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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Exterior view of the Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II, circa 2005
Date Created
2001/2009
Description
Exterior view of the Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of the Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II, circa 2005
Date Created
2001/2009
Description
Exterior view of the Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of the Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II, circa 2005
Date Created
2001/2009
Description
Exterior view of the Johnnetta B. Cole Living and Learning Center II.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Giles Hall with snow. Written on verso: Photo by Keisha [Wims] 1/2000 Snow Day.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall, 2000
Date Created
2000
Description
Exterior view of Giles Hall with snow. Written on verso: Photo by Keisha [Wims] 1/2000 Snow Day.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall, circa 2000
Date Created
1997/2003
Description
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of MacVicar Hall. Written on verso: MacVicar Hall - renovated in May 1998 from $2.5 million grant from the Office of Minority Health/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
MacVicar Hall, circa 1998
Date Created
1995/2004
Description
Exterior view of MacVicar Hall. Written on verso: MacVicar Hall - renovated in May 1998 from $2.5 million grant from the Office of Minority Health/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of desserts on display at the "Sweet Stop" in the Albert E. Manley College Center dining hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dining Hall in Albert E. Manley College Center, August 1992
Date Created
1992-08
Description
View of desserts on display at the "Sweet Stop" in the Albert E. Manley College Center dining hall.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students in line at "The Chef's Best" stand in the dining hall of the Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dining Hall in Albert E. Manley College Center, August 1992
Date Created
1992-08
Description
View of students in line at "The Chef's Best" stand in the dining hall of the Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people gathered for Dobbs Lounge dedication. Written on verso: The dedication ceremony of the lounge of the Living-Learning Center on February 14, 1985. The lounge was named after singer Mattiwilda Dobbs (c'46). Pictured w/sisters- Josephine, Millicent and Willie Dobbs as well as President Donald Mitchell Stewart. The dedication ceremony for the Marion Anderson Lounge in LLCI. Ms. Sandra Grmyes represented her aunt Marian at the ceremony in 1985. Left to right: Millicent Dobbs Jackson, Sandra Grymes.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dobbs Lounge Dedication Ceremony, February 14, 1985
Date Created
1985-02-14
Description
View of people gathered for Dobbs Lounge dedication. Written on verso: The dedication ceremony of the lounge of the Living-Learning Center on February 14, 1985. The lounge was named after singer Mattiwilda Dobbs (c'46). Pictured w/sisters- Josephine, Millicent and Willie Dobbs as well as President Donald Mitchell Stewart. The dedication ceremony for the Marion Anderson Lounge in LLCI. Ms. Sandra Grmyes represented her aunt Marian at the ceremony in 1985. Left to right: Millicent Dobbs Jackson, Sandra Grymes.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of groundbreaking ceremony of the Living and Learning Center. Written on verso: Marian Wright Edelman, Donald Mitchell Stewart, Carmen Jordan-Cox, Gena Hudgins, John Lewis.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Groundbreaking of the Living and Learning Center, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
View of groundbreaking ceremony of the Living and Learning Center. Written on verso: Marian Wright Edelman, Donald Mitchell Stewart, Carmen Jordan-Cox, Gena Hudgins, John Lewis.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Read Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Read Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1982/1988
Description
Exterior view of Read Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Read Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Read Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1982/1988
Description
Exterior view of Read Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Reynolds Cottage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Reynolds Cottage, circa 1985
Date Created
1982/1988
Description
Exterior view of Reynolds Cottage.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
Exterior view of Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center. Written on verso: The main gathering area for Spelman students, and students from the AUC in general, is the plaza area outside the Manley Student Center on Spelman's campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
Albert E. Manley College Center. Written on verso: The main gathering area for Spelman students, and students from the AUC in general, is the plaza area outside the Manley Student Center on Spelman's campus.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students walking next to the Grover-Werden Memorial Fountain.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Grover-Werdon Memorial Fountain and Rockefeller Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
View of students walking next to the Grover-Werden Memorial Fountain.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students walking outside Giles Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Giles Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
View of students walking outside Giles Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of students walking next to the Grover-Werden Memorial Fountain.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Grover-Werdon Memorial Fountain and Rockefeller Hall, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
View of students walking next to the Grover-Werden Memorial Fountain.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
Exterior of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view from the street of the Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center, circa 1983
Date Created
1980/1986
Description
Exterior view from the street of the Donald and Isabel Stewart Living and Learning Center.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection