The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University has named Elizabeth Ott as its associate university librarian for special collections and director of the Rose Library. She will begin her new duties on Jan. 6, 2025. “I am delighted to welcome Elizabeth Ott to the Libraries and to Emory,” says Read More …
Celebrating World Digital Preservation Day 2024 on Thursday, Nov. 7! On October 17 at Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory Libraries Preservation Department and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library hosted Home Movie Day 2024, a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking from the Emory Libraries collections. Guided by the Center for Read More …
In response to leadership changes, Carrie Hintz and Gabrielle Dudley have been named as interim co-directors of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Hintz is also the associate director of the Rose Library, and Dudley serves as its assistant director for public services, positions they will maintain. Dudley, who joined the Read More …
The breeze of Nowruz is blowing from the land of the beloved Ask this wind to help delight your heart Hafiz, poem 454 of the Divan They were to observe them as days of feasting and merrymaking, and as an occasion for sending gifts to one another and presents to the poor. Book of Esther Read More …
Jazz aficionados and educators are invited to a special event on Thursday, March 21, when Emory University professor and jazz pianist Gary Motley will launch his new book with a panel discussion that includes jazz luminaries. The panel discussion, moderated by WABE’s Lois Reitzes, will take place from 5 – 6 p.m. in the Stuart Read More …
Visitors who attend the 2024 Ellmann Lectures March 3-5 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts can also enjoy the traveling version of the National Library of Ireland’s acclaimed exhibition “Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again.” The exhibit, located in the Center’s Chace Gallery, will run March 3–April 14, 2024, and is free and open Read More …
Emory Libraries will mark Women’s History Month with events, exhibitions, and blog posts about our resources that celebrate and illuminate women’s achievements. Exhibitions: At the Crossroads: Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker (major exhibition running through July 12) Visit the exhibit page Events: 9th annual Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Thursday, March 28, Read More …
Rabbi David Geffen, who earned his BA at Emory in 1965, is a frequent contributor to various newspapers, among them the Atlanta Jewish Times and the Jerusalem Post. He remains in close connection with the university and is a supporter of the Libraries. The Rose Library has his papers – see the finding aid of Read More …
December 18, 1859 was the start of Young John Allen’s 209-day voyage to China from New York with his young wife and infant daughter. The family spent Christmas and New Year’s Day on the ship, enduring all the hardships of sea travel. Allen recorded their harrowing yet fascinating life at sea in his diary, which Read More …
American music history has largely ignored or disregarded the contributions of African Americans. Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library contains over 30 archival collections of various sizes that both uncover and recover the critical role African Americans played in the music culture of the United States. A new exhibit, “Highlights Read More …
October has always heralded celebration in Atlanta, with the crisp autumnal air signaling the start of the city’s many neighborhood festivals. One key October celebration that we take note of at Emory Libraries is LGBTQ+ History Month, which acknowledges the history making contributions of LGBTQ+ people in our society. Started by Missouri high school teacher Read More …
Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library will open a major exhibition in October that will bring together, for the first time, the lives and work of three Georgia-born artists – painter/illustrator Benny Andrews and writers Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker. “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Read More …
