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 women standing on the porch outside barracks.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Union Hall (Barracks), circa 1880
Date Created
1877/1883
Description
View of women standing on the porch outside barracks.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Theological seminaries
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Friendship Baptist Church. Written on recto: Spelman's Birthplace 1881 The Basement of Friendship Church. Spelman Seminary started here April 11, 1881 with eleven pupils.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Friendship Baptist Church, 1881
Date Created
1881
Description
Interior view of Friendship Baptist Church. Written on recto: Spelman's Birthplace 1881 The Basement of Friendship Church. Spelman Seminary started here April 11, 1881 with eleven pupils.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles, 1881
Date Created
1881
Description
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Giles Hall, Packard Hall, and Rockerfeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Campus View (Giles Hall, Packard Hall, Rockerfeller Hall), circa 1885
Date Created
1881/1888
Description
View of Giles Hall, Packard Hall, and Rockerfeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles in a carriage with horse named Billie Gray. Written on recto: Miss Packard, Miss Giles, and "Billie Gray." Written on verso: Miss Giles, Miss Packard, and Billie Gray.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sophia B. Packard, Harriet E. Giles, and Billie Gray, circa 1885
Date Created
1882/1888
Description
View of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles in a carriage with horse named Billie Gray. Written on recto: Miss Packard, Miss Giles, and "Billie Gray." Written on verso: Miss Giles, Miss Packard, and Billie Gray.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people lined up outside Union Hall. Written on verso: Union Hall (left) and other barracks used as classrooms, Spelman College original site, students in front, 1883.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Union Hall (Barracks), 1883
Date Created
1883
Description
View of people lined up outside Union Hall. Written on verso: Union Hall (left) and other barracks used as classrooms, Spelman College original site, students in front, 1883.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Theological seminaries
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior of Union Hall and the Dormitories of Spelman Seminary in 1883.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Union Hall and the Dormitories of Spelman Seminary, 1883
Date Created
1883
Description
Exterior of Union Hall and the Dormitories of Spelman Seminary in 1883.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles, circa 1890
Date Created
1885/1895
Description
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in winter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Rockefeller Hall, 1886
Date Created
1886
Description
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in winter.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1886.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Rockefeller Hall, 1886
Date Created
1886
Description
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1886.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students, 1886
Date Created
1886
Description
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Panorama view of Spelman Before 1900.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Panorama of Spelman Before 1900, circa 1890
Date Created
1886/1894
Description
Panorama view of Spelman Before 1900.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of first graduating class of Spelman Seminary, 1887. Written on verso: (l. to r.) Ella N. Barksdale, Clara A. Howard, Loe E. Mitchell, Adeline J. Smith, Sallie B. Waugh, and Ella L. Williams. All became teachers after graduation.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduates 1887, 1887
Date Created
1887
Description
Group portrait of first graduating class of Spelman Seminary, 1887. Written on verso: (l. to r.) Ella N. Barksdale, Clara A. Howard, Loe E. Mitchell, Adeline J. Smith, Sallie B. Waugh, and Ella L. Williams. All became teachers after graduation.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Rockefeller Hall, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view from above of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Interior view from above of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of pews and front of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Interior view of pews and front of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view from balcony right of pews and front section of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Interior view from balcony right of pews and front section of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of the old barn barracks.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Old Barn (Barracks), circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
View of the old barn barracks.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Graduates, 1891.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Academic Graduates 1891
Date Created
1891
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Graduates, 1891.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1892.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1892
Date Created
1892
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1892.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection