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 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 newspaper clipping advertising Clark Universtiy. Text from slide presentation: South Atlanta developed around Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary. These schools were founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to provide education for former slaves and their children.
General Photographs Collection
Newspaper Clipping, circa 1882
Date Created
1877/1887
Description
A newspaper clipping advertising Clark Universtiy. Text from slide presentation: South Atlanta developed around Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary. These schools were founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to provide education for former slaves and their children.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, College students
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary' Brownsville campus. Text from slide presentation: In 1880, Clark University moved from its Atlanta location to a 450-acres campus in an area then known as Brownsville.
General Photographs Collection
Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary Campus, circa 1880
Date Created
1875/1885
Description
View of Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary' Brownsville campus. Text from slide presentation: In 1880, Clark University moved from its Atlanta location to a 450-acres campus in an area then known as Brownsville.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Theological seminaries
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
A view of Leete Hall. Text from slide presentation: One of two university building remaining is Leete Hall, now part of Carver High School.
General Photographs Collection
Leete Hall, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
A view of Leete Hall. Text from slide presentation: One of two university building remaining is Leete Hall, now part of Carver High School.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods
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
Stories Worth Sharing Slide Show and Documentation, circa 1991
General Photographs Collection
Stories Worth Sharing Slide Show and Documentation, circa 1991
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
A view of one of the original Clark University buildings. Text from slide presentation: Even though the other university structures have been demolished ...
General Photographs Collection
University Building, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
A view of one of the original Clark University buildings. Text from slide presentation: Even though the other university structures have been demolished ...
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