The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites. 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.
May 29, 2020

General Photographs Collection

The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites.

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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A view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: scholars note that the form is similar to house types that can be traced from Africa, through the West Indies to New Orleans, and from there throughout the south.
General Photographs Collection
Shotgun House, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: scholars note that the form is similar to house types that can be traced from Africa, through the West Indies to New Orleans, and from there throughout the south.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
An angled view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: One of the most prominent features of a shotgun house, and almost any historic southern house, is the porch.
General Photographs Collection
Shotgun House, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
An angled view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: One of the most prominent features of a shotgun house, and almost any historic southern house, is the porch.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A man repaints a home in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: But today, neighborhood residents are working to revitalize their community.
General Photographs Collection
A Man Repaints a Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A man repaints a home in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: But today, neighborhood residents are working to revitalize their community.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Community development
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Commercial buildings in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and commercial buildings.
General Photographs Collection
Commercial Buildings, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Commercial buildings in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and commercial buildings.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American business enterprises
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: During the first decades of the twentieth century, Reynoldstown grew toward Moreland Avenue on the east ...
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: During the first decades of the twentieth century, Reynoldstown grew toward Moreland Avenue on the east ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A building located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: In the 1950s, with the decline of the railroads, Reynoldstown began to decline.
General Photographs Collection
Building in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A building located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: In the 1950s, with the decline of the railroads, Reynoldstown began to decline.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Buildings and grounds
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of the Atlanta and West Point train depot. Text from slide presentation: . . . a train depot �
General Photographs Collection
Train Depot, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of the Atlanta and West Point train depot. Text from slide presentation: . . . a train depot �
Subject
Railroads, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Now, more than ever, it is important that we remember how Reynoldstown came to be
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Now, more than ever, it is important that we remember how Reynoldstown came to be
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: It is a place where formerly enslaved people settled in order to make new lives for themselves and their families.
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: It is a place where formerly enslaved people settled in order to make new lives for themselves and their families.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of a street in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: And part of that revitalization effort includes a renewed interest in the history of Reynoldstown.
General Photographs Collection
Street in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of a street in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: And part of that revitalization effort includes a renewed interest in the history of Reynoldstown.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: They succeeded �they built a community that has survived over one hundred years.
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: They succeeded �they built a community that has survived over one hundred years.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A plat showing the lots to be subdivided and sold. Text from slide presentation: Because administrators wanted to build a community that extended beyond the university itself, they organized special committees to build local streets, advertise land lots for sale and encourage development. This plat shows the first lots to be subdivided.
General Photographs Collection
Plat of Campus Property, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A plat showing the lots to be subdivided and sold. Text from slide presentation: Because administrators wanted to build a community that extended beyond the university itself, they organized special committees to build local streets, advertise land lots for sale and encourage development. This plat shows the first lots to be subdivided.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A map of south Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: A community that reveals another aspect of Atlanta's Black history is South Atlanta, located in the southeastern section of the city.
General Photographs Collection
Map of South Atlanta, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A map of south Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: A community that reveals another aspect of Atlanta's Black history is South Atlanta, located in the southeastern section of the city.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, Railroads
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of Carver High School. Text from slide presentation: Its red brick and white stone tower still dominates the neighborhood.
General Photographs Collection
Carver High School, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of Carver High School. Text from slide presentation: Its red brick and white stone tower still dominates the neighborhood.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Education
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The people who lived here were faculty members and administrators, teachers,
General Photographs Collection
Historic Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The people who lived here were faculty members and administrators, teachers,
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of one of the homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: . . . many of the homes that were built along the streets directly east of Clark campus still stand.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of one of the homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: . . . many of the homes that were built along the streets directly east of Clark campus still stand.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
The old gymnasium built for Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The other building remaining from the campus is the old gymnasium.
General Photographs Collection
Gymnasium, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
The old gymnasium built for Clark University. Text from slide presentation: The other building remaining from the campus is the old gymnasium.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Education
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A storefront on Jonesboro road. Text from slide presentation: . . . and shopped in the stores on Jonesboro Road ...
General Photographs Collection
Stores on Jonesboro Road, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A storefront on Jonesboro road. Text from slide presentation: . . . and shopped in the stores on Jonesboro Road ...
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American business enterprises
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: craftsmen, store owners, seamstresses, milliners, and housekeepers.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of homes built around Clark University. Text from slide presentation: craftsmen, store owners, seamstresses, milliners, and housekeepers.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection