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Mining the Archive of Octavia E. Butler
Thu., June 22, 2017 | Ayana JamiesonThe papers of award-winning science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) came to The Huntington in 2008. By the time the collection had been processed and cataloged, more than 40 scholars had already asked for access.
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Video - Octavia Wrote Her Own Future
Wed., June 21, 2017The exhibition “Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories” examines the life and work of celebrated author Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006), the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award and the first African American woman to win widespread recognition writing in that genre.
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Press Release - Huntington Exhibition Marks the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
Mon., June 19, 2017The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with an exhibition that explores the power of the written word as a mechanism for radical change.
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Visualizing the Anatomy of the Eye
Wed., June 14, 2017 | Tawrin BakerAs a historian of science, I'm fascinated with pictures that help make sense of past scientific ideas and practices. The Huntington's vast collection of rare 16th-century science books document how intellectuals of the day perceived the eye and the process of sight.
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Learning Real Life Solutions to Civic Problems
Wed., June 7, 2017 | Diana W. ThompsonWho will be the civic leaders of tomorrow and guide the decisions Los Angeles makes about infrastructure, transportation, homelessness, and other major issues? It may just be some of the high school juniors involved in the Los Angeles Service Academy (LASA)
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Video - Teaching 16-year-olds How to Run Los Angeles
Thu., June 1, 2017The Los Angeles Service Academy provides an intensive introduction to the infrastructure and institutions of greater Los Angeles for high school juniors. The Huntington documented LASA’s investigation of the Los Angeles River and the Port of Los Angeles.
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Railroad Confidential
Wed., May 31, 2017 | Suzanne OateyPatent papers. Drawings of railcars. Engineering notes. Photographs of trains and machine shops. These were the kinds of materials I expected to encounter as I began organizing the personal papers of William Riley McKeen Jr. (1869–1946), a mechanical engineer
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Literary Ties That Bind
Wed., May 24, 2017 | Gayle RichardsonImagine my surprise when I read the following words in the acknowledgment section of Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence, Artemis Cooper's 2016 biography of the late English novelist.