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.  

For:
  • Decade = 1880-1889
  • Subjects = African American universities and colleges
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
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in winter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Rockefeller Hall in 1886.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
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.
Portrait of Spelman founders Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
Spelman College Photographs Collection