Manuscripts

C.E. Wallerstedt letter to Caroline Huntington Holladay

Description: Also: list of the household employees of Henry E. Huntington who received medals from Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1927 July 2
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.

Boyé Studios letter to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

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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Henry E. Huntington portrait by Boye

Manuscripts

5 items. Made on the occasion of the visit of Crown Prince Gustavus Adolfus of Sweden.

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Caroline Huntington Holladay letter to C.E. Wallerstedt

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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Henry E. Huntington with Swedish Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Crown Princess Louise

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Mr. Huntington shows the Swedish prince and princess one of the displays in the exhibition hall. Another copy is in photCL 285 folder 1 (30) and has a note on the verso that reads "Photograph taken July 23, 1926 on the occasion of the visit of the Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and the Crown Princess Louis of Sweden. Negative in Photo Services #38." The note also includes a reproductions of the signatures of the three of them. The Prince was crowned King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden in 1950.

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Elizabeth A. Perry letter to Caroline Huntington Holladay

Manuscripts

Also: draft of luncheon invitation and list of guests.

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C.E. Wallerstedt letter to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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