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ORCHID COLLECTION | Forever Immortalized

Fri., Feb. 15, 2013 | Brandon Tam
Aung San Suu Kyi, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Abraham Lincoln, and Nelson Mandela have all changed the world in one way or another. And from Cymbidium Margaret Thatcher to Phalaenopsis Aung San Suu Kyi, these leaders have been forever immortalized in the botanical world as well.
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Be Mine, M'Lady

Thu., Feb. 14, 2013 | Matt Stevens
Bates and Anna. Matthew and Lady Mary. Lady Edith and Sir Anthony. Lord and Lady Grantham. If you are a fan of the British television series "Downton Abbey" you know that all is not fair in love. So far this season we have had a newlywed husband languishing in prison
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COOKBOOK COLLECTION | Bring On the Comfort Food, Part 2

Wed., Feb. 13, 2013 | Shelley Kresan
Another post—in two parts this time—in a series from the cataloger of the Anne M. Cranston cookbook collection, which consists of approximately 4,400 British and American cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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COOKBOOK COLLECTION | Bring On the Comfort Food, Part 1

Tue., Feb. 12, 2013 | Shelley Kresan
Another post—in two parts this time—in a series from the cataloger of the Anne M. Cranston cookbook collection, which consists of approximately 4,400 British and American cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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More!

Thu., Feb. 7, 2013 | Matt Stevens
For the second time in four years, The Huntington's Library Collectors' Council has added to the Library's Charles Dickens holdings, acquiring a set of 15 letters by the prolific 19th-century British novelist. Back in 2010, the council purchased a set of 35 letters, adding to the more than a thousand already in the collection. The latest acquisition comes just in time to celebrate the author's 201st birthday—he was born Feb. 7, 1812.
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VIDERE | Surface [video]

Tue., Feb. 5, 2013 | Kate Lain
Videre, Latin for to see, is a video series that plays with the idea of re-seeing. The short works featured here are explorations of sights, sounds, and sensing at The Huntington.
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The Romance of Camellias

Fri., Feb. 1, 2013 | Lisa Blackburn
As Valentine's Day approaches, long-stemmed red roses tend to get a lot of hype. But here at The Huntington, February is all about camellias, as thousands of flowering shrubs come into glorious full bloom.
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Family Gatherings

Tue., Jan. 29, 2013 | Matt Stevens
Jonathan Davis Hale and Henry Z. Osborne are not household names. Then again, that fact just might be their greatest appeal to historians. The Hale papers and Osborne papers are two of the acquisitions made last week