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 man and woman dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966; Mrs. Spriggs, Dance Instructor, dancing with guest of the college.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mrs. Spriggs Folk Dance, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
View of man and woman dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966; Mrs. Spriggs, Dance Instructor, dancing with guest of the college.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall, Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Folk Dance Festival, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall, Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nationas; Read Hall, Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Folk Dance Festival, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Music Festival, 1966; Dance of Other Nationas; Read Hall, Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso:Folk Dance Festival, 1966: Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall, Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Folk Dance Festival, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
View of students dancing. Written on verso:Folk Dance Festival, 1966: Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall, Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966 - Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Folk Dance Festival, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966 - Dance of Other Nations; Read Hall Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds, Theatre and dance
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966; Read Hall - Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Folk Dance Festival, 1966
Date Created
1966
Description
View of students dancing. Written on verso: Folk Dance Festival, 1966; Read Hall - Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Ancient New Guinea display at the Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
View of Ancient New Guinea display at the Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people at dedication of the Dorothy Shephard Manley Hall building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
View of people at dedication of the Dorothy Shephard Manley Hall building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American universities and colleges
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
Exterior view of Manley Hall, an upper classman dorm.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Exterior view of Manley Hall, an upper classman dorm.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1963.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Rockefeller Hall, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1963.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
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 hanging paintings and wall "Gifts to Spelman - New Directions" in the Fine Arts Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Fine Arts Building, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
View of hanging paintings and wall "Gifts to Spelman - New Directions" in the Fine Arts Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of front of Fine Arts Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Fine Arts Building, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
Exterior view of front of Fine Arts Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of two people entering the Fine Arts Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Fine Arts Building, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
View of two people entering the Fine Arts Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students entering Tapley Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tapley Hall, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
View of students entering Tapley Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of front and partial side of the Fine Arts Building at Spelman.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Fine Arts Building, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
Exterior view of front and partial side of the Fine Arts Building at Spelman.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection