Rose Library’s collections tie the past and present together: Rabbi Jacob Rothsch ...
Today Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock will be sworn into office. Ossoff will take the oath of office using Rabbi…
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Getting to Know Tierra Thomas, Visiting Archivist for Southern Jewish Collections
Rose Library is staffed by an amazing group of people who are knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate about archives. The “Getting to…
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: On the Passing of Reverend Doctor Joseph Echols Lowery
The recent passing of Reverend Doctor Joseph Echols Lowery on March 27, 2020 has been sobering to say the…
Revisiting Rose Library’s First Drag Show!
On January 30th, 2020, Rose Library held its first drag show in the archive. The show helped Rose Library celebrate…
Flap Live at the Rose Library: The Class of ’92 Strikes Back
Rose Library’s Curator of Political, Cultural and Social Movements Collections, Randy Gue, celebrates the 30th anniversary of Atlanta indie duo…
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Disjointed: Introductions to “The American Music Show”
Andrew Kingston is the 2018-2019 Robert W. Woodruff Fellow at the Rose Library. Throughout the year, he will be blogging about his experience processing the records of The American Music Show. Shortly after writing this first blog post, I was,...
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...
“Rantings of High Weirdness:” Punk Rock Fanzines in the Rose Library
Forget BitTorrent, Pollstar, Myspace, Pitchfork and Facebook events. Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library has acquired a collection of Atlanta punk rock fanzines from the 1980s, including editions of Positive Mental Attitude (PMA), Ratlanta, Restless...