- No19
Campus life in the 1950s photographs
Over 200 original photographs that document the athletic history of Oglethorpe University from the 1920s to the present.
More About This Collection
Creator
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Publisher
Visual Arts collection, Oglethorpe University Archives, Atlanta, Ga.
Date of Original
1950/1959
Subject
Academic costume--Georgia--Atlanta
Academic libraries--Georgia--Atlanta
Academic rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta
Archery--Georgia--Atlanta
Audiences--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--Georgia--Atlanta
Balls (Parties)--Georgia--Atlanta
Basketball coaches--Georgia--Atlanta
Basketball for women--Georgia--Atlanta
Basketball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Basketball teams--Georgia--Atlanta
Biology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Georgia--Atlanta
Cafeterias--Georgia--Atlanta
Card games--Georgia--Atlanta
Cats--Dissection
Chamber music--Georgia--Atlanta
Cheerleading--Georgia--Atlanta
Children's parties--Georgia--Atlanta
Christmas--Georgia--Atlanta
College administrators--Georgia--Atlanta
College buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
College freshmen--Georgia--Atlanta
College presidents--Georgia--Atlanta
College student orientation--Georgia--Atlanta
College students--Georgia--Atlanta
College teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Commencement ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta
Concerts--Georgia--Atlanta
Dance parties
Dancing--Georgia--Atlanta
Dietitians--Georgia--Atlanta
Dormitories--Georgia--Atlanta
Female athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Fencing--Georgia--Atlanta
Great Hall (Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga.)
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah
Hearst Hall (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hermance Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
Horsemanship--Georgia--Atlanta
Interior architecture--Georgia--Atlanta
Intramural sports--Georgia--Atlanta
Luggage--Georgia--Atlanta
Lupton Hall (Atlanta, Ga.)
Masquerades--Georgia--Atlanta
Modern dance--Study and teaching
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Basketball
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Buildings
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Choral organizations
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Employees
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty--Social life and customs--20th century
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Freshmen
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Sports
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Student housing
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Students--Social life and customs--20th century
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Tennis
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.). Library
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Parking lots--Georgia--Atlanta
Postal service--Georgia--Atlanta
Reservoirs--Georgia--Atlanta
Rivers--Georgia--Atlanta
Science rooms and equipment--Georgia--Atlanta
Seward, George
Shooting--Georgia--Atlanta
Silver Lake (DeKalb County, Ga.)
Singing--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports for women--Georgia--Atlanta
Stadiums--Georgia--Atlanta
Student activities--Georgia--Atlanta
Table tennis--Georgia--Atlanta
Tennis players--Georgia--Atlanta
Tennis teams--Georgia--Atlanta
Vocal groups--Georgia--Atlanta
Volleyball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Volleyball--Georgia--Atlanta
Weight lifting--Georgia--Atlanta
Weltner, Philip
Women athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Women basketball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Women college students--Georgia--Atlanta
Location
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
photographs
visual works
Description
The Oglethorpe archives had a wealth of beautiful images added to its collection by Edmund Bator (class of '53) and Martha Mayson Bator ('51). During his time at Oglethorpe, Edmund worked as a photographer for the Yamacraw yearbook, and many of the images he donated to the archives appear in the yearbooks. The images offer a rare glimpse into life during the vibrant years of the early 1950s at Oglethorpe. Activities documented include basketball, the Black and White Ball, the Boar's Head Ceremony, buildings, campus scenes, the Capping Ceremony, cheerleaders, the children's Christmas Party, the Christmas Formal, choir performances, dormitory scenes, graduation, the Sadies Hawkins Dance, intramural sports, the Lord and Lady Oglethorpe Ball, the bibrary, the Masquerade Ball, a modern dancing class, student scenes, and Philip Weltner.
Rights Holder
Digital image copyright 2007, Oglethorpe University. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Director of the Library, Philip Weltner Library, Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30319.
Holding Institution
Philip Weltner Library. Archives