October is LGBTQ History Month, and Dhy Edwardsberry, a business librarian at the Goizueta Business Library, has written three blogs in honor of this month. The first gives a background on this month of recognition and her suggestions on books, film, music, and podcasts; the second is a roundup of ways to celebrate Atlanta Pride; and the third focuses on National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11.
Join us for two historical marker ceremonies Oct. 11
Georgia Historical Society markers will be unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, at the sites of two pioneering public housing developments that first opened in the 1930s. The ceremonies are open to the public.
The first, at 1 p.m., will take place at the Techwood Homes cupola building at the intersection of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Pine Street in Atlanta. The second, at 2:30 p.m., will take place at the former University Homes site at Roosevelt Hall, 660 Atlanta Student Movement Blvd. in Atlanta.
The two locations were the first federally funded public housing projects in the US, secured by developer Charles Palmer and Atlanta University president John Hope. Palmer’s papers are held by the Rose Library.
Event recognizing Southern Jewish collections is Oct. 19
Rose Library is celebrating its Southern Jewish collections with the opening of three collections and the new Geffen and Lewyn Family Southern Jewish Collections Research Fellowship with a special program and a reception on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 4 p.m.
Guests will include Rabbi David Geffen and Marc Lewyn, Emory alumni and cousins; Emory President Greg Fenves, and author Melissa Fay Greene, who researched her book “The Temple Bombing” in Rose’s Southern Jewish collections.
Emory Libraries’ next exhibition, “Connections: The Power of Objects,” opens Oct. 20 in the Corridor Gallery on Level 3 of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. It will showcase special collections held or displayed by Emory University and its close collaborators. The show highlights libraries, museums, and other organizations that collect, preserve, or encourage the use of objects to increase knowledge, spark curiosity, and promote discovery and creativity. Sixteen organizations will be represented, including Emory Herbarium; David J. Sencer CDC Museum; the Carlos Museum; Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program; Pitts Theology Library Special Collections, and many others.
Calliope’s Cabinet series returns with new content
The new season of Calliope’s Cabinet launched recently with an episode featuring Pitts Theology Library director Bo Adams discussing the September Testament, Martin Luther’s 1522 translation of the New Testament from Greek into German. The video series, a collaboration between Emory Libraries and The Hatchery at Emory University, features expert commentary on curious and innovative objects in the Emory collections.
Emory, Rose libraries offer rich new collections for research
This fall, the Woodruff and Rose libraries are offering several new and notable collections for research and teaching. They include North American Indian Thought and Culture, an online source for previously unpublished or hard to find biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, and personal writings; Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendents 1813-1880 database; Al-Ahram digital archive of the longest-running newspaper in the Middle East; Jim Alexander photographs of African American life; Theater Emory records; Freedom Park Conservancy records, and much more. Online resources are accessible to those with a current Emory ID.
