Manuscripts

William E. Dunn letter to Homer L. Ferguson

Description: Subjects: Howard Huntington's death.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922 April 3
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 Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.; Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.; gift of Alta California, January 1982.

Charles E. Graham letters to Homer L. Ferguson

Manuscripts

Subjects: Howard Huntington's death, Newport News Shipbuilding, Old Dominion Land Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to William E. Dunn

Manuscripts

Also: note and draft of letter in Huntington's hand. Subjects: sale of Los Angeles Railway, Japanese relief, library endowment, Arabella Huntington's health and death, burial, and estate, Standard Felt Co.,

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William Sproule letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: note by Huntington (in pencil). Subjects: Nevada-California-Oregon railroad, Howard E. Huntington's death, Henry E. Huntington's health.

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William E. Dunn letters to Charles E. Graham

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Graham to Dunn, 1919 July 23; copies of papers related to George D. Metcalf loan and property, 1919 July; copy of telegram from Graham to Dunn, 1921 January, May; copies of telegrams from Henry E. Huntington to Dunn, 1921 December; copy of memo from Edward A. Adams to Graham, 1922 February 28; copies of letter and telegram from Graham to Dunn, 1922 March; copy of letter from Graham to A. C. Rearick, 1923 December 4; copy of letters by Dunn to Graham, 1924 March 10; copies of letters by Graham to Dunn, 1924 April 17, May 28, September 15, 20. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington, San Marino estate, Southern California Edison, Los Angeles Railway bonds, Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Howard Huntington's death, Pacific Electric, Alfred Dolge Manufacturing Co., Arabella Huntington's taxes.

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Charles E. Graham letters to William E. Dunn

Manuscripts

Also: letters from Dunn to Graham, 1919 July 15, December 26, 1920 February 5, October 13, 1921, February 26, 1924 February 14 ; copies of two letters to Collector of Internal Revenue from Graham, 1919 June; letters from Dunn to Henry E. Huntington, 1919 December and to Albert Crutcher, 1919 December 9; letter from Huntington to Dunn, 1919 December 29; letter from Dunn to William H. Thomas, 1920 October 4; letter from Dunn to Security Trust & Savings Bank; Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's finances, Los Angeles Railway Co., Howard Huntington's funeral, Arabella D. Huntington's income tax.

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Edward A. Adams letters to Homer L. Ferguson

Manuscripts

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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William E. Dunn letter to Homer L. Ferguson

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