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Olga Tsapina

Olga Tsapina

Olga Tsapina

Norris Foundation Curator of American History

Department: Library, Curatorial Department (626-405-2203)

otsapina@huntington.org

626-405-2209


Olga Tsapina, Ph.D., has been at The Huntington since 1998, before which she was the curator of the collection of Russian 18th-century printed and manuscript materials at the Division of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Moscow University Library. She holds her Ph.D. in history from the Moscow Lomonosov University, and her scholarly interests include comparative studies of religious Enlightenment, the history of autograph manuscript collecting in the United States, and correspondence networks in British America. Tsapina’s most recent exhibition at The Huntington was “The U.S. Constitution and the End of American Slavery.”


Verso

A tan paper with a title in large font that reads, “In Congress, July 4, 1776, a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled.”

Proclaiming Independence

Posted on July 2, 2024

handwritten text on old manuscript

A Founding Document

Posted on Nov. 16, 2022

Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth standing alongside his sword dressed in his Union uniform.

Beyond All Earthly Power

Posted on Aug. 30, 2022

Millard Fillmore (1800–1874), first page of a letter to Elisha Whittlesey (1783–1863), First Comptroller of the United States Treasury, March 3, 1863. Denis L. Shapiro Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Extraordinary Expenses

Posted on June 23, 2021

Letter addressed by Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1761–1849) to William Ellery (1727–1820), the collector of customs in Newport, Rhode Island, on July 14, 1809.

“Release the Vessel & Cargo”

Posted on June 17, 2020

Henry Meigs

Of Rats and Men

Posted on March 27, 2019

Illustration of Oswego, on Lake Ontario

In the Back of God’s Elbow

Posted on Dec. 28, 2018