Guest Post: The Black Student Union Collection

NaVosha Copeland, Emory College Class of 2016, Emory University Archives Intern, Summer 2016 On a hot August day during my first semester at Emory College in 2012 I walked to my advisor’s office that was on the campus quadrangle. Having been assigned my advisor by the Emory Pre-Major Advising Connections at Emory (PACE) program, her Read More …

Panel presentation on African American research

“Reading the Silences: Finding African Americans in the Archives” Emory University’s Archives Research Program will host a panel discussion on Monday, February 8 at 6:30 on Level 10 of the Woodruff Library. The panel will explore research into the lives African Americans. Researching an underdocumented community can be frustrating; evidence is often found in unexpected Read More …

Managing Malaria: The Emory University Field Station and The Melvin H. Goodwin Papers

MARBL is pairing with Southern Spaces, a peer-reviewed, multimedia, open-access journal published in collaboration with the Robert W. Woodruff Library of Emory University, to publish short features on MARBL collections, events, and exhibits that tell the history of spaces and places in the US South. These posts investigate the geographical, historical, and cultural study of real Read More …

News Center records open in Emory University Archives

Called variously the Emory News Bureau, News Services, Information Services, and the News Center, one office has long handled press and publicity at Emory, and its records are now open for research in the Emory University Archives. They include mostly subject files on Emory-related topics and people. The collection is a fantastic new entrée into Read More …

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 impossible to investigate every nook and cranny. We invite you this year, through our blog, to Read More …

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, Southern Dental College, Atlanta-Southern Dental College, and Atlanta-Southern Medical College are also now viewable for Read More …

The Extraordinary World of MARBL: Fused Coins from Emory Dining Hall Fire

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 impossible to investigate every nook and cranny. We invite you this year, through our blog, to Read More …

James Harvey Young Papers

  Share Related Links:  James Harvey Youngin MARBL collectionsEmory UniversityHistory Department  Join the discussion The James Harvey Young papers (opening soon) will be an exciting new addition to the Emory University Archives holdings. The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, research, teaching materials, and a multitude of records pertaining to Emory University committees and governance. Dr. James Harvey Read More …