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Maps that Scholars (and Goonies) Treasure
Tue., May 31, 2016 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.In the early 1980s, Mary Robertson, then chief curator of manuscripts, had an unusual meeting with a film production designer. Robertson was used to talking with people about the wonders and mysteries within The Huntington's vast and renowned collections.
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Empowering the Earl of Leicester
Thu., May 26, 2016 | Norman JonesThe Huntington possesses an astonishing Elizabethan-era illuminated manuscript, dating from 1567, entitled Heroica Eulogia. Containing a series of vignettes of earls and kings, it is an exquisite volume that combines paintings, coats of arms, Latin poems
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Let the People Rule
Wed., May 25, 2016Geoffrey Cowan, president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, discusses his book “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.”
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Japanese Gardens of Manzanar: Past, Present, and Future
Tue., May 24, 2016Jeffery Burton, archaeologist at the Manzanar National Historic Site, examines traces of the gardens, which were lost and abandoned when the site was closed.
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Advancing the Humanities
Mon., May 23, 2016 | Kevin DurkinThe Huntington and the University of California, Riverside, have selected the first two fellows for the highly competitive Huntington-UC Program for the Advancement of the Humanities, a partnership designed to boost the humanities at public universities.
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Printed News and Royal Proclamations
Wed., May 18, 2016 | Chris Kyle, Jason PeaceyThe highways and byways of early modern England carried travelers transporting news of the day. Royal messengers jostled with post-boys, merchants, booksellers, and balladeers. Judges rode their circuits
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Press Release - Huntington Builds Early 20th Century British Art Collection with Three New Paintings
Tue., May 17, 2016The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired three early 20th-century British paintings associated with the legendary Bloomsbury Group and the influential Slade School of Art in London. The institution also has acquired an 18th-century Italian marble table-top sculpture.
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The Secret Lives of Galaxies
Mon., May 16, 2016Astronomer Katherine Alatalo tours the Hubble sequence, from “young” to “old” galaxies, exploring three avenues to galactic transitions: the quiet, slow fade; the violent merger; and the quietly violent evolution of a galaxy, likely due to a supermassive black hole in its center.