The constitution and canons of the African Orthodox Church Year after year, one of the most frequently requested and most commonly researched collections in the Pitts Special Collections is the archives of the African Orthodox Church (AOC). This collection contains the records of the African Orthodox Church in South…

The Pitts staff and student workers are well-versed in magic, but magic isn’t how we find books when they go missing from the stacks. A Pitts reshelving cart on the first floor, where patrons have (properly!) placed books when they were finished with them. When a patron cannot find…

Pitts’ Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale returns this year with some big changes! This year we’re offering $15 cartons for EmoryCard holders ($30 for non-Emory) to fill with whatever will fit (estimated 20-25 books per carton). A la carte options are also available—$2 for paperback and $3…

By Armin Siedlecki, Head of Cataloging and Rare Book Cataloger Photography by Ann McShane, Digital Asset Librarian The inscription in question just below the printed book title. This title page also bears the signatures of other previous owners and an institutional book stamp. The addition of a 15th century…