Creator:
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1797- 1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
Maps (documents)
Mortgages.
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Subject:
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers.
Entrepreneurs.
Philanthropists.
Railroads
Business and Industry
California, History, 1850-1950.
Capitalists and financiers, United States.
Ciphers.
Entrepreneurship.
Palaces -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- California.
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates.
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads and state -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
Creator:
Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney,
1880-1980
Inclusive Dates:
1825- 2002
Abstract:
Papers of the American
sculptor, including original artwork and reproductions, correspondence and
memorabilia as well as some family history of both Frishmuth and her
longtime companion Ruth Talcott.
Type of Material:
8mm (photographic film size)
16mm (photographic film size)
Awards.
Bank statements.
Bas-reliefs (sculpture)
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Commemorative sculpture.
Copper engravings (printing process)
Correspondence.
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Diaries.
Glass plate negatives.
Models (representations)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Scrapbooks.
Sculpture (visual works)
Sketches.
Watercolors (paintings)
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Artists.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Art, American -- 20th century.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American -- 20th century.
Women artists -- United States.
Women sculptors -- United States.