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President's Message: With a Nod to the Past, We Step Forward
Nov./Dec. 2019
News Release - Centennial Celebration Offers Something for Everyone with a Range of Innovative Programs
The Huntington's Centennial Celebration kicks off Sept. 5, 2019, setting in motion a yearlong series of exhibitions, public programs, new initiatives, and more—inviting people with a range of interests to engage with the venerable institution's collections and the connections they offer
Rituals of Labor and Engagement
When push comes to shove, there are two kinds of people in the world. The kind who will either run away from a fire or a fist fight, and the kind who will run toward it to get a closer look.
2022–23 Awarded Fellowships
The Huntington annually welcomes long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive peer-review process. These fellows are among the roughly 2,000 scholars who come from around the world each year to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections.
New Palms Along the North Vista
The North Vista—with its stately lawn, Baroque fountain, and Henry E. Huntington's personal sculpture collection—has been an iconic location at The Huntington
LECTURES | "More Like a Sermon"
When Abraham Lincoln completed his Second Inaugural Address in the waning days of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass remarked that "the address sounded more like a sermon than a state paper."
Eve Babitz, Collage Artist
Before Eve Babitz became a published writer, she was a visual artist, and her chosen medium was collage. Inspired by Joseph Cornell and Andy Warhol, she created the album cover art for Buffalo Springfield’s “Buffalo Springfield Again” and The Byrds’ “Untitled.”
Rose Garden
The three-acre Rose Garden contains more than 3,000 individual plants and more than 1,200 different cultivated varieties, with a spring bloom beginning in late March and extending beyond November.
Puyas in Bloom
A recent tour of Puya in the Desert Garden with The Huntington's curator of the desert collections, John Trager, turned me from a Puya Ignoramus to a Puya Enthusiast.
Mathias Poledna
About the artist
The Right Way to Remember Charles Dickens
I was lucky enough to spend June 2019 as a Michael J. Connell Foundation Fellow at The Huntington, working with the James Thomas Fields Papers
Winter Cheer
An array of winter-blooming plants from around the world are taking the stage at The Huntington, putting on floral performances that add vibrancy to the gardens at a time of the year that some might think is surprising.
EXHIBITIONS | A Hands-On Experience
Most people are familiar with the activities of a public library, those vital institutions that lend books, videos, music, and more to visitors. But what goes on in a library that isn't open to the public?
Advancing the Humanities
The Huntington and the University of California, Riverside, have selected the first two fellows for the highly competitive Huntington-UC Program for the Advancement of the Humanities, a partnership designed to boost the humanities at public universities.
Turning Points in the Civil War
The American Civil War witnessed dramatic shifts of momentum. As armies contended for supremacy on the battlefield, their successes and failures profoundly shaped politics and civilian morale on the home fronts.
Looking Back at 2018
As the year draws to a close, we invite you to revisit a dozen of our favorite stories from this year's Verso offerings.
Clara Huntington’s Lasting Tribute to Her Father
She was the eldest of three daughters from Henry E. Huntington's first marriage and shared her father's appreciation for art, books, and the beauty of California.
LECTURES | Thinking About that Other Civil War
Lost in sesquicentennial commemorations of various Civil War anniversaries is the fact that we are in the thick of the bicentennial year of one of America's other Civil Wars—the War of 1812. Or at least that's how Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor sees it.
Collections of a Feather
When I was working on my recent book about Robert Ridgway, the Smithsonian's first curator of birds, I got to thinking about the large sets of stuffed birds, or "study skins," that he and his fellow bird professionals kept in drawers and cabinets in natural history museums.
Growing Up Huntington
Halloween is but one of the many holidays that triggers childhood memories. For college student Galia Bar-Sever, a Halloween memory marks the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship with a place she loves.
Orchid Collection
With more than 10,000 orchids, The Huntington houses one of the largest orchid collections in the United States, specializing in an array of genera including Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium, Cymbidium, Cattleya, Stanhopea, Lycaste, and various botanical species.
The Brave New (and Old) World of Data
Data, made up of units so uniform as to be, almost by necessity, boring, unite to form collectives of information in a data-driven world that is recognized now as exciting, sexy, and consummately modern. And not for the first time, we must add.
News Release - Huntington Conference to Celebrate the Centennial of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
To mark the centennial of the publication of James Joyce’s groundbreaking modernist novel Ulysses, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will present an academic conference, “Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of Ulysses”
News Release - Huntington's Yearlong Centennial Celebration Launches Today
The Huntington's Centennial Celebration kicks off Sept. 5, 2019, setting in motion a yearlong series of exhibitions, public programs, artist interventions, and more—inviting people with a range of interests to engage with the venerable institution's collections and the connections they offer
Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D., is the head of the Library Curatorial department and curates the Library’s renowned collections of medieval manuscripts and British history. She earned her Ph.D.