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Clara Huntington correspondence


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    Clara Huntington correspondence

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    The Clara Huntington correspondence is primarily between Huntington and George D. Hapgood, Henry E. Huntington's private secretary, dating from 1928 to 1935. In these letters, Huntington describes the financial difficulties of being a struggling artist. She asks for Hapgood's assistance with selling her belongings such as pearls, lace, linens, and a mink coat to finance her career. Included is an undated photograph of Youth, a marble high relief sculpture.

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    Clara Barton correspondence

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    The collection consists of correspondence between members of the extended Barton family, almost half of which was written between 1863 and 1864, and some pieces of ephemera. Topics addressed within the correspondence include the Civil War and wartime medical conditions, Clara's humanitarian efforts and the Barton family's affairs. One of the letters mentions Abraham Lincoln, Stephan A. Douglas and the 1860 presidential election. Correspondents include Clara Barton, her brother, Stephen Barton, and his wife, Elizabeth Rich Barton; their son, Samuel Rich Barton, and his wife, Amelia Barton; and other relatives of the Barton family including Stephen Emery Barton, Leander T. Poor, Bernard Barton Vassall and Irving S. Vassall Barton.

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    Clara Barton correspondence

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    The collection consists of correspondence between members of the extended Barton family, almost half of which was written between 1863 and 1864, and some pieces of ephemera. Topics addressed within the correspondence include the Civil War and wartime medical conditions, Clara's humanitarian efforts and the Barton family's affairs. One of the letters mentions Abraham Lincoln, Stephan A. Douglas and the 1860 presidential election. Correspondents include Clara Barton, her brother, Stephen Barton, and his wife, Elizabeth Rich Barton; their son, Samuel Rich Barton, and his wife, Amelia Barton; and other relatives of the Barton family including Stephen Emery Barton, Leander T. Poor, Bernard Barton Vassall and Irving S. Vassall Barton.

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    Clara Huntington Perkins Young letters to Harriet 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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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    Clara Huntington Perkins Young letters to Harriet Huntington

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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    Arabella Huntington and Henry E. Huntington indenture with Clara Prentice and E.H. Prentice

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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