Manuscripts

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

Description: Subjects: Henry E. Huntington portrait reproduction for National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1915
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.

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

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

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

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Also: letter from James T. White & Co. to Miles, 1915 February 3.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to George E. Miles

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Enclosures: 1903 February 2 letter had letter from Botsford & Botsford to Huntington, 1903 January 26, and letter from Carrie A. Monroe to Botsford & Botsford, 1903 January 23. Also: letter from Miles to Huntington, 1904 February 24. Subjects: cipher books, Collis P. Huntington's health and estate, Southern Pacific Co. annual report, Henry E. Huntington's health, Huntington-Hopkins Co., William H. Holabird.

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George E. Miles letter to Gustave Andou

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Fragile. Also: copy of list of children of Solon Huntington and of Henry E. Huntington, with dates of birth.

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

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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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George E. Miles letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Enclosure: 1899 November 13 letter had letter from W.H. Kountz to Collis P. Huntington. Also: sketch of map rack; translations of excerpts from French newspapers relative to Adolph Sutro, 1894-1895. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco and health, Highland Park & Fruitvale Railroad, California politics, code confusion, funding bill, Santa Monica harbor, W.H. Holabird, Henry E. Huntington's health.

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

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