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Posted on Aug. 12, 2020 by Natalie Russell
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Charles Bukowski (1920–94) would have turned 100 on August 16. The so-called "poet laureate of Los Angeles low-life" had a reputation ...

Evidence of Pouncing in 17th-Century Print

Jul. 31, 2019 by Mary Learner
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Early modern readers left their marks on the printed page in many ways: They wrote annotations or drew manicules ...

A Scholar in the Stacks

Jul. 24, 2019 by Lori Anne Ferrell
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The Huntington Library is one of the world's renowned independent research libraries, housing some 11 million items that span the 11th to 21st centuries ...

Rescuing a Hive of Bees

Jul. 17, 2019 by Usha Lee McFarling
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Bees are no strangers to The Huntington. There are numerous hives in trees on the property that cause few problems ...

An Offering to Roots

Jul. 10, 2019 by Linda Chiavaroli
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An art installation unlike any The Huntington has displayed before is now on view in the Chinese Garden ...

The Art of Simplicity

Jun. 26, 2019 by Lily Allen
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They sit on a rectangular piece of plywood that rises mere inches off the ground—more like a dancefloor than a platform ...

Harvesting an Orchard to Feed the Hungry

Jun. 12, 2019 by Usha Lee McFarling
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Have you ever wondered what happens to the ripe, luscious oranges you see growing in The Huntington's orchards? They help feed people in need ...

Before There Were Yearbooks

Jun. 5, 2019 by Deborah Miller
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This is the season when students start scribbling words like "Have a great summer!" ...

Fighting a War with Books

May. 22, 2019 by Natalie Russell
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"Books are weapons in the war of ideas." This was the motto of the Council on Books in Wartime, a consortium of ...

Cultural Exchange During the Peace of Amiens

May. 15, 2019 by Dena Goodman and Paris Amanda Spies-Gans and Cora Gilroy-Ware
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On March 27, 1802, Britain and France signed the Treaty of Amiens, ending a decade of warfare ...

Sesquicentennial of a Railroad Across America

May. 8, 2019 by Peter Blodgett
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It has been 150 years since eastbound and westbound railroad tracks first met at Utah's Promontory Summit, the culmination of many years of planning ...

Making Ink from Oak Galls

May. 1, 2019 by Usha Lee McFarling
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Kelly Fernandez, head gardener of the Herb and Shakespeare gardens at The Huntington, and her team of docent volunteers are always on the lookout for plant materials ...

The Image of Empire

Apr. 24, 2019 by Melinda McCurdy
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A placid river lazily flows past verdant hills, a high mountain retreat rests beneath towering pines, and delicate arches glow in the warmth of the setting sun ...