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Clarence R. Saunders letters to Henry E. Huntington


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    Clarence R. Saunders letters to George D. Hapgood

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    Also: letters from Louis Ralston & Son, 1925 June 16, July 3; copy of letter from Hapgood to Saunders, 1925 August 9. Subjects: Hoppner portrait.

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    V.G. Fischer Art Galleries letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: printed catalog from Victor G. Fischer Galleries, photocopy of newspaper article about Hoppner portrait of "Mrs. Munroe," and other documents. Subjects: paintings by Raeburn, Reynolds, Constable, Le Brun, Boucher.

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    Louis Ralston letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: shipping receipt for painting by Raeburn painting; photocopy of invoice for John Hoppner portrait "Marchioness of Worcester," 1911 November 13; photocopy of insurance policy covering shipment (originals in Art Gallery Archives).

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Clarence R. Saunders

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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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    Henry Saunders Jr. letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Saunders, 1926 February 23. Subjects: Oneonta cemetery.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Dennis Ryan

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    Subjects: Columbus portrait.

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