The Rose Library stands with our community, our campus, and our nation in mourning the violent loss of the lives of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. Following the inspirational vision of our African American Studies department, we collect the records of Black Lives. Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Read More …
Hello, and welcome to the final post of our Virtual Exhibit Walkthrough! Due to COVID-19 and Rose Library being closed, we’ve decided to do a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit, Born Digital: From Kilobytes to Terabytes. For a more in-depth “tour,” see below for up-close photographs and exhibit text. Be sure to click through photographs of each case Read More …
Even though National Poetry Month ends today, we hope these new videos featuring the indelible poet Nikki Giovanni will linger with you long after. Both were created this February, when Ms. Giovanni visited Emory’s campus for several wonderful days, during which time she met with Emory students for a Q&A in conversation with Professor Jericho Read More …
Back issues of the Emory Wheel held in the University Archives are now available digitally to the Emory community via the Emory Digital Gallery. Anyone with an Emory Network ID can login and access the resource. The digitized version of the Wheel covers 1919 through 2009 and is digitized from the original newsprint version of Read More …
Hello, and welcome to week 3 of our Virtual Exhibit Walkthrough! Due to COVID-19 and Rose Library being closed, we’ve decided to do a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit, Born Digital: From Kilobytes to Terabytes. For a more in-depth “tour,” see below for up-close photographs and exhibit text. Be sure to click through photographs of each case to view the entire Read More …
Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is with endless sorrow that we share the news that Pellom McDaniels III, Curator of African American Collections, passed away suddenly, at home, on Sunday April 19, 2020. The depth of our grief at Pellom’s passing is matched only by our appreciation and admiration for the tremendous gifts and Read More …
Although the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is currently closed to non-Emory visitors, many of our rich resources can be accessed at home. These materials include image collections, maps, rare books, audiovisual materials, and born digital materials. Researchers interested in specific topics can also contact the Rose Library reference staff for Read More …
In February 2020, Gary Wade conducted research at Emory’s Rose Library as a Rose Fellow. Mr. Wade is a who is a Ph.D. candidate at Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies. In the Seamus Heaney papers archived in the Rose Library at Emory is the draft of a lecture which Darcy O’Brien sent to Read More …
Hello, and welcome to week 2 of our Virtual Exhibit Walkthrough! Due to COVID-19 and Rose Library being closed, we’ve decided to do a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit, Born Digital: From Kilobytes to Terabytes. For a more in-depth “tour,” see below for up–close photographs and exhibit text. Be sure to click through photographs of each case to view the entire Read More …
The recent passing of Reverend Doctor Joseph Echols Lowery on March 27, 2020 has been sobering to say the least. The fiery minister, civil rights pioneer, human rights advocate, and challenger of injustice everywhere was not only a truth speaker, he demonstrated and encouraged the necessary actions that could and did lead to the Read More …
Hello, and welcome! Due to COVID-19 and Rose Library being closed, we’ve decided to do a weekly virtual walk-through of our current exhibit, Born Digital: From Kilobytes to Terabytes. For a more in-depth “tour,” see below for up–close photographs and exhibit text. Be sure to click through photographs of each case to view the entire thing! Every text sent, every document Read More …
On January 30th, 2020, Rose Library held its first drag show in the archive. The show helped Rose Library celebrate our LGBTQ collections. And thanks to Brook Hewitt of Rose Riot Photography, we have a way to share this amazing event! On behalf of Randy Gue, Curator of the Political, Cultural and Social Movements Collections Read More …
