Manuscripts

William H. Cole letter to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: "Cole Collection of Paintings at Southwest Museum."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917 June 30
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.

Charles F. Lummis letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: progress report on funding of Southwest Museum with list of donors, and three postcards. Subjects: Southwest Museum, Howard E. Huntington's death.

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Charles Sessler letters to Henry E. Huntington

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One letter is a photocopy; original in Art Gallery Archives. Also: five photographs of paintings and museum interiors. Subjects: bronze figures.

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J. Nilson Laurvik letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: letter from George W. Cole to Huntington, 1925 April 18, and letter from Huntington to Laurvik, 1925 April 28.

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William P. Stymus letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Stymus, 1921 January 9, 1922 November 29, 1923 January 6. Subjects: French chairs, paintings.

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Duveen Brothers letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: memo re: Huntington purchases of paintings (Gainsborough and Romney); list of Huntington pictures remaining at Duveen Brothers; various invoices and shipping notices; list of recipients of the Huntington Catalogue of English Pictures, and memo by Huntington; copy of letter from Huntington to Los Angeles Times, 1925 August 17; list of velvet sent to Huntington. Subjects: Huntington's account, Washington paintings by Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, and C. W. Peale; Birley's portraits of Huntington and Arabella Huntington; bust Mater Dolorosa, miniature collection of Collis P. Huntington, Gould miniatures, Romney portrait of Lady Hamilton, and Roger Van der Weyden's "Virgin and Child."

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William H. Magruder letters to Henry E. Huntington

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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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William H. Cole letter to Henry E. Huntington

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