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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 …

Writers: Reflections on Rushdie

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 Read More …

Atlas of the Diseases of the Skin…in a Box

  Share Related Links:  Rare Books Visit MARBL  Join the discussion MARBL was fortunate to recently receive a fascinating and rather gruesome gift in the form of the Atlas of the Diseases of the Skin by H. Radcliffe Crocker, published in Edinburgh in 1896. This large format work is lavishly illustrated with color depictions of Read More …

Writers: John Ashbery

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 Read More …

Writers: Robert Penn Warren

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 Read More …

MARBL’s Digital Archives Program Continues to Evolve and Expand

Lucille Clifton's Word Processor and Monitor, Digital Archives, MARBL     Share Related Story: The Digital Archives Program Settles Into MARBL. Related Links:  Digital Archives Digital Access    Join the discussion MARBL'S Digital Archives program is still new, only in its second year, deeply collaborative, and, in keeping with the larger field, constantly evolving. Our Read More …

Writers: Derek Walcott

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 Read More …

Writers: W.H. Auden

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 Read More …

The Inspiration for an Artist’s Book

by David Faulds, Rare Book Librarian, dfaulds [at] emory [dot] edu Outer Cover of The Real World of Manuel Cordova by W.S. Merwin, Ninja Press, 1995 Last month I was fortunate to attend the preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section  of the American Library Association where I attended a fascinating talk by Carolee Read More …

Additions to the Theodore Draper Research Files

by Will Love, Graduate Processing Assistant The Iran-Contra Affair,Previously classified documentation from federal agenciesand private sources MARBL is pleased to announce new and updated additions to the collected manuscripts of Theodore Draper (MSS 579).  The collection now includes nineteen boxes of materials used by Draper during research for his book, A Very Thin Line: The Read More …

Southern Seaside Fun in the Early 20th Century!

by Randy Gue, Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections, MARBL Palm Beach Fishing Pier, 1908,from the Photo Album of Mrs. C.G. Talcott,African American Photograph Collection Let me ask you a question: What did you do on your last vacation? Did you journey to Florida and sit on the beach? Did you play a round Read More …