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 Lucy Hale Tapley, 3rd President of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Hale Tapley, 1910
Date Created
1910
Description
Portrait of Lucy Hale Tapley, 3rd President of Spelman College.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Lucy Upton. Written on verso: Lucy Upton (appointed acting president 1909).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Upton, 1909
Date Created
1909
Description
Portrait of Lucy Upton. Written on verso: Lucy Upton (appointed acting president 1909).
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Mary Packard and President Lucy Upton.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mary Packard and Lucy Upton, 1909
Date Created
1909
Description
Portrait of Mary Packard and President Lucy Upton.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Lucy Upton. Written on verso: Lucy Upton - teacher, acting President, Miss Lucy H. Upton for whom Upton Hall is named on the Spelman College campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Upton, 1909
Date Created
1909
Description
Portrait of Lucy Upton. Written on verso: Lucy Upton - teacher, acting President, Miss Lucy H. Upton for whom Upton Hall is named on the Spelman College campus.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College graduates in 1907.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Commencement 1907
Date Created
1907
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College graduates in 1907.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Upton Hall in 1905. Written on verso: Upton Hall, 1905, nurses home and isolation ward; laundry in foreground.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Upton Hall, 1905
Date Created
1905
Description
Exterior view of Upton Hall in 1905. Written on verso: Upton Hall, 1905, nurses home and isolation ward; laundry in foreground.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary and Morehouse College graduates. Written on verso: Class of 1903. Morehouse College - R.H. Carter. Spelman Seminary - Manie W. Cohron, Daisy E. Brown, Ella P. Baker, Verta Cohron.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary and Morehouse College Class of 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary and Morehouse College graduates. Written on verso: Class of 1903. Morehouse College - R.H. Carter. Spelman Seminary - Manie W. Cohron, Daisy E. Brown, Ella P. Baker, Verta Cohron.
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 graduating class of 1903.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Class of 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
Group portrait of Spelman graduating class of 1903.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Harriet E. Giles. Written on verso: Second President and founder of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Harriet E. Giles, circa 1905
Date Created
1902/1909
Description
Portrait of Harriet E. Giles. Written on verso: Second President and founder of Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary academic graduates in 1902.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary Academic Graduates 1902
Date Created
1902
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary academic graduates in 1902.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of graduates from Spelman Seminary and Atlanta Baptist College in 1901.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary and Atlanta Baptist College Graduates 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Group portrait of graduates from Spelman Seminary and Atlanta Baptist College in 1901.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of 1901 graduates Claudia White (right) and Jane Anna Granderson (left).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Jane Anna Granderson and Claudia White, 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Portrait of 1901 graduates Claudia White (right) and Jane Anna Granderson (left).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students on the steps of Packard Hall in 1901.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Students on the Steps of Packard Hall, 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
View of students on the steps of Packard Hall in 1901.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of 1901 graduates Jane Anna Granderson and Claudia White.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Jane Anna Granderson and Claudia White, 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Portrait of 1901 graduates Jane Anna Granderson and Claudia White.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman High School Graduates in 1901.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman High School Graduates 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Group portrait of Spelman High School Graduates in 1901.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of High School Department graduates from Spelman Seminary in 1901.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Department Graduates 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Group portrait of High School Department graduates from Spelman Seminary in 1901.
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 Missionary Academic Class of 1900 commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Missionary Academic Class 1900
Date Created
1900
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Class of 1900 commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of the laundry room at Spelman Seminary.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Laundry at Spelman Seminary, circa 1900
Date Created
1897/1904
Description
Interior view of the laundry room at Spelman Seminary.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Harriet E. Giles. Written on verso: Miss Giles in [19-].
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Harriet E. Giles, circa 1900
Date Created
1897/1904
Description
Portrait of Harriet E. Giles. Written on verso: Miss Giles in [19-].
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of physical plant on Spelman College grounds.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Physical Plant, circa 1900
Date Created
1897/1904
Description
View of physical plant on Spelman College grounds.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection