News and Updates

News and Updates

30-Day Display featuring the 1915 Candler yearbook

30-Day Display featuring the 1915 Candler yearbook

May 6, 2024

This month’s 30-Day Display features The Panorama, the first and only yearbook of the Candler School of Theology. Published in 1915, The Panorama documents Candler professors and students in the 1914-1915 academic year, including group photos of student clubs, as well as student artwork, quotes, and poetry. One of…

The cover of the Manning volume

Pitts adds a volume of manuscript letters from a 19th century Cardinal

Apr 29, 2024

A portrait of Cardinal Manning hangs in the Pitts Theology Library Research Carrel Room. Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892) was a church leader, advocate for social justice, and a famous English convert to Roman Catholicism. As the Archbishop of Westminster, Manning held cultural influence in London and corresponded with many…

Finals at Pitts graphic

Finals at Pitts: Spring 2024

Apr 22, 2024

The Emory finals period begins next week, and this season brings a few changes around Pitts to support student success. Please note the following policies and hours and contact us with any questions or concerns. The entire staff at Pitts wishes students the best on finals this Spring! Library…

The Pitts annual book sale and how book donations to the library work

The Pitts annual book sale and how book donations to the library work

Apr 15, 2024

We hope you participated in the annual Pitts Friends of the Library Book Sale, which was held on February 27th and 28th. This year’s sale was a resounding success! After two full days of bookselling and treasure hunting, 67 book bins and numerous single books and volumes found new…