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Motoring West Aug 08, 2015

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Peter Blodgett,discusses his book, Motoring West: Automobile Pioneers, 1900–1909. Travel back in time to the the turn of the 20th century when Americans were hitting the road to explore the West by automobile. Blodgett is the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at The Huntington.

Cokie Roberts: Capital Dames May 15, 2015

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Cokie Roberts, author and political commentator, discusses her new book "Capital Dames, The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868," which explores the lives of the women of Washington D.C. during the upheaval of the Civil War. Roberts has previously written about the vital female contributions to the nation's early years in her "New York Times" bestselling book, "Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty."

Pasadena: Unexpected Roots May 14, 2015

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Independent scholar Roberta H. Martínez shares intimate stories of Pasadena’s earliest days as reflected in the marriage and writings of Arturo Bandini and Helen Elliott Bandini, members of two of Pasadena's founding families. Their personal story melds with the legacies of Old California and highlights connections with the Valley Hunt Club, Greene and Greene architecture, Charles Lummis, and even the Manhattan Project.

A Tale of Two Armies May 13, 2015

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Joseph T. Glatthaar, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Rogers Distinguished Fellow in Nineteenth-Century American History, compares the great Union and Confederate armies in the American Civil War. A book signing will follow the talk. This is part of the Distinguished Fellow Lecture Series at The Huntington.

A Look at America’s First Sex Manual Apr 22, 2015

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Mary Fissell, professor of the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, discusses Aristotle’s Masterpiece. First published in London in 1684, it became one of the most popular medical books ever published in England and America. The lecture is sponsored by the George Dock Society for the History of Medicine.

Entrepreneurial Values Apr 13, 2015

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Jonathan Levy, associate professor of history at Princeton University, discusses the history of entrepreneurship as an idea, focusing upon the values that American entrepreneurs have shared and created from the early 20th century to today. This is part of the Haaga Lecture series at The Huntington.

“God's Wounds!” Blasphemy in the Early Modern World Apr 08, 2015

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Susan Juster, professor of history at the University of Michigan and the Robert C. Ritchie Distinguished Fellow, discusses the changing nature of blasphemy and blasphemy prosecutions in early modern England and the North American colonies. This is part of the Distinguished Fellow Lecture series.

Why They Mattered: Not Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Dour “Puritans” but a People of Daring and Ethical Passion Feb 11, 2015

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David D. Hall, Bartlett Research Professor at Harvard Divinity School and the Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, draws upon his book A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England in this free lecture and book signing. This is part of the Distinguished Fellow Lecture Series at The Huntington.

A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek Nov 11, 2014

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Ari Kelman, winner of the Bancroft Prize for his book "A Misplaced Massacre", discusses the politics of memory surrounding one of the most notorious episodes of violence in the history of the American West. The talk took place on Nov. 11, 2014, three weeks shy of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. This is part of The Huntington's Billington Lecture series.

On the Trail to the Heathen School Oct 20, 2014

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John Demos, professor of history at Yale University and author of “The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic”, discusses the doomed attempt in the early 19th century to promote the spread of “Christian civilization” at a special school for indigenous youths in Connecticut. This is part of The Huntington's Nevins Lecture series.

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