Metcalf (Edwards H.) Papers, 1833-1997

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Summary

Title:
Edwards H. Metcalf papers
Dates:
1833-1997
Abstract:
Personal and professional papers of Edwards Huntington Metcalf, T. E. Lawrence collector, businessman, and grandson of Henry E. Huntington.
Extent:
7.67 Linear Feet (17 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Edwards H. Metcalf papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, and photographs of Edwards Huntington Metcalf. The bulk of the correspondence is from Metcalf's mother, Elizabeth Metcalf; his wife, Jane Metcalf; and Bushby Harold & Associates, regarding property Metcalf owned in Tasmania. In addition to the correspondence, there are also various documents, diaries, etc., that are integrated throughout the correspondence in alphabetical order. The photographs in this collection are loosely organized by subject: aerial shots of the Palestine front, Metcalf, miscellaneous, portraits, and Tasmania. Ephemera includes brochures, fliers, pamphlets, business cards, ribbons, newspaper clippings, invitation cards, and Jane King's memorial service program. There is also miscellaneous ephemera relating to the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and Frank King, a cartoonist.

Biographical / historical:

Edwards "Ned" Huntington Metcalf was a Pepperdine University Board member, a T.E. Lawrence enthusiast and collector, and grandson of Henry Edwards Huntington (a railroad tycoon and founder of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens located on his San Marino estate). He was an owner of multiple small businesses as well as president of the Huntington Land Company. He frequently donated to the Huntington Library, and had his own collection of rare books, primarily related to T.E. Lawrence and coins. Metcalf was born November 4, 1911, to parents John and Elizabeth Huntington Metcalf. The family lived in Northern California, and Edwards was the second of four children (Mary, Edwards, John, and Lawrence). He married Jane King (1910-1994) and they lived in San Marino, California for many years. Metcalf also served in the Navy during the Korean War. He died in Sierra Madre, California in April 2001, and he and Jane were buried in Riverside National Cemetery, in Riverside, California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Edwards Huntington Metcalf estate, 2001.
Processing information:

Processed by Gina C Giang and Phil O'Brien in November 2013. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: 1. Correspondence and documents; 2. Photographs and Color slides; 3. Ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Amphoras -- Spain
Book collecting
Book collectors
Camellias
Cattle -- Australia
Coins -- Collectors and collecting
Crown lands -- Leasing
Grafting
Juvenile delinquency
Lilies
New business enterprises -- California
Paper -- Exhibitions
Pastures -- Australia
Pesticides
Ranch life
Real property -- Australia
Roses
Seeds -- Japan
Slate
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Student exchange programs -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
Aerial photographs
Clippings (information artifacts)
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Military records -- United States -- 20th century
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Portraits
Names:
American Camellia Society
Boys' Clubs of America
Friends of the Huntington Library
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery -- Exhibitions
Huntington Land and Improvement Company
United States. Air Force -- Military life -- Sources
United States. Navy -- Military life -- Sources
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927
King, Frank, 1883-1969
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935
Metcalf, Elizabeth
Metcalf, Jane
Millard, George M., Mrs., 1873-1938
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Prentice-Huntington, Clara Elizabeth
Places:
Gardeners
California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (Or. and Idaho)
New Mexico -- History
San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)
United States -- Politics and Government -- 1945-1953 -- Public opinion

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Brooke M. Black
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-30 16:05:06 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Edwards H. Metcalf papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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