This collection contains over 1100 images dating from 1887 to the present and document Spelmans presidents, commencement ceremonies, and campus building and grounds. Also featured are images from Spelmans Department of Drama and Dance from the 1930s to the present. 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.  
Jul 5, 2019

Spelman College Photographs Collection

This collection contains over 1100 images dating from 1887 to the present and document Spelmans presidents, commencement ceremonies, and campus building and grounds. Also featured are images from Spelmans Department of Drama and Dance from the 1930s to the present.

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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  • Decade = 1880-1889
Spelman Graduates 1887, 1887
1887
Group portrait of first graduating class of Spelman Seminary, 1887. Written on verso: (l. to r.) Ella N. Barksdale, Clara A. Howard, Loe E. Mitchell, Adeline J. Smith, Sallie B. Waugh, and Ella L. Williams. All became teachers after graduation.
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of first graduating class of Spelman Seminary, 1887. Written on verso: (l. to r.) Ella N. Barksdale, Clara A. Howard, Loe E. Mitchell, Adeline J. Smith, Sallie B. Waugh, and Ella L. Williams. All became teachers after graduation.
Rockefeller Hall, 1886
1886
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in winter.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in winter.
Rockefeller Hall, 1886
1886
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1886.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1886.
Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students, 1886
1886
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Presidents
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
Union Hall (Barracks), 1883
1883
View of people lined up outside Union Hall. Written on verso: Union Hall (left) and other barracks used as classrooms, Spelman College original site, students in front, 1883.
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Theological seminaries
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people lined up outside Union Hall. Written on verso: Union Hall (left) and other barracks used as classrooms, Spelman College original site, students in front, 1883.
Union Hall and the Dormitories of Spelman Seminary, 1883
1883
Exterior of Union Hall and the Dormitories of Spelman Seminary in 1883.
Buildings and grounds
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior of Union Hall and the Dormitories of Spelman Seminary in 1883.
Sophia B. Packard, Harriet E. Giles, and Billie Gray, circa 1885
1882/1888
View of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles in a carriage with horse named Billie Gray. Written on recto: Miss Packard, Miss Giles, and "Billie Gray." Written on verso: Miss Giles, Miss Packard, and Billie Gray.
African American universities and colleges, Presidents
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles in a carriage with horse named Billie Gray. Written on recto: Miss Packard, Miss Giles, and "Billie Gray." Written on verso: Miss Giles, Miss Packard, and Billie Gray.
Campus View (Giles Hall, Packard Hall, Rockerfeller Hall), circa 1885
1881/1888
View of Giles Hall, Packard Hall, and Rockerfeller Hall.
Buildings and grounds
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Giles Hall, Packard Hall, and Rockerfeller Hall.
Friendship Baptist Church, 1881
1881
Interior view of Friendship Baptist Church. Written on recto: Spelman's Birthplace 1881 The Basement of Friendship Church. Spelman Seminary started here April 11, 1881 with eleven pupils.
Buildings and grounds, Church buildings
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Friendship Baptist Church. Written on recto: Spelman's Birthplace 1881 The Basement of Friendship Church. Spelman Seminary started here April 11, 1881 with eleven pupils.
Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles, 1881
1881
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Portraits and people
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
Union Hall (Barracks), circa 1880
1877/1883
View of women standing on the porch outside barracks.
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Theological seminaries
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of women standing on the porch outside barracks.