Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens series documents the founding and history of the institution. The series includes early book lists, invoices, and receipts related to Henry E. Huntington's book purchases from various dealers and sales, as well as auction catalogs, some with handwritten notes that may be by Huntington. It also contains scrapbooks documenting Huntington's art purchases, chiefly from Duveen, dating from 1892 to 1946. Materials related to a 1934 to 1935 tax appeal case by the estate of Henry E. Huntington include court proceedings, appraisals of Huntington's land and company assets, and maps. The series also contains several boxes of photocopied newspaper clippings from 1897 to 1949 about Henry E. Huntington and the creation of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. These clippings highlight some of Huntington's notable purchases and include material related to Arabella Huntington. Additional materials concern Proposition 15, passed in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. Miscellaneous materials include documents related to Huntington's head gardener, William Hertrich, as well as scrapbooks, ephemera, and business records.
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Receipts from various booksellers. Only a few receipts from each seller, not HEH's normal book sources. Lists of bills sent to HEH. Miscellaneous book lists and notes about books.
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Includes: Lists of books shipped to Los Angeles; other book lists.
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Includes: Books sent to California, November-December 1916; books to be sold sent to Anderson, February 1916; list of books shipped to E. B. Holladay, March 1916; books from the library of M. R. Halsey to be shipped to California; miscellaneous lists, 1912-1924.
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Bound volume. Large green ledger, known as a "bill book" in Huntington Art Division. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about art acquired via dealers other than Duveen Brothers.
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Includes: Lists of books shipped to Los Angeles; Thackeray catalogue.
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