Manuscripts

Harry L. Fagin letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: copy of Huntington letter to Fagin, 1919 February 4.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1919-1920
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.; 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.

William E. Dunn letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Charles E. Graham to Dunn, 1919 February 13; copy of telegram from Dunn to Huntington, 1919 February 19; copies of 5 vouchers issued by Los Angeles Railway Corp. for payments endorsed by Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1819, 1919; letters from Huntington to Dunn, 1919 November 12, 19; copy of telegram from Huntington to Dunn; copy of letter by Dunn to Charles E. Graham, 1919 December 31; copy of telegram from Huntington to Dunn, 1920 July 28. Subjects: Metcalf affair, War Labor Board, Zimmerman property, bids library work, labor problems, Los Angeles Railway Corp., Southern California Edison.

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William F. Morgan letter to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Morgan, 1919 February 18.

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Henry E. Huntington letter to Harry L. Fagin

Manuscripts

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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Locomobile Company of America letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: printed description, with illustration, of the new Locomobile, and copy of letter by Huntington, 1919 February 1.

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Frank Griffith letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from William R. Staats Co. to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1913 October 4, and statement of value of unsold lots in Oak Knoll, 1913 October 3, copies of letters from Huntington to Griffith, 1918 January 17, 1919 February 11, 1920 July 30, sales report by Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1920 June-July, and memo relating to water supply for San Marino and environs. Subjects: Redondo Improvement Co., Huntington Land & Improvement Company, Huntington Hotel.

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Myron Hunt letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of contracts and blueprints for Huntington Library construction; drawings and photographs for Hotel Wentworth; notes in Huntington's hand on 1916 December 13 letter; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1918 June 22; letter from American System of Reinforcing to Hunt, 1919 March 10, and Hunt's reply, March 11; list of items included in Richards-Neustadt Construction Co. bid, 1919 March 14; copy of letter by Hunt to Art Metal Construction Co.; copy of letter from T.E. Milster to Hunt, 1920 February 20; reports on payments on Library building; copy of letter from Huntington to Hunt, 1923 September 11. Subjects: Huntington Library, Hotel Wentworth, George Watson Cole, open shop vs union labor.

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Harry L. Fagin letters to Henry E. Huntington

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