Manuscripts

Arthur S. Bent letter to Walter G. Clark

Description: Also: copies of papers relative to the Citizens' Art Committee of Los Angeles and the John E. Stilwell Art Collection, 1926.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1926 March 25
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.

Henry E. Huntington letter to Walter G. Clarke

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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M. Elsasser letter to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of Huntington's reply, 1926 February 5. Subjects: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Committee of Education and Art.

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Phi Beta Kappa letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Orra E. Monnette, 1925 September 27 and to John C. Shedd, 1925 September 28; list of names of those who acceped membership in the National Committee of Phi Beta Kappa; copy of letter from Huntington to National Committee of Phi Beta Kappa, 1926 January 26; copy of report of Secretary-Treausrer of Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association to Council of Phi Beta Kappa, 1926 May 18.

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Edward A. Adams letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1925 December 30, Albert Crutcher to Huntington, 1926 April 6, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926 April 5, copies of correspondence with Kenmore Realty Co., 1926 May 10-27, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926, June 1, copy of telegram from Adams to Huntington, and clipping. Subject: Brooklyn properties, Montague Glass, Colonel Montgomery and shipyard taxes, Henry E. Huntington's income tax, Archer Huntington and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Clara Perkins, Sir Joseph Duveen, Newport & Mississippi Valley Co., George Washington Bi-centennial Celebration Committee, business stocks, and Henry E. Huntington's health. 55 pieces.

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Edward A. Adams letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of W.B. Davids letter to Adams, 1926 August 14, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926 August 21, copies of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926, December 13 and 1927 February 1 . Subject: Henry E. Huntington's income tax, Minneapolis & St. Louis stock, the Italian Primitives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gibson affair, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1926 December 13, Colonel Montgomery and power of attorney, Chase Bank and librarians' salaries, Archer Huntington, and Clara Perkins. 41 pieces.

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Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Note: 1924 March 24 letter is signed by Harry Chandler. Also: copy of letter by Huntington to J.B. Fredericks, 1923 January 8; copy of report "Results of Balanced Prosperity Fund Activities of the Industrial Department of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce during 1924;" copies of letters from Huntington to Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1926, January 23, April 27, 1927 February 4; copy of report by the Special Committee of Forestation, 1926; copy of letter from Huntington to Arthur S. Bent, 1926 August 29. Subjects: Los Angeles Post Office building, Huntington given certificate "The Symbol of Good Citizenship," 1927.

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Arthur S. Bent letter to Walter G. Clark

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