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Subject African American universities and colleges Type Still Image

1. Collection Morehouse School of Medicine Digital Archives

Description:
Historical publications, documents, and photographs of administrators, faculty members, staff, visitors, and facilities from 1976 to 2009 related to the founding of the Morehouse School of Medicine, a historically Black university, and its development.
Date of Original:
1976/2009
Holding Institution:
Morehouse School of Medicine

2. Collection William G. Pickens Papers

Description:
Dr. William Pickens directed Morehouse College's Interdisciplinary Humanities Program (Mirror Grant Project) in the early 1970s. The Mirror Grant Project was a program designed to teach freshmen and sophomores interdisciplinary mini-courses called "mirrors". These "mirrors" were half a semester in length and provided a humanistic thrust in learning and communication skills.
Date of Original:
1971/2003
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

3. Collection Bo Richmond Photograph Collection

Description:
Roosevelt "Bo" Richmond was an amateur photographer from Alabama. He photographed events, buildings, people, and documented the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Date of Original:
1964/1974
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

4. Collection John Hope records

Description:
The records of John Hope (1897-1953) include documentation on the development of what would later be called the Atlanta University Center, when Atlanta University aligned with Morehouse College and Spelman College to form an academic consortium. During Hope's eight years as president, the graduate school was launched, the Department of Fine Arts was established, and the Trevor Arnett Library was opened. The Hope Papers include correspondence, administrative, and financial records for all eight years of his presidency, as well as some personal and family records.
Date of Original:
1928/1939
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

5. Collection Brailsford R. Brazeal papers

Description:
Collection of papers from Dr. Brailsford Reese Brazeal, an educator, economist, author, labor and civil rights activist. He dedicated much of his life to education, human relations, labor issues, and racial equality.
Date of Original:
1922/1994-03-11
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

6. Collection Virginia Lacy Jones papers

Description:
Virginia Lacy Jones (b. 1912 - d. 1984) was a librarian, educator, author, and among library educators known as "the Dean of Deans." She dedicated almost fifty years of her life to the library profession, thirty-six of which she spent as Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University). Her career began at Atlanta University in 1939 as Catalog Librarian in Trevor Arnett Library.
Date of Original:
1905/1984
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

7. Collection Morris Brown College photographs

Description:
Photographs depicting Morris Brown College campus life include athletics, building and grounds, students and alumni, departments, events, faculty and staff, groups and organizations and individuals, dating from 1900 to 1990
Date of Original:
1900/1990
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

8. Collection Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman memorial collection

Description:
The Cullen Jackman Memorial Collection, dating from 1881-1995 documents the artistic and creative nature of those of African descent.
Date of Original:
1881/1995
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

9. Collection Morehouse College photographs

Description:
Photographs depicting the buildings and grounds, students, campus events and visitors, faculty, and individuals associated with Morehouse College, the only all-male historically Black college in the United States, dating from the 1880s to the 1970s.
Date of Original:
1880/1980
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

10. Collection Paine College Library Digital Collection

Description:
Images dating from 1800 to 1980 of founders, early presidents, faculty, students, alumni, buildings, organizations, activities, events, and documents of Paine Institute and Paine College, historically Black colleges in Augusta, Georgia.
Date of Original:
1800/1980
Holding Institution:
Paine College. Library