Manuscripts

Maurice W. Brockwell letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: copies of correspondence between Brockwell and Sir Joseph Duveen, 1923-1925. Subjects: Catalogue of art objects owned by Huntington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1922-1926
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.

H.C.B. Brandon letter to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Subjects: Edward R. Bacon estate, Sir Joseph Duveen, art by Raeburn and Reynolds.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Maurice Brockwell

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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LaSalle C. Pickett letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Subjects: Sir Joseph Duveen.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Charles E. Graham

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letters from Graham to Huntington, 1923 December 31, 1925 March 11, and two form letters and report from Federal Trade Commission, 1923 December 12; receipt signed by Edward A. Adams for documents received from Huntington, 1924 October 16. Subjects: Chateau Beauregard, MacEvoy portrait of Huntington, Chesapeake & Ohio stock purchase, account with Duveen, "Blue Boy," payment for "Lady Hamilton," bills to pay for Arabella Huntington.

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J. Beverley MacLaughlin letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of four letters from Huntington to MacLaughlin, 1923 September-November; copy of four letters from Duveen Bros. to MacLaughlin, 1923 September 9-25. Subjects: a Lady Hamilton painting by Joshua Reynolds and a painting by J.M.W. Turner.

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John W. Ensign letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of two letters by Huntington to Ensign, 1923 February 13, 1924 December 4; printed statement from First Huntington National Bank, Huntington, West Virginia, 1925 September 28.

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Maurice W. Brockwell letters to Henry E. Huntington

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