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Title: Margaret Broad Holladay
Papers
Dates (inclusive): Approximately 1821-1969
Bulk dates: 1900-1969
Collection Number: mssHolladay papers
Creator:
Holladay, Margaret Broad.
Extent: 438 items + ephemera in 5 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of Margaret Broad Holladay (1899-1984), wife of Collis Huntington Holladay, who was the
nephew of
American railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library. The materials chiefly date from
1900-1969 and include daily appointment books
chronicling the day-to-day activities of the Holladays and Henry Huntington, family correspondence and documents, photographs,
ephemera and genealogical records.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Margaret Broad Holladay Papers, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
The collection was found at the Huntington Library in the 1980s after the death
of Margaret Broad Holladay (who had been working here at the time of her death
in 1984). It was assumed she would gift the papers to the Huntington Library.
Ms. Holladay had already agreed to gift another collection to the Huntington
Library before her death.
Margaret Broad Holladay (1899-1984) was born on February 4, 1899, in Texas to
John Walker Broad and Martha E. Puriton. It appears that she had only one sister,
Annie. At some point, Margaret and her family moved to California, where she met and
married Collis Huntington Holladay, nephew of Henry E. Huntington. The two married
on April 30, 1928, in Altadena, California. Margaret and Collis had one child, a
son, whom they named Collis Huntington Holladay Jr. (called “Hunt”) born on July 12,
1933.
Margaret was very active in the Pasadena community. She served as president of a
neuro-psychiatric clinic and helped provide scholarships for students attending the
California Institute of Technology. She also played an active role in researching
her family's genealogy. Margaret died on January 5, 1984, in Laguna Beach,
California.
This collection contains the papers of Margaret Broad Holladay, wife of Collis Huntington Holladay, who was the nephew of
Henry E. Huntington. The papers are arranged in the following series: 1. Appointment books/address books
(Boxes 1- 2); 2. Family Records (Box 3); 3. Financial Records (Box 3); 4.
Correspondence (Box 4); 5. Photographs (Boxes 4-5); 6. Ephemera (Box 5).
The Appointment books/address books series is arranged alphabetically by author. The
items in this series chronicle the day-to-day activities of Collis Huntington
Holladay, Margaret Broad Holladay, and Henry Edwards Huntington. They span from
1925-1969.
The Family Records series is arranged alphabetically and contains such items as
application forms submitted by various family members to such organizations as the:
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California, Sons of the American
Revolution: California Society, and the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames,
Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland. These
applications show how the family member applying is eligible for group membership by
tracing the family lineage back to the family member who can qualify them to be part
of that group.
In addition, this series includes genealogical tables and family genealogies
documenting the lineage of the Huntington Holladay family. The items are grouped by
surname Cresap, Holladay, Ord, Saunders, and Vincent. In some way all of the
families are related to one another. Items found within this grouping include
personal narratives both hand written and typed by various family members, birth and
death dates of family members, family trees, and obituaries. Some of the items in
this series date back to the 1600’s. One item worth noting is a genealogical chart
from the Ord family. The chart is very comprehensive starting with James Ord who was
born in England, April 1786 and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska with his wife Rebecca
Ruth Cresap on January 25, 1873. The Ords are the ancestors of the Huntington
Holladay family and the chart traces the lineage up until the time it was made in
1936.
Also in this series are newspaper clippings which mention the Huntington Holladay
family, a biography of Henry E. Huntington, documents pertaining to the Huntington
Family Association and their annual meetings, and lastly, obituaries relating to the
deaths of Alfred O. Larkin and Collis P. Huntington.
The Financial Records series is arranged alphabetically and includes board member
files from what appears to be the neuro-psychiatric clinic that Margaret served as
president, income tax documents relating to the Collis and Margaret Broad Holladay
estate between the years 1950 and 1962, indentures and agreements made by the
Huntington and Holladay family between 1853 and 1896, tax deductible gifts made by
Collis and Margaret between 1954-1962, the appraisal of the Henry E. Huntington
estate made by the State of California after his death in 1927, the distribution of
Alice Larkin Toulmin’s assets, a blank Collis H. Huntington check, taxes and estates
bulletins, trust and will brochures, and a list of subscribers for preferred stock
from the Mission Playhouse Corporation in 1926.
