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, 2005; Virginia Davis Floyd (c'73), Board of trustees community service awards; Dr. Howard Zinn, honorary degree recipient; Diahann Carroll, honorary degree recipient.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Virginia Davis Floyd, Howard Zinn, Diahann Carroll, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Virginia Davis Floyd (c'73), Board of trustees community service awards; Dr. Howard Zinn, honorary degree recipient; Diahann Carroll, honorary degree recipient.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of graduate on stage at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2005 Graduate on Stage, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
View of graduate on stage at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker & honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howard Zinn, Sharon Washington, and Beverly Tatum at Commencement, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker & honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of unidentified graduate at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Graduate at Commencement 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
View of unidentified graduate at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker & honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howard Zinn, Sharon Washington, and Beverly Tatum at Commencement, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker & honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Jeanne Meadows, c'64, Marshall Diahann Carroll, honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Diahann Carroll Receives Honorary Degree, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Jeanne Meadows, c'64, Marshall Diahann Carroll, honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of graduate walking down aisle with deploma at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2005 Graduate with Diploma, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
View of graduate walking down aisle with deploma at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker & honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Howard Zinn, Sharon Washington, and Beverly Tatum at Commencement, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2005; Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker & honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of graduates clapping at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2005 Graduates Celebrating, 2005
Date Created
2005
Description
View of graduates clapping at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Beverly Tatum with Graduate, 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of two graduates embracing at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2004 Graduates Embrace
Date Created
2004
Description
View of two graduates embracing at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of faculty and glee club singing at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman College Faculty and Glee Club at Commencement, 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
View of faculty and glee club singing at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Groups and organizations
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2004; Bachelor of Science graduates.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Bachelor of Science Graduates 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2004; Bachelor of Science graduates.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Beverly Tatum with Graduate, 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Beverly Tatum with Graduate, 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
View of Beverly Tatum handing diploma to graduate and posing for photograph.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2004; Benjamin Carson, speaker, honorary degree recipient; Maxine Smith, c' 49; President Tatum; service recipient Earle Lee.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ben Carson, Maxine Smith, Beverly Tatum, and Earle Lee at Commencement 2004
Date Created
2004
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2004; Benjamin Carson, speaker, honorary degree recipient; Maxine Smith, c' 49; President Tatum; service recipient Earle Lee.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of graduate at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 Graduate
Date Created
2003
Description
View of graduate at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
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 graduate at commencement.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 Graduate
Date Created
2003
Description
View of graduate at commencement.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection