Slide Collection
The collection consists of two parts: Lidbetter Photographic Collection - The Lidbetter Photographic collection consists of 167 glass negatives that are 17 x 22 cm in size, 10 that are…
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Rhodes University College Collections
The Rhodes University College Collections (1904-1951) contain a number of smaller collections received from donors, mostly students who studied at Rhodes Unviersity College. The Rhodes University College Collections cover the…
Fauna and Flora of the Eastern Cape
The RU Cory Fauna and Flora of the Eastern Cape is a collection of mostly photographs pertaining to the fauna and flora of the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.…
Family Trees and Genealogy
The collection focuses on the following families: AmaCirha Family AmaJobe Family AmaXhosa Family Butler Family Collett Family Hallack Family The Moffat
Churches Collection
The collection focuses on: Methodist Church of Southern Africa Trinity Presbyterian Church, Grahamstown
Apartheid, the Struggle and the People
The collection focuses on: Anti-Apartheid Movement and Acts of Defiance Apartheid - Legal Frameworks Forced Removals and Evictions The People versus the State
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funded Collections
This collection consists of various photographs, rare books, maps and manuscripts from the Cory Collections digitised and made publicly accessible through the generous benefaction of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Calitzdorp Museum
Displays include household items, kitchen utensils, clothing, framing implements, old documents, photographs and genealogy dating back to the very starts of the town. A hand made wooden water pipe shows…
Het Posthuys
Het Posthuys is well worth a visit for those interested in South Africa’s early colonial history. It is one of the notable structures along Muizenberg's Historical Mile. Het Posthuys consists of…
De Wet’s Huis – Photographic Museum
During October and November of 1983 the museum staff dismantled the old Dutch Reform Sunday School house donated by the DR Church and transported the numbered stones and timber to…