RIHST

The Research Institute for the History of Science and Technology (RIHST) at Caltech and The Huntington is a collaboration that makes the most of what each institute is best at: Caltech's expertise in science and The Huntington's extensive historical archives and status as a premiere research library. The joint program, which launched in 2019, is directed by Jed Z. Buchwald, the Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, with Daniel Lewis, the Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science and Technology at The Huntington and lecturer in history at Caltech, serving as associate director.

The institute's establishment and early years of programming were made possible by a gift from the late Stephen E. Rogers, a longtime member and president of the Caltech Associates and member of The Huntington's Board of Governors.