Manuscripts

Georgiana Ord Holladay letters to Pacificus Ord

Description: Also: letter from Holladay to Collis Huntington Holladay, 1901 December 19.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1847-1880
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.

Pacificus Ord letters to Georgiana Ord Holladay

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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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Georgiana Ord Holladay letters to Caroline Huntington Holladay and Edmund B. Holladay

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Also: note by Edmund B. Holladay, 1906 April 20; four letters from Collis Huntington Holladay; two letters from Helen Holladay Ord.

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Helen Holladay Ord letters to Harriet Huntington

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Enclosed in: 1907 April 18 letter was in letter from Caroline Huntington Holladay to Harriet Huntington, 1906 April 18. Also: letter from Collis Huntington Holladay; letter from Caroline Huntington Holladay.

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Georgiana Ord Holladay letter to Helen Holladay Ord

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Helen Holladay Ord letter to Georgiana Ord Holladay

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Pacificus Ord letter to Louise Ord Holladay Messer

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Georgiana Ord Holladay letters to Pacificus Ord

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