Spelman College Archives
Explore Spelman's history through our archives, preserving and providing access to significant documents and materials from the College's origins and development.
Spelman College Archivist Holly Smith
Holly A. Smith, College Archivist at Spelman, specializes in Black feminist archival practices and community archives. Formerly at UNC Chapel Hill, she holds degrees from William and Mary, Yale, and Simmons. She co-authored key archival articles and speaks on HBCU archives and digital collections.
Using the Spelman College Archives
The primary mission of the Spelman Archives is to collect, preserve, organize, and make available for research historically significant documents and other materials which reflect the College’s origins and development as well as the activities of its constituents and affiliates.
Spelman College Collections
As the official repository of the College, the greater part of the Archives’ collection consists of administrative records, departmental and program records, publications, photographs and other material relating to the history and administration of the College from its founding to the present. A component of the Women’s Resource and Research Center, the Archives also collects materials on women of the African Diaspora. The Spelman College Photograph Collection includes approximately 30,000 images of faculty, staff, students, alumnae, visitors, campus events and the physical plant. The Spelman College Publications Collection includes catalogs, bulletins, pamphlets, brochures, yearbooks, Campus Mirror, Spelman Spotlight, Spelman Messenger.
