Manuscripts

Louis B. Zacher letter to Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co

Description: Also: letter from Edward A. Adams to Henry E. Huntington, 1925 March 9.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1925 March 7
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.

Zacher, Ely & Zacher letter to Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co

Manuscripts

Also: letter from Edward A. Adams to Henry E. Huntington, 1925 June 16 and copy of letter from Huntington to Adams, 1925 July 21.

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Edward A. Adams letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1925 February 9, statement and reimbursements on Brooklyn properties, copies of Huntington letters to Adams, 1925 February 19 and April 1, copy of Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co. to stockholders, 1925 March 25, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1925 April 1, also unsigned proxies, blank affidavit and bond indemnity forms, copy of Adams letter for Huntington to Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1925 March 30, copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1925 April 8, and receipt from Huntington to Charles E. Graham for books and records, 1924 October 15. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's income tax, Brooklyn properties, Old Dominion Land Co., Newport News companies, the Stock Exchange, National Telautograph stock, Some on Henry E. Huntington letterhead. 62 pieces.

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Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co. Reorganized letter to Arabella Huntington

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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Charles E. Graham letters to Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd

Manuscripts

Also: invitation for dinner from Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd. To Henry E. Huntington, 1922 March; letter from Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd. To Edward A. Adams, 1922 April 29. Subjects: Huntington passage on "Aquitania," and the "Berengaria."

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Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company

Manuscripts

Some documents signed by Collis P. Huntington; includes notice by Henry E. Huntington appointing P.B. Gaynor as Cashier, 1891 February 2.

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Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co. Reorganized letter to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

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Louis B. Zacher letter to Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co

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