Rose Library @ Emory University
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We love Typewriter Tom! ⌨️ Learn more about the man, the myth, the legend who supplied many of the typewriters you can find in Emory Libraries' current exhibit "Striking Characters", up through December 20th: www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Typewriter Tom fuels a growing interest in analog writing devices
Roswell's Tom Rehkopf owns about 1,000 typewriters, which he tinkers with at his workshop and happily shares with fellow aficionados, curious youngsters and even Tom Hanks.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We love Typewriter Tom! ⌨️ Learn more about the man, the myth, the legend who supplied many of the typewriters you can find in Emory Libraries' current exhibit "Striking Characters", up through December 20th: www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Need more Wicked vibes in your life? 🩷💚 Check out our exhibit, "Striking Characters"! Among other subjects, it features "The Wiz", an award winning musical adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". buff.ly/vHBYDZs
📸: Geoffrey Holder & Carmen De Lavallade papers
📸: Geoffrey Holder & Carmen De Lavallade papers
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Need more Wicked vibes in your life? 🩷💚 Check out our exhibit, "Striking Characters"! Among other subjects, it features "The Wiz", an award winning musical adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". buff.ly/vHBYDZs
📸: Geoffrey Holder & Carmen De Lavallade papers
📸: Geoffrey Holder & Carmen De Lavallade papers
Starting today, November 20th, 2025, the Jim Alexander papers will be closed for processing. The collection is expected to reopen for research in 2028. Learn more here: buff.ly/CeYVxCd
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Starting today, November 20th, 2025, the Jim Alexander papers will be closed for processing. The collection is expected to reopen for research in 2028. Learn more here: buff.ly/CeYVxCd
Rose Library's current exhibit, "John Stone: Poet, Musician, Teacher, & Physician" showcases Dr. John Stone's belief that science and the humanities are equally important and intertwined, as well as his lasting impact on Emory's School of Medicine. Check it out now through January 30th, 2026!
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rose Library's current exhibit, "John Stone: Poet, Musician, Teacher, & Physician" showcases Dr. John Stone's belief that science and the humanities are equally important and intertwined, as well as his lasting impact on Emory's School of Medicine. Check it out now through January 30th, 2026!
Styles come and go, but archives are forever 💅 (or for a long time, at least!)
Join us this upcoming Tuesday (11/18) for November's Miscellaneous Monthly! Stop by Rose Library between 1pm and 3pm to view items related to clothing and fashion history. 👗💍👠 Free & open to all!
Join us this upcoming Tuesday (11/18) for November's Miscellaneous Monthly! Stop by Rose Library between 1pm and 3pm to view items related to clothing and fashion history. 👗💍👠 Free & open to all!
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Styles come and go, but archives are forever 💅 (or for a long time, at least!)
Join us this upcoming Tuesday (11/18) for November's Miscellaneous Monthly! Stop by Rose Library between 1pm and 3pm to view items related to clothing and fashion history. 👗💍👠 Free & open to all!
Join us this upcoming Tuesday (11/18) for November's Miscellaneous Monthly! Stop by Rose Library between 1pm and 3pm to view items related to clothing and fashion history. 👗💍👠 Free & open to all!
On Veterans Day, we honor members of our armed forces for their service to our country. This federal holiday began as "Armistice Day" and was a way to commemorate the end of major hostilities in World War I on November 11th, 1918.
📷: Langmuir African American photograph collection
📷: Langmuir African American photograph collection
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On Veterans Day, we honor members of our armed forces for their service to our country. This federal holiday began as "Armistice Day" and was a way to commemorate the end of major hostilities in World War I on November 11th, 1918.
📷: Langmuir African American photograph collection
📷: Langmuir African American photograph collection
Thank you for everyone who joined us last month for our annual Rose Library Drag Show! 🥳
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Rose Library’s annual drag show brings its LGBTQ collections to life | Emory University | Atlanta GA
Emory’s Rose Library collections reflect the vast richness of Atlanta’s history, including LGBTQ items. The October drag show is one way students — and others — can have fun while learning more about ...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thank you for everyone who joined us last month for our annual Rose Library Drag Show! 🥳
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Faiza Khan is a graduate student at Binghamton University whose focus lays in the history of modern architecture in South Asia as well as the intersections of Eastern and Western material cultures. Read her blog post about the James Cobb Burke papers at Rose Library here: buff.ly/kCFveV4
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Faiza Khan is a graduate student at Binghamton University whose focus lays in the history of modern architecture in South Asia as well as the intersections of Eastern and Western material cultures. Read her blog post about the James Cobb Burke papers at Rose Library here: buff.ly/kCFveV4
Join us this year on Friday, November 7th at 6:30pm at the Emory Performing Arts Center for a talk with Noah Jemisin, interviewed by Atlanta's Halima Taha. The event is free and open to the public, but we encourage registration: buff.ly/tXjVL9q
📷: Hatch & Billops papers
📷: Hatch & Billops papers
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Join us this year on Friday, November 7th at 6:30pm at the Emory Performing Arts Center for a talk with Noah Jemisin, interviewed by Atlanta's Halima Taha. The event is free and open to the public, but we encourage registration: buff.ly/tXjVL9q
📷: Hatch & Billops papers
📷: Hatch & Billops papers
Rose Library is currently accepting applications for the position of Collections Processing Archivist! 📦 Apply before November 14th for priority consideration. buff.ly/ugZZABW
Interested in learning more? There will be an info session at 2pm on Wednesday October 29th. Register: buff.ly/GBmIF9v
Interested in learning more? There will be an info session at 2pm on Wednesday October 29th. Register: buff.ly/GBmIF9v
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rose Library is currently accepting applications for the position of Collections Processing Archivist! 📦 Apply before November 14th for priority consideration. buff.ly/ugZZABW
Interested in learning more? There will be an info session at 2pm on Wednesday October 29th. Register: buff.ly/GBmIF9v
Interested in learning more? There will be an info session at 2pm on Wednesday October 29th. Register: buff.ly/GBmIF9v
Emily Hawk's research examines Black modern dance as a form of intellectual & political life in the 20th century United States. She is a 2025-26 recipient of the Pellom McDaniels Fellowship. Read Emily's blog about her dive into the records of "The Wiz": buff.ly/QtNJ1ee
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Emily Hawk's research examines Black modern dance as a form of intellectual & political life in the 20th century United States. She is a 2025-26 recipient of the Pellom McDaniels Fellowship. Read Emily's blog about her dive into the records of "The Wiz": buff.ly/QtNJ1ee
October's Miscellaneous Monthly was fang-tastic!🦇 We explored different elements of spooky season, including ghost stories, witchcraft, skeletons, cults, and Halloween parties! Thank you to those who came by!
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
October's Miscellaneous Monthly was fang-tastic!🦇 We explored different elements of spooky season, including ghost stories, witchcraft, skeletons, cults, and Halloween parties! Thank you to those who came by!
Rose Library and the Billops-Hatch Artist & Influence Programming Series presents an Oral History Interview with Noah Jemisin in conversation with Halima Taha.
📅: Friday, Nov. 7th at 6:30pm
📍: Emory Performing Arts Studio
💲: Free & open to all
Learn more & register: buff.ly/vNAj5GU
📅: Friday, Nov. 7th at 6:30pm
📍: Emory Performing Arts Studio
💲: Free & open to all
Learn more & register: buff.ly/vNAj5GU
October 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Rose Library and the Billops-Hatch Artist & Influence Programming Series presents an Oral History Interview with Noah Jemisin in conversation with Halima Taha.
