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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Also: newspaper clipping related to deed to Southern California Edison Company plant; memo and Summary of Operations Reports, 1923 January-February and 1926 March; copies of letters and report related to use of electricity for cooking, 1925 May 11.
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45 items. Also: newspaper clipping "Topics in California," copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to J.W. Ward, 1893 October 31, and copy of letter from Ward to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 October 25. Subjects: Southern Pacific Railroad Co., San Francisco street railways, Oregon railroads, Port of Los Angeles, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Oakland waterfront case, California politics, Pacific Improvement Co., Leland Stanford estate, Utah railroads.
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Also: copy of letter from the Automobile Club of Southern California to Huntington, 1904 February 26, and copy of Huntington's reply, February 27, list of officers, board of governors, and new members.
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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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Includes newspaper clippings and a plaque with token examples.
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Also: copies of three letters from Graham to Southern California Edison Company, 1922 December; three articles, three photographs and two newspaper clippings related to new Big Creek San Joaquin powerhouse property.
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