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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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 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
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
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
Group portrait of all Spelman graduating classes in 1925.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduating Classes in 1925
Date Created
1925
Description
Group portrait of all Spelman graduating classes in 1925.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College Sunday School Teacher Training Department graduates in 1925.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Sunday School Treacher Training Department Commencement 1925
Date Created
1925
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College Sunday School Teacher Training Department graduates in 1925.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Elementary Education and College students in 1925.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Elementary Education and College Students, 1925
Date Created
1925
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Elementary Education and College students in 1925.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman College Class of 1924
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Class of 1924
Date Created
1924
Description
Group portrait of Spelman College Class of 1924
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Graduates in 1923.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduates 1923
Date Created
1923
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Graduates in 1923.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School class of 1920 and 1921. Written on verso: H.S. classes of 1920 and 1921. Mrs. Kurrelmeyer, principal, at far right, fourth row.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1920 and 1921
Date Created
1921
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School class of 1920 and 1921. Written on verso: H.S. classes of 1920 and 1921. Mrs. Kurrelmeyer, principal, at far right, fourth row.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Anne M. Cooke.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Anne M. Cooke, circa 1920
Date Created
1915/1925
Description
View of Anne M. Cooke.
Subject
African American women, Portraits and people, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection