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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Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School class of 1920 and 1921. Written on verso: H.S. classes of 1920 and 1921. Mrs. Kurrelmeyer, principal, at far right, fourth row.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1920 and 1921
Date Created
1921
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School class of 1920 and 1921. Written on verso: H.S. classes of 1920 and 1921. Mrs. Kurrelmeyer, principal, at far right, fourth row.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary graduates in 1919.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary Graduates 1919
Date Created
1919
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary graduates in 1919.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary and Morehouse College graduates. Written on verso: Class of 1903. Morehouse College - R.H. Carter. Spelman Seminary - Manie W. Cohron, Daisy E. Brown, Ella P. Baker, Verta Cohron.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary and Morehouse College Class of 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary and Morehouse College graduates. Written on verso: Class of 1903. Morehouse College - R.H. Carter. Spelman Seminary - Manie W. Cohron, Daisy E. Brown, Ella P. Baker, Verta Cohron.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary academic graduates in 1902.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary Academic Graduates 1902
Date Created
1902
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary academic graduates in 1902.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of graduates from Spelman Seminary and Atlanta Baptist College in 1901.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary and Atlanta Baptist College Graduates 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Group portrait of graduates from Spelman Seminary and Atlanta Baptist College in 1901.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of High School Department graduates from Spelman Seminary in 1901.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Department Graduates 1901
Date Created
1901
Description
Group portrait of High School Department graduates from Spelman Seminary in 1901.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary Graduates, 1898.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary Graduates 1898
Date Created
1898
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary Graduates, 1898.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Training Class, 1895.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Missionary Training Class, 1895
Date Created
1895
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Training Class, 1895.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Graduates, 1895.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary Academic Graduates, 1895
Date Created
1895
Description
group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Graduates, 1895.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Training Graduates 1893.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Missionary Training Graduates 1893
Date Created
1893
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Training Graduates 1893.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1892.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1892
Date Created
1892
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Seminary High School Class of 1892.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Graduates, 1891.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Academic Graduates 1891
Date Created
1891
Description
Group portrait of Spelman Missionary Academic Graduates, 1891.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of first graduating class of Spelman Seminary, 1887. Written on verso: (l. to r.) Ella N. Barksdale, Clara A. Howard, Loe E. Mitchell, Adeline J. Smith, Sallie B. Waugh, and Ella L. Williams. All became teachers after graduation.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Spelman Graduates 1887, 1887
Date Created
1887
Description
Group portrait of first graduating class of Spelman Seminary, 1887. Written on verso: (l. to r.) Ella N. Barksdale, Clara A. Howard, Loe E. Mitchell, Adeline J. Smith, Sallie B. Waugh, and Ella L. Williams. All became teachers after graduation.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Portraits and people, Commencement ceremonies
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students, 1886
Date Created
1886
Description
Group portrait of Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles with Spelman Seminary Students.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, African American women, Presidents
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of people lined up outside Union Hall. Written on verso: Union Hall (left) and other barracks used as classrooms, Spelman College original site, students in front, 1883.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Union Hall (Barracks), 1883
Date Created
1883
Description
View of people lined up outside Union Hall. Written on verso: Union Hall (left) and other barracks used as classrooms, Spelman College original site, students in front, 1883.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Theological seminaries
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of women standing on the porch outside barracks.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Union Hall (Barracks), circa 1880
Date Created
1877/1883
Description
View of women standing on the porch outside barracks.
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African American women, Theological seminaries
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection