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Henry E. Huntington letters to Harry M. Daugherty


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    Thomas H. Hubbard letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: two items from "The Wave," 1897 December 11; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 September 28; financial statement "C.P. Huntington Cloverleaf Account," related to the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Co., 1900-1907. Subjects: Market Street Railway stock, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland railroads, Southern Pacific Co., Charles Crocker.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to J.C. Stubbs

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    Also: letter from Stubbs to Huntington, 1900 September 22.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Abel S. Dungan

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    Also: letter from Dungan to Huntington, 1900 September 21.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to James K. Wilson

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    Also: letter from Wilson to Huntington, 1900 September 13.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Herman Shainwald

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    Also: letter from Shainwald to Huntington, 1900 September 7. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's death and estate, Pacific Improvement Co.

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    Harry Daugherty letter to Henry E. Huntington

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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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