Atlanta University collection
Scope and Content Note
The Atlanta University Collection contains an extended documentation of correspondence, administrative records, which include meetings, business records, financial records and political fund raising. The bulk of this material falls between the years 1865 and 1965, and it is arranged into the following series: I. Printed Materials (1882-1929) II: Presidential Reports and Minutes (1894--1965); III General Correspondence and Historical Sketch (1865-1900s); IV. Financial Documentation (1899-1900s); V. Photographs and Portraits, (1865-1900s); VI. Legal and Legal-Style Documents, (1870-1900s); VII. Literary Productions
Dates
- Majority of material found within Bulk, 1882-1965
- Bulk, 1882-1965 1865-1994 1882-1965
Creator
- Atlanta University (Organization)
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on the research use of this collection.
Historical Sketch
Atlanta University is the first all-black American graduate school. The University began as an undergraduate institution for post-baccalaureate studies in 1929, with John Hope as the president, from 1929 until the time of his death in 1936.
The institution's origins trace back to the post-Civil War period, with initial classes conducted in a church and a railroad boxcar. These facilities served as the foundation for what would become Atlanta University.
Today, the catalogue of Atlanta University lists five schools with various programs for candidates for the Master's Degree: Arts and Sciences, Social Work, Business Administration, Education, and Library Service.
The Atlanta University Center is comprised of Morehouse College, an Undergraduate School for Men; Spelman College, an Undergraduate School for women; and Atlanta University, a Co-educational Graduate School, which was founded in 1929. In later years, three other Black Colleges were established in Atlanta: Clark, Morris Brown, and a Theological Seminary joined the complex, making it the largest educational center for African-Americans in the world.
Extent
3.5 Linear feet
Language
English
Overview
The collection contains documents spanning the dates from 1865 to 1989, with the bulk of the material from the period 1882-1865, and relating to the history and operation of Atlanta University and later Atlanta University Center, including newspaper clippings, ephemera, presidential reports, general correspondence, financial documents, photographs, legal documents, and essays, memoirs, and speeches.
Processing Information
Processed by Regina Broh-Gastin, 1989
Revised May, 1994.
- African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century.
- African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia--Atlanta.
- Atlanta University
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Pamphlets
- Title
- Inventory of the Atlanta University Collection aarl89-017 aarl89-017
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History
- Date
- 2004 September 15
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Repository