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Henry E. Huntington letter to Kate W. Berton : photocopy

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Description: A photocopy of a typewritten letter sent by Henry E. Huntington to Kate Berton from his San Marino Ranch. In the letter Huntington discusses the state of his health, which is getting better after his 1925 operation, and extolls the Ranch and the state of California as wonderful places for recuperation. He also speaks of Kate's "Aunt Belle" and how much she is missed after her death in 1924. Huntington describes the marble mausoleum he is designing and having built on the grounds of the Ranch which will be his final resting place beside Arabella; Henry E. Huntington died during an operation three months after this letter was written.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1927 February 1.
Call number: mssHM 84112
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)

Henry E. Huntington letter to Kate W. Berton

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Also: copy of telegram from Huntington to Barton. Subjects: Archer Huntington, Arabella Huntington, the Mausoleum.

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Kate Voorhies Castle letter to Henry E. Huntington

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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 letter to Kate Voorhies Castle

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Henry E. Huntington letter to W. Williams

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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 Isaias W. Hellman

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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 Kate W. Berton : photocopy

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