The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
1879-1966
Physical Description: 36.67 Linear Feet(63 boxes, 1 roll)
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens series is organized in the following five sub-series:
- Subseries 1: Book bills and lists, 1892-1946
- Subseries 2: HEH Estate tax appeal case, 1927-1936
- Subseries 3: Newspaper clippings, 1897-1949
- Subseries 4: Proposition 15 tax exemption, 1928-1931
- Subseries 5: Other, 1916-1966
Scope and Contents
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens series deals with the founding and history of The Huntington Library,
Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. This series contains early book lists and bills (invoices, receipts) documenting Henry
Huntington's book purchases from a variety of dealers and sales. It also includes auction catalogs, some of them with handwritten
notes, perhaps by Huntington, as well as scrapbooks documenting Huntington's purchases of art (chiefly from Duveen), from
1892 to 1946. There are also documents related to a tax appeal case by the estate of Henry E. Huntington in 1934 and 1935.
This includes court proceedings, appraisals of Huntington's assets, both land and companies, and maps. It also contains several
boxes of photocopies of newspaper clippings from 1897 to 1949 regarding Henry E. Huntington and the creation of The Huntington
Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The newspaper clippings highlight some of Huntington's noteworthy purchases. There
are also clippings dealing with Arabella Huntington. The series also contains material dealing with Proposition 15, which
passed in 1930. The bill gave The Huntington a tax exemption from paying property tax. There is also miscellaneous material
including documents related to Huntington's head gardener William Hertrich, scrapbooks, ephemera, and business records.
Processing Information
During re-processing in 2022, the arrangement of the materials within series 1 was not changed; arrangements were mostly made
by Huntington staff in the 20th century.
Book bills and lists
1892-1946
Physical Description: 22.7 Linear Feet(23 boxes)
Scope and Contents
The sub-series Book bills and lists contains items such as auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, documents, book lists, and
correspondence that detail purchases by Henry E. Huntington of manuscripts, books, and art as well as listing books owned
by him or others that may have been purchased, from 1892 to 1946. There are also two scrapbooks dealing with purchases from
1909 to 1927. One contains items purchased from Duveen and the other is filled with other dealers. Other dealers that are
heavily represented in this series are: George D. Smith, Anderson Galleries, Maggs Bros., C. Gerhardt, Herschel V. Jones,
and the Rosenbach Company. There is also material related to the Hoe Sale, Hugh Sale, and the Beverly Chew Library. There
are also Blotter Books that list books that had been checked out and used and their date of return, from 1917 to 1921, as
well as lists of books that had been sent for binding, and books shipped to Los Angeles, from 1900 to 1927.
Box 1, Folder 1
Beautiful bindings, rare and fine books, autograph letters, valuable manuscripts…by Henry E. Huntington, William K. Bixby
and E. Dwight Church
1916 March
Scope and Contents
With handwritten annotations.
Box 1, Folder 2
French books…from the library of Henry E. Huntington
1916 November
Box 1, Folder 3
Americana consigned by Henry E. Huntington
1917 January
Box 1, Folder 4
Print collection of Frederic R. Halsey
1917 January
Scope and Contents
With handwritten annotations.
Box 1, Folder 5
Rare books, autographs, manuscripts from Henry E. Huntington and William K. Bixby
1917 February-March
Box 1, Folder 6
English literature, early and modern consigned by Henry E. Huntington
1917 December
Box 1, Folder 7
Rare Americana from the library of Henry E. Huntington
1917 December
Box 1, Folder 8-10
English literature from the library of Henry E. Huntington
1918 February-December
Box 2, Folder 1-2
Americana from the library of Henry E. Huntington
1919
Scope and Contents
With handwritten annotations.
Box 2, Folder 3
Catalogue of exceedingly choice, rare and valuable books from…Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks…S. R. Christie-Miller
1919
Box 2, Folder 4
Catalogue seventy-five, books
1920 December
Scope and Contents
C. Gerhardt. With handwritten annotations and note on the front: "All items marked OK are recommended for purchase, others
seem too high and can be picked up more cheaply out here. L. E. Bliss Dec. 16, '20."
Box 2, Folder 5
Original source material relating to the early west and far west
1922 November
Scope and Contents
Anderson Galleries. With handwritten annotations.
Box 2, Folder 6
Swaythling collection of silversmith's work
1924
Scope and Contents
Christie, Manson & Woods. With handwritten annotations and related loose material, including newspaper clippings.
Box 2, Folder 7
American autographs, historical and literary
before 1927
Scope and Contents
George D. Smith. With handwritten annotations.
Box 2, Folder 8
Autograph letters, manuscripts, historical documents
before 1927
Scope and Contents
George D. Smith. With handwritten annotations.
Box 2, Folder 9
Books, manuscripts, autograph letters
before 1927
Scope and Contents
George D. Smith. With handwritten annotations.
Box 2, Folder 10
Clearance catalogue of American historical autographs
before 1927
Scope and Contents
George D. Smith. With handwritten annotations.
Box 2, Folder 11
Library of Herschel V. Jones
before 1927
Scope and Contents
Anderson Galleries. With handwritten annotations.
Box 60, Folder 1
American history Californiana
undated
Box 3, Folder 1
Anderson Galleries
1909-1925
Box 60, Folder 2-5
Books shipped to California
1916-1920
Box 61, Folder 1
Charles L. Woodward sale
undated
Box 3, Folder 3
Duplicates sent to George D. Smith and Anderson Galleries
1916-1918
Box 3, Folder 4
Grolier Society
1905-1922
Box 4, Folder 2
Houghton Mifflin
1905-1922
Box 4, Folder 3
Huth Sale - George D. Smith and Bernard Quaritch
1912-1919
Box 4, Folder 4
List of bills to Huntington Land and Improvement Company
1920-1921
Box 4, Folder 7
Bernard Quaritch
1912-1923
Box 4, Folder 8
Rosenbach Company
1911-1920
Box 5, Folder 1-2
Rosenbach Company
1921-1924
Box 5, Folder 3
Charles Sessler
1903-1925
Box 5, Folder 4-8
George D. Smith
1908-1918
Box 6, Folder 1-3
George D. Smith
1919-1923
Box 6, Folder 4
George D. Smith - Poor Sale
1908-1909
Box 6, Folder 6
Walker & Stonestreet
1905-1911
Box 7, Folder 1
Miscellaneous book bills
1892-1900
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: William Doxey, Publisher and Importer, San Francisco. A few from Henry Miller, Bookseller and Importer, New
York. Other unidentifiable receipts.
Box 7, Folder 2
Miscellaneous book bills
1904-1910
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: John Skinner's Book Store, Albany; Dodd, Mead and Company, New York; National Alumni, New York; JF Taylor,
New York; Brentanos, New York; GP Putnam's; JW Boutons; David L. Friedman; The McMillan Co., and others.
Box 7, Folder 3
Miscellaneous book bills
1911-1917
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: American Art Association; Charles Scribner's Sons; Dodd and Livingston; Gannon and Cassidy; North American
Indian, Inc.; Edmund D. Brooks; Charles J. Sawyer, Ltd.; CC Parker; Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles; Chivers Book Binding Co.,
and others.
Box 7, Folder 4
Miscellaneous book bills
1912-1925
Scope and Contents
Receipts from various booksellers. Only a few receipts from each seller, not HEH's normal book sources. Lists of bills sent
to HEH. Miscellaneous book lists and notes about books.
Box 7, Folder 5
Miscellaneous book bills
1918
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: W. Heffer and Sons; Gabriel Wells; Kemble-Devonshire Library; Thomas Meadows and Co.; Atelier Bookbinding Co.;
Robert H. Dodd; MC Flynn; EP Dutton and Co.; Tice and Lynch, Inc.; Benzinger Brothers, and others.
Box 7, Folder 6
Miscellaneous book bills
1919
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Tice and Lynch, Inc.; Walter M. Hill; WA Gough; Hudson Book Co.; EP Dutton and Co.; Massachusetts Historical
Society; Dorbon-Aine; James MacDonald; Robert Cecil Mar Mahon, and others.
