Collection Summary
Repository Name: University of
Cape Town
Address: Manuscripts
and Archives Department
Creator: Kate Murray
and Janine Dunlop
Title: UCT
Through the Years
Dates: 1900s
-
the present
Quantity: 50
photographs
Collection Name: BUZV Collection
About the Collection:The
photographs available here have been selected from a collection of
photographs of the Groote Schuur campus, in the Manuscripts and Archives Department at the University
of Cape Town Libraries. They date from the early 1900s to the present and
depict views of and from the Upper Campus.
History of the Groote Schuur Campus
With the opening of the new buildings of the University of Cape Town on
the Groote Schuur Estate, the South African College entered its third
home. The College began in Long Street in 1829, moved to Government Avenue
in 1841 and the first buildings were ready for occupation on Groote Schuur
in 1928.
The Act by which the South African College became incorporated in the
University of Cape Town in 1918 provided that the seat of the university
should be on the Groote Schuur Estate.
J.M. Solomon, a 32 year-old, up-and-coming South African architect, was
appointed to design the new university, with Sir Edwin Luytens as the
consulting architect.
After Solomon's suicide in 1920, the university appointed Hawke,
McKinlay and Walgate to complete his designs. This trio introduced several
changes to Solomon's plans, such as the aligning of the buildings on a
curve to conform to the contours of the slope, rather than on a straight
line as Solomon intended.
Most UCT departments were transferred to the Groote Schuur estate in
1929 and 1930.
Arrangement of the Images
The images are arranged in chronological date groups.
Restrictions on Access
All interested scholars are welcome to access the images.
Restrictions on Use
The text and images appearing in these pages are under copyright to
the University of Cape Town. You may view or download an image,
providing this is done only for the purposes of private research
and/or study. You may also display a single personal copy for purposes
of an academic lecture or seminar, provided that no further
duplication occurs or is allowed to occur. You may not duplicate the
image in any medium for another person or institution. If you wish to
reproduce any of the images in any publication, films or electronic
medium, you must obtain written permission from the University of Cape
Town Libraries and negotiate a fee for such a purpose.
Document Types:
Format: Photograph