This collection contains over 1100 images dating from 1887 to the present and document Spelmans presidents, commencement ceremonies, and campus building and grounds. Also featured are images from Spelmans Department of Drama and Dance from the 1930s to the present. 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.  
Jul 5, 2019

Spelman College Photographs Collection

This collection contains over 1100 images dating from 1887 to the present and document Spelmans presidents, commencement ceremonies, and campus building and grounds. Also featured are images from Spelmans Department of Drama and Dance from the 1930s to the present.

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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  • Decade = 1940-1949
  • Subjects = Commencement ceremonies
View of 1949 Commencement procession.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1949
Date Created
1949
Description
View of 1949 Commencement procession.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1948 Commencement procession. Written on verso: Dr. Helen T. Albro, Esther Perrin, and June Dobbs, leading the procession.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1948
Date Created
1948
Description
View of 1948 Commencement procession. Written on verso: Dr. Helen T. Albro, Esther Perrin, and June Dobbs, leading the procession.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1947 Commencement procession. Written on verso: Commencement - 1947 - Seniors leaving Sisters Chapel. Miriam Harris and Madeline Holder lead the procession.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1947 Processional
Date Created
1947
Description
View of 1947 Commencement procession. Written on verso: Commencement - 1947 - Seniors leaving Sisters Chapel. Miriam Harris and Madeline Holder lead the procession.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1946 Commencement Seniors Recessional. Written on verso: Senior class of 1946 leaving Sisters Chapel after commencement exercises. June 5, 1946.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1946 Recessional
Date Created
1946
Description
View of 1946 Commencement Seniors Recessional. Written on verso: Senior class of 1946 leaving Sisters Chapel after commencement exercises. June 5, 1946.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of 1942 Commencement 1942 Platform Party. Written on verso: Commencement 1942 Platform Party including speaker, Dr. Huntley Dupre.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1942 Platform Party
Date Created
1942
Description
Group portrait of 1942 Commencement 1942 Platform Party. Written on verso: Commencement 1942 Platform Party including speaker, Dr. Huntley Dupre.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1942 Commencement Senior Processional. Written on verso: Commencement 1942 Senior Processional led by Dr. Helen T. Albro.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1942 Senior Processional
Date Created
1942
Description
View of 1942 Commencement Senior Processional. Written on verso: Commencement 1942 Senior Processional led by Dr. Helen T. Albro.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1941 Commencement Senior Processional. Written on verso: Commencement 1941 Senior Processional led by Dr. Helen T. Albro.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1941 Senior Processional
Date Created
1941
Description
View of 1941 Commencement Senior Processional. Written on verso: Commencement 1941 Senior Processional led by Dr. Helen T. Albro.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1940 commencement Senior Processional. Written on verso: Commencement 1940 Senior Processional led by Dr. Helen T. Albro.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1940 Senior Processional
Date Created
1940
Description
View of 1940 commencement Senior Processional. Written on verso: Commencement 1940 Senior Processional led by Dr. Helen T. Albro.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection