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When was the last time you wrote a real, honest-to-goodness letter? In the age of e-mail and texting, it is only natural to assume that the glorious age of letter writing was far superior to, say, the confines of 140 characters on Twitter.

On Sunday The Huntington reopened after three days of cleanup and assessment of damage wrought by the severe windstorm that tore through the Pasadena area on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Owen Wilson, and Kermit the Frog? Although it may seem like "one of these things is not like the others," in fact it's a list of famous movie stars who have filmed at The Huntington.

Camellia season has begun! Early flowering species and cultivars can be seen in bloom in several areas of the gardens, especially in and around the North Vista.

Earlier this month, a group of historians gathered to give thanks to Robert C. Ritchie, the recently retired director of research at The Huntington. "The New Maritime History: A Conference in Honor of Roy Ritchie" paid tribute to a man who not only fostered great research but also conducted a good bit of it himself.

When potential donors to the Library consider parting with rare books, photos, or letters, they quickly learn that their collection will join nearly 9 million other rare books, manuscripts, and ephemera at The Huntington.

Photograph collectors get a glint in their eyes when you mention Carleton Watkins (1829-1916). Named "California's first major artist" by the Los Angeles Times' Christopher Knight, the 19th-century American photographer had an extraordinary sense of composition

In October 1966, a Pentecostal preacher named Reies López Tijerina led a group calling itself La Alianza (the Alliance) in an occupation of Kit Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. The land was rightfully theirs