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Description
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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.
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Format
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Digital images
Goodwood church school, Goodwood - opening ceremony 1934 Photo depicting Goodwood church school, opened in 1934 by Mr De Vos Malan.
Kensington Estate church school, Cape Province Kensington Estate church school - quadrangle with staff
Kensington Estate church school, Cape Province - circa 1929 
Kensington Estate church school, Cape Province - circa 1934 Kensington Estate church school, Cape Province, with left wing erected in 193429
Kraaifontein church school, Cape Province - 1939 
Kraaifontein church school, Cape Province - 1939 
Kraaifontein church school, Cape Province - circa 1930s 
Modderfontein Church School, Cape Province - 1927 
Myrtle Street parsonage, Cape Province - circa 1920's 
Norwood Church School, Cape Province - 1934 
Salt River School, Salt River - circa 1934 
Somerset Strand Church School, Cape Province - 1913 
Tiger Valley Church, Cape Province - 1933 
Wesley Manse, Cape Province - built in 1914 - 1915 
Wesley Practicing School, Salt River 
Wesley Practising School, Salt River - circa 1931 
Wesley Practising School, Salt River - circa 1935 
Wesley Practising School, Salt River - circa 1935 
Zandvlei or Kleinvlei quareterly service, Cape Province 
Zandvlei or Kleinvlei quarterly service, Cape Province 
Zandvlei with Kleinvlei folks, Cape Province