Papers of Sir Lewis Michell, 1869-1907

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 229/V

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Comprises:

(fols. 1-102) letters from C.J. Rhodes to Thomas Scanlen, C.D. Rudd, J.A. Stevens, and others, 1873-1901
(fols. 103-180) letters to Rhodes from various correspondents, 1890-1902
(fols. 181-230) telegrams, mainly to and from Rhodes, 1895-1900
(fols. 231-272 and items 1-2) miscellaneous papers, including notes by C.J. Rhodes, 1869-1907
(fols. 273-388) Sir Lewis Michell: Correspondence with C.J. Rhodes, B.F. Hawksley, and others, 1891-1902
(fols. 389-513 and items 3-5) financial papers connected with C.J. Rhodes, 1889-1902
(fols. 514-518 and items 6-9) legal documents connected with C.J. Rhodes, 1890-1907.

Dates

Creation: 1869-1907

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 229/V

Additional Description

Arrangement

Note: fols. 389-398 have been omitted in error.

Custodial History

This collection includes a number of items that belong to the Rhodes Papers (MSS. Afr. s. 228). These were listed in the original index and numbered accordingly, but appear to have been borrowed by Sir Lewis when writing his biography of Rhodes. It has proved impossible to restore them to their original positions, as the Rhodes Papers have been bound in the interval. The former references of such items are noted, and a list of separated materials is included in the catalogue that describes MSS. Afr. s. 228.

Related Materials

Separated Materials

The following papers, listed by Metcalfe as among the Michell Papers, were found in MSS. Afr. t. 5:

(fol. 491b) Death Certificate, 27 Mar 1902
(fols. 492-493) letter from Winston Churchill asking if Rhodes approves of a plan that he accompany Abe Bailey's projected Cape to Cairo expedition, 12 Jul 1900.

The following oversize documents found among the Michell Papers were bound in MSS. Afr. t. 14 as:

(fol. 326) Commission signed by Sir Henry Loch, Governor, Cape Colony (South Africa), appointing Rhodes to the office of Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, 7 Jul 1890 [originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 2]
(fol. 327) Commission signed by Loch appointing Rhodes to the office of Prime Minister, Cape Colony (South Africa), 10 May 1893 [originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 33 (5)]
(fols. 328-347) British South Africa Company Trust Deed for securing $25,000 Mortgage Debenture Stock (an agreement between the Company on the one hand and Sir Robert Herbert, Albert Grey, and Thomas Shiels on the other), 27 Jun 1894
(fols. 349-350) agreement between the Rhodes Trustees and George Parkin empowering the latter, as the Trustee's Agent, to prepare a scheme for implementing the scholarship proposals in Rhodes's will (unsigned), 12 Aug 1902
(fol. 351) C.J. Rhodes, deceased: statement showing sales of De Beers Deferred Shares and re-investment of the proceeds, 25 Sep 1906-11 Feb 1907.