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Contents
Spring/Summer 2005
From
the President
Tales from a dynamic, thriving place
by Steven S. Koblik
ACCESSIONS:
A Page from the Revenge
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar
by Robert C. Ritchie
DISCOVERY:
A Palatial View
Shedding light on an early Los Angeles daguerreotype
by Jennifer A. Watts
ON
REFLECTION: Cultivating Surprise
An eminent historian reflects on the serendipitous experience of research
and offers a little advice to budding scholars
by Edmund S. Morgan
Botanical
Science Under Glass
Planning exhibits for the Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory
by Lisa Blackburn
Beneath
the Surface
The enduring legacy of an Arts and Crafts colony
by Jessica Todd Smith
Who
Decides What's Private in the Papers of Authors and Celebrities?
Things get personal for a Huntington curator when she catalogs the manuscript
collections
by Traude Gomez-Rhine
LESSONS
LEARNED: Captive Minds
What can historians learn from false confessions?
by Michael P. Johnson