Manuscripts

George E. Miles letter to Gustave Andou

Description: Fragile. Also: copy of list of children of Solon Huntington and of Henry E. Huntington, with dates of birth.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1904 June 14
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.

Mary Huntington Foster letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: Power of Attorney of estate of Solon Huntington, 1890 August 16, signed by Charles Willard Vincent Huntington, Caroline Huntington Holladay, Harriet Huntington, and Henry E. Huntington (in his handwriting), and assignment of interest by Henry E. Huntington to Harriet Huntington.

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Isaac Edwin Gates letters to George E. Miles

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Also: extract from Watkins mortgage on property in Oneonta, New York, 1877 May 28, and copy of Miles letter to Gates, 1902 September 13; copy of letter from Gates to Henry E. Huntington, 1902 September 5; copy of letter from Miles to Gates, 1903 May 4, May 26; letter from Gates to Miles, 1903 May 23; memorandum of certain documents pertaining to real estate in Warsaw, New York. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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George E. Miles letter to F.H.C. Miles

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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George Frederick Miles letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Miles, 1921 January 18, February 21; copy of letter from Huntington to William E. Dunn, 1921 January 18.

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George E. Miles letter to J.P. Morgan & Co

Manuscripts

Also: printed invitation from National Marine League to Henry E. Huntington.

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James T. White & Co. letters to George E. Miles

Manuscripts

Subjects: Henry E. Huntington portrait reproduction for National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.

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George E. Miles letter to Gustave Andou

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