Manuscripts
William Hood report on Ogden-Lucin Cutoff constructed by Southern Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad companies
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D.D. Griffiths reports to William Hood
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Also: two blueprint maps. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Ivanpah Valley, Ludlow, Mt. Morongo Pass.
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W.D. Gelette reports for William Hood
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Note: 1898 November 14 letter enclosed in Hood letter to Huntington, 1989 November 21. Also: blueprint copy of map of California, Utah, and Nevada showing in color, area inspected and blueprint of route profile; blueprint map of area showing alternative routes. Subjects: Southern Pacific Railroad route from Sevier Valley to Escalante Desert, Utah for extension of Rio Grande Western Railroad and routes in vicinity of Cove Fort, Milford, and Beaver, Utah.
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Central Pacific Railroad Company report on operations
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Enclosed in: letter from William Mahl to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 March 15.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company and Southern Pacific Company agreement with Pacific Electric Railway Company
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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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William H. Holabird reports for Southern Pacific Company
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Also: letter from J.A. Muir to Charles F. Crocker, 1895 September 30; cover letters from J.A. Muir to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 May 10, 12.
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Central Pacific Railroad
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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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