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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  • Subjects = African American arts
  • Decade = 1930-1939
Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Our Town, July 1939 1939-07 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, Produced by: Atlanta University Summer Theatre, July, 1939, Director: Anno M. Cooke. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Nervous Wreck, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Nervous Wreck, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Kind Lady, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Kind Lady, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Our Town, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939, Our Town - by Wilder. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Smokey, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage; written on verso: 1939, "Smokey" by Thomas J. Pawley, Dr. Pawley (Ph.D. in Dramatic Art from the University of Iowa) was a member of the Summer Theatre Company. Atlanta University Summer Theatre. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Kind Lady, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Nervous Wreck, 1939 1939 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Icebound, circa 1939 1938/1939 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Icebound, 1938-1939; Left to right: 1. Mayo Partee 2. William Nix 3. Thelma Wornell. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Berkeley Square, circa 1939 1938/1939 View of actors on stage in "Berkeley Square". Written on verso: University Players, Berkeley Square, 1938-1939. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Icebound, circa 1939 1938/1939 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Icebound, circa 1939 1938/1939 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mary of Scotland, 1938 1938 View of actress on stage. Written on verso: Mary of Scotland, Summer 1938. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mary of Scotland, 1938 1938 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Double Door, circa 1948 1937/1938 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players production "The Double Door", 1937-38. Kathlyn Johnson, Leroy Haines, Eloise Usher. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ruth Hodge and Inah Smith in Daughters of Atreus, circa 1938 1937/1938 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Daughters of Atreus, 1937-38, 1. Ruth Hodge 2. Inah Smith. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Goose Hangs High, circa 1937 1936/1937 View of actors on stage in production of "The Goose Hangs High". African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Enemy, circa 1937 1936/1937 View of actors on stage. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mary Tudor, circa 1937 1936/1937 View of actors on stage. Written on verso: University Players Production of Mary Tudor, 1936-1937. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts Spelman College Photographs Collection