MARBL Acquires Rare Atlanta Fanzines from the 1940s
Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) recently acquired six issues of The T-Jacket Journal, the official newsletter of…
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Where Art and Politics Collide
Playwrights Carlton and Barbara Molette compiled newspaper articles on performances of “Sizwe Bansi is Dead,” a play penned by the…
Three Little Words
Valentine’s Day has a reputation for being shallow. It is ridiculed for its materiality (the flowers! the expensive gifts! the…
Shipping was a Family Business
William G. Porter was the head of consignment shipping company, William G. Porter and Company, out of Apalachicola, Florida, and…
A Goodly Heritage: The William L. Dawson Papers and a Mother-Daughter Duo
My mother, Dr. Paula Whatley Matabane, an Atlanta native, has been on a life-long, genealogical mission to dig up the…
Civil rights leader shares experiences registering voters in 1960s Selma
Civil rights leader Rev. Bernard LaFayette Jr. stopped by Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library on Dec. 3 to discuss…
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Mildred Thompson: African American Artist in Exile
“Revealing Her Story: Documenting African American Women Intellectuals” is a two-year project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to arrange and describe the personal papers of nine African American women writers, artists and musicians. Collections included in...
The Extraordinary World of MARBL: Lyndon B. Johnson Items in the Hurst Papers
The Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library is a place of discovery. All are welcome to visit and explore our unique holdings, whether as a researcher or an observer. The breadth and depth of our collections are vast, and it is nearly...
Emory University Archives Adds More Yearbooks to the MARBL Website
Emory University Archives has added more volumes to the digital collection of Emory yearbooks available online. Emory University’s yearbook, The Campus, is now available for the years 1964-1999. Yearbooks from the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, Atlanta Medical College,...
The Extraordinary World of MARBL: Delegate Badge
The Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library is a place of discovery. All are welcome to visit and explore our unique holdings, whether as a researcher or an observer. The breadth and depth of our collections are vast, and it is nearly...
MARBL at the Decatur Book Festival
MARBL is pleased to announce that John Lewis, a key Civil Rights pioneer whose papers are featured in the SCLC collection and exhibit, will be this year’s keynote speaker for the Decatur Book Festival (DBF). MARBL will also be represented at...
Living Walls, Living Art
Last week French artist and photographer JR came to Atlanta to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. As a part of JR’s ongoing project, UNFRAMED, JR installed 3 photo-based environmental...