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The Value of Originality
Sun., Oct. 13, 2019 | Jose Luis LazarteRescuing a Hive of Bees
Sat., Oct. 12, 2019 | Usha Lee McFarlingNews Release - Exhibition Takes a Fresh Look at 'Utopia' with New Works That Engage with The Huntington's Collections
Wed., Oct. 9, 2019Locked in his Private Room: A Teenager's View of the Last Days of George Armstrong Custer
Wed., Oct. 9, 2019Researcher T.J. Stiles describes the last year of Custer’s life through the eyes of teenager Bertie Swett. Swett came to know Custer and his wife Libbie at Fort Abraham Lincoln and in Manhattan while America approached a historic turning point. Swett bared witness to the notorious soldier’s life as he pushed his career and fortune to the brink of disaster.
Preserving Biodiversity One Gene at a Time
Wed., Oct. 9, 2019 | Usha Lee McFarling“With a sincere hand and a faithful eye”: The Visual Culture of Early Modern Science
Thu., Oct. 3, 2019Sachiko Kusukawa, professor of the history of science at the University of Cambridge, explores the many ways images served early modern science, from anatomical atlases and botanical illustrations to telescopic and microscopic observations.
United by Lightning: The Transcontinental Telegraph of 1861
Wed., Oct. 2, 2019Edmund Russell, professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University and the Dibner Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, discusses the motives, construction, and consequences of the completion of transcontinental telegraph in 1861.






