Frederick Law Olmsted in Atlanta
The Library of Congress recently announced a completed digitization project focusing on the collection of Frederick Olmsted. As a manuscript…
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Protest, Freedom, and Change from the South African Literature at the Rose Library
John Wamwara (SJD Candidate, School of Law) is 2017 –2018 Newton Teaching Scholar at the Rose Library. He is supporting…
A Memory of Biafra: Flashback into the Life and the Politics of Secession from John ...
John Wamwara (SJD Candidate, School of Law) is 2017 –2018 Newton Teaching Scholar at the Rose Library. He is supporting…
Exploring Race Relations from the South African Collection at the Rose Library.
John Wamwara (SJD Candidate, School of Law) is 2017 – 2018 Newton Teaching Scholar at the Rose Library. He is…
Talking back: bringing Beat counterculture into the modern era through dance
Author William S. Burroughs said, “In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.” Burroughs was…
Anthology, Archive, and Authority: Teaching with Lucille Clifton’s Papers
Marlo Starr (PhD Candidate, English Department) is the 2017-2018 Alice Walker Research Scholar in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives,…
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“So be it”: Celebrating Lucille Clifton’s Life and Work
In perhaps her best recognized poem, “won’t you celebrate with me” Lucille Clifton invites readers to celebrate her life. Though “born in babylon / both nonwhite and woman,” the poem’s speaker explains that she has managed to forge a kind...
Photographer Hugo Fernandes speaks about “Intimate Strangers”
Last night photographer Hugo Fernandes spoke in Emory’s Woodruff Library about his portrait series Intimate Strangers. To create the series of striking portraits, Fernandes recruited his subjects using websites and apps primarily designed to arrange hook ups (brief sexual encounters)....
Alciato’s Emblems
Emory University has an incredible collection of emblem books, largely thanks to the efforts of Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History, Dr. Walter Melion. The contents of this collection are divided between the Pitts Theology Library in the Candler...
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...
Reflections on “Revealing Her Story” Project
“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...
Processing Fun: Writings by May Miller
“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...