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Sid Matthew, author and historian on legendary golfer Bobby Jones, placed his collection of original and research materials with the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) in 2012. It opened to researchers in 2014. Also at Emory University on Monday, March 16, 2015, Matthew held a conversation with Randy Gue, curator of MARBL’s Modern Political and Historical collections. They discussed the life and legacy of the famed golfer and Emory alum (Jones attended Emory’s law school). Matthew also talked about his research, collecting, and writing about Jones.

Sid Matthew, author and historian on legendary golfer Bobby Jones, placed his collection of original and research materials with the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) in 2012. It opened to researchers in 2014. Also at Emory University on Monday, March 16, 2015, Matthew held a conversation with Randy Gue, curator of MARBL’s Modern Political and Historical collections. They discussed the life and legacy of the famed golfer and Emory alum (Jones attended Emory’s law school). Matthew also talked about his research, collecting and writing about Jones.

On November 4, 2014, Susannah Darrow, executive director and co-founder of Atlanta-based arts organization Burnaway, was the guest in the Atlanta Intersections conversation series at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library. Darrow joined in conversation with series director Randy Gue, curator of modern political and historical collections at Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). Burnaway is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to providing critical coverage and dialogue about arts in Atlanta and the Southeast through an online publication, an annual print edition and public programs. The focus of the Atlanta Intersections series this fall has been on the arts, a reflection of the many arts-related collections among MARBL’s holdings. The point of Atlanta Intersections is to bring the city’s past into conversation with its present. MARBL’s distinctive collections about dedicated to providing critical coverage and dialogue about arts in Atlanta and the Southeast through an online publication, an annual print edition and public programs. The focus of the Atlanta Intersections series this fall has been on the arts, a reflection of the many arts-related collections among MARBL’s holdings. The point of Atlanta Intersections is to bring the city’s past into conversation with its present. MARBL’s distinctive collections about Atlanta trace the history of the city’s arts community since the 1960s, and BURNAWAY examines and engages with today’s vibrant and diverse arts scene in Atlanta and the Southeast.Atlanta trace the history of the city’s arts community since the 1960s, and BURNAWAY examines and engages with today’s vibrant and diverse arts scene in Atlanta and the Southeast.

Stephanie Dowda’s photography explores the geography theory topophilia, the idea that the natural world can evoke emotions and memory, adding to a sensation of place. Dowda joins in conversation with the Atlanta Intersections series director Randy Gue, curator of modern political and historical collections at Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). Atlanta Intersections features conversations with creative and dynamic Atlantans about the city’s past, present and future. The interdisciplinary series draws on a wide variety of participants – activists, artists, authors, historians, musicians, scholars, preservationists and urbanists – to talk about their work, their experiences of the city, and the influence of Atlanta on their work.

On April 8, 2014, longtime Atlanta LGBT community activist Jesse Peel was the guest in the Atlanta Intersections series at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library. Randy Gue, curator of modern political and historical collections at Emory's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), directs the series and conversations. Peel, who was instrumental in building local organizations to support people with HIV/AIDS and their families as the epidemic gained momentum in the early 1980s, donated his papers to MARBL in August 2012 as the library began assembling a dedicated LGBT collection. "Jesse Peel had a front-row seat when the AIDS crisis arrived in Atlanta, and he has inspiring stories to share," Gue says. "He talks about how the LGBT community had to develop its own support, invent its own organizations, and provide its own services because there were no services available to respond to the epidemic."

An assortment of original Hank Aaron materials, open for research use at Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), featured in a small exhibit on the baseball legend. Materials on display, drawn from several collections, include Aaron’s scouting reports, telegrams between the Braves and Aaron’s Negro League team, and a sample of the hate mail Aaron received as he closed in on Babe Ruth’s home run record, which he broke with his 715th home run in 1974. Curated by Emory University juniors Kyle Arbuckle, Warren Kember and Brett Lake, members of Emory’s baseball team. This video features a panel discussion with the curators.

On March 18, 2014, Atlanta-based urban photographer Chip Simone discussed “Photography, the Beautiful Lie” with Randy Gue, curator of Modern Political and Historical collections at Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). Simone was a founding member of NEXUS, Atlanta’s first photography gallery, in 1973. Simone studied at the Rhode Island School of Design with modern American photography master Harry Callahan and first exhibited his work in 1966. His photos are included in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the High Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and in the Sir Elton John Photography Collection. Simone has published two books of his photography: “Chroma: Photographs by Chip Simone” (2011) and “On Common Ground: Photographs from the Crossroads of the New South” (1996). This was the first in the Atlanta Intersections series led by Randy Gue.

The traveling exhibit "Joe Louis Barrow: A life and career in Context" opened and previewed on November 13, 2013 at the Woodruff Library at Emory University. The life and legacy of boxing great Joe Louis is told through photographs, periodicals and archival materials from Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). The opening included Joe Louis Barrow Jr., film clips of Louis' significant boxing matches, and other prized materials. The exhibit and its opening are part of this year's Race and Sports in American Culture Series, a roster of events examining the intersection of race and sports throughout American history.

The panel discussion on September 7, 2013, was part of the kick off event of Emory Libraries 2013-2014 “Race and Sports in American Culture Series” (RASACS). RASACS was inspired by the African Americans in Sports collection in its Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). The panel focused on “The Evolution of the Game: How the 1970 Merger of the NFL and AFL Changed America.” Featured panelists are Willie Lanier, NFL Hall of Fame (class of 1986) and the first African American middle linebacker in the NFL (Kansas City Chiefs); Michael MacCambridge, adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis, biographer of Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and author of “America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation.”

The keynote address on September 6, 2013, was part of the kick off event of Emory Libraries 2013-2014 “Race and Sports in American Culture Series” (RASACS). RASACS was inspired by the African Americans in Sports collection in its Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). The keynote address by William C. Roden, New York Times sports journalist, focused on the role of sports for African Americans in a changing global society.

The archive of Neighbors Network — a citizens' watchdog organization that monitored the activity of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi skinheads and other hate groups in metro Atlanta and other nearby areas — is now open to researchers and the public at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). Walter B. Reeves, a co-founder of the group who served as its co-chair of education and outreach, donated the archive to MARBL. This conversation with Reeves about his experiences and work with Neighbors Network was held April 17, 2013 in the Robert W. Woodruff Library on the Emory campus.

University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Erika Farr, digital archives coordinator in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) discuss how computers and other technology affect Rushdie’s writing and creative process. This builds on previous conversations and addresses new developments such as Rushdie’s acquisition of an iPhone and the ways in which mobile computing has an impact on his work. In addition, given Rushdie’s work on his memoir and his use of his paper and digital archives in MARBL, the discussion turns to the ways in which archival science and archival access changes the way he uses his own archives.

University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Erika Farr, digital archives coordinator in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) discuss how computers and other technology affect Rushdie’s writing and creative process. This builds on previous conversations and addresses new developments such as Rushdie’s acquisition of an iPhone and the ways in which mobile computing has an impact on his work. In addition, given Rushdie’s work on his memoir and his use of his paper and digital archives in MARBL, the discussion turns to the ways in which archival science and archival access changes the way he uses his own archives.

University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Erika Farr, digital archives coordinator in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) discuss how computers and other technology affect Rushdie’s writing and creative process. This builds on previous conversations and addresses new developments such as Rushdie’s acquisition of an iPhone and the ways in which mobile computing has an impact on his work. In addition, given Rushdie’s work on his memoir and his use of his paper and digital archives in MARBL, the discussion turns to the ways in which archival science and archival access changes the way he uses his own archives.

Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) of Emory University recently acquired two major collections related to African American art and art history - the papers of artist John Biggers and of collector and arts patron Paul R. Jones. Hazel Biggers and Amalia K. Amaki discuss the importance of preserving papers related to artists and art history.