Coloured Methodist School Churches
Item set
- Alternative Title
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa — Coloured Church-School Collection
- Description
- The Coloured Methodist School Churches collection is a digitised archival collection from the Cory Library and Historical Archives at Rhodes University documenting Methodist church-related schools and community institutions historically associated with the Coloured Methodist community in South Africa. This collection is part of the Cory Churches Collections under the Methodist Church of Southern Africa category and comprises approximately 46 items, predominantly historical photographs and related materials. The images depict a range of church school buildings, activities, and community life including school openings and extensions, mission and church-school structures in locations such as Bellville, Parow, Goodwood, Maitland, Pinelands, and other areas with significant Coloured Methodist educational and religious engagement. Many items document church-school infrastructure from the 1920s through the 1930s, with visual evidence of church-community relations, the role of Methodist education among Coloured populations, and aspects of social life and support networks within the Methodist Church. Items also include community events, youth organisations such as the Boys’ Brigade, and contextual insights into welfare and social conditions. The collection supports research in religious history, education history, Methodist Church activities, and Coloured community heritage in South Africa.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Collection
- Subject
- Coloured Methodist school churches
- Coloured community heritage
- Boys’ Brigade
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa
- Mission schools
- Spatial Coverage
- Various South African localities (Bellville, Goodwood, Parow, Maitland, Pinelands, etc.)
- Temporal Coverage
- Primarily 1920s–1930s
- Format
- Digital images
Items
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Written on flap of envelope: "Snaps taken on the occasion of a parade of the B.B. Battalion on Young's Field, Wynberg during the visit of Mr. McVicker from London" -
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Boys' Brigade Parade at the event of a visit from William McVicker. Handwritten description on the back of photo: "(Left) Capt. Arendse of the Wynberg Company an experienced and competent officer. (Rights) Wm. H. McVicker M.Sc. a secretary of the International Committee sent out from B.B. Headquarters in London to visit B.B. work in South Africa". -
Boys' Brigade Parade at the event of a visit from William McVicker. Handwritten description on the flap of envelope received containing photo of Capt. Arendse and Mr. McVicker: "Snaps taken on the occasion of a parade of the B.B. Bettalion on Young's Field, Wynberg during the visit of Mr. McVicker from London". -
Boys' Brigade Parade at the event of a visit from William McVicker. Handwritten description on the back of photo: "(Left) Capt. Arendse of the Wynberg Company an experienced and competent officer. (Rights) Wm. H. McVicker M.Sc. a secretary of the International Committee sent out from B.B. Headquarters in London to visit B.B. work in South Africa". -
Transcription: "Three young Coloured children were left orphaned. The parents had owned a [plot of land on the Flats. The Master of the Supreme Court consented to make a grant of £30 available to be used on behalf of the children and entrusted the sum to Mr. Mason "to be put out to the best advantage." On the piece of land of land they had inherited he had the building, photographed herewith, erected to provide a dwelling for them. There would be a small Government maintenance grant for each child and a grandmother moved in to care for the children". -
Typed inscription on the back of the photo: "Three young Coloured children were left orphaned. The parents had owned a [plot of land on the Flats. The Master of the Supreme Court consented to make a grant of £30 available to be used on behalf of the children and entrusted the sum to Mr. Mason "to be put out to the best advantage." On the piece of land of land they had inherited he had the building, photographed herewith, erected to provide a dwelling for them. There would be a small Government maintenance grant for each child and a grandmother moved in to care for the children". -
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Transcript: "A Coloured labourer was partially disabled at his work. The firm employing him allowed him £100 in compensation for his injury and entrusted the amount to Mr. Mason to use for the man as he saw fit. He brought a plot of land on the Flats and on it had a small house, consisting of three rooms and a kitchen, built to serve the family as a home such as they would never otherwise had, and it was their own." -
Typed on back of photo: "A Coloured labourer was partially disabled at his work. The firm employing him allowed him £100 in compensation for his injury and entrusted the amount to Mr. Mason to use for the man as he saw fit. He brought a plot of land on the Flats and on it had a small house, consisting of three rooms and a kitchen, built to serve the family as a home such as they would never otherwise had, and it was their own." -
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Photo depicting Goodwood church school, opened in 1934 by Mr De Vos Malan.