Cory Library and Historical Archives

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  The family having a picnic
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  The family next to a lake
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  The first crak - Cradock, 1936/37
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  The Grotto House with trees and flowers in front, 1922

  Grahamstown Training College: In 1903 Mother Cecile went to England soon after the Boer war, which had greatly affected Grahamstown, to raise funds to buy land on Grey Street (Land was bought between 1902 and 1924). At the board meeting in June she announced that she had raised money to buy The Grotto, the building and land on which Grahamstown Traning College was built. She proposed that a block of classrooms were to be erected to accommodate 160 students. Mother Cecile’s determination to build a College that would accommodate 160 students was both far reaching and realistic. On August the 31st, 1903, the Foundation stone was laid. The inscription on it reads: Grahamstown Training School. This building is a gift from the Mother Country. To help forward our common hope “That our daughters may grow up as the polished corners of the temple” Psalm cxliv 12. In May 1904 the College block was opened. The new Grahamstown Training College was opened 20 years after the Community was founded. There were now 89 students and the first GTC magazine was published. Except for 1 year before the Gorvett’s took over from Mother Nonie, a magazine or newsletter has been produced every year since then. The Old Girls Guild was formed.
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  The Grotto House with trees in front, 1922

  Grahamstown Training College: In 1903 Mother Cecile went to England soon after the Boer war, which had greatly affected Grahamstown, to raise funds to buy land on Grey Street (Land was bought between 1902 and 1924). At the board meeting in June she announced that she had raised money to buy The Grotto, the building and land on which Grahamstown Traning College was built. She proposed that a block of classrooms were to be erected to accommodate 160 students. Mother Cecile’s determination to build a College that would accommodate 160 students was both far reaching and realistic. On August the 31st, 1903, the Foundation stone was laid. The inscription on it reads: Grahamstown Training School. This building is a gift from the Mother Country. To help forward our common hope “That our daughters may grow up as the polished corners of the temple” Psalm cxliv 12. In May 1904 the College block was opened. The new Grahamstown Training College was opened 20 years after the Community was founded. There were now 89 students and the first GTC magazine was published. Except for 1 year before the Gorvett’s took over from Mother Nonie, a magazine or newsletter has been produced every year since then. The Old Girls Guild was formed.
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  The Grotto House, 1922

  Grahamstown Training College: In 1903 Mother Cecile went to England soon after the Boer war, which had greatly affected Grahamstown, to raise funds to buy land on Grey Street (Land was bought between 1902 and 1924). At the board meeting in June she announced that she had raised money to buy The Grotto, the building and land on which Grahamstown Traning College was built. She proposed that a block of classrooms were to be erected to accommodate 160 students. Mother Cecile’s determination to build a College that would accommodate 160 students was both far reaching and realistic. On August the 31st, 1903, the Foundation stone was laid. The inscription on it reads: Grahamstown Training School. This building is a gift from the Mother Country. To help forward our common hope “That our daughters may grow up as the polished corners of the temple” Psalm cxliv 12. In May 1904 the College block was opened. The new Grahamstown Training College was opened 20 years after the Community was founded. There were now 89 students and the first GTC magazine was published. Except for 1 year before the Gorvett’s took over from Mother Nonie, a magazine or newsletter has been produced every year since then. The Old Girls Guild was formed.
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  The High Corner, Mom's funeral, 1963

  The Butler family after the funeral of Alice Butler, at the Butler's home High Corner, Grahamstown in 1963: Standing at the back: John Murray, sister Dorothy Murray, father Ernest Butler, sister Christine Moys, senator James Butler and sister Joan Butler. Sitting in the front row: Alice Biggs, Mary Butler and Josie Biggs, amongst them.
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  The old road to lower drift Bushman's River

  F G Butler (donor)
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  The old road to lower drift Bushman's River
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  The square with a batick-print from Nigeria
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  Three male officials
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  Three workmen in a vegetable garden behind a large house
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  To aunt Mary - love Dorothy, February 1974
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  To the far right Charles Butler and other unidentified people
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  To the far right stands Harold Butler, in the middle Douglas Butler, 2nd from left is Ruth Butler and 1st child on the left is Denis Butler
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  Tombstone of Joseph Trollip: sixth and youngest son of the late Joseph Trollip, one of the British Settlers of 1820
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  Top back David and Harold Irons, front Emma Butler, Dot Hudson, 2nd last Grace Irons
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  Top Kingsley, Rex, Lynne and Arthur Butler
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  Towards the lake from below the terrace, December 1962
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  Trixie
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  Two females in the river
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  Two kids playing with a dog
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  Two kids playing with water
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  Two kids sitting on the ground (1)
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  Two kids sitting on the ground (2)