Manuscripts

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letters to Charles E. Graham

Description: Also: copy of letter from Brown Bros. & Co., 1922 May 19. Subjects: Huntington Land and Improvement Co., and Howard Huntington's estate.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917-1922
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.

William E. Dunn letters to Charles E. Graham

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Graham to Dunn, 1919 July 23; copies of papers related to George D. Metcalf loan and property, 1919 July; copy of telegram from Graham to Dunn, 1921 January, May; copies of telegrams from Henry E. Huntington to Dunn, 1921 December; copy of memo from Edward A. Adams to Graham, 1922 February 28; copies of letter and telegram from Graham to Dunn, 1922 March; copy of letter from Graham to A. C. Rearick, 1923 December 4; copy of letters by Dunn to Graham, 1924 March 10; copies of letters by Graham to Dunn, 1924 April 17, May 28, September 15, 20. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington, San Marino estate, Southern California Edison, Los Angeles Railway bonds, Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Howard Huntington's death, Pacific Electric, Alfred Dolge Manufacturing Co., Arabella Huntington's taxes.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay

Manuscripts

Also: copy of claim of Ernest A. Bryant against the estate of Henry E. Huntington, 1927 November 5; note by Edmund Burke Holladay, copy of list of vouchers paid to Bryant, year ending December 31, 1926; inventory of stock of liquor in basement of Huntington residence and appraisement of liquor, 1927 October 28; letters from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, 1931 July 2, 1933 December 1; copies of petitions from Huntington's estate; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letter to Collis H. Holladay, copy of Superior Court of California Order Settling 6th Account Current and Report of Trustees of Collis P. Huntington and Howard Huntington Memorial Hospital, 1949 August 2. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and Howard Huntington's estates.

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Charles E. Graham letter to Albert Crutcher

Manuscripts

Subjects: Brown Brothers, and Howard Huntington's estate.

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Charles E. Graham letters to Arabella Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: letter from Union Trust Co. of New York to Huntington, 1915 October 18; statement showing status of Richmond Dist. (San Francisco) lot sales, 1917 May 21; printed copy of Dept. of State Passport regulations; copy of letter from Graham to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1922 August 30; "Statement of Receipts & Disbursements by Henry E. Huntington for A.D. Huntington, 1923 October 31. Subjects: Arabella Huntington's finances and taxes.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letter to William E. Dunn

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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Los Angeles Railway Company letters to Charles E. Graham

Manuscripts

Also: copies of letters from Graham to J.E. Brown, 1923 January 31, June 19, December 10; letter from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Graham, 1922 December 29.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher letters to Charles E. Graham

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