Box 8, Folder 1
Miscellaneous book bills
1920
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: John Howell Books; Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles; McDevitt-Wilson; Charles J. Sawyer; American Art Association;
Christian Gerhardt; Lathrop C. Harper; EP Dutton and Co.; W. Heffer and Sons, and others.
Box 8, Folder 2
Miscellaneous book bills
1921
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Charles J. Sawyer; American Art Association; Lowe Brothers; W. Heffer and Sons; WG Neale; The Book Corner;
Frank Hollings; The Antiquarian Book Company; Joseph A. Margolis; AC Vroman; G. Michelmore and Co.
Box 8, Folder 3
Miscellaneous book bills
1921
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: GA Baker; Leslie Chaundy and Co.; Myers and Co.; Aldine Book Co.; Arthur H. Vlark Co.; William Abbatt; PJ and
AE Dobell; Francis Edwards; Bewman F. McGirr; Charles E. Lauriat, and others.
Box 8, Folder 4
Miscellaneous book bills
1922
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Roger E. Stewart, New York; Estate of Robert A. Brock; Suckling and Co., London; Smith Book Company, Cincinnati;
Shepard Book Company, Salt Lake City; Standard Book Co., New York; EH Sauer, Los Angeles; Alfred Hafner, New York; Goodspeed's
Book Shop, Boston; Thomas J. Gannon, New York; WA Gough, New York; Alfred F. Goldsmith, New York; Henry Gray, Acton, England;
William George's Sons, Bristol; William Glaisher, Ltd., London; Galloway and Porter, Cambridge, England; Gittman's Book Shop,
Columbia, South Carolina; W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge, England; Stan V. Henkels, Philadelphia; E. Hector, Birmingham, and
others.
Box 8, Folder 5
Miscellaneous book bills
1922
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Walter M. Hill, Chicago; EC Fuller Company, New York; George Gregory, Bath; G. Michelmore and Co., London;
The Holmes Book Co., San Francisco; Frank Hollings, London; Townley Searle, London; AC Vroman; Aldus Book Co., New York; Antiquarian
Book Company, Stratford-on-Avon; Anschutz & Co., Holland; Aldine Book Co., Brooklyn; Matthew Bender and Co., Albany, and others.
Box 9, Folder 1
Miscellaneous book bills
1922
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Benjamin Franklin Stevens; Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles; Columbia University Press Store; Princeton University
Press; AC Vroman; John Wodicka; Daniel H. Newhall; William Harvey Miner Co., and others.
Box 9, Folder 2
Miscellaneous book bills
1923
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Thomas J. Gannon; Rhode Island Historical Society; Moore-Cottrell Subscription Agencies; Christopher Millard;
G. Michelmore and Co.; American Research Institute; Dorbon-Aine; Tice and Lynch; Charles T. Powner Co.; AJ Huston; John Heise;
Edward Eberstadt, and others.
Box 9, Folder 3
Miscellaneous book bills
1924-1925
Scope and Contents
Receipts from: Mitchell Kennerley Publisher; Daniels and Farris; George Harding; Thomas Gannon; ES Herrman, and others.
Box 61, Folder 2
Miscellaneous papers on book purchases, etc.
1914-1923
Box 61, Folder 3
Publications of Edward Luther Stevenson
undated
Box 61, Folder 4
R. Worthington sale
undated
Box 61, Folder 5
Richmond auctions No. 7 and 10
1912-1913
Box 10, Folder 1
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: William K. Bixby, 1918; George D. Smith; Charles Baker, July 1918; books offered to HE Huntington by Bernard Quaritch,
December 1920; Judge Russell Benedict collection.
Box 10, Folder 2
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Brentanos, September 1901; Lincoln collection; HE Huntington contents of cases, 1919 December; correspondence of
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fields; Bibles (including parts) and Book of Common Prayer in the HEH Library after 1640; short list
of rare and interesting book and manuscript quotes to HEH, November 1923; HE Huntington Library No. 3 (Morschhauser).
Box 10, Folder 3
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1930
Scope and Contents
Includes: Cogswell Collection of Drawings; catalogue of Old Library (Juliet Brown - Scribner Library); List of the Morschaur
Library; book case in red room; list of Marvin Library; duplicates given to AG, 1930 January; Jones; Southern Pacific Company;
Kipling Collection catalogue, 1920 November.
Box 10, Folder 4
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Kipling Catalogue; Index to the list of books in the MacDonald collection.
Box 11, Folder 1
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Books taken by GD Smith, January 1915; books to Smith to be bound, June 1918; Orders outstanding, 1927 February;
list of books in Stow Library and checked off by Mendoza at time of delivery to HEH; Mendoza's figures on books; books not
on insurance list to be sold to Mr. Smith; books to remain at Metropolitan Club, New York.
Box 11, Folder 2
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: MacDonald slips; list of Chew books; HEH's sale receipts, 1916-1920; Halsey sale; receipt from Anderson Galleries;
Quaritch's list of books bought for HEH at Huth Sale, June 1913; list of articles contained in the Sarah Heleman Whitman Poeana;
Lamon Sale; Newdigate Library; List of the Laws and Acts of the Colony and State of New York, March 1920; account with HV
Jones; duplicates sold to GD Smith.
Box 11, Folder 3-4
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: HE Huntington copy of catalogue of books at Metropolitan Club, October 1906.
Box 11, Folder 5
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Catalogue Department Blotter Books and Charge Records, 1917-1921.
Box 12, Folder 1
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Coldridge set; list of duplicates at Anderson's for sale, September 1924.
Box 12, Folder 2
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Deposited at Old Colony Trust Co. bank book, June 1922; Hoe Sale; checking of books received.
Box 12, Folder 3-4
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Blotter sheets, 1917-1919.
Box 12, Folder 5
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Sheets Completely Checked for Books on Shelves to see if any are missing beginning September 1917.
Box 12, Folder 6
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Items Bound in Devonshire Octavo Volumes Commonly Called HC Series.
Box 13, Folder 1
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Blotter sheets, 1917-1918.
Box 13, Folder 2
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: First vanload of books-boxes removed, July 1920; contents of cases shipped to Los Angeles; handwritten inventory
notebook; books shipped to Los Angeles and books stored in New York.
Box 13, Folder 3
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Bound book of duplicates; Bridgewater collection.
Box 13, Folder 4
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Books in storage in Los Angeles; list of cases of books sent to Los Angeles, April 1910; Herschel V. Jones invoice
and Bendickson letter, April 1919; duplicates George D. Smith, 1919; Rosenbach 1919; books taken by George D. Smith, January
1915.
Box 13, Folder 5
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Books sent to California, November-December 1916; books to be sold sent to Anderson, February 1916; list of books
shipped to E. B. Holladay, March 1916; books from the library of M. R. Halsey to be shipped to California; miscellaneous lists,
1912-1924.
Box 14, Folder 1
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Copies in H not credited; Livingston collection; more lists of books shipped to Los Angeles.
Box 14, Folder 2
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Lists of books shipped to Los Angeles; Thackeray catalogue.
Box 14, Folder 3
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1927
Scope and Contents
Includes: Lists of books shipped to Los Angeles; other book lists.
Box 14, Folder 4
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists
1900-1946
Scope and Contents
Includes: Photostat of catalogue of library of George Clinton Ward; Californiana manuscripts made by Edwin Grabhorn; Shakespeare
quartos; books purchased for the Huntington Library at Sotheby's March 1926, Sale I; reference books sent to Atelier Book-Binding
Co., July 1918; first editions of Arnold Bennett, 1919; list of books on California; important Spanish Americana; Halsey sale?
Box 14, Folder 5
Books sent to Marian Huntington
1925 December 15
Box 230, Folder 1-3
Bridgewater Library lists
1917
Box 15, Folder 1
Russell Benedict
undated
Scope and Contents
Leather bound alphabetical catalog.
