Manuscripts

William C. Paul letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: photograph of portrait of Paul, taken 1916.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1924
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.; Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.; Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.

William Keath receipted bill for Henry E. Huntington

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Also: photograph of portrait of Collis P. Huntington.

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Joseph Satinover letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copy of letter from George E. Miles to Satinover, 1916 July 6; photograph of bust by Louis Claude Vasse; copy of letter from Huntington to Satinover Galleries, 1922 August 3. Letters are in English and French.

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Ehrich Galleries letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: invoice for six photographs of the "Duke of Wellington" portrait, 1911 February 18; copies of two letters from Charles E. Graham to Ehrich Galleries, 1911 April-May; photograph of James Earl portrait of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, copy of letter from Huntington to Walter L. Ehrich, 1922 March 14; 1924 April 30, May 5; photograph of Gilbert Stuart portrait of Thomas Jefferson, and copy of letter from Huntington to Ehrich Galleries, 1926 February 9. Subjects: Lawrence portrait of Duke of Wellington, Velasquez picture, Reynolds' "Holy Family," and Cruikshank's "Birth of Shakespeare."

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Henry E. Huntington letters to William C. Paul

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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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Henry E. Huntington letters to Walter C. Wyman

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Also: two telegrams from Wright to Huntington. Subjects: sales of various paintings, portrait of Christopher Columbus.

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Mitchell Kennerley letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: description and photograph of George Romney painting of Master John Walter Tempest; copy of letter from Huntington to Kennerley, 1923 October 29; copies of four letters and two telegram from Huntington to Kennerley, 1924. Subjects: tapestry sale, portrait of Edgar Allen Poe, Anderson Galleries, "Benjamin Franklin before the Privy Council" by Christian Schussele, portrait of Edwin Booth, Thomas Gainsborough's sketch book, marble busts of Dante and Homer.

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William C. Paul letters to Henry E. Huntington

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