Creator:
Huntington, Archer M. (Archer Milton), 1870-1955
Inclusive Dates:
1919- 1957
Abstract:
Papers of the American philanthropist, poet. Correspondence; secretarial daybooks, 1922-1957; manuscripts; legal and financial papers. Organizational correspondence includes that of the Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, American Numismatic Society, Brookgreen Gardens, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Hispanic Society of America, Mariners' Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the American Indian, National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, National Sculpture Society, New-York Historical Society, New York Zoological Society, and Yale University.
Type of Material:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Bank statements.
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Philanthropists.
Poets.
Literature -- American Poetry
Art -- Sculptors
Animal sculptors -- United States.
Animals in art.
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art museums.
Art patronage.
Bronze sculpture, American.
Endowments.
Hispanists -- United States.
Monuments.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Public art.
Public sculpture.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American.
Sculpture, American -- 20th centur.y
Sculpture gardens.
Upper class -- United States.
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:
Huntington family
Inclusive Dates:
1955- 1976
Abstract:
Papers from the estate of the Huntington family.
Type of Material:
Bank statements.
Correspondence.
Inventories.
Legal instruments.
Receipts (financial records)
Tax returns.
Trust receipts.
Wills.
Subject:
Upper class -- United States.
Collectors.
Philanthropists.
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.