The increase in Atlanta traffic means it's back to school season, so we'll be exploring the history of education through archival items at this month's open house! Miscellaneous Monthly is our open house series and is free and open to the public - no appointment or registration needed!

Sydney Coleman is a sixth-year PhD student at Howard University whose research centers Black women public historians that popularized Black history during the twentieth century. Learn about her dive into the I.G. Bailey and Thurman family papers at Rose Library: buff.ly/MfWZrkM

🚨 NEW LOCATION ALERT 🚨 Due to increased interest, our Artist & Influence salon has been moved to the Emory Performing Arts Studio! You still have time to register for this free event that brings Clifton Davis into conversation with Emory's Tayari Jones: buff.ly/8orw3Tj

The energy at July's Miscellaneous Monthly was infectious (in a good way)! We explored materials related to public and personal health from the 1600s to the 1990s. Our final open house of the summer will be 8/18. Stop by between 1-3pm to explore materials related to education!

Join us on 8/27 for 2026's Artist and Influence event! 🎙️This is an annual public event featuring a live oral history interview with a notable Black artist. This year's featured artist is actor, singer, composer, producer, & minister Clifton Davis! Learn more & register: buff.ly/UMqGQ7y

"At times, reading the letters felt less like recovering [Betty] Hester than tracing the outline of a life through its absences." Rebecca Gould is a writer, translator, and professor whose research spans literature and politics. Check out her blog post: buff.ly/2NOp0KS

Miscellaneous Monthly is our open house series that is free and open to the public. 💊 Come by Rose Library on Tuesday, July 21st between 1pm-3pm for our July open house! This month we are exploring archival materials related to both personal and public health.

Last week, our Instruction and Outreach Archivists braved chilly 70 degree weather in Milwaukee, WI for this year's RBMS conference. ❄ RBMS is a division of @ala-acrl.bsky.social that focuses on the interests of rare books and special collections. #RespectDesFonz

End your 2026 Pride Month on a high note by checking out this blog post by our Rare Book Librarian, Dylan Lewis! 🏳️‍🌈 In it, he describes some of our newly available LGBTQIA+ print materials: buff.ly/DtjFZZi

Betty Hester was a well known correspondent with author Flannery O'Connor. 🦚 At 25, Hester joined the US Air Force in 1948, but was "undesirably" discharged 5 years later because she was a lesbian. She committed suicide in 1998 at the age of 75. 📸: Sally Fitzgerald papers ✉️: Letters to Betty Hester

The World Cup kicks off today across North America! ⚽️ Get in the spirit by listening to Randy Gue's interview on Dr. Carl Suddler's "Footwork" podcast, win which they trace fifty years of Atlanta soccer history. Check it out here: buff.ly/oauS0xR 📸: Richard A. Cecil collection

Ying Zhou is an associate professor at China's Nanjing University whose research focuses on ecopoetics and Northern Irish poetry. She is a 2025 recipient of our lit & poetry short term fellowship. Check out her blog post about her research at Rose Library here: buff.ly/zV59M5n

Who let the dogs (and cat and horse) into the library?! 🐾 What do y'all think - should we let the pets run Rose Library for a day?

On extremely rare occasions, food somehow finds a way into our reading room. 🐟️ This week, a user came across a 50 year old unopened tin of salmon in the Robert and Miriam Lovett Robinson Crusoe collection! 😱 Do you think we should open it?

Milena Williamson, a poet from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, is a 2025 recipient of Rose Library's Poetry and Literature research travel award. Check out Williamson's blog post about her dive into the Ciaran Carson papers at Rose Library here: buff.ly/TnuK5h5

May is National Photography Month. 📸 To end the month on a high note, meet 10 photographers whose work is at Rose Library: buff.ly/IKnhJEN 📸: Ron Sherman photographs

We already miss our students! One of the classes that visited us this Spring was Dr. Meredith Schwieg's MUS 200, an introductory course in the music department. 🎵 Students were able to touch and read through rare book materials like "Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu" & "Las cantigas de Santa María".

Ideally nothing would be missing, but we definitely don't want vault items to be 👻 What are your archives/rare books nightmares?

Don't be caught off guard! 😱 If you're planning to apply for a Rose Library travel award, do so before 11:59pm EST on Friday, May 15th! These awards support travel to Rose for research on various topics. Find the one that fits your research and apply today at: buff.ly/hsrNVau 📸: Len Prince papers

Dr. Cynthia Blakely's IDS 385 course asks students to explore how memories create the foundation of who we understand ourselves to be. At Rose, the students viewed different archival items, including the Juanita Richardson papers, Chanccani quipu, and the artist book "Alterations and Adjustments".

Reminder that Rose Library is currently accepting applications for the position of University Archivist! 🦅Apply by April 27th for priority consideration! Learn more: buff.ly/p1NueIV

In March, we welcomed Dr. Uca and Dr. Udel's @emorycollege.bsky.social literary translation course into Rose for a special afternoon of hands-on learning and discussion about Homeric works. Learn more about this class and their session at Rose: buff.ly/Lln8mut

Come by Rose Library on Tuesday, April 21st between 1pm-3pm for our April open house! ✍️ This month we are partnering with our Emory Oral History Program librarians to explore the different ways that people tell stories. Expect written, visual, and oral archival items! #MiscellaneousMonthly

Our instruction archivists are so in sync, they end up matching without even meaning to! 💅Shanna and Jackie have coordinated and led nearly 40 sessions in Rose Library this Spring, and the semester isn't over yet! #HappyFriday

Petition to bring back dapper socks and sweaters to men's golf! 🧦 The Masters Tournament kicks off today in Augusta, GA! 🏌️ One of the most influential players in the history of golf was Bobby Jones, who co-founded the Masters Tournament in 1934. 📷: Bobby Jones collection at Rose Library

The power of marketing! 💪 #archiveshumor #happyfriday

Yesterday, NASA launched the Artemis II, the 1st crewed orbit of Earth's moon in more than 50 years. 🚀 David Scott was a NASA astronaut from 1963-1973, and was the 7th person to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 15 mission. 🌕️ You can explore his family's papers at Rose Library.

While we don't have a full citation for this item, it looks like the artist's signature in the bottom left corner says "Wrigleys". The image is from our "Office of Alumni Publications photographs" collection and seems to be a sketch made for the "Emory Alumnus" magazine.

Rose Library is currently accepting applications for the position of University Archivist! 🦅 Learn more and apply at buff.ly/kIcD4Tx Got ❓️s? Join our information session on April 15th at 3pm EST. Register to receive the Zoom webinar link: buff.ly/VGunXGf