Annotated catalogs for Henry E. Huntington Library exhibitions: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Dorothy Auyong.
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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

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Subjects

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Library exhibits.

Forms/Genres

Catalogs.


Box 1

Exhibition catalogs, 1929-1937

Box 1, Folder 1

The Library exhibition hand-list. 1929

Box 1, Folder 2

Huntington Library collections: reprinted from The Huntington Library Bulletin. Number 1. May 1931. 1931

Box 1, Folder 3

An exhibition of rare newspapers and their precursors (1515-1918) : prepared for the visit of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and The California Newspaper Publishers Association on November 12, 1931. 1931

Box 1, Folder 4

An exhibition of rare newspapers and their precursors (1515-1918) : prepared for the visit of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and The California Newspaper Publishers Association on November 12, 1931 (variant cover). 1931

Box 1, Folder 5

Tudor drama : an exhibition selected from source materials in the Huntington Library (1932). 1932

Box 1, Folder 6

George Washington, 1732-1932 : an exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California (3 copies). 1932

Box 1, Folder 7

Medical knowledge in Tudor England as displayed in an exhibition of books and manuscripts (2 copies) . 1932

Box 1, Folder 8

The English novel : an exhibition of manuscripts and first editions Chaucer to Conrad . 1934

Box 1, Folder 9

Tudor drama : an exhibition selected from source materials in the Huntington Library (Third printing). 1934

Box 1, Folder 10

Legal manuscripts and printed books : a sequence illustrating the development of English and American law -- for the visit of the American Bar Association, July 19, 1935. (2 copies). 1935

Box 1, Folder 11

The English novel : an exhibition of manuscripts and first editions Chaucer to Conrad (Second printing). 1935

Box 1, Folder 12

Rare newspapers and their precursors, 1515-1918 : an exhibition (Third edition). 1935

Box 1, Folder 13

Medical knowledge in Tudor England as displayed in an exhibition of books and manuscripts (Second edition). 1935

Box 1, Folder 14

Fine books : an exhibition (2 copies). 1936

Box 1, Folder 15

Some Victorian forged rarities / by Roland Baughman. 1936

Box 1, Folder 16

Learning for ladies (1508-1895) : a book exhibition at the Huntington Library. 1936

Box 1, Folder 17

An exhibition of William Blake's water-color drawings of Milton's "Paradise Lost" May 12-July 31, 1936. 1936

Box 1, Folder 18

Contemporary cartoons : an exhibition of original drawings of American artists at the Huntington Library, March - April [1937]. 1937

Box 1, Folder 19

California from legendary island to statehood : an exhibition at the Huntington Library. 1937

Box 1, Folder 20

The Constitution of the United States : an exhibition on the 150th anniversary of its formation (3 copies). 1937

Box 1, Folder 21

Los Angeles : the transition decades, 1850-70 (2 copies). 1937

Box 1, Folder 22

Henry Edwards Huntington : the founder and the Library / by Robert O. Schad. 1937

Box 2

Exhibition catalogs, 1938-1958

Box 2, Folder 1

Preliminary handbook the art collections. 1938

Box 2, Folder 2

Catalogue of William Blake's drawings & paintings in the Huntington Library / by C.H. Collins Baker. 1938

Box 2, Folder 3

Mexico in the Sixteenth Century : notes on an exhibition arranged for Founder's Day at the Huntington Library, February 28, 1938 (mimeographed). 1938

Box 2, Folder 4

Mexico in the Sixteenth Century: an exhibition at the Huntington Library. 1938

Box 2, Folder 5

A selection of original plans and drawings by Thomas Jefferson : exhibit arranged for a visit of the Southern California Chapter of The American Institute of Architects at the Huntington Library, September 13, 1938. 1938

Box 2, Folder 6

Byron, 1788-1938 : an exhibition at the Huntington Library, San Marino. 1938

Box 2, Folder 7

Mexican imprints 1544-1600 in the Huntington Library: an exhibition prepared and described by Henry R. Wagner (2 copies). 1939

Box 2, Folder 8

The English novel : an exhibition of manuscripts and first editions Chaucer to Conrad . 1939

Box 2, Folder 9

Great books in great editions : an exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing (2 copies). 1940

Box 2, Folder 10

Conquest of the air, the evolution of aeronautics to 1883 : an exhibition arranged for the visit of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, June 16, 1941. 1941

Box 2, Folder 11

Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1943 : a bicentennial exhibition / by Dorothy Bowen. 1943

Box 2, Folder 12

The Florence M. Quinn Collection : opened to the public November 1, 1944. 1944

Box 2, Folder 13

The work of the Grabhorn Press : notes on an exhibition shown June through September, 1945. 1945

Box 2, Folder 14

Illustrated incunabula printed in Italy : an exhibition arranged for the Friends of the Huntington Library June 3, 1946 (typewritten list) (2 copies). 1946

Box 2, Folder 15

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery Publications (2 copies). 1942

Box 2, Folder 16

A guide to the Desert Plant Collection in the Huntington Botanical Gardens / William Hertrich. 1946

Box 2, Folder 17

Mark Twain : an exhibition selected mainly from the papers beloning to the Samuel L. Clemens estate on deposit in the Huntington Library. 1947

