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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The collection of 1,622 items consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, and maps (1830-1946, bulk 1872-1877), in English and Spanish, related to the business affairs of Lewis Wolfskill. There are land papers concerning various California ranchos, legal papers and bills related to property in both the county and city of Los Angeles, mining papers (San Bernardino County), papers related to Henry Dalton and the Mexican government, papers related to the Centinela Orchard, and papers related to the estate of Francisca Wolfskill Shephard. Correspondents in the collection include: Arizona Superior Mining Company, Robert Burnett, Burnoel Petroleum Company, Charles Cabot, William Cardwell, Francisco Contreras, Manuel Franco Coronel, Još Carman Cos, Henry Dalton, Winnall Augstin Dalton, Victoria Pedrorena de Magnee, Gas̤tn Oxarart, Fraṅois Louis Alfred Pioche, Još Rubio, Herbert Wolfskill, John Reid Wolfskill, and William Wolfskill. The California ranches which are part of the land papers in this collection include: Rancho Aguaje de Centinela, Rancho Azusa, Rancho la Ballona, Rancho la Cąada, Rancho C̜̤an de Santa Ana, Ranco Rin̤cn de los Bueyes, Rancho San Francisquito, Rancho San Jacinto, Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo, Rancho San Još, Rancho San Pedro, Rancho San Rafael, Rancho San Vicente, Rancho Santa Anita, Rancho Santa ̤Mnica, Rancho Sausal Redondo, Rancho Suscol, Rancho Temecula, and Rancho Wolfskill.
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Manuscripts
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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