Anna E. Hall was born near Bainbridge, Georgia on March 1st, 1870. She lived a religiously oriented childhood with her mother, a seamstress, and expressed the desire to serve as a missionary while a student at Clark University (now Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta, Georgia, where she completed the normal course on May 12, 1892. With the generosity of influential people who were made aware of her desire to be a missionary, she was able to enter the New England Deaconess Training School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1899 and graduated May 22, 1901 as the first African American to attend the school. Her missionary work was realized in December of 1906, when she travelled to Monrovia, Liberia to teach the Kroo (Kru) people. Her second year she was asked to go to the southern part of the Republic, Garraway, where she became the successor to the Director of the Julia A. Stewart Memorial Girls Home and School, Garraway Mission. 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 16, 2019

Anna E. Hall Collection

Anna E. Hall was born near Bainbridge, Georgia on March 1st, 1870. She lived a religiously oriented childhood with her mother, a seamstress, and expressed the desire to serve as a missionary while a student at Clark University (now Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta, Georgia, where she completed the normal course on May 12, 1892. With the generosity of influential people who were made aware of her desire to be a missionary, she was able to enter the New England Deaconess Training School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1899 and graduated May 22, 1901 as the first African American to attend the school. Her missionary work was realized in December of 1906, when she travelled to Monrovia, Liberia to teach the Kroo (Kru) people. Her second year she was asked to go to the southern part of the Republic, Garraway, where she became the successor to the Director of the Julia A. Stewart Memorial Girls Home and School, Garraway Mission.

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 child being carried in a sling wrap.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Child, circa 1930
Date Created
1925/1935
Description
A child being carried in a sling wrap.
Subject
Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion, Africa
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A group portrait of women and children in front of a house in Liberia. Anna E. Hall wearing a white dress. Written on verso: The Julian A Stewart Girls Cottage - as Mr. Donahugh saw it, 2_1923. It is complete now- 1924.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, 1923
Date Created
1923
Description
A group portrait of women and children in front of a house in Liberia. Anna E. Hall wearing a white dress. Written on verso: The Julian A Stewart Girls Cottage - as Mr. Donahugh saw it, 2_1923. It is complete now- 1924.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified man outside a church in Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1929
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified man outside a church in Liberia.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Two unidentified men and three unidentified women on a house porch.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Group on a Porch, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1929
Description
Two unidentified men and three unidentified women on a house porch.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
An unidentified woman standing in a road. Possibly in India. Written on verso: to Mama Hall with love. My roommate took this of me coming around the mountain. Notice the "ravine like" drop.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Unidentified Woman, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1929
Description
An unidentified woman standing in a road. Possibly in India. Written on verso: to Mama Hall with love. My roommate took this of me coming around the mountain. Notice the "ravine like" drop.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
People waking into a thatch roofed house in Liberia. Anna E. Hall wearing a white dress. Written on verso: visiting house of Mr. Mooney, native Commissioner.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1929
Description
People waking into a thatch roofed house in Liberia. Anna E. Hall wearing a white dress. Written on verso: visiting house of Mr. Mooney, native Commissioner.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Marnich Lhen (?) with her second standard class. Possibly in India.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Class Portrait, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1929
Description
Marnich Lhen (?) with her second standard class. Possibly in India.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall and boys standing in a field in Liberia. Written on verso: Miss Hall & Mission Boys.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1929
Description
Anna E. Hall and boys standing in a field in Liberia. Written on verso: Miss Hall & Mission Boys.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A group of students gathered on a porch. Written on verso: Our primary class on the porch - their classroom. 1922. Garraway, Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
A Class on a Porch, 1922
Date Created
1918/1927
Description
A group of students gathered on a porch. Written on verso: Our primary class on the porch - their classroom. 1922. Garraway, Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Portrait of an unidentified family on a porch.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Family Portrait, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
Portrait of an unidentified family on a porch.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
An unidentified baby in a white gown.
Anna E. Hall Collection
A Baby, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
An unidentified baby in a white gown.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, Missions
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A group portrait of Mission students in Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Mission Students, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A group portrait of Mission students in Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Grave of Mr. Gortner founder of Garraway Mission. Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Grave of Mr. Gortner, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
Grave of Mr. Gortner founder of Garraway Mission. Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Buildings and grounds, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A church in the country in Liberia. Written on verso: My church.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Church, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A church in the country in Liberia. Written on verso: My church.
Subject
Missions, Buildings and grounds, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A group of men and boys stand in front of a building. Written on verso: Mr. Mooney, native commissioner, graduates and students of Garraway Mission School in front of church.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Mission Graduates and Students, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A group of men and boys stand in front of a building. Written on verso: Mr. Mooney, native commissioner, graduates and students of Garraway Mission School in front of church.
Subject
Missions, Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
The Mission Home with students standing on the porch. Written on verso: School and Mission residence, Garraway, Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Mission Home, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
The Mission Home with students standing on the porch. Written on verso: School and Mission residence, Garraway, Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Buildings and grounds, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A church in the country in Liberia. Written on verso: My church.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Church, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A church in the country in Liberia. Written on verso: My church.
Subject
Missions, Buildings and grounds, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A crowd of people walking to a church. Written on verso: General Tobman's(?) funeral. Garraway, Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Walking to Church, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A crowd of people walking to a church. Written on verso: General Tobman's(?) funeral. Garraway, Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A group portrait of Mission students in Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Mission Students, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A group portrait of Mission students in Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
A crowd of people stand in the yard outside the boys dormitory. Garraway, Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Boys Dormitory, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
A crowd of people stand in the yard outside the boys dormitory. Garraway, Liberia.
Subject
Missions, Portraits and people, African Americans--Religion
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection