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 = 1990-1999
  • Subjects = Portraits and people
Portrait of Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley, 8th President of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Audrey Forbes Manley, 1997
Date Created
1997
Description
Portrait of Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley, 8th President of Spelman College.
Subject
Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 1993; Oprah Winfrey, speaker, honorary degree recipient.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Oprah Winfrey at Commencement 1993
Date Created
1993
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 1993; Oprah Winfrey, speaker, honorary degree recipient.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College 1992 Commencement - Ms. Maya Angelou, Poet, Writer, Speaker (right).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Maya Angelou at Commencement 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College 1992 Commencement - Ms. Maya Angelou, Poet, Writer, Speaker (right).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College, 1992 Commencement; Dr. Pauline E. Drake with the senior class.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Pauline E. Drake with Senior Class 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College, 1992 Commencement; Dr. Pauline E. Drake with the senior class.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College 1991 Commencement; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, speaker and honorary doctoral degree recipient.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Miriam Makeba Speaks at Commencement, 1991
Date Created
1991
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College 1991 Commencement; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, speaker and honorary doctoral degree recipient.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College 1991 Commencement; L to R; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, speakers, honorary doctoral degree recipient; Ruby Dee, actress, honorary deoctoral degree recipient; Sharon Pratty Kelly, mayor of Washington, D.C., speaker; President Johnnetta B. Cole, and Marguerite Ross Barnett, President of University of Houston, honorary doctoral degree recipient.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1991 Speakers
Date Created
1991
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College 1991 Commencement; L to R; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, speakers, honorary doctoral degree recipient; Ruby Dee, actress, honorary deoctoral degree recipient; Sharon Pratty Kelly, mayor of Washington, D.C., speaker; President Johnnetta B. Cole, and Marguerite Ross Barnett, President of University of Houston, honorary doctoral degree recipient.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement 1991; President Johnnetta Cole; Byllye Avery, Community Service Award.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole and Byllye Avery, 1991
Date Created
1991
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 1991; President Johnnetta Cole; Byllye Avery, Community Service Award.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Robert Holland Jr., Chairman of Board of Trustees and daughter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Robert Holland Jr. and Daughter, 1991
Date Created
1991
Description
Written on verso: Robert Holland Jr., Chairman of Board of Trustees and daughter.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman graduates.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1990 Graduates
Date Created
1990
Description
Group portrait of Spelman graduates.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of unidentified Spelman graduate at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1990 Senior Graduate
Date Created
1990
Description
Portrait of unidentified Spelman graduate at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with Harry Belafonte.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with Harry Belafonte, circa 1990
Date Created
1987/1993
Description
Portrait of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with Harry Belafonte.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection