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Speaker Series: Across the Field Collections Mini-Series Part 1

About the Program:

Join us on February 18, 2022, at 1:00 pm as the Field House Museum kicks off part one of a new Speaker Mini-Series. This year, we have invited various organizations from around the country to share their Field collections with us. The Huntington Library, located in San Marino, California, will be the first guest of the series as Natalie Russell, Assistant Curator of the Literary Collection, shares objects from their collection pertaining to Eugene Field.

Eugene Field visited California in the 1890s to regain his health. Many members of the Field family later settled in California. Mary Field French Englar, nicknamed “Trotty” by her father, settled in the state.

This presentation will primarily take place on Zoom, but the Field House Museum will host a small watch party during the event. The program is free with a limited number of seats. Reservations must be made in advance through Eventbrite, by calling the Museum at 314-421-4689, or by emailing info@fieldhousemuseum.org.

About the Speaker:

Natalie Russell works primarily with the Library’s American literature collections, with a special focus on the papers of Octavia E. Butler and Jack London. She joined The Huntington in 2006 and holds her B.A. in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California and her M.L.I.S. from San José State University. Russell has assisted with Library exhibitions, including “The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles” and “Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge.” In 2017, she curated “Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories.” Russell continues to work on projects related to Butler and her papers.

About the Organization:

The world-renowned Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational center serving scholars and the general public. Surrounded by 120 acres of breathtaking grounds highlighting diverse botanical collections are two art galleries and a library showcasing magnificent collections of rare books and manuscripts, European art from the 15th to the early 20th century, and American art from the late 17th to the mid 20th century. There is also a large gallery for special temporary exhibitions that interpret the collections. Each year, more than 750,000 visitors from around the world enjoy The Huntington, and more than 1,700 researchers conduct scholarly studies among the vast collections.