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HUNTINGTON
FRONTIERS
The Huntington Library, Art Collections,
and Botanical Gardens

 

SENIOR STAFF OF THE HUNTINGTON


STEVEN S. KOBLIK

President


GEORGE ABDO

Vice President for Advancement


JAMES P. FOLSOM

Marge and Sherm Telleen
Director of the Botanical Gardens


KATHY HACKER
Executive Assistant to the President


SUSAN LAFFERTY

Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim
Director of Education


SUZY MOSER

Assistant Vice President for Advancement


JOHN MURDOCH

Hannah and Russel Kully
Director of Art Collections


ROBERT C. RITCHIE

W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research


LAURIE SOWD

Associate Vice President for Operations


ALISON D. SOWDEN

Vice President for Financial Affairs


SUSAN TURNER-LOWE

Vice President for Communications


DAVID S. ZEIDBERG

Avery Director of the Library

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MAGAZINE STAFF


Editor
MATT STEVENS


Contributing Writers

LISA BLACKBURN

TRAUDE GOMEZ-RHINE


Designer

LORI ANN VANDER PLUYM
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Huntington Frontiers is published semiannually by the Office of Communications. It strives to connect readers more firmly with the rich intellectual life of The Huntington, capturing in news and features the work of researchers, educators, curators, and others across a range of disciplines.


This magazine is supported in part by the Annenberg Foundation.


INQUIRIES AND COMMENTS:

Matt Stevens, Editor

Huntington Frontiers

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108

huntingtonfrontiers@huntington.org


Unless otherwise acknowledged, photography provided by the Huntington’s Department of Photographic Services.


Printed by Pace Lithographers, Inc.

City of Industry, Calif.


© 2007 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. All rights reserved. Reproduction
or use of the contents, in whole or in part, without permission of the publisher is prohibited.

 

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Contents
Spring / Summer 2007

From the Editor
Something borrrowed
by Matt Stevens

DISCOVERY: The Full Picture
Unfolding the rich history of a painting
by Joyce Lovelace

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Art of Collaboration
A burgeoning new library puts the fine art of collaboration
into practice
by Traude Gomez-Rhine

A Real Cliffhanger
Pursuing puya plants in the Andes
by Rachel Schmidt Jabaily

Breathing Life into the Chinese Garden
Selecting a name
by T. June Li

Gone Native

California's long affair with eucalyptus trees
by Jared Farmer

LESSONS LEARNED: Perfecting the Toothpick
The toothpick's surprising dept to the shoe
by Henry Petroski

BOOKS IN PRINT: Recommended Reading

A sampling of books based on research in the collections