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 = 1920-1929
  • Geographic Location = Georgia--Atlanta
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
View of students lined up outside barn on Spelman College campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Old Barn, circa 1925
Date Created
1921/1928
Description
View of students lined up outside barn on Spelman College campus.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students walking with umbrellas into old barn on Spelman College campus. Written on verso: Old Barn (the Barrack number 1), torn down in 1937, built in 1882.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Old Barn, circa 1925
Date Created
1921/1928
Description
View of students walking with umbrellas into old barn on Spelman College campus. Written on verso: Old Barn (the Barrack number 1), torn down in 1937, built in 1882.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School class of 1920 and 1921. Written on verso: H.S. classes of 1920 and 1921. Mrs. Kurrelmeyer, principal, at far right, fourth row.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1920 and 1921
Date Created
1921
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School class of 1920 and 1921. Written on verso: H.S. classes of 1920 and 1921. Mrs. Kurrelmeyer, principal, at far right, fourth row.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Spelman College campus. Written on verso: Bird's eye view of campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial Campus View, circa 1920
Date Created
1917/1924
Description
Aerial view of Spelman College campus. Written on verso: Bird's eye view of campus.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Clark, Spelman, Housing Projects.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial View of Campus, circa 1920
Date Created
1917/1924
Description
Aerial view of Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Clark, Spelman, Housing Projects.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Spelman College. Written on verso: Aeroplane view of campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial Campus View, circa 1920
Date Created
1917/1924
Description
Aerial view of Spelman College. Written on verso: Aeroplane view of campus.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection