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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View of Florence Matilda Read and Lucy Hale Tapley shaking hands. Written on verso: Left to right: Miss Florence Matilda Read, President, Spelman College, 1927-1953; Miss Lucy Hale Tapley, President emeritus, Spelman College, 1910-1927. Deceased June 6, 1932.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Florence Matilda Read and Lucy Hale Tapley, circa 1930
Date Created
1927/1933
Description
View of Florence Matilda Read and Lucy Hale Tapley shaking hands. Written on verso: Left to right: Miss Florence Matilda Read, President, Spelman College, 1927-1953; Miss Lucy Hale Tapley, President emeritus, Spelman College, 1910-1927. Deceased June 6, 1932.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view from the back pews in Sisters Chapel.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Pews, circa 1930
Date Created
1927/1933
Description
Interior view from the back pews in Sisters Chapel.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Dreamy Kid" play by Atlanta University, Morehouse and Spelman players.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dreamy Kid, circa 1931
Date Created
1927/1933
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Dreamy Kid" play by Atlanta University, Morehouse and Spelman players.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Sisters Chapel in 1927.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
Interior view of Sisters Chapel in 1927.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Spelman's power plant in 1927.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Power Plant, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
Exterior view of Spelman's power plant in 1927.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College graduating class of 1927. Written on recto: 1927 Graduating Class Left to Right - Sylvesta Floyd, Essie Heath, Helen Greene, Lyda McCree, Camilla Howard, Edna Hill, Jessie Heath, Agnes May.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Graduating Class 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College graduating class of 1927. Written on recto: 1927 Graduating Class Left to Right - Sylvesta Floyd, Essie Heath, Helen Greene, Lyda McCree, Camilla Howard, Edna Hill, Jessie Heath, Agnes May.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of the dedication plaque inside Sisters Chapel "The Sisters Chapel was built with funds from the estates of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman for many years loyal friends of Spelman College and daughters of Lucy Henry Spelman after whom the college was named. May the beautiful Christian spirit of these sisters and their lives of unselfish service ever be an inspiration to those who cross this threshold. Anno Domini 1926."
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Dedication Plaque, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
View of the dedication plaque inside Sisters Chapel "The Sisters Chapel was built with funds from the estates of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman for many years loyal friends of Spelman College and daughters of Lucy Henry Spelman after whom the college was named. May the beautiful Christian spirit of these sisters and their lives of unselfish service ever be an inspiration to those who cross this threshold. Anno Domini 1926."
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of graduating class in 1926. Written on verso: Poole Studio? Back row, left to right: L. Roselyn Purdy, Annie M. Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor. Front row: Theodora Fisher, Pearl Hopkins, Sadye L. Smith.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Class 1926
Date Created
1926
Description
Group portrait of graduating class in 1926. Written on verso: Poole Studio? Back row, left to right: L. Roselyn Purdy, Annie M. Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor. Front row: Theodora Fisher, Pearl Hopkins, Sadye L. Smith.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of graduating class of 1926 standing in front of trees. Written on verso: Graduating class 1926, Theodora Fisher, Sadye Fisher, Annie Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor, Pearl Hopkins, Roselyn Purdy.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Class 1926
Date Created
1926
Description
Group portrait of graduating class of 1926 standing in front of trees. Written on verso: Graduating class 1926, Theodora Fisher, Sadye Fisher, Annie Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor, Pearl Hopkins, Roselyn Purdy.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of 1926 high school graduates.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
High School 1926
Date Created
1926
Description
Group portrait of 1926 high school graduates.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Leonard Street Orphans Home in winter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Leonard Street Orphans Home, circa 1928
Date Created
1925/1931
Description
Exterior view of Leonard Street Orphans Home in winter.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Passing of the Third Floor Back, circa 1928
Date Created
1925/1931
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Tapley Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tapley Hall, September 1925
Date Created
1925-09
Description
Exterior view of Tapley Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of all Spelman graduating classes in 1925.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Classes in 1925
Date Created
1925
Description
Group portrait of all Spelman graduating classes in 1925.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College Sunday School Teacher Training Department graduates in 1925.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Sunday School Treacher Training Department Commencement 1925
Date Created
1925
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College Sunday School Teacher Training Department graduates in 1925.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Elementary Education and College students in 1925.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Elementary Education and College Students, 1925
Date Created
1925
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Elementary Education and College students in 1925.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College Class of 1924
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Class of 1924
Date Created
1924
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College Class of 1924
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Graduates in 1923.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduates 1923
Date Created
1923
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Graduates in 1923.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall, circa 1925
Date Created
1922/1928
Description
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Chadwick Hall. Written on verso: Chadwick Hall (shows road-street between Chadwick and Spelman campus).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Chadwick Hall, circa 1925
Date Created
1921/1928
Description
Exterior view of Chadwick Hall. Written on verso: Chadwick Hall (shows road-street between Chadwick and Spelman campus).
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection