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.

For:
  • Subjects = African American women
1986/1996
A woman tends her garden on Bisbee street. Text from slide presentation: Today reminders of the past are evident everywhere . . . . . in the cottages clustered along Bisbee street, ...
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American women
General Photographs Collection
A woman tends her garden on Bisbee street. Text from slide presentation: Today reminders of the past are evident everywhere . . . . . in the cottages clustered along Bisbee street, ...
1985/1995
Julian Bond stands before a group of women.
African American men, African American women
General Photographs Collection
Julian Bond stands before a group of women.
1960/1970
View of three women with picket signs.
African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Civil rights
General Photographs Collection
View of three women with picket signs.
1945/1955
A couple sits on a couch and reads a magazine.
African American men, African American women
General Photographs Collection
A couple sits on a couch and reads a magazine.
1928
View of Yolande DuBois at her wedding.
Portraits and people, Special events, African American women
General Photographs Collection
View of Yolande DuBois at her wedding.
1925/1935
Two women stand in front of a car. Text from slide presentation: Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary remained the focus of community life, but in 1941, Clark relocated to west Atlanta and Gammon followed 20 years later.
African American women, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods
General Photographs Collection
Two women stand in front of a car. Text from slide presentation: Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary remained the focus of community life, but in 1941, Clark relocated to west Atlanta and Gammon followed 20 years later.
1895/1905
Portrait of an unidentified man.
African American women, Portraits and people
General Photographs Collection
Portrait of an unidentified man.