It happens sometimes that MARBL has multiple patrons visiting and using our reading room at the same time who are working on similar themes or researching the same collections. In those cases, we like to let the patrons know so they can possibly discuss their work and gain further insights into their research. On October Read More …
Share Related Links: Southern Historical Collections Ku Klux Klan Collection Finding Aid Join the discussion Do you know any racists? After having worked on MARBL's Neighbors Network collection, I feel as though I know hundreds, maybe thousands of them. The Neighbors Network records offer a chance to get to know the thoughts and personalities Read More …
Share Related Story: MARBL Blog entry about John Biggers, another African American artist whose collections are housed in MARBL Related Links: Edwin A. Harleston Finding Aid African AmericanCollections at MARBL Join the discussion As a literary scholar, I find it refreshing to take on historical projects in my second life as a graduate student Read More …
Theatre, Maurice Maeterlinck, 1901-1902,modern morocco binding with delicate color detailing Share Related Entries: Rare Books in MARBL's Blog Join the discussion Today we take for granted that if we purchase a book it will come with a protective paper or cloth binding but this has not always been the case. The concept of the Read More …
Cover of Conditions: Five“The Black Women's Issue“ Share Related Links: LGBT Research Guide African American Research Guide Join the discussion MARBL is honored to add Conditions: a magazine of writing by women with an emphasis on writing by lesbians to our holdings. Conditions comes to MARBL through a generous gift made possible by Professor Read More …
Share Related Links: William Levi Dawson Finding Aid Research Guide to African American Collections in MARBL Join the discussion Periodically, the MARBL blog will feature updates and insights from visiting researchers working within MARBL's collections. Gwynne Brown, Assistant Professor of Music History and Music Theory at the University of Puget Sound, spent a month Read More …
Everett Anderson’s Year, by Lucille Clifton The Lucille Clifton Exhibition “She Sang So Sweet:” Lucille Clifton’s Children’s Literature is currently on display on the 2nd Floor of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. The exhibit is curated by Amy Hildreth Chen, Emory PhD student in English. The following is the essay which accompanies the exhibition, written Read More …
Piranesi's Campus Martius Share Related Links: Emory's Views of Rome DiSC Project Stanford's Digital Forma Urbis Romae Proect U of Oregan's Interactive Nolli Map Proect Join the discussion Emory’s MARBL has been collecting items for our ‘Views of Rome’ collection for over a decade, and we are pleased to announce the latest acquisition: PIRANESI, Read More …
Many aspects of the Civil War which didn’t necessarily occur directly in Atlanta or even in Georgia, had a direct impact on Atlanta’s citizens. When the South seceded from the Union, it almost immediately fell into a financial crisis. Problems of inflation plagued the Confederacy throughout the war. There was not a great deal of Read More …
Share Below is the essay, written by University Archivist Kate Donovan, from the current exhibit on the second floor of the Robert W. Woodruff library in honor of Banned Books Week. The exhibit features covers and titles pages of banned or challenged books accompanied by brief captions about the works by librarians, staff and Read More …
Reading room in the Georgia State Archives in Morrow, GA,image courtesy of the Georgia State Archives Share Learn more: Information on the Complex issues and what is at stake Talking points for legislators Related Articles: NY Times Join the discussion Late on the afternoon of September 13, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced Read More …
Salman Rushdie Discusses Creativity and Your browser does not support iframes. But You can use the following link. Link Share Related Story: Salman Rushdie: Emory News Center Related Links: Slate: Salman Rushdie's Well-Timed Memoir The Daily Mail: Life and Love in the Shadow of the Fatwa Join the discussion Valentine's Day, 1989: the day Read More …
