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HUNTINGTON
FRONTIERS
The Huntington Library, Art Collections,
and Botanical Gardens

 

SENIOR STAFF OF THE HUNTINGTON


STEVEN S. KOBLIK

President


GEORGE ABDO

Vice President for Advancement


JAMES P. FOLSOM

Marge and Sherm Telleen
Director of the Botanical Gardens


KATHY HACKER
Executive Assistant to the President


SUSAN LAFFERTY

Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim
Director of Education


SUZY MOSER

Assistant Vice President for Advancement


JOHN MURDOCH

Hannah and Russel Kully
Director of Art Collections


ROBERT C. RITCHIE

W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research


LAURIE SOWD

Director of Operations


ALISON D. SOWDEN

Vice President for Financial Affairs


SUSAN TURNER-LOWE

Vice President for Communications


DAVID S. ZEIDBERG

Avery Director of the Library

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MAGAZINE STAFF


Editor
MATT STEVENS


Contributing Writers

LISA BLACKBURN

TRAUDE GOMEZ-RHINE


Designer

LORI ANN VANDER PLUYM
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Huntington Frontiers is published semiannually by the Office of Communications. It strives to connect readers more firmly with the rich intellectual life of The Huntington, capturing in news and features the work of researchers, educators, curators, and others across a range of disciplines.


This magazine is supported in part by the Annenberg Foundation.


INQUIRIES AND COMMENTS:

Matt Stevens, Editor

Huntington Frontiers

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108

huntingtonfrontiers@huntington.org


Unless otherwise acknowledged, photography provided by the Huntington’s Department of Photographic Services.


Printed by Pace Lithographers, Inc.

City of Industry, Calif.


© 2006 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. All rights reserved. Reproduction
or use of the contents, in whole or in part, without permission of the publisher is prohibited.

 

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Contents
Spring / Summer 2006

From the Editor
The Aura of the Original
by Matt Stevens

DISCOVERY: The Name of the Scribe
Solving a Mystery Behind The Huntington's Canterbury Tales
by Mary Robertson

Quietly to the Rescue
How a Little-Known Propagation Program Strives to Save Rare and Endangered Plants
by Traude Gomez-Rhine

A Shared Curiosity
The Story of a Cactus, Two Men, and a Mission
by Catherine Phillips

In the Footsteps of the Sun King
Unraveling a Knotty Mystery
by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

What Did You Do In the Cold War, Mommy?
A Scholar's Questions to Dozens of Local Women Lead to the Acquisition of Two Unique Collections
by Matt Stevens

ACCESSIONS: A New Destiny
Preserving a Diary from the Mexican War
by Steven Tice

BOOKS IN PRINT: Recommended Reading

A Sampling of Books Based on Research in the Collections