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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Blanche Dobbs and Lonnie Cross in a scene from "The Hollow".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Hollow, 1959
Date Created
1959
Description
Blanche Dobbs and Lonnie Cross in a scene from "The Hollow".
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 Reluctant Debutante, 1959
Date Created
1959
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 King and I, 1959
Date Created
1959
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 Reluctant Debutante, 1959
Date Created
1959
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 Ridiculous Young Ladies, 1959
Date Created
1959
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 1959 Commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1959
Date Created
1959
Description
View of 1959 Commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Heaven Can Wait, 1958
Date Created
1958
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
Peggy Walker in a scene from "Heaven Can Wait".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Heaven Can Wait, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
Peggy Walker in a scene from "Heaven Can Wait".
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 1958, "Tiger at the Gates" - Lloyd E. Alexander, Nese Harper, Victor Partridge.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tiger At The Gates, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of actors on stage; written on verso: Summer Theatre 1958, "Tiger at the Gates" - Lloyd E. Alexander, Nese Harper, Victor Partridge.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Donald Stone and John Curry in a scene from "Heaven Can Wait".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Heaven Can Wait, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
Donald Stone and John Curry in a scene from "Heaven Can Wait".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of 1958 Commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Commencement 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of 1958 Commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage; written on verso: Summer Theare 1958, "Tiger at the Gates" - June Walker, Malbour Watson, and Nese Harper.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tiger At The Gates, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of actors on stage; written on verso: Summer Theare 1958, "Tiger at the Gates" - June Walker, Malbour Watson, and Nese Harper.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Victor Partridge and Georgia Allen in a scene from "Heaven Can Wait".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Heaven Can Wait, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
Victor Partridge and Georgia Allen in a scene from "Heaven Can Wait".
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 Theare 1958, "Tiger at the Gates" - Malbour Watson, Georgia Allen, William K. Dease, and June Walker.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tiger At The Gates, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of actors on stage; written on verso: Summer Theare 1958, "Tiger at the Gates" - Malbour Watson, Georgia Allen, William K. Dease, and June Walker.
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, "Tiger at the Gates" - Malbour Watson and Raphael McIver.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Tiger At The Gates, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of actors on stage; written on verso: Summer Theatre, "Tiger at the Gates" - Malbour Watson and Raphael McIver.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of set.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Heaven Can Wait, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of set.
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 Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, 1958
Date Created
1958
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 Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, 1958
Date Created
1958
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: President of Dillard Dr. Sam DuBois Cook right end.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, 1958
Date Created
1958
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: President of Dillard Dr. Sam DuBois Cook right end.
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
Springtime For Henry, October 1957
Date Created
1957-10
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