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In the Community article:
Early Collections Displayed at Emory
May 30, 2008
Source: Community Partnership Update/May 2008
Woodruff Library Showcases Poetry
Emory has a rich tradition of acquiring manuscripts and rare book collections for research and teaching. Its Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) holds over 200,000 printed volumes, over 1,200 manuscript collections, photographs, motion picture film, audio recordings and other visual media.
There are many collections on display for the community to view and we’ve highlighted two.
Visions and Revisions: An Exhibition of Poems in Process
“Visions and Revisions” charts the trajectory of individual poems, beginning at the poet’s desk with notebooks and handwritten drafts and concluding with published volumes and broadsides. The exhibit is free and can be viewed until May 21 at the Woodruff Library on Emory’s campus.
Danowski Poetry Library Exhibit
The Raymond Danowski Poetry Library is now on display in the Schatten Gallery of Emory’s Woodruff Library until May 26. The exhibition travels through more than 150 years of history and poetry, highlighting four areas of strength in the collection: First Books (and early editions) by poets, from Whitman to Pulitzer Prize-winner and Emory professor Natasha Trethewey; Author Collections; a century of Isms (or movements and communities); and Small Presses (and little magazines).
For the complete MARBL catalog, visit MARBL
Ancient Anthologies at Carlos
Collections of the Michael C. Carlos Museum span the globe and
centuries. The Carlos maintains the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast with objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, near East and the ancient Americas.
The Carlos Museum works with Emory faculty members to develop unique special exhibitions that draw on collections from around the world to engage the public.
Interested in knowing what ancient treasures are on display this month at Carlos? Here are two suggestions.
Lost Kingdoms of the Nile
Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in partnership with the Carlos Museum, Lost Kingdoms of the Nile features some of the most significant archaeological treasures found in Africa. The exhibit is on display at the Carlos Museum until Aug. 31; a $7 donation is suggested.
Cultivating America: Visions of the Landscape in Twentieth-Century Prints
American life as experienced through the land is the focus of the exhibition “Cultivating America: Visions of the Landscape in Twentieth-Century Prints.” Twenty-six works dating from 1928 to 1946 by 18 artists will be on exhibit until June 29. Their individual visions of the American landscape range in tone from the nostalgic to the heroic and celebratory to a grim realism. The exhibit is free for museum members and $7 for the public.
For a complete listing of collections and exhibits, visit www.carlos.emory.edu.
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