Manuscripts

Charles W. Slack letters to Edmund B. Holladay

Description: Also: draft of letter from Holladay to Slack, 1922 March 22; documents about estate of Georgiana Ord Holladay.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1921-1923
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.

Edmund B. Holladay letter to Charles W. Slack

Manuscripts

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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Hibernia Savings and Loan Society receipts for Samuel W. Holladay and Georgiana Ord Holladay

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Also: notice of payment overdue, 1906 December 4, with note by Georgiana Ord Holladay.

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Georgiana Ord Holladay letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay and Edmund B. Holladay

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Also: note by Edmund B. Holladay, 1906 April 20; four letters from Collis Huntington Holladay; two letters from Helen Holladay Ord.

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Harriet Huntington letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay and Edmund B. Holladay

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Also: four letters from Helen Huntington Holladay Ord and Collis Huntington Holladay to their parents.

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Robert C. Slaughter letters to Edmund B. Holladay

Manuscripts

Also: letter from Holladay to Slaughter 1921 March 31. Subjects: Foster Estate, West Virignia.

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H. Stein letter to Edmund B. Holladay

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Holladay to Stein, 1922 May 25.

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Charles W. Slack letters to Edmund B. Holladay

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