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 = Theatre and dance
  • Decade = 1960-1969
1969-10
View of Edward Billups on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Edward Billups on stage.
1969
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: 1969. A Musical. "Doctor B.S. Black by Carlton Molette, Barbara Molette, Charles Mann. Directed by Carlton Molette. Scenery Designed by Luis Maza. Costumes designed by Barbara Molette. With Charles Mann (center) in the title role.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: 1969. A Musical. "Doctor B.S. Black by Carlton Molette, Barbara Molette, Charles Mann. Directed by Carlton Molette. Scenery Designed by Luis Maza. Costumes designed by Barbara Molette. With Charles Mann (center) in the title role.
1969
View of Edward Billups and Rae Ellen Williamson on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Edward Billups and Rae Ellen Williamson on stage.
1969
View of actors on stage. 5th person from the left is Edward Billups (Morehouse). Written on verso: See the Man Die, 1969.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. 5th person from the left is Edward Billups (Morehouse). Written on verso: See the Man Die, 1969.
1968
View of actors on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
1968
View of actors on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
1968
View of actors on stage. Left- Michael Stubblefield; right, Edward Billups.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Left- Michael Stubblefield; right, Edward Billups.
1967-06
View of actors on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
1967
View of actors on stage; written on verso: 1967, "In Splendid Error" by William Branch, Directed by Baldwin W. Burroughs, Scenery by Luis Maza.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage; written on verso: 1967, "In Splendid Error" by William Branch, Directed by Baldwin W. Burroughs, Scenery by Luis Maza.
1967
View of actors on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
1967
View of actors on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
1967
View of actors on stage.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
1966-07
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "In White America" - July 14, 15, 16 - Stewart Culpepper and Hilda Jenkins.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "In White America" - July 14, 15, 16 - Stewart Culpepper and Hilda Jenkins.
1966-07
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "In White America" - July 14, 15, 16 - Marsha White, Vernon Jackson, Stewart Culpepper, Shepherd O'Neal, Don Ahlberg and Hilda Jenkins.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "In White America" - July 14, 15, 16 - Marsha White, Vernon Jackson, Stewart Culpepper, Shepherd O'Neal, Don Ahlberg and Hilda Jenkins.
1966-07
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "In White America" - July 14, 15, 16 - Don Ahlberg and Vernon Jackson.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "In White America" - July 14, 15, 16 - Don Ahlberg and Vernon Jackson.
1966
View of actor on stage in "Camelot".
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor on stage in "Camelot".
1966
View of man and woman dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966; Mrs. Spriggs, Dance Instructor, dancing with guest of the college.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of man and woman dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966; Mrs. Spriggs, Dance Instructor, dancing with guest of the college.
1966
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall, Spelman College.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall, Spelman College.
1966
Sam Andrews, David Banks, and Georgia Allen in a scene from "Ghosts".
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sam Andrews, David Banks, and Georgia Allen in a scene from "Ghosts".
1966
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nationas; Read Hall, Spelman College.
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nationas; Read Hall, Spelman College.