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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Graduates standing at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1993 Graduates
Date Created
1993
Description
Graduates standing at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of unidentified student at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Unidenfitied Student at Commencement 1993
Date Created
1993
Description
View of unidentified student at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
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: Commencement 1993; President Johnnetta B. Cole with student.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole with Student at Commencement 1993
Date Created
1993
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 1993; President Johnnetta B. Cole with student.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Members of the Spelman College Theater Ensemble rehearse for their upcoming production of "Zora and Lorraine and Their Signifying Tongues." The drama, made up of scenes based on the writings of Zora Neal Hurston and Lorraine Hansberry, will be performed Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 3-5 at Spelman's Baldwin Burroughs Theatre, Rockefeller Fine Arts Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Theater Ensemble Rehearsal, circa 1995
Date Created
1992/1998
Description
Written on verso: Members of the Spelman College Theater Ensemble rehearse for their upcoming production of "Zora and Lorraine and Their Signifying Tongues." The drama, made up of scenes based on the writings of Zora Neal Hurston and Lorraine Hansberry, will be performed Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 3-5 at Spelman's Baldwin Burroughs Theatre, Rockefeller Fine Arts Building.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits, Faculty and staff, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors in unidenfitied stage production.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Unidentified Production, circa 1995
Date Created
1992/1998
Description
View of actors in unidenfitied stage production.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits, Faculty and staff, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actress on stage in unknown production.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Unidentified Spelman Theater Actress, circa 1995
Date Created
1992/1998
Description
View of actress on stage in unknown production.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits, Faculty and staff, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of desserts on display at the "Sweet Stop" in the Albert E. Manley College Center dining hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dining Hall in Albert E. Manley College Center, August 1992
Date Created
1992-08
Description
View of desserts on display at the "Sweet Stop" in the Albert E. Manley College Center dining hall.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students in line at "The Chef's Best" stand in the dining hall of the Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dining Hall in Albert E. Manley College Center, August 1992
Date Created
1992-08
Description
View of students in line at "The Chef's Best" stand in the dining hall of the Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
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
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 President Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Robert Holland, Jr., Chairman, Board of Trustees, hugs his daughter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Robert Holland, Jr. and Kheri Holland, 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso:Spelman College 1992 Commencement President Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Robert Holland, Jr., Chairman, Board of Trustees, hugs his daughter.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement 1992 Dr. Joyce F. Johnson, Presidential Award - Distinguished Service, by President, Johnnetta B. Cole.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Joyce F. Johnson and Johnnetta B. Cole, 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 1992 Dr. Joyce F. Johnson, Presidential Award - Distinguished Service, by President, Johnnetta B. Cole.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College, 1992 Commencement audience.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1992 Audience
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College, 1992 Commencement audience.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Kaytonya Cody singing at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Kaytonya Cody at Commencement 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Kaytonya Cody singing at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, African American arts, African Americans--Music
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College, 1992 Commencement; Rev. Norman Rates, College Minister at the podium, platform party and faculty.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Reverend Norman Rates at Commencement 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College, 1992 Commencement; Rev. Norman Rates, College Minister at the podium, platform party and faculty.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
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
LaConyea Butler and Pauline E. Drake seated at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
LaConyea Butler and Pauline E. Drake at Commencement, 1992
Date Created
1992
Description
LaConyea Butler and Pauline E. Drake seated at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building, circa 1995
Date Created
1991/1998
Description
Exterior view of the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building at night.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building at Night, circa 1995
Date Created
1991/1998
Description
Exterior view of the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building at night.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection