Manuscripts
Myron Hunt letter to Arabella Huntington
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Also: drawings of Library and stacks building, 1918 September 19, and 13 photographs of preliminary plans, with one page of pencil notes. Subjects: Huntington Library building.
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Henry E. Huntington letters to Myron Hunt
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Also: note by Hunt to Huntington; letter from Charles E. Richards to Huntington, 1918 August 2; list of printer's marks selected by Huntington. Subjects: photographs of Huntington residence, Huntington Library plans, bronze doors for library, congratulations on Pasadena Public Library building.
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Myron Hunt letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: copies of contracts and blueprints for Huntington Library construction; drawings and photographs for Hotel Wentworth; notes in Huntington's hand on 1916 December 13 letter; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1918 June 22; letter from American System of Reinforcing to Hunt, 1919 March 10, and Hunt's reply, March 11; list of items included in Richards-Neustadt Construction Co. bid, 1919 March 14; copy of letter by Hunt to Art Metal Construction Co.; copy of letter from T.E. Milster to Hunt, 1920 February 20; reports on payments on Library building; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1923 September 11. Subjects: Huntington Library, Hotel Wentworth, George Watson Cole, open shop vs union labor.
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Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: memo about payment of architects' fees; report showing expenditures on residence of Howard Huntington, 1907 September 3; papers, blueprints, and photographs related to construction of Huntington residence; copy of letter from Pacific Electric Co. to Huntington, 1908 September 29; certificate of E.O. Nay Co. re: plumbing installation 1910 May 4. Note: five architectural drawings were removed from this folder and placed in the Huntington Institutional Archives in June 1998.
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Myron Hunt letter to Duveen Brothers
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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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Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey report to Huntington Redondo Co
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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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