Manuscripts

Edward A. Adams letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

Description: Subject: Shakespeare and Ben Johnson portraits and Henry E. Huntington's health. Also: Walter W. Ahrens letter to Edward A. Adams, 1923 February 23. 3 pieces.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1923-1926
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.

Charles E. Graham letters to Edward A. Adams

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Graham to J. Vigouroux, 1923 February 1; telegram from Adams to Henry E. Huntington, 1924 March 12. Subjects: Vigouroux tapestry, Huntington's finances.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

Manuscripts

Note: some are photocopies; originals in HEH Art Gallery archive. Also: copy of telegram from Huntington to Charles E. Graham, 1915 March 5; drafts of notes in Huntington's hand; two letters from Duveen Bros, Inc., to Charles E. Graham, 1923 August 28, 30. Subjects: gates for San Marino Ranch, Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington, Arabella Huntington's health, tapestries, Chelsea vases, California weather, Huntington's account, exhibition of "Blue Boy" in New York, "Strawberry Girl," "Mrs. Bedford & son," "The Beckford Children," "Mrs. Munroe," William R. Hearst, stone and bronze statues, "Marriage of the Adriatic" (Grand Canal), four bronze statues at the front of the library, Chateau Beauregard, burlap for walls of library exhibition rooms, portraits of the Huntingtons by Oswald Birley.

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George D. Hapgood letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

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Subjects: Huntington's return to California, his health, and family.

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Edward A. Adams letters to Charles E. Graham

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Also: copy of memorandum from Adams to Graham, 1923 September 18. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's personal business affairs, Newport News & Mississippi Valley Company, Arabella Huntington's travels. Several are on Henry E. Huntington's letterhead.

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Edward A. Adams letter to Delaware & Hudson Co

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Also: Printed invitations for 100th anniversary celebration dinner to Henry E. Huntington, 1923 April 23. On Henry E. Huntington's letterhead.

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Sir Joseph Duveen telegram to Ernest A. Bryant

Manuscripts

Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's health.

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Edward A. Adams letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

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