Spelman College
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Student Movement collection
Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0013
Scope and contents
This small collection of ephemera provides a glimpse of the involvement in the civil rights movement by students from the Atlanta University Center schools - Atlanta University, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman Colleges. The collection includes newspaper and journal articles, flyers, reports, and correspondence by and about students from the AUC schools and a few items about student activities in other areas in the United States. There are also...
Dates:
1960-2000
Brailsford R. Brazeal papers
Collection — Box 1-126, OS 1-16
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0091
Scope and contents
The Brailsford R. Brazeal papers span the dates 1920-1981 with the bulk of the materials dated 1962-1979. The collection includes writings by Brazeal; office files; photographs; manuscripts by other scholars and Brazeal family members; memorabilia; correspondence to and from Dr. Brazeal, including letters from Morehouse College Presidents and faculty; records of organizations to which Brazeal belonged; research materials; and printed materials.
Dates:
1919 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1962-1979
Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records. Series B: First and second term mayoral records
Series — Box 1-149
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0075b
Scope and contents
The First and second mayoral terms series documents Jackson’s ascension as the first African American mayor of Atlanta. Arranged in alphabetical order, this series chronicles Jackson’s political life between the years of 1973 and 1981. Notable achievements within this series include the formation of the city council, his efforts towards the revitalization of Atlanta’s neighborhoods, and mandating inclusion of Blacks in the city’s growing economic development. Major business deals Jackson...
Dates:
1974-1982
Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records: Series F: Photographs
Series — Box 1-60
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0075f
Scope and Contents
The Photograph series contains over 10,000 photographs taken at many local functions during Maynard Jackson's Mayoral Terms - from 1974 to 1982, and again from 1990 to 1994 - as well as photographs of his international travels. The photographs series also contains photographs of Maynard Jackson with many city, state, and federal officials, a number of foreign officials, many local groups, and a number of celebrities and noted individuals. There are groupings of unidentified photographs...
Dates:
1938-1995
Morehouse College Vertical Files
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-00141
Scope and contents
The Morehouse College Vertical Files include Commencement programs, Founder’s Day programs, Publications, News Releases, News Articles, Brochures, Alumni Association Materials, Athletics, Academic Departments, various organizations, Homecoming, Honors Day, Campus Buildings, Reports, and other Academic materials.
Dates:
1883 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
Found in:
AUC Institutional Records
Spelman College Printed and Published Materials
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0008
Scope and contents
This collection contains printed and published materials created by Spelman Seminary and Spelman College. It includes the catalogs and bulletins, the student published magazine, Campus Mirror, the alumnae magazine, The Spelman Messenger, and a quarterly, Inside Spelman. It also includes other publications such as copies of the yearbook, Reflections, the student handbook, and the student...
Dates:
1883-2012; Majority of material found within 1923-1998
Found in:
AUC Institutional Records
Mary Ann Smith Wilson - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson collection on student activism
Collection — Box 1-4
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0078
Scope note
The Mary Ann Smith Wilson - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism spans the dates 1948-2008 with the bulk of the material dated 1960-1967. The collection documents both Ruby Doris Smith Robinson's and Mary Ann Smith Wilson's participation in the civil rights movement and the organizations with which they were affiliated. Although the collection documents both sisters activities, the bulk of the collection reflects Ruby Doris Smith Robinson’s activism activities in the...
Dates:
1942-2008; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1967
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African Americans--Civil rights 3
- African Americans--Education 3
- Race relations 3
- African Americans -- Politics and government 2
- Race discrimination 2
- African American arts 1
- African American athletes 1
- African American educators 1
- African American newspapers 1
- African American periodicals 1
- African American student movements 1
- African American students 1
- African American universities and colleges 1
- African American women 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions 1
- African Americans -- Employment 1
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta 1
- African Americans--Music 1
- Budget 1
- Committees 1
- Crime 1
- Georgia 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Labor 1
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1
- News 1
- Olympics 1
- Pullman porters 1
- Schools. 1
- South Carolina--Rock Hill 1
- Voter registration 1
- Women--Societies and clubs 1 + ∧ less
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