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Biographical file and personal papers

Description: The Biographical file and personal papers subseries consists of biographical material regarding Henry E. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and other Huntington family members from 1881 to 1984. The series includes material compiled by Curator Robert O. Schad dealing with Henry E. Huntington's life and career. This material is made up of articles, correspondence, clippings, papers about Founder's Day, and the building of the Mausoleum, research notes, and oral histories of people who knew and worked with Henry E. Huntington, collected from 1927 to 1984. There is also a series of letterbooks belonging to Collis P. Huntington containing business correspondence from 1881 to 1899. The Other sub-series contains information about Anna Huntington, Huntington family genealogy, William V. Huntington, and Oneonta, New York. There are several 17th and 18th century documents related to land ownership (presumably related to the Huntington family) as well as an undated notebook kept by Henry E. Huntington when he was a child.
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Estate and financial papers

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The Estate and financial papers series contains material related to Henry E. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and Collis P. Huntington's estates and finances. The series includes financial documents of Arabella Huntington and inventories and appraisals of her estate, from 1902 to 1969, and a judicial settlement related to her will in the 1920s. The material related to the estate of Collis P. Huntington includes documents related to a lawsuit regarding his will in the 1950s. There are also estate papers and copies of Henry E. Huntington's last will and testament, 1914. Three are also drawings and floor plans of "El Molino," a house Arabella Huntington wanted built on Old Mill Road in San Marino, California. The drawings are by architect Arthur B. Benton in 1919. Also included in this series are financial documents such as balance sheets, bank statements, bank books, cash abstracts, check stubs, ledger books, loan accounts, and more, belonging to Henry E. Huntington, from 1898 to 1927. There are also papers related to the houses in San Marino and New York. There is also a sub-series of items related to the Huntington's house in France, Chateau Beauregard. This material consists of bills and statements, correspondence, expenses, and information about repairs.

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Henry E. Huntington and family

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The Henry E. Huntington and family series deals with the life of Henry E. Huntington, the Huntington family and the Metcalf and Holladay families, from 1640 to 1984 (bulk 1849 to 1977). This series is comprised mostly of the "Bio file," which is material selected and designated by Robert O. Schad, Curator of Rare Books and curator of the Huntington papers in the 1930s, for his planned definitive biography of Henry E. Huntington; Schad never published a book, but he did have a smaller publication entitled "Henry Edwards Huntington, the Founder and the Library" published by the Huntington Library in 1931. The series contains biographical information about Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and Arabella Huntington, as well as records and documents regarding their estates and finances. There are a series of oral histories and reminiscences of Henry E. Huntington and letterbooks belonging to Collis P. Huntington, mostly related to his business ventures. There is material related to the Huntington property and residences in San Marino, California, New York City, and Chateau Beauregard in France. The financial papers are comprised of balance sheets, bank books, check stubs, monthly bank statements, and other financial documents. There are court documents in various lawsuits involving Henry E. Huntington. The collection also contains papers and material belonging to the Metcalf and Holladay families. There are thousands of newspaper clippings dealing with Henry E. Huntington, his businesses, railroads, and Los Angeles; that series also includes obituaries of both Collis and Henry Huntington. The scrapbook sub-series also deals with the Huntingtons and their businesses, railroads, and Los Angeles.

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Biographical project reports and correspondence

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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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Newspapers and clippings

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The Newspapers and clippings series contains mostly newspaper clippings clipped for Henry E. Huntington, and whole newspapers, all with topics related or of interest to Henry E. Huntington. There are also clippings and newspapers related to Collis P. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and the Huntington family. The following topics are covered: Henry E. Huntington's art, book, and manuscript purchases, railroads and transportation, the U.S. Navy and shipbuilding, Huntington's business interests, California, significant historical events, obituaries of both Collis P. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington, World War I and II, and Henry E. Huntington's personal life and activities. There is also a series of Los Angeles Times weather reports from 1912 to 1924. Many of the newspaper clippings are photocopies.

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Henry Edwards Huntington papers

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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington and includes materials related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families. Most of the collection documents Huntington's business interests in Southern California, particularly in railways, real estate, and industry. It includes biographical information, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, business records, and physical objects. The business records document the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Pacific Electric Railway Company, and other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and the San Gabriel Valley. These records include account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and related financial materials. The collection also contains materials related to the founding of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, bills for art, rare books, and manuscripts. Additional materials concern a lawsuit over Huntington's estate tax after his death and the passage of Proposition 15 in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. The collection also includes materials related to Collis P. Huntington, his business interests, and Arabella Huntington. The collection also includes blueprints for Huntington's San Marino residence, the Huntington Library building, and the Westinghouse Building in Los Angeles. The correspondence series contains more than 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence dating from approximately 1790 to 1950. Photographs include formal portraits and candid images of Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and the extended family, as well as early photographs of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The ephemera consists of miscellaneous printed materials, much of it related to Henry E. Huntington and his business interests. Physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razor set, traveling trunk, and other items.

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