Box 15, Folder 2
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists - Beverly Chew Library
1900-1927
Box 15, Folder 3
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists - Gunther collection
1900-1927
Box 15, Folder 4
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists - Harbeck collection?
undated
Scope and Contents
Leather bound.
Box 16, Folder 1
HEH Library and Art Gallery - Book lists - Schneider Library
1907
Box 16, Folder 2
Catalogue of books in the Library of J. W. Stow
undated
Scope and Contents
Bound volume.
Box 17
Duveen bill book
1909-1927
Scope and Contents
Bound volume. Large green ledger, known as "bill book" in Art Division. Compiled scrapbook-style, correspondence from Duveen
Brothers. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about art acquired via Duveen Brothers.
Box 18
Duveen bill book - photocopies
1909-1927
Scope and Contents
Bound volume. Photocopies of invoices in HEH 28/1. Large green ledger, known as "bill book" in Art Division. Compiled scrapbook-style,
correspondence from Duveen Brothers. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about art acquired via Duveen Brothers.
Box 19
Bill book - non-Duveen
1909-1927
Scope and Contents
Bound volume. Large green ledger, known as a "bill book" in Art Division. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about
art acquired via dealers other than Duveen Brothers.
HEH Estate tax appeal case
1927-1936
Physical Description: 9.75 Linear Feet(22 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
The sub-series HEH Estate tax appeal case contains appraisal books, petitioner's exhibits, proceedings, and maps and plats
all used in the case of Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, successor to Los Angeles-First National Trust & Savings
Bank, and the Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank and Caroline H. Holladay, Executors of the Estate of Henry Huntington
vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in 1934 and 1935. There is a copy of Henry E. Huntington's Last Will and Testament,
May 26, 1927, and material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Standard Felt Company, Redondo Beach and
Redondo Improvement Company and other properties owned by Huntington.
Box 20, Folder 1-4
Appraisal books
1927-1935
Box 21, Folder 1-3
Appraisal books
1927-1935
Box 22, Folder 1-3
Appraisal books
1927-1935
Box 23, Folder 1-2
Petitioner's exhibits
1927-1935
Box 23, Folder 3-4
Petitioner's exhibits
1934-1935
Box 24, Folder 1-3
Petitioner's exhibits
1934-1935
Box 24, Folder 4
Petitioner's exhibits binder
1935
Box 25, Folder 1
Proceedings
1932 April 7-June 8
Box 25, Folder 4
Proceedings
1932 June 9-13
Box 26, Folder 1
Proceedings
1934 September 4
Box 26, Folder 2
Proceedings
1934 September 5
Box 26, Folder 3
Proceedings
1934 September 7
Box 26, Folder 4
Proceedings
1934 September 10-11
Box 26, Folder 5
Proceedings
1934 September 12-14
Box 26, Folder 6
Proceedings
1934 September 17-18
Box 27, Folder 1
Proceedings
1934 September 20-21
Box 27, Folder 2
Proceedings
1934 September 24
Box 27, Folder 3
Proceedings
1934 September 25-26
Box 27, Folder 4
Proceedings
1934 September 28-October 1
Box 27, Folder 5
Proceedings
1934 October 2-3
Box 27, Folder 6
Proceedings
1934 October 5-8
Box 28, Folder 1
Proceedings
1934 October 9-10
Box 28, Folder 2
Proceedings
1934 October 15-16
Box 28, Folder 3
Proceedings
1934 October 17-19
Box 28, Folder 4
Proceedings
1934 October 22-23
Box 28, Folder 5
Proceedings
1934 October 24-26
Box 28, Folder 6
Proceedings
1934 October 29-30
Box 29, Folder 1
Proceedings
1934 November 2-5
Box 29, Folder 2
Proceedings
1934 November 6
Box 29, Folder 3
Proceedings
1934 November 7-9
Box 29, Folder 4
Proceedings
1934 November 12-13
Box 29, Folder 5
Proceedings
1934 November 14-16
Box 29, Folder 6
Proceedings
1934 November 19-20
Box 29, Folder 7
Proceedings
1934 November 21-23
Box 30, Folder 1
Proceedings
1934 November 26-27
Box 30, Folder 2
Proceedings
1934 November 30-December 3
Box 30, Folder 3
Proceedings
1934 December 4-5
Box 30, Folder 4
Proceedings
1934 December 7
Box 30, Folder 5
Proceedings
1934 December 10-11
Box 30, Folder 6
Proceedings
1934 December 12
Box 31, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 January 2-4
Box 31, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 January 7-16
Scope and Contents
With check-out card, 1936-1938.
Box 31, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 January 18-28
Box 31, Folder 4
Proceedings
1935 January 30-February 4
Scope and Contents
With check-out card, 1936-1938.
Box 31, Folder 5
Proceedings
1935 February 5-6
Box 32, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 February 8-11
Box 32, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 February 12-13
Box 32, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 February 15-18
Box 32, Folder 4
Proceedings
1935 February 25
Box 32, Folder 5
Proceedings
1935 February 19-20
Box 32, Folder 6
Proceedings
1935 February 26-27
Box 32, Folder 7
Proceedings
1935 March 1-4
Box 33, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 March 18-19
Box 33, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 March 20-22
Box 33, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 April 29-30
Box 33, Folder 6
Proceedings
1935 May 13-14
Box 33, Folder 7
Proceedings
1935 May 8-10
Box 34, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 May 15-17
Box 34, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 May 20-21
Box 34, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 May 22-24
Box 34, Folder 4
Proceedings
1935 May 27-28
Box 34, Folder 5
Proceedings
1935 June 3-4
Box 34, Folder 6
Proceedings
1935 June 5-7
Box 35, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 June 10-11
Box 35, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 June 12-14
Box 35, Folder 6
Proceedings
1935 June 21-24
Box 35, Folder 7
Proceedings
1935 June 25-26
Box 35, Folder 8
Proceedings
1935 June 28-July 1
Box 35, Folder 9
Proceedings
1935 July 2-8
Box 36, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 July 9-10
Box 36, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 July 12-15
Box 36, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 July 16-17
Box 36, Folder 4
Proceedings
1935 July 19-23
Box 36, Folder 5
Proceedings
1935 July 24-26
Box 36, Folder 6
Proceedings
1935 July 30-31
Box 36, Folder 7
Proceedings
1935 August 2-5
Box 36, Folder 8
Proceedings
1935 August 6-7
Box 37, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 August 9-12
Box 37, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 August 13-14
Box 37, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 August 16-19
Box 37, Folder 4
Proceedings
1935 August 20-21
Box 37, Folder 5
Proceedings
1935 September 3-4
Box 37, Folder 6
Proceedings
1935 September 6-9
Box 37, Folder 7
Proceedings
1935 September 10-11
Box 38, Folder 1
Proceedings
1935 September 13-16
Box 38, Folder 2
Proceedings
1935 September 17-18
Box 38, Folder 3
Proceedings
1935 September 20-23
Box 38, Folder 4
Proceedings
1935 September 24-25
Box 38, Folder 5
Proceedings
1935 September 27
Box 39, Folder 1
Accounts and current reports of executors
1933
Box 39, Folder 2
Appraisals of property
1928-1935
Box 39, Folder 3
Administration expenses
1933
Box 39, Folder 4-6
Huntington Land and Improvement Company
1927-1934
Box 40
Huntington Land and Improvement Company
1927
Scope and Contents
Oversize facsimiles of documents.
Box 41, Folder 1
Last Will and Testament of HEH
1927 May 26
Box 41, Folder 2
Maps and plats
after 1928
Box 41, Folder 3
Redondo Beach and Redondo Improvement Company
1922-1935
Box 41, Folder 4
Standard Felt Corporation
1933
Newspaper clippings (photocopies)
1897-1949
Physical Description: 1.66 Linear Feet(4 boxes)
Scope and Contents
The four boxes of newspaper clippings (almost all of them are photocopies) chiefly relate to Huntington's art and book purchases,
his personal life and Arabella Huntington, and some about The Huntington, from 1897 to 1949.
