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The Huntington’s blog takes you behind the scenes for a scholarly view of the collections.

Rose Garden curator Tom Carruth (far right) and gardeners John Villarreal (center) and Noel Aviña (left) maintain social distancing and wear face masks for added safety while tending the garden during The Huntington’s county-mandated closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Botanical

The Loneliest Gardeners

Mon., April 27, 2020 | Lisa Blackburn
Almost every garden has some common requirements: healthy soil, sunlight, irrigation, regular maintenance. But there are those who will tell you that a rose garden needs something more
Image of William Henry Ireland, an engraving made in 1803. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Cookbook Collection

A Real Fake: The Shakespeare Forgeries of William Henry Ireland

Wed., April 22, 2020 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
The term "fake news" now features prominently in our cultural lexicon. While the nuances are unspoken, we tend to assume that fake news is the opposite of real news
Miners at Auburn Ravine, California, 1852. Unknown photographer. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Library

The Chinese in the Huntington Archives

Wed., April 8, 2020 | Linda Chiavaroli
To refute the long-held assertion that the Chinese who labored in California's Gold Rush were all indentured servants, Mae Ngai delved deep into The Huntington's collections.
Luiz Valdez, raw footage from an interview for the KCET series “Los Angeles History Project,” recorded on February 8, 1988.
Library

California Comes Alive

Wed., March 25, 2020
"We must first possess the region that we live in, first in our minds, to say, 'I'm from here.'" So states Luis Valdez, author of the play Zoot Suit
Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence (right) welcomed Drew Gilpin Faust, former president of Harvard University, to Rothenberg Hall for the “Why It Matters” event on Feb. 27. Photo by Sarah M. Golonka.
Lectures

Why it Matters to Drew Faust

Wed., March 11, 2020 | Linda Chiavaroli
For the second event in The Huntington's Centennial Celebration series "Why It Matters," Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence welcomed Drew Gilpin Faust
One might assume that the first researchers at The Huntington had all been men (like Archibald Bouton of New York University, pictured here in the main reading room in 1924). But among the very first readers —perhaps the first—was Mary Floyd Williams, a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, who first used the Library’s resources in 1920.
History of The Huntington

First Readers at The Huntington

Wed., March 4, 2020 | Clay Stalls
The Huntington's readers are at the heart of the Library's mission, and a historically important letter in The Huntington's institutional archives offers evidence
Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園, The Huntington’s Chinese Garden. Photo by John Sullivan.
Conferences

Rethinking the Gardens of China

Wed., Feb. 26, 2020 | Phillip E. Bloom, Nicholas Menzies
In his memoirs, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845), who served as a French functionary in Guangzhou (Canton) from 1783 to 1796, wrote vividly
Carla Hayden speaking with Karen R. Lawrence on stage
Lectures

An Evening with Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

Wed., Feb. 19, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
In The Huntington's Centennial Celebration series called "Why It Matters," Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence speaks with national leaders 
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