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G.J. Kuhrts letter to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: statement of mileage, Los Angeles Railway Co., 1903-1908.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1909 December 4
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.

G.J. Kuhrts letter to Charles E. Graham

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Subjects: Los Angeles Railway Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Isaias W. Hellman

Manuscripts

Also: cypher for translation of telegram; letter from Hellman to Huntington, 1903 June 2; telegram from Hellman, Antoine Borel and Charles de Guigne to Huntington, 1903 June 23, 24; statement relative to construction costs of Pacific Electric Railway lines; memo in pencil in handwriting of Huntington, Shorb Ranch agreement; agreement re: railways in Southern California acquired by Pacific Electric Railway Co. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Market Street Railway Co., petition by commercial bankers in Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway, Southern Pacific Co., Los Angeles Railway Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letter to G.J. Kuhrts

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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 (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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Henry E. Huntington letters to Samuel C. Baxter

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Also: statement of earnings and expenses of the California Pacific Railway Co. for 1903; letters from Baxter to Huntington, 1904 April 16, June 13, June 21, June 27; copy of letter from Baxter to Isaias W. Hellman, 1904 June 10; statement showing holders of Riverside & Arlington Railway Co. stock, 1904 December 31. Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway Co.

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Isaias W. Hellman letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: newspaper clippings regarding Los Angeles Railway franchises, 1901 July 13; copy of telegram from Huntington to Hellman, 1901 August 2; transcriptions of coded telegrams; letter and statement from Temple City Cable Railway Co. to Hellman, 1901 September 9; copy of letter from Hellman to Edward H. Harriman, 1903 June 3; copy of agreement between W.S. Hook et al and W.A. Clark, 1903 July; copy of letter from Hellman to Epes Randolph, 1903 July 2; copy of letter from Edward T. Wright to Hellman about Huntington property (formerly Shorb and Winston Tracts). Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway bonds, Collis P. Huntington's estate, Market Street Railway Co., Shorb ranch.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Howard E. Huntington

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Also: newspaper clipping regarding fraudulent charity solicitors; letter from Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey to Henry E. Huntington, 1908 October 2; copy of letter from J.H. Adams & Co. to Los Angeles Railway Co., 1911 March 14. Subjects: extortion attempt on Los Angeles Railway Co., Isaias W. Hellman, real estate in California.

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G.J. Kuhrts letter to Henry E. Huntington

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