Manuscripts

Southern Pacific Company

Description: Contains a letter to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 May 6; miscellaneous reports; a report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1924; and shipping receipts for boxes of oranges; also printed notice of Henry E. Huntington being appointed First Assistant to the President, 1892 April 20, by Collis P. Huntington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1884-1927
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.

Charles E. Graham letters to Southern Pacific Company

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Also: letter from SPC to Henry E. Huntington, 1922 February 20, and mimeographed sheet from Interstate Commerce Commission.

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Southern Pacific Company

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Contains maps and correspondence including a letter by B.A. Worthington to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 November 24, all regarding Mexico railroads.

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Southern Pacific Company. Freight Agent letter to Collis P. Huntington

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Also: copy of telegram from Charles E. Graham to Henry E. Huntington, 1900 February 12. Subjects: shipping furniture to Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco.

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Southern Pacific Company. Law Department letter to San Francisco Examiner

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Also: copy of letter and description of interview by William Randolph Hearst with Collis P. Huntington, attended by Henry E. Huntington, related to contract of Southern Pacific Company with Examiner, 1896 April 6.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Frank S. Douty

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1892 letter enclosed in: letter from William Mahl to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 July 29. 1896 letter enclosed in: letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 May 10. Subjects: mining property in Victoria, British Columbia, G.S. Hamilton.

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Southern Pacific Railroad Company and Southern Pacific Company agreement with Pacific Electric Railway Company

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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 (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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