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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Three young men play musical instruments, bass guitar, drums, and keyboard, in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Three Unidentified Men in Music Department, circa 1980
Date Created
1977/1983
Description
Three young men play musical instruments, bass guitar, drums, and keyboard, in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Music
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Three men and two women sit around a table covered with papers in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
June Legge, Paul McGrit, George Grund, Ricardo Martinex and Lurelia Freeman of the Foreign Language Department
Date Created
1974
Description
Three men and two women sit around a table covered with papers in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Three women and a man sit at a dining table looking at papers, in a dining room with a china cabinet in the background.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Unidentified Students in Home Economics Class, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Three women and a man sit at a dining table looking at papers, in a dining room with a china cabinet in the background.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Six women and a man congregate in a room.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Unidentified Students in Home Economics Class, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Six women and a man congregate in a room.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers in a room with mirror and buffet cabinet in the background.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Kindergarten Students with Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers in a room with mirror and buffet cabinet in the background.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers, a dining table and curtained window-wall can be seen in the background.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Kindergarten Students with Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers, a dining table and curtained window-wall can be seen in the background.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Kindergarten Students with Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Nine women pose sitting on and standing behind a long bench.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Group Portrait of Nine Unidentified Women of Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Nine women pose sitting on and standing behind a long bench.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers, while women sit at a dining table in the background.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Kindergarten Students with Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers, while women sit at a dining table in the background.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers in a large room with a china cabinet in the background.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Kindergarten Students with Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Young boys and girls sit on the floor with tea cups and saucers in a large room with a china cabinet in the background.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Two young women sit at a desk with fabric, a spool of thread, and other sewing items in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Two Unidentified Women in Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Two young women sit at a desk with fabric, a spool of thread, and other sewing items in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A young woman sits at a Singer sewing machine with a plaid shirt in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Unidentified Woman in Home Economics Class, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
A young woman sits at a Singer sewing machine with a plaid shirt in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Three women stand next to a table covered in books and pamphlets and an accordion file folder, a poster "Family Food/Nutrition" hangs on the wall in the background.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Professor Flora Davis of the Home economics Department, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Three women stand next to a table covered in books and pamphlets and an accordion file folder, a poster "Family Food/Nutrition" hangs on the wall in the background.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A man sits with four young women at a laboratory table with a dissected rat on a tray and other science equipment in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Professor Solomon E. Sears and Four Unidentified Students in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A man sits with four young women at a laboratory table with a dissected rat on a tray and other science equipment in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A young women holds a rat at a laboratory counter a scale and other science equipment in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Unidentified Woman in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A young women holds a rat at a laboratory counter a scale and other science equipment in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A young women stands next to a rat on a scale on a laboratory counter with other science equipment in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Unidentified Woman in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A young women stands next to a rat on a scale on a laboratory counter with other science equipment in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A man works with three young women at a laboratory table with trays and other science equipment in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Professor Solomon E. Sears and Three Unidentified Students in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A man works with three young women at a laboratory table with trays and other science equipment in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A man sits with four young women at a laboratory table with a dissected rat on a tray and other science equipment in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Professor Solomon E. Sears and Four Unidentified Students in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A man sits with four young women at a laboratory table with a dissected rat on a tray and other science equipment in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A young women holds a rat at a laboratory counter a scale and other science equipment in a classroom, as another woman looks on.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Unidentified Woman in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A young women holds a rat at a laboratory counter a scale and other science equipment in a classroom, as another woman looks on.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
A man sits with four young women at a laboratory table with a dissected rat on a tray and other science equipment in a classroom.
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs
Professor Solomon E. Sears and Four Unidentified Students in Biology Department, May 1965
Date Created
1965-05
Description
A man sits with four young women at a laboratory table with a dissected rat on a tray and other science equipment in a classroom.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Education, Faculty and staff
Collection
Clark College and Clark Atlanta University Photographs