(fols. 1-71) Letters from various correspondents responding to Cowen's inquiries about Rhodes and his family history: with some related draft letters from Cowen, 1899-1912: (fols. 1-3) letter from Mrs Amelia Wilton to Frye giving details of the Revd. F.W. Rhodes and his family, 21 Apr 1899 (fol. 4) letter from A. Maxwell, photographer, Bishop's Stortford, putting Cowen in touch with the...

Including notes on: some forbears Herbert Rhodes articles in Blackwoods, and the Contemporary Review, and the Fortnightly Review Philip Jourdan's Life.

Including: including articles by Imperialist, 'The Position of Mr Rhodes' (Fortnightly Review, Jan 1897) and by W.T. Stead, 'The Cape to Cairo Railway' (Windsor Magazine, Sep 1899) cuttings of English and German press items, mainly photographic. See also MSS. Afr. s. 229/II, box 2.

With one item. The first 13 chapters, prepared for the printers, deal with the early history of the Rhodes family. The ensuing draft chapters, dealing with Rhodes in Africa, and incorporating Cowen's Ode, 'The Epoch Maker', are in a less finished state, except for the chapter on Groote Schuur, of which two versions exist.

With one item.

Comprises: (fols. 1-2) circular addressed by Cowen to the Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) commercial community to publicise his Cape Town news-sheet, The Zingari, 24 Feb 1874 (fols. 3-6) letter from H. [Garret?] Wilson to Cowen giving news of his medical studies in Edinburgh and sending greetings to his friends in South Africa, 8 Dec 1880 (fols. 7-8)...