San Francisco real estate, Central Pacific Railroad, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Terminal, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Sonora Railroad, Epes Randolph, coal fields in Mexico.
34 items. Also: telegram from J.A. Muir to Henry E. Huntington, 1900 August 7; letter from Southern Pacific Co. Department of Purchases and Supplies to William Hood, 1900 August 4. Subjects: Western Union Telegraph Co., Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, Los Angeles Terminal, William H. Holabird, Ogden & Lucin Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Houston Union Depot.
45 items. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Terminal, Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., San Francisco real estate, William H. Holabird report, San Pedro Harbor.
46 items. Also: article proposed for publication about Southern Pacific Railroad; extract of letter from Clara Huntington Perkins Young to Collis P. Huntington, 1900 February. Subjects: J.D. Spreckles, San Francisco real estate, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Nevada coal, Carson & Colorado Railroad, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, George Crocker, Dr. Stebbins, Nevada Central Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Central Pacific Railroad.
44 items. Also: report on Russian immigrants in Doukhobor colony, copy of report from W.H. Holabird (probably), 1899 December 4; copy of a voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 December 27. Subjects: Market Street Railway earnings, Oregon & California Railroad, Santa Monica beach cottages, Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co., California bridge over Salinas River, railroad employee relations, San Francisco real estate.
51 items. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Charles E. Graham and from Graham to Huntington, 1899 December 21; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Mrs. Portus B. Weare, 1899 December 15; note in pencil by W.H., 1900 February 14; Collis P. Huntington account, 1900 January 1. Subjects: San Francisco real estate, Pacific Improvement Co., Guatemala Central Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Oregon and California Railroad, Santa Monica, John P. Jones, Los Angeles real estate, Galveston properties, Central Pacific Railroad.
