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Trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1939
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Trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1939
Manuscripts
Group photograph of the trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Left to right, William Bennett Munro, Allan Christopher Balch, Herbert Clark Hoover, Edwin Powell Hubble, and Robert Andrews Millikan. Photographer: Don Downie. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble on verso: "Trustees of H.L. Mr. Munro, Mr. Balch, Mr. Hoover, EPH, Dr. Millikan." The men are standing in front of a doorway, and are all wearing suits. Hubble is second from the right, and both he and William Munro (far left) are holding pipes in their hands.
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2 of the Trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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The papers of Edwin P. Hubble include manuscripts and reprints of his articles, papers, public lectures, addresses, etc., scientific documentation for his papers, logbooks of photographic plates taken by Hubble at Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, diaries and biographical memoirs of his wife Grace Burke Hubble, professional, personal, and social correspondence, photographs, medals and awards, a scrapbook assembled by Grace Hubble, newspaper clippings, etc.
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Group portrait of Albert Einstein, Edwin Powell Hubble, and other scientists at the California Institute of Technology
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Group portrait photograph of Albert Einstein, Edwin Powell Hubble, and others at the California Institute of Technology's Athenaeum. (8" x 10"). Also in the photograph: Robert Andrews Millikan, Albert Michaelson, William Wallace Campbell, Charles Edward St. John, Walter Mayer, William Bennett Munro, Richard Chace Tolman, Allan Christopher Balch, Walter Sydney Adams, and Russell Henry Ballard. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble on the back lists names of the men in the group. Hubble is standing in the back row, third from the left. All of the gentlemen are wearing tuxedoes.
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Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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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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Charles E. Culver letters to Board of Trustees. Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery
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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