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 actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Marriage Proposal" Summer Theatre. The 1952 Season.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Marriage Proposal, 1952
Date Created
1952
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Marriage Proposal" Summer Theatre. The 1952 Season.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "the marriage Proposal", Summer Theatre 1952.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Marriage Proposal, 1952
Date Created
1952
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "the marriage Proposal", Summer Theatre 1952.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Roscoe Fortson and Mildred Graves on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Browning Version, 1952
Date Created
1952
Description
Roscoe Fortson and Mildred Graves on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Marriage Proposal" Summer Theatre. The 1952 Season. L. to R. Akiwowo, Ida B. Wood.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Marriage Proposal, 1952
Date Created
1952
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Marriage Proposal" Summer Theatre. The 1952 Season. L. to R. Akiwowo, Ida B. Wood.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: From "Mr Pim Passes By" Summer Theatre, 1952
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mr. Pim Passes By, 1952
Date Created
1952
Description
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: From "Mr Pim Passes By" Summer Theatre, 1952
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Summer Theater - 1951 "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare - July 19, 20, 21, 1951. (Baldwin Burroughs, second from left, as Leonato; Mirian Harris, C'47, as Hero, at extreme right).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Much Ado About Nothing, July 1951
Date Created
1951-07
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Summer Theater - 1951 "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare - July 19, 20, 21, 1951. (Baldwin Burroughs, second from left, as Leonato; Mirian Harris, C'47, as Hero, at extreme right).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Much Ado About Nothing, July 1951
Date Created
1951-07
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: University Players in The Tempest, March 2, 3, 1951 (1950-1951) Rosalie Raglin, '53 as Miranda; James Johnson as Ferdinand.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Tempest, March 1951
Date Created
1951-03
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: University Players in The Tempest, March 2, 3, 1951 (1950-1951) Rosalie Raglin, '53 as Miranda; James Johnson as Ferdinand.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors in "The Tempest".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Tempest, March 1951
Date Created
1951-03
Description
View of actors in "The Tempest".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Guardsman, 1951
Date Created
1951
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Atlanta University Summer Theater: 1951- "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Much Ado About Nothing, 1951
Date Created
1951
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Atlanta University Summer Theater: 1951- "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Much Ado About Nothing, 1951
Date Created
1951
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage during production of "The Doctor in Spite of Himself".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Doctor in Spite of Himself, circa 1955
Date Created
1950/1958
Description
View of actors on stage during production of "The Doctor in Spite of Himself".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Velvet Glove, November 1950
Date Created
1950-11
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Tartuffe" - March 24-25, 1950.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tartuffe, March 1950
Date Created
1950-03
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Tartuffe" - March 24-25, 1950.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Traitor, 1950
Date Created
1950
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Macbeth" - Summer Theatre, 1950.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Macbeth, 1950
Date Created
1950
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Macbeth" - Summer Theatre, 1950.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Heiress, 1950
Date Created
1950
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Heiress, 1950
Date Created
1950
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Heiress, 1950
Date Created
1950
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection