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 2003; June Gary Hopps, c'60, Board Chair; Sarah N. Ntiro, Honorary Degree; Henry Aaron, Honorary Degree; President Beverly Tatum, Billye Aaron, Honorary Degree; Suzan Lori Parks, speaker and honorary degree; Andrew Young, honorary degree.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2003 Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
Date Created
2003
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 2003; June Gary Hopps, c'60, Board Chair; Sarah N. Ntiro, Honorary Degree; Henry Aaron, Honorary Degree; President Beverly Tatum, Billye Aaron, Honorary Degree; Suzan Lori Parks, speaker and honorary degree; Andrew Young, honorary degree.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2001; Phoebe Bailey, c'66, Zora K. Brown, Community Service Award; Alexis Herman, speaker, honorary degree recipient; President Audrey Manley, c'55, Board Chair, June Gary Hopps, c'60; Zenobia Hikes, c'77.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2001 Speakers
Date Created
2001
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2001; Phoebe Bailey, c'66, Zora K. Brown, Community Service Award; Alexis Herman, speaker, honorary degree recipient; President Audrey Manley, c'55, Board Chair, June Gary Hopps, c'60; Zenobia Hikes, c'77.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement, 2001 Platform Party; Rev. Walter Scott Thomas, Alexias Herman, speaker & honorary degree; June Gary Hopps, c'60; Board Chair, Ruth Kirschstein, honorary degree; President Audrey Manley, c'55; Provost Pauline Drake, George Walker, Jr., honorary degree.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 2001 Platform Party
Date Created
2001
Description
Written on verso: Commencement, 2001 Platform Party; Rev. Walter Scott Thomas, Alexias Herman, speaker & honorary degree; June Gary Hopps, c'60; Board Chair, Ruth Kirschstein, honorary degree; President Audrey Manley, c'55; Provost Pauline Drake, George Walker, Jr., honorary degree.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement 2000; June Gary Hopps, (c'60), board chair; President Audrey Manley, (c'55); Shirley Ann Jackson, speaker; Provost Denise S. Hawk, (c'76).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
June Gary Hopps, Audrey Manley, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Provost Denise S. Hawk, 2000
Date Created
2000
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 2000; June Gary Hopps, (c'60), board chair; President Audrey Manley, (c'55); Shirley Ann Jackson, speaker; Provost Denise S. Hawk, (c'76).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
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; Rev. Floyd Flake, Shirley Ann Jackson, speaker; President Audrey Manley (c'55).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Rev. Floyd Flake, Shirley Ann Jackson, and President Audrey Manley, 2000
Date Created
2000
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 2000; Rev. Floyd Flake, Shirley Ann Jackson, speaker; President Audrey Manley (c'55).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement 2000; Yvonne R. Jackson, Rev. Floyd Flake, Shirley Ann Jackson, speaker; Shirley Malcolm, Honorary Degree Recipient; President Audrey Manley (c'55).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Yvonne R. Jackson, Rev. Floyd Flake, Shirley Ann Jackson, Shirley Malcolm, and President Audrey Manley, 2000
Date Created
2000
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 2000; Yvonne R. Jackson, Rev. Floyd Flake, Shirley Ann Jackson, speaker; Shirley Malcolm, Honorary Degree Recipient; President Audrey Manley (c'55).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Spelman President Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley with singer Patti LaBelle.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Audrey Forbes Manley and Patti LaBelle, circa 2000
Date Created
1997/2003
Description
Portrait of Spelman President Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley with singer Patti LaBelle.
Subject
Presidents, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley, 8th President of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Audrey Forbes Manley, 1997
Date Created
1997
Description
Portrait of Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley, 8th President of Spelman College.
Subject
Presidents, African American universities and colleges, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman College 1991 Commencement; L to R; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, speakers, honorary doctoral degree recipient; Ruby Dee, actress, honorary deoctoral degree recipient; Sharon Pratty Kelly, mayor of Washington, D.C., speaker; President Johnnetta B. Cole, and Marguerite Ross Barnett, President of University of Houston, honorary doctoral degree recipient.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1991 Speakers
Date Created
1991
Description
Written on verso: Spelman College 1991 Commencement; L to R; Miriam Makeba, South African singer, speakers, honorary doctoral degree recipient; Ruby Dee, actress, honorary deoctoral degree recipient; Sharon Pratty Kelly, mayor of Washington, D.C., speaker; President Johnnetta B. Cole, and Marguerite Ross Barnett, President of University of Houston, honorary doctoral degree recipient.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Commencement 1991; President Johnnetta Cole; Byllye Avery, Community Service Award.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Johnnetta B. Cole and Byllye Avery, 1991
Date Created
1991
Description
Written on verso: Commencement 1991; President Johnnetta Cole; Byllye Avery, Community Service Award.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portait with president Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole. Written on verso: President Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole at the Essence Awards in 1989.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole at Essence Awards, 1989
Date Created
1989
Description
Group portait with president Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole. Written on verso: President Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole at the Essence Awards in 1989.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with Harry Belafonte.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with Harry Belafonte, circa 1990
Date Created
1987/1993
Description
Portrait of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole with Harry Belafonte.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Spelman Commencement 1987. From L: Donald M. Stewart, former Spelman President and honorary degree recipient; Marian Wright Edelman, Chair, Spelman Board of Trustees; Lena Horne, Commencement Speaker and honorary degree recipient; Leontyne Price, honorary degree recipient; Barbara L. Carter, Acting President; Johnnetta B. Cole, newly appointed President; Jacob Lawrence, honorary degree recipient. Photo courtesy of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1987 Speakers
Date Created
1987
Description
Written on verso: Spelman Commencement 1987. From L: Donald M. Stewart, former Spelman President and honorary degree recipient; Marian Wright Edelman, Chair, Spelman Board of Trustees; Lena Horne, Commencement Speaker and honorary degree recipient; Leontyne Price, honorary degree recipient; Barbara L. Carter, Acting President; Johnnetta B. Cole, newly appointed President; Jacob Lawrence, honorary degree recipient. Photo courtesy of Spelman College.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Commencement ceremonies, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart and wife Isabel Stewart.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart and Isabel Stewart, 1986
Date Created
1986
Description
View of Dr. Donald Mitchell Stewart and wife Isabel Stewart.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: "Commencement 1984 Spelman College. Dr. Donald Stewart, president, the honorary degree recipients; Cicely Tyson, Coretta Scott King, Mrs. Clara Stanton Jones, Rev. Norman Rates.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Commencement 1984 Honorary Degree Recipients
Date Created
1984
Description
Written on verso: "Commencement 1984 Spelman College. Dr. Donald Stewart, president, the honorary degree recipients; Cicely Tyson, Coretta Scott King, Mrs. Clara Stanton Jones, Rev. Norman Rates.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman president Donald Stewart with honorary degree recipients Cicely Tyson, Coretta Scott King, and Clara Stanton Jones.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Cicely Tyson, Coretta Scott King, Clara Stanton Jones, and Donald Stewart at Commencement 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Group portrait of Spelman president Donald Stewart with honorary degree recipients Cicely Tyson, Coretta Scott King, and Clara Stanton Jones.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Portraits and people, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Lucy Hale Tapley, 3rd President of Spelman College.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Hale Tapley, 1910
Date Created
1910
Description
Portrait of Lucy Hale Tapley, 3rd President of Spelman College.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Lucy Upton. Written on verso: Lucy Upton (appointed acting president 1909).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Lucy Upton, 1909
Date Created
1909
Description
Portrait of Lucy Upton. Written on verso: Lucy Upton (appointed acting president 1909).
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Portrait of Mary Packard and President Lucy Upton.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Mary Packard and Lucy Upton, 1909
Date Created
1909
Description
Portrait of Mary Packard and President Lucy Upton.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection