Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927

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role

Collector

dates

1850-1927

city

San Marino

state

CA

other cities

Oneonta, NY; San Francisco, CA;

sex

M

historical notes

Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library, was born in Oneonta, New York.

In 1892 he went to San Francisco to work for his uncle, Collis Potter Huntington, who was President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. After Collis's death in 1900 and Henry's purchase of the Shorb ranch in 1902, Henry moved his business interests to the Los Angeles area, organizing the Pacific Electric Railway Company, the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, and other real estate and industrial development enterprises.

Around the same time, Henry Huntington began to seriously collect books, and by 1908 he dedicated more time and money to the collection of books, manuscripts and works of art.

decades
of activity

1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930

website

http://www.huntington.org

updated

10/31/2024 13:33:17

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location	Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of Henry Edwards Huntington, 1794-1970 (bulk 1840-1927)	see details...
Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center	Arabella Huntington Papers, 1888-1925.	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of Orrin M. Peck, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915)	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of John Dustin Bicknell, 1872-1914 (bulk 1887-1897).	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of William Hertrich, 1904-1966.	see details...
Rosenbach Museum & Library 2008-2010 DeLancey Place	Rosenbach Company Correspondence, 1903-1953.	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Los Angeles Railway Corporation Collection of Photographs [graphic], 1853-1939.	see details...
Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center	Collis Potter Huntington Papers, 1797-1904.	see details...
Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center	Huntington Estate Papers, 1955-1976	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of Orrin M. Peck, 1878-1951 (bulk 1890-1915).	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1847-1920.	see details...
The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road	Papers of George Clinton Ward, 1887-1936.	see details...
The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street	American Art Association records, 1877-1924 (bulk 1910-1924)	see details...