Director in the East Correspondence

File of director's correspondence including letters received from the East and copies of letters sent from John Swire & Sons London to directors in China, Singapore and Australia, including: JS Scott; JK Swire; JA Swire; CC Roberts. The letters cover the following areas in particular: Sydney off...

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Order number: JSS Box 2612
Date(s) of creation: 1959-1961
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.1.3.26
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2612
callnumber JSS/1/3/26
callnumber_txt JSS/1/3/26
callnumber-sort JSS/1/3/26
scb_alt_ref_no JSSI 3/26
prefix_number 26
scb_previous_numbers DNOE 4
title Director in the East Correspondence
scb_date_creation 1959-1961
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1 box
format Archive
description File of director's correspondence including letters received from the East and copies of letters sent from John Swire & Sons London to directors in China, Singapore and Australia, including: JS Scott; JK Swire; JA Swire; CC Roberts. The letters cover the following areas in particular: Sydney office; chairmanship of Swire & Yuill; Cathay Pacific Provident Fund; Changsha casualty; Taikoo Dockyard; finance and investments; future of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company; New Guinea Rabul slipway; and feeder service; Swire & Maclaine staffing. Includes index
scb_arrangement Chronological by recipient/sender
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.001.003.0026