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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View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, Produced by: Atlanta University Summer Theatre, July, 1939, Director: Anno M. Cooke.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Our Town, July 1939
Date Created
1939-07
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, Produced by: Atlanta University Summer Theatre, July, 1939, Director: Anno M. Cooke.
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. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Nervous Wreck, 1939
Date Created
1939
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939.
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. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Nervous Wreck, 1939
Date Created
1939
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939.
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
Kind Lady, 1939
Date Created
1939
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
Kind Lady, 1939
Date Created
1939
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. Written on verso: Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939, Our Town - by Wilder.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Our Town, 1939
Date Created
1939
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939, Our Town - by Wilder.
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; written on verso: 1939, "Smokey" by Thomas J. Pawley, Dr. Pawley (Ph.D. in Dramatic Art from the University of Iowa) was a member of the Summer Theatre Company. Atlanta University Summer Theatre.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Smokey, 1939
Date Created
1939
Description
View of actors on stage; written on verso: 1939, "Smokey" by Thomas J. Pawley, Dr. Pawley (Ph.D. in Dramatic Art from the University of Iowa) was a member of the Summer Theatre Company. Atlanta University Summer Theatre.
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
Kind Lady, 1939
Date Created
1939
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. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Nervous Wreck, 1939
Date Created
1939
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Scene from "The Nervous Wreck - Summer Theatre - Atlanta University - 1939.
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. Written on verso: Icebound, 1938-1939; Left to right: 1. Mayo Partee 2. William Nix 3. Thelma Wornell.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Icebound, circa 1939
Date Created
1938/1939
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Icebound, 1938-1939; Left to right: 1. Mayo Partee 2. William Nix 3. Thelma Wornell.
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 in "Berkeley Square". Written on verso: University Players, Berkeley Square, 1938-1939.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Berkeley Square, circa 1939
Date Created
1938/1939
Description
View of actors on stage in "Berkeley Square". Written on verso: University Players, Berkeley Square, 1938-1939.
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
Icebound, circa 1939
Date Created
1938/1939
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
Icebound, circa 1939
Date Created
1938/1939
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 actress on stage. Written on verso: Mary of Scotland, Summer 1938.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mary of Scotland, 1938
Date Created
1938
Description
View of actress on stage. Written on verso: Mary of Scotland, Summer 1938.
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
Mary of Scotland, 1938
Date Created
1938
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. Written on verso: The University Players production "The Double Door", 1937-38. Kathlyn Johnson, Leroy Haines, Eloise Usher.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Double Door, circa 1948
Date Created
1937/1938
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: The University Players production "The Double Door", 1937-38. Kathlyn Johnson, Leroy Haines, Eloise Usher.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Daughters of Atreus, 1937-38, 1. Ruth Hodge 2. Inah Smith.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ruth Hodge and Inah Smith in Daughters of Atreus, circa 1938
Date Created
1937/1938
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: Daughters of Atreus, 1937-38, 1. Ruth Hodge 2. Inah Smith.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of graduation procession. Written on verso: Class 1937 graduation on campus, Sisters Chapel, 4th in line of March is Ruth Scott Simmons; must credit Ms. Simmons if photo used.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Class of 1937 Graduation
Date Created
1937
Description
View of graduation procession. Written on verso: Class 1937 graduation on campus, Sisters Chapel, 4th in line of March is Ruth Scott Simmons; must credit Ms. Simmons if photo used.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage in production of "The Goose Hangs High".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Goose Hangs High, circa 1937
Date Created
1936/1937
Description
View of actors on stage in production of "The Goose Hangs High".
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 Enemy, circa 1937
Date Created
1936/1937
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