Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington
Description
69 items. Subjects: Oakland street railways, Southern Pacific Co. stock, Pacific Improvement Co., Douty, George Crocker, Elwood Cooper, Sonora coal mines, Houston & Texas Central Railroad, San Carlos Reservation, San Francisco street railways, Oakland Railway, replacement for Charles F. Crocker, Utah iron and coal mines, use of Rio Grande, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Barney & Smith Co., Central Pacific Railroad, San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, California elections, Mrs. Stanford's shares.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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54 items. Enclosure: 1898 August 15 letter had copy of letter from R.P. Schwerin, 1898 August 10. Subjects: Clara Huntington, Oakland Railway, San Carlos Reservation and coal, San Francisco street railways, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Huntington-Hopkins Co., San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Jane Stanford.
81 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to W.H. Mills, 1893 July 11. Subjects: San Francisco street railways, Huntington-Hopkins Co., railroad strike, Southern Pacific Railroad Co., Oakland Railway, Union Pacific coal rates, Port of Los Angeles, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., California politics, Market Street Railway, Oregon and California Railroad, railroad labor problems, Oakland Waterfront case, John P. Raymond, Oakland-San Francisco ferry.
45 items. Subjects: Huntington-Hopkins Co., Stanford estate, San Francisco street railways, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland ferries, Southern Pacific Company bonds, Henry E. Huntington's health, Pacific Coast Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Market Street Railway, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Crocker estate, Capital Gas Co. stock, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Olympic Club bonds, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding.
51 items. Subjects: Northern Pacific Railroad, J. Kruttschnitt, Mrs. Stanford, Carson City, Nevada, Hawaii, Hotel Del Monte, passes for Chinese consul, A.K. Grim, Louis H. Mulligan, Guatemala Central Railroad Co., Southern Pacific Co., Oakland street railways, LA Times-Mirror Co., Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francsico, shipping to Japan, Empire Coal Co., coal shipments, Chinese cargo, J.A. Fillmore, Central Pacific Railroad, California Golden Jubilee.
49 items. Also: statement from John H. Sievers Florist, 1895 February? Subjects: San Francisco street railways, Phoenix Bridge Co., Southern Pacific Co., Oakland, California, Mark McDonald, California politics, Central Pacific Railroad, Market Street Railway, electric power on railroads, Santa Monica, San Pedro, railroad bill.
52 items. Enclosure: 1897 October 18 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to C.S. Mellen, 1897 October 8; 1897 October 22 letter had letter from C.S. Mellen to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 October 18. Also: copy of statement of earnings "Sunset Limited," 1896-1897. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Pacific Improvement Co., coal freights, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Market Street Railway, coal freights, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Lewis H. Mulligan, Central Pacific Railroad stock, Oakland Railway, Hotel del Monte, Carson City Railroad, Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Oakland waterfront.
