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Introducing the Rose Library’s Anti-Oppressive Archival Description Working G ...
This is the first entry in a planned series to share the Rose Library’s ongoing work to create more inclusive…
Lifting Every Voice: the Pellom McDaniels III 2020-2021 Tribute Series
The Emory Libraries, campus, and community partners have launched a series of celebrations to honor the legacy of our colleague…
Nikki Giovanni is Amazing! Two New Videos
Even though National Poetry Month ends today, we hope these new videos featuring the indelible poet Nikki Giovanni will linger…
Using Rose Library resources remotely
Although the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is currently closed to non-Emory visitors, many of our…
In Memoriam: James V. Hatch: An Artist, Educator, and Visionary with Tremendous Inf ...
For more than fifty years, James Vernon Hatch (1928-2020) was a leading authority of African American theater, and along with…
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Summer Intern Series: Liadan Shaw-Smith
Liadan Shaw-Smith is a rising senior at Atlanta’s Marist School. She will be blogging throughout her Summer internship at the Rose Library. My name is Liadan Shaw-Smith, and for the next few weeks I will be interning in the Rose...
Every Man His Own
Jina DuVernay is the Visiting Archivist for African American Collections at the Rose Library. She will be blogging regularly throughout her appointment. The Rose Library recently cataloged a book that it acquired in 2015, 200 years after its publication in...
In Memoriam: Camille Billops, An Avant-garde Artist to be Recognized and Reckoned W ...
Every creative, cultural and racial experience has to do with my work. I sift and look and taste. Camille Billops (1977) The passing of Camille Billops (1933-2019) comes as a shock to the system. She will forever be remembered as...
Alfonso Chacón’s Comprehensive Documentation of Trajan’s Column
Alfonso Chacón lived from 1530-1599 CE and was a Spanish Dominican scholar in Rome. He was an expert of ancient Graeco-Roman and Paleo-Christian epigraphy and was knowledgeable in medieval paleography and manuscripts. His work Historia Vtriusque Belli Dacici a Traiano...
Collection spotlight: Boisfeuillet Jones papers
The Rose Library is proud to announce that the papers of Atlanta civic leader, Boisfeuillet Jones, are open and available for use. From 1935 until his death in 2001, Boisfeuillet Jones influenced health, education, and welfare policy, and charitable actions...
Emory’s Founding and Future – Celebrating Claire Sterk’s Inaugura ...
Today we celebrate the inauguration of Dr. Claire Sterk as the 20th president of Emory University. On this occasion, we take a look back at the evolving nature of the inauguration ceremony as well as the founding documents of the institution....