Box 42, Folder 2
Art and artists
1907-1910
Box 42, Folder 4
Clawson's portrait of Henry E. Huntington
1909
Box 42, Folder 5
Collis P. Huntington's art going to Metropolitan Museum
1925
Box 42, Folder 14-16
Henry E. Huntington obituaries
1927-1933
Box 42, Folder 17
Henry E. Huntington's garden
1909
Box 42, Folder 18
Hispanic Museum, New York
1909
Box 43, Folder 5
Portrait of a Young Ecclesiastic by Velasquez
1911
Box 45, Folder 7
Labeled envelopes for newspaper clippings
undated
Proposition 15 tax exemption
1928-1931
Physical Description: 4.17 Linear Feet(10 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
The Proposition 15 tax exemption sub-series contains material that documents the efforts by The Huntington to get an exemption
from paying property tax passed in the state of California. This material includes publicity, both newspaper and radio, correspondence,
form letters, newspaper clippings and editorials on the subject. The proposition passed in 1930.
Box 48, Folder 2
Exhibition group letters
1930
Box 48, Folder 3
Form letters - publicity
1930
Box 48, Folder 4
General correspondence - A-K
1930
Box 48, Folder 5
General correspondence - L-Z
1930
Box 48, Folder 6
Miscellaneous newspaper publicity
1930
Box 48, Folder 7
Newspaper correspondence
1930
Box 49, Folder 1
Newspaper editorial response
1930
Box 55, Folder 1
Publicity - newspapers
1928-1931
Box 55, Folder 2-3
Publicity - newspaper clippings
1929-1930
Box 55, Folder 4
Publicity - radio broadcasting
1930
Box 55, Folder 5
Publicity - radio publicity
1930
Box 55, Folder 6
Replies to Dr. Farrand's letters
1930
Box 55, Folder 7
Summary letter
1930 November 3
Other
1916-1966
Physical Description: 8.40 Linear Feet(6 boxes, 1 roll)
Scope and Contents
The "Other" sub-series includes material related to William Hertrich, 1916 to 1966, the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art
Gallery Trust indenture, 1917-1937, a George D. Smith scrapbook, 1920-1924, miscellaneous ephemera, photographs of some of
the paintings, and two volumes: "Library Lands," 1931 to 1937, and "Library Trustees Accounts Payable." There are also blueprints
from 1947 for the Westinghouse Building in Los Angeles, California, which was built by the Huntington Library as an investment,
and undated sketches by artist Loren Roberta Barton of the Huntington residence and property.
Box 56
William Hertrich
1916-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes plaques, citations, medals, and honors given to William Hertrich.
Box 61, Folder 6
A catalogue of some of the paintings of the British School in the collection of Henry Edwards Huntington...by Maurice W. Brockwell
1925
Scope and Contents
Copy of published book.
Box 61, Folder 7
Collis P. Huntington papers, MSS Film 739 from originals at Syracuse University
undated
Box 57, Folder 1
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery Trust indenture
1917-1937
Box 61, Folder 8
The Huntington Botanical Gardens 1905-1949 personal recollections of William Hertrich
1949
Scope and Contents
Copy of published book.
Box 57, Folder 2
George D. Smith scrapbook
1920-1924
Box 61, Folder 9
George Watson Cole publications
1915-1925
Box 62, Folder 2
Materials related to Trustees
1927-1952
Box 57, Folder 3
Miscellaneous ephemera
1928-1964, undated
Box 62, Folder 3
Permissions for readers
1977-1984
Box 57, Folder 4
Photographs of the paintings in the art collections portfolio
before 1937
Scope and Contents
With typed documents "List of reproductions for sale in the art gallery." With handwritten additions. Belonged to Elizabeth
Huntington Metcalf.
Box 62, Folder 4
Report of the Friends of the Huntington Library
1951
Box 62, Folder 5
Silver at San Marino Ranch
1923
Box 63
Sketches by Loren Roberta Barton of Huntington residence and property
undated
Scope and Contents
Nine sketches; matted.
Box 58
Library lands notebook
1931-1937
Scope and Contents
Accompanied by loose material and another notebook, which is a loose tabulation for Library Lands interest. Three pages of
Library Trustees orchard, earnings, expenses, profit, and loss to date for each year. The rest is Library Lands Trial Balance,
with itemized lists of profits and expenses by month.
Box 59
Library Trustees accounts payable
1927-1935
Scope and Contents
The first page is Index of Library accounts, assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and memo accounts. Categories are Date,
Explanatory, from Bk Page, Debit, Credit, From Bk Page, Explanatory, Date.
Roll 1
Westinghouse Building, Los Angeles, California blueprints and photostats
1947
Scope and Contents
The building was owned by Huntington Library; built in 1947 as an investment.
Henry E. Huntington and family
1640-1984
1849-1977
Physical Description: 119 Linear Feet(166 boxes, 99 scrapbooks, 1 roll)
The Henry E. Huntington and family series is organized in the following six sub-series:
- Subseries 1: Biographical File and personal papers, 1640-1984
- Subseries 2: Estate and financial papers, 1885-1969
- Subseries 3: Lawsuits and legal papers, 1861-1973
- Subseries 4: Metcalf and Holladay families, 1768-1871
- Subseries 5: Newspapers and clippings, 1855-1975
- Subseries 6: Scrapbooks, 1870-1927
Scope and Contents
The Henry E. Huntington and family series deals with the life of Henry E. Huntington, the Huntington family and the Metcalf
and Holladay families, from 1640 to 1984 (bulk 1849 to 1977). This series is comprised mostly of the "Bio file," which is
material selected and designated by Robert O. Schad, Curator of Rare Books and curator of the Huntington papers in the 1930s,
for his planned definitive biography of Henry E. Huntington; Schad never published a book, but he did have a smaller publication
entitled "Henry Edwards Huntington, the Founder and the Library" published by the Huntington Library in 1931. The series contains
biographical information about Henry E. Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and Arabella Huntington, as well as records and
documents regarding their estates and finances. There are a series of oral histories and reminiscences of Henry E. Huntington
and letterbooks belonging to Collis P. Huntington, mostly related to his business ventures. There is material related to the
Huntington property and residences in San Marino, California, New York City, and Chateau Beauregard in France. The financial
papers are comprised of balance sheets, bank books, check stubs, monthly bank statements, and other financial documents. There
are court documents in various lawsuits involving Henry E. Huntington. The collection also contains papers and material belonging
to the Metcalf and Holladay families (related to the Huntingtons by marriage). There are thousands of newspaper clippings
dealing with Henry E. Huntington, his businesses, railroads, and Los Angeles; that series also includes obituaries of both
Collis and Henry Huntington. The scrapbook sub-series also deals with the Huntingtons and their businesses, railroads, and
Los Angeles.
Processing Information
During re-processing in 2022 and 2023, the arrangement of the materials within series 2 was not changed; arrangements were
mostly made by Huntington staff in the 20th century.
Biographical file and personal papers
1640-1984
Physical Description: 7.50 Linear Feet(18 boxes)
Organized in three sub-subseries:
- Sub-subseries 1: Biographical material collected by Robert O. Schad
- Sub-subseries 2: Collis P. Huntington letterbooks
- Sub-subseries 3: Other
Scope and Contents
The Biographical file and personal papers subseries consists of biographical material regarding Henry E. Huntington, Arabella
Huntington, Collis P. Huntington, and other Huntington family members from 1881 to 1984. The series includes material compiled
by Curator Robert O. Schad dealing with Henry E. Huntington's life and career. This material is made up of articles, correspondence,
clippings, papers about Founder's Day, and the building of the Mausoleum, research notes, and oral histories of people who
knew and worked with Henry E. Huntington, collected from 1927 to 1984. There is also a series of letterbooks belonging to
Collis P. Huntington containing business correspondence from 1881 to 1899. The Other sub-series contains information about
Anna Huntington, Huntington family genealogy, William V. Huntington, and Oneonta, New York. There are several 17th and 18th
century documents related to land ownership (presumably related to the Huntington family) as well as an undated notebook kept
by Henry E. Huntington when he was a child.
