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American Foundation for the Blind letter to Henry E. Huntington


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    P.A. Stanton letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: list of Los Angeles properties for sale; copy of telegram from Huntington to Stanton, 1904 May 24; map of the Los Angeles Land Co.'s subdivision of the Keller Tract (printed) and printed list of lots; copy of letter from Huntington to Stanton, 1925 May 18. Subjects: California real estate.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to George S. Patton

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    Fragile. Also: letters from Patton to Huntington, 1903 June 24, 29, July 9, 10, 14, 29, August 5; sketch of South Park Avenue, Los Angeles; letter from S.J. White to Patton, 1903 July 24. Subjects: Dolgeville, Santa Monica Heights, Keller Tract, Cooper Tract, Marengo Tract.

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    Foster Foundation letter to Henry E. Huntington

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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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    American Numismatic Society invoices for Henry E. Huntington

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    Subject: La Mere Allaitant by Alexandre Charpentier and Tolstoy on horseback.

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    American Art Association invoices for Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: photocopies of 3 memos by Huntington relative to purchases. Subject: Objects from Bunkio Matsuki, Blakeslee, Henry W. Poor, Robert Hoe, Herbert G. Squiers, Cottier & Co., and a Isfahan 16th century rug. 13 pieces.

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    J.F. Alexander letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Subject: Collis P. Huntington estate.

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