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Description
Miss Emma Quigley (1889-1976) moved from Chicago to Los Angeles and secured a position as the secretary to Henry E. Huntington and William E. Dunn in the Los Angeles Railway Building at 11th and Broadway in December, 1921. She is listed in census records as a stenographer and librarian. One of the voices heard on the tape is that of Edwin H. Carpenter, Jr., Western American bibliographer at The Huntington Library. A transcript of this interview is available in the Henry Edwards Huntington Papers collection. Other highlights include: Part 1 00:11 Tape begins abruptly, at p. 15 of transcript; Quigley describes scrapbook she created by pasting in all the original bills Mr. Huntington "paid for things." 01:03 San Joaquin Light and Power, Edison Company and Big Creek project 04:55 Los Angeles Railway "his greatest desire was to have the finest railway in the world for a nickel fare" 13:10 Douglas Aircraft and Hughes mentioned. Quigley started their library 15:08 HEH and Arabella’s fortunes kept “distinctly separate” 16:01 Homer E. Ferguson, head of Newport News 17:37 Sir Joseph Duveen 23:00 HEH’s oversized pockets 24:50 Newspaper coverage of HEH’s vault after he died 27:43 Eats lunch of cheese sandwiches with HEH every day after Dunn dies 31:36 Method by which HEH paid for his paintings and books i.e. using stocks and bonds 44:00 Loyalty was the Huntington tradition. “As long as you are loyal to the Huntingtons, the Huntingtons will be loyal to you.” Part 2 1:55 HEH and Edison Co. including Arabella loaning $1 million in cash to the company 4:11 Arabella used interest from Edison loan to open her first bank account in Los Angeles 5:44 Bolsa Chica Gun Club 9:43 HEH and lumber interests in Mendocino County; Capt. Gleason and Margaret Gleason, his agents 13:02 Rancho Santa Fe 13:52 Mr. Kurutz of LARY 14:51 HEH’s favorite book – General Pickett’s Letters which he kept on his personal desk. He sent Mrs. Pickett a check every month 20:12 Dr. William Munro, Board of Trustees 23:37 Otheman Stevens, L.A. Examiner reporter and HEH’s friend 26:54 Frank Miller of Riverside 33:07 Pictures in HEH’s office
Type
sound
Format
Original Mono 1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
2 Tapes of 2 01:43:19
Identifier
mssHEH csmha_000303
Language
English
Subject
Libraries--California--History
Provenance
The Huntington Library California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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