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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Living room with fire place and instrument. Written on verso: Beth 1st piped organ after marriage was in this apt. E.C. She later imitated a new one in the [?] home. Warren's Apt. Scene Phillips.
Chandler Family Papers
Phillip's School Campus, circa 1987
Date Created
1982/1989
Description
Living room with fire place and instrument. Written on verso: Beth 1st piped organ after marriage was in this apt. E.C. She later imitated a new one in the [?] home. Warren's Apt. Scene Phillips.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
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 [?].
Chandler Family Papers
Phillip's School Campus, circa 1979
Date Created
1975/1983
Description
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 [?].
Subject
Interior decoration, Pets
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Fire place. Written on verso: Warren's Apt. - Phillips.
Chandler Family Papers
Phillip's School Campus, circa 1976
Date Created
1973/1979
Description
Fire place. Written on verso: Warren's Apt. - Phillips.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Living room or lounge. Written on verso: Warren's Apt. (Mr./Mrs. Chandlers' daughter + son-in-law).
Chandler Family Papers
Phillip's School Campus, circa 1975
Date Created
1970/1978
Description
Living room or lounge. Written on verso: Warren's Apt. (Mr./Mrs. Chandlers' daughter + son-in-law).
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Living room or sitting area. Written on verso: Another view of their living room- dining area showing some of their wedding gifts - everything except the couch.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Theodore & Beth Warren, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Living room or sitting area. Written on verso: Another view of their living room- dining area showing some of their wedding gifts - everything except the couch.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Chandler Family Erdie, Beth, and Jeanne during Christmas gathering. Written on verso: Beth at home for Xmas (Wheaton College days) L to R Erdie Chandler, Beth I. Chandler, Jeanne Chandler.
Chandler Family Papers
Christmas Gathering, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Chandler Family Erdie, Beth, and Jeanne during Christmas gathering. Written on verso: Beth at home for Xmas (Wheaton College days) L to R Erdie Chandler, Beth I. Chandler, Jeanne Chandler.
Subject
African American women, Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Room photograph. Written on verso: Ted's library is seen as one part of the long living room so accessible to students who came by for conferences with the family. (Beth kept her own faculty friends when home from her own work) Go just for chats- students and faculty alike (Beth never gave up her own Profession to be another campus wife). Warren's Apt. at Phillip's [AUC].
Chandler Family Papers
Phillip's School Campus, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Room photograph. Written on verso: Ted's library is seen as one part of the long living room so accessible to students who came by for conferences with the family. (Beth kept her own faculty friends when home from her own work) Go just for chats- students and faculty alike (Beth never gave up her own Profession to be another campus wife). Warren's Apt. at Phillip's [AUC].
Subject
Interior decoration, Phillips Academy
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Room with bookshelf and pet dog. Written on verso: Ted's upper level study + extra couch for relaxation or for extra guest, if needed.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Theodore & Beth Warren, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Room with bookshelf and pet dog. Written on verso: Ted's upper level study + extra couch for relaxation or for extra guest, if needed.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Home bedroom. Written on verso: Beth I Chandler Boston Apartment Burlington Home upper level - Bedroom of Ted's study Beth Angela nursery school stage bedroom- housing all her inside play things etc. Outdoor playhouse and exercise equipment to share with her all white neighbors.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Beth Chandler, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Home bedroom. Written on verso: Beth I Chandler Boston Apartment Burlington Home upper level - Bedroom of Ted's study Beth Angela nursery school stage bedroom- housing all her inside play things etc. Outdoor playhouse and exercise equipment to share with her all white neighbors.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Bookshelf and television. Written on verso: Boston Apartment Homemade bookshelf the piggy-bank next to T.V. is full of pennies and Carrie gave him to [?] last summer. Beth's [?] led the book case + assembled it with Ted's gift of labor.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Theodore & Beth Warren, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Bookshelf and television. Written on verso: Boston Apartment Homemade bookshelf the piggy-bank next to T.V. is full of pennies and Carrie gave him to [?] last summer. Beth's [?] led the book case + assembled it with Ted's gift of labor.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Living room in home. Written on verso: (The room divider- one of Beth's creative spills) Beth I Chandler Boston Apt. Notice our new plant and our piece [?] wood. Plant is tropical ... in the palm tree family. Mother (antiqued the chair and chest on legs, for their first duplex home in Burlington a suburb of Boston still segregated.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Beth Chandler, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Living room in home. Written on verso: (The room divider- one of Beth's creative spills) Beth I Chandler Boston Apt. Notice our new plant and our piece [?] wood. Plant is tropical ... in the palm tree family. Mother (antiqued the chair and chest on legs, for their first duplex home in Burlington a suburb of Boston still segregated.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Home bedroom. Written on verso: Beth I Chandler Boston Apartment. Bedroom notice new purple spread. That's your comforter on the foot of the bed. Also notice the [?] cover on the telephone. Burlington first purchased home.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Beth Chandler, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Home bedroom. Written on verso: Beth I Chandler Boston Apartment. Bedroom notice new purple spread. That's your comforter on the foot of the bed. Also notice the [?] cover on the telephone. Burlington first purchased home.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Young girl in a room. Written on verso: Beth Angela, the granddaughter of the now "Pop" Chandler who was so loved by everybody passed on to his son G. Lewis Chandler. A faculty family was usually assigned to someone to be available to freshmen students who needed assistance of any sort. Beth Angela Warren's Apt.
