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Description
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The Valda Niehaus Collection is a visual archive of 73 digitised photographs and related materials, documenting scenes of social life, landscapes, and community activities associated with Grahamstown Teachers’ Training College (GTTC) and its local environs in the Eastern Cape. The collection includes personal portraits, class and group photographs, picnic and outing scenes at places such as Shelly Bay, images of Lincoln House (class of 1939), and views of residences and river landscapes, including Bushman’s River. Most items are captioned with identifiable locations and names, reflecting educational community networks and social events across several decades of the mid-20th century.
The Valda Niehaus Collection sheds light on the lived experiences, informal gatherings, educational communities and leisure activities of people connected to Grahamstown Teachers’ Training College. It offers valuable visual documentation for studies of social history, education, regional community life, and photographic practices in South African local history.
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Type
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Collection
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Archival photograph collection
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Social history imagery
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Extent
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73 items
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Format
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JPEG/photograph scans
Grahamstown Training College students around 1939-40 at Shelly Bay 
Grahamstown Training College students around 1939-40. 46 Photograph album: assembled by Valda Niehaus nee van Heusden,(39-40),with photographs of Grahamstown Training College chapel, library, buildings and students; and also of students at Bushman's River, Howieson's Poort and the Grahamstown Botanical Gardens / photographer mainly Valda van Heusden.,Donated by Valda Niehaus
House on Bushman's River 
Juby and Eileen Photograph titled Juby and Eileen showing two women each holding an oar
Lincoln House 
Lincoln House class of 1939 
Lincoln House, Grahamstown Training College Lincoln House, Grahamstown Training College.
Off for the day Photograph titled "Off for the day" showing seven women (possibly members of a rowing team) walking along a path
On the lorry going home 
Picnic at Shelly Bay 
Picnic at Shelly Bay 
Puzzle - Who's who? Photograph titled "Puzzle - Who's who?" showing nine women bent over in a row on the beach
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.
Shelly Bay 
Shelly Bay 
Shelly Bay 2 
The magic circle Photograph titled "The Magic circle" showing nine women lying on the beach in a star formation.
Valda Niehaus 
Valda Niehaus