Manuscripts

Myron Hunt letters to D.M. Linnard

Description: Enclosed in: letter from Hunt to Henry E. Huntington, 1912 November 20. Subjects: Wentworth Hotel.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912
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.

Myron Hunt letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of contracts and blueprints for Huntington Library construction; drawings and photographs for Hotel Wentworth; notes in Huntington's hand on 1916 December 13 letter; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1918 June 22; letter from American System of Reinforcing to Hunt, 1919 March 10, and Hunt's reply, March 11; list of items included in Richards-Neustadt Construction Co. bid, 1919 March 14; copy of letter by Hunt to Art Metal Construction Co.; copy of letter from T.E. Milster to Hunt, 1920 February 20; reports on payments on Library building; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1923 September 11. Subjects: Huntington Library, Hotel Wentworth, George Watson Cole, open shop vs union labor.

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Pacific Electric Railway Company letters to Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: letter from Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey to Huntington, 1908 October 2. Also: memo by J. McMillan to Huntington, 1908 September 28.

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D.M. Linnard letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter sent to families near Huntington Hotel, 1923 February 16; copy of letter from Huntington to Linnard, 1923 March 2; newspaper clipping.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Myron Hunt

Manuscripts

Also: note by Hunt to Huntington; letter from Charles E. Richards to Huntington, 1918 August 2; list of printer's marks selected by Huntington. Subjects: photographs of Huntington residence, Huntington Library plans, bronze doors for library, congratulations on Pasadena Public Library building.

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Henry E. Huntington letter to D.M. Linnard

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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W.H. Kountz letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: 1899 June 21 letter was in letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 June 27; 1899 November 6 letter was in letter from George E. Miles to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 13; 1900 February 15 letter was in letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1900 February 24. Also: application of the California River Packet Co. for funds.... Subjects: California steamboats.

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Myron Hunt letters to D.M. Linnard

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