Box 2, Folder 18

Henry Edwards Huntington : the founder and the Library / by Robert O. Schad. 1948

Box 2, Folder 19

California in maps 1541-1851. 1949

Box 2, Folder 20

A century of California literature : an exhibition prepared for the California Literary Centennial (2 copies). 1950

Box 2, Folder 21

Will Bradley his work : an exhibition. 1951

Box 2, Folder 22

The Book of Common Prayer : the James R. Page Collection loan exhibition held at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 2, 1953. 1953

Box 2, Folder 23

An exhibition commemorating the coronation of Elizabeth II. 1953

Box 2, Folder 24

Great books in great editions / selected and described by Roland Baughman... and Robert O. Schad . 1954

Box 2, Folder 25

Bench and bar and the realm of the law : an exhibition of legal manuscripts, rare books, and famous caricatures, arranged for the visit of the American Bar Association, August 25, 1958. 1958

Box 3

Exhibition catalogs and gallery guides, 1960-2012

Box 3, Folder 1

November 1, 1960- February 1, 1961. Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya : exhibition of fine prints. 1960

Box 3, Folder 2

List of reproductions for sale [includes "List of photostatic reproductions"]. 1963

Box 3, Folder 3

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 : an exhibition commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth April 23, 1564 (2 copies). 1964

Box 3, Folder 4

William Blake and his circle : two exhibitions... November 1965 through February 1966. 1965

Box 3, Folder 5

The Founder's choice : an exhibition for the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Huntington Library, 1919-1969. 1969

Box 3, Folder 6

The only copies known : an exhibition of rare books and broadsides of which the only copy known is in the Huntington Library. 1970

Box 3, Folder 7

Thirteen ways of looking at Wallace Stevens: A special exhibition. 1975

Box 3, Folder 8

A Handbook to the Huntington Library Exhbitition. 1978

Box 3, Folder 9

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): An appreciation. An exhibition of manuscripts, books, & graphic images held at The Huntington Library, San Marino, and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, Fall & Winter 1984-1985. 1985

Box 3, Folder 10

The Zamorano 80 : Collectors' books about California. An annotated check list occasioned by the exhibition of famous and notorious California classics. October 7, 1986 to January 18, 1987. 1986

Box 3, Folder 11

The blessings of liberty: The U.S. Constitution 1787-1987. 1987

Box 3, Folder 12

Yosemite National Park: A Centennial Celebration. 1990

Box 3, Folder 13

Celebrating Yosemite: Visual Interpretations of a Wilderness Region. 1990

Box 3, Folder 14

Fiber to sheet: papermaking East and West, October 5, 1990 through January 27, 1991 (2 copies). 1990

Box 3, Folder 15

The Last best hope of earth: Abraham Lincoln and the promise of America. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Huntington Library October 1993 to August 1994. 1993

Box 3, Folder 16

"This faire paper, this most goodly booke": the advent of printing and the creation of a reading public. October 1993-August 1994. 1993

Box 3, Folder 17

Drawing fire: Paul Conrad and the American editorial cartoon. June 25-October 2, 1995. 1995

Box 3, Folder 18

Arthur, King of Britain. June 3 - October 6, 1996. 1996

Box 3, Folder 19

Let there be light: William Tyndale and the making of the English Bible. November 19, 1996-February 7, 1997. 1996

Box 3, Folder 20

Land of golden dreams: California in the Gold Rush Decade 1848-1858. 1998

Box 3, Folder 21

Passages to Asia: Europe and the East in the sixteenth century. January 31 through August 23, 1998 (2 copies). 1998

Box 3, Folder 22

The wisdom of the trail: Jack London author and adventurer. September 19, 1998-January 11, 1999. 1998

Box 3, Folder 23

Worlds of profit and delight: Popular reading in Renaissance England. July 2, 1999-August 20, 2000. 1999

Box 3, Folder 24

"A mirour polisshed bryght": Reflections of Chaucer 1400-2000. September 8, 2000-January 28, 2001. 2000

Box 3, Folder 25

Charles Darwin: An exhibition. February 25-June 24, 2001. 2001

Box 3, Folder 26

Objects of American art education: Highlights from the Diana Korzenik collection / By Diana Korzenik. With introduction by Cathy Cherbosque. 2004

Box 3, Folder 27

The noblest conquest: The sport of the horse in Europe and America from the Edward Lasker collection. February 7-May 16, 2004. 2004

Box 3, Folder 28

The Bible and the people. September 4, 2004-January 5, 2005. 2004

Box 3, Folder 29

Legacy and legend: Images of Indians from four centuries. June 9-Sept. 2, 2007. 2007

Box 3, Folder 30

Darwin's garden: An evolutionary adventure. Oct. 4, 2008-Jan. 5, 2009. 2008

Box 3, Folder 31

Beautiful Science: Ideas that changed the world. 2008

Box 3, Folder 32

Central Avenue and beyond: The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles. Oct. 24, 2008, through Feb. 8, 2010. 2009

Box 3, Folder 33

A just cause: Voices of the American Civil War. Sept. 22, 2012-Jan. 7, 2013. 2012