Cory Library and Historical Archives

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  Old cemetery

  Municipality of the city of Grahamstown. Parks. Old cemetery. Feb 1987. Showing Wesleyan, Anglican, Baptis, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic.
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  Old custom house
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  Old custom house
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  Old custom house
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  Old Deanery chambers, High Street

  View of the Old Deanery and the Diocesan office in High Street, on the site of the current St. George's Chambers.
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  Old drift across Bushman's River

  F G Butler (donor)
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  Old drift across Bushman's River

  F G Butler (donor)
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  Old Drostdy House Bathurst
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  Old Drostdy House, Graaff Reinet

  Built in 1806 in the Cape Dutch style.
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  Old Dutch dwelling at Kenilworth
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  Old Dutch House at Papendry
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  Old Dutch House. La Gratitude
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  Old E.D court Grahamstown built in 1834 as a commercial hall

  Eastern Districts court.
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  Old Ginger and Peter by W.L.
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  Old Girls' Guild
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  Old house on Prince Alfred Street
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  Old Military hospital, where parliament met in 1864

  The courtyard within the old Military Hospital and part of the verandah surrounding it. This building was known for many years as the Schonland Botanical Laboratory and today still forms part of the Botany Department of Rhodes University.
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  Old Mill in George Street

  Painting showing the Old Mill on the corner of George and Market Streets, and on the left corner, the home of Mr George Wood, first Mayor of Grahamstown. The small cart was used to carry Miss Josie Wood (founder of the South African Library for the Blind) to school.
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  Old Settler's Chapel Port Alfred
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  Old Settler's house Bathurst
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  Old Street scene in High Street, Grahamstown, looking south

  View showing the south side of upper High Street, from "Charles Pote's Auction Rooms" on the corner of Hill Street, as far as Hayton's Building. Trees, an ox wagon and people obscure the buildings.
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  Old Street scene in High Street, Grahamstown, looking south

  View showing the south side of upper High Street, from "Charles Pote's Auction Rooms" on the corner of Hill Street, as far as Hayton's Building. Trees, an ox wagon and people obscure the buildings.
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  Older woman infront of a shack - Glenmore squatters

  A series of photographs taken at the time of the Klipfontein evictions, the resultant trial at the Supreme Court Grahamstown, and the eventual settlement of those evicted in the Glenmore resettlement location, showing some of the residents involved, officials, members of the press, as well as aerial and on site views of Glenmore. Photographers: Dave Forbes, Ben Maclennan, Evert Smith, and an unknown photographer. This photograph shows an older woman infront of shack in Glenmore.
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  On academic freedom

  Using Antjie Krog’s Country of My Skull as a philosophical departure point, the speaker explores the "multiplicity of levels" of freedom in South Africa. The lecture critiques contemporary political populism (referencing Julius Malema) and argues that the future of the country depends on "fearless critical thought," scholarly excellence, and an environment of institutional accountability.
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  On Ashar ferry - Iraq

  Photographic album : containing photographs of Indian troops and members of an Indian press contingent, taken in the Middle East (including Iraq) and Italy during World War II, taken during a tour by a contingent of Indian Press correspondents, 1945, photographer unknown.