The Morehouse College Photograph Collection includes photographs depicting the buildings and grounds, students, campus events and visitors, faculty, and individuals associated with Morehouse College dating from the 1880s through the 1970s. The images showcase aspects of the history of Morehouse College as the only all-male historically Black college in the United States. Morehouse College was founded by Reverend William Jefferson White in 1867, in Augusta, Georgia in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church and was known as The Augusta Theological Institute. After an invitation by the Reverend Frank Quarles in 1879, the College relocated to the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, and changed its name to Atlanta Baptist Seminary. The College relocated once more to its present home in the West End community of Atlanta, Georgia in 1890, and changed its name one last time to Morehouse College in 1913. Part of this collection is held in the RWWL Archives Research Center, the photograph album is held at the Morehouse College Archives. 

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information for any of the works in this collection.  To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Aug 11, 2022

Morehouse College Photographs

The Morehouse College Photograph Collection includes photographs depicting the buildings and grounds, students, campus events and visitors, faculty, and individuals associated with Morehouse College dating from the 1880s through the 1970s. The images showcase aspects of the history of Morehouse College as the only all-male historically Black college in the United States. Morehouse College was founded by Reverend William Jefferson White in 1867, in Augusta, Georgia in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church and was known as The Augusta Theological Institute. After an invitation by the Reverend Frank Quarles in 1879, the College relocated to the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, and changed its name to Atlanta Baptist Seminary. The College relocated once more to its present home in the West End community of Atlanta, Georgia in 1890, and changed its name one last time to Morehouse College in 1913. Part of this collection is held in the RWWL Archives Research Center, the photograph album is held at the Morehouse College Archives.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information for any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.

Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 36, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of six men. Written on verso: L to R: Mr. L.T. Smith, Mr. C.R. Greene, Mr. Franklin Thomas, Mr. W. P... African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 33, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of an undientified man seated at a desk and a microphone. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 34, circa 1968 1964/1972 Group portrait of four men wearing suits, with a building in background African American universities and colleges, Special events, Buildings and grounds, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 29, circa 1968 1964/1972 An unidentified man wearing regalia, delivers a speech at a podium. African American universities and colleges, Speeches, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 30, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of a man seated at a desk with a microphone. African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 47, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of three men wearing suits, one wearing name tag "H. S. Murphy, 1951", man and woman seated in foreground, withpeople in background. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 46, circa 1968 1964/1972 Hugh Morris Gloster sit with a group in the audience, with bleachers in the background. Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 42, circa 1968 1964/1972 Portrait of two men wearing suits, one with name tag "H. S. Murphy, 1951." African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 44, circa 1968 1964/1972 An unidentified man wearing a tuxedo suit plays a grand piano. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African American arts, African Americans--Music Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 48, circa 1968 1964/1972 Benjamin Mays stands with three other men wearing suits holding papers. Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 45, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of men and women in a hallway. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 43, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of two women and two men. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 41, circa 1968 1964/1972 Hugh Morris Gloster and a woman hold hands. Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 55, circa 1968 1964/1972 Group portrait of three men holding hands and woman. Written on verso: Inaugural Banquet, Regency Hyatt House, Atlanta, Georgia, February 16, 1968, From left to right: Mrs. Hugh M. Gloster, Mr. Raphael A. McIver, Dr. Hugh M. Gloster, Judge George W. Crockett, Jr. Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 57, circa 1968 1964/1972 Hugh Morris Gloster stands with his wife, wearing dress with corsage, next to a man delivering a speech. A banner in background reads, "The Second Century" Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education, Speeches Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 52, circa 1968 1964/1972 Group portrait of Hugh Morris Gloster and three other men wearing suits. Written on verso: Henderson, Gloster, Turner, [Wm. A.] Scott [III], 2-20-68. Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 53, circa 1968 1964/1972 Group portrait of four men wearing suits. Written on verso: Alonzo Pope '29, Leroy Hall, Stanford Smith, Robert Washington African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 56, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of three men wearing suits at microphone. On attached slip photo Identification: Stallings, Hodges, Gloster Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 50, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of four men wearing suits and glasses shake hands and talk. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs
Photo Album of Morehouse College's 101st Anniversary Celebration, image 49, circa 1968 1964/1972 View of two men wearing suits. African American universities and colleges, Special events, African Americans--Education Morehouse College Photographs