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G. Haven Bishop, Looking at Big Creek Plants 2 and 2A, May 29, 1929. Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives. Bishop wrote: “I believe this is the first picture we have taken since the completion of the steel incline trestle across Big Creek.” The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
History of The Huntington

Big Creek and the Creek Fire

Tue., Sept. 8, 2020 | William Deverell
The catastrophic Creek Fire, burning out of control in the Sierra Nevada Mountains north of Fresno, is but one of hundreds of fires
A four-member Teacher Advisory Panel meets regularly with The Huntington’s Education staff to develop new classroom resources and lesson plans based on The Huntington’s collections. During the pandemic, the meetings have been held online. Photo by Rebecca Kon. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Education

Museum Education Heads Back to School

Wed., Sept. 2, 2020 | Lisa Blackburn
Notebook paper, No. 2 pencils, colorful new backpacks. Hand sanitizer? Some back-to-school essentials never change, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned an annual rite on its ear.
Print detail of early Californian gold miners
Library

California Gold Rush Landscapes

Wed., Aug. 19, 2020
In January of 1851, John R. Fitch, a gold prospector, penned these words to his brother: "The wear and tear of the mines is very great."
Charles Bukowski’s typewriter, witness to thousands of nights of words and raw wisdom, displayed on loan for the 2010 exhibition “Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge” at The Huntington.
Library

Charles Bukowski at 100

Wed., Aug. 12, 2020 | Natalie Russell
Charles Bukowski (1920–94) would have turned 100 on August 16. The so-called "poet laureate of Los Angeles low-life" had a reputation
Composer and writer Harold Bruce Forsythe (1908–1976). Unknown photographer. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Library

Interpreting the Music of Harold Bruce Forsythe

Wed., Aug. 5, 2020 | Karla Ann Merino Nielsen, Ph.D.
Most researchers using our literary collections at The Huntington are writing biographies or academic articles. But we also work with publishers and artists
Lead project gardener Gary Roberson works in The Huntington’s new hillside cycad garden, a dramatic showcase for thousands of plants donated by the late Loran and Eva Whitelock. Photo by Scott Berger.
Botanical

Take A Walk Among the Cycads

Wed., July 29, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
If you're returning to The Huntington soon, one of the places you may want to visit is the cycad walk.
The stem of Alluaudia ascendens, in the Desert Garden, showing multiple sharp thorns. This species makes up a core component of the spiny thicket forests in southern Madagascar. Photo by Sean Lahmeyer.
Botanical

Spines, Thorns, and Prickles

Wed., July 22, 2020 | Sean C. Lahmeyer
When you walk among the living plant collections at The Huntington, especially in the Desert Garden, you may notice that many of the plants have spines.
An industrious ladybug helps pollinate a sunny yellow buttercup. Photo by Martha Benedict.
Botanical

Close Encounters of the Natural Kind

Wed., July 8, 2020 | Lisa Blackburn
With the reopening of the Botanical Gardens following a three-month COVID-19 closure, visitors have been eagerly returning to The Huntington.
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