Manuscripts

Carter, Ledyard & Milburn letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: copies of opinion of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in case Varnum vs. Huntington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1916-1917
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.

Henry E. Huntington letter to Carter, Ledyard & Milburn

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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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

43 items. Also: copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 June-August, December 6, 26, 28; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Frank M. Stone, 1892 August 19, and letter from Stone to Huntington, August 19. Subjects: Santa Monica wharf, British Columbia mining property, politics and railroads, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Co., Oakland Waterfront case, Chicago lakefront, Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railway, Main & Winchester vs. California Pacific Railroad, Oregon Pacific Railroad.

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John G. Carlisle letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of legal opinion of will of Collis P. Huntington; copy of letter from Huntington to Carlisle, 1905 February 17. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

34 items. Also: copies of telegrams from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 January 31; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to J.L. Willcott, 1893 February. Subjects: San Francisco street railways, Oakland Railway, California Pacific Railroad Co., Oregon Pacific Railroad, California politics, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Oakland Waterfront case, Santa Monica, Southern Pacific Co., J.P. Jones property.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of minutes of Board meeting of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. and Hocking Valley Railway Co., 1923 January 30; copies of letters from Huntington to Graham, 1923 March 21, March 26, March 29, April 2; letters from H.C. Spiller & Co. to Graham, 1923 March 20, May 19, and letter from Harvey Myers to Graham, 1923 March 23; copy of decision Supreme Court, Huntington v. Lane & Turney; copy of letter from Graham to Duveen Bros., 1923 April 16. Subjects: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stock, Huntington Library, Oneonta Library, Western Union Railroad, Arabella Huntington's Southern California Edison stock, Chateau Beauregard, Hispanic Society, Washington Water Co. bonds, lawsuit - Park Avenue tenants, taxes on paintings.

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Central Pacific Railroad - Sutro vs. Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

Contains cartoons, copies of deeds, and printed envelopes all related to the court case of Adolph Sutro vs. Collis P. Huntington.

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Carter, Ledyard & Milburn letters to Henry E. Huntington

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