Manuscripts

Eugene E. Prussing letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: printed article "A Short Tale of a Pursuit in Tracing the History of a Rubens," by Sidney C. Eastman, 1914 November; copy of letter from Huntington to Prussing, 1926 September 17.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922-1926
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.

Henry E. Huntington letter to Eugene E. Prussing

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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Lee A. Phillips letter to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of Huntington's reply, 1926 November 10.

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Frank A. Miller letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosures: 1903 March 21 letter had several copies of letters from Miller to Frank C. Prescott, Howard T. Hays, William A. Purington, Walter Lindley, C.D. Rumsey, John C. North, H.M. Streeter, M.J. Daniels, and "Dear Pastor," dated 1903 March 21. Also: copies of letter and telegram from John G. North to Miller, 1902 June 28, July 1; copy of letter from Miller to Wilson Crewdson, 1902 September 17; several newspaper clippings about Riverside and railroads; printed invitation to opening reception of the New Glenwood hotel, 1903 February 20; copy of letter from Miller to J.A. Muir, 1903 April 16 and copy of report on meeting of Board of Directors of Riverside & Arlington Railway Co., 1903 April 7; statement of Glenwood Hotel Co. operation, 1903 February-November and four related printed items; lists of stocks and stockholders of Huntington Park Association; copy of letter from Huntington to Miller, 1917 November 12; copy of letter from Huntington to Miller and letter from Huntington to Charles E. Graham, 1920 May 17; letter from Graham to Huntington, 1920 September 9; copies of letters from Huntington to Miller, 1920 November 29, 1926 December 13, 27. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Riverside railway.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to W.A.R. Goodwin

Manuscripts

Also: letter from Goodwin to Huntington, 1926 November 13. Subjects: William & Mary College.

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J. Beverley MacLaughlin letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of four letters from Huntington to MacLaughlin, 1923 September-November; copy of four letters from Duveen Bros. to MacLaughlin, 1923 September 9-25. Subjects: a Lady Hamilton painting by Joshua Reynolds and a painting by J.M.W. Turner.

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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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Eugene E. Prussing letters to Henry E. Huntington

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