Photocopies. Also: three letters from Royal Commission for the International Fine-Arts Exhibition, Rome, 1911, to Charles Wertheimer, 1910 November 9-21. Subjects: Gainsborough's "Duchess of Cumberland."
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Also: London Times article "The Taste for Dirt;" copy of announcement of exhibition of painting of Emma, Lady Hamilton, by Romney, Spring 1900; copy of telegram from Huntington to Duveen, 1924 November 10; copy of telegram from Duveen to Huntington, 1911. Subjects: Brockwell, Library walls, Birley's portraits of Henry E. Huntington and Arabella D. Huntington, Huntington's health, Mrs. Charles A. Painter, Ralph W. Booth, Detroit Institute of Arts, Blue Boy, Loudoun collection, Louis XVI temple, Perseus statue by Antonio Canova, and Duveen exhibition.
39 items. Also: copy of letter from McMurtrie & Stone Railroad Builders to William Hood, 1899 November 4, and Hood's reply, November 8; statement of earnings and expenses of Torres & Prietas Railroad, 1899; letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 3 and list of insurance policies, 1899 May 27; copy of letter from J.H. Roberts to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 8; telegram from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 21. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's property in Oakland, Southern Pacific Railroad, California bridges, San Francisco real estate, Pullman Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Rio Grande Railroad, Los Angeles Terminal Railway, William H. Holabird.
Also: letter from B.A. Worthington to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 October 15; two printed circulars re: exchange of free transportation with connecting and other railroad lines; letters from Gates to Huntington, 1902 April 19, November 3, 1903 May 21, July 3, 14, 1904 March 24, April 26, 1905 July 28, November 16; copy of letter from Sacramento Electric and Gas Railway Co. to Huntington, 1903 May 11. Subjects: Pacific Improvement Co., Southern Pacific Co. annual report, Colonel Crocker's health, Olympic Club bonds, Central Pacific Railroad bonds, California Pacific Railroad, Collis P. Huntington's estate.
