Institutional Repository

Yearbooks of Clark College and Clark Atlanta University

"Old people's speech is not to be dishonored, after all, they saw the sun first". -Namibian Proverb

The Spelman Messenger was established in 1885, four years after the founding of Spelman College. It featured articles written by faculty, students, and staff, on a variety of topics alumnae news, prominent visitors to campus, health and wellness, history, and religion and often included photographs and local business advertisements. The Spelman Messenger is still currently being published in print and online, and serves as the official magazine of Spelman College and the alumnae.

This page contains the open access scholarship of the faculty of Spelman College. Open access is the ability to distribute and access scholarly research without restriction.

Welcome to Phylon, the peer-reviewed journal that W.E.B. Du Bois founded at Atlanta University in 1940. Phylon has moved from a quarterly to a semi-annual publication and each issue will be defined by a special topic of general interest to faculty in the humanities and social sciences. With each volume we will encourage joint authorship by academics from various disciplines so that not only is the theme of the article presented, but it will be discussed in a Du Bosian interdisciplinary fashion taking into account historical, political and socio-economic interpretations. We believe that it is time to recognize that many of us in nominally separate fields and disciplines are working on the same problem from slightly different angles.

Morris Brown College, a private, liberal arts institution located in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church for the "moral, spiritual and intellectual growth of Negro boys and girls." The original site for the school was located at Boulevard and Houston Street in Northeast Atlanta. On October 5, 1885, under the charter granted by the State of Georgia, Morris Brown College opened with nine teachers and 107 students. To prepare students for ministerial careers in the A.M.E. Church, Morris Brown opened a theology department in 1894, which became the Turner Theological Seminary in 1900. The seminary's name honors Henry McNeal Turner, a pioneering A.M.E Church organizer. Turner Seminary remained affiliated with Morris Brown until 1957, when it joined the Interdenominational Theological Center. The school operated until 1894 on the primary, secondary, and normal school levels, while the College department was established in 1894 and graduated its first class in 1898. By 1908 the school boasted an enrollment of nearly 1,000 students. It continued to offer instruction in industrial trades as well as academic fields and awarded two-year degrees in addition to four-year bachelor's degrees, but over time administrators placed greater emphasis on the development of the school's college-level curriculum. Morris Brown joined the Atlanta University Center in 1941, and along with Atlanta University, Clark College, Spelman College, and Morehouse College formed the largest consortium of HBCUs in the country. They remained members of the AUC until 2002. The yearbooks of Morris Brown College chronicles the annual activities of the institution.

This collection contains the open access scholarship of the faculty of Morehouse College. Open access is the ability to distribute and access scholarly research without restriction.

The Morehouse College Journal of Science sought to bring to the teachers of Science in African-American Schools articles on methods of instruction and curriculum organization in both secondary schools and colleges. It additionally sought to publish and highlight articles by African Americans in the profession, giving publicity to individual ideas and methods of interest, and to point out and emphasize the practical application of the theories of science.

The Morehouse College Catalogs range from 1932-1964. This collection includes the College Catalogs, “M” and the Companion. The catalogs provide information on academic course offerings, college policies and procedures, fees, administration and faculty, student organization, and alumnus listings. The “M” and The Companion are student handbooks containing school information, calendars, student activities, chants, songs, and college history.

The Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center also known as JITC is a publication by ITC to highlight the work of faculty.

The Lantern is an Alumni News publication. The newsletter is used to highlight the work of alumni, important dates, and general information about the activities of the institution.

The Center was a publication of the Interdenominational Center in the interest of the Cooperating seminaries of I.T.C.( Gammon Theological School, Morehouse School Of Religion, Phillips School of Theology, and turner Theological School), the alumni, and the Stewart Missionary Foundation of Africa.

Historical indices to theses and dissertations published at Atlanta University.

The catalog for Gammon School of Theology, later named Gammon Theological Seminary (now part of the consortium, The Interdenominational Theological Center) provides information on the degree programs, course offerings, policies, procedures, financial costs, buildings, services, administration staff, Board of Trustees, and faculty. Early years of the catalog also included lists of matriculating students and alumni.

Enhancing Global Research and Education in STEM at Spelman College (G-STEM) seeks to prepare African-American women within the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines to be globally engaged upon graduation from Spelman College.

Communication Arts Forum promotes scholarly and professional exchanges that address diverse interests of educators, researchers, practitioners and policymakers engaged in the fields of mass media, speech communication, and theatre arts. Articles providing innovative perspectives that enrich teaching, research and professional practices are especially sought. Communication Arts Forum also will consider film and book reviews, commentaries, original interviews and conference reports.

The catalog for Clark University later named Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) provides information on the degree programs, course offerings, policies, procedures, statistics, financial costs, buildings, services, administration staff, Board of Trustees, and faculty. Early years of the catalog also include lists of matriculating students and alumni.

This collection contains the open access scholarship of the faculty of Clark Atlanta University. Open access is the ability to distribute and access scholarly research without restriction.

First published in October 1924, The Campus Mirror was a monthly newspaper managed and edited by the students of Spelman College. The paper featured editorials, campus news, events, speeches, local advertisements, and photographs of classes and organizations. In addition to its news coverage, literary works by students and advice for interviews or studying could be found in the Mirror's pages. A special commencement issue was published at the end of each academic year. These issues included photographs and covered the graduating and incoming classes. The newspaper's final issue circulated in May 1950 after 26 years of covering campus life.

Black Past Black Futures features host Dr. Corrie Claiborne interviewing guests on their research and work in different areas of Africana Studies and Black Studies.

This collection contains the open access scholarship of the staff of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Open access is the ability to distribute and access scholarly research without restriction. Open access materials include the following, but not limited to, papers, presentations, and videos.

The AUC Author Series is a production of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library librarians. The series began in 2011 when Dr. L.H. Whelchel of the Interdenominational Theological Center was interviewed about his newly published book, The History & Heritage of African-American Churches : A Way Out of No Way. Woodruff Librarians have since gone on to interview members from Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Spelman College and the AUC Woodruff library. Our goal is to showcase, through video interviews with the creators themselves, the most important books, articles and other creative efforts produced by members of our Atlanta University Center community.

The Atlanta University Bulletin was published quarterly by the University. The purpose of the newsletter was to tell the story of the work being done at the University. Originally a monthly, the Bulletin contained information on issues pertaining to education for African Americans, articles on the academic program of the University, accomplishments of alumni, editorial comments on political issues and racial injustices, speeches and sermons delivered to the students by distinguished Americans, reprints of materials from various journals, and appeals for financial aid. The Bulletin also contained many illustrations and pictures of the campus and campus events. In 1910, the Bulletin became a quarterly, and devoted every fourth issue to the publication of the Atlanta University Catalog, which usually contained a list of trustees, faculty, descriptions of the University, school calendar, and course offerings.