Manuscripts

Henry E. Huntington letter to New York Chamber of Commerce

Description: Subjects: labor beliefs.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922 November 27
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.

New York State Chamber of Commerce letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copy of letter from Huntington to New York State Chamber of Commerce, 1925 January 28; and receipt for dues paid, 1925 January 1.

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Huntington Chamber of Commerce (W.Va.) letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Subjects: Collis P. Huntington.

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Newport News Chamber of Commerce letter to Henry E. Huntington

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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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Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Note: 1924 March 24 letter is signed by Harry Chandler. Also: copy of letter by Huntington to J.B. Fredericks, 1923 January 8; copy of report "Results of Balanced Prosperity Fund Activities of the Industrial Department of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce during 1924;" copies of letters from Huntington to Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1926, January 23, April 27, 1927 February 4; copy of report by the Special Committee of Forestation, 1926; copy of letter from Huntington to Arthur S. Bent, 1926 August 29. Subjects: Los Angeles Post Office building, Huntington given certificate "The Symbol of Good Citizenship," 1927.

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Northwest Chamber of Commerce letter to Henry E. Huntington Estate

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Henry E. Huntington letter to Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

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Henry E. Huntington letter to New York Chamber of Commerce

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