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In America, Nineteen Nineteen
Posted on Oct. 16, 2019 by Bill Brown
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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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Preserving Biodiversity One Gene at a Time
Oct. 9, 2019 by Usha Lee McFarling
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The Huntington has joined an ambitious effort to collect and preserve the biodiversity of all species on Earth ...
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An Artist Obscured
Oct. 2, 2019 by Lauren Rodriguez
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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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The Feast of the Thousand Old Men
Sep. 25, 2019 by Alexander Statman
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"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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Sincerely Yours, Wallace Stevens
Sep. 18, 2019 by Bart Eeckhout and Lisa Goldfarb
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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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Utopia is Nowhere
Sep. 10, 2019 by Carribean Fragoza
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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...
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A Centennial Celebration for All
Sep. 5, 2019 by Deborah Miller
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Starting today, The Huntington kicks off the birthday of a century with something for everyone ...
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Huntington as Futurist
Aug. 30, 2019 by Staff
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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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Exploring the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Aug. 23, 2019 by Janet Browne
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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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A Method to the Madness
Aug. 14, 2019 by Allie Brandt
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A line of handsome fairy couples dance gaily through sheaths of harvested wheat ...
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Strengthening Bonds with Mexico Through Cryopreservation
Aug. 7, 2019 by Usha Lee McFarling
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The Huntington has taken a lead role in recent years in the cutting-edge field of plant cryopreservation ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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  ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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!" ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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