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Biographical material collected by Robert O. Schad
Box 64, Folder 1
Articles on life of HEH
1928-1955
Box 64, Folder 2
Biographical project reports and correspondence
1919-1965
Box 64, Folder 3
Chronological data - Life of HEH
1850-1927
Box 64, Folder 4
Chronological events from news clippings
1902-1917
Box 64, Folder 5
Correspondence: A-F
1929-1939
Box 64, Folder 6
Correspondence: G-K
1920-1965
Box 64, Folder 7
Correspondence: L-Q
1929-1939
Box 64, Folder 8
Correspondence: R-Z
1929-1939
Box 64, Folder 9
F.S. Haynes letters to Carey S. Bliss
1976
Box 65, Folder 1
Identity indices: companies or businesses
approximately 1927
Box 65, Folder 2
Identity indices: individuals
approximately 1927
Box 65, Folder 3
Identity indices: topical
1927
Box 66, Folder 1
Individual and institutional indices relative to biography of HEH
approximately 1927
Box 66, Folder 2
John Martin Askey letter to Ray A. Billington
1925-1974
Box 66, Folder 3
Letters and memo relative to HEH by Emma G. Quigley
1973-1974
Box 66, Folder 4
Lists of persons and firms contacted for information on life of HEH
1928-1929
Box 66, Folder 5
Memories of HEH and Arabella Huntington
1938 March 18
Box 66, Folder 6
Memos relative to collection of HEH biographical material
1928-1940
Box 66, Folder 7
Mildred F. Godfrey letter to Edwin Carpenter
1977 January 13
Box 66, Folder 8
Miscellaneous working papers
1900-1940
Box 66, Folder 9
Newspaper clippings
1909-1954
Box 66, Folder 10
Papers relative to Founder's Day, 1931
1931
Box 66, Folder 11
Papers relative to life of CPH and HEH
1897-1940
Box 66, Folder 12
Papers relative to mausoleum
1939-1949
Box 66, Folder 13
Research notes relative to railroads
approximately 1927
Box 66, Folder 14
Schad's card file
undated
Box 67, Folder 1
Scrapbook: Mulford S. Wade (microfilm)
1890s
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed in 1960.
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Box 67, Folder 2
Transcript of interview with Max Gschwind
1983 February 17
Scope and Contents
Includes cassette tape and photograph of Gschwind.
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Box 68, Folder 1
Noel T. Arnold oral history
1984
Scope and Contents
Includes cassette tape.
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Box 68, Folder 2
Ludwig Bendickson oral history
1943
Box 68, Folder 3
Leslie E. Bliss oral history
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes three magnetic tape reels.
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Box 68, Folder 4
Harry Carr oral history
after 1934
Box 68, Folder 5
George Watson Cole oral history
1929
Box 68, Folder 6
Jay E. Edwards oral history
1929
Box 68, Folder 7
Max Farrand oral history
1933
Box 68, Folder 8
Alfonso Gomez oral history
1927-1959
Box 68, Folder 9
G.E. Hale oral history
1933
Box 68, Folder 10
Henry Harper oral history
1937
Box 68, Folder 11
Mrs. E.B. Holladay oral history
1929
Box 68, Folder 12
Luther Ingersoll oral history
undated
Box 68, Folder 13
George E. Miles oral history
1929
Box 68, Folder 14
Emma G. Quigley oral history
1940-1975
Box 68, Folder 15
Emma G. Quigley oral history: magnetic tapes and notebook
1940-1975
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Box 69, Folder 1
Mulford S. Wade oral history
1960
Box 69, Folder 2
A.G. Walker oral history
1960
Scope and Contents
Includes one magnetic tape reel.
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Box 69, Folder 3
George C. Ward oral history
1954
Box 69, Folder 4
Mabel Zahn oral history
1974
Box 69, Folder 5
Unidentified oral histories
1973, undated
Collis P. Huntington letterbooks
Box 70, Folder 1-4
Collis P. Huntington letterbooks
1881-1891
Box 71, Folder 1-3
Collis P. Huntington letterbooks
1891 June-1892
Box 72, Folder 1-16
Collis P. Huntington letterbooks indices
1881-1899 July
Box 74, Folder 1-2
Collis P. Huntington material at Stanford University
1966-1977
Box 74, Folder 3
George Hale correspondence (microfilm)
undated
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed in 1959?
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Box 74, Folder 4
George Watson Cole sketch of Library, New York
approximately 1919
Box 74, Folder 5
HEH youth notebook
undated
Box 74, Folder 6
Huntington family chronology
undated
Box 74, Folder 7
Huntington family tree
1900-1983
Box 74, Folder 8
Miscellaneous correspondence
1898-1941
Box 75, Folder 1-8
Oneonta Library, New York
Box 76, Box 77, Box 78
Willard V. Huntington: History of Oneonta
1911
Box 79, Box 80
Willard V. Huntington: Old Time Notes
1911
Box 81, Folder 1
17th century documents
1640-1681
Box 81, Folder 2
18th century documents
1734-1772
Estate and financial papers
1885-1973
Physical Description: 19.60 Linear Feet(47 boxes)
Organized in three sub-subseries:
- Sub-subseries 1: Estate papers
- Sub-subseries 2: Financial papers and records
Scope and Contents
The Estate and financial papers series contains material related to Henry E. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and Collis P.
Huntington's estates and finances. The series includes financial documents of Arabella Huntington and inventories and appraisals
of her estate, from 1902 to 1969, and a judicial settlement related to her will in the 1920s. The material related to the
estate of Collis P. Huntington includes documents related to a lawsuit regarding his will in the 1950s. There are also estate
papers and copies of Henry E. Huntington's last will and testament, 1914. Three are also drawings and floor plans of "El Molino,"
a house Arabella Huntington wanted built on Old Mill Road in San Marino, California. The drawings are by architect Arthur
B. Benton in 1919. Also included in this series are financial documents such as balance sheets, bank statements, bank books,
cash abstracts, check stubs, ledger books, loan accounts, and more, belonging to Henry E. Huntington, from 1898 to 1927. There
are also papers related to the houses in San Marino and New York. There is also a sub-series of items related to the Huntington's
house in France, Chateau Beauregard. This material consists of bills and statements, correspondence, expenses, and information
about repairs.
Box 82, Folder 1
Arabella Huntington financial documents
1902-1914
Box 82, Folder 2
Arabella Huntington will
1913
Box 82, Folder 3-8
Estate of Arabella Huntington
1924-1969
Box 82, Folder 9
Estate of Arabella Huntington estate tax
1927
Box 82, Folder 10
Estate of Arabella Huntington inventory
1924
Box 82, Folder 11
Estate of Arabella Huntington inventory and appraisement
1925-1926
Box 82, Folder 12
Judicial settlement...Arabella Huntington's will
1924-1926
Box 82, Folder 13
Collis P. Huntington estate
1901-1933
Scope and Contents
Also includes estate information for Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington.
Box 82, Folder 14
Collis P. Huntington will case of appeal
1954
Box 82, Folder 15
Collis P. Huntington will papers on appeal
1953
Box 83, Folder 1-2
Henry Huntington estate papers
1899-1936
Box 83, Folder 3
Huntington appraisal and estate legal documents
1961-1973
Box 83, Folder 4
Last will and testament of Henry E. Huntington
1914 March 28
Box 84
Arthur B. Benton drawings and floor plans of "El Molino"
1919
Scope and Contents
Arabella Huntington had these made for a house on Old Mill Road; it was never built. 4 items.
Financial papers and records
Box 89, Folder 1
Bank books: Bank of California
1892-1893
Box 89, Folder 2-3
Bank books: Farmers and Traders National Bank of Covington
1886-1900
Box 89, Folder 4
Bank books: First National Bank of Los Angeles
1906-1916
Box 90, Folder 1
Bank books: Miscellaneous
1885-1916
Box 90, Folder 2
Bank books: Miscellaneous Kentucky
1885-1889
Box 90, Folder 3
Bank books: National City Bank checks
1901-1902
Box 90, Folder 4-7, Box 91, Folder 1
Bank books: Nevada Bank of San Francisco
1893-1898
Box 91, Folder 2-4
Bank books: Nevada National Bank of San Francisco
1898-1902
Box 92, Folder 5-6
California Trust Company statements
1925-1926
Box 95, Folder 2
Distribution of collateral
1908-1923
Box 95, Folder 3
Household expenses
1913-1914
Box 96, Folder 1
Lists of officers and directors of businesses
1896-1915
Box 97, Folder 1
Miscellaneous agreements
1898-1908
Box 97, Folder 2-4
Miscellaneous financial documents
1893-1923
Box 98, Folder 1-5
Miscellaneous financial documents
1900-1925
Box 99, Folder 1-7, Box 100, Folder 1
Miscellaneous financial documents, undated
1903-1927
Box 100, Folder 2-6
Miscellaneous receipts
1895-1918
Box 101, Folder 1-7
Monthly balance sheets
1918-1924
Monthly bank statements
1914-1920
Box 102, Folder 1
Bankers Trust Company
1914-1920
Box 102, Folder 2
Central Trust Union Company
1919-1920
Box 102, Folder 3
Chase National Bank
1919-1920
Box 102, Folder 4
Equitable Trust Company of New York
1915-1920
Box 102, Folder 5
First National Bank of Los Angeles
1914-1920
Box 102, Folder 6
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
1914-1919
Box 102, Folder 7
International Bank
1914-1919
Box 102, Folder 8
Marine National Bank of Buffalo
1915-1917
Box 102, Folder 9
Mechanics & Metals National Bank
1914-1915
Box 102, Folder 10
Metropolitan Trust Company
1916-1920
Box 102, Folder 11
National City Bank of New York
1914-1920
Box 103, Folder 1-6
New York house bills and receipts
1919-1920
Box 103, Folder 7
Personal finances
1901-1915
Box 103, Folder 8
Pullman Company plans for private car
1916
Box 103, Folder 9
San Marino household receipts
1914-1916
Chateau Beauregard
Language of Material: Materials are in English and French.
Box 104, Folder 1
Chateau Beauregard bills and statements
1913-1921
Box 104, Folder 2-4
Chateau Beauregard correspondence
1913-1927
Box 104, Folder 5
Chateau Beauregard correspondence and reports
1920
Box 105, Folder 1-3
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1913-1915
Box 106, Folder 1-4
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1915-1916
Box 107, Folder 1-3
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1917-1918 June
Box 108, Folder 1-3
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1918 July-1919
Box 109, Folder 1-3
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1920 January-September
Box 110, Folder 1-4
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1920 October-1921 September
Box 111, Folder 1-3
Chateau Beauregard expenses
1921 October-1923 October
Box 112, Folder 1
Chateau Beauregard Equitable Trust journal of payments
1914-1921
Box 112, Folder 2
Chateau Beauregard floor plans, inventory, and staff
1913-1925
Box 112, Folder 3
Chateau Beauregard household expenses
1920-1921
Box 112, Folder 4
Chateau Beauregard miscellaneous notes
1913-1925
Box 112, Folder 5
Chateau Beauregard official French documents
1914
Box 112, Folder 6-7
Chateau Beauregard repairs to be made
1913-1917
Box 113, Folder 1-2
Bankers Trust Co.
1911-1923
Box 113, Folder 3
Bankers Trust Co. Mercantile Office
1911-1912
Box 113, Folder 4-6
Chase National Bank
1912-1920
Box 114, Folder 1-4
Chase National Bank
1920-1923
Box 115, Folder 1-4
Chase National Bank
1923-1924
Box 116, Folder 1-4
Farmers Merchants Bank
1903-1912
Box 116, Folder 5-6
First National Bank of Los Angeles
1906-1917
Box 116, Folder 7
Fourth National Bank
1912-1914
Box 117, Folder 1
Guaranty Trust Company
1913-1919
Box 117, Folder 2-3
Guardian Trust Co.
1902-1907
Box 117, Folder 4-6
International Bank
1907-1910
Box 118, Folder 1-4
International Bank
1910-1914
Box 119, Folder 1-6
International Bank
1914-1915
Box 120, Folder 1-7
International Bank
1915-1917
Box 121, Folder 1-4, Box 122, Folder 1-2
International Bank
1917-1918
Box 122, Folder 3
Marine National Bank
1915-1917
Box 122, Folder 4-5, Box 123, Folder 1
Mechanics & Metals Bank
1904-1913
Box 123, Folder 2
Mercantile Trust Co.
1907-1911
Box 123, Folder 3
Metropolitan National Bank
1914-1921
Box 123, Folder 4-8, Box 124, Folder 1-3
Metropolitan Trust Co.
1901-1907
Box 124, Folder 4
Mississippi Valley Construction Co.
1889-1903
Box 124, Folder 5-8
National City Bank
1901-1919
Box 125, Folder 1-6
Nevada National Bank
1892-1895 November
Box 126, Folder 1-6
Nevada National Bank
1895-1898
Box 127, Folder 1-7, Box 128, Folder 1-3
Nevada National Bank
1898 January-1907
Box 128, Folder 4-5
Union Trust Co.
1902-1916
Box 128, Folder 6-8
US Mortgage Trust Co.
1912-1922
Box 129, Folder 2-3
Wells Fargo National Bank
1892-1908
Lawsuits and legal papers
1861-1950
Physical Description: 2.9 Linear Feet(7 boxes)
Organized in two sub-subseries:
- Sub-subseries 1: Colton lawsuit
- Sub-subseries 2: Huntington v Lewis & Simmons
Scope and Contents
This series includes material related to two lawsuits dealing with Collis P. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington. The first,
the Colton lawsuit, was a case brought against Ellen Colton, widow of David D. Colton, attorney for the Central Pacific Railroad
Company and the "Big Four" (Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker), against Leland Stanford,
et al. Alfred A. Cohen was their attorney in the case. The material is made up of legal documents, correspondence, invoices,
copies of testimonies, affidavits, memorandums, agreements, and others, from 1861 to 1924. There is also some material related
to Charles Main v Central Pacific Railroad Company et al (also including the "Big Four"). The second case is Henry E. Huntington
v Lewis & Simmons. Huntington brought the case against art dealers Maurice Lewis and Isaac Simmons, claiming that the George
Romney portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons and her sister, which he had purchased, was neither by Romney nor a portrait of Siddons
and her sister. The trial took place in May 1917. The painting was found to be by Ozias Humphry [sic] and portrayed the Waldegrave
sisters. Huntington was refunded his money. The material is made up of correspondence, documents, newspaper clippings, proceedings,
and photograph evidence used in the case.
Box 130, Folder 1-5, Box 131, Folder 1-9
Huntington v Lewis & Simmons
Box 132, Folder 1-7, Box 133, Folder 1-3
Correspondence and documents
1914-1921, undated
Box 135
Notes of proceedings
1912-1917
Box 136, Folder 1-5
Photographic evidence
1917
Metcalf and Holladay families
1768-1994
1881-1936
Physical Description: 9.34 Linear Feet(20 boxes, 1 roll)
Organized in two sub-subseries:
- Sub-subseries 1: Metcalf family
- Sub-subseries 2: Holladay family
Scope and Contents
The Metcalf and Holladay families subseries contains material related to families related to the Huntingtons through marriage.
Caroline "Carrie" Huntington, Henry E. Huntington's youngest sister, married Edmund Burke Holladay in 1896. Elizabeth "Betty"
Vincent Huntington, Henry E. Huntington's daughter, married John Brockway Metcalf in 1906. The Metcalf family papers consist
of correspondence between family members, including Henry E. Huntington, business papers of George Metcalf, Brockway's father,
a scrapbook belonging to Elizabeth H. Metcalf, and genealogical information about the Metcalf family. The Holladay family
papers consist of business papers and diaries of Edmund Burke Holladay and his father Samuel W. Holladay, documents belonging
to Caroline H. Holladay, legal documents, material related to property owned by the Holladay family, other financial documents,
and a genealogical chart of the Ord and Holladay families.
Box 137, Folder 2
Charlie Blackmore
1904-1905
Box 137, Folder 3
George Blackmore
1904-1905
Box 137, Folder 5
Leslie Green Huntington Brehm
1905
Box 137, Folder 6
Alice Chapman
1938 October 21
Box 137, Folder 7
Sallie Davenport
1905 September 22
Box 137, Folder 8
Eleanor B. Davis?
1905 November 26
Box 137, Folder 11
Ellen Maria Huntington Gates
1905 November 11
Box 137, Folder 12
Hazel N. Gibbons
1905 November 21
Box 137, Folder 13
Caroline D.H. Holladay
1905-1948
Box 137, Folder 14
Margaret Holladay
1949 July 21
Box 137, Folder 15
Harriet Huntington
1881-1898
Box 137, Folder 16-23
Henry E. Huntington
1904-1905
Scope and Contents
Letters to Elizabeth H. Metcalf and John B. Metcalf.
Box 137, Folder 25
Marian Huntington
1905-1937
Box 137, Folder 26
Mary Alice P. Huntington
1904-1905
Box 137, Folder 27
Kate MacGavin?
1905 February 4
Box 137, Folder 28
Lyda McGowan
1937 August 23
Box 137, Folder 30
----- McGinty
1904 September 7
Box 137, Folder 31
Edwards H. Metcalf
1919-1994
Box 137, Folder 32
Elizabeth H. Metcalf
1901-1906
Box 138, Folder 1
Elizabeth H. Metcalf
1910-1919
Box 138, Folder 2
Elizabeth H. Metcalf postcards
1922-1960
Box 138, Folder 3
George D. Metcalf
1905 September 13
Box 138, Folder 4
Jane King Metcalf
1935 October 18
Box 138, Folder 5-8
John B. Metcalf
1904-1905
Box 138, Folder 9
John R. Metcalf
1935-1967
Box 138, Folder 14
Elizabeth Mills?
1904 November 10
Box 138, Folder 15
William B. Monroe
1943 January 26
Box 138, Folder 16
Laura G. Nelson
1936 January 19
Box 138, Folder 18
Emmet Rixford
1937 July 29
Box 138, Folder 19
Elizabeth H. Schmidt
1942 February 10
Box 138, Folder 20
Harry C. Sherick
1905 November 27
Box 138, Folder 21
Josephine B. Sherick
1905
Box 138, Folder 22
F.Q. Thompson and M.K. Quarrier
1905 November 28
Box 138, Folder 23
Harriet B. Wilson
1905 November 25
Box 138, Folder 24
Mary B. Wilson
1905 November 26
Box 138, Folder 25
Sara M. Wilson
1905 November 29
Box 138, Folder 26
Peg Clara H. P. Young
1904-1936
Box 139, Folder 1-7, Box 140, Folder 1-3
Business papers
1903-1919
Box 140, Folder 4
Department of Interior
1917-1918
Box 140, Folder 7
Stock certificates
1912-1916
Box 141, Folder 1
Elizabeth H. Metcalf scrapbook
1902
Box 141, Folder 2
Jane King Metcalf American National Red Cross certificate
1946 May
Box 141, Folder 4
Walston Brockway family information
1768-1983
Box 142, Folder 2
Correspondence with San Francisco Park
1909-1913
Box 144, Folder 5-6, Box 145, Folder 1
Box 145, Folder 2-4
Journals and notes
1878-1941
Box 146, Folder 2
E.B. Holladay v. all persons
1909-1923
Box 147, Folder 1
California v. Samuel Holladay et al
1895
Box 149, Folder 5
Property in San Francisco
1898-1922
Box 151, Folder 1
2215 Buchanan St.
1898-1926
Box 151, Folder 2
Block 236 city of Santa Barbara
1904-1922
Box 151, Folder 3
Caroline H. Holladay book lists
undated
Box 151, Folder 4
Caroline H. Holladay press copy book - Balzac
1872-1896
Box 152, Folder 1
Caroline H. Holladay v. all persons
1908-1910
Box 152, Folder 3
G.C.O. Holladay accounts
1897-1908
Box 152, Folder 4
G.C.O. Holladay estate
1919-1924
Box 152, Folder 5-6, Box 153, Folder 1
Holladay, Saunders & Cary
1847-1896
Box 153, Folder 2
Holladay family ephemera
1916-1924
Box 153, Folder 3
Holladay matter
1868-1926
Box 153, Folder 4
Homeland N.E. corner of Clay and Octavia
1898-1925
Box 154, Folder 1
McGay, Holladay & Saunders
1896
Box 154, Folder 2
Old deeds and papers about the old ranch
1869-1898
Box 154, Folder 3-4
Porter & Holladay
1864-1869
Box 155, Folder 1
Porter cash book
1859-1864
Box 155, Folder 2-3
Real estate - San Francisco
1904-1925
Box 155, Folder 4
Record gold deposits and withdrawals
1849-1850
Box 156, Folder 1
Rights of way and street rights by Estoppel
1895
Box 156, Folder 3
Scottish Chief cash book
1864-1907
Box 156, Folder 4
Selling Octavia and Clay
1922-1923
Box 157, Folder 1
Taxes - south side of Clay St.
1906-1925
Box 157, Folder 2
Timberland tax receipts
1904-1923
Roll 2
Genealogy chart of extended Ord-Holladay family: roll mssHEH 14121
1934 December
Newspapers and clippings
1855-1975
Physical Description: 50 Linear Feet(47 boxes)
Oranized in two sub-subseries:
- Sub-subseries 1: Clippings
- Sub-subseries 2: Newspapers
Scope and Contents
The Newspapers and clippings series contains mostly newspaper clippings clipped for Henry E. Huntington, and whole newspapers,
all with topics related or of interest to Henry E. Huntington. There are also clippings and newspapers related to Collis P.
Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and the Huntington family. The following topics are covered: Henry E. Huntington's art, book,
and manuscript purchases, railroads and transportation, the U.S. Navy and shipbuilding, Huntington's business interests, California,
significant historical events, obituaries of both Collis P. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington, World War I and II, and Henry
E. Huntington's personal life and activities. There is also a series of Los Angeles Times weather reports from 1912 to 1924.
Many of the newspaper clippings are photocopies.
Box 158, Folder 1
Anderson Auctions
1913-1925
Box 158, Folder 2
Banquets honoring Huntington
1903-1906
Box 158, Folder 3
Beadle dime novels
1922-1923
Box 158, Folder 4
Beverly Chew Library and sale
1912-1925
Box 158, Folder 6
Book and manuscript purchases
1911-1926
Box 158, Folder 7-9
Book sales
1912-1920, undated
Box 158, Folder 10
Borden Library
1913 February
Box 158, Folder 11
Phoebe Boyle collection
1923
Box 158, Folder 12
Bridgewater collection
1917-1919
Box 158, Folder 13
Britwell Court Library
1919-1924
Box 158, Folder 16
Burdette-Coutts collection
1927
Box 158, Folder 18
Central Pacific Railroad
1903-1908
Box 158, Folder 25
Christie-Miller sale
1921 July 24
Box 158, Folder 26
John L. Clawson
1925-1926
Box 158, Folder 28
Charles Crocker's death
1897
Box 158, Folder 29
Cromwell sale
1925 December 26
Box 158, Folder 34
Duke of Devonshire Library
1913-1920
Box 158, Folder 35
Fabyan collection
1920 February 19
Box 158, Folder 38
Benjamin Franklin's autobiography
1924-1925
Box 158, Folder 39
Charles Frederick Holder
1915
Box 158, Folder 40
Henry C. Frick
1919 December 7
Box 158, Folder 42
Garrick plays
1926 September 5
Box 158, Folder 43
Hagen Library
1918 June 30
Box 158, Folder 44
Halsey collection
1915-1918
Box 158, Folder 46
Walter Sylvester Herzog
1923 October 24
Box 159, Folder 1-27
Collis P. Huntington
1892-1975
Scope and Contents
The majority of the clippings are Collis P. Huntington obituaries.
Box 160, Folder 1
Henry Huntington marriage to Arabella Huntington
1913
Box 160, Folder 2
Henry Huntington retirement
1908-1909
Box 160, Folder 3
Willard V. Huntington
1915 September 30
Box 160, Folder 4
Huntington art/book sales
1907-1927
Box 160, Folder 5
Huntington, Bixby, and Church sale
1916
Box 160, Folder 6
Huntington duplicate sales
1918
Box 160, Folder 7
Huntington businesses/finances
1902-1920?
Box 160, Folder 8-22
Huntington family
1871-1941
Box 160, Folder 23
Huntington genealogy
1909
Box 160, Folder 24
Huntington honorary recognition
1920-1924
Box 160, Folder 25
Huntington Library
1903-1933
Box 160, Folder 26
Huntington Library and Art Gallery
1911-1922
Box 160, Folder 27
Huntington Library Post article
1918 May
Box 160, Folder 28
Huntington Library staff
1920-1928
Box 160, Folder 29
Huntington Memorial Hospital
1936-1937
Box 160, Folder 30-40
Huntington personal
1890-1930, undated
Box 160, Folder 41
Huntington purchases
1909-1917
Box 161, Folder 1
Huntington residence
1903-1922
Box 161, Folder 2
Huntington sale 1917 December 10-11
1917
Box 161, Folder 3
Huntington sale 1918 January 10-11
1917
Box 161, Folder 4
Huntington sale 1918 January-February
1918
Box 161, Folder 5
Huntington/Searles/Stanford
1891-1900
Box 161, Folder 7
Herschel V. Jones
1923 January 24
Box 161, Folder 11
William Thomas Lamb sale
1920
Box 161, Folder 13
Lamon collection
1912 May 17
Box 161, Folder 17
Los Angeles and Southern California
1903-1923
Box 161, Folder 18
Los Angeles transportation
1898-1926?
Box 161, Folder 20
Mexican railroad
1901-1909
Box 161, Folder 23
John Pierpont Morgan estate
1916 July 29
Box 161, Folder 24
Newport News/Shipbuilding
1907-1926
Box 161, Folder 25
Nicholson collection
1922?
Box 161, Folder 26
Oneonta, New York
1903-1970
Box 161, Folder 27
Pacific Mail
1909 July 10
Box 161, Folder 30
Edgar Allan Poe
1922-1925
Box 161, Folder 31
Political cartoons and images
1903-1931
Box 161, Folder 34
Quinn Library
1923 December 9
Box 161, Folder 36
Railway World
1888 November
Box 161, Folder 37
San Diego, California
1907-1909
Box 161, Folder 38
San Francisco, California
1907-1910
Box 161, Folder 39
San Pedro, California
1903-1907
Box 161, Folder 40
William Shakespeare
1914-1925
Box 161, Folder 41
George D. Smith
1914-1920
Box 161, Folder 42
Southern Pacific Railroad
1900-1934
Box 161, Folder 43
Leland Stanford
1893-1894
Box 161, Folder 46
Telephone companies
1908-1910
Box 161, Folder 47
Yeats Thompson collection
1920
Box 161, Folder 49
Otto Vollbehr collection
1926
Box 161, Folder 50
George Washington
1913-1922
Box 162, Folder 1-8
Weather reports
1912-1918
Box 163, Folder 1-8
Weather reports
1919-1922
Box 164, Folder 1-4
Weather reports
1923-1924
Box 164, Folder 5
Wood blocks acquired by Huntington
1919 January 12
Box 167, Folder 1-12
1902 February-1903 May 1-10
Box 170, Folder 1-9
1905 August-1906 February
Box 172, Folder 1-10
1906 November-1907 August
Box 177, Folder 1-11
1911 February-August 1-12
Box 186, Folder 1-22
1925 November-1974, mixed dates
Box 189
1884-1919
Scope and Contents
Subjects: World War I.
Box 191
1892-1916
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington, Titanic.
Box 192
1899-1930
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library, Titanic.
Box 193
1900-1928
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Collis P. Huntington, Henry E. Huntington Library, World War I.
Box 194
1900-1948
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library.
Box 195
1901-1927
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library.
Box 196
1902-1903
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Collis P. Huntington, California.
Box 197
1902-1923
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library.
Box 198
1903-1910
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library, Los Angeles.
Box 199
1906
Scope and Contents
Subjects: San Francisco earthquake.
Box 201
1911-1912
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library, Titanic.
Box 202
1913-1921
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Henry E. Huntington Library, World War I.
Box 203, Box 204
1926
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Los Angeles.
Scrapbooks
1870-1927
Physical Description: 35.62 Linear Feet(25 boxes, 99 volumes)
Organized in eight sub-subseries:
- Sub-subseries 1: Railroads and oil
- Sub-subseries 2: California electric railway matters
- Sub-subseries 3: Pacific Electric related
- Sub-subseries 4: Los Angeles related
- Sub-subseries 5: Huntington family
- Sub-subseries 6: E.H. Pardee scrapbooks
- Sub-subseries 7: American railway union strike
- Sub-subseries 8: Collis P. Huntington and railroads
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook series consists of 146 scrapbook volumes containing clippings from 1870 to 1927. The clippings are related to
topics of interest to Collis P. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington including railroads, labor strikes, the oil industry, the
Huntington family, and Los Angeles, California. There are three scrapbooks kept by Edward H. Pardee, Henry E. Huntington's
cousin, that contain clippings about Collis P. Huntington, Henry E. Huntington, railroads, and news in New York from 1882
to 1901. They were kept in the order in which the archivist found them.
Box 206, Volume 1
1871 January-1872 February
Box 209, Volume 2
1877 February-1881 January
Box 214, Volume 1
1892 January-1893 September
Box 214, Volume 2
1893 September-1894 April
Box 216, Volume 2
1895 November-1896 January
Box 219, Volume 1
1896 September-1897 January
Box 221, Volume 2
1897 October-1898 January
Box 224, Volume 2
1899 October-1900 February
Box 228, Volume 1
1900 April-July
General
Volume is in fragile condition; covers are loose.
Box 229, Volume 1
1900 June-December
General
Volume is in fragile condition; covers are loose.
California electric railway matters
Volume 2
1904 December-1905 December
Volume 8
1911 October-1912 January
Volume 11
1912 October-1913 February
Volume 13
1913 September-1914 February
Volume 16
1914 September-1915 January
Volume 19
1915 December-1916 September
Volume 20
1916 September-1917 March
Pacific Electric related
Scope and Contents
Some articles have been cut out. Volumes 1-3, of original number system, are missing.
Volume 23
1904 November-1905 January
Volume 30
1905 November-1906 January
Volume 42
1909 October-1910 October
Volume 47
1912 December-1913 August
Volume 52
1915 December-1916 September
Volume 53
1916 September-1917 February
Volume 58
1921 August-1923 February
Volume 60
1923 November-1924 December
Volume 61
1919 January-1921 February
Volume 63
1893-1905
Scope and Contents
With envelope of loose clippings.
American railway union strike
Volume 93
1894 August 28-November 13
Collis P. Huntington and railroads
Volume 97
1893 October-1894 September
Volume 98
1894 November-1895 September
Volume 99
1892 October-1893 October