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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  • Decade = 1920-1929
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Written on verso: "The Piper", May 10, 2929, Mary Louise Miller.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Piper, May 10, 1929
Date Created
1929-05-10
Description
Written on verso: "The Piper", May 10, 2929, Mary Louise Miller.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of President Florence Matilda Read signing document at desk with John Hope looking on. Written on verso: President Read (middle) - the signing of the Affiliation Agreement amongst Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Atlanta University - April 1, 1929.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Florence Matilda Read Signing Affiliation Agreement, April 1929
Date Created
1929-04
Description
View of President Florence Matilda Read signing document at desk with John Hope looking on. Written on verso: President Read (middle) - the signing of the Affiliation Agreement amongst Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Atlanta University - April 1, 1929.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Spelman College fountain.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Fountain, March 1929
Date Created
1929-03
Description
View of Spelman College fountain.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of commencement procession of 1929. Written on verso: Sisters Chapel, Commencement 1929. Commencement Procession 1929.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, Commencement 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
View of commencement procession of 1929. Written on verso: Sisters Chapel, Commencement 1929. Commencement Procession 1929.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College Class of 1929.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Class of 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College Class of 1929.
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 Senior Class of 1929 in front of Laura Spelman Rockefeller. Written on verso: Spelman High School Senior Class of 1929 - Front row, left to right: Clara Ingersoll, Grace Ross, Doris Sanders, Josephine Harreld, Ida Miller, Rachel Davis, Mary Reese, Eva Mims, Fannie Smith, Lottie Smith, Second row: Bonna Perine, Esther Huntley, Mary Watkins, Corrie Ray, Amanda Fuller, Odessa Harris, Vivian Walker, Lulu Cook, Portia Duhart, Janie Banks; Third row: Vera Bray, Mildred Moore, Carol Blanton, Sara Blocker, Zillah Carleton, Sammie Hilliard, Idella Dockett, Mabel Hillman, Mary Young; Fourth row: Cecil Long, Lillian Simmons, Dorothy Black, Ola Ross, Mercedes Powell, Leona Mills, Martha Gartrelle, Odessa Walls, Edythe Jackson; Back row: Millie Dobbs, Rosa Norris, Fannie Gore, Lucile Ward, Cora Douthard, Maudie Price, Helen Gray, Pauline Wilcher.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman High School Senior Class of 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
Group portrait of Spelman High School Senior Class of 1929 in front of Laura Spelman Rockefeller. Written on verso: Spelman High School Senior Class of 1929 - Front row, left to right: Clara Ingersoll, Grace Ross, Doris Sanders, Josephine Harreld, Ida Miller, Rachel Davis, Mary Reese, Eva Mims, Fannie Smith, Lottie Smith, Second row: Bonna Perine, Esther Huntley, Mary Watkins, Corrie Ray, Amanda Fuller, Odessa Harris, Vivian Walker, Lulu Cook, Portia Duhart, Janie Banks; Third row: Vera Bray, Mildred Moore, Carol Blanton, Sara Blocker, Zillah Carleton, Sammie Hilliard, Idella Dockett, Mabel Hillman, Mary Young; Fourth row: Cecil Long, Lillian Simmons, Dorothy Black, Ola Ross, Mercedes Powell, Leona Mills, Martha Gartrelle, Odessa Walls, Edythe Jackson; Back row: Millie Dobbs, Rosa Norris, Fannie Gore, Lucile Ward, Cora Douthard, Maudie Price, Helen Gray, Pauline Wilcher.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College graduates in 1929. Written on verso: Taken for use of Appointment Office 1929. Mosetta Miles, Frankie Clark, Estelle Bailey, Zimmie Jackson, Myrtle Clark, Irene Dobbs.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Commencement 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College graduates in 1929. Written on verso: Taken for use of Appointment Office 1929. Mosetta Miles, Frankie Clark, Estelle Bailey, Zimmie Jackson, Myrtle Clark, Irene Dobbs.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Presidents in front of building. Written on verso: Presidents. Miss Read of Spelman College, Dr. Hope of Atlanta University, Mr. Archer of Morehouse College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Presidents Photograph, 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
Group portrait of Presidents in front of building. Written on verso: Presidents. Miss Read of Spelman College, Dr. Hope of Atlanta University, Mr. Archer of Morehouse College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Graduating Class of 1929.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Class 1929
Date Created
1929
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Graduating Class of 1929.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Japanese Girl, circa 1929
Date Created
1928/1929
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
The Passing of the Third Floor Back, circa 1929
Date Created
1928/1929
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 students assisting in moving the library in 1928, outside Packard Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Moving the Library, 1928
Date Created
1928
Description
View of students assisting in moving the library in 1928, outside Packard Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Letters of recommendation for Anne M. Cooke.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Letters of Recommendation, 1928
Date Created
1928
Description
Letters of recommendation for Anne M. Cooke.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Education, College students
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Spelman's power plant in 1927.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Power Plant, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
Exterior view of Spelman's power plant in 1927.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College graduating class of 1927. Written on recto: 1927 Graduating Class Left to Right - Sylvesta Floyd, Essie Heath, Helen Greene, Lyda McCree, Camilla Howard, Edna Hill, Jessie Heath, Agnes May.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Graduating Class 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College graduating class of 1927. Written on recto: 1927 Graduating Class Left to Right - Sylvesta Floyd, Essie Heath, Helen Greene, Lyda McCree, Camilla Howard, Edna Hill, Jessie Heath, Agnes May.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of the dedication plaque inside Sisters Chapel "The Sisters Chapel was built with funds from the estates of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman for many years loyal friends of Spelman College and daughters of Lucy Henry Spelman after whom the college was named. May the beautiful Christian spirit of these sisters and their lives of unselfish service ever be an inspiration to those who cross this threshold. Anno Domini 1926."
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Dedication Plaque, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
View of the dedication plaque inside Sisters Chapel "The Sisters Chapel was built with funds from the estates of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman for many years loyal friends of Spelman College and daughters of Lucy Henry Spelman after whom the college was named. May the beautiful Christian spirit of these sisters and their lives of unselfish service ever be an inspiration to those who cross this threshold. Anno Domini 1926."
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of graduating class in 1926. Written on verso: Poole Studio? Back row, left to right: L. Roselyn Purdy, Annie M. Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor. Front row: Theodora Fisher, Pearl Hopkins, Sadye L. Smith.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Class 1926
Date Created
1926
Description
Group portrait of graduating class in 1926. Written on verso: Poole Studio? Back row, left to right: L. Roselyn Purdy, Annie M. Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor. Front row: Theodora Fisher, Pearl Hopkins, Sadye L. Smith.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of graduating class of 1926 standing in front of trees. Written on verso: Graduating class 1926, Theodora Fisher, Sadye Fisher, Annie Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor, Pearl Hopkins, Roselyn Purdy.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Class 1926
Date Created
1926
Description
Group portrait of graduating class of 1926 standing in front of trees. Written on verso: Graduating class 1926, Theodora Fisher, Sadye Fisher, Annie Goldsby, Genevieve Taylor, Pearl Hopkins, Roselyn Purdy.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of 1926 high school graduates.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
High School 1926
Date Created
1926
Description
Group portrait of 1926 high school graduates.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Leonard Street Orphans Home in winter.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Leonard Street Orphans Home, circa 1928
Date Created
1925/1931
Description
Exterior view of Leonard Street Orphans Home in winter.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection