Library
LOOK>> A Printed Fan
Thu., Dec. 3, 2015 | Diana W. Thompson and Kate Lain
With LOOK>>, we venture into our wide-ranging collections and bring out a single object to explore in a short video. In this piece, we look at an 18th-century printed fan.
Lectures
The Map That Changed the World
Mon., Nov. 30, 2015 | Kirsten Siebach
In 1815, a surveyor named William Smith published a huge, 10-by-16-foot map of England, Wales, and part of Scotland titled A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales. Up until then, explorers had sketched fairly accurate maps
Art
Holiday Traffic
Tue., Nov. 24, 2015 | James Glisson
As you sit around the table this Thanksgiving, conversing with relatives or suffering through a carb coma, you may think about the mayhem of bargains, lines, and bad behavior that is to come on Black Friday.
Audio
Hear Ye, Hear Ye
Thu., Nov. 19, 2015 | Diana W. Thompson
Did you hear that The Huntington possesses an illuminated prayer book that fell from the hands of Mary Queen of Scots when she was beheaded in 1587? Or that the findings of German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt laid the groundwork for John Muir’s ideas of preservation
Lectures
Remembering Loren Miller
Mon., Nov. 16, 2015 | Alice Tsay
Loren Miller (1903-1967) was a Los Angeles-based attorney and civil rights activist who drafted most of the briefs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), which ended legal segregation in public schools.
Library
Unforgettable World War I Posters
Thu., Nov. 12, 2015 | David H. Mihaly
For people today, the mention of World War I posters may conjure up charged images promoting patriotic messages: think Uncle Sam pointing forcefully in I Want You for the U.S. Army or a coquette in sailor's uniform
Botanical
LOOK>> An Ant Plant
Mon., Nov. 9, 2015 | Dylan Hannon and Kate Lain
With LOOK>>, we venture into our wide-ranging collections and bring out a single object to explore in a short video. For this installment, we look at a Hydnophytum specimen, one of the ant plants in our tropical collections.
Conferences
Isherwood in California
Thu., Nov. 5, 2015 | James J. Berg and Chris Freeman
The conference "'My Self in a Transitional State': Isherwood in California" takes place at The Huntington on November 13 and 14 in Rothenberg Hall. We asked the conference conveners—James J. Berg
Events
Naughty Los Angeles in the 1890s
Mon., Nov. 2, 2015 | William Deverell
The Ladies' New Medical Guide an instructor, counsellor and friend in all the delicate and wonderful matters peculiar to women: fully explaining the nature and mystery of the reproductive organs in both sexes
Conferences
Reading the Aftermath of Civil War
Wed., Oct. 28, 2015 | Shirley Samuels
I had the pleasure of attending "Ending a Mighty Conflict: The Civil War in 1864–1865 and Beyond," a conference that took place at The Huntington last month. The lively talks by distinguished scholars reminded me of my recent encounters with the handwritten accounts of Civil War soldiers. Expressing noble sentiments,...
Beyond The H
Maynard Parker’s California Flair
Fri., Oct. 23, 2015 | Kevin Durkin
The Huntington has partnered with the Pasadena nonprofit Curatorial Assistance to mount the first exhibition devoted entirely to the work of Maynard L. Parker (1900–1976), the influential mid-20th-century architectural and garden photographer whose work helped define the era.
Beyond The H
The Ripple Effect of Millard Sheets
Mon., Oct. 19, 2015 | Linda Chiavaroli
The documentary filmmaker Paul Bockhorst discovered the creative spark for his most recent film in 2011 when he visited The Huntington's exhibition "The House That Sam Built," a show focused on the furniture of mid-20th-century craftsman Sam Maloof