Cory Library for Historical Research

The Cory Library for Humanities Research, formerly The Cory Library for Historical Research, is a research library at Rhodes University, and is one of the branch libraries of the Rhodes University Library services.^[1] In addition to its preservation of Eastern Cape history, it also contains the archives of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.

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Cory Library for Humanities Research
33°18′52″S 26°31′19″E / 33.314317°S 26.52187°E / -33.314317; 26.52187
Location	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Type	Research library
Scope	South African history, Eastern Cape history
Established	1933
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Director	Cornelius Thomas
Website	www.ru.ac.za/corylibrary/
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The library is named after Sir George Cory, chemist and historian, author of the six-volume "The Rise of South Africa".^[2] The Cory Library for Historical Research was established in 1933, with the donation of Cory's Africana collection to Rhodes University^[3]

1. ^ "Cory Library Homepage". Retrieved 24 May 2011.
2. ^ Sir George Cory (1965). The Rise of South Africa. Struik.
3. ^ Maylam, Paul (2017). Rhodes University, 1904-2016: an intellectual, political and cultural history. Grahamstown: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research. p. 16. ISBN 9780868106120.

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