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Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Enclosure: 1891 letter had letter from Newport News and Mississippi Valley Co. Office of General Counsel to Randolph, 1891 May 11; 1900 letter had letter from Randolph to R. Ronstadt, 1900 March 24. Enclosed in: 1894 letter was in letter by Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1894 May 31. Also: two faded copies of letters, one with signature of Henry E. Huntington; copy of letter from Huntington to Randolph, 1920 February 13. Subjects: Ohio River bridge project, Lexington, Kentucky, machine shop.
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Enclosed in: letter from Randolph to Henry E. Huntington, 1900 March 24.
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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 (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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Also: letter from W.M. Stephens to B.A. Worthington, 1897 December 4; letters from Randolph to Huntington, 1904 November 9, 1911 May 2.
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Also: letter from Edward A. Adams to Henry E. Huntington, 1925 June 16 and copy of letter from Huntington to Adams, 1925 July 21.
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Some documents signed by Collis P. Huntington; includes notice by Henry E. Huntington appointing P.B. Gaynor as Cashier, 1891 February 2.
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