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C.E. Wallerstedt letter to Caroline Huntington Holladay


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    Boyé Studios letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Enclosed in: John E. Barber letter to Huntington, 1926 July 23. Subjects: photographing His Royal Highness Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at party at Huntington's home.

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    Burton Hulbert letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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    Also: list of household goods and shop, and account document, re: estate of Howard H. Saunders.

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    Caroline Huntington Holladay letter to C.E. Wallerstedt

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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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    Elizabeth A. Perry letter to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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    Also: draft of luncheon invitation and list of guests.

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    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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    Also: copy of claim of Ernest A. Bryant against the estate of Henry E. Huntington, 1927 November 5; note by Edmund Burke Holladay, copy of list of vouchers paid to Bryant, year ending December 31, 1926; inventory of stock of liquor in basement of Huntington residence and appraisement of liquor, 1927 October 28; letters from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, 1931 July 2, 1933 December 1; copies of petitions from Huntington's estate; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letter to Collis H. Holladay, copy of Superior Court of California Order Settling 6th Account Current and Report of Trustees of Collis P. Huntington and Howard Huntington Memorial Hospital, 1949 August 2. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and Howard Huntington's estates.

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    Charles E. Culver letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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    Also: copy of John B. Miller Syndicate: statement of earnings and expenses, 1917-1929; list of furniture sold from Huntington estate, 1928-1929, and list of furniture to be offered for sale.

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