Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington
Description
54 items. Enclosure: 1898 August 15 letter had copy of letter from R.P. Schwerin, 1898 August 10. Subjects: Clara Huntington, Oakland Railway, San Carlos Reservation and coal, San Francisco street railways, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Huntington-Hopkins Co., San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Jane Stanford.
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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54 items. Also: Blueprint showing proposed excavation and windows under music room at 1020 California Street, San Francisco, home of Collis P. Huntington; letter from Panama Railroad Company to R.P. Schiverin, 1896 June 11. Subjects: California politics, Hotel del Monte, Los Angeles Hotel, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Southern Pacific Co., Grove L. Johnson and Hiram Johnson, Oregon Pacific Railroad, railroad employee relations, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Market Street Railway, Central Pacific Railroad, Colonel Crocker, railroad strikes and amnesty for strikers, Carlton Watkins.
58 items. Also: two letters from T.H. Goodman to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 November 16, 18; copy of letter to N.T. Smith, 1898 December 12. Subjects: Rio Grande Railroad extension, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Santa Monica wharf, San Francisco real estate, Olympic Club bonds, Jane Stanford.
38 items. Also: statement of oranges shipped for seasons 1894-1895; pencil sketch of window in picture gallery of Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco; copy of letter from Guillermo Nanne to Collis P. Huntington, 1895 August 25. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., San Francisco Street Railway, Epes Randolph, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Santa Monica, railroad commission.
81 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to W.H. Mills, 1893 July 11. Subjects: San Francisco street railways, Huntington-Hopkins Co., railroad strike, Southern Pacific Railroad Co., Oakland Railway, Union Pacific coal rates, Port of Los Angeles, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., California politics, Market Street Railway, Oregon and California Railroad, railroad labor problems, Oakland Waterfront case, John P. Raymond, Oakland-San Francisco ferry.
46 items. Also: copy of telegram from Collis P. Huntington to G.L. King, 1893 November 29; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to John E. Sexton, 1893 December 6 and Sexton's reply, November 30. Subjects: Edward N. Grant, Huntington-Hopkins Co., San Francisco street railway, San Francisco Oakland ferry, Pacific Improvement Co., Port of Los Angeles, San Francisco electric poles, Southern Pacific Co., Newport News & Shipbuilding, Union Pacific Railroad, Oregon Railway & Navigation Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco.
60 items. Also: copy of letter from E.P. Ripley to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 18; table of Oakland Railroad earnings and expenses, 1898-1899; two maps showing location of coal properties; report of dividend paid by Huntington-Hopkins Co. to Collis P. Huntington, Charles W. Miller and W.R.S. Foye; copy of voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 November 29. Subjects: Union Colliery Co., San Francisco real estate, Henry E. Huntington's position at Southern Pacific Co., Indian School in Riverside, Pullman Co., telegraphers agreement, Market Street Railway stock, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland Railway, Washington coal mines.