The Correspondence series is arranged alphabetically and includes letters between
Collis Jr. (nicknamed Hunt) and his parents (Margaret and Collis Holladay) from 1950
to 1952. During this time, Hunt was studying at a school on the East coast in the
Boston area while his family lived in San Marino, California. The series also
includes a number of letters from Annie B. Lewis Boyd (Margaret’s sister) who
traveled around the South and East coasts of the United Sates with her husband,
Bill. In addition, there are letters between various Huntington - Holladay family
members making family genealogy inquiries, and letters between Margaret Broad
Holladay and the California Institute of Technology regarding scholarships provided
by the family to students attending the school.
The Photographs series is arranged alphabetically. Within the series are various
photos and copy negatives of relatives from the Huntington family including images
of Samuel W. Holladay, Collis P. Huntington, Howard E. Huntington, and Willard H.
Wright. There are also three photographs of Harry Huntington Pech accompanied by a
letter sent to the family asking if there was any relation between the two. The
series includes images of the Holladay residence, the Henry E. Huntington estate in
San Marino, California, the Huntington Mansion in Oneonta New York, pictures from
Yosemite, photos from the fires in Oneonta in 1908, and a daguerreotype of an
unidentified man. There is also an album that contains images of Henry E. Huntington
and his estate and library in San Marino. The album is too large to be stored with
this series and has been placed in oversize.
The Ephemera series is arranged alphabetically and includes such items as a seating
chart from a dinner party hosted by Henry E. Huntington featuring such distinguished
guests as the crown prince and princess of Sweden and Denmark. Labels that were
attached to the bottom of J.H. Belter & Co furniture, articles and newspaper
clippings relating to flower, lawn, and tree care, a leaflet titled “Land for the
Million!” which contains information about buying and purchasing tracts of land, a
map of Lido Isle in Newport Beach as of 1939, mixed drink recipes, a list of posters
of the first and second liberty loans compiled by Brentano’s who specialize in
quotations on books, a summons addressed to John Thomas Viscount Sidney to attend
the coronation of George IV on August 1, 1820, roster of membership from the Rotary
Club of Los Angeles dating 1942-1943, listing the members of the rotary and their
contact information, a greetings card from Collis and Margaret to father,
invitations to various family members, certificates of membership to Mr. and Mrs.
Edmund Burke Holladay, and miscellaneous items such as a notepad from the Vancouver
Hotel, a pass to the 1907 Oneonta Fair, and a small notebook. There is also an empty
black case which has been placed in oversize.
The papers are arranged in the following series:
- 1. Appointment books/address books (Boxes 1-2)
- 2. Family Records (Box 3)
- 3. Financial Records (Box 3)
- 4. Correspondence (Box 4)
- 5. Photographs (Boxes 4-5)
- 6. Ephemera (Box 5)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Holladay, Margaret
Huntington -- Archives.
Huntington, Collis
Potter, 1821-1900.
Huntington, Henry
Edwards, 1850-1927.
Cresap family.
Holladay
family.
Huntington family --
Archives.
Huntington family --
Correspondence.
Huntington family --
Photographs.
Ord family.
Saunders
family.
Women -- California.
California -- History
-- 19th century -- Sources.
California -- History
-- 20th century -- Sources.
San Marino
(Calif.)
San Marino (Calif.) --
Photographs.
United States --
Genealogy.
Yosemite National Park
(Calif.) -- Photographs.
Address books -- United States.
Appointment books -- United States.
Ephemera.
Financial records -- California.
Letters (correspondence) -- United
States.
Photographs.
Holladay, Collis Huntington.
Holladay, Collis Huntington, 1933-.
Holladay, Georgiana Catherine Ord.
Holladay, Samuel W., 1823-1915.
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927.
Lewis, Annie Broad.
Ord, Angustias, b. 1815.
California Institute of Technology.
Colonial Dames of America.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art
Gallery.
Society of Colonial Wars in the State
of California.
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames.
Sons of the American Revolution.
California Society.
Timken Sturgis Foundation.