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.  

For:
  • Subjects = Buildings and grounds
  • Subjects = Interior decoration
1985-02-14
View of people gathered for Dobbs Lounge dedication. Written on verso: The dedication ceremony of the lounge of the Living-Learning Center on February 14, 1985. The lounge was named after singer Mattiwilda Dobbs (c'46). Pictured w/sisters- Josephine, Millicent and Willie Dobbs as well as President Donald Mitchell Stewart. The dedication ceremony for the Marion Anderson Lounge in LLCI. Ms. Sandra Grmyes represented her aunt Marian at the ceremony in 1985. Left to right: Millicent Dobbs Jackson, Sandra Grymes.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people gathered for Dobbs Lounge dedication. Written on verso: The dedication ceremony of the lounge of the Living-Learning Center on February 14, 1985. The lounge was named after singer Mattiwilda Dobbs (c'46). Pictured w/sisters- Josephine, Millicent and Willie Dobbs as well as President Donald Mitchell Stewart. The dedication ceremony for the Marion Anderson Lounge in LLCI. Ms. Sandra Grmyes represented her aunt Marian at the ceremony in 1985. Left to right: Millicent Dobbs Jackson, Sandra Grymes.
1977/1983
Interior view of living room of Reynolds Cottage.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of living room of Reynolds Cottage.
1964
View of Ancient New Guinea display at the Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour in 1964.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Ancient New Guinea display at the Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour in 1964.
1964
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American universities and colleges
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
1964
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American universities and colleges
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
1964
Women stand in a dormitory room of Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall in 1964.
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American families, African American women
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Women stand in a dormitory room of Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall in 1964.
1964
View of three unidentified women reading in the Green Room in the Fine Arts Building.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of three unidentified women reading in the Green Room in the Fine Arts Building.
1962/1968
Interior view of students in lounge area of McAlpin Dormitory.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, African American women
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of students in lounge area of McAlpin Dormitory.
1961/1968
Students sit on a sofa and chairs in the student lounge of Chadwick Hall.
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Students sit on a sofa and chairs in the student lounge of Chadwick Hall.
1952/1958
Interior view of fireplace in Reynolds Cottage at Christmas.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of fireplace in Reynolds Cottage at Christmas.
1897/1904
Interior view of a student room in Packard Hall.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of a student room in Packard Hall.
1897/1903
Interior view of teacher's Room at Rockefeller Hall.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of teacher's Room at Rockefeller Hall.
1897/1903
Interior view of office of Miss Cora Hardy, Secretary at Rockefeller Hall.
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of office of Miss Cora Hardy, Secretary at Rockefeller Hall.