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 = 1910-1919
Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Spelman Seminary Graduates 1919 1919 Group portrait of Spelman Seminary graduates in 1919. African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Teachers Professional Class Commencement 1919 1919 Group portrait of Spelman Teachers Professional Class commencement in 1919. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Hale Tapley and Edith Brill, 1919 1919 Portrait of President Lucy Hale Tapley and Dean Edith Brill. Presidents, African Americans--Politics and government Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Teachers Professional Course Commencement 1918 1918 Group portrait of Spelman Teachers Professional Course commencement in 1918. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Teachers Professional Course Commencement 1916 1916 Group portrait of Spelman Teachers Professional Course commencement in 1916. Written on verso: Top row left Willa Golson. Bottom row 3rd from left Inez Brockway. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Teachers Professional Course Graduates 1915 1915 Group portrait of Spelman Teachers Professional Course Graduates in 1915. Written on verso: Bottom row left Mary Trisley. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman High School Graduates 1915 1915 Group portrait of Spelman high school graduates in 1915. Written on recto: Louise Hudson, Hessie Fallens, Amanda Jenkins, Sadie Banner, Annie O'Neal, Mary Neal, Eula Nelson, Lucille Heard, Annie Ruth Lemon, Lillian Allen, Lillian Brockenton, Eddyelene Bentley, Adelaide Fulnighter, Alzora Jones, Louise Barrett, Esther B. Johnson, Lillian Bailey, Ellen K. Mills, Nellie Whitted, Susie Mapp, Annie Stamps, Evelyn Shark, Elsie Strother, Maud Philfrat, Willie Walker, Elenora Hanford. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Commencement 1914 1914 Group portrait of Spelman College graduates in 1914. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Commencement 1912 1912 Group portrait of Spelman College graduates in 1912. African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall Classroom, circa 1910 1907/1914 Interior view of classroom in Giles Hall. Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges Spelman College Photographs Collection
Reynolds Cottage, circa 1910 1907/1913 Exterior view of Reynolds Cottage during winter. Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges Spelman College Photographs Collection