Manuscripts

Benjamin D. Wilson autobiography

Description: Note: dictated by request of Hubert Howe Bancroft; this copy typed by Annie Wilson from copy retained by her father, Benjamin D. Wilson. Also: memo written and signed by Edmund B. Holladay, after 1931; newspaper clippings about Wilson family.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1877 December 6
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 Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.

Mercantile National Bank of San Francisco letter to A.W. Wilson

Manuscripts

Also: note in handwriting of Edmund B. Holladay; memo by Edmund B. Holladay. Subjects: San Francisco property at Lafayette Park.

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Pasadena Hospital Association letter to George D. Hapgood

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Joseph P. Howe, 1926 April 25; copy of resolutions taken by Board of Directors, 1926 April 15.

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Benjamin Franklin's autobiography

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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Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

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Enclosure: 1932 May 12 letter had copy of payroll of Los Angeles Railway Co., 1932 February-May and Treasurer's Budget, 1932 April 30. Also: note by Holladay, 1928 July 6; memo on Henry E. Huntington estate, 1938 May 26.

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Samuel W. Holladay letter to Chris Alpers

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Laid in printed pamphlet "Open letter of S.W. Holladay…with a Statement of True Money principles," 1898 August. Also: pencil memo notes laid in second copy of pamphlet.

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Southern California Edison Company letters to Edmund B. Holladay

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Also: memo by Holladay related to electrical installation and rates.

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Benjamin D. Wilson autobiography

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