This collection contains photographs of Atlanta University before its consolidation with Clark College, containing photographs dating from 1858 to 1995, with the bulk of the material falling between 1905 and 1968. The photographs consist of mostly students, alumni, faculty, administrative officers, campus events, and buildings of Atlanta University, however, there are photographs of people and places from all the Atlanta University Center schools. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Jan 4, 2024

Atlanta University Photographs

This collection contains photographs of Atlanta University before its consolidation with Clark College, containing photographs dating from 1858 to 1995, with the bulk of the material falling between 1905 and 1968. The photographs consist of mostly students, alumni, faculty, administrative officers, campus events, and buildings of Atlanta University, however, there are photographs of people and places from all the Atlanta University Center schools.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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Julius Russell and bull standing in a cattle stall.
Atlanta University Photographs
Agriculture Department Livestock, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Julius Russell and bull standing in a cattle stall.
Subject
African Americans--Agriculture, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Two bulls on the Atlanta University farm.
Atlanta University Photographs
Agriculture Department Livestock, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Two bulls on the Atlanta University farm.
Subject
African Americans--Agriculture, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Barn and outbuildings, with pigs feeding.
Atlanta University Photographs
Pigs and Sheds, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Barn and outbuildings, with pigs feeding.
Subject
African Americans--Agriculture, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Atlanta University Track Team pictured: C. C. Wimbish, C. Hanson, Coach Lathrop, F. Raifore, S. S. Abrams, Kenneth Young, Sherrard (?).
Atlanta University Photographs
Athletics Team, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Atlanta University Track Team pictured: C. C. Wimbish, C. Hanson, Coach Lathrop, F. Raifore, S. S. Abrams, Kenneth Young, Sherrard (?).
Subject
African American college students, African American athletes, African American men
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Atlanta University faculty members, pictured: Miss. Johnson, A.G. Dill, E. H. Webster, T. B. Lathrop, M. W. Adams, E. T. Ware, G. K. Home, Miss Hancock, R. M. Coate, G. A. Towns, Miss Rietman, Miss Swift, Miss Ellis, Mrs. Coate, Miss Purgree, Miss Ware, Miss Chemmer, Miss Hayes, Miss Gray, Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Williams, some unidentified individuals.
Atlanta University Photographs
Faculty, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Atlanta University faculty members, pictured: Miss. Johnson, A.G. Dill, E. H. Webster, T. B. Lathrop, M. W. Adams, E. T. Ware, G. K. Home, Miss Hancock, R. M. Coate, G. A. Towns, Miss Rietman, Miss Swift, Miss Ellis, Mrs. Coate, Miss Purgree, Miss Ware, Miss Chemmer, Miss Hayes, Miss Gray, Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Williams, some unidentified individuals.
Subject
African American teachers, African American universities and colleges, African American men, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Atlanta University faculty members.
Atlanta University Photographs
Faculty, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Atlanta University faculty members.
Subject
African American teachers, African American universities and colleges, African American men, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet.
Atlanta University Photographs
Paul Laurence Dunbar, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet.
Subject
African American poets, African American men, Portraits and people
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Group of students sitting in front of a fountain on Atlanta University Campus.
Atlanta University Photographs
Students Outside Fountain, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Group of students sitting in front of a fountain on Atlanta University Campus.
Subject
African American students, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Group of female students in classroom.
Atlanta University Photographs
Women in Class, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Group of female students in classroom.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, African American students, African American women
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Class in cooking with unidentified students.
Atlanta University Photographs
Cooking Class, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Class in cooking with unidentified students.
Subject
Home economics, African American students, African American women
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Atlanta University graduating class.
Atlanta University Photographs
Graduating Class, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Atlanta University graduating class.
Subject
African American men, African American women, Portraits and people, African American students, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Print of the campus of Atlanta University.
Atlanta University Photographs
Atlanta University, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Print of the campus of Atlanta University.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
Portrait of Maggie Davis Shipp, chorus girl with Williams and Walker Company from 1896-1906. Wife of Jesse Shipp.
Atlanta University Photographs
Maggie Davis Shipp, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1805
Description
Portrait of Maggie Davis Shipp, chorus girl with Williams and Walker Company from 1896-1906. Wife of Jesse Shipp.
Subject
Entertainers, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs
View of Alonzo Herndon.
Atlanta University Photographs
Alonzo Herndon, circa 1900
Date Created
1885/1905
Description
View of Alonzo Herndon.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits and people
Collection
Atlanta University Photographs