"Atlanta photographer Billy Howard began photographing people with HIV/AIDS in 1987."

At the time, there was no effective treatment for the disease—people diagnosed with it faced the potential of an agonizing death, as well as stigmatization, discrimination, and isolation because of fears and misunderstandings of the disease.

Once Howard printed the portraits, he asked the individuals to write on them a message about living—and dying—from HIV/AIDS. Together, Howard's portraits and the subjects' honest words gave distinct faces and voices to the harrowing statistics of the pandemic.

Weekdays: Free after 5pm | Weekends: Free

"Do I dare -
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time -
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse." — J. Alfred Prufrock

The environmental humanities break down conceptual barriers between academic disciplines to study the interplay between humankind and the natural world. Blending scientific knowledge with humanistic inquiry, we come to comprehend the millennia of human impact on the Earth and its attendant effects on humanity. This interdisciplinary understanding can empower us to create sustainable, empathetic, and equitable responses to present-day environmental challenges.

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Exhibit title from T. S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915)

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This exhibition was created by students in Dr. Sheila Cavanagh’s fall 2017 class, English 489 and English 780: Creating an Exhibit: Theories and Practices. “Education at Emory in a Changing World” presents student research addressing how Emory has both responded to and influenced the way Emory graduates learn in a changing world.

The exhibition is drawn from a number of collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library. 

Exhibits on View

• "Instruction and Inclusion: Emory’s Journey to Integrating Education,” curated by Anwesha Guha [level 2]
• "Matters of the Heart: The Teaching Philosophy of Emory’s Poet-Physician, Dr. John Stone, “ curated by Mary Taylor Mann [level 2]
• "The Slavery Question,” curated by Amy Bower [level 2]
• “Unsung Players: Augusta Skeen Cooper and Brenda Bynum,” curated by Kate Battaglia and John Gulledge [level 2] 
• “Sex, Drugs, and Lecture Halls: A History of Health Education at Emory,” Curated by Hannah Griggs and Kelly Duquette [level 1]
• “Queering Emory: A Retrospective on Heterosexism and Activism,” curated by Jacqueline Veliz [Incorporated into “Stepping Out of Line” exhibition in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library, level 10]

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"...postcards depicting iconic Shakespearean characters and scenes."

Most of us don’t realize the historical importance of postcards, but Emory English Professor Harry Rusche, does. As a deltiologist (that’s a collector of postcards), he has gathered thousands of these humble 5 ½ by 3 ½ inch works of art related to Shakespeare. 

This exhibit showcases some of Professor Rusche’s extensive collection of postcards depicting iconic Shakespearean characters and scenes. Late 19th to early 20th century postcards related to Hamlet and other more popular plays are the focus. 

Conservation is a creative process based in science, preservation standards, and collection care.

"Creativity in Conservation" is a physical exhibit of the tools and treatments utilized in caring for all collections of Emory Libraries. The staff of the Conservation Lab is technically trained in the discipline of book and paper conservation. Across libraries, they provide care for rare and special collection material as well as circulating items. This care includes bookbinding, damage repair, protective enclosures, environmental monitoring, storage recommendations, pest management, and emergency response.

"Archives, those which document the lives of African American artists, are essential to telling the complex stories relative to the development of black life in 20th and 21st century America." – Pellom McDaniels III, Curator of African American Collections (2016)

“Speak What Must Be Spoken: Art, Archives, and Activism” is the culmination of projects initiated in 2016 around the theme of black art and activism by the late Pellom McDaniels III, Rose Library’s curator of African American collections. McDaniels curated “Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch,” a major exhibition in the Emory Libraries main gallery during 2016-2017.  

Emory Libraries selected “Still Raising Hell” as the basis for the Libraries first K-12 exhibit to serve community schools. Barbara Coble of Emory University’s Graduation Generation Education Partnership joined the Libraries’ team and led the development of curriculum aligning with state standards for excellence supporting fine arts classes and social studies and English/language arts. 

The Libraries exhibitions team adapted elements of the original exhibition and created new elements for installation in a school setting. "Speak What Must Be Spoken" now consists of 10 units that can be used alone or combined with others.

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Emory University Graduation Generation Education Partnership

These acquisitions become available resources for all those who pursue knowledge.

Behind these acquisitions is the work of librarians, curators, faculty, students, and friends of the libraries to support research and teaching in more than 30 academic programs at Emory University. This exhibit highlights the stories of and selections from a few recent acquisitions including: correspondence and memorabilia of renowned American author Harper Lee; artists' books focused on nature and the complex interactions between humans and the environment; and Le Antichitá Romane, a four-volume set of detailed etchings of Rome created by artist, architect, and printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).

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“The papers reveal the impact and influence of this Atlanta businessman during a significant period of growth in Atlanta.”

In life, as in art, process is essential. Each risk that we take or decision that we make is a part of our own individual process. In the end, we can see the artful process of a life through reflecting on and examining the details. When Chip Robert passed, in 1976, he left a legacy that continues to shape the South. Industrialist, world traveler, and dedicated friend, Robert’s life is a masterwork of joyful and deliberate process.

“Many of the topics that we address in this exhibition are ones that are still being discussed in Atlanta.” — Laura Starratt

Curated by Erica Bruchko, W. Michael Camp, Louis Fagnan, Kristin Morgan, and Laura Starratt, the exhibition will illuminate how Atlanta citizens confronted the trials of a rapidly evolving metropolis during the second half of the 20th century. It will focus on four areas:

• The end of the county-unit political system in Georgia and the revitalization of the state Republican Party;
• How Georgia responded to the federal mandate to integrate the public schools;
• The effect of advocacy in social planning; and
• The involvement of neighborhood associations.

“Many of the topics that we address in this exhibition are ones that are still being discussed in Atlanta,” says Starratt, who is also a manuscript archivist in the Rose Library. 

Weekdays: Free after 5pm | Weekends: Free

The origins of Emory's museum dates to the late 19th century when objects collected from disparate sources made their way to Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. These sources included Emory faculty conducting research and Methodist missionaries living and working abroad. Active collecting efforts supported international research by Emory scholars and brought the outside world to Emory students.

This exhibition explores origins, collections, people, and future directions of the museum. Ultimately, to delve into the history of Emory's museum is to uncover the ways in which it consistently acts as a catalyst for teaching, research, exploration, collaboration, and collecting.

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