Rand Mines Ltd. only established the Rand Mines Archives in June 1963 together with its parent companies, H. Eckstein & Co. and the Central Mining and Investment Corporation Ltd. The bulk of those company records dates back to 1887. Rand Mines Ltd. had preserved its own records since its founding in Johannesburg in 1893. The records became part of Barlow Rand Limited Group Archives, after the amalgamation of Rand Mines Limited and Thos. Barlow & Sons in 1971, becoming Barlow World in 2000.

Joseph Barnett was born in 1861(?) in Brynmawr, Wales as one of 6 children of Barnett and Ellen Isaacs. He came to Johannesburg around 1888/9, where he started a photographic business in 1895, later joined by his brother David. Both brothers obtained contracts with periodical publications like the illustrated London journal "Black & White". Joseph Barnett died while on holiday in Wales and was buried at his birthplace on the 23 July 1897.
His brother David not only continued with the business Barnett & Co., but also took over Joseph's appointment as special correspondent of "Black and White", taking the photographic work of the brothers further. In the years to follow he contributed many of his pictures of the South African War (1899-1902), published by 'Black and White', and later launched a series of postcards in about 1902. David Barnett died at the age of 90 in 1964.

South African Law Firm, which became involved in high profile political trials during the 1980s and 1990s. These included the Delmas Treason Trial and the Neil Aggett inquest, amongst others.

South African born Israeli author and journalist. He was the former Deputy editor of the Rand Daily Mail, which was forced to close in 1985, when he emigrated to London and eventually to Israel.

He was a close friend of Robert Sobukwe, founder and leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).

Benjamin Pogrund reported extensively on Apartheid South Africa, for which he was put on trial and in prison. He is the author of the books "Sobukwe and Apartheid" and "How can man die better: the life of Robert Sobukwe".

Mrs Esme Berman was born in 1929 and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and Trinity College, London. She is a distinguished art critic and historian, and was involved in a great number of art projects. She was the founder of the Children's Art Centre in Johannesburg, Director of the Art Institute South Africa, executive member of the S.A. Association of Arts, professional adviser to the Rembrandt van Rijn Art Foundation and permanent art critic to the SABC and various journals. She was the selector and adjudicator for various national and international art exhibitions, and the author of 'Art and Artists of South Africa' and other books and articles.

Mrs Berman is now living in the USA.