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 dancers performing at the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building Dedication.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Cosby Dedication Dancers, 1996
Date Created
1996
Description
View of dancers performing at the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Building Dedication.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, Special events, Theatre and dance
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
Group portrait at opening of International Room.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Opening of International Room, 1979
Date Created
1979
Description
Group portrait at opening of International Room.
Subject
Portraits and people, Special events, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of two unidentified women looking at exhibit featured at the opening of the International Room.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Opening of International Room, 1976
Date Created
1976
Description
View of two unidentified women looking at exhibit featured at the opening of the International Room.
Subject
Portraits and people, Special events, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of crowd at the laying of the cornerstone of the Health and Recreation Building.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Laying of Cornerstone at Health and Recreation Building, November 5, 1950
Date Created
1950-11-05
Description
View of crowd at the laying of the cornerstone of the Health and Recreation Building.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Claudia White Harrelled with shovel at groundbreaking ceremony for the opening of Read Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Read Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony, June 3, 1950
Date Created
1950-06-03
Description
View of Claudia White Harrelled with shovel at groundbreaking ceremony for the opening of Read Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people at groundbreaking ceremony for new gymnasium at Spelman.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Groundbreaking for New Gymnasium, June 3, 1950
Date Created
1950-06-03
Description
View of people at groundbreaking ceremony for new gymnasium at Spelman.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Miss Johnnie Louise Fowler with shovel at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new gymnasium and Health and Recreation Building in 1950.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Health and Recreation Building, June 3, 1950
Date Created
1950-06-03
Description
View of Miss Johnnie Louise Fowler with shovel at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new gymnasium and Health and Recreation Building in 1950.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Special events
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection