Overview of the Collection
Administrative Information
Access
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: Annotated catalogs for Henry E.
Huntington Library exhibitions
Dates (inclusive): 1929-2012
Collection Number: 624844
Extent:
Approximately 86 items in 3 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Rare Books Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The Annotated catalogs for Henry E. Huntington Library
exhibitions contains more than 80 catalogs and gallery guides of exhibitions
installed from 1929 to 2012 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The
catalogs were intended for the reference use of the Library's Chief Curator of Rare
Books, and the catalogs for the years 1931 to 1975 are extensively annotated with
the call numbers for specific copies used for exhibit.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on 2014-05-14.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Annotated catalogs for Henry E. Huntington Library
exhibitions, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Transferred from Office of the Chief Curator of Rare Books, 2010.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
Historical Note
The Huntington Library, established in 1919 in San Marino, California, is an independent research library concentrated in
the fields
of British and American history, literature, art and the history of science from the
11th century to the present. Because the Library's collections are intended for
scholarly use, exhibits are the primary means to share notable holdings with the general public.
Scope and Content
Collection of more than 80 catalogs and gallery guides of exhibitions installed from
1929 to 2012 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The catalogs were
intended for the reference use of the Library's Chief Curator of Rare Books and are
often annotated with the call numbers of the Huntington holdings used in the
exhibits. The catalogs represented here focus primarily on the Library exhibit
spaces: the Main Library Exhibit Hall and the West Hall. Later publications also
record exhibits in the Dibner Hall of Sciences and the Boone Gallery. A few concern
related exhibition material in the Art Collections.
These catalogs represent the most comprehensive record of which library copies were
displayed, especially for the years 1931-1975. Notations about the availability of
photostats, facsimiles and slides as well as installation dates are included on some
catalogs. Some catalogs have multiple copies marked for the Curator, Rare Book
Stacks and the Exhibition Office. Material dated after 1980 shows fewer annotations,
and are primarily in the form of gallery guides, rather than catalog listings of
items on display. Additional unannotated Huntington publications regarding the
collections are also included (e.g. Preliminary handbook of the art collections).
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Technical Details
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery.
Library exhibits.
Forms/Genres
Catalogs.