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 commencement procession of 1929. Written on verso: Sisters Chapel, Commencement 1929. Commencement Procession 1929.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, Commencement 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
View of commencement procession of 1929. Written on verso: Sisters Chapel, Commencement 1929. Commencement Procession 1929.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Stephanie Dabney. Written on verso: Stephanie Dabney - former dance theater of Harlem principal dancer. Spelman College Dance Faculty.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Stephanie Dabney, circa 1980
Date Created
1977/1983
Description
Portrait of Stephanie Dabney. Written on verso: Stephanie Dabney - former dance theater of Harlem principal dancer. Spelman College Dance Faculty.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits, Faculty and staff, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Summer Theatre - 1962 'The Bat"; Victor Partridge, John Gibson, Elise Hooks, Andrea Jackson, Charles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Bat, 1962
Date Created
1962
Description
Written on verso: Summer Theatre - 1962 'The Bat"; Victor Partridge, John Gibson, Elise Hooks, Andrea Jackson, Charles Hall.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
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
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
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Summer Theatre, 1955 William Smith and Arthur Floyd in "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Man Who Married A Dumb Wife, 1955
Date Created
1955
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Summer Theatre, 1955 William Smith and Arthur Floyd in "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of graduates smiling and cheering at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1995 Graduates
Date Created
1995
Description
View of graduates smiling and cheering at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College 1992 commencement, Robert Holland, Jr., Chairman Board of Trustees, President, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole hugs his daughter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole, Robert Holland Jr., and Kheri Holland, 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College 1992 commencement, Robert Holland, Jr., Chairman Board of Trustees, President, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole hugs his daughter.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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 President Johnnetta B. Cole handing diploma to student at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole and Student, 1997
Date Created
1997
Description
View of President Johnnetta B. Cole handing diploma to student at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement 1990 (L to R) Robert Holland, Jr, Chariman Spelman College Board of Trustees, graduate, Johnnetta B. Cole.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduate with Johnnetta B. Cole and Robert Holland Jr., 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 1990 (L to R) Robert Holland, Jr, Chariman Spelman College Board of Trustees, graduate, Johnnetta B. Cole.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Arsenic and Old Lace, 1943
Date Created
1943
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 woman seated on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
Description
View of woman seated 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
Oedipus Rex, 1948
Date Created
1948
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
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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 Unexpected Guest, July 1965
Date Created
1965-07
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 1963 Commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
View of 1963 Commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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: Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams, Noivember 15-20, 1976.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Orpheus Descending, November 1976
Date Created
1976-11
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams, Noivember 15-20, 1976.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Judy Tilman Gebre-Hiwet, Lecturer in English, Johnnetta B. Cole, President. Commencement 1990 Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Judy Tilman Gebre-Hiwet and Johnnetta B. Cole, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Written on verso: Judy Tilman Gebre-Hiwet, Lecturer in English, Johnnetta B. Cole, President. Commencement 1990 Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The Atlanta-Morehouse-Spelman Players in Lute Song. Directed by Baldwin W. Burroughs.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lute Song, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The Atlanta-Morehouse-Spelman Players in Lute Song. Directed by Baldwin W. Burroughs.
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
Heaven Can Wait, 1958
Date Created
1958
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 graduate at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 Graduate
Date Created
2003
Description
View of graduate at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Spelman College Students Dancing Folk Dance.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Folk Dance, circa 1965
Date Created
1965
Description
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Spelman College Students Dancing Folk Dance.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
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
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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
Purlie: The Musical, circa 2006
Date Created
2005/2006
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
Portrait of Jamie Boyd at Grover-Werden Memorial Fountain in 1930.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Grover-Werdon Memorial Fountain, 1930
Date Created
1930
Description
Portrait of Jamie Boyd at Grover-Werden Memorial Fountain in 1930.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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 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.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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
Inauguration of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart. Written on verso: Dr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart in receiving line.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Inauguration of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart, October 23, 1977
Date Created
1977-10-23
Description
Inauguration of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart. Written on verso: Dr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart in receiving line.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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 Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Beverly Tatum with Graduate, 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of MacVicar Hospital.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
MacVicar Hospital, circa 1930
Date Created
1927/1934
Description
Exterior view of MacVicar Hospital.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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
George Toomer and Eugene McGowan in a scene from "The Browning Version".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Browning Version, 1952
Date Created
1952
Description
George Toomer and Eugene McGowan in a scene from "The Browning Version".
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
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
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 1978 Commencement senior processional at Fox Theatre.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1978
Date Created
1978
Description
View of 1978 Commencement senior processional at Fox Theatre.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of audience.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
A Song For Coretta, February 2007
Date Created
2007-02
Description
View of audience.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: 1969. A Musical. "Doctor B.S. Black by Carlton Molette, Barbara Molette, Charles Mann. Directed by Carlton Molette. Scenery Designed by Luis Maza. Costumes designed by Barbara Molette. With Charles Mann (center) in the title role.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Doctor B.S. Black, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: 1969. A Musical. "Doctor B.S. Black by Carlton Molette, Barbara Molette, Charles Mann. Directed by Carlton Molette. Scenery Designed by Luis Maza. Costumes designed by Barbara Molette. With Charles Mann (center) in the title role.
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: The University Players Production The End of the Beginning, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The End of the Beginning, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production The End of the Beginning, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Lucy Hale Tapley, 3rd President of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Hale Tapley, 1910
Date Created
1910
Description
Portrait of Lucy Hale Tapley, 3rd President of Spelman College.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor on stage in "Camelot".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Camelot, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
View of actor on stage in "Camelot".
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
Written on verso: Commencement May 18, 2003; The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Decatur, Georgia; President Beverly Tatum.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
Date Created
2003
Description
Written on verso: Commencement May 18, 2003; The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Decatur, Georgia; President Beverly Tatum.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart and Isabel Stewart at the Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center dedication. Written on verso: Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart (6th President of Spelman College and President Emeritus) and Mrs. Isabel Stewart at center dedication.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart and Isabel Stewart at Center Dedication, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
Portrait of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart and Isabel Stewart at the Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center dedication. Written on verso: Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart (6th President of Spelman College and President Emeritus) and Mrs. Isabel Stewart at center dedication.
Subject
Presidents, Buildings and grounds
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
Exterior view from the street of the Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center, circa 1983
Date Created
1980/1986
Description
Exterior view from the street of the Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection