Cory Library for Historical Research

{{Short description|Research library in Grahamstown, South Africa}}

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| library_name = Cory Library for Humanities Research

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| country = South Africa

| type = Research library

| scope = South African history, Eastern Cape history

| established = 1933

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| location = Grahamstown, Eastern Cape

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| director = Cornelius Thomas

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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.{{cite web|title=Cory Library Homepage|url=http://www.ru.ac.za/corylibrary|accessdate=24 May 2011}} In addition to its preservation of 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".{{cite book|author=Sir George Cory|title=The Rise of South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dlBAAAAYAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Struik}} The Cory Library for Historical Research was established in 1933, with the donation of Cory's Africana collection to Rhodes University{{cite book |last1=Maylam |first1=Paul |title=Rhodes University, 1904-2016: an intellectual, political and cultural history |date=2017 |publisher=Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research |location=Grahamstown |isbn=9780868106120 |page=16}}