Also: copies of contracts and blueprints for Huntington Library construction; drawings and photographs for Hotel Wentworth; notes in Huntington's hand on 1916 December 13 letter; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1918 June 22; letter from American System of Reinforcing to Hunt, 1919 March 10, and Hunt's reply, March 11; list of items included in Richards-Neustadt Construction Co. bid, 1919 March 14; copy of letter by Hunt to Art Metal Construction Co.; copy of letter from T.E. Milster to Hunt, 1920 February 20; reports on payments on Library building; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1923 September 11. Subjects: Huntington Library, Hotel Wentworth, George Watson Cole, open shop vs union labor.
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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Also: note by Hunt to Huntington; letter from Charles E. Richards to Huntington, 1918 August 2; list of printer's marks selected by Huntington. Subjects: photographs of Huntington residence, Huntington Library plans, bronze doors for library, congratulations on Pasadena Public Library building.
Also: memo about payment of architects' fees; report showing expenditures on residence of Howard Huntington, 1907 September 3; papers, blueprints, and photographs related to construction of Huntington residence; copy of letter from Pacific Electric Co. to Huntington, 1908 September 29; certificate of E.O. Nay Co. re: plumbing installation 1910 May 4. Note: five architectural drawings were removed from this folder and placed in the Huntington Institutional Archives in June 1998.
Enclosures: 1905 March 31 letter had letter from Antoine Borel & Co. to Howard Huntington, 1905 March 28 and letter from C.A. Henderson to Howard Huntington, 1905 March 31; 1908 November 4 letter had copy of letter from Howard Huntington to J. McMillan, 1908 September 15. Also: copies of letters from G.J. Kuhrts to Howard Huntington, 1904 August 2, 1907 January 22 and blueprint map of area showing Los Angeles River from Fremont Gate to Downey Avenue; receipt from Howard Huntington for account of Henry E. Huntington, to E.T. Cook, 1908 March 19; newspaper clippings re: Eugene E. Hewlett; copy of house repair estimate from Myron Hunt to Howard Huntington, 1918 November 23; copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Howard Huntington. Subjects: Los Angeles Railway Co., Pacific Electric Co., Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles Land Co., Isaias W. Hellman, , George A. Damon, end of Word War I, influenza epidemic.
Also: copy of letter from Charles E. Graham to Dunn, 1919 February 13; copy of telegram from Dunn to Huntington, 1919 February 19; copies of 5 vouchers issued by Los Angeles Railway Corp. for payments endorsed by Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1819, 1919; letters from Huntington to Dunn, 1919 November 12, 19; copy of telegram from Huntington to Dunn; copy of letter by Dunn to Charles E. Graham, 1919 December 31; copy of telegram from Huntington to Dunn, 1920 July 28. Subjects: Metcalf affair, War Labor Board, Zimmerman property, bids library work, labor problems, Los Angeles Railway Corp., Southern California Edison.
Also: newspaper clipping regarding fraudulent charity solicitors; letter from Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey to Henry E. Huntington, 1908 October 2; copy of letter from J.H. Adams & Co. to Los Angeles Railway Co., 1911 March 14. Subjects: extortion attempt on Los Angeles Railway Co., Isaias W. Hellman, real estate in California.
