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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Written on verso: Commencement May 18, 2003; The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Decatur, Georgia; President Beverly Tatum.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
Date Created
2003
Description
Written on verso: Commencement May 18, 2003; The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Decatur, Georgia; President Beverly Tatum.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View from the audience of commencement at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Decatur, Georgia.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 2003
Date Created
2003
Description
View from the audience of commencement at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Decatur, Georgia.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of senior class at The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 Senior Class
Date Created
2003
Description
View of senior class at The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit during commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 2001
Date Created
2001
Description
View of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit during commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2000; Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Honorary Degree Recipient, President Audrey Manley.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Audrey F. Manley and Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, 2000
Date Created
2000
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2000; Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Honorary Degree Recipient, President Audrey Manley.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2000; Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, honorary degree recipient.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Shirley Ann Jackson, 2000
Date Created
2000
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2000; Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, honorary degree recipient.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of stage at Chapel Hill Harvester Church during commencement. Written on verso: Commencement 1999 Chapel Hill Harvester Church; Audrey Manley and Johnnetta Cole.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencemenr 1999 Stage at Chapel Hill Harvester Church
Date Created
1999
Description
View of stage at Chapel Hill Harvester Church during commencement. Written on verso: Commencement 1999 Chapel Hill Harvester Church; Audrey Manley and Johnnetta Cole.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of chapel during commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1998 Chapel Interor
Date Created
1998
Description
Interior view of chapel during commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of an unidentified woman playing the organ in Sisters Chapel.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
View of an unidentified woman playing the organ in Sisters Chapel.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of the organ in Sisters Chapel.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Organ, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
Interior view of the organ in Sisters Chapel.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior side view of Sisters Chapel at Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Exterior side view of Sisters Chapel at Spelman College.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Sisters Chapel at Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Exterior view of Sisters Chapel at Spelman College.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Sisters Chapel portico in 1930.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Portico, 1930
Date Created
1930
Description
View of Sisters Chapel portico in 1930.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view from the back pews in Sisters Chapel.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Pews, circa 1930
Date Created
1927/1933
Description
Interior view from the back pews in Sisters Chapel.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of Sisters Chapel in 1927.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
Interior view of Sisters Chapel in 1927.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of the dedication plaque inside Sisters Chapel "The Sisters Chapel was built with funds from the estates of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman for many years loyal friends of Spelman College and daughters of Lucy Henry Spelman after whom the college was named. May the beautiful Christian spirit of these sisters and their lives of unselfish service ever be an inspiration to those who cross this threshold. Anno Domini 1926."
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sisters Chapel Dedication Plaque, 1927
Date Created
1927
Description
View of the dedication plaque inside Sisters Chapel "The Sisters Chapel was built with funds from the estates of Laura Spelman Rockefeller and Lucy Maria Spelman for many years loyal friends of Spelman College and daughters of Lucy Henry Spelman after whom the college was named. May the beautiful Christian spirit of these sisters and their lives of unselfish service ever be an inspiration to those who cross this threshold. Anno Domini 1926."
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of pews and front of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, 1896
Date Created
1896
Description
Interior view of pews and front of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view from above of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Interior view from above of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of pews and front of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Interior view of pews and front of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall. On verso: 15th Anniversary, 1881-1896
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view from balcony right of pews and front section of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howe Memorial Chapel, circa 1890
Date Created
1887/1893
Description
Interior view from balcony right of pews and front section of Howe Memorial Chapel in Rockefeller Hall.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American universities and colleges, Church buildings
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection