Online Exhibitions

MARBL’s exhibitions allow visitors to explore its rich collections. Below are links to a sample of exhibitions which have been recreated in digital format.

William Levi Dawson: The Collection at Emory

This interactive exhibition commemorates the life, work, and legacy of African American composer and conductor William Levi Dawson. The site also includes recordings of the 2005 symposium on Dawson’s work and legacy held at Emory.

China on My Mind: Young John Allen's Journey from Emory to Shanghai

The work of Emory College graduate Young John Allen (1836–1907), a missionary, journalist, translator, publisher and educator, is the subject of "China on My Mind: Young John Allen's Journey from Emory to Shanghai." The display of letters, journals, photographs, rare books, writings and artifacts celebrates Allen's achievements as a mediator between East and West. It also recalls Emory's long-standing ties to China, Japan and Korea.

A Dream Deferred: African-Americans at Emory and Oxford Colleges, 1836-1968

This online exhibition explores the diverse contributions of African American families, in slavery and freedom, to Emory University from the founding of the institution in 1836 until the era of desegregation in the 1960s. It draws on archival and oral historical research by Oxford College students, tracing the themes of educational accomplishment, memories of labor, family memory, and faith and community in the Oxford African American community. The online version of the exhibition is part of MARIAL's Newton County African American Family History Project.

"It's not the territory, it's only the map..." an exhibit of the photographs and words of Denis E. Wile

Dennis E. Wile, a U.S. Army photographer, visited the Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after it was liberated in 1945. This exhibit is based on the oral history interview and photographs that he donated to the Fred Roberts Crawford Witness to the Holocaust Project in 1978 and 1981. It was created as part of the Selected Archives at Georgia Tech and Emory (SAGE) digital archive project.