Manuscripts

W.G. Curtis letters to William Mahl

Description: Also: report of taxes paid in California by the Central Pacific Railroad Co., 1863-1895, enclosed in Henry E. Huntington letter to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 May 11. Subjects: railway brake beams.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1894-1896
Call number: mssHEH
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwin L. Lewis, November 1939.; Gift of Louise Ward Watkins, July 1946.; Gift of Collis Holladay, April 1967.; Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, 1977-1981.; Gift of Clifford Henry, May 1978.; Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.; Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.; Gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., December 1981.; Purchased from Alta California, March 1982.; Gift of Pasadena Public Library, December 1985.; Provenance unknown. In library as of Frances Russell, January 1986.; Gift of March 2001.
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Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,); Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,); Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888,); Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939,); Farrand, Max, (1869-1945,); Graham, Charles E., (1868-1938,); Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,); Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966,); Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878,); Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,); Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,); Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,); Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,); Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,); Mahl, William, (1868-1953,); Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,); Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927,); Miles, George E., (1870-1920,); Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1824-1893,); Otis, Harrison Gray,; Patton, George S.; Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937,; Smith, George D.; Stanford, Leland,; Tweed, Charles H.,
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Enclosures: 1892 July 29 letter had letter from Collis P. Huntington to F.S. Douty, 1892 July 29; 1895 February 5 letter had letter from Mahl to the National Hollow Brake Beam Co., 1895 February 4; 1896 March letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1896 March 5 and letter from Douty to Mahl, 1896 March 11; 1897 January 21 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles A. Dean, 1897 January 21; 1897 February 23 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles F. Crocker, 1897 February 24; 1897 December 28 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to E.C. Wright, 1897 December 28; 1898 March 15 letter had copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Mahl, 1892 July 21; printed circular showing Sterlingworth rolled steel brake beam; several newspaper clippings re: use of electricity on railroad lines; copy of letter from Mahl to Crocker, 1897 January 30; Report on Operations of Southern Pacific Coast Railway, 1892-1896; copy of letter from Mahl to Wright, 1897 December 18; Southern Pacific Co. Lines condensed Statement...for 5 months ending November 30, 1897; copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1898 March 12; account of T.J. Wilson for Right-of-way purchases for Southern California Motor Road, 1898 June 18; copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Subjects: coal interests in Vancouver, Pacific Improvement Co., coal for Central Pacific Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Houston & Texas Central Railroad, Collis P. Huntington properties.
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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Enclosed in: notes from W.G. Curtis to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 September 6, 17. Subjects: Southern Pacific Company.
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