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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Written on verso: Spelman College, "Flying Over Purgatory", stage play by Ayoka Chenzira, April 18, 19, 20, 21, 2002; Ruby Dee pictured.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ruby Dee in Flying Over Purgatory, April 2002
Date Created
2002-04
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College, "Flying Over Purgatory", stage play by Ayoka Chenzira, April 18, 19, 20, 21, 2002; Ruby Dee pictured.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Women stand in a dormitory room of Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Women stand in a dormitory room of Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American families, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of three unidentified women reading in the Green Room in the Fine Arts Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Green Room in Fine Arts Building, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
View of three unidentified women reading in the Green Room in the Fine Arts Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of students in lounge area of McAlpin Dormitory.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
McAlpin Dormitory, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
Interior view of students in lounge area of McAlpin Dormitory.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Students sit on a sofa and chairs in the student lounge of Chadwick Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Chadwick Hall Student Lounge, circa 1965
Date Created
1961/1968
Description
Students sit on a sofa and chairs in the student lounge of Chadwick Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Finale of "The Miser" by Moliere, 1947-1948.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Miser, circa 1948
Date Created
1947/1948
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Finale of "The Miser" by Moliere, 1947-1948.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players production "The Double Door", 1937-38. Kathlyn Johnson, Leroy Haines, Eloise Usher.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Double Door, circa 1948
Date Created
1937/1938
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players production "The Double Door", 1937-38. Kathlyn Johnson, Leroy Haines, Eloise Usher.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
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