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W. & J. Sloane letters to Henry E. Huntington
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W. & J. Sloane & Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington
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Enclosed in: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 January 9. Also: document of credit for work not done, 1911 May 27. Subjects: carpets in San Francisco house.
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Seligmann & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Some items are photocopies; originals in Art Gallery Archives. Also: invoices for items purchased by Huntington, 1911-1920; letter from Arthur Bloche to Seligmann & Co., in French, with English translation, describing and authenticating Boucher tapestries. Subjects: Francois Boucher tapestries, Savonnerie screens, bronze statues, Chinese porcelain, marble vases, Clodion firedogs.
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Henry E. Huntington letters to W. & J. Sloane & Co
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Enclosed in: 1896 January 7 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 January 7. Also: list of rugs to be delivered to Sloane.
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J. & S. Goldschmidt letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: invoices for bronzes.
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J. Starkie Gardner letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Photocopies, originals in Art Gallery Archives. Also: invoices. Subjects: 18th century Beddington gates for San Marino Ranch.
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W. & J. Sloane receipts for Harriet 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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