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Rhodes University College - Buildings (1904-1951)

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Title: Rhodes University College - Buildings (1904-1951)
Description: 🏛️ Rhodes University College - Buildings (1904-1951)

This collection provides a detailed visual and documentary record of the architectural and physical development of Rhodes University, spanning its establishment as Rhodes University College in 1904 until its achievement of full university status in 1951.

Scope and Content:
The materials within this collection offer an essential look at the growth of the institution's physical infrastructure, charting the transformation of a small college into a major South African university. It captures the initial planning, construction, and expansion phases that defined the early campus landscape in Makhanda (Grahamstown).

This collection is invaluable for researchers tracing the history of South African architectural trends in the early 20th century, the evolution of campus planning, and the specific material history of Rhodes University. It serves as a visual and textual anchor for understanding the environment in which early Rhodes scholars lived and studied.
Language: English
Type: Collection
Genre: Photographs
Place: Grahamstown, South Africa
Subject: Universities and colleges; Rhodes University -- History; Rhodes University -- Buildings and Architecture

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Canterbury House, Rhodes University College
Canterbury House, Rhodes University College.
Grahamstown Training College students around 1939-40
Lincoln House
Rhodes University College - Administrative buildings and Clock Tower
Rhodes University College - Front side photo of the Art Block buildings
Rhodes University College - Front view of Library and Administration block, 1937
Rhodes University College - Great War Memorial and Botha House
Rhodes University College - New Library 1937
Rhodes University College - Residences from Milner House, College, Botha and Struben, 1937
Rhodes University College - Science block 1937
Rhodes University College - View from Milner House 1937
Rhodes University College - War memorial 1937
Rhodes University College 1937
Rhodes University College 1938
Rhodes University College Chapel
Rhodes University College Chapel.
Rhodes University College Chapel
Rhodes University College Chapel.
Rhodes University College Chapel
Rhodes University College Chapel.
Rhodes University College Chapel
Rhodes University College Chapel.
Rhodes University College Chapel
Rhodes University College Chapel.
Rhodes University College map drawn by Jasmin Gowan-Forbes, 1937
Rhodes University College Men's House Committee, 1936
Group photograph : group portrait of the Rhodes University College Men's House Committee, 1936. Names listed are K.G. Dimbleby, E.T. Verdier, O.V. Kopke, H.H.C. Holderness, G.E. Stent, G.C.D. Hodgson, Major E.B. Walker - and Binks, L.M. Thompson and inset: H.O.C. Strong and H.F. Lydall
Rhodes University College, Grahamstown (post card)
Two people standing at Drostdy gate
Photograph of two men in front of the Drostdy Arch, entrance to Rhodes University, in Grahamstown, South Africa. The Rhodes University clock tower is visible in the background.