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Title: Henry Whitcomb Holley Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1847-1896
Collection Number: mssHM 79959-79994
Creator:
Holley, H.W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897.
Extent: 36 items in 1 envelope and 26 volumes
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 chiefly contains letterpress books of correspondence mainly related to the professional life of Minnesota
railroad employee,
land developer, and poet Henry Whitcomb Holley (1828-1897),
including real estate transactions, mining claims, railroad construction/development, business enterprises, and his literary
career on the side.
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]. Henry Whitcomb Holley Collection, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Grahame Hardy, July 1953.
Processing/Project Information
1. There are many pages that have been cut or removed from the volumes.
2. Many of the volumes, particularly the poetry volumes, contain loose materials.
3. There is an index in each letterpress book with a listing of the recipients.
4. The subject index does not exhaust every instance where the subject is mentioned, particularly within the letterpress books.
Henry Whitcomb Holley (1828-1897) was born in Pierrepont Manor, New York, May 5, 1828, the son of David and Betsey (Randall)
Holley.
He graduated from Norwich University, Vermont, in 1849. From 1849-1856, he was a contracting engineer for railroads in Ohio,
Indiana, and Wisconsin.
Holley came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Chatfield. He was editor of the
Chatfield Republican (1856-1861);
a state senator (1859-1861); and receiver of the U.S. Land Office at Winnebago City (1861-1869). He began his engineering
career with the
Southern Minnesota Railroad in 1865, became chief engineer of construction, and was also the company's general manager and
superintendent.
Other interests of Holley included: the Root River State Bank, of which he was one of the organizers, and land and real estate
in Faribault County.
Holley was also one of the organizers of the Root River State Bank and was in land and real estate in Faribault County. He
also published a number of volumes of poetry.
Holley married Eliza Jane Christie in 1855. The children born to the couple were Maud, Kate, Elizabeth, Mabel, and Henry.
Holley died in Everett, Washington, in 1897.
This collection contains 26 volumes and 10 items of correspondence. The letterpress books, which are extremely fragile, mainly
comprises
correspondence relating to Henry Whitcomb Holley’s professional work concerning real estate transactions, mining claims, railroad
construction/development, business enterprises, and his literary career on the side.
Correspondence mainly concerns letters to his wife, Eliza Christie Holley, and letters from his friend, William Windom.
The volumes are arranged by type then chronologically. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Alcohol Law and legislation – United States.
- Subject in Ogle, J.C. 1 letter to E.J. Holley, A.L.S. (6 p.), (1887, Aug. 2), Owatonna (Minn.). HM 79993.
American literature – 19th century – Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
- Subject in Poems: written for The Politicians, 2nd Edition: [draft], [undated]. HM 79981.
American newspapers – Sections, columns, etc.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Columns, poems, etc. written for the Superior Times (1896). HM 79984.
Business enterprises.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1892, Mar. 19 – 1892, Nov. 29), Spokane (Wa.). HM 79969.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1893, July 6 – 1894, Aug. 29), (Wa.). HM 79970.
Mining claims.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1892, Mar. 19 – 1892, Nov. 29), Spokane (Wa.). HM 79969.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1895, Mar. 25 – 1896, Feb. 22), Everett (Wa.). HM 79972.
Political satire, American – 19th century.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Columns, poems, etc. written for the Superior Times (1896). HM 79984.
Politics and culture – United States – Periodicals.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Columns, poems, etc. written for the Superior Times (1896). HM 79984.
Politics and Literature – United States – History – 19th century.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Letters, poems, and clippings (1881 – 1886). HM 79983.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Columns, poems, etc. written for the Superior Times (1896). HM 79984.
Prohibitionists – United States.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1889, Feb 27 – 1890, June 30). HM 79966.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1891, Aug. 8 – 1891, Nov. 1), Winnebago City (Minn.). Note: Letter book begins on August 8, 1891. HM 79967.
Railroads – Design and construction.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1889, Feb 27 – 1890, June 30). HM 79966.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1892, Mar. 19 – 1892, Nov. 29), Spokane (Wa.). HM 79969.
Railroads – Mexico – Planning.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Letters, poems, and clippings, (1881 – 1886). HM 79983.
Real estate development.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1891, Oct. 6 – 1892, Mar. 14). Note: First part of the letter book contains poems and essays. HM 79968.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1892, Mar. 19 – 1892, Nov. 29), Spokane (Wa.). HM 79969.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1893, July 6 – 1894, Aug. 29), (Wa.). HM 79970.
Real estate transactions.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1893, July 6 – 1894, Aug. 29), (Wa.). HM 79970.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1894, Feb. 23 – 1894, Aug. 29), Everett (Wa.). HM 79971.
Satires – United States – 19th century.
- Subject in Scrapbooks: Columns, poems, etc. written for the Superior Times (1896). HM 79984.
Temperance – United States
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1889, Feb 27 – 1890, June 30). HM 79965.
- Subject in Holley, H. W. (Henry Whitcomb), 1828-1897 to A-Z (1891, Oct. 6– 1892, Mar. 14). Note: First part of the letter book contains poems and essays. HM 79968.
- Subject in Ogle, J.C. 1 letter to E.J. Holley, A.L.S. (6 p.), (1887, Aug. 2), Owatonna (Minn.). HM 79993.
United States – Politics and government – Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject in Poems: written for The Politicians, 2nd Edition: [draft]. HM 79981.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Holley, H.W. (Henry
Whitcomb), 1828-1897.
Great Northern Railway
Company (U.S.)
Northern Pacific
Railroad Company.
Triune Gold Mining
Company.
Southern Minnesota
Railroad Company.
Southern Minnesota
Railroad Company. Engineering Department.
United States. General
Land Office.
Alcohol Law and legislation -- United
States.
American literature -- 19th century --
Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
American newspapers -- Sections,
columns, etc.
Business enterprises.
Land titles -- Minnesota.
Mining claims.
Political satire, American -- 19th
century.
Politics and culture -- United States
-- Periodicals.
Politics and literature -- United
States -- 19th century.
Prohibitionists -- United
States.
Railroads -- Design and
construction.
Railroads -- Mexico --
Planning.
Railroad land grants --
Minnesota.
Real property -- Minnesota.
Real estate development.
Real estate transactions.
Satires -- United States -- 19th
century.
Sections, columns, etc. American
newspapers -- Wisconsin.
Temperance -- United States.
Delavan (Wis.) --
Buildings, structures, etc.
Marias Pass (Mont.) --
Description and travel.
Minnesota -- Politics
and government.
Minnesota -- Social
conditions.
United States --
Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Winnebago City
(Minn.)
Correspondence -- United States -- 19th
century.
Letterpress copybooks -- United States
-- 19th century.
Poems -- United States -- 19th
century.
Scrapbooks -- United States -- 19th
century.
Bailey, E.H., recipient.
Beebee, I.H., recipient.
Bishop, J.W. (Judson Wade),
1831-1917, recipient.
Brown, O.D., recipient.
Case, O.H., recipient.
Christie, J.L., recipient.
Dobbyn, William Richard, recipient.
Easton, Jason Clark, recipient.
Haggard, A.E., recipient.
Haugan, Hauman G., recipient.
Holley, Cameron.
Hubbard, Lucius F. (Lucius
Frederick), 1836-1913, recipient.
Upham, Henry Pratt, recipient.
Van Horne, William Cornelius, Sir,
1843-1915, recipient.
Whipple, Charles Henry, 1849,
recipient.
Windom, William, 1827-1891,
recipient.
Wood, B.F., recipient.
Funk & Wagnalls Company,
recipient.