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The Perfect Wedding Gift
Two 15th-century panels from an Italian wedding chest tell a tale of passionate love
Sat., April 1, 2017 | Catherine HessNewly married couples in 15th- and 16th-century Italy—like newlyweds today—could expect to receive a pile of wedding gifts. One of the most common gifts was a cassone, or big box...
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Archiving the Civil War’s Text Messages
Sat., April 1, 2017 | Daniel Lewis, Ph.D.A massive crowdsourcing project is digitizing thousands of coded Union telegramsTo gain insights into the U.S. Civil War, The Huntington launched an innovative crowdsourcing project last year to transcribe and decipher a collection of telegrams
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A Passion for Cycads
Sat., April 1, 2017 | Usha Lee McFarlingSurvivors from the dinosaur age, cycads continue to captivate collectors and researchersCycads are squat, woody, and branchless. They have no flowers, just spiky leaves that shred clothes and tear skin. They grow slowly, poison livestock and sometimes people.
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Robert Frost at The Huntington
Sat., April 1, 2017 | Leslie MonsourThe famous poet paid an unheralded visit to the Library in 1932 to view his manuscriptsOn Oct. 8, 1923, P. K. Foley, a well-known Boston bookseller and bibliographer, wrote a letter to Robert O. Schad, Henry E. Huntington’s assistant curator of rare books.
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Women Making Art
Thu., March 30, 2017 | Huntington StaffIn 2016, The Huntington launched /five, a five-year contemporary arts initiative focused on creative collaboration. The plan? Each year, a different arts or cultural organization is selected to bring in artists to create works in response to The Huntington's library, art, and botanical collections in new and unforeseen ways.
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Statement by the Board of Trustees of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Wed., March 29, 2017Dr. Laura Skandera Trombley is the newest recipient of the Louis J. Budd Award, awarded for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Twain Scholarship. She will immediately commence her next book-length study of Mark Twain.
Videos and Recorded Programs
A Recipe is More than a Recipe
Wed., March 29, 2017Drawing on The Huntington’s Anne M. Cranston American Regional and Charitable Cookbook Collection, food writer Patric Kuh discusses what these shared recipes can tell us, not just about food and community but about the changes that shaped the way Americans cook.
Videos and Recorded Programs
Framing a New Elegance: The World of George T. Marsh and His Japanese House
Tue., March 28, 2017Originally conceived by art dealer George T. Marsh as an exotic setting in which to sell curiosities, the building that in 1912 became The Huntington’s Japanese House is a beautiful remnant of a transformational moment in design history. Art historian Hannah Sigur puts Marsh and his house in context, discussing the factors that helped make Japanese aesthetics the basis of good taste at the turn of the 20th century.