Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EST
Randall Burkett, Retired curator of African American collections at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
and Clint Fluker, PhD, Current curator of African American collections at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
NOTE: This session is on a TUESDAYRandall Burkett, Retired curator of African American collections at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
“Creating a World Class African American Archive at Emory: Curators Randall Burkett and Clinton Fluker”
For twenty-one years, Dr. Randall K. Burkett served as a driving force in acquiring one of the most extensive archives of African American history and culture among major research universities. These include rare books, manuscripts, serials, photographs, and print ephemera for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archies, and Rare Book Library. Burkett focused on building relationships with authors, artists, thought leaders, and their families—who were looking to place their papers with a library that would steward them and provide access to academic researchers and the public.