J. Beverley MacLaughlin letters to Henry E. Huntington
Description
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.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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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.
Also: copies of two letters from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1923 November 7, and Graham, 1923 November 13. Subjects: Duveen Bros. shipment, freight charges.
Also: copy of minutes of Board meeting of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. and Hocking Valley Railway Co., 1923 January 30; copies of letters from Huntington to Graham, 1923 March 21, March 26, March 29, April 2; letters from H.C. Spiller & Co. to Graham, 1923 March 20, May 19, and letter from Harvey Myers to Graham, 1923 March 23; copy of decision Supreme Court, Huntington v. Lane & Turney; copy of letter from Graham to Duveen Bros., 1923 April 16. Subjects: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stock, Huntington Library, Oneonta Library, Western Union Railroad, Arabella Huntington's Southern California Edison stock, Chateau Beauregard, Hispanic Society, Washington Water Co. bonds, lawsuit - Park Avenue tenants, taxes on paintings.
Also: copy of voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 September 30; letters from Graham to Huntington, 1908 June 23, 1918 August 14, 1920 June 9; receipt from Pacific Electric Railway Co. to Huntington, 1909 November 17. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's accounts and estate, free school at Newport News, account with Duveen.
Also: London Times article "The Taste for Dirt;" copy of announcement of exhibition of painting of Emma, Lady Hamilton, by Romney, Spring 1900; copy of telegram from Huntington to Duveen, 1924 November 10; copy of telegram from Duveen to Huntington, 1911. Subjects: Brockwell, Library walls, Birley's portraits of Henry E. Huntington and Arabella D. Huntington, Huntington's health, Mrs. Charles A. Painter, Ralph W. Booth, Detroit Institute of Arts, Blue Boy, Loudoun collection, Louis XVI temple, Perseus statue by Antonio Canova, and Duveen exhibition.