📅: Friday, Nov. 7th at 6:30pm
📍: Emory Performing Arts Studio
💲: Free & open to all
Learn more & register: buff.ly/vNAj5GU
📅: Friday, Nov. 7th at 6:30pm
📍: Emory Performing Arts Studio
💲: Free & open to all
Learn more & register: buff.ly/vNAj5GU
✨ Sequins (& microfilm) are forever ✨ You can learn about the lives of showgirls past at Rose Library! ❤️🔥Rose holds the papers of famous performers Josephine Baker and Bricktop, as well as images of dancers in the Langmuir African American photograph collection. #TheLifeOfAShowgirl #TaylorSwift
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
✨ Sequins (& microfilm) are forever ✨ You can learn about the lives of showgirls past at Rose Library! ❤️🔥Rose holds the papers of famous performers Josephine Baker and Bricktop, as well as images of dancers in the Langmuir African American photograph collection. #TheLifeOfAShowgirl #TaylorSwift
Take a break from work or studying on Oct. 22 to visit our Typewriter Petting Zoo! We'll have different typewriter models out for you to try, as well as experts from the Atlanta Typewriter Club.
📆 10/22, 1-5pm
📍 Jones Room, 3rd Floor Woodruff Library
💲 Free and open to all
📆 10/22, 1-5pm
📍 Jones Room, 3rd Floor Woodruff Library
💲 Free and open to all
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Take a break from work or studying on Oct. 22 to visit our Typewriter Petting Zoo! We'll have different typewriter models out for you to try, as well as experts from the Atlanta Typewriter Club.
📆 10/22, 1-5pm
📍 Jones Room, 3rd Floor Woodruff Library
💲 Free and open to all
📆 10/22, 1-5pm
📍 Jones Room, 3rd Floor Woodruff Library
💲 Free and open to all
This July, Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant visited Rose Library to search for Eva Pearl Green Francis, a woman whose contemporaries described her as a "Colored Woman Worth $100,000". Find out what Tamara discovered about Eva Pearl & the all-black Mound Bayou community in her blog post: buff.ly/K8SIYEW
October 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This July, Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant visited Rose Library to search for Eva Pearl Green Francis, a woman whose contemporaries described her as a "Colored Woman Worth $100,000". Find out what Tamara discovered about Eva Pearl & the all-black Mound Bayou community in her blog post: buff.ly/K8SIYEW
Happy Georgia Archives Month! 💚 This year we are focusing on leaving your trace in the right place as we document Georgia's environment through archives 😉 You can witness the changes in Georgia & Atlanta's landscapes in manuscript collections at Rose Library.
📷: Office of Alumni Publications photos
📷: Office of Alumni Publications photos
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Georgia Archives Month! 💚 This year we are focusing on leaving your trace in the right place as we document Georgia's environment through archives 😉 You can witness the changes in Georgia & Atlanta's landscapes in manuscript collections at Rose Library.
📷: Office of Alumni Publications photos
📷: Office of Alumni Publications photos
Since 2020, the Rose Library Drag Show has brought together students and the Atlanta community for an unforgettable night of musical performances by local drag queens.
📆: Thursday, October 9th at 7pm
📍 Robert W. Woodruff Library Building, 10th Floor
💲: Free & open to all
🚗: Fishburne Parking Deck
📆: Thursday, October 9th at 7pm
📍 Robert W. Woodruff Library Building, 10th Floor
💲: Free & open to all
🚗: Fishburne Parking Deck
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Since 2020, the Rose Library Drag Show has brought together students and the Atlanta community for an unforgettable night of musical performances by local drag queens.
📆: Thursday, October 9th at 7pm
📍 Robert W. Woodruff Library Building, 10th Floor
💲: Free & open to all
🚗: Fishburne Parking Deck
📆: Thursday, October 9th at 7pm
📍 Robert W. Woodruff Library Building, 10th Floor
💲: Free & open to all
🚗: Fishburne Parking Deck
This past Saturday, we welcomed sixty Jane Austen fans from all over the Southeast to Rose Library to celebrate 250 years of the beloved British author. 💖 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this wonderful event!
