We have recently acquired two new collections that will be of interest to researchers in women’s history: The Women’s Magazine Archive 1 and The Women’s Studies Manuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library. Proquest’s Women’s Magazine Archive 1 provides electronic access to six women’s magazines, from their first issues to 2005: Better Homes & Gardens, Chatelaine, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Read More …
For the second year, the Emory Libraries’ Science Commons in the Atwood Chemistry Center is collaborating with the Atlanta Science Festival (ASF), inviting visitors to interact with a new exhibit that features robot-themed books and a science quotes wall. The exhibit, open now through the end of March, has a display of science- related books from the Read More …
Two female Irish poets, Rita Ann Higgins and Sinéad Morrissey, will read their work in late March and early April in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. The readings, free and open to the public, celebrate Women’s History Month in March and National Poetry Month in April. Rita Read More …
Edit Wikipedia for the greater good! For the third year in a row, Emory University Libraries will host a local event for the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Art + Feminism is a worldwide campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and to empower new editors. The event is co-sponsored by Read More …
A collection of personal correspondence and memorabilia of renowned novelist Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Go Set a Watchman,” has been acquired by Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. The letters, written between 1956 and 1961, are from Lee to New York architect and close personal Read More …
The Emory community is mourning the loss of Raymond Danowski, a generous benefactor of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, who contributed a vast collection of 20th-century poetry and related materials that has become a world-renowned resource for research and scholarship. Danowski, 74, died at his home in South Africa on Feb. 2 Read More …
SPANISH LITERATURE CLASS IN WOODRUFF LIBRARY SPRING SEMESTER 2018 Fernando Valverde, a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, is teaching a class using the Spanish language literature collection found on the 5th floor of Robert W. Woodruff Library. The class spends one session each week working in the book stacks and students Read More …
by Maureen McGavin The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has acquired the papers of poet Richard Blanco, who became widely recognized after reading his poem, “One Today,” at the second inauguration of former President Barack Obama in 2013. The collection includes first editions of published books, commissioned and occasional poems (such Read More …
Emory University’s Woodruff Library has been able to purchase, with general allocations and endowed funds, a number of new important primary source collections to assist in research and teaching across disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. News Policy and Politics Magazine Archive is notable for its archive of Newsweek from 1933-2012. Women’s Magazine Archive Read More …
Emory Libraries is celebrating the importance of data during Love Data Week, February 12-16, 2018! Follow the conversation with data users around the world on social media with the hashtag #lovedata18. Each day of the week @EmoryLibraries will highlight resources for working with data at Emory. Look for us around campus sharing information and event Read More …
