Rose Library Collections
Explore Further
Materials digitized and used in this exhibition can be found in the collections of Rose Library. Some of those collections are available online, like the Emory Wheel, while most are accessible via the Rose Library’s reading room. The following collections would be good resources to consult first for additional research into Black student activism at Emory.
If you have questions about University Archives holdings please email rose.library@emory.edu.
ADDITIONALResources
Judson C. Ward Office Files
EmoryFindingAids
Judson “Jake” Ward was a long-serving administrator at Emory and Executive Vice President at the time of Black student protests in 1969. The records of his career are contained in this collection and, thus, the internal back-and-forth correspondence between administrators and student activists.
Office of the President Subject Files
EmoryFindingAids
The records of the Office of the President, generally, reflect records from the term of specific Emory Presidents. However, the presidential subject files collection covers many presidential terms and relevant documentation from Sanford S. Atwood’s time as President can be found here, including records documenting Black student activism in 1969.
Desegregation Collection
EmoryFindingAids
The desegregation collection is so named because it was created originally from documentation collected over a decade after desegregation in order to preserve the story of Emory’s integration. So too, were key documents collected after Black student protests in 1969 and added to this collection. Much of the documentation duplicates records found in the above collections.
Office of the President Records, James T. Laney
EmoryFindingAids
Since 2012, the University Archives has been trying to capture key websites in the emory.edu and elsewhere for retention of critical information not managed for long-term preservation. Searching the web archives for specific URLs can produce snapshots of websites through time. If not found in our specific web archives, one could also search the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
The Emory Wheel
Available Digitally
The Emory Wheel is a crucial resource for research into Emory’s history of the last hundred years. Made available online in 2020, it can be searched by keyword which allowed for instances of student activism to be identified and tracked through time more easily. Follow the instructions in the linked blog post for access.
Campus Report
DiscoverE
The Campus Report was an on-campus publication reporting on institutional news primarily for a faculty, staff, and administrator audience. This publication can be used to identify official policy changes and institutional developments. This is a physical resource and needs to be accessed from the Rose Library reading room.
Emory University Archives
Physical and Web
Since 2012, the University Archives has been trying to capture key websites in the emory.edu and elsewhere for retention of critical information not managed for long-term preservation. Searching the web archives for specific URLs can produce snapshots of websites through time. If not found in our specific web archives, one could also search the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
Credits
This exhibit was made possible by the teamwork of many individuals throughout Emory Libraries. A sincere thank you to the following contributors:
Sincere thanks go to Bekah Malpass, University History Research Assistant, for her many hours of work and dedication to the project’s completion; the project would have not happened without her research skills and focus on the subject matter.
Caroline Corbitt, Physical & Online Exhibition Designer, Woodruff Library
Kathryn Dixson, Exhibitions Manager, Woodruff Library
Kyle Fenton, Head of Digitalization Services, Woodruff Library
Terresa Ford, University History Research Assistant
John Klingler, Exhibition Designer & Fabricator, Woodruff Library
Chase Lovellette, Systems Lead, ECDS
Merryn McKeough, Student Online Exhibit Assistant
Kayla Shipp, Digital Scholarship Specialist, ECDS
Curated by
John Bence, University Archivist
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