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Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Title: Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Alternative Title: Alice, Cape Colony
Description: The Alice (Eastern Cape) Collection is a thematic digital grouping within the Cory Library and Historical Archives that documents the historical development of the town of Alice and its surrounding area in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The collection brings together visual, cartographic, and documentary materials illustrating Alice’s origins as a frontier settlement, its growth as an administrative and educational centre, and its role within the broader colonial and mission landscape of the Eastern Cape.

Materials in this collection reflect key aspects of Alice’s history, including settler and missionary activity, frontier conflict and military presence, town planning and infrastructure, and the social and cultural life of the area. The collection also provides contextual insight into Alice’s close associations with nearby mission institutions and later educational establishments, making it a valuable resource for research into local history, frontier studies, colonial urban development, and Eastern Cape heritage.
Type: Collection; Archival collection; Digital collection
Genre: Archival documents; Historical photographs; Maps and plans
Subject: Alice (Eastern Cape, South Africa) — History; Eastern Cape — Colonial history; Mission stations — Eastern Cape; Frontier history — Eastern Cape; Settlements — South Africa — History
Temporal Coverage: 19th–20th centuries
Spatial Coverage: Alice (Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Hierarchies: The Frontier Collection
The 1820-Settlers (32 items)
The Frontier Wars (92 items)
The Development of Settler Towns (468 items)
Alice (40 items)
Bathurst (16 items)
Bedford (3 items)
Cathcart (5 items)
Cradock (200 items)
East London (22 items)
Grahamstown (91 items)
King William's Town (32 items)
Port Alfred (19 items)
Port Elizabeth (34 items)
Queenstown (6 items)

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Plan of barracks at Fort Wiltshire (sic)
Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.
Plan of Keiskama river and Fort Wiltshire (sic)
Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.
Plan of section of Fort Wiltshire (sic) as intended to have been completed
Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.
Royal visit unnamed walkers
Ruins of Fort Wiltshire (sic)
Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.
Ruins of Fort Wiltshire (sic) (Lord C. Somerset's Fort)
Fort Willshire was built by the Royal Engineers under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire of the 38th Regiment, on the orders of Lord Charles Somerset, in 1819.
Sandille's Kop without Stewart's Monument
Photography of Sandile's Kop near Alice, Eastern Cape.
Stewart Monument in course of construction
Rev. James Stewart was principal of Lovedale from 1870 until his death in 1905, and is buried on Sandile’s Kop above Fort Hare University. The 80 foot tower is a memorial to him.
Thyumie river valley
Unidentified elderly couple outside Alice Station
Unidentified persons at the time of Royal visit, 1947
View of a corner of the ruins of Fort Willshire and detail of the stone work showing method of construction
View of a corner of the ruins of Fort Willshire and detail of the stone work showing method of construction. Una Long : photographer
View of a corner of the ruins of Fort Willshire and detail of the stone work showing method of construction
View of a corner of the ruins of Fort Willshire and detail of the stone work showing method of construction. Una Long : photographer
View of Alice on approach
Xhosa village below Hogsback