Gladstone Lewis Chandler was an English professor at Morehouse College from 1931 until his death in 1965. During his 34 year tenure, he served as the faculty representative for the Maroon Tiger, the student-run newspaper, and taught three generations of Morehouse graduates, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outside of his career as a professor, Chandler was also involved in the Atlanta community as an active civic worker and the leader of campaigns for the YMCA, the Community Chest, and the UNCF. He was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church as active participant in the Vestry and the Men's Club. He also served as president of the neighborhood club Fountain Drive-Morris Brown Drive community club , where he led a successful battle to prevent a highway from being built through the neighborhood. Beyond his civic activity, Chandler was the first African American to conduct a campaign for a mayoral candidate in the city of Atlanta. The photographs in this collection document the personal and professional life of Gladstone Chandler and the Chandler family. 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. 
Jun 4, 2019

Chandler Family Papers

Gladstone Lewis Chandler was an English professor at Morehouse College from 1931 until his death in 1965. During his 34 year tenure, he served as the faculty representative for the Maroon Tiger, the student-run newspaper, and taught three generations of Morehouse graduates, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outside of his career as a professor, Chandler was also involved in the Atlanta community as an active civic worker and the leader of campaigns for the YMCA, the Community Chest, and the UNCF. He was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church as active participant in the Vestry and the Men's Club. He also served as president of the neighborhood club Fountain Drive-Morris Brown Drive community club , where he led a successful battle to prevent a highway from being built through the neighborhood. Beyond his civic activity, Chandler was the first African American to conduct a campaign for a mayoral candidate in the city of Atlanta. The photographs in this collection document the personal and professional life of Gladstone Chandler and the Chandler family.

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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Phillip's School Campus, circa 1979
1975/1983
Pet dog near fireplace. Written on verso: President John Kennedy's son was in women's dormitory for freshmen. Guidance the last year they residents of Mass. Ted accepted a sabbatical leave till they established residence at Portland [?].
Interior decoration, Pets
Chandler Family Papers
Chandler Family Papers
Pet dog near fireplace. Written on verso: President John Kennedy's son was in women's dormitory for freshmen. Guidance the last year they residents of Mass. Ted accepted a sabbatical leave till they established residence at Portland [?].
Beth Angela Warren and Dog (Gigi), 1964
1964
Beth Angela Warren with dog Gigi. Written on verso: Gigi- Beth's & [T]ed's wedding gift to daddy and mother. Always accompanied me on visits to them. As the Atlanta veterinarian said that such poodles would grieve themselves if separated from their owners. He arranged airplane service for me both ways. As a gift to Beth Angela came we gave Gigi's son [Fricque] now a real member of the Peaks Island Home and still remembers me whenever I [?] before he greets any other guests who come.
Portraits and people, African American women, Interior decoration, Pets
Chandler Family Papers
Chandler Family Papers
Beth Angela Warren with dog Gigi. Written on verso: Gigi- Beth's & [T]ed's wedding gift to daddy and mother. Always accompanied me on visits to them. As the Atlanta veterinarian said that such poodles would grieve themselves if separated from their owners. He arranged airplane service for me both ways. As a gift to Beth Angela came we gave Gigi's son [Fricque] now a real member of the Peaks Island Home and still remembers me whenever I [?] before he greets any other guests who come.