Verso
The Huntington’s blog takes you behind the scenes for a scholarly view of the collections.
Announcements
Welcoming New Research Fellows
Mon., June 27, 2016Summer is a busy time for The Huntington’s research program. As the academic year draws to a close, it’s time for a changing of the guard. The fellowship selection process for the 2016–17 program is complete
Art
Greene & Greene in Context
Thu., June 23, 2016 | Diana W. ThompsonSome people may remember the exquisite furniture in The Huntington's permanent exhibition about Arts and Crafts masters Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene. The space was just reinstalled and the take-home message is clear
Beyond The H
Decoding the Civil War
Tue., June 21, 2016 | Kevin DurkinToday The Huntington announces the launch of a crowdsourcing project to transcribe and decode U.S. Civil War telegrams from its collection. What follows is the text of the press release about the project's launch.
Exhibitions
Found in Translation
Thu., June 16, 2016 | Diana W. ThompsonWhat does the 20th-century Arts and Crafts architecture of Americans Charles and Henry Greene have to do with the 17th-century Katsura Imperial Villa outside of Kyoto, Japan? For admirers of the work of Japanese-American photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Lectures
Society and Solitude in Concord
Tue., June 14, 2016 | Linda ChiavaroliIn the middle of the 19th century, the small town of Concord, Mass., had an outsized reputation as New England's intellectual center. This was in large part thanks to the fame of four writers who called the place home
Beyond The H
Mentoring in the Afterlife
Fri., June 10, 2016 | Ayana JamiesonWhen it came to finding the confidence to publish her writing, science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) could count on herself for a pep talk. "I shall be a bestselling writer," she wrote in one of the notebooks contained in her papers.
Botanical
China Rose
Tue., June 7, 2016 | Diana W. ThompsonIt's easy to imagine that heritage roses—with names such as 'Archduke Charles', 'William R. Smith', and 'Maman Cochet'—originated in England or France. But every repeat-blooming rose today traces its history back to the China rose, Rosa chinensis, says Tom Carruth
Audio
LISTEN>> Japanese Tea Ceremony
Fri., June 3, 2016 | Corinne DeWittIn a suite of audio posts, visiting journalist Corinne DeWitt heads into our three collecting areas—Library, Art, and Botanical—and meets up with staff to explore facets of the vast collections that are the core of The Huntington. First up: Botanical.







