Clark Atlanta University was established in 1988 as a result of the consolidation of two independent historically black institutions - Atlanta University (1865) and Clark College (1869). The bulk of this collection contains photographs of Clark College before its consolidation with Atlanta University. The photographs show student life including classes, athletics, clubs, sororities and fraternities, and graduation. Also included in this collection are notable people such as Vivian Henderson, Carl Ware, Vernon Jordan, C. Eric Lincoln, Thomas Cole, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and James P. Brawley. 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.
Apr 23, 2020

Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs

Clark Atlanta University was established in 1988 as a result of the consolidation of two independent historically black institutions - Atlanta University (1865) and Clark College (1869). The bulk of this collection contains photographs of Clark College before its consolidation with Atlanta University. The photographs show student life including classes, athletics, clubs, sororities and fraternities, and graduation. Also included in this collection are notable people such as Vivian Henderson, Carl Ware, Vernon Jordan, C. Eric Lincoln, Thomas Cole, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and James P. Brawley.

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 = 1970-1979
Written on verso: Clark College Commencement Exercises ca. May 1975, Left to right: 1. Dr. Vivian Wilson Henderson
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Dr. Vivian Wilson Henderson and an Unidentified Woman on Stage at the Clark College Commencement, May 1975
Date Created
1975-05
Description
Written on verso: Clark College Commencement Exercises ca. May 1975, Left to right: 1. Dr. Vivian Wilson Henderson
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American men, African American woman, Portraits and people, Events and Programs, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Written on verso: Clark College Commencement Exercises ca. May 1975, Left to right: 1. Dr. Vivian Wilson Henderson
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Dr. Vivian Wilson Henderson and an Unidentified Graduate on Stage at the Clark College Commencement, May 1975
Date Created
1975-05
Description
Written on verso: Clark College Commencement Exercises ca. May 1975, Left to right: 1. Dr. Vivian Wilson Henderson
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American men, African American woman, Portraits and people, Events and Programs, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Written on verso: Clark College ca. 1970, Left to right: 1. Mrs. Edward Simon (Jewel), 2., 3., Mrs. Vivian wilson Henderson (Anne P.).
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Mrs. Jewel Simon, Mrs. Anne P. Henderson, and Unidentified Woman at the Clark College Commencement, 1975
Date Created
1975
Description
Written on verso: Clark College ca. 1970, Left to right: 1. Mrs. Edward Simon (Jewel), 2., 3., Mrs. Vivian wilson Henderson (Anne P.).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American woman, Portraits and people, Events and Programs, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A group of men and women, wearing choir robes, stand on staging holding booklets at commencement.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A Choir on Stage at Commencement, 1975
Date Created
1975
Description
A group of men and women, wearing choir robes, stand on staging holding booklets at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American woman, African American men, Portraits and people, Events and Programs, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs