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Boy Scouts of America. Pasadena Council letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description

Also: Clipping from Los Angeles Sunday Times and two photographs of Camp Huntington, which was built on land donated by Huntington. Subjects: Rubio Canyon pool; Rotary Club.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1921-1922
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.
Gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., December 1981.
Purchased from Alta California, March 1982.
Gift of Pasadena Public Library, December 1985.
Provenance unknown. In library as of Frances Russell, January 1986.
Gift of March 2001.
Associated people
Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,)
Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,)
Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888,)
Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939,)
Farrand, Max, (1869-1945,)
Graham, Charles E., (1868-1938,)
Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,)
Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966,)
Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878,)
Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,)
Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,)
Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,)
Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,)
Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,)
Mahl, William, (1868-1953,)
Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,)
Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927,)
Miles, George E., (1870-1920,)
Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1824-1893,)
Otis, Harrison Gray,
Patton, George S.
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937,
Smith, George D.
Stanford, Leland,
Tweed, Charles H.,
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