Photos by John King (Jane Austen Society of North America)
Photos by John King (Jane Austen Society of North America)
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This past Saturday, we welcomed sixty Jane Austen fans from all over the Southeast to Rose Library to celebrate 250 years of the beloved British author. 💖 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this wonderful event!
Photos by John King (Jane Austen Society of North America)
Photos by John King (Jane Austen Society of North America)
Casey Johnson is a PhD student in Indiana University Bloomington’s Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies department. He was the 2025 recipient of Rose Library’s Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowship. Casey's blog post about his research visit is now live: buff.ly/4jz6Ac1
September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Casey Johnson is a PhD student in Indiana University Bloomington’s Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies department. He was the 2025 recipient of Rose Library’s Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowship. Casey's blog post about his research visit is now live: buff.ly/4jz6Ac1
Juanita Stephens would have loved 2010s era Tumblr 💅 Instead, she had to settle for leading a fan club and working on her "ten Frank Sinatra scrapbooks" in the 1940s. Her club's "T-Jacket Journal" includes letters to Frank, essays from fans about their concert experiences, and fan art.
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Juanita Stephens would have loved 2010s era Tumblr 💅 Instead, she had to settle for leading a fan club and working on her "ten Frank Sinatra scrapbooks" in the 1940s. Her club's "T-Jacket Journal" includes letters to Frank, essays from fans about their concert experiences, and fan art.
Questionable looking cats. 😼 Medieval murder-solving dogs. 🐶 A birthday party with lion cubs. 🦁
We enjoyed all of these and more at Sept's Miscellaneous Monthly! We hope to see you at next month's open house when we dive into the world of monsters, cults, and other horrors. 🧛
We enjoyed all of these and more at Sept's Miscellaneous Monthly! We hope to see you at next month's open house when we dive into the world of monsters, cults, and other horrors. 🧛
September 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Questionable looking cats. 😼 Medieval murder-solving dogs. 🐶 A birthday party with lion cubs. 🦁
We enjoyed all of these and more at Sept's Miscellaneous Monthly! We hope to see you at next month's open house when we dive into the world of monsters, cults, and other horrors. 🧛
We enjoyed all of these and more at Sept's Miscellaneous Monthly! We hope to see you at next month's open house when we dive into the world of monsters, cults, and other horrors. 🧛
Hey undergrads! This workshop is for you! Join the Emory Oral History Program on Thursday, September 25th, 2-4 PM.
Register for free: buff.ly/x12AH8D
Note: Workshop for graduate students is planned for October 2, 2025.
Register for free: buff.ly/x12AH8D
Note: Workshop for graduate students is planned for October 2, 2025.
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hey undergrads! This workshop is for you! Join the Emory Oral History Program on Thursday, September 25th, 2-4 PM.
Register for free: buff.ly/x12AH8D
Note: Workshop for graduate students is planned for October 2, 2025.
Register for free: buff.ly/x12AH8D
Note: Workshop for graduate students is planned for October 2, 2025.
Kaylen Smith is a History Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University whose dissertation explores the transition from the modern civil rights movement into the Black Power era through the lens of religious expression and activism. Her blog post about her visit to Rose is now live: buff.ly/D4A5uQC
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Kaylen Smith is a History Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University whose dissertation explores the transition from the modern civil rights movement into the Black Power era through the lens of religious expression and activism. Her blog post about her visit to Rose is now live: buff.ly/D4A5uQC
Miscellaneous Monthly is Rose Library's open house series, which features different archival materials each month for you to enjoy! It is free & open to everyone, including members of the Atlanta community! Stop by on 9/16 from 1-3pm to view archival items related to animals! 🐾
September 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Miscellaneous Monthly is Rose Library's open house series, which features different archival materials each month for you to enjoy! It is free & open to everyone, including members of the Atlanta community! Stop by on 9/16 from 1-3pm to view archival items related to animals! 🐾