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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Enclosed in: Charles E. Graham letter to Arabella Huntington, 1915 January 14. Subjects: taxes on Camp Pine Knot property.
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Note: 1916 November 2 letter has handwritten note by Henry E. Huntington. Also: balance sheet of Huntington's personal ledger, 1912 December 31; memorandum of Los Angeles Railway bonds, 1913 March 4; copy of income tax for Arabella Huntington; copies of financial reports and estimated taxes for 1915; memorandum relative to Raquette Lake Terminal property, New York; statement of Arabella Huntington account for December 1915; copy of income tax report of Huntington for 1915; copies of two letters from Duveen Brothers, Inc., to Graham, 1916 March 9 and statement of account, Duveen Bros. to Huntington, 1916 February 5. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington finances and taxes, Collis P. Huntington's death certificate, and Lewis & Simmons case. Enclosed in: 1914 July 10 report was enclosed in Graham letter to Huntington, 1915 January 18.
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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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Enclosed in: letter from Charles E. Graham to Henry E. Huntington, 1924 March 19. Subjects: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Collis P. Huntington's estate.
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Subjects: Collis P. Huntington property in West Virginia.
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Also: letter from Union Trust Co. of New York to Huntington, 1915 October 18; statement showing status of Richmond Dist. (San Francisco) lot sales, 1917 May 21; printed copy of Dept. of State Passport regulations; copy of letter from Graham to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1922 August 30; "Statement of Receipts & Disbursements by Henry E. Huntington for A.D. Huntington, 1923 October 31. Subjects: Arabella Huntington's finances and taxes.
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