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 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
Interior view of living room of Reynolds Cottage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Reynolds Cottage, circa 1980
Date Created
1977/1983
Description
Interior view of living room of Reynolds Cottage.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Ancient New Guinea display at the Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
View of Ancient New Guinea display at the Fine Arts Building Pre-Press Tour in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Interior view of Manley Hall in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Women stand in a dormitory room of Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall in 1964.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Manley Hall Dormitory, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
Women stand in a dormitory room of Dorothy Shepard Manley Hall in 1964.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Interior decoration, African American families, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of three unidentified women reading in the Green Room in the Fine Arts Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Green Room in Fine Arts Building, 1964
Date Created
1964
Description
View of three unidentified women reading in the Green Room in the Fine Arts Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, African American women, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of students in lounge area of McAlpin Dormitory.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
McAlpin Dormitory, circa 1965
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
Interior view of students in lounge area of McAlpin Dormitory.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration, African American women
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Students sit on a sofa and chairs in the student lounge of Chadwick Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Chadwick Hall Student Lounge, circa 1965
Date Created
1961/1968
Description
Students sit on a sofa and chairs in the student lounge of Chadwick Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of fireplace in Reynolds Cottage at Christmas.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Reynolds Cottage Fireplace, circa 1955
Date Created
1952/1958
Description
Interior view of fireplace in Reynolds Cottage at Christmas.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of a student room in Packard Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Student Room in Packard Hall, circa 1900
Date Created
1897/1904
Description
Interior view of a student room in Packard Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of teacher's Room at Rockefeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Teacher's Room at Rockefeller Hall, circa 1900
Date Created
1897/1903
Description
Interior view of teacher's Room at Rockefeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of office of Miss Cora Hardy, Secretary at Rockefeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Rockefeller Hall Secretary's Office, circa 1900
Date Created
1897/1903
Description
Interior view of office of Miss Cora Hardy, Secretary at Rockefeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Interior decoration
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection