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Caroline Huntington Holladay letter to Collis Huntington Holladay


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    Margaret Holladay letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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    Also: two letters from Collis Huntington Holladay to Caroline Huntington Holladay and Edmund B. Holladay.

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    Harriet Huntington letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay and Edmund B. Holladay

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    Also: four letters from Helen Huntington Holladay Ord and Collis Huntington Holladay to their parents.

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    Else Jantzen letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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    Also: letters from Helen Holladay Ord and Collis Huntington Holladay (in pencil).

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    Georgiana Ord Holladay letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay and Edmund B. Holladay

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    Also: note by Edmund B. Holladay, 1906 April 20; four letters from Collis Huntington Holladay; two letters from Helen Holladay Ord.

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    Collis Huntington Holladay letter to Harriet Huntington

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    Also: undated letter from Holladay to Caroline Huntington Holladay.

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    Collis Huntington Holladay letter to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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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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