Rose Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of the Labor Day holiday. We will resume our regular operating hours on Tuesday, September 8th. 📸: Black Print Culture collection

Get to know Dr. Monet Lewis-Timmons in her first blog post as Curator of Literary & Poetry Collections at the Rose Library! 📖 buff.ly/mPKumBQ

Marlo Starr is an assistant professor of English at the College of Wooster. Having received her PhD in English from Emory, Dr. Starr returned to Rose to continue exploring Lucille Clifton's "spirit writing". You can learn more about her research trip in her blog post: buff.ly/rRuvbMk

Artist & Influence has a new location... again! 😅 Due to A/C issues at our second venue, we have decided to move this event to Goodrich C. White Hall. Eventbrite registrants should have already received a notification about this change. Learn more about the event & register for free: buff.ly/5Beaxil

Dr. Monet Lewis-Timmons joined Rose Library earlier this month as the Curator of Literary and Poetry Collections. In her role, she is responsible for developing, managing, and promoting the Rose Library’s literature and poetry collections. We're elated to have her back with us at Rose Library!

Do you write in your books? ✍️ Several people wrote in our newly acquired rare book, "Epigrammata Antiquae Urbis". Published in 1521, this Roman item is significant for multiple reasons. Learn why in this blog post by our Rare Book Librarian, Dylan Lewis: buff.ly/CfivdiK

If you missed this April's Raymond Danowski Public Poetry Reading - or if you just want to relive the experience - you are in luck! The recording of Danez Smith's reading is now live on YouTube! buff.ly/kmvHMcJ

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!

Thank you to Emory News for this feature on Phillis Wheatley Peters, America's first published Black poet! In it, you can learn about the Wheatley Peters materials we hold at Rose Library and how they are used in classes and beyond. buff.ly/geIjMbB

Emory’s Rose Library highlights Black poet writing at eve of independence

The nation’s 250th anniversary is an ideal time to reflect on the legacy of Phillis Wheatley Peters, an African American poet during Colonial times. Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rar...

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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