Editing Huntington Library (section)

==Library==
[[File:Ellesmere Manuscript in Huntington Library.jpg|thumb|[[Ellesmere Chaucer|Ellesmere Manuscript]], an early 15th-century manuscript of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'', housed in the library]]
The library building was designed in 1920 by the southern California architect [[Myron Hunt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityofpasadena.libanswers.com/a.php?qid=73881|title=What buildings did Myron Hunt design?|access-date=2014-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224514/http://cityofpasadena.libanswers.com/a.php?qid=73881|archive-date=2014-02-01|url-status=live}}</ref> in the [[Mediterranean Revival architecture|Mediterranean Revival]] style. Hunt's previous commissions for Mr. and Mrs. Huntington included the Huntington's residence in San Marino in 1909, and the [[The Langham Huntington, Pasadena|Huntington Hotel]] in 1914. The library contains a substantial collection of rare books and manuscripts, concentrated in the fields of British and American history, literature, art, and the history of science. Spanning from the 11th century to the present, the library's holdings contain 7 million manuscript items, over 400,000 rare books, and over a million photographs, prints, and other [[ephemera]]. Highlights include one of eleven [[vellum]] copies of the [[Gutenberg Bible]] known to exist, the [[Ellesmere manuscript]] of [[Chaucer]] (ca. 1410), and letters and manuscripts by [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], and [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref name="LAT 2021-04-01">{{Cite news|last=Miranda|first=Carolina A.|date=2021-04-01|title=The Huntington Library has a history of inequity. Can it pivot toward inclusivity?|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-01/reckoning-with-history-and-equity-at-the-huntington-museum|access-date=2021-04-03|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> It is the only library in the world with the first two [[quarto]]s of ''[[Hamlet]]''; it holds the manuscript of [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s [[autobiography]], [[Isaac Newton]]'s personal copy of his ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' with annotations in Newton's own hand, the first seven drafts of [[Henry David Thoreau]]'s ''[[Walden]]'', [[John James Audubon]]'s ''[[Birds of America (book)|Birds of America]]'', and first editions and manuscripts from authors such as [[Charles Bukowski]], [[Jack London]], [[Alexander Pope]], [[William Blake]], [[Mark Twain]], and [[William Wordsworth]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Huntington Library ''In Fact'', 2012–2013</ref>

The library's main exhibition hall showcases some of the most outstanding rare books and manuscripts in the collection, while the West Hall of the library hosts rotating exhibitions. The Dibner Hall of the History of Science is a permanent exhibition on the history of science with a focus on astronomy, natural history, medicine, and light.

With the 2006 acquisition of the [[Burndy Library]], a collection of nearly 60,000 items, the Huntington became one of the top institutions in the world for the study of the [[history of science and technology]].

On December 14, 2022, the library announced they had acquired the archive of American author [[Thomas Pynchon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=News Release – The Huntington Acquires Thomas Pynchon Archive {{!}} The Huntington |url=https://huntington.org/news/news-release-huntington-acquires-thomas-pynchon-archive |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=huntington.org |language=en}}</ref>

===Research===
Researchers over age 18 may use the Library's reading rooms to consult the collection upon establishing a research need that requires the use of The Huntington's collections, identifying specific materials, and presenting the required form(s) of identification at orientation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Using the Library {{!}} The Huntington |url=https://huntington.org/using-library |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=huntington.org |language=en}}</ref> Through a rigorous peer-review program, the institution awards approximately 150 grants to scholars in the fields of history, literature, art, and the history of science, medicine, and technology. The Huntington also hosts numerous scholarly events, lectures, conferences, and workshops.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In September 1991, then-director William A. Moffett announced that the library's photographic archive of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] would be available to all qualified scholars, not just those approved by the international team of editors that had so long limited access to a chosen few. The collection consists of 3,000 photographs of all the original scrolls.<ref>{{cite news|first=John Noble|last=Wilford|date=September 22, 1991|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/22/us/monopoly-over-dead-sea-scrolls-is-ended.html|title=Monopoly Over Dead Sea Scrolls Is Ended|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|access-date=2017-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822120602/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/22/us/monopoly-over-dead-sea-scrolls-is-ended.html|archive-date=2017-08-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=John Noble|last=Wilford|date=February 22, 1995|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/22/obituaries/william-a-moffett-62-is-dead-opened-door-to-dead-sea-scrolls.html|title=William A. Moffett, 62, Is Dead; Opened Door to Dead Sea Scrolls|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|access-date=2017-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315192235/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/22/obituaries/william-a-moffett-62-is-dead-opened-door-to-dead-sea-scrolls.html|archive-date=2016-03-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

Through a partnership with the [[University of Southern California]], the library has established two research centers: the [[USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute]] and the [[Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West]].