Cory Library and Historical Archives

Items

• The Cathedral - in the middle of High Street - Grahamstown
  Cathedral in High Street, Grahamstown.,Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. (donor)
• The Oaks, Somerset Street, Grahamstown, South Africa
  Although only inscribed 'Street. Grahamstown' on the mount, this is in fact a photograph of The Oaks, a cottage in Somerset Street, taken by Dr. W.G. Atherstone. It shows six little boys playing in the foreground, with Renfrew House to the extreme right.
• 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.
• Two young girls on a wooden bridge over Kowie Ditch in the Grahamstown Botanical Gardens
  Photograph of two young girls (possibly Ann and Elizabeth Kerr) on a wooden bridge over Kowie Ditch in the Grahamstown Botanical Gardens,Leila Kerr (Linington) (Donor)
• Type of house built in Grahamstown in 1824
  Old Guard House in High Street, Grahamstown. Part of Scott's Barracks. It was pulled down in 1824.
• Untitled reproduction of pen-and-ink sketch by W. Guybon Atherstone from the steps of the Drostdy looking down High Street, dated 3 May 1830
  Facebook post (dated 22 February 2021) by Gareth Angelbeck: "A reproduction of a pen-and-ink sketch by W. Guybon Atherstone from the steps of the Drostdy looking down High Street, dated 3 May 1830. The three-storied building at the corner of High Street (now Major Frasiers) is known to have been built by Pieter Retief. All subsequent illustrations show it with two stories only, and the alteration must have taken place several decades before the advent of photography. The sketch also shows an open water furrow, leading from the bottom right corner to the top of High Street. This was the public water supply of the town in 1830, which was led to open tanks at various points in the town. Colonel Graham's mimosa tree is shown, in the middle of High Street, a short distance from St. George's Church (later, the Cathedral). This tree, marking the traditional spot where the decision to found Grahamstown was made on 14 August 1812, was destroyed in a gale in 1844. (Ref- Grahamstown in Early Photographs, F van der Riet, David Philip pub, CT, 1974)."
• View of Church Square from corner of Bathurst and High Streets
  Added to the lantern slide collection by Dr Charles GE Cory, son of Sir George Cory.
• View of Grahamstown from the north
• View of Grahamstown from the north west
• View of Grahamstown looking south-east, showing Retief's Windmill
• View of Grahamstown looking south-west
• View of Grahamstown's High Street
  This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
• View of High Street buildings from Commercial Hall to St. Georges Church
• Water tank to mark spot of Graham's Tree, 1841-1851