Chandler Family Papers
Phillip's School Campus, circa 1971
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Young girl in a room. Written on verso: Beth Angela, the granddaughter of the now "Pop" Chandler who was so loved by everybody passed on to his son G. Lewis Chandler. A faculty family was usually assigned to someone to be available to freshmen students who needed assistance of any sort. Beth Angela Warren's Apt.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American girls, Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Written on verso: Notice red stool you [?] us.
Chandler Family Papers
Boston Apartment of Theodore & Beth Warren, circa 1970
Date Created
1967/1973
Description
Written on verso: Notice red stool you [?] us.
Subject
Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Beth Angela Warren and friend Gerald as children sitting on the floor. Written on verso: June, 1967 age 9 mos. Beth Angela and Gerald (my baby sitter's son) my mommy [...] while Gerland and I played.
Chandler Family Papers
Beth Angela Warren and Gerald (friend), 1967
Date Created
1967
Description
Beth Angela Warren and friend Gerald as children sitting on the floor. Written on verso: June, 1967 age 9 mos. Beth Angela and Gerald (my baby sitter's son) my mommy [...] while Gerland and I played.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American children, African American teenagers, Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Beth Angela Warren and friend Gerald as children sitting on the floor. Written on verso: Beth Angela Warren June, 1967 age 9 mos. Beth Angela and Gerald. Gerald is 20 mos. old in this picture; he is French and so charming!
Chandler Family Papers
Beth Angela Warren and Gerald (friend), 1967
Date Created
1967
Description
Beth Angela Warren and friend Gerald as children sitting on the floor. Written on verso: Beth Angela Warren June, 1967 age 9 mos. Beth Angela and Gerald. Gerald is 20 mos. old in this picture; he is French and so charming!
Subject
Portraits and people, African American children, African American teenagers, Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Beth I. Chandler and group of unidentified women sitting around a table at a Baby Shower celebration. Written on verso: Beth I. Chandler Warren [?] Shower.
Chandler Family Papers
Baby Shower, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
Beth I. Chandler and group of unidentified women sitting around a table at a Baby Shower celebration. Written on verso: Beth I. Chandler Warren [?] Shower.
Subject
African American women, Interior decoration
Collection
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.
Chandler Family Papers
Beth Angela Warren and Dog (Gigi), 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
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.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women, Interior decoration, Pets
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Members of the wedding of Beth Chandler and Theodore John Warren Jr. seated on couch.
Chandler Family Papers
Wedding of Beth Chandler and Theodore John Warren Jr., 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Members of the wedding of Beth Chandler and Theodore John Warren Jr. seated on couch.
Subject
Interior decoration, African American men, African American women, Special events
Collection
Chandler Family Papers
Jeanne L. Chandler and unidentified woman sitting on a sofa. Written on verso: Jeanne L. Chandler 1964, Mickey & Ann.
Chandler Family Papers
Jeanne L. Chandler, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Jeanne L. Chandler and unidentified woman sitting on a sofa. Written on verso: Jeanne L. Chandler 1964, Mickey & Ann.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women, Special events, Interior decoration
Collection
Chandler Family Papers