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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Portrait of organist Virgil Fox.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Virgil Fox, circa 1940
Date Created
1937/1943
Description
Portrait of organist Virgil Fox.
Subject
Portraits amd people, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of soldiers entering Laura Spelman Rockefeller Hall, of the Army Administration Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Soldiers Entering Laura Spelman Rockefeller Hall, circa 1940
Date Created
1937/1944
Description
View of soldiers entering Laura Spelman Rockefeller Hall, of the Army Administration Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American soldiers
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
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: University Players The Cherry Orchard, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Cherry Orchard, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: University Players The Cherry Orchard, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of set. Written on verso: University Players Production "The Cherry Orchard", 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Cherry Orchard, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of set. Written on verso: University Players Production "The Cherry Orchard", 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: University Players The Cherry Orchard, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Cherry Orchard, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: University Players The Cherry Orchard, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production; When the Time Comes, 1941-1942.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
When the Time Comes, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production; When the Time Comes, 1941-1942.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage during a scene. Written on verso: University Players The Cherry Orchard, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Cherry Orchard, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actors on stage during a scene. Written on verso: University Players The Cherry Orchard, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production; Lil David, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lil David, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actor on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production; Lil David, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Unidentified Theatrical Production, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1943
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: The University Players Production, Family Portrait, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Family Portrait, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1944
Description
Written on verso: The University Players Production, Family Portrait, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits, Faculty and staff, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: University Players Murder in the Cathedral, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Murder in the Cathedral, circa 1941
Date Created
1938/1944
Description
Written on verso: University Players Murder in the Cathedral, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Portraits, Faculty and staff, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production; Everybody Join Hands, 1942-43.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Everybody Join Hands, circa 1942
Date Created
1939/1945
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production; Everybody Join Hands, 1942-43.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production, Craig's Wife, 1942-43.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Craig's Wife, circa 1942
Date Created
1939/1945
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production, Craig's Wife, 1942-43.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of acotrs on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production, Family Portrait, 1941-42.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Family Portrait, circa 1942
Date Created
1939/1945
Description
View of acotrs on stage. Written on verso: The University Players Production, Family Portrait, 1941-42.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of two Spelman Graduates in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps with President Florence Matilda Read. Written on verso: Spelman College grads in WAAC.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Florence Matilda Read and Graduates, circa 1942
Date Created
1939/1947
Description
View of two Spelman Graduates in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps with President Florence Matilda Read. Written on verso: Spelman College grads in WAAC.
Subject
Presidents, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
R.U.R, 1940
Date Created
1940
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
R.U.R, 1940
Date Created
1940
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
R.U.R, 1940
Date Created
1940
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
Written on verso: The Death of Aunt Agatha from "Alison's House".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Alison's House, 1940
Date Created
1940
Description
Written on verso: The Death of Aunt Agatha from "Alison's House".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection