Also: memo about paintings being packed for shipping, paintings in the San Francisco house, W.C. Van Fleet, Pacific Light and Power bonds, Los Angeles Inter Urban bonds, Foster estate in West Viriginia.
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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Enclosure: memo by Holladay re: shipment of securities to Covington, Kentucky, 1907 May 19 was enclosed in 1906 May 19 letter. Also: telegram reply from Holladay to Huntington. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's health.
Also: copies of letters from Hammond to Thomas H. Hubbard, 1903 July 21, November 12, December 10; typewritten memo; copy of letter from Hammond to Julius Kruttschnitt, 1903 November 10; and copies of letters to Hammond from T.H. Curtis, October 30, December 14, 16; W.C. Langfitt, October 27; Northwest Construction Co., October 30; G.S. Gillespie, October 9; W.C. Langfitt to Northwest Construction Co., December 11; Amos C. Fries to T.H. Curtis, December 14; copy of letter from L.B. Seely to Hammond, November 19 and newspaper clipping of James J. Hill speech on trade with Asia, November 19; copy of letter from Richard Koehler to Thomas H. Hubbard, December 4; copies of letters from Hammond to Curtis, Lillie McLane, Langfitt, and Daniel Kern, December 2-27; and newspaper clipping about Portland, Oregon, as shipping center. Subjects: Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co.
Also: memo re: Huntington purchases of paintings (Gainsborough and Romney); list of Huntington pictures remaining at Duveen Brothers; various invoices and shipping notices; list of recipients of the Huntington Catalogue of English Pictures, and memo by Huntington; copy of letter from Huntington to Los Angeles Times, 1925 August 17; list of velvet sent to Huntington. Subjects: Huntington's account, Washington paintings by Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, and C. W. Peale; Birley's portraits of Huntington and Arabella Huntington; bust Mater Dolorosa, miniature collection of Collis P. Huntington, Gould miniatures, Romney portrait of Lady Hamilton, and Roger Van der Weyden's "Virgin and Child."
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.
