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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An unidentified woman stands next to a dedication sign outside Helen Tucker Albro Guest House.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Helen Tucker Albro Guest House Sign, 1974
Date Created
1974
Description
An unidentified woman stands next to a dedication sign outside Helen Tucker Albro Guest House.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1974 Commencement processional into Sisters Chapel.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1974
Date Created
1974
Description
View of 1974 Commencement processional into Sisters Chapel.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Anthony Pinkins played the Old Man in Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden at Spelman College, December 6-9, 1978 at 8PM nightly, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Proscenium Theatre.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Anthony Pinkins in Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden, circa 1975
Date Created
1973/1978
Description
Written on verso: Anthony Pinkins played the Old Man in Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden at Spelman College, December 6-9, 1978 at 8PM nightly, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Proscenium Theatre.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Kimberly Darrett, a native of Dayton, Ohio and a Sophomore at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia is the Storyteller in "Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden". 1974.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Kimberly Darrett in Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden, circa 1975
Date Created
1973/1978
Description
Written on verso: Kimberly Darrett, a native of Dayton, Ohio and a Sophomore at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia is the Storyteller in "Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden". 1974.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors in production. Written on verso: Pictured in a scene from Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden are left to right: Kim Darrett, the "Storyteller"; Elayne I. Walker, the Handmaiden; Pearl Davis, the Bride; and Anthony Pinkins, the old man. The play can be seen at Spelman College in the John D. Rockefeller Jr Fine Arts Building's Proscenium Theatre, December 6-9 at 8 p.m. nightly. Pearl Davis, a native of West Point, Michigan is a Freshman at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Elayne I. Walker is a native of Providence, Rhode Island and a Sophomore at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden, circa 1975
Date Created
1973/1978
Description
View of actors in production. Written on verso: Pictured in a scene from Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden are left to right: Kim Darrett, the "Storyteller"; Elayne I. Walker, the Handmaiden; Pearl Davis, the Bride; and Anthony Pinkins, the old man. The play can be seen at Spelman College in the John D. Rockefeller Jr Fine Arts Building's Proscenium Theatre, December 6-9 at 8 p.m. nightly. Pearl Davis, a native of West Point, Michigan is a Freshman at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Elayne I. Walker is a native of Providence, Rhode Island and a Sophomore at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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 Fall, circa 1974
Date Created
1973/1974
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 1973 senior Commencement processional.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1973
Date Created
1973
Description
View of 1973 senior Commencement processional.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Student Jo Quilla Robertson at student concert program 1973.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Student Concert Program, 1973
Date Created
1973
Description
Written on verso: Student Jo Quilla Robertson at student concert program 1973.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: "Dollar Day"; Deborah Beavers and Commuters.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dollar Day, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Written on verso: "Dollar Day"; Deborah Beavers and Commuters.
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
Macbeth, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
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
Macbeth, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
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 amidst books in Quarles Library at Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Quarles Library at Giles Hall, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of woman amidst books in Quarles Library at Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of stacks and study tables in Quarles Library at Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Quarles Library at Giles Hall, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Interior view of stacks and study tables in Quarles Library at Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Macbeth, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of actor on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students on steps outside Packard Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Packard Hall, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of students on steps outside Packard Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students during ballet class at Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ballet Class, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of students during ballet class at Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of young girl dancing.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Children's Dance, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of young girl dancing.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Four members of the Children's Dance program display their artistic moves.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Children's Dance Program, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Written on verso: Four members of the Children's Dance program display their artistic moves.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Children
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of sign in an undeveloped field "Future Site Atlanta University Center Library".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Atlanta University Center Library Sign, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of sign in an undeveloped field "Future Site Atlanta University Center Library".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing in ballet class at Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ballet Class, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
View of students dancing in ballet class at Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection