Cory Library for Historical Research

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Cory Library for Humanities Research
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LocationGrahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
TypeResearch library
ScopeSouth African history, Eastern Cape history
Established1933
Other information
DirectorCornelius Thomas
Websiteru.ac.za/corylibrary

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 Eastern Cape history, it also contains the archives of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.

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]

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  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.