MARBL is staffed by an eclectic group of people who are knowledgeable, friendly and witty lovers of special collections. Periodically, they'll introduce themselves to you here on the blog by telling you how they got into the world of manuscripts, archives and rare books, and what they love most within MARBL's collections.
by Elizabeth Chase, Coordinator for Research Services, MARBL
I grew up in a fairly small town in the middle of a very small state: the Atlanta metropolitan area has a population approximately four times the size of the state of New Hampshire. While my childhood was spent in a place that often felt idyllic and sometimes felt confining, my local library was always the former, never the latter. I checked out copious numbers of books, sometimes reading the same book multiple times a year. There was one volume I checked out often enough that when the library decided to remove it from the collection, they gave it to me.
The Writers exhibition, on display in the Schatten Gallery until November, features photographer Nancy Crampton’s pictures of authors, poets, novelists, journalists and other writers. A small selection of 