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 unidentified actress on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Actress on Stage, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
View of unidentified actress on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of unidentified actress on stage crying.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Actress on Stage, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
View of unidentified actress on stage crying.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Spelman College campus. Written on verso: Bird's eye view of campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial Campus View, circa 1920
Date Created
1917/1924
Description
Aerial view of Spelman College campus. Written on verso: Bird's eye view of campus.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Spelman College. Written on verso: Aeroplane view of campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial Campus View, circa 1920
Date Created
1917/1924
Description
Aerial view of Spelman College. Written on verso: Aeroplane view of campus.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Spelman campus looking tword downtown Atlanta.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial Campus View, circa 1990
Date Created
1987/1993
Description
Aerial view of Spelman campus looking tword downtown Atlanta.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial view of Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Clark, Spelman, Housing Projects.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Aerial View of Campus, circa 1920
Date Created
1917/1924
Description
Aerial view of Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Clark, Spelman, Housing Projects.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Affairs of State" - Summer Theatre, 1954.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Affairs of the State, July 1954
Date Created
1954-07
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Affairs of State" - Summer Theatre, 1954.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Affairs of State" - produced at the Atlanta University Summer Theatre, July 22, 23, 24, 1954.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Affairs of the State, July 1954
Date Created
1954-07
Description
View of actors on stage. Written on verso: "Affairs of State" - produced at the Atlanta University Summer Theatre, July 22, 23, 24, 1954.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center. Written on verso: The main gathering area for Spelman students, and students from the AUC in general, is the plaza area outside the Manley Student Center on Spelman's campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
Albert E. Manley College Center. Written on verso: The main gathering area for Spelman students, and students from the AUC in general, is the plaza area outside the Manley Student Center on Spelman's campus.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center, circa 1985
Date Created
1981/1988
Description
Exterior of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Interior view of hallway inside Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center Hallway, March 23, 1979
Date Created
1979-03-23
Description
Interior view of hallway inside Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior view of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center, March 23, 1979
Date Created
1979-03-23
Description
Exterior view of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Exterior of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Albert E. Manley College Center, March 23, 1979
Date Created
1979-03-23
Description
Exterior of Albert E. Manley College Center.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: The Death of Aunt Agatha from "Alison's House".
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Alison's House, 1940
Date Created
1940
Description
Written on verso: The Death of Aunt Agatha from "Alison's House".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Alison's House, 1940
Date Created
1940
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
The Alumnae Arch on Spelman campus.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Alumnae Arch, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
The Alumnae Arch on Spelman campus.
Subject
Buildings and grounds
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Written on verso: Mical Billurs (sound) and Joe Stevens (light & setting).
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Amen Corner, October 1974
Date Created
1974-10
Description
Written on verso: Mical Billurs (sound) and Joe Stevens (light & setting).
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actors on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Amen Corner, October 1974
Date Created
1974-10
Description
View of actors on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of actor and audience.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Amen Corner, October 1974
Date Created
1974-10
Description
View of actor and audience.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection
View of Edward Billups on stage.
Spelman College Photographs Collection
Ananse and the Dwarf Brigade, October 1969
Date Created
1969-10
Description
View of Edward Billups on stage.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, African American women, Theatre and dance, African American arts
Collection
Spelman College Photographs Collection