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Trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1939
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Trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1939
Manuscripts
Group photograph of the trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, sitting around a table, probably in the Trustees' Room. From left to right: Edwin Powell Hubble, William Bennett Munro, Robert Andrews Millikan, Herbert Clark Hoover, and Allan Christopher Balch. Photographer: Don Downie. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble on verso: "Trustees of H.L. EPH, Mr. Munro, Dr. Millikan, Mr. Hoover, Mr Balch." The men are all wearing suits, and some of them are holding pipes in their hands.
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2 of the Trustees of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Manuscripts
The papers of Edwin P. Hubble include manuscripts and reprints of his articles, papers, public lectures, addresses, etc., scientific documentation for his papers, logbooks of photographic plates taken by Hubble at Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, diaries and biographical memoirs of his wife Grace Burke Hubble, professional, personal, and social correspondence, photographs, medals and awards, a scrapbook assembled by Grace Hubble, newspaper clippings, etc.
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Henry E. Huntington and Patton family, November 1903
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Mr. Huntington visiting the Patton family; the future general George Patton is standing on the left in his cadet's uniform from West Point. MS note on verso reads "Nov., 1903. San Marino, group on porch at Lake Vineyard. From left to right: Susan Patton Wills (sister of GSP Sr.), George Patton Jr., Mrs. George Patton (Ruth Wilson), Henry E. Huntington, George Patton Sr., Mr. Hancock Banning."
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Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Charles E. Culver letters to Board of Trustees. Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery
Manuscripts
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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