Emory University’s Rose Library wins archival grant to foster AIDS education

The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University has received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant for $107,706 to organize a community-based project that will address the rising rates of HIV/AIDS in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Entitled “Revisiting R.A.C.E.: Leveraging Archival Resources for AIDS Education,” the project will forge Read More …

Conversation with photographer Hugo Fernandes at Emory set for Oct. 11

New York City-based photographer Hugo Fernandes will join Randy Gue, curator of modern, political and historical collections at Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, for a conversation about his work on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jones Room at the Woodruff Library on the Emory University campus. Open Read More …

Emory digital team bringing streets of “Brotherman” to life will appear at Decatur Book Festival

by Maureen McGavin Comic book fans can enter into the virtual-reality streets of “Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline,” an African-American superhero comic book, at an AJC Decatur Book Festival session featuring a digital project team from the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. The Big City Maps panel will take place on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Read More …

Emory Libraries to display rare materials, Dreamachine at Beats exhibition

An exhibition of materials celebrating the contributions of the Beat writers, poets, and artists will debut next month at Emory University. “The Dream Machine: The Beat Generation & the Counterculture, 1940–1975,” which opens Sept. 28, 2017, in the Schatten Gallery at Emory’s Woodruff Library, draws from collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Read More …

Emory Libraries staff members to present at the Decatur Book Festival

Emory Libraries and Emory University continue their sponsorship of the Decatur Book Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 2, and Sunday, Sept. 3, in downtown Decatur, Georgia. Emory Libraries will be joined by staff from the Emory Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, Carlos Museum and the Emory Center for Ethics in the Emory tent, on East Ponce de Leon Read More …

‘Epitaphs’ exhibit to feature Billy Howard’s photographs of people living with HIV/AIDS

Riveting images of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, taken by Atlanta-area photographer Billy Howard, are the basis of an exhibit opening June 15 at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library and a conversation with Howard scheduled for June 22. “Billy Howard’s ‘Epitaphs for the Living’ ” will feature 17 photographs, each showing a Read More …

Emory University team launches mobile tour app for historic Battle of Atlanta sites

As the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta approaches, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) at Emory University will launch a self-guided mobile tour of Battle-related sites throughout the city, complete with maps, historical information, photos and videos, and even parking suggestions for those who drive the route. A launch celebration and demonstration Read More …

Pellom McDaniels wins research award for African American Civil War-era exhibition

Pellom McDaniels III, curator of African American collections at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, has won the Center for Research Libraries 2017 Primary Source Award for Research. McDaniels received the award for “What Must Be Remembered: An Exhibition Inspired by Natasha Trethewey’s ‘Native Guard,’ ” which was based on Read More …