Announcement: The Be Present Inc. records and the Lillie P. Allen papers are now at the Rose!

By The Be Present Team The Rose Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of two dynamic collections, the Be Present Inc. records, and the Lillie P. Allen papers. The Lillie P. Allen papers and the Be Present, Inc. records together tell the story of how one visionary leader can ignite change and create an Read More …

Ralph McGill and Lillian Smith: Two Intellectuals in the Service of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Dominic D’Amour is a doctoral candidate in Social and Presidential History at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. He is a 2024 Visiting Research Fellow for Political & Social Movements. I had a very wonderful and productive experience diving into the archives of the Rose Library at Emory University. This magnificent library houses the Read More …

Sybil Kein’s Transnational Louisiana Creole and Exchanges with Michel Fabre

Rachel Kirk is a PhD student in French Studies at Louisiana State University. She is interested in how colonial-shaped environmental changes and disasters have influenced literary and cultural production in Louisiana and the broader Francophone and Creole-speaking Caribbean. Rachel is a recipient of an African American History and Culture short term fellowship for visiting researchers.  Read More …

Operation SEEK: Finding New Pathways for Collegiate & Carceral Cross-Education in the Archive of artist Benny Andrews (1930-2006) 

Sinclair Spratley is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Art History & Archeology at Columbia University. She is the 2024 recipient of the Benny Andrews Award, which provides funding for researchers exploring the collection of visual artist, teacher, activist, critic, and writer Benny Andrews. I had the privilege of spending time in the vast Read More …

Celebrating Student Researchers: The 2024 Rackoff and Schuchard Winners

by Shanna Early, Instruction Archivist Congratulations to all students who submitted research projects for consideration for the 2024 Schuchard and Rackoff Undergraduate Research Prizes. The submissions this year show the efficacy of undergraduate humanities education at Emory, and we are thrilled that we get to be a part of it.   Schuchard Prize  Named for Goodrich Read More …

This Pioneer, Fabulous Situation: the 1951 Arts Festival at Texas Southern University

by Corey Stout, Rice University’s Department of Art History. Visiting Research Fellow for African American History and Culture. I recently had the privilege of visiting the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library to examine the papers of John T. Biggers (1924-2001), an important muralist and educator at Texas Southern University in Houston. Read More …

Dearest Gentle Readers: Records of Bridgerton’s Regency Era Britain 

By Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist  Are you eagerly awaiting the second part of season 3 of Netflix’s Bridgerton? Us too! To tide us all over, I have selected twelve of Rose Library’s rare books that were published during or near the regency period.    But first – what is the regency period?   The regency Read More …

No Shame, Just Pride: LGBTQIA+ Materials at Rose Library

By Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist  The air is getting unbearably hot and muggy, mosquitoes are getting bolder, kids are out of school, a different colleague is out every week on vacation, and you’re fighting your first sunburn in months. All this means one thing – it’s summer! And summer includes June, during which we celebrate Read More …

First Looks and Second Glances: Exploring the Amalia Amaki Papers and the Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection

Stephanie Rambo is an assistant professor of English at George Mason University. She specializes in African American literature, Black Girlhood Studies, Diasporic Black theory, and Women and Gender Studies. She is currently working on her first a book monograph which examines literary and visual depictions of Black girlhood in African American literature. This past December Read More …

The 164th anniversary of Emory alumnus Young John Allen, sailing to China

纪念埃默里大学校友林乐知(Young John Allen)启航远渡中国164 周年 by Guo-hua Wang, Emory Libraries’ Chinese Studies librarian and Head of the International Area Studies Team December 18, 1859 was the start of Young John Allen’s 209-day voyage to China from New York with his young wife and infant daughter. The family spent Christmas and New Year’s Day on the ship, enduring Read More …