The Writers exhibition, on display in the Schatten Gallery until November, features photographer Nancy Crampton’s pictures of authors,poets, novelists, journalists and other writers. A small selection of MARBL materials, chosen by guest curators from the Emory community,complements each photo. The materials illuminate the connections the writers have with each other and the special collections in…
Posts Tagged: Robert Lowell
The Cummington Press records and Harry Duncan papers now available for research [Part 2 of 2]
By Amy E. Elkins, former Manuscript Processing Graduate Assistant, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Library (MARBL) In my previous post on Robert Lowell's Land of Unlikeness, I highlighted Lowell's time in prison for conscientious objection to WWII, and his collaboration with Harry Duncan at the Cummington Press during this period. The collection of Lowell's letters…
The Cummington Press records and Harry Duncan papers now available for research in MARBL [Part 1 of 2]
By Amy E. Elkins, former Manuscript Processing Graduate Assistant, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Library (MARBL) Harry Duncan was a printer of fine press books, professor of book arts, and manager of the Cummington Press. Inspired by the expatriate literary life of T.S. Eliot, Duncan left the Midwest after college in pursuit of more exciting…
Rose Library Blog
- From Randall Mill Rd. to the Rose Library – Assisting with the accessioning and processing of the Lucinda Bunnen Papers March 30, 2023by Cori Williams, Collection Services Processing Intern, Lucinda Bunnen papers. This is the first post in a series on the accessioning and processing of the Lucinda Bunnen Papers. I found myself at the Rose Library in a bit of an unusual way. I was first introduced to the Lucinda Bunnen Papers through their creator, Lucinda...Gaby Hale
- Arts & Activism in the Archives – Rose Library & Science Gallery Atlanta March 29, 2023by Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist at Rose Library. People often think of archives as dusty dark places that house books, where a lone cardigan-clad librarian patrols, shushing everyone. We are proud to say that Rose Library is NOT like that. When you visit us, you are met with light, glass, and friendly staff (who...Gaby Hale
- New Digitized Collection: William H. Scott Family Papers March 6, 2023Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is excited to announce the addition of a new digital collection to Emory Digital Collections. The William H. Scott Family Papers is a manuscript collection from the family of William H. Scott (1848-1910), who was a Black Baptist minister and political activist who was...Erin Glogowski
- Carter G. Woodson, The Father of Black History at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library February 13, 2023As we observe Black History Month we look to Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the Father of Black History. Rose Library holds a collection of materials from Woodson’s library which includes, correspondence, photographs, and books. Woodson with the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, an organization he helped found announced...Erin Glogowski
- Ernest Hartsock’s Bozart Magazine: An Oasis in the Sahara January 30, 2023Siân Round is very near to finishing a PhD in English at the University of Cambridge. Her research examines literary magazines in the American South between 1921 and 1945. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Journal of Modern Periodical Studies, The Cambridge Quarterly, and Review of English Studies. Who was Ernest...Erin Glogowski