Manuscripts

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.

Rotary Club of Pasadena letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: letter from Huntington to Rotary Club of Pasadena, 1923 March 10.

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Henry E. Huntington letter to Boy Scouts of America

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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 Romeike letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: newspaper clipping about engagement of Clara Huntington Perkins Young.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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49 items. Also: newspaper clipping related to railroad strike in California, 1894 July 7; clipping from letter of Yarrington, note from D.O. Mills, and newspaper clipping relating to Nevada politics. Subjects: railroad strike, Santa Monica and San Pedro ports, Market Street Railway bonds, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Epes Randolph.

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George E. Miles letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: newspaper clipping about Steel trust, 1901 November 12; copy of telegram from Huntington to Miles, 1903 January 17; deposit slip of Union Trust Co. for deposit to account of Arabella Huntington, 1913 April 3; newspaper clipping about death of Baron Natal, 1915 May 11; copy of letter from Miles to National Historical Society, and printed item. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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George Ade letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: Copy of Huntington letter to Ade, 1918 June 11. With newspaper clipping.

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

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