Manuscripts

Overland Monthly postcard to Samuel W. Holladay

Description: Also: three memos re: article in Overland Monthly on the Bear Flag Revolt, and 1895 May issue with article by John Bidwell as recorded by Edmund B. Holladay.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1900 November 6
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.

George W. Martin agreement with Samuel W. Holladay

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Also: note by Martin, on verso of list of lands for sale by the Central Pacific Railroad, 1886 September 29.

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Samuel W. Holladay

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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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Samuel W. Holladay contract with G.E. Schenck

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Following: addenda to agreement signed by Caroline A. Schenck and Edmund B. Holladay, 1885 January 16.

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McHardy letter to Samuel W. Holladay

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Unknown first name.

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Harriet Holladay letter to Samuel W. Holladay

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Johnston & Co. bill of sale for Samuel W. Holladay

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Subjects: oil painting by Thomas Hill.

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Overland Monthly postcard to Samuel W. Holladay

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