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News Release - Author Lisa See Gives Huntington Rare Glass Plate Negatives and Photos Depicting LA’s Original Chinatown
Thu., May 13, 2021The trove of images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were found by her family during the vacating of Old Chinatown.
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News Release - History of Los Angeles’ Chinatown Explored in Online Exhibition and Downtown Outdoor Installation
Thu., April 29, 2021Project draws on the collections of the The Huntington and Los Angeles Public Library to bring history to life through the memories and reactions of community members
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News Release - The Huntington Awards Octavia E. Butler Fellowship to Alyssa Collins
Mon., April 19, 2021The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has awarded Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English Language and Literature and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina, a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship for the study of the renowned science fiction writer.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Letters of Nobel Laureate Guglielmo Marconi, Pioneer of Long-Distance Wireless Telegraphy and Radio
Tue., April 6, 2021Library Collectors’ Council also purchases manuscripts by the British author Amelia Opie (1769–1853), the private journal of U.S. Navy officer Henry Cadwalader (1817-44) about a secret trade mission to the Indian Ocean and East Indies, the world’s first published English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionary
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News Release - Nicole Cavender Appointed Director of Botanical Gardens at The Huntington
Tue., March 30, 2021The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Nicole Cavender as the Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens.
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News Release - Huntington to Reopen Key Museum Galleries After More Than One Year of Closure
Thu., March 18, 2021On April 17, the special exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version" will debut, and the first floor of the Huntington Art Gallery will reopenLimited occupancy and other protocols in place
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News Release - Thomas Polansky Appointed VP for Operations and Facilities at The Huntington
Tue., March 2, 2021The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Thomas Polansky to the position of Vice President for Operations and Facilities.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Important Collection of Telegraph History Papers from the Civil War and Postwar Era
Tue., Jan. 26, 2021In a move that deepens its collections in the history of science and technology as well as its American Civil War holdings, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired the personal papers of Thomas T. Eckert (1825–1910)