Nov. 27, 2019 by
Lisa Blackburn0 Comment(s)
When New Year's Day dawns on Jan. 1, 2020, tens of thousands of spectators will line Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, bundled up against the morning chill to be part of a 131-year-old tradition: the annual...
Nov. 20, 2019 by
Linda Chiavaroli0 Comment(s)
"What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century," Part 1, in the Library's West Hall through February 17, offers what co-curator Claudia Funke calls "a tantalizing glimpse of The Huntington's...
Nov. 13, 2019 by
Clay Stalls and Anita Weaver1 Comment(s)
With The Huntington's yearlong centennial celebration in full swing, there is no better time than now to recognize the legacy of the late Haydée Noya
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Nov. 6, 2019 by
Earle Havens and Mark Rankin 0 Comment(s)
What happens to a religious culture once it is no longer allowed to exist? Where might we look to find the material remnants of a religious community that was gradually suppressed
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Oct. 30, 2019 by
Emily Bell2 Comment(s)
I was lucky enough to spend June 2019 as a Michael J. Connell Foundation Fellow at The Huntington, working with the James Thomas Fields Papers
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Oct. 23, 2019 by
Carribean Fragoza1 Comment(s)
Carribean Fragoza, a freelance journalist who writes about art in Southern California, focuses in this post on Dana Johnson, writer and associate professor of English
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Oct. 16, 2019 by
Bill Brown0 Comment(s)
In the summer of 1919, from the pages of the Oakland Tribune, Professor Albert Porta predicted a "terrific weather cataclysm" for December 17—an event that would end the world
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Oct. 9, 2019 by
Usha Lee McFarling0 Comment(s)
The Huntington has joined an ambitious effort to collect and preserve the biodiversity of all species on Earth
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Oct. 2, 2019 by
Lauren Rodriguez0 Comment(s)
With his back turned to us, a mechanic is the focal point of Hugo Gellert's painting Worker and Machine (1928), currently on view in the Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art
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Sep. 25, 2019 by
Alexander Statman0 Comment(s)
"The Qianlong emperor, now regnant, gave a truly paternal feast for 3,000 old men assembled from all parts of the empire."
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Especially among poets, artists, and scholars, Wallace Stevens stands as one of the giants of American poetry
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Sep. 10, 2019 by
Carribean Fragoza0 Comment(s)
Carribean Fragoza, a freelance journalist who writes about art in Southern California, Vanessa Wilkie, the William A. Moffett Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History at The Huntington, and...
Sep. 5, 2019 by
Deborah Miller0 Comment(s)
Starting today, The Huntington kicks off the birthday of a century with something for everyone
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Aug. 30, 2019 by
Staff3 Comment(s)
One hundred years ago today, on a hot, dusty day in San Marino, Henry E. and Arabella Duvall Huntington signed the trust indenture
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Aug. 23, 2019 by
Janet Browne0 Comment(s)
In June, 16 eager participants from around the globe arrived for the inaugural Huntington residential summer institute in the history of science, technology, and medicine
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Aug. 14, 2019 by
Allie Brandt0 Comment(s)
A line of handsome fairy couples dance gaily through sheaths of harvested wheat
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