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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Anna E. Hall standing outside with four men. Written on verso: Rev. Short, GA; Rev. Fields, LA: Rev. Meerans, D.C; Miss Hall; Jackson, LA.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
Anna E. Hall standing outside with four men. Written on verso: Rev. Short, GA; Rev. Fields, LA: Rev. Meerans, D.C; Miss Hall; Jackson, LA.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified woman.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified woman.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified woman.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified woman.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall greeted by three men. Written on verso: 1954 Dedication of Anna E. Hall Dorm Gammon Theol. Seminary; Left to Right: 1. Bishop Moore 2. Dr. Harry Richardson 3. Miss Anna E. Hall 4. Bishop Bowen.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, 1954
Date Created
1954
Description
Anna E. Hall greeted by three men. Written on verso: 1954 Dedication of Anna E. Hall Dorm Gammon Theol. Seminary; Left to Right: 1. Bishop Moore 2. Dr. Harry Richardson 3. Miss Anna E. Hall 4. Bishop Bowen.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
This scrapbook features photographs and memorabilia about Anna E. Hall created for her by Clark College students. Some of the items included are newspaper clippings, writings, and photographs of Anna E. Hall with various groups of students and adults. Some of the identified people in the photographs include: Dr. Stella Brewer Brookes, Dr. James P. Brawley, Dr. James R. Porter, Bishop Arthur E. Moore, Dr. Harry V. Richardson, Bishop J.W.E. Bowen, Susie Cunningham, Eva Samuel Martin, Roberta Parks, S.J. Saxon, Eva B. Parks, J.N. Shopshire, and 1892 Clark University graduates Lillie Lovelace, Julia Starks, and Constance Peeler.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Scrapbook 1, circa 1955
Date Created
1950/1960
Description
This scrapbook features photographs and memorabilia about Anna E. Hall created for her by Clark College students. Some of the items included are newspaper clippings, writings, and photographs of Anna E. Hall with various groups of students and adults. Some of the identified people in the photographs include: Dr. Stella Brewer Brookes, Dr. James P. Brawley, Dr. James R. Porter, Bishop Arthur E. Moore, Dr. Harry V. Richardson, Bishop J.W.E. Bowen, Susie Cunningham, Eva Samuel Martin, Roberta Parks, S.J. Saxon, Eva B. Parks, J.N. Shopshire, and 1892 Clark University graduates Lillie Lovelace, Julia Starks, and Constance Peeler.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
This scrapbook features photographs and memorabilia about Anna E. Hall created for her by Clark College students. Some of the items included are newspaper clippings, writings, newsletters, and photographs of Anna E. Hall, Agnes McAllister, and groups of students and teachers from the Garraway mission in Liberia.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Scrapbook 2, circa 1955
Date Created
1950/1960
Description
This scrapbook features photographs and memorabilia about Anna E. Hall created for her by Clark College students. Some of the items included are newspaper clippings, writings, newsletters, and photographs of Anna E. Hall, Agnes McAllister, and groups of students and teachers from the Garraway mission in Liberia.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified woman and young man.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1955
Date Created
1950/1959
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified woman and young man.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing on steps with unidentified woman. Written on verso: Methodist conference Boston, MA April 1948. Anna Hall, Warner right (?).
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, 1948
Date Created
1948
Description
Anna E. Hall standing on steps with unidentified woman. Written on verso: Methodist conference Boston, MA April 1948. Anna Hall, Warner right (?).
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified minister and woman (possibly Warner).
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified minister and woman (possibly Warner).
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified priest.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified priest.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified nurses.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified nurses.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing on steps.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
Anna E. Hall standing on steps.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified priest.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
Anna E. Hall standing with unidentified priest.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing outside with a woman in winter. Written on verso: Miss Anna E. Hall, Mrs. Joseph J. Dennis (Sammye).
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, 1940
Date Created
1935/1945
Description
Anna E. Hall standing outside with a woman in winter. Written on verso: Miss Anna E. Hall, Mrs. Joseph J. Dennis (Sammye).
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Portrait of Anna E. Hall.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1940
Date Created
1935/1945
Description
Portrait of Anna E. Hall.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall standing outside with a woman in winter. Written on verso: 1st house (Miss Hall); Left to Right: 1. Miss Anna E. Hall 2. Mrs. Joseph J. Dennis (Sammye) ca. 1940.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, 1940
Date Created
1935/1945
Description
Anna E. Hall standing outside with a woman in winter. Written on verso: 1st house (Miss Hall); Left to Right: 1. Miss Anna E. Hall 2. Mrs. Joseph J. Dennis (Sammye) ca. 1940.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection
Passport portrait of Anna E. Hall.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1930
Date Created
1925/1935
Description
Passport portrait of Anna E. Hall.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
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
Portrait of Anna E. Hall.
Anna E. Hall Collection
Anna E. Hall, circa 1900
Date Created
1895/1905
Description
Portrait of Anna E. Hall.
Subject
African American women, Methodist Church, African Americans--Religion, African American clergy, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Anna E. Hall Collection