Manuscripts

Charles E. Graham letters to J.L. Mott Iron Works

Description: Also: three letters from J.L. Mott Iron Works to Henry E. Huntington, 1917 October 13, 18, 1918 July 10; two letters from J.L. Mott Iron Works to Graham, 1918 March 9, October 31. Subjects: iron fence E. 57th Street.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917-1918
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.

J.L. Mott Iron Works letter to Charles E. Graham

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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Charles E. Graham letters to William E. Dunn

Manuscripts

Also: letters from Dunn to Graham, 1915 March 26, April 15, July 6, 17, September 8, October 14-19, 1918, March 7, December 17. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's finances and health.

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Charles E. Graham letter to New York Stream Company

Manuscripts

Subjects: E. 57th St.

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William E. Dunn letters to Charles E. Graham

Manuscripts

Also: receipt for securities from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1914, December 5; copies of letter from Graham to Dunn, 1916 June; copy of letter from Graham to William Salomon & Co. 1916 June; telegram from Dunn to Graham, 1916 July 29; copy of telegram from Graham to Dunn, 1916 July 29; copies of letters and telegram from Graham to Dunn, 1918 October-November; copy of letter from Graham to Dunn, 1918 December 9, 23. Subjects: Pacific Electric bonds; Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Pacific Light & Power Co., Los Angeles Land Co., Southern California Edison.

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Thomas H. Van Tine, Inc. letters to Charles E. Graham

Manuscripts

Also: copies of two letters from Louis Wheelwright to Van Tine, 1918 August 21, October 28.

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J.L. Mott Iron Works quote for plumbing fixtures for Henry E. Huntington

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Charles E. Graham letters to J.L. Mott Iron Works

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