Manuscripts

Burns Bros. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: copy of letter from Charles E. Graham to Burns Bros., 1923 August 6. Subjects: coal supplies for New York house.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922-1923
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.

Henry E. Huntington letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

Manuscripts

Note: some are photocopies; originals in HEH Art Gallery archive. Also: copy of telegram from Huntington to Charles E. Graham, 1915 March 5; drafts of notes in Huntington's hand; two letters from Duveen Bros, Inc., to Charles E. Graham, 1923 August 28, 30. Subjects: gates for San Marino Ranch, Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington, Arabella Huntington's health, tapestries, Chelsea vases, California weather, Huntington's account, exhibition of "Blue Boy" in New York, "Strawberry Girl," "Mrs. Bedford & son," "The Beckford Children," "Mrs. Munroe," William R. Hearst, stone and bronze statues, "Marriage of the Adriatic" (Grand Canal), four bronze statues at the front of the library, Chateau Beauregard, burlap for walls of library exhibition rooms, portraits of the Huntingtons by Oswald Birley.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Burns Brothers

Manuscripts

Also: letter from Burns Brothers to Henry E. Huntington, 1923 November 10. Subjects: coal deliveries.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of minutes of Board meeting of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. and Hocking Valley Railway Co., 1923 January 30; copies of letters from Huntington to Graham, 1923 March 21, March 26, March 29, April 2; letters from H.C. Spiller & Co. to Graham, 1923 March 20, May 19, and letter from Harvey Myers to Graham, 1923 March 23; copy of decision Supreme Court, Huntington v. Lane & Turney; copy of letter from Graham to Duveen Bros., 1923 April 16. Subjects: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stock, Huntington Library, Oneonta Library, Western Union Railroad, Arabella Huntington's Southern California Edison stock, Chateau Beauregard, Hispanic Society, Washington Water Co. bonds, lawsuit - Park Avenue tenants, taxes on paintings.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Graham, 1921 June 1, 1922 February 13; copy of receipt signed by Arabella Huntington and Henry E. Huntington, 1915 February 5; copy of letter from Graham to C. Weidenfeld, 1922 August 16; copy of letter from Graham to Archer Huntington, 1922 August 22. Subjects: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Southern California Edison, Newport News Shipbuilding, Chateau Beauregard, Foster Estate, West Virginia, Collis P. Huntington mausoleum, property in New York.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Graham to Baron de Forest, 1924 January 14; small blueprints of Brooklyn lots; letter from J.V.B. Thayer to Graham, 1924 January 24; copy of 1923 New York State income tax return for Huntington; letter from Graham to Anna H. Jaeggi, 1924 January 11; copies of 4 documents related to taxes of Arabella Huntington, 1920 and 1921; copy of letter from Huntington to Graham, 1924 April 10; duplicate of 1924 September 30 letter, with variant added note; 1924 September 30 letter has copy of letter with additional note by Huntington. Subjects: Chateau Beauregard, West Virginia coal lands, Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington's finances and taxes, Pacific Electric Railway bonds and trust funds for children, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Southern California Edison, L.A. Railway bonds, Anderson Galleries and Franklin bust, closing of Huntington's New York office, Newport News Shipbuilding.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Graham to Arabella Huntington, 1923 September 5, copy of letter from Chateau Lauxier Inc., and memo, 1923 September 7; copies of 2 letters from Donald Harper to Graham, 1923 October 25, letter from Graham to Archer Huntington, November 5, letters from Huntington to Graham, 1923 November 12, November 24, December 12. Subjects: Huntington office space Adams Express building, New York, railroads and taxes, Duveen payment, Redondo Improvement Co., Pacific Electric Railway, Standard Felt, property deeded to San Marino, Chateau Beauregard, Pacific Improvement Co.

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Burns Bros. letters to Henry E. Huntington

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