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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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66 items. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to L.E. Lewis, 1892 February 17; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to M.E. Ingalls, 1892 February 20; copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 March 11, June 7, June 11, 1892 June-August, June 30, July 23; excerpt from interview with C.F. Crocker, 1892 August, and interview with C.E. Douty related to Oakland Waterfront case. Subjects: Big Sandy Railroad, James F. Woolfolk, Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co., Alabama, Louisville and Nashville, Ashland Improvement, sale of Collis P. Huntington property east of Mississippi, Kentucky railroads, Santa Monica wharf construction, bonded warehouse in Los Angeles, politics and the railroads.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1892 January-August
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 Collis H. Holladay, Jr., December 1981.
Purchased from Alta California, March 1982.
Gift of Pasadena Public Library, December 1985.
Provenance unknown. In library as of Frances Russell, January 1986.
Gift of March 2001.
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Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,)
Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,)
Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888,)
Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939,)
Farrand, Max, (1869-1945,)
Graham, Charles E., (1868-1938,)
Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,)
Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966,)
Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878,)
Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,)
Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,)
Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,)
Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,)
Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,)
Mahl, William, (1868-1953,)
Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,)
Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927,)
Miles, George E., (1870-1920,)
Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1824-1893,)
Otis, Harrison Gray,
Patton, George S.
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937,
Smith, George D.
Stanford, Leland,
Tweed, Charles H.,
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